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Their Favourite ‘whistleblower’

Their favourite ‘whistleblower’

Ninety former national security officials under the Obama and Bush administrations – and three who served for a period under Donald Trump – have signed an “Open Letter to the…

Growth under the IMF

In his recent bestseller, 'Factfulness', the late Hans Rosling shows us how much better the world is now than it was before. Many welfare indicators, such as poverty, longevity, and…

Election diary

The third phase of the Indian parliamentary elections ended early this week. I am so wilfully removed from the process that when I learnt that the government had declared a…

A tonga and a peanut vendor

IT’s sad to read Nehru at a time like this. People of reason are being targeted, some killed, others jailed, and the perpetrators are being rewarded as icons of nationalism.…

Re-engaging the US

President Donald Trump is notorious for his bluntness, arrogance and off the cuff remarks. He does not mince words and reaches the core point without beating about the bush. There…

A Broken System

A broken system

America is the authoritarian carceral state par excellence, ignominious the world over for the zeal with which she imprisons her citizens, for the absurdity of her criminal charges and sentences,…

Election politics in Kashmir

Barely seven months after the fall of the BJP-supported government led by Mehbooba Mufti, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik announced that the state is ready for new elections.…

Kashmir Diary

Kashmir diary

The first thing that one notices soon after coming out of the plane at the Srinagar Airport is an unwholesome welcome from the piercing chill. Though I had come sufficiently…

A Lifetime Of Mourning

A lifetime of mourning

The new cycle of death and destruction has renewed our sense of insecurity – and that too, so unceremoniously. With the internet blocked and towns and villages filled with army…