Category: So Asia

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…

Javed Akhtar: Of Course Narendra Modi is a Fascist. Fascists Don’t Have Horns on Their Heads

DESPARDES — Renowned Indian lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar has called Narendra Modi a ‘fascist’ in his…

Modi Govt Has Left Everyone Disappointed: Husain Haqqani

DESPARDES — “First, western liberals, and now conservatives: Modi govt has left everyone disappointed,” says…

BIG JOLT to PM Modi in Delhi State Election, Hat-Trick for Aam Aadmi: Exit Polls

DESPARDES — Millions in the Indian capital voted on Saturday in a key regional election,…