The famous liberal journalist gushes like a fan girl before Asiduddin Owaisi. I can’t fathom why. Owaisi crows on about the merits of Islam. The fan girl gushes, Oh, I believe in all religions. This, Oh, I believe in all religions is the rallying cry of India’s liberals, mostly all
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The seductive charm of China
History has this funny habit of repeating itself. Often to the embarrassment of those who question it the most vociferously. For six long years now, Narendra Modi has been repeatedly pointing out the failures of the Nehru dynasty. His main target has always been Jawaharlal Nehru, our first prime minister.
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The dramatic tussle between Biden and Trump deserves a Broadway musical of its own. It is being played out all around us and not just for an American audience but a global one. The highlights of the ongoing campaign are being telecast live not just on CNN and the BBC
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South Asians integrate the least with each other as a region. Joyeeta Bhattacharjee of ORF, who studies the region, puts it down to fear of Indian domination (India accounts for 80% of the combined GDP and 74% of the combined population), historical mistrust (a colonial legacy) and targeted terrorism (a
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