While we worry on Ladakh, China has poised itself on a village which could cut off India’s northeast

We have a WhatsApp group of old colleagues from The Pioneer where I began my career in journalism 40 years ago. We usually stick to songs and shayari, avoid ideological...

The façade of restoring Art. 370 masks the Business of Opium: Bravo, Kashmiri dynasts

The biggest change that the abolition of Article 370 has brought about is that the State Border for Kashmir now ends before the roads from Kashmir enter the plains and...

Khalistan forces behind farmers’ stir? Open life threat to Modi’s life

The farmers’ stir, at the doorstep of Delhi, is spinning out of control but that’s just appears to be part of a larger design. The bigger one is the...

China grows cold on Pope as the latter mentions Uighurs in his book

China has termed a comment made by Pope Francis that Uighurs were a "persecuted" community as "groundless". The Pope has made the comment regarding the ethnic minority...

26/11: US got its Osama in Abbottabad; Wish India could do same to Hafiz Saeed

If 9/11 signifies a horror perpetrated by Islamic radicals in the US in 2001, 26/11 is a term which evokes horrific memories of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) attacks in Mumbai in...

Inbound nephews and nieces of Joe Biden: A return to killing fields

It’s as good a moment to laugh at or mourn for the Americans and verify this utterance four years down the line in 2024. For men like me, it’s a moment of...

November 25 is blackest of black day in Mirpur: When Hindus paid the price of not joining Pakistan

The attacks by tribal lashkars led by Pakistani soldiers on Jammu and Kashmir ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh began on October 22. A lot had been done by Pakistan in the...