United we stand
September 6 is no doubt an unforgettable day in our national history. To show solidarity with our brave soldiers, I also attended the ceremony held at the GHQ Rawalpindi to…
UnVeiled, UnMasked, UnPlugged Indian Hindutva
Alone. Hounded. Sledged. Mobbed. Harassed. Heckled. Jeered. Harrowed. Threatened. Sieged. Terrorized. And many more. This is a sample of what happened to a girl student Muskan Khan in Karnataka, India,…
German budget row prises open debt brake debate
Germany’s budget crisis has given new momentum to reforming self-imposed borrowing limits even among the opposition conservatives, as hunger for sorely needed investment trumps an earlier political obsession with fiscal…
A rational solution the way forward
My doctor had asked me to stay away from both electronic and social media for the last month and a half due to my ill health. In a way that…
Arab-Israeli conflict through history: Part – II
In part one of this article, I tried to dispel the impression that the creation of Israel was purely and primarily for persecuted Jews, arguing there were imperial and geo-strategic…
From Shantinagar to Jaranwala
I just want to make sure their church is burnt to the ground,’ said a middle-aged woman in Cinema Basti Jaranwala to a senior police officer just as the police…
Japan’s debt time bomb to complicate BOJ exit path
Japan’s ticking debt time bomb will likely complicate the next central bank governor’s task of steering a smooth exit from ultra-loose monetary settings, with rising long-term interest rates already forcing…
Investors left scratching heads as ECB bosses spar on outlook
The European Central Bank’s top economic thinkers are sparring over the outlook for inflation and rates, leaving investors scratching their heads over the ECB’s next policy moves. Philip Lane and…
A change unnoticed
The United Kingdom just experienced an historic change in the form of electing its first non-white and non-Christian prime minister. Rishi Sunak is no ordinary person of colour but someone…
Dangerous nationalism
The Tipu Sultan Express named after the famed freedom icon who resisted British colonialism in South India in the late 18th Century is being renamed Wadiyar Express after the Hindu…
