It must reopen the discussion on balancing the global intellectual property system with development Global trade and intellectual property are at a crossroads. In a time when multilateral consensus is languishing on a large number […]
“Notwithstanding the carefully structured discussions between the two leaders — and while Doklam did not figure in the discussions — relations between India and China are unlikely to show any marked improvement in the near, […]
India’s Identities Through Bollywood Cinema: Panel discussion at Lincoln Center By Mabel Pais India’s Identities through Bollywood Cinema, was a panel discussion at one of Lincoln Center’s Film Center, in early August. It explored the […]
“The Trump administration has presented its plan for Afghanistan as a regional approach — it’s anything but that”, says the author. “This is a continuation of the Obama administration’s policy. In 2015 and 2016, it […]
“Pakistan gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror.’ He added: ‘We have been paying Pakistan millions of dollars at the same time that they are housing the very terrorists that we are […]
Gauri Lankesh, a prominent Kannada journalist and a vehement critic of communal politics of the BJP government, was gunned down at her doorstep in Rajarajeswari Nagar in Bengaluru by some unknown assailants. She worked as […]
The BJP has been courting the Babas because it embodies the concept of religious men leading the country rather than its politicians. After the Gurmeet ‘Ram Rahim’ episode, the RSS is in a dilemma and […]
The affinities between Trump and Modi are striking, but none of them bodes well for democracy. NO two persons are exactly alike. But Narendra Modi and Donald Trump resemble each other to such a degree […]
“It’s been the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done” “History is written by the victors” “My intention is to examine how someone like me can look at new historical evidence and explore an alternative historical […]
By R K Barik The judiciary has put a spanner in the BJP’s plans for Haryana, triggering an outburst from BJP chief Amit Shah. The BJP also faces hurdles in its Baba-first plan in Odisha […]
It is too early to feel elated. There is a VIP track in jail as Sanjay Dutt and Mukhtar Ansari have demonstrated. The episode also reeks of systemic failure and it seems odd that the […]
“Before doing so she did not call up the CM, not even the Chief Secretary or Home Secretary. Because there was no need since DM is the final authority. But this very DM had earlier […]
If 99 per cent of the demonetized currency has returned to the banks, as the RBI has said, it means the fight against black money through demonetization was not properly thought through. The Prime Minister […]
Judicial wisdom, political mischief “It needs to be noted that the Supreme Court ruling is a very limited intervention in the Muslim “religion” — limited only to a very obnoxious practice; the practice was held […]
Donald Trump’s plan for Afghanistan is still too short on specifics U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to deepen the country’s military engagement in war-torn Afghanistan signals a significant shift in the position he has held […]
“Trump’s remarks on Pakistan and India are of obvious importance. A strong pillar of the new strategy, he declared, is to change the approach towards Pakistan. “We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe […]
“Revolting”, “cowardly”, and “barbaric” are some of the words leaders worldwide have used to describe the attack in Barcelona that killed 14 people. 100 were injured when a van plowed into pedestrians on Las Ramblas […]
“India is in the top ten nations with the widest socio-economic gap. It is an economically, socially and politically failed state for majority of its 1.3 billion citizens; who cannot solve its socio-economic, religious and […]
As we celebrate the 71st Independence Day of India, we remember the valiant freedom fighters who made huge sacrifices to make it possible for us to live as a free people in an independent nation. […]
“The belittling of Pandit Nehru is odd, because the standing of the current Prime Minister is not validated by writing out a previous Prime Minister from the annals of history. The future will judge both […]
By Mabel Pais The golden voice of Asha Bhosle, having been dubbed “the last empress of music,” will be ringing in the concert halls of America at Newark, New Jersey; San Jose, California; and Boston, […]
The issue of women’s safety comes under the national limelight with shameful regularity. The recent incident of a woman being pursued at night by men in a car in Chandigarh is a reminder that neither […]
Reports say North Korea has developed nuclear weapons that can hit US. Experts, however, say the world is not on the brink of a Third World War. They say if any war were to happen, […]
Even as Trump takes the hard line against Pakistan backing certain terror groups, there are many US generals who do not wish to antagonize Afghanistan’s neighbor “While McMaster is echoing Trump’s hard line, there are […]
“The ‘deep state’ has always worked with a king’s party, and there have always been politicians willing to oblige. Gen. Musharraf had encouraged Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to set up PML(Q) to wean away Punjab during […]
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