Warning shot from nature
There were heavy hailstorms lashing out at Islamabad and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last Wednesday. These were no ordinary hailstorms but perhaps the severest of their kind in recent history…
India’s war crimes
The international legal order is indeed on the decline, and the West that has indemnified the system for long is divided. Nonetheless, it is also true that some part of…
Media and War
THERE are many reasons to be grateful that India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire. And while there are many sober considerations for this, on the lighter side, it will…
International law & Indus wars
ON April 23, India unilaterally declared the Indus Waters Treaty to be “in abeyance” — a term neither recognised in treaty law nor found in the IWT itself. The Vienna…
Silencing the war drums, amplifying her voice
On May 7, India launched Operation Sindoor, a retaliatory strike on Pakistan to ‘avenge’ the terror attack in Pahalgam that killed more than 30 civilians. Touted by the Indian government…
Information warfare
Tensions between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbours long at odds, recently escalated to a boiling point, with both sides accusing the other of launching cross-border missile strikes and drone…
Where war ends, grief begins
Who won the war? Who had the better press conference? Who did better PR? The diversity of the Indian press briefing or the heartthrob appeal of Aurangzeb? In all this…
The warmongers’ league
A picture taken on July 28, 2019 shows a giant Israeli Likud Party election banner hanging from a building showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Indian Prime…
No romance in war
Last week, South Asia teetered on the edge of catastrophe as India and Pakistan engaged in four days of intense air strikes, reigniting fears of a nuclear showdown between these…
India’s war crimes
The international legal order is indeed on the decline, and the West that has indemnified the system for long is divided. Nonetheless, it is also true that some part of…
