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What are the implications of Sunak’s effusive overture to Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron receiving UK premier Rishi Sunak at the Elysée Palace last week certainly made for good television. Two...
Mar 26, 20233 min read


Is Nikki Haley the generational change Republicans are looking for?
In a recently released teaser video, Nikki Haley—or more fully Nimrata Nikki Haley nee Randhawa—comes across as a forthright fighter. She...
Feb 26, 20233 min read


When Jerusalem called on Mukteshwar
It was October 1945. World War II had just ended. Atomic weapons had been deployed for the first time in history. Millions of lives had...
Dec 25, 20223 min read


Donald Trump’s 1,001 insults
A friend invariably refers to Trump as Drumpf. I thought it was a nickname inspired by The Smurfs and doused generously with indignation....
Nov 27, 20223 min read


Will Camilla wear the Kohinoor?
A delightful clip on Twitter brightened the autumnal grey beyond my window: Liz Truss arriving for her weekly meeting with King Charles...
Oct 30, 20223 min read


The urbane and dignified Naresh Kumar
The world was still young and fresh, and life was an adventure waiting to unfold. I was not yet 12. A Phillips transistor radio, gifted...
Oct 2, 20223 min read


The uphill road that awaits PM Liz Truss
Even as Liz Truss enters 10 Downing Street as the United Kingdom (UK)’s fourth prime minister (PM) in the last six years, she will be...
Sep 6, 20224 min read


Cauldron of Conflicts | West Asia at War
The Middle East – or West Asia, depending on where one sits – is the cradle of civilisations, the birthplace of three major religions,...
Sep 1, 20226 min read


Bhai Kahan Singh, the Renaissance man
Max Arthur Macauliffe, acclaimed British scholar and author of the six-volume monumental work, The Sikh Religion, had this to say of Bhai...
Aug 31, 20224 min read
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