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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump after their joint press statement in New Delhi Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. JHA)Opinion
    Thin skin, big chip, yes; yet Hindutva rise impacts us all

    Over the years, it would appear that Indian skin has become thinner, and the chip Indians carry on their shoulders has...

    1 March 2020 9:37 PM

    One of the great scholars when it comes to Urdu literature, Gopi Chand Narang, was quoted as saying that, Urdu is not the language of Muslims. If at all there is any language of Muslims, it should be Arabic. Urdu belongs to the composite culture of India. Hindi and Urdu are supplementary and complementary. They are like sisters strengthening each other .Opinion
    India no more a beacon for democracy in South Asia?

    Kashmir, too, remains under control by dint of the harshest crackdown ever seen in the held Valley.

    16 Feb 2020 8:10 PM

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Pied Piper' Imran Khan now finds that being PM can be hard work

    In fact, it has been one long party thus far: the Prime Minister says he doesn't run a kitchen or own a car.

    10 Feb 2020 8:28 PM

    Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.Opinion
    Unlike in China, all endangered species should be off the menu

    Whatever the cause, it is certain that China's food preferences have triggered this plague.

    4 Feb 2020 12:55 AM

    US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Iranians should remember that revenge always best served cold

    Trump, facing impeachment and re-election, could do with a short, sharp war.

    13 Jan 2020 10:40 PM

    Donald TrumpOpinion
    Identity rules in our time of culture wars, not our ideology

    Our antagonism for the other is now a key driver in social and military conflicts.

    5 Jan 2020 9:04 PM

    Many of us with a Western education consider our clerical parties a retrogressive force that wants to push Pakistan back to the medieval era.Opinion
    World faces a perfect storm of discontent

    In Pakistan, we have a special case where mobs are usually associated with religious movements or parties.

    17 Dec 2019 2:12 AM

    US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)Opinion
    We kept the peace so far, but now all bets are off

    The United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, WHO, FAO, and a host of others...

    8 Dec 2019 7:05 PM

    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The cruelty in Pakistan over Sharif's health

    While we sink deeper into the hole we have dug for ourselves, the establishment remains the elephant in the room.

    18 Nov 2019 1:44 AM

    Maulana Fazlur RehmanOpinion
    Maulana's stir to 'oust' Imran: Who's funding the protests?

    Basically, clerical leaders can bring huge numbers on to the streets at the drop of a turban.

    11 Nov 2019 9:47 PM

    Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called for attacks in the West in the Telegram message on Eid al-Adha, which comes as ISIS has lost most of its territory in Iraq and Syria. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    What is so seductive about the 'caliphate' for some Muslims?

    Terrorism is no substitute for toil, just as fantasies cannot replace facts and figures.

    3 Nov 2019 7:29 PM

    Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters chant slogans as they wait to cross the border into Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    US act of treachery shouldn't surprise Kurds, given the past

    It never changes, and yet he never loses his innocence, just as Lucy never loses her mean streak.

    20 Oct 2019 8:54 PM

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