by Mahendra Ved | Mar 5, 2026 | Blogs
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...
by Prakash Nanda | Mar 3, 2026 | Blogs
RIGHT ANGLE – Iran fighting America with American weapons? As one writes this, the news is that even after the killing of its supreme leader Ali Khamenei in the joint U.S.-Israel strikes launched on February 28, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
by Mahendra Ved | Mar 2, 2026 | Blogs
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,...
by Prakash Nanda | Mar 1, 2026 | Blogs
RIGHT ANGLE – Perverse VIP Culture After going through two recent news items, I tend to agree with a recent opinion piece in the highly influential British Weekly, The Economist, which has a global presence but is otherwise distinctly anti-India for what it says...
by Mahendra Ved | Feb 23, 2026 | Blogs
Feeling the easterly wind with cautious optimism An election provides the best antidote for people. In India’s neighbourhood, Myanmar indicate no change in the military dominance over the civilian. But those held after mass protests in Sri Lanka and Nepal have...
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