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• Enthronement of Emperor Naruhito in Japan

  5 November
  by Rajaram Panda
  The enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito of Japan, formalising his accession to the throne, was held on October 22 at the Seiden State Hall at the Imperial Palace, officially proclaiming him as the Emperor in Japan. The  (...)

• Great Game In Central Asia: China Emerging as a Dominant Player

  5 November
  by R.G. Gidadhubli
  Central Asia—comprising of five Central Asian States (CAS), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—has experienced the great game being played by major powers from time to time during the last couple of  (...)

• Vested Interest in Modi-Trump ‘Friendship’

  5 November, by Humra Quraishi
  MUSINGS
  Wondering aloud: Is the Modi-Trump ‘friendship’ carrying a whole range of vested interests? Much in tune with the expansionist policies of America, the selling and buying of weapons, the role of the arms lobbies, export of warfare   (...)
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  Assembly Poll Verdict Stuns BJP

  4 November
  POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
  The final results of Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls are yet to come, but the broad picture is clear enough. In Maharashtra the BJP’s loyal propagandists masquerading as psephologists had been predicting the party would  (...)

• The Culture of Sycophancy that is ruining Democracy

  4 November
  by Arun Srivastava
  Bhakti, devotion or hero-worship is an important element in Indian politics, unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays in the politics of any other country. If in religion Bhakti is the road to spiritual redemption, in  (...)

• RSS Combine: Ideology, Violence and Power

  4 November
  by Ram Puniyani
  The RSS is the major organisation influencing politics and other aspects of our society for the last nearly three decades. As such it has the agenda of a Hindu Rashtra, and it politics is called Hindutva, which is the politics  (...)

• Kashmir: Hunting with the hounds and playing with the hare

  4 November
  by Mustafa Khan
  There is arcane silence in the Kashmir Valley. It is fraught with the danger that there is some sinister conspiracy of tiring out the enemy by prolonging the lockdown and continuing the stasis of hunting with the wolf and playing  (...)

• Changing Caste-Class Equations: Emergence of a New Politics in India

  4 November
  by Kunal Kumar Yadav
  The emergence of new caste-class equation in India is a phenomenon which needs serious attention and an indepth analysis. The movement of the lower castes’ affiliation towards the cultural narrative has given a new direction  (...)

• The Failing Art of Selling Normalcy in Kashmir

  4 November, by Badri Raina
  If “normalcy” has indeed returned, why not let innocent Kashmiris, including leaders and workers of political parties, savour a taste of it?
  Remember when a sniper gun mysteriously appeared en route the yatra to Amarnath a few days before the  (...)

• Wanted: Not Drift But Statesmanship

  4 November, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  FROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
  In 1967, that is, fiftytwo years ago, N.C. visited the Kashmir Valley for a few days and held detailed discussions with a wide cross-section of opinion-makers and political personalities of all shades there. On his return he  (...)

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