Tag: President Obama

By Anil Madan

Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is also no longer a maintainable strategy and this increases the risk of the use of nuclear weapons

It is no secret that American elections cost a lot of money. But is it really true that the role of undisclosed cash donated by the ultra rich

There is much for us to learn from the Indian experience. India can ‘show the world how to tackle endemic Covid-19.’ What are we waiting for?

Gift exchanges may at times hold more than face value

The paradox of great power is that in the modern world, it can seldom be used, and the superpower’s advantage is often temporary

The Supreme Court stands ready to turn the clock back

There are also other ills that cause worse damage to societies, because they are endemic. One has come much to the fore to complicate matters in this ongoing Covid

Breakfast with Bwana

Breakfast with Bwana

Why do some people make such a fuss about identities, why do they get so serious that their acute sense of and need for specific identities pitches them

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

Alas, the world will always be a mixture of light and darkness. And so we have had our quota of all manner of upheavals throughout the past year

On 16 September 2002, a group of 19 people, who were born in the Chagos Archipelago, picked up their suitcases from the carousel at Gatwick Airport and, having

As a new year begins, one always hopes that things will be better than the year before. Unfortunately, this hope is often belied by events which burst on