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Japan’s elusive World War II apology continues to trouble Asia
More than
70 years have passed since Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in
World War II on 15 August 1945. The Nazi
surrender had come in the...
Things Fall Apart; The Centre Cannot Hold….
Core legal arguments to preserve, protect and
defend the United States from the presidency of Donald J. Trump
Whatever the still-expanding bill of particulars,
Donald Trump's principles...
How to turn the page on WW II in Asia
In the run-up to the 74th anniversary of
the end of World War II in the Pacific Russia and Japan are recalling the most
overarching problems...
Creating a Future: Nationalism, Patriotism and Global “Oneness”
"What does not benefit the entire hive is no
benefit to the bee."-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Sometimes, truth can
be both counter-intuitive and bitterly ironic. Although Americans have...
The Burning Kashmir: Another Future Hindu Majority Region in India on the Masterplan
Kashmir
northern most geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Snow-capped
mountains, mountain lakes, and fields of flowers–Kashmir is known far and wide
as the “Heaven on Earth”....
Defying the Herd: “Personhood,” War and the Triumph of Peace
Art, we may learn from Picasso, is "the
lie that lets us see the truth." In this connection, Swiss artist Alberto
Giacometti's iconic sculpture, Man
Pointing, appears...
Modi-fying Kashmir and Historical Facts
The Modi
government on 5th august 2019 revoked two key constitutional provisions —
Article 370 and Article 35A — which gave the state of Jammu and...
Deeper meanings of the Hong Kong protests: Is China a gamechanger or yet another winner?
Does our history only appear overheated, while
it is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it directional or conceivable,
dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore cynical? Surely,...
Art, poetry, the native as slave, the American Civil War and the promulgation of the Group Areas Act
We must look at the subtle variations of both education and philosophy,
the quality of white lie, truth, the conversation which is significant, key, law,
abstract,...
Views of four Indian foreign secretaries on Kashmir
History tells
when negotiations stall, war results. After the war, most warriors realize that
it was avoidable. India and Pakistan could learn this bitter reality from
Europe...