Category: Opinions
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The Afghan Conundrum
Asad Mirza The Moscow Conference on Afghanistan has shown the resolve of the regional players to play an affective role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and help the masses, who are facing a bleak future. After a relatively silent phase on Afghan situation, which was overtaken by the global geo-political concerns after the start of…
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2022 Thanksgiving Thoughts: The Light of Democracy Still Shines
FRANK F ISLAM This Thanksgiving we are thankful that the light of our American democracy still shines. Much of the media in the period from Labor Day in September until the midterm elections on November 8 was consumed with politically-related coverage. That coverage featured stories about: an American people who were polls and poles apart;…
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Suspension of trading in a scrip a double whammy for minority shareholders
Stock exchanges are self-regulated organisations or SROs while their regulator is the SEBI. The role of the SRO is to act in favour of the investor and at the same time, ensure that the issuer of capital or listed entities are not given a raw deal. ARUN KEJRIWAL Mumbai, Nov 16,2022: Stock exchanges are self-regulated…
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American Democracy At Peril?
Asad Mirza It seems as if the biggest bastion of democracy in the world will continue to be marred by unpredictable changes. The latest in the series could stem from the setback suffered by the Biden Administration in country’s mid-term elections, last week. Usually in a democratic system, every ruling party suffers from the incumbency…
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Two truths about the Putin’s Ukrainian misadventure
Frank F Islam Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, which many experts predicted would end within seven days is now in its ninth month. This unanticipated outcome has revealed two counterintuitive and countervailing truths about Russia: One, it has shown that that nation’s vaunted military is significantly weaker than everyone assumed; two, it has…
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Stop Making Sense: America’s New National Anthem?
FRANK F ISLAM In 1984, the American rock band Talking Heads released a classic live album titled Stop Making Sense. That album featured songs such as Psycho Killer, Burning Down the House, and Life During Wartime. That album title could be America’s new national anthem as those cuts are emblematic of the politically and socially divided times in which we Americans…
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U.S. Priorities Ties with India
Asad Mirza The Biden administration unveiled the US National Defence Strategy 2022 on 27th October. It lists plans to boost its defence ties with India to deter Chinese aggression in the region. The latest U.S. Defence Strategy states that China presents the most consequential and systemic challenge, while Russia poses acute threats to vital U.S.…
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46 % of Indians perceive news coverage of PM Modi as biased
Syed Ali Mujtaba New Delhi Oct 23,2022: A report by Delhi-based think tank Lokniti-CSDS and Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Stiftung finds that 46 % of Hindus and Muslims who follow various media sources perceive news coverage of PM Modi as biased. They also believe that the Modi government is portrayed too favorably in the Indian news…
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MAHBUBUL HOQUE: AN EDUPRENEUR ON MISSION TO TRANSFORM EDUCATION IN THE NORTH EAST
By Danish Reyaz | Maeeshat | Guwahati Mahbubul Hoque, during his student years at Aligarh Muslim University, was a reflective person. When he used to get time out of his study, he would often visit the tomb of Sir Sayed Ahmed and sit there in quietude, showing respect to the great man who founded the…
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Pakistani Muslim elite and the Kashmir issue
FAIYAZ AHMED FYZIE There are certain events which leave an indelible mark in history. October 22, 1947 is one such date which has left deep imprint on the history of the Indian sub-continent. On this day, Pakistan invaded the erstwhile Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir in the garb of tribal raid and subsequently was able…