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Oli’s Legacy of Shame
KP Oli put Nepal’s young democracy to the test, and the political class helped him by sticking to their self interests To a section of Nepali…
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Media Fails to Uphold Its Role as Watchdog
The government tried to stop criticism by threatening and spreading fear among journalists. The year 2020 was unprecedented. The coronavirus pandemic severely affected all walks of…
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Police & Prosecution
IN the course of the election campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, Narendra Modi warned the police, especially the Central Bureau of Investigation, that one day,…
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Statism in Pakistan
MOST journalistic and drawing room analysis of Pakistan’s political parties focuses on two aspects — the self-interest of top political leaders, and the local, often transactional,…
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Has a ‘fifth generation war’ started between India and Pakistan?
What do recent revelations about an Indian disinformation campaign against Pakistan tell us about regional dynamics? Earlier this month, the Brussels-based organisation EU Disinfo Lab published…
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Pakistan’s angry political culture
THE political culture of a country always evolves. But not necessarily in a positive direction. As elsewhere in the world, politics in Pakistan has long had…
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Why China Is Upset At NCP Split
With Nepal plunging into a new round of political crisis, it is back on the geopolitical radar. The sudden dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR)…
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Kashmir’s future
HISTORY has placed an enormous burden on the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and its leaders; especially on its president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, leader of…
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2020 was the year India was supposed to become a super power. Instead, it got left behind
To make matters worse, the government has failed to acknowledge the enormity of the crisis. It had a simple message: India would be a superpower within…
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How Much of a Democracy Is India, Really?
In every "democracy" where there is capitalist economic system, there is no democracy at all. Abraham Lincoln defined democratic government as a government of, for and…
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How Modi’s Parliament ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ Breached the Constitution’s Basic Structure
In anything to do with the parliament of India, the prime minister has less importance than a president and vice president. Parliamentary protocols and proprieties are…
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The endgame in Afghanistan is near
The fact of the matter is that the Afghan government’s survival depends on US financial and military support Prospects for the resumption of the Afghan peace…