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Being a ‘Refugee/Repatriate’ from Burma – But in 1942, Not 20170
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- September 19, 2017
By Rekha Suresh Kumar on 17/09/2017 • 1 Comment Hundreds of thousands of Indians fled Burma when Japan invaded in 1942, including my father and his family. Indians walking to cross the border with Burma in 1942. Courtesy: cbi-theater.com While rummaging through some old papers at home some time ago, I came across a slim,
READ MORESilence Then, Silence Now: Lessons For India From Its Response to 1990s Bhutanese Refugee Crisis0
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- September 19, 2017
By Vishnu Sharma on 18/09/2017 • Leave a Comment If India fails to stand with the Rohingya today, will it be able to claim tomorrow that it is rightfully with the people of Baluchistan or Tibet? Bhutanese refugees in Sanischare camp. Credit: Reuters If a nation’s resilience is tested by its response to the crisis in its
READ MORETamil Nadu’s political crisis turns into constitutional one0
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- September 19, 2017
N Sathiya Moorthy, 19 September 2017 The judiciary has often shied away from contesting the speaker’s right or that of the legislature, but it has not always avoided taking a close look at the processes employed and arrive at conclusions that are binding on all concerned, says N Sathiya Moorthy. With Tamil Nadu assembly speaker P
READ MORESri Lanka-Why And How Of ‘National Unity’0
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- September 18, 2017
N Sathiya Moorthy, 17 September 2017 If the UNP caused the sacking of Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, citing ‘collective responsibility’ as the substantiation, the SLFP has removed Deputy Minister for Tourism and Christian Affairs, Arundika Fenrnado, from the team. The UNP had begun by very reluctantly agreeing to the ‘forced’ resignation of Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake over
READ MORERussia’s Perspective on CPEC0
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- September 17, 2017
The inclusion of CPEC with the Belt and Road Initiative is a concrete example of how the Xi Jinping’s idea became an initiative. In this whole context of OBOR, Pakistan’s membership of SCO makes relevant to Russia or the Eurasian Economic Union. Otherwise, it is a little direct importance to Russia. Apart from a trade
READ MORELearning To Fish In Murky Waters: The Missing Link In Capacity-Building0
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- September 17, 2017
September 11, 2017 By Stephen E. Webber and Donald E. Vandergriff * Building partner capacity has been recently recognized as a key mission set of the U.S. Armed Forces. It has received a great deal of verbal and written attention from military leaders and policymakers due to its centrality to ongoing operations in Afghanistan
READ MORERohingya Genocide and Clash of Civilizations0
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- September 17, 2017
During past few weeks, the most potent images and videos depicting rivers of blood beheaded children, and dead bodies lying on streets and burning people alive have bought a new debate onto the issue of Rohingya Muslims. This is not the first time that Rohingya has to face violence and brutality until now thousands of
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INDIA’S NAVAL EXPANSION PLANS: PROSPECTS FOR PAKISTAN0
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- September 17, 2017
India is industrializing her naval potency at a rapid pace to attain a superior “Blue Water Navy” covering the India Ocean. Nearly 90 percent of the Indian trade is carried out via the sea route, which requires India to expand her naval power both to protect her national interests and also create military hegemony in
READ MOREAN OPEN LETTER TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE TO END THE HUMAN CRISIS IN RAKHINE, MYANMAR0
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- September 17, 2017
An Open Letter by 12 Nobel Laureates and 22 Eminent Global Citizens to United Nations Security Council to end the Rohingya Crisis Rohingya Crisis is Deteriorating Very Fast AN OPEN LETTER TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE TO END THE HUMAN CRISIS IN RAKHINE, MYANMAR Date: 13 September, 2017 Dear President and Members of the
READ MOREThe threat of Holocaust of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar!0
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- September 16, 2017
Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Myanmar, formerly Burma, is as much a criminal state as Israel has been and as a criminal state, it has been fully engaged in killing people. Muslims has been its favorite target for centuries, and when Burma became Myanmar, the new constitutional extra fittings made the state persecution of Muslims relatively
READ MOREThe Laukathara and its influence on Myanmarism0
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- September 16, 2017
By Habib Siddiqui Myanmar, formerly Burma, is a resource-rich country in south-east Asia, bordering Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, and Thailand. The old men of the military that ran the country for more than half a century have been displaced by a popular, elected, civilian government of National League for Democracy (NLD). Aung San Suu Kyi, the
READ MORELosing Sight in Kashmir: Amnesty Report Highlights Trauma of Pellet-Gun Victims0
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- September 15, 2017
By Mudasir Ahmad on 14/09/2017 Despite home minister Rajnath Singh’s assurances that pellet guns aren’t being used often by the security forces, doctors and civil organisations say otherwise. An image from the report Losing Sight in Kashmir: The Impact of Pellet-Firing Shotguns. Credit: Mudasir Ahmad Srinagar: “I have nightmares of pellets being shot at me. I
READ MOREOnly One Person Can Stop Ethnic Cleansing In Myanmar, And It Isn’t Aung San Suu Kyi0
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- September 15, 2017
Min Aung Hlaing should be treated as a pariah by now. Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters General Min Aung Hlaing in Yangon, Myanmar. July 19, 2016. 09/13/2017 LONDON — If you haven’t been paying much attention to events in Myanmar recently, you might be shocked or surprised by Aung San Suu Kyi. Yes, her response
READ MOREIndian PM Modi, Japan PM Shinzo Abe to lay the foundation stone of India’s first bullet train in Ahmadabad, Gujarat!0
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- September 14, 2017
-Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe is in India on invitation from the Modi government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the guest to important places in Ahmadabad ahead of the official schedule. PM Modi and his Japanese counterpart Abe will lay the foundation stone for India’s first bullet train project connecting
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