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Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump in a pair of new national polls published on Thursday, August 4, as the Republican nominee ends one of the worst weeks of his campaign

Who will win and why?

Aug 5, 2016 - 7:25 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau Comments Off

Right now (July), polls suggest that Hillary Clinton will win the presidential election, but I think Donald Trump actually has a much better chance of winning than most people seem to think. Donald Trump would […]

Another SAARC farce: Much ado about nothing in Islamabad

Aug 5, 2016 - 7:19 am EDT @theindpanorama Comments Off

Another ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has come and gone, this time in Islamabad, with people of its eight-member nations none the wiser about the purpose of the get-together. The […]

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has started to surface claims that the election will be rigged.

A Trump Victory is a Scary Thought; A Disputed Loss might be Scarier

Aug 4, 2016 - 11:02 am EDT @theindpanorama Comments Off

We have a tradition in the United States. When you lose an election, you take the L, and you move on. It’s what John Adams did after he lost to Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 […]

Kashmir Turmoil: Demystifying a few Myths

Aug 4, 2016 - 8:20 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

“”With the death toll rising daily in the Valley, it is no time to get involved in blame game. Deaths both of civilians and Security Forces (SF) personnel need condemnation by one and all. It […]

US President Barack Obama hugs Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Day 3 of the ongoing convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. #DNCinPHIL,

Democratic Convention, Philadelphia July 25-28, 2016

Obama Steers 2016 Presidential Election away from Trumpism

Jul 29, 2016 - 11:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PHILADELPHIA (TIP): Barack Obama, July 27 made a powerful endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the next US President, saying no one including himself was ever more qualified than his former secretary of state, as Democrats […]

Mahasweta Devi wrote with a crusader's zeal to document histories of tribals

MAHASWETA DEVI 1926-2016 | She gave voice to those on the margins

Jul 29, 2016 - 11:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Mahasweta Devi, the 90-year-old eminent writer-activist who passed away, July 28, symbolized writing for life’s sake. As she herself said, “It is my conviction that a storywriter should be motivated by a sense of history that would […]

DEMOCRATS DISPLAY UNITY AND ELAN AT THE CONVENTION

Jul 29, 2016 - 11:19 am EDT I. S. Saluja 0

Democratic Convention concluded July 28, with powerful endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the President of USA and an exultant Hillary accepting the nomination. In sharp contrast with the visible divisions and rancor in the Republican camp […]

President Obama is on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Germany and the UK to discuss fight against ISIS and defense

The finest Obama Moment: Lessons in Leadership in Times of Trouble

Jul 29, 2016 - 11:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Thursday (July 28) morning, many of us found ourselves riveted to television screens, listening to President Barack Obama deliver one of the most substantive and wise speeches by any world leader in recent years. Of course, […]

A memorial to those shot by the Munich gunman, who was said to be obsessed with mass shootings (Facebook pic)

Why Use the Terror Tag Arbitrarily?

Jul 29, 2016 - 10:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The frightful and bloody hours of Friday night (July 22) and Saturday morning in Munich and Kabul – despite the 3,000 miles that separate the two cities – provided a highly instructive lesson in the semantics […]

India: Investing in a Child’s Early Years for a Stronger Economy

Jul 29, 2016 - 10:49 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

India has the world’s largest number of young people, and 1 million of them enter the workforce every month. It is critical to the nation’s success that young Indians are well-nourished, skilled, and prepared to contribute […]

Hillary makes history as Dem nominee

Jul 29, 2016 - 10:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PHILADELPHIA: The US is just one step shy of electing its firstever female President. Already , Hillary Clinton has made history, with the Democratic Party formally nominating her on Tuesday as their presidential candidate -the […]

Dheeraj Tomar with celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna (right)

A Chef par excellence, Dheeraj Tomar

Jul 23, 2016 - 5:30 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

New York City is home to a variety of expert cooks who are known for adding twists to traditional Indian culinary art. A number of upscale restaurants in the city offer their brand of Indian […]

An upset Mayawati protests in the Rajya Sabha the derogatory comments made by UP BJP Vice President Dayashankar Singh

