World is in ferment but is South Asia feeling the rumble of change?
As ferment goes, the short-lived street violence in Nepal doesn’t quite seem to fit the description of any upheaval.
Jawed Naqvi
America’s last throw of dice
The Western world looks jolted by Iran’s furious response to Israel’s initial blitzkrieg on Thursday night despite significant Iranian losses in military personnel. Much is at…
The cheese on the spectacles
Three of the hotspots experiencing strife today were watching low-hanging fruits of peace, which they were robbed of, says the writer.
Bracing for avoidable blunders
The tragedy of Pahalgam is heartrending but it cannot be redressed with war drums.
The spoke in the right wheel: Dawn
A more immediate challenge faces Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Washington.
As stags dazzled by headlights: Trump brings worry for some, hope for others
The writer says: "It would have been better for the world if its joys and sorrows were not determined by America’s four-yearly mood swings and its pursuit of perennially…
Are Gandhis equipped for the fight?
Priyanka Gandhi is the brand new Congress MP being watched with interest and hope. She won the by-election from Wayanad in Kerala with a massive majority and she has to hit the…
An apocalypse Trump won’t see
Mr. Trump walked out of two momentous agreements in his first term, making the world insecure on both counts.
The uphill climb to woo neighbours
The diplomatic soft-soaping from Sri Lanka President Dissanayake’s India visit seems not to have worked.
India not talking to Pakistan till peace returns to occupied Kashmir is a strange argument
The argument is particularly strange coming from a country that purports to be working for peace in a distant conflict between Russia and Ukraine, says the writer.