The recent protests in Iran rang a warning bell for the ruling theocracy in Tehran. What started in Iran's second largest and holy city of Mashhad, over rising prices, transfigured into widespread, unprecedented protests against the theocratic regime in towns and cities across the country. The earli

Encirclement through Quad & ASEAN bound to constrain China to bring India under communist umbrella (ii)- India has gone too far in its anti –China (and anti-Pakistan) policies on the meaningless support & goading of USA (iii)- Anti-rule-of-law & poverty-loving India seems to be poised to repeat hist

15 years after India and Pakistan signed another truce for cease-fire, the Line of Control (LoC), the military controlled de-facto border between the two adversarial forces, has seen more hostilities and skirmishes than actual peace. As a result, a total of 881 ceasefire violations were witnessed al

Poor people also have right to celebrate their festivals but only when they endeavor to come-out of their poverty and demoralizing condition, otherwise such so-called celebrations are nothing but cruel vulgarity (as it is cruel to suffering members of the family). Same apply to poor & sinking nation

This Christmas Eve, January 6, Coptic Christians celebrated mass during the grand opening of the brand-new state-built Nativity of Christ Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the state’s new administration district of Cairo. Those in attendance rejoiced the occasion while many rural villagers had no local c

The recent rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari in Kasur, has resulted in anger and grief throughout Pakistan. The girl reportedly went missing on January 4 when she left home but never returned.
Her body was found on a rubbish pile five day after her disappearance. The initial post-mortem e

Truth is one, Sages call it by various names, the Rig Veda, one of Vedanta’s most ancient texts, declared thousands of years ago.
We are all seeking the truth, Vedanta asserts, and that truth comes in numerous names and forms. Truth—spiritual reality—remains the truth though it appears in different

Instead of complaining to their appointing authority the President, the 4 Supreme Court Judges (SCJs) went to media (ii)- By acts of commission 4 SCJs committed criminal contempt by scandalizing Supreme Court of India (SCI) (iii)- Chief Justice of India (CJI), not initiating contempt proceedings aga

The association of many educated young people with violent extremist outfits in recent years, has deflated the myth that only impoverished illiterate individuals fall prey to radicalization. Such cases have been reported not only from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, where most of these terrorist o

Pakistan being placed on the US’s watch list for “severe violations of religious freedom” but this has been rejected by Pakistan as “politically motivated and not based on the objective criteria”.
Unfortunately, the move is right but the timing is wrong as it has come after US president Donald Trum

Thailand is a nation known for business and tourism yet from most recent couple of years it's turned into a transient country for displaced individuals who originate from over more than 20 different nations. While the dominant part originating from Sri Lanka, Iran, Burma and Pakistan.
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It is not the people but ideas rule (ii)- Indian Muslims unnecessarily identifying themselves with ‘Dalits’ (SC), ST, BC, OBC of Hinduism (iii)- Demoralized (due to reservation with demoralizing tag) Dalits (SC), ST, BC and OBC part of hierarchal & discriminatory caste system of Hinduism (iv)- Where

There is uproar in Pakistan after placing its name on Special Watch List by the United States on the issue of religious freedom and Pakistan rejected US decision and considered it as “Politically motivated”. Pakistan said on Friday that it “rejects the US designation” and that the report is “not bas

If parties (India & Pakistan) come here and both of them call upon the Security Council to make recommendations for the solution of their (Kashmir) dispute, ought they not in advance agree to abide by it? They are not bound to ask the Security Council to make such recommendations, but if they do, I

Last year in June Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on Qatar for its alleged support to terror outfits and being too close to Iran. The Arab neighbours thought that by imposing this blockade they can pressurise Qatar to set aside its own ambitious foreign