Under water: how the Bank of England threw markets a lifeline
Calls to the Bank of England saying some British pension funds were struggling to meet margin calls began on Monday. By Wednesday they were getting more urgent and coordinated. Wild…
Terrorism to tourism’: England cricket trip gives Pakistan a boost
The return of England’s cricket team to Pakistan next year - their first visit since a deadly 2009 attack on Sri Lanka’s team - is a vote of confidence in…
Little England
Sometimes you just have to lie back and think of England. But how can one think of England without thinking of Shakespeare? And when you think of Shakespeare, how can…
England celebrates 600th anniversary of Agincourt victory
England was this week celebrating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of its greatest-ever battlefield victories, when king Henry V's longbow archers routed the French nobility. The…
Bank of England to take early but cautious action on UK housing market
The Bank of England's starkest warning so far about Britain's booming house prices is likely to be followed by cautious measures, possibly as soon as next month, as policymakers test…
Modi jeopardizing lives of 1.7bn people
Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, has said the following about Indus Water Treaty: “There is no provision in the treaty to allow for suspension the way it…
Modi’s new abnormal: Part – I
The 87-hour war between India and Pakistan in May 2025 has largely been seen through the spectrum of conventional war, a new water contingency, deterrence dynamics and the prospect of…
The making of Marxism
Time has scarcely dulled the power of Karl Marx’s ideas, whose 207th birthday the world marks today (May 5). His vision of a post-capitalist society is the ‘invisible hand’ behind…
Tariffs and non-neoliberal globalization – I
When there is something fundamentally wrong, it needs to be fixed to the extent that those fundamentals get corrected through a policy that takes least time, and minimum disturbance. It…
West End beats Broadway in theatre revival. What’s the secret?
London’s West End theatres are enjoying record ticket sales and drawing millions of pounds of investment as a pandemic-era tax break that will become permanent next month persuades some producers…
