Pakistan’s paradigm shift on June 9, 2021Many analysts are apprehensive about what the aftermath of United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan will look like. Prime Minister Imran Khan, while confident about Pakistan’s enhanced role in ensuring regional stability, is also wary of increased militancy in the absence of a political settlement. These fears are also held by the ECO (Economic Cooperation Organisation) […]
Occupied Kashmir and a discredited UN on May 21, 2021More than 72 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) on December 10, 1948 which is rooted in the principle that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Whether this declaration has ever been implemented in letter and spirit in any part of the […]
India violates global laws in IIOJ&K on February 21, 2021Much has been published about India’s hegemonic designs and actions vis-a-vis its neighbours as well as against some segments of its own people in East Punjab, Assam and a few other regions. In Kashmir, in particular, it is reminiscent of brutalities committed with brazenness by the conquerors of the past who would draw immense sadistic […]
Ways and means to serve humanity on September 8, 2020‘Ways and means’ is a term as old as the history of modern edifice of governance. The successful- and thus envied- models of governance, whatever thegoverning political ideology, have come to lead because their creators dared to come out of the blind alleys. Cul de sac has never deterred them nor dissuaded them from moving […]
Modi Sarkar exposed on August 6, 2020It is probably ingrained in BJP leaders’ psyche to do things with a ‘grab and stab’ approach. They are always finding opportunities to grab (others’ territories) to fulfill their petty, orthodox dream of ‘Akhand Bharat’ (Great, Grand India) the manifestation of which was witnessed recently, as well, in the shape of Galwan Valley conflict with […]
Creating a global momentum for a cause on July 4, 2020Is Kashmir a really humanitarian issue or is it merely a territorial dispute between two countries? This question was repeatedly asked by some foreign journalists and diplomats when I happened to visit the United Nations office four years ago, followed by another visit to USA three years ago. It was indeed very disgusting. It was […]