Op-ed: A tale of two bears
In Martin Waddell’s children’s storybook titled "Two Brown Bears", Joe Bear and Harriet Bear have fun adventures, they convert bicycles into planes and go...
Motivational speakers, the new form of “Banarasi Thugs”
“You can have anything you want in life” and “You were born to win” are the grand statements made by motivational speakers. Imagine the...
The Great Transformation: How is RSS transforming India into a fascist regime?
Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister, like so many other Bharatiya Janata Party stalwarts, makes no bones about having been a member of the...
Pakistan’s low saving-low investment dilemma
Saving and investment are pre-eminent variables for any developing country as they yield positive dividends to economic growth, price stability, and employment level. Pakistan...
Op-ed: Ending K-electric’s monopoly
The only way to curb power woes of the citizens of Karachi is to end the monopoly of K-Electric (K-E). As such the offer...
Op-ed: Persecution of the dalit community (down-trodden) in India
A dalit leader Chandrashekar Azad addressed a rally to demand justice for Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) gang-rape victim. He is the `Bhim Army chief’ (a...
Op-ed: US involvement in Vietnam and the domino theory
The Eisenhower government had been greatly disturbed by the 1954 Geneva Agreements, in which it was agreed ultimately that Vietnam would be unified, on...
Moving towards multipolarity: End of a unipolar world
“Make America great again” - a slogan that formed the nucleus of Trump’s electoral campaign vividly suggests that America is no more a great...
E-governance: Transforming the operational efficiencies in public sector
The 21st century has proven to be the game-changer in Information Technology. It has brought countless revolutionary changes in businesses everywhere. The adoption of...
The principal fault in democracy: Election campaign funding
In September, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg announced plans to spend at least $100 million in the battleground state of Florida to help...
Saudi’s chairmanship of G20: A mixed blessing
Saudi Arabia’s chairmanship of the Group of Twenty (G20) is proving to be a mixed blessing. The G20 summit The country and Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
How Azerbaijani victory over Armenia would further Russian interests
Russian interests are arguably best served by an Azerbaijani victory over Armenia since that would teach the Soros Color Revolution government in Yerevan a...