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Unforgettable Zia, As I Knew Him1
- Commentary, Issue 29 – Summer 2019
- January 18, 2020
By R Chowdhury 23 May 2019 Following my escape from Pakistan Army in 1971, I was posted to Z Force of Colonel Ziaur Rahman in the eastern theater of the Bangladesh liberation war. The nearly 20-day journey took me from Lahore to Khem Karan to Rajoke to Ferozepur to Delhi to Kolkata to Agartala and
READ MOREIndia: BJP Govt. Shocked by Secular Storm!1
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- December 21, 2019
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 21 December 2019 The present Indian government was probably not prepared for the storm that it is facing from citizens across the nation demanding withdrawal of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). This is probably just a mild indicator of the democratic storm that can be raised by
READ MOREIndia: A Tamil Nadu angle to the CAB0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- December 13, 2019
The Centre needs to take a closer look at the possibilities of the CAB garnering attention under the international law and be equal to the possibilities of CAB drawing into the international debate other recent issues such as Article 370 and the National Registry of Citizens, says N Sathiya Moorthy. N Sathiya Moorthy Rediff.com 12 December 2019
READ MORESri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2019: A New President and the Politics of Balances0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- December 4, 2019
by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera December 3rd, 2019 Summary The recent Sri Lankan election witnessed the Rajapaksa brothers – Gotabaya and Mahinda – coming to power. Gotabaya, former secretary of defence and a technocrat with little political experience, was elected president while Mahinda, former two-time president who ended the protracted civil war during his term 10 years
READ MOREIndian democracy is not more than a voting right0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- December 3, 2019
by Dr. Rajkumar Singh 3 December 2019 Even after more than 70 years and 17 national general elections, India’s Parliament is nowhere close to being truly representative. Since the adoption of the Constitution, India has moved decisively towards a multi–party system, with laws such as the one to prevent defection restricting inner–party dissent even while
READ MOREIMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL DEFENCE POLICY FOR SRI LANKA0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 25, 2019
BY ASANGA ABEYAGOONASEKERA 24 November 2019 “There are none so blind as those who do not see.” Matthew 9:26-27 The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and most wanted terrorist leader after Osama Bin
READ MOREBengali Hindus leaving India for Bangladesh, raising intriguing questions0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 21, 2019
21 November 2019 For more than a hundred years, the ratio of Hindu population in the Indian subcontinent has been declining. The dip, from 75.1 percent in 1881 to 72.9 percent in 1901, in British India created a paranoid reaction that Muslims would outnumber Hindus. This myth has been repeated after every census ever since.The
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Bangladesh And Its Continued Defamation Of Grameen Bank0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 20, 2019
“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbor to have them through envy.” ~Aristotle by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 20 November 2019 He is perhaps the most celebrated
READ MOREIndia-Bangladesh Relations: Risks of a Fallout Over the NRC0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 17, 2019
November 14, 2019 by Indrajit Sharma When Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi last month, she raised concerns over the National Register of Citizens (NRC), India’s attempt to identify “illegal immigrants” in the northeastern state of Assam that borders Bangladesh. These comments are only the most recent
READ MORERemapping Indian Occupied Kashmir: A Multipronged Travesty0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 15, 2019
by Shamsa Nawaz 15 November 2019 The second Presidential Order on the Reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir by India in 2019 is yet another outlandish decision to challenge the objectives of a peaceful coexistence. It is a call for altering an International Order more conversant to breach the democratic political norms, history and fundamental
READ MORESC Verdict: What if Ram temple was demolished in 1992 instead of Babri Masjid?0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 11, 2019
By Abhay Kumar, The Milli Gazette Online Nov 11, 2019 What if the Ram temple were demolished on December 6, 1992 instead of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya? Do you think the Supreme Court judgement would have been the same? Do you think the demolished structure would have been given to the party that was
READ MOREWhy the European Parliament Group’s Kashmir Visit Backfired on India0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 8, 2019
The curated visit of far-right European politicians to Kashmir was a dangerous gamble for India’s foreign policy. By Angshuman Choudhury and Prannv Dhawan November 8, 2019 On October 29, the Indian government ushered 27 Members of European Parliament (MEPs) into the Kashmir Valley, which has been in a state of lockdown since its constitutionally-guaranteed partial
READ MOREIndia: Ayodhya Issue – Social Verdict to be Watched for!0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 8, 2019
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 8 November 2019 Notwithstanding speculations and apprehensions voiced about the possible tension that Supreme Court’s verdict on the controversial Ayodhya-issue lead to, certain things cannot be ignored. Prior to elaborating to further on this, it may be noted that Ayodhya-issue refers to a dispute over a religious site in Uttar Pradesh (UP),
READ MOREBook review: The battle for Pakistan – Author Shuja Nawaz0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020, Reviews
- November 7, 2019
by Arnold Zeitlin 7 November 2019 The tale has been often told: the U.S.-Pakistan-relationship was founded on the misunderstanding that never has been resolved and, perhaps, has been deliberately maintained. In the mid-1950s, the American secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, saw Pakistan as a South Asian bulwark against the Soviet Union. Field Marshall Ayub
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