Thanks to Ardern, New Zealand today soothes the soul
Those who have rushed to psychoanalyse 28-year-old Australian, Brenton Tarrant, for the outrage in Christchurch mosques killing 50 people, are concealing the reality, possibly without their knowing it. This line of inquiry will not explain why Christchurch or Pulwama, Utrecht and now Birmingham happened.
24 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Imran Khan has taken a leaf out of Josh Malihabadi's book
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken a leaf out of the great Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi's book.
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Three Mosques: “Muslim Generosity Would Electrify Hindu Masses”
The 25th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition will rekindle the debate: why was it demolished, historical wrongs, Mandal Commission inviting a Mandir backlash, Hindu yearning for a Ram temple and so on.
9 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Left, Right, Centre? Or does AAP defy simple definitions?
I probably move in the wrong circles, because nobody I know has a good word for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). You mention AAP and they begin to whine. This is not the response I get from neighbourhood drivers, other workers and their friends. There is a wide difference of opinion. Is there a clear class divide?
3 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Enemy's enemy is my friend: BJP, CPM Target Mamata
On the eve of the May 2016, West Bengal Assembly elections, Arun Jaitley shared his campaign experiences with some editors. When
15 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Origin of Saudi-Qatar spat
The western media, which was shy of mentioning the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as a threat to the Saudi regime, has now started describing it as a threat to Riyadh quite as potent as Shia Islam. This change is a major fall-out from the Saudi-Qatari spat.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Kejriwal, a dangerous idea
The wag has a point. The 2017 Delhi Municipal Corporation elections, as we are being persistently reminded, were won by the BJP handsomely because of a single factor: a Modi wave. Fair enough. But the BJP won the two previous Delhi Municipal elections also. Who generated the waves then?
30 April 2017, 18:00 PM
How authentic is the western media?
Since I had been to the region some time ago, a school invited me for a talk on Syria, particularly Aleppo, and why Assad was killing his own people.
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM
A turning point or stopgap as the Centre crumbles everywhere?
After a convivial evening at King's College on the Strand, when he boarded the Victoria Line to Earl's Court, Professor Ron Geaves experienced the first public reaction to a Donald Trump victory.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM
When suffering becomes a propaganda icon
The four year old Syrian boy with a burnt face found his way to the final debate between Republican candidate for president Donald Trump and the Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton at Las Vegas earlier this week.
26 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Some Real Losers
I realise more than most people that these are abnormal times. In fact, my career as a foreign correspondent would have been impossible without unstinted help, on a personal basis, from friends in the foreign office.
2 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Why Bijnor's communal villainy did not spread
I had Muzaffarnagar riots of February 2013 at the back of my mind when I drove towards Pedda village on the Bijnor-Najibabad Road where three Muslims had been shot dead by Jats who fired with guns and pistols from the terraces of their homes.
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM
The growing Saudi isolation
The changing world order is taking its toll on Salafist preacher Zakir Naik, who was otherwise not touched for decades.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM
With skates on, Turkey could slip into Syrian quagmire
Hakan Fidan, Chief of Turkish Intelligence, did not give much credence to warnings by Russian agencies that a coup to oust President Tayyip Erdogan was in the works. But he shared the information with others on a “need-to-know” basis. In a manner of speaking, he closed the door, a sort of general precaution. He did not send out an alert.
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM