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EU backs down on Russian assets; So it would on €150 billion to re-arm Europe

Ashish Shukla - December 17, 2025

Next two days (December 18, 19) could well decide if European Union has put its existence in grave peril. In the European Council meeting...

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Does film-maker Spielberg suffer from Russophobia?

Ashish Shukla - December 15, 2025

It’s long known that Steven Spielberg is fixated on World War II. It found expression in not one but several of his projects of...

Putin, Modi and the ghost of Macaulay in the room

Ashish Shukla - December 2, 2025

It was a state dinner at Kremlin Palace. The new Russian president, Vladimir Putin, three months into his job, was playing host to the...

Hasina’s extradition is off the table for India

Ashish Shukla - November 28, 2025

It’s a bit rich on the part of present transitional government in Bangladesh to seek extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India...

Why Pak’s relations with Afghanistan would only get worse!

Ashish Shukla - November 25, 2025

There is one Taliban we all know. There is another Taliban we have heard of but know little. It is Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It came...

Ukraine: What would Trump’s peace plan yield? Nothing!

Ashish Shukla - November 22, 2025

What do you think would happen to president Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace plan on November 27? Nothing. Vladimir Zelensky would dither on multiple issues; his...

India-US trade deal: Would Modi cede ground on agriculture?

Ashish Shukla - November 2, 2025

Donald Trump isn’t treating India well. He puts Pakistan above India; marks us out for buying Russian oil and is holding up the trade...

Russia’s latest awe-inspiring missile and Brihadisvara Temple!

Ashish Shukla - October 28, 2025

In southern India, Tanjore is a culturally rich city of Tamil Nadu which has buildings taller than the iconic thousand-year-old Brihadisvara Temple, itself quite...

BJP’s 11 years at helm: Things which stand out

Ashish Shukla - June 12, 2025

I was the youngest and Lucknow was where we lived. Alambagh, then viewed as the periphery of the city, smelt of violence at every...

Ceasefire: How Netanyahu has shot himself in the foot

Ashish Shukla - February 14, 2025

The best way to lick a bully down is to stand up to him. Israel is just finding it out from Hamas after Benjamin Netanyahu...

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