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BAPS, the Eiffel Tower and the curious silence on secularism
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In Pope Francis’ death the world has lost a visionary
April 21, 2025In the death of Pope Francis, the...
Pope Francis passes away at 88
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, at 88 years, a day after making an appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. He was recognised as a humble pontiff, a progressive Pope and a global voice for peace, and justice.
Computer science experts question ECI’s rebuttal of Tulsi Gabbard on Indian EVMs
Computer Science & Programming Experts, have questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s rebuttal of Tulsi Gabbard (Director of National Intelligence, US Government)’s claim that Indian EVMs are not connected to the Internet
Rethinking the Indian Response to Trump’s Tariff War
A bold policy shift aimed at recovering national sovereignty, economic justice, and strategic autonomy is needed.
2025: While the world experiences cataclysmic changes, it remains far away from substantial solutions
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Pakistan’s education policy blatantly anti-minority, anti-women
The outcome of the school curriculum reason behind religious extremism, crimes against women
The paradox of nationalism & Indian representation abroad: S. Jaishankar’s visit to my university
A student at the University College Dublin, positions his experience of the Indian external affairs minister recent visit to the country where he studies; the author sensitively probes the worrying dichotomy of unconcern with the situation back home that the majority Indian diaspora experiences, even as India and Indians falter on the human rights indices test
The inherent problem with political Islam
There is a big difference between Islamic and Islamist/Islamism
A socialist world is possible: 2025 Marx Oration
On the occasion of the 142nd death anniversary of Karl Marx, as has happened each year since March 17,1883 when Frederick Engels had delivered his historic speech at the graveside of his closest comrade and friend at the Highgate Cemetery in London, Ashok Dhawale, CPI (M) Polit Bureau and AIKS National President, along with others delivered a Marx Oration. We reproduce the text below
DRC-Rwanda: A region with repeated conflict-driven deaths requires that the escalating new crisis here must be resolved with urgency
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