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Like many of you I have avoided social media content produced by those referred to as “right wing influencers,” more colloquially called “bhakts,” but referred to in this column as RWIs. There was no occasion to do so in the period after 2014, because we...

As if the Railways didn’t have enough problems following a spate of deadly accidents and mishaps, the Railway Ministry has hit the pause button on filling top positions, including Chairman/Member, Railway Board, and General Managers. The decision stems from growing discontent among officers who entered...

The medieval darkness that descended on Afghanistan three years ago due to the hasty withdrawal of US forces that resulted in the reinstallation of the Taliban government is now complete so far as its women population is concerned. Women there are virtually enchained and shut...

In the second sign of disunity between the BJP-led NDA government and one of its key allies, a senior Janata Dal (United) functionary on 25 August joined leaders of Opposition parties – the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) - to prevail...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to war-ravaged Ukraine, about six weeks after his visit to Russia came under severe flak from some quarters in the US-led West, seen as it is by many as a balancing act. The nine-hour tour to Ukraine, the first by...

While we are going to Ukraine and Poland to end violence around the world, it is instructive to see what the world is saying about violence in India. On 9 June 2022, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs wrote to the Modi government regarding our bulldozer...

The recent move by the government to induct Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers into the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sparked some discontent within the Indian Police Service (IPS) ranks. Traditionally, the CBI has been the stronghold of IPS officers or its cadre recruited...

Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled to be held next month, is the first since an economic crisis plunged the country into turmoil two years ago. This will decide, among things, whether the unelected incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe can hold on to his position. United National...

It has to be seen to be believed how the poorest of the poor in a third country are used as pawns in a power game played by richer and more powerful nations. These powerful governments, who stand to only profit, commit almost a war...

Assembly elections are going to be held in Jammu & Kashmir after ten long years and five years after the erstwhile state lost its special status with the revocation of Article 370. The restive Union Territory will have a three-phase election that begins 8 September...