BJP’s new hysteria- “Love Jihad” on December 16, 2020Like illegal annexation of Kashmir was not enough, giving non-residents domicile of the region was not enough, violation of minorities, mainly Muslims, under CAA and NRC was not enough; Indian government has troubled itself by creating a controversy out of a decade-old debate over “Love Jihad”. Ever since coming into power the BJP has not […]
Foreign policy: Realities not expectations on September 7, 2020International relations bear witness to no such things as ethics and moralities. Countries, usually, are not bound or regulated by moral policing. What drives relations among states is purely realpolitik. Despite the American hate for communism, President Nixon visited the Communist China because diplomacy was more important than beliefs, in regulating international relations. Another concept […]
Accepting the new normal in Kashmir? on July 30, 2020Almost a year has passed since the Kashmiri people were brazenly stripped of their special status. August 5, 2019, marked a dark day in history, when through a presidential order India revoked article 25(a) and 370 of its constitution. Since then with every passing day Indian atrocities on the Muslim dominated population of Kashmir have […]