NEW DELHI: The ‘bad boy’ of Maldivian politics is back, so what if he’s riding on the coattails of Mohamed Muizzu, the victor in the recent presidential elections. Muizzu has got former president Abdulla Yameen out of prison (he’s serving 11 years for corruption) and into house arrest. Could a presidential pardon follow? The buzz is […]Read More
DHARAMSHALA: Monday to Friday, from seven to 11 in the morning, the Dalai Lama holds an audience for his followers, friends and admirers at his residence in Dharamshala. There is a special word he may have for Indian journalists if they happen to be present, and last week four of us were privy to brief remarks […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Locked in a power competition with the United States and in the midst of territorial disputes with many countries, what are China’s global ambitions and what are the means it is deploying to achieve its goals? About 60 experts from nearly a dozen countries put forth their views at a two-day Global Conference […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The White Man’s Burden, the Rudyard Kipling poem which essentially justified colonialism by asserting that it is the duty of white people to manage the affairs of the less-developed non-white people, apparently still resonates with many in the West. Nothing else explains how Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public assertion, without a shred […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On the day Apple’s iPhone 15 series went on sale in India and other countries, a flood of outright lies, misinformation and racist jokes about Made in India iPhones spread through China’s internet. The campaign seems orchestrated given that China’s web is a creation of the ruling Communist Party which closely regulates and monitors […]Read More
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