opinion
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The power of ideas
Ammar Ali Jan
The unraveling of civil liberties under Modi’s government has shocked many international observers who viewed India as a model of liberal democracy for the Third World.The blatant use of force on...
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Oppose the coup
Diane Abbott
Around the world, coups are normally international events. Short of war they have been a preferred mechanism to achieve what has become known as ‘regime change’. And the last time there was a...
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From Kerala to Karachi: the travails of B M Kutty - Part II
Dr Naazir Mahmood
In the first part of this article published yesterday, we discussed the Indian episode of Kutty’s life. In this column, we discuss his early life in Pakistan. In his book ‘60 Years in...
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Elements of BJP’s fascism
Dr Akmal Hussain
The annexation of Indian Occupied Kashmir by the government of PM Modi signifies the onset of a new dynamic of power in the Subcontinent that could have serious consequences for global security as...
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Invest in the children
Jean Gough
These situations never cease to impress and move me: a girl who has never had the chance to go to school before, deep in concentration, learning how to bend and twist a shape drawn on paper into a...
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The rise of the right
rob urie
In the US, Donald Trump remains among the least popular presidents in modern history. Given the buoyant state of the US economy, at least relative to the widespread misery of the prior decade, this...