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Opinion
Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia Move is Part of Resource Wars and Geo-political Ambitions
The recent reconversion of Hagia Sophia, the UNESCO world Heritage Site in Turkey’s Istanbul into a mosque is the shocking…
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Opinion
Hagia Sofia and Babri Mosque: Majority appeasement towards one-party rule of theocracy
The historic Hagia Sophia in Turkey’s Istanbul has been reconverted from a museum to mosque by the country’s Islamist-nationalist president…
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Opinion
Epilogue: A Requiem for the Dreams of Lost Generations and Hope for a New Dawn
I had begun the overview of the history of Indo-China conflict with the question: Can a student of history afford…
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Opinion
India-China conflict: A Renegade’s Reading
Mao’s conquest of Tibet and Xinjiang happened during the high days of Sino-Soviet camaraderie. But the relation between communist giants…
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Indo-China Conflict: A Renegade’s Reading
More romantic than Mao Zedong but much less strong-willed, Jawaharlal Nehru was a democratic socialist. He was inspired by egalitarian…
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Opinion
Indo-China conflict: A Renegade’s Reading
The world’s longest territorial dispute on the Himalayas could have been nipped in the bud if Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal…
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Indo-China conflict: A Renegade’s Reading
Can a student of history afford a sense of sadness, a subjective feeling over the past and its present spillovers?…
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Corona Corner
The Hindutva fake-news factories spreading hate-virus at the time of Corona
The first casualty of war is truth, goes the saying. However, the current war against corona pandemic was supposed to…
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Corona Corner
Modi extends Lockdown but offers no food to confined and stranded
Kolkata: The extension of the Corona- Lockdown for another 18 days till 3 May on the morning of Baisakhi/Bihu/Poila Baisakh…
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Opinion
Tablighi Jamaat messed up corona containment but ‘Godi’ media stoking fire for riots
Choosing between the devil and deep blue sea is itself a devilish business that we can hardly afford in the…
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