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A mirror for Dr Kissinger
So Richard Nixon found Indian women unattractive and sexless. We shall not ask what Indian women thought of Richard Nixon: after all he...
Sep 25, 20203 min read


নোট পড়া শেষ করেই বাংলা উপন্যাসে মন
প্রাক্তন রাষ্ট্রপতি প্রণব মুখোপাধ্যায়ের প্রয়াণ-সংবাদটি যখন প্রথম কানে এল, বিশ্বাসই হচ্ছিল না। উনি ছিলেন যাকে বলে এক চিরস্থায়ী ব্যক্তিত্ব।...
Sep 2, 20202 min read


Of borders, walls and barriers
A closely guarded barrier—part concrete wall, part fence—separates the West Bank from Israel. Palestinian residents of the West Bank can...
Aug 28, 20203 min read


Kamala Harris and Her Race to the White House
At one level, we are a simple, sentimental lot. When our cricketers return after a win abroad, thousands greet them with garlands at the...
Aug 18, 20204 min read


In Droll Londongrad
London steals a march over Washington, DC with its drollery, if that is the mot juste that Jeeves would have approved. Nothing is allowed...
Aug 4, 20203 min read


Neither East, Nor West, Only China
“Neither East, nor West” was Ayatollah Khomeini’s slogan for the reconstruction of a post-revolution Iran. This no longer seems to hold...
Jul 15, 20204 min read


Kiss, tell, earn
But for the occasional, accidental one, we do not get too many revealing books by insiders of high offices. Perhaps because our insiders...
Jul 12, 20203 min read
Winter of Warsaw 1985
Pandemic pictures have given way to visuals of spiralling protests against the brutal police killing of a black man. Pictures on instant...
Jun 14, 20203 min read
Breaking the Fever, Episode 11 with Navtej Sarna
Breaking the Fever: a perspective from India with diplomat and author Ambassador Navtej Sarna. How is the pandemic affecting India? How...
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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