With his latest essay on Afghanistan, William Dalrymple has crossed into the wilds of contemporary geo-politics and proved history can also be someone’s pet interpretation.
Pelé and Ronaldo might be advocating for something they believe will be good for the country’s image but they have become a symbol of how public money is being used to enrich the wealthy.
Jindal, Indian-American Governor of Louisiana, never loses an opportunity to downplay his Indian roots. Wonder why Indians think he is carrying the flag for them in "white" America?
Afro-Americans realised that the end of slavery did not end racism. Indian Americans must similarly realise that they cannot gain acceptance in modern-day US by trying to become more white
The next Pope is vital not only to Catholics, but people of other faiths as well. It would help if he redefined the church's approach to other religions
Is he a hero for opening the door on this obsessive compulsive spying on ordinary citizens or a villain who jeopardized security by doing so?
The recent US-China summit was a success – for Chinese President Xi Jinping. He conceded little and ably cast the meeting on his terms.
New Delhi can take heart in the fact that she will be a good counter to Secretary of State John Kerry who is seen as overly accommodating of Pakistan.
The circumstances are right, and the people are in place for Sharif to finish what he tried to do in the years of his second term, talked about doing during his years in exile and opposition, and now has the chance to do in his third term.
Even NGC with its lofty ideals needs TRPs and its webshop must sell products, any product, to keep the Society afloat. It is perhaps pointless to nitpick on ethical or even factual grounds anymore. After all, it is a “complicated, interdependent world”.
President Obama’s new counter-terrorism doctrine is an attempt to restrict the controversial drone programme but without losing his prerogative to still strike wherever and whenever necessary.
By repeatedly using the term in news reports, does that make the public's sense of being terrorised worse than the same crime if it was only described as "murder"?
It would take four times the earth’s resources to support the average American living standards for the world. The poor get poorer as more of us aspire for that good life.
Was Imran Khan right in listing Pakistan three fundamental problems as: corruption, black marketing and nepotism? Aakar Patel writes that he might be making the same mistake Jinnah did, many years ago.
The burden of nurturing and maintaining a democratic system rests primarily on Pakistani shoulders but the US Administration and other powers could be a little louder about defending democracy by adding their voices.
A new Pew Research Center survey released May 7 highlights the people’s mood as “exceedingly grim” with 91% saying Pakistan is headed in the wrong direction.
Those believing Sajjan Kumar's acquittal closes the chapter on the 1984 riots had better prepare themselves for a more sophisticated and sustained campaign through the courts in Europe, Canada and the United States.
What is needed is hard-nosed policies and reorganization of the US bureaucracy towards the multiple threats originating from Pakistan.
Pakistan picked the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference -- the ultimate gathering of the world's nuclear experts-- to carp about the deal. Here's why they should give it a rest.
To some, Thatcher was the authoritative mother they craved. To others, she was the patronising father that became a symbol of teenage-natured rebellion. She cozied up to dictators, but name me a politician who hasn't done the same since.
India and Italy have found a face-saver through adept negotiations with the return of the marines but whether the families of the two dead Indian fishermen will get justice is open to question.
Lord McCluskey, in his effort to create a Scottish version of Leveson, said what some American journalism thinkers already do: that anyone considered to be publishing will be automatically covered by a Scottish press bill.
Many have already dismissed Frank as a conservative and homophobe. I'm not sure who atheists, liberals and others expected as Pope - Lady Gaga?
Chavezism - if you want to call it that - had its devotees and its detractors, and always will. The question is whether that sets the country up for ongoing and intractable division.
Negotiation rarely if ever has stopped the massacre of people by their own nation. And other nations simply don't want to intervene, unless there's oil. . . and even then, it's usually long after there's no people left to save.
The standoff between the US legislators may look ideological on the surface, and for some it is, but this is about positioning for the next election cycle in 2014 and ultimately 2016.
Our own reactions to these events have shown a level of disrespect - for the beliefs of others; for the victim of a crime - and a level of cynicism that is unfortunate, but understandable. We simply don't know how to process genuinely shocking news.
It will take a lot more than words to convince India of Pakistan’s change of heart. India has come more than half-way to improve relations and help the civilian government while absorbing gratuitous words from the young Hina Rabbani Khar and Rehman Malik.
India will needs it own plan to protect its national security interests and the $2 billion in investments in Afghanistan.
It was a great “coming out” party for Indian Americans, who at 3 million strong, are slowly coalescing into a political force in US politics.