Nearing the end of life, for artists, intellectuals and politicians their last hurrah carries a very specific style. The late Palestinian intellectual, Edward Said, was not a natural bedfellow for Arsene Wenger, the French football manager in the...
After 70 years of independence, India is finally making headway against Pakistan in its proxy war on Kashmir. Kashmir is approaching an inflection point. The tide is turning with the relentless targeting of insurgents by Indian security forces. It...
Fifteen decades after abolishing slavery, a non-contrite America is still a slave to its racist past. It is 152 years since the bloody civil war that tore America apart ended and slavery officially abolished. While blacks are no longer slaves today,...
Is Donald Trump pushing for a series of soft coups in the Gulf? After King Abdullah died in 2015, King Salman ascended to the throne in Saudi Arabia. This was the start of serious changes in the game of thrones for the Saud family. King Salman...
Both the freedom to practice religion and the right against noise pollution are protected by the Constitution of India. While I was traveling to my hometown in July, I got stuck in a massive traffic jam caused by kanwariya — the devotees of the...
