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January 6th- A Year Past!
However much folksy wisdom may weigh in, the events of last year, that culminated in the insurgency at the Capitol which was thwarted by loss of life, presence of mind and stroke of divine probability, is actually a serious fracture in the compact of democracy as is practised through universal suffrage across the global commons Read more
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Imran: A Captain’s Knock?
Few will understand that what is happening in Pakistan is most unusual. From its early floundering foundational days, Pakistan as a ‘nationhood’ has been captive to a larger concept of persona unlike no other. In her initial days itself, the country became captive to vested interests, an elite that initially claimed her inevitability as a Read more
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Corona Chronicles:2022-Booster Rooster Call?
27 December 2021 It appeared to be a world that had a fix for the Pandemic when this year began. The Vaccine roll out had begun the last few days of the previous year in most parts of the world and with President Biden moving in to the White House, it appeared that the mandates Read more
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The Year of the Ox- Bull Headed?
24 December 2021 China has had a very exciting year. On the face of it, she finally managed all the markers for her ascendency to the Summit of Global Affairs, where she is now Equal with the reigning power, USA. Consider these events- 1 Anchorage Summit at Alaska 2. Exchange of ‘prisoners’ over the Huawei Read more
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Still Biding…The Biden Reset So far!
22 December 2021 It is always that time of the year when you like to wrap things up, sort of Christmas gift wrap them, if you will, and hope that Santa will haul away to deliver…The biggest event of this year was supposedly the return of America from the wilderness President Trump had confined her Read more
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Ukraine- NATO’s Frontline fumble!
20 December 2021 If there was a lesson in how the West lost the war of keeping the peace after winning the battle defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, it has been on relentless play for close to three decades now. If the Cold War denouement was a rare opportunity for America to Read more