Between Hope & Hell in America

Between Hope & Hell in America

Between Hope & Hell in America With a complete lid on information, the talks in Islamabad, continuing till 3 AM, two hours before this is being written, allow no peep into where the myriad issues that triggered the West Asia conflict stand. Only “a stepping...
NEPAL GOES TO THE POLLS TODAY

NEPAL GOES TO THE POLLS TODAY

NEPAL GOES TO THE POLLS TODAY Street protests by the youth that removed the governments in India’s immediate neighbourhood, which began in 2024, are yielding political fruit in electoral terms. Myanmar is the exception, with the military engineering the victory in its...
A Hyperactive Trump

A Hyperactive Trump

A Hyperactive Trump Amidst the explosions across the Gulf region, and death and debris they are causing, including a girls’ school where 115 have been killed, I notice a familiar name this Sunday morning. Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council,...
END OF AN ERA & A “MOTHER-IN-LAW DEAL”

END OF AN ERA & A “MOTHER-IN-LAW DEAL”

END OF AN ERA & A “MOTHER-IN-LAW DEAL” For many of my generation who witnessed the birth of Bangladesh — from far, near or from a vantage point — an era has ended—the nostalgia of 1971 — of the grim events that led to it through that...
ON MARK TULLY & INDIA AS NEWS HUB

ON MARK TULLY & INDIA AS NEWS HUB

ON MARK TULLY & INDIA AS NEWS HUB The death, at 90, of Mark Tully, just ‘Mark’ to those who knew him and “Tully Sahab” to millions across South Asia who heard him, ended an era. He was the most famous of those who reported on India post-independence. He was...