From shaping the news to slanting it: the culture of ‘Narratives’ in America...
By Shivaji Sengupta
At first there was the Word.
Genesis I, i.
Seems madam! Nay, it is. I know not seems.
Shakespeare. Hamlet. I, ii.
Why is it that...
Gun culture in America: will it ever end?
By Shivaji Sengupta
And Tubal Cain was fill'd with pain
For the evil he had done...
-- Charles Mackay (1880)
The reference is to a Scottish poet who visited...
Quad leaders warn China on coercive dominance; India gets shot in the arm
By J.V. Lakshmana Rao
The US in general and India in particular have sounded stern warning to China against its growing hegemonic attitude powered both...
Whither America? Biden’s Bold Politics and the Republicans’ Dare
By Shivaji Sengupta
According to a New York Times report, Joe Biden's 1.9 trillion dollar law, called the American Rescue Act, designed to bring immediate...
Crossing the Rubicon: Conservative America: 1960-2020
By Shivaji Sengupta
Rubicon is a mythological river which if one crossed half way over, there was no returning. The phrase is used to indicate...
Is China merely pressing the pause button?
BY D.C. PATHAK
At the end of the ninth round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China on LAC, the two sides announced...
China’s increasing ‘red lines’ slammed by foreign media in annual report
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, March 2: Media freedom in China deteriorated significantly in 2020 as the Chinese authorities employed more strategies, ramping up surveillance...
India’s patience and preparedness – a fitting lesson to China
By J.V. Lakshmana Rao
Yes, it is a real proud scoring moment for India, when China has begun the de-escalation process at Galwan Valley and...
Republicans at crossroads: what will happen to the party after Trump?
By Shivaji Sengupta
If ancient fabrics nod, and threat to fall,
To patch their flaws, and buttress up the wall,
Thus far ’tis duty: but...
Unlike China, India has to depend on US social media apps
By Nishant Arora
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) As you go through screaming headlines to tame US-based Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook, India and its entrepreneurs...
