Deadwood tale

You can't cleanse the system by punishing minnows

WRITE HAND By AJAZ UL HAQUE

When elephants fight, grass is the casualty. Thus goes a maxim. But it's equally true when elephants make love, it's again the grass that pays the price. And here the maxim can be moulded even more differently. When elephants err, it's again the poor grass which offers itself as a helpless victim More

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Of Pigeon Market

Nostalgia By ZGM

Ours was a ‘jocund company’, a happy go lucky lot. My friends and I were always in high spirits and lively.Whenever my childhood ‘flashes upon that inward eye, which is the bliss of solitude,’ I remember, we made best out of the little means of entertainment available to us.I enjoyed boating, More

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New Delhi’s hypocritical Iran policy

I am convinced that India will have to pay dearly for adopting such hypocritical policy towards Iran

Statecraft By Happymon Jacob

Ancient Greek philosopher Thucydides wrote in his epic treatise History of the Peloponnesian War that while the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must. While this describes the inner workings of the international system in general, then and now, no wisdom better than this can explain More

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Of silly Sahabs

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

Strange are the ways of politicians. They say. At least, that is quite clear when we look at the pre-empted exit of State Education Minister from the celebrated State Cabinet. The Minister, as public is well aware, has many ‘firsts’ to his credit and yet he is going great guns. Thanks to his being More

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The ball zooms to Delhi’s court

Four vital reasons why it must agree to J&K’s buyback plan

Dateline By Arjimand Hussain Talib

Gazing at the colorfully-lit evening waters of the Victoria Harbor and the dazzling skyline in Hong Kong, writing about Kashmir’s Dark Age is an awkward feeling. This Dark Age has been too long now, like a journey through a never-ending cave. This situation needs pity. Above everything else, it needs More

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