Socially embedded corruption in our society

After half a lifetime of education, everyone wants to progress in the world and make a name for themselves. But, life is very different...

Biden’s win; a flicker of hope for Iran?

Donald Trump, before 2016, was an ordinary or extraordinary billionaire. Though he was well-known in politics for being anti-Washington, he spread this impressive un-orthodox...

Growing US-India ties call for a new regional bloc in South Asia

US-India ties  The end of the Cold War has put the smaller South Asian nations back on the US' radar.  The US-India civil nuclear agreement...

Religious persecution undermines India’s secularism

India is the world’s largest democracy. It is nominally wedded to secularism. Article 25-A of India’s Constitution provides for religious freedom. Yet, the US...

The era of Trumpism comes to an end

Donald J. Trump of the opposition Republican Party won the presidential race against the ruling Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton in November 2016 who...

How Mussolini, Italy’s fascist leader, met his fate

With allied armies pushing over northwards through the “tough old gut” of Italy, and German forces pulling out, Benito Mussolini took a long look...

Anti-establishment narrative: Short term gains at a cost too high

No two opinions that we are in the grip of one of the harshest inflation which has made a decent living for many a...

Why is UN nowhere to be seen in Afghanistan?

Problems, deficiencies, carnage of unarmed civilians; this is what Afghanistan is brimful of. Wherever the eye looks, nothing is visible but a situation clamoring...

Muslim persecution in India disguised under fake ‘encounters’

Fake encounters in several Indian states are an everyday phenomena.  However, they remain out of media attention, being camouflaged by a slew of draconian...

Ethiopian-Tigrayan conflict: Political challenges for the Horn of Africa & beyond

Ethiopia, an African darling of the international community, is sliding towards civil war as the coronavirus pandemic hardens ethnic fault lines. The consequences of prolonged...

The cowardice of Sharif

Those who have read William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar are familiar with Brutus who killed Caesar, not because he loved him less but because he...

Illegal wildlife trade in Pakistan and its effect on tourism

Wildlife trade has been rampant in Pakistan for decades. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), wildlife crime is the...
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