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Category: South Asia

The New Afghan Idol…

Not with rattling machine guns and rifles, or thundering bombs, she intends to fight the Talibans with Music! Zahra Elham, the young Afghan girl who recently won the Afghan version of […]

A Scenario Slightly Modi-fied?

Ahead of becoming the Prime Minister of India in 2014, Narendra Modi had promised that he would create 20 million job opportunities per year for the deserving unemployed Indians. As […]

Mayhem In May?

The month of May poses to be crucial, both for India and Belgium! While the results of the 17th Parliamentary Elections in India would be declared on May 23, Belgium […]

Historical Dialectics?

“That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed…” Incidentally, this is what is written […]

Good Wives & Vibes…

A group of women originally from Pakistan staged protests in Srinagar in February 2019, demanding the requisite papers to visit their mothers and relatives in Pakistan. These women, with their […]

An Escape To…

He was seen leaving for an unknown destination, deftly dodging the Red Army, in a dark March night, six decades ago! He hardly had any idea what lay ahead… the […]

Tryst With Trust, Treaties & Terrorism

Well, it seems that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs is not at all happy, as China has, once more, blocked the designation of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a […]

The Elixir Of Life!

The start, which tends to wake the civilised people, like us, up with a start, is at Hollywood in all probability! Mad Max 3, the movie starring Mel Gibson, did manage […]

Causal Casualties…

The year 1963… it was the month of September when India had just lost the war (not just another skirmish) against China! This defeat had damaged the then Indian Prime […]