Humra Quraishi Yes, it is the start of February, but there’s little enthusiasm to look forward to the upcoming season of Bahaar or Spring, with Valentine’s Day splashed in its midst. Where is the excitement? Nowhere! Viruses of all hues holding sway, trampling upon...
RAMZY BAROUD Ascheme is underway to withhold or to reduce payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinian prisoners. According to Israeli media, the Biden Administration has requested that the PA entirely overhauls its support system of...
While it is still too early to claim that China and Russia are anywhere near a full-blown alliance of the Warsaw nature, there is no reason to believe that the cooperation between both countries will be halted, or even slow down anytime soon. Ramzy Baroud & Romana...
Mariana Mazzucato and Ilan Strauss LONDON – In 2021, Alphabet (Google’s parent), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook’s new alias), and Microsoft were among the world’s largest companies in terms of revenue and profit. These five companies alone increased their market...
If the momentum of Israeli destruction continues, chances are we could witness another popular uprising. RAMZY BAROUD ISRAELI Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country’s anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara...
By Asad Mirza India’s ties with Central Asia can be traced back to the ancient Silk Road, along which goods, people, and ideas flowed. Geographically Central Asia has been at the intersection of crucial political and economic transformations for centuries. While the...
By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja Why the Lessons of History are Ignored America, Russia and NATO’s Geneva diplomatic talks ended in failure without any formal course of action to avoid military confrontation on Ukraine’s border. Other vital issues include how to treat each...
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Outside the St. Michael’s Church in Mahim Mumbai is a powerful slogan. “God will always abide with me, even if I retreat!” In many ways this creative caption sums up the raging controversy on ‘Abide With Me’ that has been on prime-time news and on...
Humra Quraishi Happy to see the name of Sadaf Jafar in the list of candidates for the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh! No, I don’t know the Lucknow-based activist. Never met her, nor spoken to her. But can’t erase this backgrounder to her: Exactly two years back,...
The age of global hegemony is coming to an end and no amount of self-serving boycotts or trade wars will alter this unavoidable fact. RAMZY BAROUD THE diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games may go down in history as the official start...