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BNP election victory: Big win, but small change likely in Bangladesh
The victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should be seen in the light of the recent political developments in most of the seven member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative…
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The farcical side of the racial superiority of the whites
The hypocrisy of the diminishing race of white supremacists in the United States and Europe knows no bounds. When a handful of Latinos, African-Americans and Asians, even with proper documents, would come…
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Battleground Iran: China-Russia factor behind US design in West Asia
As the entire Iranian coastline in the Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf) has enormous economic as well as strategic significance for China and Russia, any such (mis)adventure…
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Mentally unsound person can’t be village head, let alone US President
If a person of unsound mind is not allowed to contest the election for the post of village head even in the most backward country of the planet, how is it that…
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Little scope for Gen Z-led revolution in Iran, at least for now
When widespread protest and violence, especially by the youths, led to the overthrow of the parties in power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in the post-pandemic years, Iran – though single-handedly…
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Western dilemma over Shia Iran’s global Sunni support-base
Among other things, the biggest challenge the United States-led West faces before attacking Shia-dominated Iran, which no doubt is passing through a serious economic crisis, is that the government in Tehran, against…
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When small is ugly: Somaliland, UAE emerge as new pawns of the West
Small is beautiful, but perhaps not in global geo-politics. Fragmenting a sizeable country with rich resources – a phenomenon called balkanization – is a part of the policy of imperialist forces ever…
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Macaulay was a foot soldier in the massive Western civilisational onslaught
If we cannot erase the impact of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s Minute of 1835, 190 years after what he wrote, then 1,900 years later, too, we will continue to blame just one individual…
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Can Nitish Kumar avoid the fate of his mentor Fernandes
The difficulty Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faced while taking oath on November 20 reminded one of the campaign undertaken by his frail-looking mentor, George Fernandes, during the 2009 Lok Sabha election. …
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Money power fuels AIMIM wins in Bihar’s Seemanchal region
What is being ignored amidst the larger-than-life presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen supremo, Asaduddin Owaisi, is the manner in which some local strongmen, contractors, builders, big businessmen etc. have either got elected…
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Zakaria’s new Middle East fantasy ignores Gulf atrocities in war
When there is widespread condemnation of the stand taken by Gulf monarchies on Gaza carnage and Sudanese civil war, the Washington Post columnist, Fareed Zakaria, deemed it fit to shower praise on…
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Women-empowerment in Bihar is a media created myth
The transfer of Rs 10,000 to (till now) 1.21 crore women by the Nitish Kumar government for starting small businesses is being interpreted by his supporters as another step in the direction…
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Bhagwat to Shah remarks that could derail NDA in Bihar Elections
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion on 16 October that the newly elected legislators of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar would decide on the choice of chief minister has sparked…
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Time running out for Netanyahu as Gaza conflict winds down
It is relatively easy to fight a war with dreaded enemies on the front, but it is tougher to confront peace with its own citizens. This is the predicament of the Israeli…
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‘Marwaris Go Back’ stir in Telangana: Is it the outcome of tussle between new and old trading communities?
Though the Marwari Banias have been engaged in trade and money-lending business in erstwhile Hyderabad state for almost last three centuries—or may be even more—yet it is now that Telangana is witnessing…
