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Friday, March 6, 2026
TopicRoald dahl

Topic: roald dahl

Rewriting Roald Dahl on moral grounds won’t help children navigate history

Many are outraged at the overt censorship of Dahl’s novels, but there are several layers of covert censorship that impact the production of children’s books.

‘Sensitivity readers’ rewrite Roald Dahl stories, edit out terms like fat, crazy, boys & girls

Puffin Books & Roald Dahl Story Company have made changes to remove ‘offensive’ language in collaboration with Inclusive Minds, which works for ‘inclusion in children’s literature’.

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Oil crisis to trade disruption—why India must try to reshape regional balance in West Asia

India has to play a seminal role in this process of reshaping the regional balance, or else lose the strategic, economic and geopolitical gains made in the past decades.

India has options beyond choked Strait of Hormuz. But conditions apply

Nearly 50% of India’s crude imports are exposed to the chokepoint. So far this year, India has imported an average of 2.6 million barrels per day (mbpd) from Gulf countries.

Indian Navy says it deployed P-8I, diverted ships to boost efforts to rescue sunk Iran warship’s crew

Two Indian naval ships involved in the search and rescue operations in connection with IRIS Dena, which was operating 20 NM West of Galle in SAR region under Sri Lankan responsibility.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.