Going forward the situation doesn’t give confidence. At the current rate, the number of cases are going to be far too many in near future to be handled by our existing health infrastructure. More so, when the healthcare professionals are also now indicating that the community transmission might have already set in
The tragedy of the civilian’s killing and the attendant pictures of the boy are beyond the predictable condemnations and the disingenous ordering of probe. It is the moral vacuum in which such killings take place
After all the lies & false assurances last year even if/when the government explains these orders hardly any of us will take the assurances at face value”. For its orders and explanations to carry faith with people, the government needs to rebuild its credibility
Hurriyat was conspicuously absent from the scene from August 2019 onwards. And this was so unlike it’s role in Kashmir over the 27 years of its existence, more so during the unrests when the grouping would be in a driving seat issuing hartal calls and calling for protests
India-China border face-off is not only creating a sharper regional divide but also accelerating the process of cold war between China and the US
America desperately needs to enlist India as an ally given its need to check the impending rise of China as a global power and a US rival on the world stage. China throws down gauntlet to US dominance of world affairs that is not only military and economic in nature but also ideological
A military confrontation between the two sides would be a disaster for both. More so, at a time when the two countries and the world are fighting a virulent pandemic that has led to death of close to five lakh people across the world and brought the world economy to a halt
It is possible to persuade people to take necessary precautions so that they don’t contract virus. At the end of the day, the fight against Coronavirus has to be a people-led effort than the one driven exclusively by the government
Ever since the new wave of the local militancy triggered by the advent of Burhan Wani in 2015, Kashmiri militants have generally outnumbered their foreign counterparts. Any considerable change in the ratio in favour of the foreigners could dramatically change the landscape of violence in Kashmir
Wth the LAC stand-off with China taking a war-like dimension, the violence along the LoC cannot be ignored. From the looks of it, the current instability seems set to continue for some time. Here’s hoping it all ends up well
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