Indian elections
THE Islamophobic rhetoric being employed by Narendra Modi for this election campaign has become shrill. Pakistan has nearly always been an electoral issue in India. However, this time, it is…
Path of instability
PAKISTAN is currently muddling through a storm of political instability, economic downturn and resurgent terrorism. Large sections of Indian media and pundits have seized the opportunity to demonise Pakistan as…
Back to the two-lock basics
IT wasn’t a coincidence that two vote-rich Indian states ruled by two formidable opposition leaders — both regarded as prime minister material — witnessed headline-catching communal violence last week. Coupled…
A movement critically poised
THE gunman half danced, half walked with a swagger towards the swarming crowd of India’s bravest women. His movements resembled a Shyam Benegal movie sequence around an obscure ritual to…
Defying nature
IT seems that the guardians of our morality believe a major threat to Pakistan’s existence comes from its transgender citizens. A considerable section of religious scholars is unable to explain…
Modi and the media
For someone who never held a single press conference in his two terms in prime ministerial office and did not present himself for an interview with any bona fide journalist,…
A democracy without question
IT wasn’t surprising in the end that the presiding officers of the two Houses of India’s parliament, both handpicked by Prime Minister Modi, suspended 146 opposition MPs en masse. This…
Jailed in India: Part – I
On October 3, 2023, the day after MK Gandhi’s birthday, over five hundred officers of the Delhi Police fanned out across India to detain either at their Special Cell station…
Arab-Israeli conflict through history: Part – I
The Hamas attack on Israel and the consequential bombardment of Gaza by Israel has not only triggered a heated debate over the Palestinian issue but also exposed the hypocrisy of…
India on the global stage
Fresh from the success of the moon landing, India hosted world leaders at the G20 summit in its capital Delhi on September 9-10. Meticulously prepared and lavishly hosted by the…
