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Maldives: Breathing ‘free air’ under Solih, but issues remain0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 6, 2019
by Sathiya Moorthy 5 November 2019 Come 11 November, and President Ibrahim ‘Ibu’ Solih’s regime in Maldives would be entering the second of its five-year elected term. If anything came out from the moment he was elected the President in the nation-wide direct-vote, held on 23 September 2018, it was a sense of the people
READ MORERep. Ro Khanna confronts Hindu Nationalism in his backyard0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 5, 2019
— But the Congressman’s rejection of ‘Hindutva’ is entirely consistent with his repudiation of White Nationalism By Raju Rajagopal, Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR) 5 November 2019 “It’s the duty of every American politician of Hindu faith to stand for pluralism, reject Hindutva, and speak for equal rights for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhist & Christians.
READ MOREGowher Rizvi’s 1976 Article, “The Killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – Perspectives on Recent Bangladesh History”: A Review*1
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 4, 2019
By Taj Hashmi 3 November 2019 Gowher Rizvi, the author of the article, “The Killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – Perspectives on Recent Bangladesh History” This is a review of an academic article by Ali Gowher (aka Gowher Rizvi), who is the current International Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. The article
READ MOREAfghanistan; Doomed from the Skies, Damned on the Ground0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 3, 2019
by Samiullah Doorandesh 3 November 2019 Every U.S. airstrike resulting in civilian casualties nullifies the eighteen-year long endeavors of reconstruction and nation building aimed at winning the hearts and minds of Afghans in the perpetual War on Terror. The airstrikes have alarmingly augmented the xenophobia of Afghans towards the foreign troops and especially those of
READ MOREManipur Government in Exile: Impact on Bangladesh4
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 3, 2019
By R Chowdhury 3 November 2019 A dissident group of the Indian Manipur State has announced formation of a Government-in-Exile in London on October 29, 2019. Yamben Biren, who designated himself the Chief Minister and Minister of External Affairs of Manipur made the declaration. Mr. Narengbam Samarjit, the Defence Minister designate, was present. They claimed
READ MORERSS IDEOLOGUE NANA DESHMUKH WHO JUSTIFIED 1984 SIKH MASSACRE IS A ‘BHARAT RATNA’ NOW0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- November 1, 2019
inssan abhee tak zinda hae, zinda hone per sharminda hae! Human beings are still alive, they are ashamed to be alive! [Shahid Nadeem’s Urdu couplet on silence of civil society against communal violence. He received forty lashes for writing and singing these lines by Zia regime in Pakistan] by Shamsul Islam 1 November 2019 In
READ MOREModi’s Victory, A Lesson for the Congress…? Book Review0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020, Reviews
- October 31, 2019
South Asia Journal 31 October 2019 When Mr. Narendra Modi first stepped into office as Prime Minister of India, Nilofar Suhrawardy came out with a book on him. The book, Image and Substance, Modi’s First Year in Office (2015), was first one on the subject. Her latest book on Modi’s return to power following a
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Changing Narratives of Democracy – Afghan perspective0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 29, 2019
By Krishna Sharma* 29 October 2019 Bilal Wardak and Nazir Abed were both born in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul a year after the Taliban had taken over the helm of the rugged country of the horse traders in 1996. As soon as they became eligible to vote, they registered themselves with the Independent Election
READ MOREKashmir Issue and M.K. Gandhi0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 23, 2019
Sabzar Ahmad Bhat[1] Suhail Farooq Lone[2] 23 October 2019 Today, there is a lot of literature available on Kashmir issue. Also, the numerous studies focus on Sardar Patel or Jawaharlal Nehru’s views on the subject. However, there has been lack of study which focused on the kind of view that Gandhi held towards the Kashmir
READ MOREBangladesh: Enabling the Future0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 19, 2019
The problem in Bangladesh is primarily that no basis was ever established for an effective two-party system, writes William Milam by William Milam October 18, 2019 “As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” So said the celebrated French pioneer aviator, poet, novelist and journalist Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
READ MOREPost-UN 74th session: Kashmir is somewhere between abyss and fear0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 18, 2019
by Shamsa Nawaz 18 October 2019 Hailed as a hero for calling out New Delhi’s draconian measures in occupied Kashmir, Imran Khan warned the world of a “bloodbath” once India lifts its lockdown of Jammu and Kashmir. He persuaded global leaders to denounce the brutalities and human rights violations unleashed on Kashmiris ever since the disruption of
READ MORE“We the People Hindus of India…”?0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 18, 2019
— A once-celebrated constitution is now in the danger zone Raju Rajagopal and Sunita Viswanath, Hindus for Human Rights, USA 18 October 2019 Barbara Jordan, the first African-American Congresswoman from the South, wryly reminded us during the Nixon impeachment hearings forty-five years ago that when the makers of our constitution wrote “We the people…”
READ MOREAfghanistan’s Silent Tragedy0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 17, 2019
By Michael Kugelman October 17, 2019 Last week, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan marked its 18-year anniversary. U.S. forces have now been fighting there for nearly two decades. Afghans, however, have experienced conflict for twice as long. Before U.S. troops arrived in October 2001, there was a period of Taliban rule, and that was preceded
READ MOREDeconstructing the Rhetoric of India’s “Single Biggest Internal Security Challenge”: Ideological Insurgency or Democratic Insurrection?0
- Commentary, Issue 31 – Winter 2020
- October 16, 2019
by NayakaraVeeresha 16 October 2019 On October 12th, addressing the foundation day of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) the Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the “terrorism and Maoism are the biggest threats to the human rights”. He emphasised that the international norms are not sufficient to describe the concept of human rights
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