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You don’t cry: a poem on Afzal Guru

I didn’t cry

perhaps, I had no reason to cry

Afzal Guru was a Kashmiri

and I am from India

Afzal Guru was a Muslim by faith

and I was born a Hindu

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Eric Hobsbawm: The age that went by

Obituary By Shreya Goswami efining an ‘Age’ isn’t a difficult job: it is the length of time that a person has lived and also a distinct period of history. Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm’s life marked an ‘Age’ in both these senses. For all those who are students of the Social Sciences, his name has been [...]

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India’s foreign policy in Afghanistan

 By C. Rohan In 1971, after the creation of Bangladesh, India emerged as the leading stakeholder in South Asian affairs. This stake hold further strengthened with India’s first nuclear test in 1974. India was at the peak of its hierarchy of power in South Asian politics. But this remained for a short time. In 1979, [...]

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“Independent Kashmir must give something to Hindus”

In the wake of the Arab Spring, many have looked at the Middle East Region with amazement and genuine hope for a better future for the plagued Arabs. Giants such as Mubarak and Qadaffi have fallen, and as transition governments prepare for transition to democracy, the culprit lies in the detail. For the last hundred [...]

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IMAGINE! China Invades America!

Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of “keeping us safe” or “promoting democracy” or “protecting their strategic [...]

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South Sudan freedom: When is it Kashmir’s turn?

           By Kim Andersen Six months after South Sudan voted for independence of the Muslim dominated North Sudan, the new born country declared its independence the 9th of July. As for all newborn, the reception is pivotal, and the reception of South Sudan has been good. The Danish government declared South Sudan its primary task. [...]