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O’ Jerusalem!
12 November 2020 The decade of drift of Israeli polity under PM Netanyahu is one where Trump Presidency was not as much the major instigator as it was a catalyst. For a first, it was unique to see Germany, UK and France weigh in on a continental scale, in contrast to the US on the Read more
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Cold Turkey
10 November 2020 The writing has been on the wall for far too long. Today, the four years of Trump seem to pass by like a movie reel, allowing the viewer to see the parts that may have been missed in the actual blur of happenings, but to a careful observer, not soothsayer, this was Read more
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America & The Vote
9 November 2020 I never thought that such words would emerge from my desk, devoid of my innate sense of optimism, a flair for the naiveté and brimming with the hope that humanism always serves with unvarnished optimism. That I would condemn the Americans as a misogynist, racist, atavistic, parochial and anti science conglomerate of Read more
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Blasphemy & Terrorism
1 November 2020 There is never a good time to discuss this notion, yet as we see religious intolerance spread its tentacles across continents, we see its shadow stretching far across the horizons at a horrifying scale largely due to a sense of understanding and lack of effective pushback. For those who are critical of Read more
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Uncle Sam BECAns To The Himalayan Rescue?
30 October 2020 We are still short of a INDOPAC TREATY ORGANISATION (IPTO) which would be the ideal level at which the military planners across Pentagon, South Block, Canberra and Tokyo would be comfortable with, since that would actually entail a clear sense of committed force levels and inter-operational orbatting in mutual defence- military gobbledygook Read more
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US Elections:Poll Pot on full boil
28 October 2020 I never thought that in my life time, I would actually see an election season like 2020 has been in the USA. Mr Trump blithely calls ‘mail in ballot’ suspect, even as his own daughter Ivanka and his son in law Jared pose with their mail ins in a video officially put Read more