Interstate tension
SHORT of actually waging a war with armed policemen and limited firearms, two Indian states, Assam and Mizoram, all but provided a spectacle of a warlike situation over a decades-old…
Stateless in India
When the history of these eventful years is penned, historians may have a hard time wrapping their heads around the many achievements of the BJP on the way to establishing…
Why is Assam burning again?
Dubai eye Nation state and democracy are perhaps the greatest gifts of western civilisation to the world. The 20th century saw the crumbling of the colonial order across the globe…
After Telangana, a clamour for separate Indian states
Will the Indian government's move to split the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and create a new state of Telangana open up a Pandora's box? It looks likely, because soon…
After Telangana, a clamour for separate Indian states
Will the Indian government's move to split the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and create a new state of Telangana open up a Pandora's box? It looks likely, because soon…
Climate crisis triggers spike in lightning strike deaths in India
Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes…
Social media-fuelled lynchings shock India
The smartphone footage shows the two blood-soaked men pleading for their lives. Moments later they were dead, two more victims of lynchings sparked by rumours spread on Facebook and WhatsApp…
Qatar burnishes role as ‘essential’ hostage negotiator with Israel-Hamas deal
The emirate of Qatar has further boosted its status as a specialist power in resolving delicate hostage situations by using its influence to help secure the release of hostages by…
How far ahead of Pakistan is India?—I
The G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 should have been an eye-opener for Pakistan. However, it does not seem so. We are complacent as usual. There is a…
Ceasefire now
Amid Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Gaza is a crisis within a crisis: The presence of many hostages, including US citizens, held captive in a war zone. According to the…
