Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars. Writing in the conservative rag, The National Review, months before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Goldberg paraphrased a statement which he attributed to Ledeen with reference to the interventionist […]
Afghanistan’s cities are falling like a pack of cards before the Taliban. This rampant capture of cities and districts takes our memories back to the late ’90s when the country was ‘Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’, recognised by only a few countries. The Taliban’s ultra-orthodox way of governance based on strict interpretation of Shariah according to […]
Based on evidence of the plethora of adverse effects of Covid-19, scientific experts and government agencies have been compelled to take into account what the future of pandemics may look like in terms of preparing for any future disease outbreak. To help you comprehend, I’ll go through a brief overview of prior SARS-CoV-2 viral strain […]
The importance of media in today’s age is obvious. With the help of technology, various media have transformed this vast planet into a global village. The media has played the most important role in keeping people informed at all times. However, the problem of present times is not the lack of information but the excess […]
The USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001 intending to drive out the Taliban with the help of the Northern Alliance. Twenty years later, they are pulling out of the country after signing a contract with the Taliban and leaving the Northern Alliance government on their own. Experts are predicting that the puppet government could fall within […]
Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty and hunger”, to “combating lethal diseases” and “reducing child mortality worldwide”, proved to be yet another empty gesture which, unsurprisingly, amounted to little. Even if the architects of the project […]
The constitutional status of being a Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) brings a lot of legal protection against caste-based violence as well 10th of August was marked as a “Black Day” by Dalit Muslim and Dalit Christian communities of India to protest against a Presidential Order passed in 1950 by Dr Rajendra Prasad, […]
Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations by Abdul Basit Harper Collins Publishers, Noida The latest book to offer insight into India-Pakistan relations is ‘Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan India Relations’ written by Abdul Basit. From his experience as the High Commissioner of Pakistan in India from 2014 to 2017, Basit gives a detailed […]
When Allah swears by something or uses it as witness for something, Allah actually forces man to think and ponder about the world within him as well as the world outside him Many chapters of the Quran begin with Allah swearing by some natural object. Translators and exegetes of the Quran across the world either […]
The USA is withdrawing from Afghanistan without achieving its major strategic aims; one of which was the containment of China. The operation in Afghanistan has cost the USA trillions of dollars and the loss of thousands of soldiers, yet it is withdrawing and leaving behind a trail of destruction in its wake. The stakes of […]