Could the Paris Attacks be an inside job? – Counter-narrative
The Paris attacks of November 2015 are an audacious, brutal act of terror, the perpetrators of which deserve nothing less than an eternity of pain. More than 100 people dead, more than 300 injured and the numbers continue to rise….
Pakistan, Kashmir & the UN Security Council
The Kashmir dispute has forever been a topic of heated debate and personally, I don’t think we are arriving at a solution anytime soon. As an Indian, I believe there’s no compromising on sovereign territory, but that’s just me. This…
It’s ISIS again. This time it’s Brussels Airport.
After Paris, it’s Brussels this time, the headquarters of NATO and the de-facto headquarters of the European Union. Brussels was hit by synchronized bomb attacks, responsibility of which was claimed 8 hours later by ISIS. Their official statement was something…
ISIL & DPRK – The Sum of all fears? #nuclearproliferation
The Islamic State and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are both as different as they can get, say for the one promise of potential disaster both these ‘states’ pose. Interestingly so, both these states have been targeted for their…
Gay or Practicing Christian – Pick one
In the midst of all the rainbow flag display pictures on social media and open support for the American Supreme Court ruling over legalizing Gay Marriage, it was a little hard to miss a whole group of Christian Pastors getting…
Mumbai Airport Slums: The reasons why they exist!
If you’re a Mumbaikar, like yours truly, or you’ve flown into Bombay often enough, especially landing from the east, you’ve probably tuned your mind to being greeted by endless roofs of shanties and slums. Being a Mumbai resident and an…
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly – Indian Army’s Myanmar Operation
The Indian Army under a unique ‘Hot Pursuit’ agreement with Myanmar conducted a special forces operation across the border, inside Myanmar. This has lead to the extermination of 100 odd militants who were allegedly responsible for plotting and executing an…
Solving Kashmir, is this the road to Indo-Pak peace?
“The day the Kashmir issue gets resolved is the day the Pak Army loses its relevance.” To understand this, one needs to understand the ethos of Pakistan, as a state. Pakistan is ideological in nature, based on the two nation…
A Uniform in the Morning, A Coffin in the Afternoon
And that’s exactly what its come to. Religious differences have reached a point where the world has had to deal with days like these. The Pakistani Taliban or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have gunned down a school filled with children in the…
A Religious army vs. an army of Religion – ISIS
Its rather easy to conclude in haste, given my Indian origin, who or which army this article is aimed at. I’d like to clarify my being an atheist and that this article could be applied to any army, religious or…
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