The above caption is a popular slogan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). This slogan takes our memory back to the events, which occurred in Dhaka on November 7, 1975, events which many of us saw in person. It reminds us of a legacy of the spontaneous resistance of the common people of Bangladesh to […]
Sri Lanka is facing a quagmire of multiverse political and economic issues. The inflation rate in the country increased to 25%. The cost of essential items is skyrocketing. Economic experts are considering this the biggest economic crisis since the independence of 1948. If you roam around Colombo city for tea, you will have to pay […]
In recent years NATO – essentially the USA and Western Europe – has bared its fascist roots through multiple interventions across four continents. The NATO states backed fascist coups in Venezuela, Honduras and Bolivia, imposed blockades on dozens of nations, fomented Al-Qaeda/ISIS/Boko Haram sectarian terrorism to destabilize Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria, and are now […]
The political tempest in Pakistan that prematurely toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is proving to be a great folly for the action’s beneficiaries in Pakistan and their nearest and distant overt and covert perpetrators. The cross-sections of Pakistanis overwhelmingly rejected the change in their country and spontaneously took to the streets in […]
Pakistan is currently experiencing a major political and constitutional crisis. On 3 April, the deputy speaker of the National Assembly threw out a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, which was projected to receive a majority of votes. The rationale given was the alleged presence of a foreign conspiracy to topple the elected government, […]
Democracy and Human Rights have become significant aspects of Joe Biden’s foreign policy. The current President of The United States of America has centered his foreign policy acknowledging the democratic backsliding and wants to restore US leadership in world politics. On December 9-10, 2021, Biden arranged a Democracy Summit. Later that week, under a new […]
The Quad-China rivalry and the ‘scramble’ for the Indo-Pacific region have made the region, especially South Asia, geopolitically significant in a matter of a few years. For the last two decades, the region had the least priority in US foreign policy as it was busy with its costly Middle East policy. But after the rise […]
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the vote decide everything.” –Joseph Stalin The US sanctions on a few former and present key officials of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Bangladesh in December 2021 created some ripples in […]
“…That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”—President Franklin D Roosevelt Following the US imposed limited sanctions on a few law enforcement officials of Bangladesh, many pundits and soothsayers gave its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina only months, if not weeks, to survive. […]
Haider Ali Khan is a little-known Indian politician. Hailing from an erstwhile royal family in Uttar Pradesh, not many – either in his home state or elsewhere in the country – had heard of him until about a week ago when he decided to participate in the upcoming polls in five states. Khan’s presence in […]