Bloodshed in Brussels and Angst of Muslims of the West
Terrorists struck again within six months of the carnage in Paris, this time in Brussels, the city that serves as headquarters of both NATO and European Union. Brussels is not unknown to terrorism; the city saw acts of terror no less than six times in the past few years, but none with the ferocity and violence
8y ago
Who guards the guardhouse?
In a surreal digital theft that befits a high octane movie thriller, we were recently informed of the daring heist at
8y ago
Donald Trump- using democracy to an autocratic future?
The avalanche of Donald Trump's presidential campaign success reached new levels this Tuesday...
8y ago
Nepal's plight: Land locked or India-locked?
After months of a chill in Indo-Nepal relationship, there is new sign of things warming up and India's loosening of the vise on Nepal. The Prime Minister of Nepal signed several treaties with India in his latest visit to Delhi early February, but only after his country had agreed to amend the recently adopted Nepalese Constitution that apparently had caused the Indian resentment, and put Nepal in the wrong end of the stick.
8y ago
Law enforcement and accountability
In the last one year, the news that mostly occupied headlines in the US concerned police excesses.
8y ago
A runaway bureaucracy
In 1972, shortly after liberation, I used to work in the Prime Minister's secretariat in a small cubbyhole of a room that was hardly big enough for one desk and two chairs.
8y ago
From a winter of discontent to a spring of hope
A year ago from today not even a savvy soothsayer would have dared to predict the change in our political climate that we are witnessing now.
8y ago
Of turmoil and complacency
THE year 2015 began with a perilous journey of confrontation between the main opposition and the government. On the anniversary of the 2014...
8y ago
March 25, 2016
Bloodshed in Brussels and Angst of Muslims of the West
Terrorists struck again within six months of the carnage in Paris, this time in Brussels, the city that serves as headquarters of both NATO and European Union. Brussels is not unknown to terrorism; the city saw acts of terror no less than six times in the past few years, but none with the ferocity and violence
March 15, 2016
Who guards the guardhouse?
In a surreal digital theft that befits a high octane movie thriller, we were recently informed of the daring heist at
March 5, 2016
Donald Trump- using democracy to an autocratic future?
The avalanche of Donald Trump's presidential campaign success reached new levels this Tuesday...
February 27, 2016
Nepal's plight: Land locked or India-locked?
After months of a chill in Indo-Nepal relationship, there is new sign of things warming up and India's loosening of the vise on Nepal. The Prime Minister of Nepal signed several treaties with India in his latest visit to Delhi early February, but only after his country had agreed to amend the recently adopted Nepalese Constitution that apparently had caused the Indian resentment, and put Nepal in the wrong end of the stick.
February 17, 2016
Law enforcement and accountability
In the last one year, the news that mostly occupied headlines in the US concerned police excesses.
February 8, 2016
A runaway bureaucracy
In 1972, shortly after liberation, I used to work in the Prime Minister's secretariat in a small cubbyhole of a room that was hardly big enough for one desk and two chairs.
January 9, 2016
From a winter of discontent to a spring of hope
A year ago from today not even a savvy soothsayer would have dared to predict the change in our political climate that we are witnessing now.
January 1, 2016
Of turmoil and complacency
THE year 2015 began with a perilous journey of confrontation between the main opposition and the government. On the anniversary of the 2014...
December 29, 2015
Numbers game, here we go again
What such statements ignore is that crimes against humanity are not judged simply by numbers, these are judged by their viciousness and enormity. By questioning and debating the number of deaths, we cannot deny the enormity of civilian massacre in 1971 and the damage it caused.
December 24, 2015
Happy endings to a troubled year?
The year 2015 began with firebombs thrown at people, but if everything goes well it may end with people throwing firecrackers into the
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