Self-inflicted injuries: BJP’s anti-Dalit moorings laid bare

Jul 23, 2016 - 5:07 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The BJP has just done a Bihar in Uttar Pradesh. In Bihar, its electoral prospects were damaged by no less than the RSS chief. In UP, a middling BJP leader called Mayawati, Dalit icon B R […]

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Tashkent in June this year Photo courtesy PTI

China’s Clear Message to India

Jul 22, 2016 - 5:43 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

On July 19, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman dropped his usual reticence to unilaterally comment on the escalating crisis within the Kashmir Valley, in which nearly 50 people have been killed in the violence so […]

An Indian soldier being beaten with sticks by goons in Kashmir

Let us stand by our soldiers in Kashmir

Jul 22, 2016 - 5:25 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

A few days ago, a picture was posted on Facebook showing a young CRPF jawan lying on the ground being kicked by gloating hooligans who believe they have the right to treat our security forces […]

Turkey Coup

Jul 16, 2016 - 12:25 am EDT Ravi Batra 0

“In a nation, citizens proud to be Turks, that democratically elected their government, a military coup, even if patriotic in motive, is the ultimate insult of the people – to replace their choice of leadership. […]

Kabir Chopra, the New York based actor, filmmaker, photographer, writer

Meet Kabir Chopra | Director’s cut: Fascinated by online dating and inspired by modern tales of love

Jul 15, 2016 - 9:40 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

He is an actor, filmmaker, photographer, writer who is fascinated by the world of online dating and inspired by modern tales of love. And Kabir Chopra @KabirIsHere believes that exploring the never-ending search for love […]

PM Narendra Modi failed in his bid to win India membership of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group

How China won the NSG membership power play

Jul 15, 2016 - 9:31 am EDT Kanwal Sibal 1

A disquieting feature of the Seoul setback was the diplomatic victory China scored over the US, in a forum established by the US and dominated by it for decades. If China could block the US here, it […]

Picture shows protesters clashing with police at Batamallo in Srinagar. Photo courtesy Nissar Ahmed

The Cynical Assumptions of Delhi – AS I SEE IT

Jul 15, 2016 - 9:19 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

A 21-year-old Kashmiri militant commander, Burhan Wani, was killed by security forces on Friday, July 8. The immediate reaction to Burhan’s killing was an immense outpouring of grief, which then morphed into protests. These protests generated a […]

Theresa May’s Challenges

Jul 15, 2016 - 9:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Three weeks after a majority of Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, the British political landscape looks entirely different. David Cameron, who called the referendum, is no more the Prime Minister. […]

Able Newspaper Celebrates 25 Years of News For, By and About People with Disabilities

Jul 15, 2016 - 9:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

OLD BETHPAGE, NY (TIP): Able, the Newspaper For, By and About People with Disabilities, which has been bringing much needed news to people with disabilities since 1991, is celebrating 25 years of publication. After her […]

Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Kolkata a saint at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016, the eve of the 19th anniversary of her death in 1997

Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata to be Canonized on Sept. 4, 2016

Jul 15, 2016 - 6:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Mother Teresa was widely known as a living saint as she ministered to the sick and the dying in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the world. Although some people criticized her for not also challenging the […]

@NarendraModi – Engaging Africa….

Jul 14, 2016 - 11:27 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

I returned from a very successful Africa visit, where I got to interact with political and business leaders across four nations. My visit began in Mozambique and ended in Kenya. The other two nations visited […]

Haters, get over it: Hillary Clinton isn’t going to jail over emails, Benghazi

Jul 10, 2016 - 11:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

On the heels of Independence Day, the FBI gave America a belated 240th birthday present: Hillary Clinton won’t be going to prison over Emailgate. Haters, get over it. The anti-Hillary crowd has been poking us […]

Blair’s Iraq misadventure

Jul 10, 2016 - 11:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The invasion was ostensibly on the specious ground of Saddam Hussein possessing weapons of mass destruction, based on conjectures and intelligent reports, in the face of men in the know pleading for patience. President Bush’s decision […]