A general overstepping
Army Chief’s statements on the Northeast are problematic in terms of prudence, politics, principle.
BY: Suhas Palshikar An army chief making headlines for the wrong reasons is a painful sight. Some months ago, it was about the incident of the human shield and the general’s views on fighting the dirty war. This time, General Bipin Rawat has connected his theory of dirty war to domestic politics. With his latest […]
Radio remains resilient, but for how long?
Quality of content and long-term engagement with the listeners will judge the sustainability of broadcasting in the digital era
BY: Fazal Malik In a demographically young country, dominated by social media with high penetration of broadband connectivity and mobile phone penetration, it is rather surprising to learn that conventional radio broadcasting is still thriving. Last week’s report on radio listening figures in the UAE by Nielsen, a global measurement and data analytics company, is […]
Standpoint Feminism
Feminism represents and embodies an enlightening canvass of female rights and the feminist epistemology. The communication styles among the feminist youth and women and the growing of the newer forms of lifestyles protects the feminist sociability from the exploitative and illegitimate transgression. The socially constructed feminities should therefore tend to follow the moral values of […]
Ghouta Massacre and Civilised World
Whole humanity shall awake from deep slumber to protest
By. Shahid Majeed Mir The contemporary world order rests on the sovereignty of people and their rights. This order is known as democratic order of governance in common parlance. The order came through Renaissance of Humanistic tradition of ancient times. It accords a highest place to worth of human rights, their sovereignty through liberty, equality […]
Battle for America’s soul rages
The probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is politically and culturally significant
By. Max Boot Reading Marc Fisher and Sari Horwitz’s extraordinary article, comparing the lives of United States Special Counsel Robert Mueller and US President Donald Trump made me realise that the war between the two men is not just a struggle over the fate of this presidency. The op-ed noted: At pivotal points in their […]
Nuclear war not the answer, world should rein in Trump
America's traditional allies should be on guard against blindly following the US to war
By. Bandy X. Lee & Jeffrey D. Sachs When Donald Trump took office early last year, many pundits believed that he would settle into his presidency and pivot to normality. But a large number of America’s mental health experts didn’t see it that way. They warned that Trump evidently suffers from a mental impairment that […]
Youth herald winds of change in Palestine
Stereotypes of Palestinians that Israel spent the best part of the last 70 years building in western countries are systematically coming apart
By: Marwan Asmar Why is Israel, a powerful military power, afraid of a 17-year-old girl? Ahed Tamimi, currently languishing in one of its prisons, embroiled in a trial that could last months, has become the renewed focus of international attention. Originally from the village of Nabi Saleh, Tamimi has been fighting the Israeli occupation since […]
Sridevi’s superior southern style
Sridevi recast her gamut of talents professionally as an actor to comply with her limited northern brief.
By: Jawed Naqvi SHE saw herself as an actor in the south, but as a show thing in the north. “In Tamil films they love to see me act naturally. But in Hindi films all they want is lot of glamour, richness and masala.” Brilliant movie star Sridevi who died unexpectedly at 55 on Saturday […]
Pakistan on the ‘Grey List’
Throughout the last seventeen years of war and occupation, the Americans could not convince Afghans that the presence of US troops has been helpful and their aims benign
Last Friday the global money-laundering watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to put Pakistan on its terrorist financing watch list. The placement will come into effect from June this year. This move could seriously jeopardise Pakistan’s already crisis ridden capitalist economy. The 35-member body works by consensus and even China and Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s […]
Lawmakers with perks
The long list of exemptions has made the office of profit a farce. Delhi Assembly case is an opportunity to debate the issue afresh.
By: S Y Quraishi The office of profit issue keeps coming up every now and then and leaves behind several questions. The most recent case pertains to appointments made by Delhi’s AAP government on March 13, 2015. As many as 21 MLAs were appointed as parliamentary secretaries and attached to various ministers. One Prashant Patel […]
