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Book Review: Conflict Management in Kashmir; State-People Relations and Peace0
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- August 12, 2020
Author Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra Cambridge University Press, 2018. pp 175 ISBN-13: 978-1108423892 ISBN-10: 9781108423892 by Ahmad Zaboor 12 August 2020 Mahapatra’s book is an autopsy of the intersections of political violence, deprivation, and conflict with special reference to Kashmir. It examines the vertical aspect of the conflict, in which the Indian State and a section of
READ MOREIndo–Nepal boundary dispute: What dominate the Indian perspective? 0
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- August 12, 2020
by Anurug Chakma 12 August 2020 The recent Indo–Nepal border dispute, which analysts describe as a “cartographic war” between the two countries, can be conceived as the result of tit-for-tat policy. With unanimous support from the parliament and all the Nepalese political parties including India’s old allies Tarai-based parties, Nepal recently published a
READ MOREKASHMIR: INDIA’S BLEEDING WOUND0
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- August 12, 2020
by Rabia Javed 12 August 2020 Kashmir is the real theatre of unspeakable violence and moral corrosion that can spin us into violence and nuclear war at any moment. To prevent that from happening, the conflict in Kashmir has to be addressed and resolved. That can only be done if Kashmiris are given
READ MORESouth Asia: Searching For Humanity In The Age Of Madness0
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- August 11, 2020
There are three themes that define the world we live in Madness, Hatred, and Hope. Madness Bernard-Henri Levy, the French celebrity philosopher, has coined the phrase for the period in which we are living as the age of madness. The coronavirus, he has argued, is revealing the fault- lines that divide society. We in South
READ MOREA New Beginning for Bangladesh: The Legacy of Ziaur Rahman,1975-19810
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- August 11, 2020
by Taj Hashmi* 11 August 2020 The August coup of 1975, that killed Mujib and most family members and toppled his one-party rule was as inevitable as monsoon rain after weeks of sweltering heat in Bangladesh. Mujib’s one-party dictatorship – his “personal dictatorship …. to convert the country into a personal fiefdom for
READ MOREBook review – Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India, by Shashi Tharoor0
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- August 10, 2020
by Shashi Tharoor, Scribe Publications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 201, 294 pg, Paperback, $17.95, ISBN: 978-1-9475-3430-8 by Arnold Zeitlin 10 August 2020 Shashi Tharoor is an angry Indian. He is bitter at the British as he outlines their more than two centuries of exploiting Indian resources and people, then departing hastily in 1947 to permit
READ MOREControlled media in India spreading fake reports about Nepal0
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- August 7, 2020
An image in the Times of India depicting the Nepal PM as the problem and not India by Hari Prasad Shrestha 7 August 2020 There is a major hidden cause behind the bitter relationship of India with almost all its neighbors. The retired club of seasoned Indian bureaucrats of the Ministry
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Sheikh Hasina continues the heroic offensive against unethical corruption0
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- August 7, 2020
by M A Hossain 7 August 2020 In the last 11 years, under the strong leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has emerged as a role model to the world. There has been an influx of groups that have been immersed in ideologies that are detached from the morality and ideology of
READ MORESouth Asia’s Last Resort: Is China’s One Belt-One Road Initiative the Only Road to Prosperity?0
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- August 6, 2020
by Anthony Howell 6 August 2020 China has made no secret of its want for economic expansion. It has patiently and painstakingly marched towards this end goal by establishing both transnational land and sea trade routes, mimicking the historical “Silk Roads” used centuries ago, connecting China to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe;
READ MOREIndia: Dear Liberals! Lets not Lose Hope So Soon!!0
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- August 6, 2020
by Dr. Syed Tahseen Raza 6 August 2020 It’s always not a good idea to lose hope soon. Otherwise, it will be a quickening of disaster. Let us not yield so soon. There are reasons, compelling ones too to feel so. Yes, it’s not easy to see a former Supreme Court judge take
READ MORENuclear Deterrence Policy Risk Assessment in South Asia0
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- August 3, 2020
by Mian Hameed 3 August 2020 We must profusely campaign against the selective implementation of the UNSC Rule of Law for our international quarrels. I, as a successor to others, have equally reduced to speak of some externality—the risk from nuclear weapons in the region, fundamentally resulting from the root cause—injustices. In
READ MOREBarakah- UAE’s harbinger of scientific dominance in West Asia and regional Politics0
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- August 3, 2020
by Talha Mujibi 3 August 2020 On the occasion of Eid ul Azha, Aug 1, United Arab Emirates becomes the first Arab country to successfully launch a nuclear power plant, Barakah, using nuclear energy as a source for sustainable energy requirements. It is a series of international accomplishments by UAE, a jewel in its crown
READ MOREBeijing pushing New Delhi toward a hard choice0
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- August 3, 2020
China is in no rush to solve its border disputes with India but is using them as a geopolitical ploy by Bhim Bhurtel August 3, 2020 An Indian Air Force aircraft is seen against the backdrop of mountains surrounding Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, on June 27, 2020. Photo: AFP
READ MOREIndo-US Strategic Partnership: Policy Options for Pakistan0
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- August 2, 2020
by Irfan Ali 2 August 2020 The Indo-US strategic Nexus dates back to 1991 during the President Clinton Administration. However, after the incident of 9/11 and during the George W. Bush Administration Washington and Delhi stepped forward to strengthen their relations further. As described by Fareed Zakaria in his book “The Post-American World”
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