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Why Donald Trump will not attack Iran

It just doesnt' make any sense.  What the US has to gain by attacking Iran? Nothing.  The United States doesn’t need its oil.  The US is hardly reliant...

Did Trump and Maduro stage an abduction?

When events don’t make sense, one tries to put ear to as many voices as one could from either side in play.  Thus has emerged...

No option but for world to unite militarily against the West 

What would now happen of Venezuela? The same what happened to Syria after Bashar al Assad was removed.  Or of Iraq after Saddam Hussain was ejected.  Or...

Modi slams TMC for “protecting infiltrators” 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spelt out what must resonate with rest of India, more so in West Bengal, as India smells trouble brewing...

Does film-maker Spielberg suffer from Russophobia?

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

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

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!

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...

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

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...

Trump’s tariffs are a mere ruse to choke China’ sea trade

Most don’t get why Donald Trump is shooting off tariffs left, right and centre.  What does he gain by if inflation is driven up, his...