Category: So Asia

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,…

WATCH: Faiz’s Hum Dekhenge (We’ll See) at 14,000ft, and in Bhojpuri and Malayalam

DESPARDES — Few students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) sang a version of…

Seattle Resolution Denounces Modi as the “Butcher of Gujarat”

The Organization for Minorities of India (OFMI), a human rights collective, warns that Modi’s administration…

Hindutva Groups in US: Report Shows How They Operate, Send Money to India

Who donates to charitable organizations and why? Donors’ donations to these organizations are tax deductible…

Panic and Chaos After Gunshots Fired Near Varsity in Delhi; Third in Four Days

“When talks do not work, bullets have to be used against the protestors at sit-ins…

Hate Speech To Hate Crime: ‘And That’s The Way It Is’ In India

DESPARDES — Charles Dickens final novels: A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and Our…

The Crisis That Shattered India’s Economic Dreams: Bloomberg

DESPARDES — ‘India Situation’ now appears to be adding another chapter — the story of…

Bangladesh Textile Export Success Attracting Pakistani Firms

Bangladesh has invited PM Khan to D8 Summit which it is hosting in capital Dhaka…