How Iran’s Economy Survives Under US-Israel War Pressure?
(Photo) Courtesy : Al Jazeera As the Gulf war, now in its sixth month, spreads across a vast region from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, even to the distant Caspian Sea, and shows no sign of ending, the question of how it impacts the economies of those involved has become crucial. These costs have […]
INDIA, TRUMP & HIS “TARIFF PE TARIFF”
In the latest legislation passed by the United States Senate, India and four other countries risk imposition of 100% tariffs, to be ‘punished’ for purchasing Russian oil and gas. This was connected to the visit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi of Ukraine, who needed to be boosted in his war against Russia. President Donald Trump is yet again […]
‘COCKROACHES’ HAVE WON: WHAT NEXT?
Photo:Umakant Lakhera No discussion on issues of geopolitics. The sentiment this weekend has got to be about what has happened in India, its capital and scores of cities. For many years, I have reported public protests, even participated in those about media freedom. I have had my share of sweating it out in the open, being […]
HORMUZ THRO’ HISTORY: FROM GUJARAT TO “GROUND ZERO”
Known facts are being overlooked, if not conveniently forgotten. They need to be recalled when the third round of the War on Iran is raging, making the Strait of Hormuz the “water zero”, like the “ground zero” of military and diplomatic conflict, a term coined during another Gulf War. Perhaps, they will give a better […]
FIREWORKS ARE OVER, FIRING HAS RESUMED
Announced at Zero Hour GMT, the third round of strikes on Iran has begun, setting the Gulf on fire and the world in a tizzy, again. Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to the United States. We will never know who fired the first shot, and other compulsions, but death and destruction have […]
CONGRATS, AMERICA@250! BUT WE ARE DISAPPOINTED
Generations around the globe have known about, if not seen, the Statue of Liberty and felt inspired. The symbol of freedom, democracy, and justice kindled hope for millions who fought their colonial masters. Millions have been drawn to it, even illegally, to make it their home, where work counts and opportunities abound, to pursue their […]
OIL WAR, ISLAM & AN INDIAN “WORKING MOM” IN HOLLYWOOD
Viewing the world through headlines. The “tit-for-tat” bombing of and by Iran resumes the Gulf conflict. The military and diplomatic yo-yo over control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian oil continues. The US is loath to lose them after the cease-fire and agreement reached in Switzerland. The US-Iran truce cannot succeed because the Israel-Lebanon […]
Partition Nostalgia – Where To Draw The Line
Released this month, Imtiaz Ali’s Main Wapas Aaunga, a story of love, loss, and nostalgia, and of humans killing, or being killed, during India’s 1947 Partition, has won critical and popular acclaim. It is located in Sargodha, now in Pakistan. Journalist-writer Nona Walia, who traces her roots there but has not seen it, says of this […]
A WORLD IN WARS UNLEASHED BY ‘TUGHLAQS’
You may, or may not, call it a World War. But the world is indeed engulfed by several conflicts that refuse to end, each causing misery to innocent civilians, each causing destruction of nature-blessed resources that cannot be renewed. Technology has ensured that war-mongers can do this without crossing borders and losing men in uniform […]
Some Stray Thoughts To Chew On
A common sight on Indian streets is a tussle between stray cows and stray dogs. While scrounging for food in garbage dumps, the dogs, in defending what they perceive as their turf, bark the bovine animal away. One is considered sacred by the majority Hindu population, making it politically and emotionally sensitive, while the other […]
