This month marked the 84th anniversary of Japan’s “dastardly” attack on Pearl Harbour. Only a handful of survivors are left, and very few Americans were alive then. Hence, Pearl Harbour, like past wars and battles, is passing into the distant mists of time. What is interesting is that a surprising number of visitors to the […]
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Bangladesh Faces Mukti Bahini Redux
The brutal killing of student leader Usman Hadi in Bangladesh has sent shockwaves across South Asia. It raises urgent questions about the resurgence of a deadly pattern once familiar to the region. The Awami League appears to be reviving the same violent tactics it deployed under the Mukti Bahini model, which was once used to […]
Modi-duval redux
Paul Young dare not sing his chart topper “Love is in the Air” in the rarefied air of Kashmir over Puna Tander where the ill- fated MiG 21 Bison flown by bewhiskered Abhi Nandan, crashed after being shot down by a Pakistani fighter aircraft. The Indian reflex action of Balakot foray, much in the nature […]