Category: Opinion

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

Arundhati Roy’s Lecture at the University of Texas: Before I begin, I would like to…

An Opinion Piece on PTI

By Dr. Ali Minai: I think PTI has played both positive and negative roles, which…

Blue Dress and Tosha Khana

IRSHAD SALIM – Imran Khan has successfully Oscar Tangoed the overall concept of Tosha Khana…

Will Russia’s Invasion Fracture the World-System?

Deglobalization by Marco D’Eramo: ‘The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the…

Western Dissent from US/NATO Policy on Ukraine is Small, Yet Censorship Campaign is Extreme

Glenn Greenwald in his Substack newsletter: If one wishes to be exposed to news, information…

If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned, What’s Next?

Comment By Jeannie Suk Gersen in the New Yorker: IN 2003, when the Supreme Court…

Why The Past 10 Years Of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic: The story of Babel is the best metaphor I have…

Does the U.S. Perceive Pakistan as a Threat?

IRSHAD SALIM: Some comments shared with me on Pak-US relations – a HOT topic in…

Why I Am Not A Liberal

Liam Kofi Bright at The Sooty Empiric: Those of us in the contemporary academy who…

Politics and Original Sin

By Martin Butler: Beliefs about the essential goodness or badness of human beings have been…

Ukraine Crisis: The War That’s Changing Relations, Rules

A good read below, if you are interested in global politics in general, and India’s…

NED: The Legal Window of the CIA

By Thierry Meyssan: For 30 years, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has been sub-contracting…