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Five more years of Narendra Modi will take India to a dark place0
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- May 22, 2019
Kapil Komireddi 21 May 2019 If the Indian prime minister is returned to office, his sectarian politics will make bigotry the defining ideal of the republic Indian elections are a marvel to behold. The rules stipulate that no citizen should have to travel more than 2km to vote. So the state goes to the voters.
Be Afraid of the World, Be Very Afraid0
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- May 22, 2019
Five global problems that are getting worse—and may never get better. By Stephen M. Walt | May 20, 2019 Who’s right: Cassandra or Dr. Pangloss? Are we on the brink of serious trouble, as Cassandra of Greek myth prophesied, or is all for the best “in this best of all possible worlds,” as the fictional
Baloch versus Beijing: how Chinese investment in Pakistan has energised a violent separatist movement0
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- May 21, 2019
CPEC is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and would link the western province of Xinjiang with the Pakistani port of Gwadar The problem is that Balochistan, the province through which much of CPEC runs, is riven by Islamist, sectarian, and separatist insurgencies 15 May, 2019 A road sign reading “First Pakistani Branch in
How India Is Tearing Down a Bridge to Kashmir0
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- May 20, 2019
By Umar Lateef Misgar Why you should care Banning civilian traffic on the only highway connecting Kashmir to the world could rupture India’s connection with the conflict-torn region. No one asked them, but it was in the name of Kashmir’s people that the Indian government recently introduced a partial ban on civilian traffic along the
WATER SHARING OF COMMON RIVERS; Talks with India stalled for 9 years0
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- May 20, 2019
Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | May 20,2019 Bangladesh has requested India to hold a secretary-level meeting for resuming talks on sharing of water of common rivers stalled for about nine years, holding back the signing of Teesta deal and negotiations on six more rivers. Water resources secretary Kabir Bin Anwar in March formally invited his Indian
Bangladesh, India Share Intelligence on Potential Militant Attacks0
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- May 20, 2019
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on May 20, 2019 Bangladeshi authorities are taking action to stop potential militant attacks in the country and in neighboring India after receiving intelligence information from New Delhi, the home minister said Monday. The country’s border guard is on alert to be vigilant against any cross-border attack by the banned militant
Commentary
Sri Lankan bombings: Reincarnation of red revolution0
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- May 16, 2019
By B.Z. Khasru May 16, 2019 With a string of suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which killed more than 250 people in the island nation in the Indian Ocean, an old question has resurfaced: What motivated the attackers? Analysis of similar events in Europe, Africa, and Asia reaches contradictory conclusions. A paper
Bangladesh: Impunity And The Culture Of Rape0
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- May 16, 2019
by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 16 May 2019 The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman statesman, orator, and lawyer in the Roman Empire, 63 BC) There has been a very disturbing increase in child rape and sexual abuse cases in Bangladesh. Between May 1-8 alone, in a
India’s ‘Nirbhay’ Missile Test and Implications for Pakistan0
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- May 16, 2019
by Syeda Saiqa Bukhari 16 May 2019 India, under its hegemonic tendencies, has always desired to dominate the South Asian region and to become one of the major powers in the region and beyond. Driven by its regional and global hegemonic designs, India is involved in several missiles’ development programs. Recently, on April 15, 2019,
The Curious Case of Julian P Assange — Santineketan Park Association or Agent Provocateur?0
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- May 16, 2019
by Supratim Barman 16 May 2019 Assange Affidavit | Classified Information In The United States | Wiki Leaks The above link is to the Affidavit, laying out the specific charges, dated December 2017. You can view the links above to the actual US Indictment and Affidavit of the Arrest Warrant against Julian Assange which states the US
Bangladesh’s rape epidemic: Are these a case of deviant sexual behaviour or ‘System’s failure’?0
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- May 16, 2019
By M Adil Khan 16 May 2019 In Bangladesh incidents of loot, plunder, enforced disappearances, breakdown of rule of law, extra-judicial killings, deaths and injuries in road accidents through reckless driving have become parts of daily news. Lately, news of audacious rapes, abductions of girls and women and sexual harassments in almost all parts of
De-hyphenation Dilemma of the U.S. in dealing with Pakistan and India0
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- May 15, 2019
By Ch. Musawar Sharief Sandhu 15 May 2019 De-hyphenation, in general, is perceived as a policy of the U.S. to deal with Pakistan and India in different silos without linking to their bilateral relations. Under this policy, the U.S. relations with Pakistan and India are to be carried out by an objective assessment of its
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Indian Politics: — Modi Returns!
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 25 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s stunning victory in Indian parliamentary elections marking return of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister have raised apprehensions of it spelling danger signals for Indian secularism as well as democracy. Undeniably, Modi’s term, from 2014 to present, has been marked by saffronization of certain institutions
2019 Election and the Debate Around the Issue of India’s Identity: A ‘Hindutva’ India or ‘Sarvadharma Sambhava’ India?
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