opinion
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From Modi to Yogi
Aijaz Zaka Syed
After Narendra Modi’s effortless leap from Gujarat to Delhi in 2014, one thought that nothing would surprise us pseudo-seculars anymore. But how woefully wrong we were. And how little we...
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Partition and the Two-Nation Theory
Imtiaz Alam
The Subcontinent – an infinite multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-racial and multi-class mass of plurality and a cauldron of immense contradictions – was partitioned in an extremely...
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Access to water
Angela Kearney
How do you know if the water you are drinking is safe? Most of us take water for granted because it is always available. However, for water to be safe and clean for human consumption, it must be...
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The Afghan humpty
Shahzad Chaudhry
The fact remains that Afghanistan and Pakistan have never had cordial relations – not even during the Taliban years from 1996 to 2001 when the Taliban pretty much did as they pleased. The...
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Minority perspective
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
March 23, 1940, is undoubtedly, a historical day and is considered an important milestone in the Muslim struggle to achieve an independent state. On this occasion, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah,...
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Celebrity politics
Peter Bloom
Only a few months after taking office, President Trump have confirmed all the worst fears of progressives and liberals. From his potential ties to Russia to his almost beyond belief retrogressive...
