Category: Insight

Pakistan, China ‘Iron Brothers’ Accountability Bodies Meet

DESPARDES — China envoy to Pakistan Yao Jing with Director-General Central Commission for Discipline Inspection…

‘Back to School’: Critical Thinking for Healthy Debate

Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or…

‘Hate With a Pop Sheen’ Songs Gaining Popularity Among India Youth

DESPARDES — India weaponizes music to push Saffron agenda of Hinduatva, cow protection, anti Muslim…

Great People to Fly With: PIA Inches Toward Turnaround

Only 20 percent of the available cargo capacity was being airlifted which has now been…

India: ‘Mistrust Economy’ or ‘Modinomics’?

DESPARDES — When Narendra Modi was first elected in 2014, many hoped he would focus…

Why Imran Khan Deserves Praise for Kartarpur Corridor: C J Werleman

Any student of India-Pakistan relations knows that breakthroughs derived from track one diplomacy are few…

Changing Faces of Pakistan: Bulleh Shah in Kartarpur, Violin in ISB, Mughal Painting in LHR

DESPARDES — IT’S A WATERSHED day in the history of the subcontinent. “The future trajectory…

Where Does Afghan Peace Process Stand After Talks Collapsed and Kashmir Locked Down?

DESPARDES — The US has been holding negotiations with the Afghan Taliban to facilitate a…

Have a Heart: Kashmir Dignity, Honor is Under Siege in a Land Under Lockdown

IRSHAD SALIM — Last year almost this time some schoolchildren in Riyadh exhibited what they…

Trump’s Punishing Diet ‘Self-Destructive’, Worrisome: Psychiatrist

DESPARDES — FOXNEWS poll says Joe Biden (D) leads nomination race, tops Trump (R) by…

BJP’s Attempt to Deconstruct Tipu Sultan –With Hindutva Zeal

The primacy of class not religion assertion stands being deconstructed akin to the ‘Hindu’, ‘Muslim’…

In India, Pakistan Chill Modi is Clearly Disadvantaged

DESPARDES — Last year in October, Christophe Jaffrelot, a Senior Research Fellow at the CERI-Sciences…