They say Vladimir Putin wanted to resurrect the Great Russia of real or imagined history, but he has not only damaged Russia’s image in the world, including in nations
The Ukrainians have been more than heroic. Europe seems to have come together in an almost unprecedented way. Striking mercilessly at the helpless among the Ukrainians, Putin seems also to
Has Russia invited another Afghanistan on itself? Is this the beginning of Putin’s decline inside Russia? What is the level of death, destruction, and dislocation in Ukraine? Will Zelensky
For many Indians, Pakistan does not exist. After decades of bemoaning Partition, forgetting Pakistan has become the preferred option. Border incidents may make news, but happenings inside Pakistan are like
These year-end paragraphs ought to contain seasonally appropriate sentences of hope, so let me offer a couple of them. I begin with what one of my correspondents, a gifted
The brutal Dec. 3 killing, in the city of Sialkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province, of Priyantha Kumara, general manager of a garment factory, reminded the world that an inflamed
When we read of the impunity, and sometimes the triumph, that bullies enjoy after intimidating the weak, we feel stabbed in the soul. Raised in the belief that democratic, people-
Spirits of threatened journalists rose across the world earlier this month when the Nobel Peace Prize was given to two courageous persons in their profession: Maria Ressa of the Philippines
Once more, horror and hope are at each other’s heels in India. Some minds seem convinced that only a great error in how our universe has been managed has
The recently concluded Dismantling Global Hindutva conference, organized virtually for three days by academics of Indian origin, may be seen as a significant event in the struggle to save democracy
Suspense, horror, sadness, relief, fear, and more. The world has responded with a sequence of emotions to Afghanistan’s scenes, and with a string of questions to which answers may
The first half of this piece is on the killing on July 16, on the Afghan side of the Pak-Afghan border, of Danish (= Daanish) Siddiqui, the New Delhi-born
