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Saudi Arabia

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-05-12T16:32:00Z

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Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry that Unravelled the Middle East;
by Kim Ghattas
Wildfire/Headline Publishing Group
Pages: xvii + 378; Price: Rs. 799
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It is mind-boggling to even know how much death, destruction and human suffering Saudi Arabia has rained on the larger Islamic world with an insular religious ideology that has torn apart even the believers.
In a seminal study of the perennially turbulent (…)

- 2026

When Tauseef Appreciated Hindu temple and Ganges | M.R. Narayan Swamy

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-04-22T08:54:00Z

My colleague Tauseef (assumed name) knew I prayed at temples daily without fail. Bright and inquisitive, he asked me to take him along to a temple as he desired to know how Hindus worship and what went on in Hindu shrines.
He did have a doubt: Will anyone object to his coming since he is a Muslim?
No, I replied confidently. Most Hindu temples do not bar non-Hindus from entering. In any case, I reasoned, everyone is equal in the eyes of God.
I took Tauseef to one of the oldest south (…)

- 2026

A Reality Check on Operation Sindoor |

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-03-19T03:27:14Z

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- 2026 / Book Review

Pakistan

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-03-19T03:26:56Z

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Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World
by Christina Lamb
William Collins
2015
640 pages
ISBN-10 : 0007256922
ISBN-13 : 978-0007256921
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At a time when Donald Trump appears to have fallen in love with Pakistan

- 2026

JVP disowns earlier ideological anathema for India | M.R. Narayan Swamy

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-03-07T23:21:39Z

A top leader of Sri Lanka

- 2026

Ordinary Indians Lead in Regular Charity | M.R. Narayan Swamy

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-03-01T15:06:19Z

Whenever I visit the Birla Ghat in Haridwar, I see a regular flow of pious men and women giving small sums of money to the ghat

- 2026

An Inside View of Why Sri Lanka

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-01-24T06:26:02Z

Sri Lanka

- 2026

Pakistan

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-01-24T06:19:47Z

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Perfect Storm: The History and Anatomy of 26/11
by Prabhakar Aloka and Nikhil Ravi
Ebury Press/Penguin Random House
Pages: xxxi + 220; Price: Rs 499
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If former Intelligence Bureau officer Prabhakar Aloka is to be believed, Pakistan

- 2026 / Book Review

A Diplomat

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-01-10T01:52:34Z

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- 2026 / Book Review

Indian-American activists battle Hindutva politics | M.R. Narayan Swamy

M R Narayan Swamy — 2025-12-21T05:43:24Z

The other day, a small group of Indian Americans convened a breakfast meeting to felicitate fellow citizens of Hindu faith from among a large number of people of Indian origin who hold elected offices in New Jersey. But, more importantly, Indian-American Christians, Sikhs and Muslims were carefully excluded.
Some Hindu Indian Americans responded to the invitation. Others refused to attend, saying they would not be a party to anything divisive in nature. A few went simply because they did (…)

- 2025