Opinion

Why the paranoia about diversity?

INDIA’S home minister Amit Shah of the BJP now bats for Hindi as the unifying language that India requires. In India, several decades ago, the uncritical reversion to fundamentalism and

Is Kashmir India’s internal affair?

Shawdesh Desk: THE reaction of a certain quarter in Bangladesh to New Delhi’s decision to terminate Kashmir’s special status has been intriguing, to say the least. The quarter has defended

Conflict with Iran portends WW III

The importance of this cannot be overemphasised. It is, quite possibly, life-and-death for the planet. MARK Twain once commented, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.’ The US conflict

Amazonia, climate change, Syria, Yemen and Kashmir

The world order backdrop ARGUABLY, even before the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, there was a widespread sense that a state-centric form of world order was morally and functionally

Declining Agricultural Land and Future Landscape of Bangladesh

A small country of only 148,000 square kilometres with around 170 million people are crowding together, 1.02 per cent of population growth rate, 7 per cent of GDP growth rate,

Erosion of democracy and political situations

For the last 12 years, the International Day of Democracy has been being observed on 15 September to make people aware of their rights and ensure their participation in establishing

Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament

Some 78 parliamentarians had taken issue with the Conservative leader’s limitation on parliamentary activity, designed to prevent any hiccups prior to October 31, the day Britain is slated to leave

Modi’s Kashmir power grab was decades in making

Repeated constitutional attacks paved the way for the government to finally strip Kashmir of its rights, writes Zainab Ramahi SINCE 5 August, the people of Kashmir have been living under lockdown