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For decades, Leicester built communal walls. Waves of immigrants made it more toxic

Praveen Swami - 28 September, 2022

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The many shades of grey in Iran’s hijab war show it’s not just personal freedom vs theocracy

PM Modi wants India to shed its colonial past. He should begin by reforming the police

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Forgotten story of great Hindu merchants in Central Asia shows enterprise can defeat China

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Hiding Nazi connect to helping KGB spy, Queen Elizabeth II put family first

+TFP Praveen Swami - 14 September, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II and her mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon allegedly protected a KGB spy for fear he might reveal the dark family secrets of Edward VIII.

‘Diamonds are cheap’, Imran’s aiming to crack Pakistan’s toughest institution

Praveen Swami - 11 September, 2022

The curse of the five-carat diamond hasn’t just fallen on Imran and Bushra, though. It is also burning through the authority of the all-powerful Generals.

Sheikh Hasina’s Teesta water calls turn desperate. But Modi is weighing national interest

Praveen Swami - 7 September, 2022

Modi govt needs to engage with the costs a Teesta deal will have on West Bengal farmers. But it also can't ignore the cost of a hostile govt and civil society in Bangladesh.

China’s campaign to obliterate Uyghurs is sowing seeds for generations of hate & conflict

+TFP Praveen Swami - 4 September, 2022

In a secret meeting, Xi Jinping had asked his officials to act without mercy. Years later, the crushing of Uyghurs has a heavy cost.

3 fears emerged when Kabul fell. A year later, none of them have come true

+TFP Praveen Swami - 31 August, 2022

Like the US and Soviet Union before it, China is discovering the grand plans of Great Powers don’t survive contact with the realities in Afghanistan.

Surveillance state isn’t a secure one. Indian govts need to get this

+TFP Praveen Swami - 28 August, 2022

For all practical purposes, India’s intelligence services acted as instruments of the prime minister—with no legal framework for their operations, nor accountability.

Taliban won’t give up al-Qaeda, not after US killing al-Zawahiri. Kabul’s a safe haven

+TFP Praveen Swami - 7 August, 2022

Pragmatists in Taliban have been willing to sacrifice global jihadism for international recognition and state-building aid. But it's not that simple.

Imran Inc: How Pakistani Generals manufactured ‘Mr Clean’ using disgraced billionaire’s funds

+TFP Praveen Swami - 3 August, 2022

Fighting extradition to the US, Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi is at the centre of a storm over his role in financing the rise of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

ISIS is growing again in Syria. Blame the grim deadlock between great powers

+TFP Praveen Swami - 31 July, 2022

In 2019, US President held up a map showing the destruction of ISIS caliphate in Iraq & Syria: The tiny spot that remained, he vowed, would be ‘gone by tonight.’

Jihadists in Bangladesh are still going strong. Economic gains aren’t ‘wins’

+TFP Praveen Swami - 27 July, 2022

Mobs burning down Hindu-owned homes and businesses in Narail’s Sahapara is a sign. It shows what happens to polities which fail to confront communalism.

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For decades, Leicester built communal walls. Waves of immigrants made it more toxic

Praveen Swami - 28 September, 2022

East Ham and Waltham Forest are Pakistani Punjabi, Luton is Kashmiri Muslim, Southall is Punjabi Sikh, and Tower Hamlet is Bangladeshi. Each walled off their neighbourhoods to other immigrants.

RBI ban on 3rd-party loan recovery agents not a fix. It’s like AP’s microfinance ban mistake

28 September, 2022

How Falun Gong-backed media pushed Xi coup rumours around the world. And Indians bought it

28 September, 2022

Economy

From ports to energy transition — Adani Group to invest over $100 billion in next decade

Krishna N Das - 27 September, 2022

Speaking at Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore, Adani said the group intends to do more as a solar player & has earmarked 70% of the investment for the energy transition space.

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For decades, Leicester built communal walls. Waves of immigrants made it more toxic

The many shades of grey in Iran’s hijab war show it’s not just personal freedom vs theocracy

PM Modi wants India to shed its colonial past. He should begin by reforming the police

Forgotten story of great Hindu merchants in Central Asia shows enterprise can defeat China

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

For decades, Leicester built communal walls. Waves of immigrants made it more toxic

RBI ban on 3rd-party loan recovery agents not a fix. It’s like AP’s microfinance ban mistake

How Falun Gong-backed media pushed Xi coup rumours around the world. And Indians bought it

Economy

From ports to energy transition — Adani Group to invest over $100 billion in next decade

Defence

All about Shahed-136, Iran’s ‘kamikaze’ drone that Russia is using to strike Ukraine

National Interest

AAP’s filling a big vacuum in Indian politics. Question is how long it can sustain without ideology

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