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Unforgettable Zia, As I Knew Him0
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- May 23, 2019
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 MOREFrom Colonialism to New Colonialism: Women’s Studies Centres in India0
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- May 22, 2019
Dr. Firdous Azmat Siddiqui 22 May 2019 Let me begin with one main commandments of animalism from George Orwell’s Novel ‘Animal Farm’ that ‘All animals are equal.’ Concept behind women’s movement was a fight for gender equality, a fight for justice that resulted into an academic discipline. Women Studies as an academic discipline in India
READ MOREInteraction between Democracy and Development in the Contemporary Era0
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- May 22, 2019
by Miskat Jahan 22 May 2019 Abstract Though both democracy and development are two conventional words around the modern world, but the interrelation between these two is crucial as well as has a debatable exposure. Democracy is one of the state principles which can act as an important catalyst to make the development more vivid.
READ MOREIndia’s booming print media!0
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- May 22, 2019
by Dr Bhargavi D Hemmige 22 May 2019 In a surprise move, the Indian print industry seems to be defying the global trends. The Media Research Users Council (MRUC), on 26th April 2019 released the latest Indian Readership Survey (IRS) report which indicated that the print media is on the rise, adding 1.8 crore new
READ MORE2019 Election and the Debate Around the Issue of India’s Identity: A ‘Hindutva’ India or ‘Sarvadharma Sambhava’ India?2
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- May 22, 2019
By: Rajit Das 22 May 2019 The world’s largest democracy is going through with elections to elect the new prime minister of India. After five years of rule under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi, the citizens of India are making their voices heard by practicing their democratic franchise of
READ MOREAfter SL serial-blasts, Maldives displays cautious optimism0
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- May 22, 2019
N Sathiya Moorthy 22 May 2019 The Easter Day serial-blasts in neighbouring Sri Lanka may have rattled Maldives, but the nation is not afraid. Defence Minister Mariya Didi told the Indian newspaper, The Hindu, recently that “there was no specific or imminent terrorist threat to the nation, but in today’s world, we can never really entirely
READ MOREBook Review; The secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism0
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- May 20, 2019
by Zaboor Ahmad 20 May 2019 India and Turkey are the two leading examples of secular states in the non-secular world. Both are constitutionally secular as there is no official religion in them. However, it is different from the western conception of state-religion dichotomy. Indeed the state has acted as intrusive and regulating authority in
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Water Energy Projects in Nepal: An Opportunity for India0
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- May 20, 2019
by Dr. Rajkumar Singh 20 May 2019 Very recently in February 2019, the Indian government has proposed the construction of Lower Arun Hydropower project in Nepal with a capacity of 400 megawatts. It was decided in a meeting with Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation Barshaman Pun at New Delhi on and, Indian Minister
READ MOREThe Durand Line Issue0
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- May 20, 2019
The Durand Line is a 2,200-kilometre debated border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was set up in 1893 between Sir Mortimer Durand, a British negotiator and respectful hireling of the British Raj, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Afghan Amir, to settle the constraint of their circles of impact and make stride discretionary relations and exchange
READ MOREManning: US Working Class War Hero and The Global Implications0
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- May 20, 2019
This short article is an update on the recent developments in the mysterious saga surrounding Assange and; the near blanket suppression of publicly available information on the state of affairs with regard to Manning. It has implications in South Asia, (and, Globally) of the consequences of holding Authorities to Account and the enduring struggle for
READ MOREThe wages of censorship0
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- May 20, 2019
Self-censorship is not uncommon in today’s world, but it is usually the result of threat by a government, writes William Milam by William MilamMay 17, 2019 in News & Analysis, Comment 0Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Earlier this week I attended a lecture by the eminent American historian of early American culture, Joanne Freeman of
READ MOREIndia: Taking election reforms forward — and seemingly, too0
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- May 20, 2019
With the current poll processes are expected to come to a close long before the month-end, the Election Commission may need to address the two questions that elections 2019 has raised. N Sathiya Moorthy 20 May 2019 During the pendency first and currency, as well of the current round of elections, the EC argued before
READ MOREINDIA’S UNCANNY HISTORY: WHO DOES NOT KNOW?2
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- May 16, 2019
by Usman Ali Khan 16 May 2019 In South Asia, an Aesopian nuclear struggle to achieve the maximum is underway by India, keeping in mind the continuous development of its defence capabilities. Its struggle to achieve the peak is moving steadily forward without great exertion but with abundant support. India since independence has sought to
READ MOREWalking A Tightrope: Pakistan Struggles To Juggle Multiple Balls0
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- May 16, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 16 May 2019 Pakistan risks falling off the tightrope it walks as it attempts to balance its relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Developments in recent days, including this weekend’s Baloch nationalist attack on a luxury hotel in the strategic port city of Gwadar and a legal dispute over completion
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