Opinion

A Gangster and the anti-India Global Network

It is interesting to see how news portals and media houses around the world twisted the facts of Atiq Ahmed’s death to fit the "democracy is dying in India" narrative

The Afghan legacy in Ukraine and Taiwan 

Proxy wars have existed for a long time, but the Afghan conflict marked the most notable return of proxy warfare in contemporary times.

Islamism and need for critical evaluation of first Muslim community

The personal character of Muhammad’s companions should be emulated, but the political system they created, which resulted in assassinations, civil wars, and other conflicts, should not be seen as a model for the future

Rediscovering legacy of US policy thinker Zbigniew Brzezinski

One of the common temptations that I submit to every year as my birthday approaches is to Google up the famous Aries of our times. The throw-up remains cluttered with the usual assortment of the well-known: Charlie Chaplin, Eric Clapton, Robert Downey Jr, or Mukesh Ambani and Akshay Kumar closer home. However, this year, and […]

Civil War of the State of Islam vs the Islamic State

Islam is facing a crisis, as evidenced by the prevalence of violent strains across more than 50 Muslim-majority countries and among Muslim populations living in non-Muslim countries