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Afghanistan; Doomed from the Skies, Damned on the Ground0
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- 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
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- 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 MOREGlobal protests: Russia and China risk ending up on the wrong side of history0
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- November 3, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 3 November 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts, Tumblr, Podbean, Audecibel, Patreon and Castbox. Widespread perceptions see Russia together with China as the rising powers in the Middle East as a result of America’s flip flops in Syria and
READ MORE‘They’re Rioting in Africa’; People across the world are protesting more than ever before.0
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- November 2, 2019
William Milam explains why by William Milam November 1, 2019 Does anyone remember the song with the above title made famous by the Kingston Trio in the late 1950s? Does anyone, except a few antiques like me, remember the Kingston Trio? I think of that song these days every time I look at daily newspapers
READ MOREPakistan: Shrinking Space for Freedom of Speech0
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- November 1, 2019
by Mehrooj Rai 1 November 2019 “If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell Journalists and media persons today are going through one of the most difficult times in the history of Pakistan. The space for media’s freedom, dissent and democracy
READ MORERSS IDEOLOGUE NANA DESHMUKH WHO JUSTIFIED 1984 SIKH MASSACRE IS A ‘BHARAT RATNA’ NOW0
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- 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 MOREBangladesh: National Revolution and Solidarity Day, its Significance and its Precursor (With inside stories)0
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- October 31, 2019
By R Chowdhury 1 November 2019 November 7, 1975. A unique day in the life of Bangladesh. At the early hours on this day, soldiers in the Dhaka Cantonment came out in force against the conspiratorial putsch staged by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf’ four days earlier. Firing with whatever personal weapons they possessed in all directions,
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State polls show ‘Modi magic’ works, but only for him0
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- October 31, 2019
It is a repeat of what the nation witnessed for most parts between the LS polls of 2014 and 2019, when the stars of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were on the ascendant as far as national politics went — without as much electoral benefit for the BJP, says N Sathiya Moorthy. N Sathiya Moorthy Rediff.com
READ MOREModi’s Victory, A Lesson for the Congress…? Book Review0
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- 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
READ MOREAlarm Bells for BJP, A Wake-Up Call for Congress!0
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- October 30, 2019
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 30 October 2019 Paradoxically, despite having literally swept the 2019 parliamentary elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has failed to display a similar show in assembly elections held recently in states of Maharashtra and Haryana. BJP has failed to win the required number of seats to be able to form state governments in
READ MOREIndia’s Paranoia about Bangladeshi Immigration0
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- October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019 Contrary to the popular myth of Hindu exodus, Bangladesh is seeing a reverse migration from India, fueling speculation that pro-India Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has imported Bengali-speaking Hindus and given them top government jobs to tighten her grip on the nation. B. Z. KHASRU | Caravan Daily For more than 100 years,
READ MORESri Lanka: Easter Attacks PSC probe: What next?0
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- October 29, 2019
by N Sathiya Moorthy 29 October 2019 When Parliament appointed the PSC to probe the ‘Easter Sunday blasts’ of 21 April, no one expected it to come up with a report that could escape politicisation of every kind. Coming as it does after the President’s Commission Report on the very same incidents and also the
READ MOREChanging Narratives of Democracy – Afghan perspective0
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- 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 MORENEOLIBERALISM AND ITS ILL-DESIGNS0
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- October 27, 2019
by Aaqib Mushtaq 27 October 2019 Neoliberalism is the resurgence of ideas associated with economic liberalism beginning in 1970s and 1980s, whose advocates support extensive economic liberalization, free trade and reductions in government spending in order to enhance the role of private sector in the economy. Today the term Neoliberalism is mostly used pejoratively as
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