Category: So Asia
India Has Slid to Being a Majoritarian State in Economic Despair: Manmohan Singh
“With no checks, the fire of social tensions is rapidly spreading across the nation and…
India Focusing on Measures That are ‘Below Threshold of All-Out War’
DESPARDES — The Indian military establishment faces a ‘David vs Goliath’ like situation and a…
Delhi Police Actions Caused Death Of a Muslim Man In Infamous National Anthem Video
There are some grim parallels between Kristallnacht in Germany in 1938 and Delhi today, says…
US-Taliban Ink Peace Deal, Indian FM Dashes to Kabul
“(Indian) Foreign secretary dashing to Kabul suggests Feb 29 was sudden”; “Pakistan is effectively out…
Arundhati Roy Faces Possible Arrest On ‘Sedition Charges’: ‘Kashmir Unfinished Business of India Partition’
DESPARDES — Human rights groups and activists worldwide and in India are condemning the Modi-led…
OPINION: Radical West and Radical Hindutva Much Bigger Threats Than “Radical Islam”, Mr. Trump!
DR. JAVED JAMIL — Not surprisingly, hosted by his “great friend” Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
‘India’s Great Slowdown’: Facing Twin Economic and Political Crises, Says FT
The growth slowdown has been dramatic, while politics takes an aggressively illiberal turn; the overestimate…
Modi’s Gujarat Model Reaches Delhi: Mosque Set on Fire, Hanuman Flag Hoisted on Minaret
13 people including a policeman have been killed and at least 150 injured since violence…
The Graveyard Talks Back: Arundhati Roy
“Kashmir, the land of the living dead and the talking graves—city graveyards, village graveyards, mass…
INSIGHT: India Economy In Vicious Cycle or Near Collapse
SoDATA (South Data) — Share of loans to cash-poor companies in India more than doubled…
OPINION: India Bleeds But is Anyone Noticing?
TARIQ A. AL-MAEENA: What has happened in recent months in India, a previously proclaimed democracy…
Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Unequivocal Support for Kashmiris, Delhi Miffed
DESPARDES — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday compared “the struggle of Kashmiri people” with…