CHICAGO: As you immerse yourself in filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s latest presentation, The Bengal Files, you are confronted with a profound realization. The film challenges, among others, the …
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Swastik Sharma
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INTRODUCTION Vappala Balachandran, a former Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, played a key but unobtrusive role in preparing for Rajiv Gandhi’s visit to China in 1988. He …
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LONDON: Love him or hate him, Benjamin Netanyahu is an extraordinary politician. Known as Bibi to his friends and enemies alike, Netanyahu is Israel’s longest serving prime minister …
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WASHINGTON, DC: Although the multilateral development banks (MDBs) have made some noteworthy progress in reforming their operations, there remains much to do, for there are many important gaps …
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NEW DELHI: Since its independence, Bangladesh’s army has played a controversial and powerful role in the country’s politics, often stepping beyond the traditional military duties of such a …
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NEW DELHI: Their reactions to the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska provide further confirmation of the fact that it is President Zelenskyy and his partners in Europe who are …
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NEW DELHI: On 31 July, US President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pakistan to develop what he described as the country’s “massive oil reserves,” even asserting that …
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NEW DELHI: For nearly a decade, the Congress has attacked the Election Commission of India (ECI), electronic voting machines (EVMs), and voter rolls as compromised— yet has also …
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KOLKATA: The trailer launch of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s movie, “The Bengal Files”, focusing on the historical events of Direct Action Day in 1946, was disrupted in Kolkata on …
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GUWAHATI: Any child growing up in the late 1990s and early 2000s could never think of venturing into Kokrajhar, the administrative heart of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTR) …
