Geelani’s death: Pansies to happily bloom in Kashmir
By Deepika Bhan New Delhi, Sep 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was in spring many years ago when pansies bloom in Kashmir and the end of the cold season begins that I met Syed Ali Shah Geelani…
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No cause for celebration: Indian Muslims and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
By Salma Kouser-Asif Taliban prides itself in following Islam according to the scriptures and yearns to establish an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan. Their narrow vision rests on the claim that the foremost objective of maintaining…
Taliban victory puts Pakistan in a quandary
By Asad Mirza The Pakistan government at the moment seems to be in a quandary. The manner in which it wanted to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has rebounded threatening to reinforce religious fundamentalists…
While markets continue to rally strongly, risk-reward ratio seems to be tilting against the bulls
By Arun Kejriwal Markets were on a roll and posted big gains during the week gone by. They were up on four of the five trading sessions and corrected on just one day, posting new…
Strategy of the greats – Moving towards IR 5.0
By Pradip Baijal The world is changing at a frightening speed. The world did not change for 18 centuries after 1 AD with India and China owning half the world’s GDP almost throughout this period,…
Is Sri Lanka coloured red?
By Binay Kumar Singh China has set course on a path of hegemony centred on an expansionist agenda, to realise the malicious vision of Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)…
Taliban’s rise may help fuel separatist agenda in Kashmir
By Deepika Bhan The Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan has given certain elements in Pakistan an opportunity to portray the Taliban victory as a gateway to Kashmir also. Their imaginations may be running riot, but the…
China influencing world using army of fake social media accounts, but why?
By R.R.M. Lilani The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, at a recent meeting with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi (now appointed as the Minister of Transport), said Covid-19 is a matter of science and…
China’s Panchen Lama Ignored by Tibetans
By Dawa Tsering Recently, China-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu (GN) who acts only as a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was sent by China to attend a religious conference in Sichuan in…
Autumn’s Shadow on the Arab Spring
By Asad Mirza The onset of the Arab Spring had raised expectations in the region of power being transferred to the people ultimately, but the ensuing developments have completely changed the dynamics of the pro-people…
Markets at new highs, but primary markets performance makes one jittery
By Arun Kejriwal Markets have made new highs on the closing basis and also new intraday highs during the week on the benchmark indices. They gained on three of the five trading days and were…
Why is Taliban surefooted in its geopolitical responses this time?
BY D.C. PATHAK Soon after the capture of Kabul by the Taliban the radical outfit announced that the regime in Afghanistan would be based on Shariat leaving no one in doubt about the return of…
Does US humiliation in Afghanistan spell curtains on forever wars?
BY SAEED NAQVI The horrific terrorist attacks outside Kabul airport will boost chaos sky high. It will take focus away from the only frame in which the epochal events of the past few days should…
Blue Hats for safety of Afghan women, girl-children
By Robinder Sachdev The UN must immediately offer, and deploy a PeaceKeeping Force to Afghanistan to escort girls and women for going from their homes, to their places of study, school, college, and offices. The…
Remembering a military quagmire: Exit of US from Afghanistan and the impact on small states
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera R.W. Apple Jr. wrote back in 2001 that “like an unwelcome specter from an unhappy past, the ominous word ‘quagmire’ has begun to haunt conversations among government officials and students of foreign…
Time for a progressive law on online gaming – lessons from Tamil Nadu
By Abhishek Ranjan The Tamil Nadu government played to the gallery, when in November 2020, in the backdrop of the Assembly elections, it decided to pass an ordinance banning online games. In a single stroke…
India must urgently make efforts to be an honest broker in US-Iran relations
By Robinder Sachdev In light of the meltdown in Afghanistan, it is of utmost urgency to prevent a major eclipse and detriment to global, Indian, and American values and interests in the middle-Asia theatre. To…
Afghanistan’s future
By Asad Mirza The Talibans takeover of Afghanistan has once again put a big question mark on its future, but it has also offered a glimmer of hope for the redevelopment of this war-ravaged country…
Market under pressure as momentum beaks
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by had four trading sessions but the action and drama that unfolded, was on expected lines. The final closing does not give any sense of what transpired during the…
Nationalism, self-dependence and youth power in PM’s Red Fort address
BY D.C. PATHAK Prime Minister Modi’s speech on the 75th Independence Day was one of the most comprehensive and engaging addresses heard from the ramparts of the Red Fort — it was remarkable for the…