2026

Mingma Sherpa dozed in the mid-morning heat. He lay on his pellet on a hard wooden plank, a few feet from the floor, trying to read. The book fell off his hand soon and his eyes closed. He dreamt of the bright white sunlight streaming down from the skylight near the ceiling of the tiny dark room, lighting up the cage. It was an ordinary iron cage holding the little bird. A sparrow, looking rugged, also dozing, its little head tucked into its feathers.
Mingma asked himself why the sparrow (…)

A small glitch in geopolitical dynamics reveals just how fragile our global economy truly is. The vulnerabilities of the development edifices we have constructed are now starkly evident. It is undeniable that the US war of aggression against Iran has created major cracks in global supply chains.
The war in the Persian gulf is in full swing.The movement of goods through the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked for now. Difficult to say when the return to ’normal’, potentially allowing supply (…)

The voting pattern in the Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in Bihar and Odisha while has exposed the deepening crisis of unity within INDIA bloc, it has also put a big question mark on the tenability and pertinence of the politico ideological contour, a consistent, guiding set of political principles, beliefs, and strategies adopted to achieve a specific vision of society, being pursued by Rahul Gandhi as an alternative to the age old ideology of Congress. Politico-ideological line acts as a (…)

Often when a country is attacked by another country and two countries are at war, it is not realized adequately that people of both countries may not want this war which has been imposed on them due to factors beyond their control. This is particularly true in the context of unpopular wars. This is certainly true in the context of the ongoing Iran war.
According to available data, the Iran war of 2026 has been found in polls and surveys conducted among the people of the USA to be the most (…)

Abdullah Safdar (I believe) on the background of and reaction to the growth of communalism in British-controlled India as the movement for independence developed.
From: The Communist International, Vol. 4 No. 5. March 30, 1927
HINDU-MUSSULMAN antagonisms are a great obstacle to the organised struggle of the Indian nationalist movement. This movement has been experiencing a decline since the end of 1922. In 1920 and 1921 it was a serious menace to British imperialism in India. For the (…)

"Only communication grounded in reason can create legitimate power."

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by Christina Lamb
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ISBN-13 : 978-0007256921
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At a time when Donald Trump appears to have fallen in love with Pakistan