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Subcontinental peace doctrine; a Kashmiri digress Dr. Javid Iqbal Digress has a variable meaning; to get astray, to wander, go off the point, deviate, go off on...
We should recall that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burnt to ground. But the General is far smarter. He can sit back and watch - he's produced a nation of f...
Global warming is not a future apocalypse, but a present reality for many of the world's poorest people, according to the most hard-hitting United Nations repor...
By Syed Ali Mujtaba The current episode of Taslima Nasreen once again has brought out the hypocritical attitude of many Indians. I am amused about the hullabalo...
Press for an end to discrimination and marginalization By Gumisai Mutume The San, the indigenous people of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, won a major victory ...
By Abdul Rashid Khan In J&K, previously, it was a tradition that all the national days, such as, 5th September, 2nd October and 14th November which correlates w...
By Ram Puniyani Many a voices have emerged from a small section of Muslim community which is arguing that Muslims should unilaterally forgive the pain they suff...
By S.M. Naseem THE year 2007 has been a politically eventful year for both India and Pakistan, especially the latter. While Pakistani politics has been volatile...
Sohail Iqbal Pluck the feathers of a wild duck, smoke it on a charcoal fire so that all the bits of fluff are burnt away. Roast it in a spicy gravy - and we Kas...
Tajamul Hussain While pointing to the basketful of brinjals window-dressed in a vendor's shop Akbar asked Birbal,'Do you see yonder brinjals; are not they a nas...
All diplomats are not gentlemen. Well..... some are ladies! It has been a long journey for Indian women to show their effective presence at South Block, the bui...
Transform a patch of terrace into a greenhouse where you can grow practically anything in a controlled environment and literally enjoy the fruit of your labour....
Dilly Dallying daddy's film? Shahid Kapur leaves his father's film mid-way, again, and begins work on Shirish Kunder's next? It isn't new for beta Shahid Kapur ...
...prelude to battle for 'democracy'! D. Javid Iqbal Karbala did claim, the greatest martyr in the cause of democracy; Imam Hussein (RA) nevertheless it also es...
Facebook and gtalk are giving young people the kind of freedom of expression that no constitution, newspaper editor or book publisher can ever offer. Shreya Ray...
By Khaled Ahmed Pakistan has not learned its lessons from its intervention in Afghanistan in pursuit of 'strategic depth'. But one can sense the blowback of tha...
By Vanita Sharma For the younger, British-born generation, it is important to understand how the events of Partition have shaped their lives, identities and sub...
By Tarannum The Tharu tribals, living along the Indo-Nepal border in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, are known for making country liquor within the c...
By Nora Chopra A furious left party leadership is toying with the idea of giving only issue-based support to the UPA Government and winding up the Left-UPA co-o...