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8 May, 2021

Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan secures a historic second term

Kerala took a left turn again with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan bucking the four-decade-old electoral trend of the state that…

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8 May, 2021

“Open Letter” to P.M. Modi – as Covid19 Tsunami ravages India

May 6, 2021 H.E. Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India Re: “Open Letter” - in re as Covid19 Tsunami ravages…

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23 April, 2021

Did Modi Government bungle the fight against Covid?

“There is no doubt that India would have managed the Covid crisis better if the Government based its policies on…

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23 April, 2021

The Floyd verdict

Mindsets must change to rein in police brutality, racism Nine minutes and 29 seconds — that’s how long Derek Chauvin,…

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23 April, 2021

Exiting Afghanistan: On U.S. troop pullout

By announcing that all U.S. troops would be pulled out of Afghanistan by September 11, President Joe Biden has effectively…

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16 April, 2021

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OF THE USA

Hon. President of the United States Dear President, Request your support for India's democracy – One call does it. Briefly,…

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14 April, 2021

Rising trend of Turban-tying among Sikh Girls

Turban is being used as accessory by the fashionable ones also to symbolize empowerment, equality and self-expression but it is…

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12 April, 2021

Happy Vaisakhi

Nothing could give us a greater pleasure than to present an edition with great reading. Here we are with Vaisakhi…

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12 April, 2021

Remembering the Sikh heroes: bearers of Nishaan Sahib Insignia’

“During the current global pandemic, the Divine Guru's teachings of compassionate sharing, came to the fore, when millions of people…

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12 April, 2021

Punjab: precariously perched, politically and economically

“On the plank of Punjabi Suba (State) and other issues, first the Akalis alone and later with support from BJP…

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2 April, 2021

No Roadmap to Double Farmers’ Income

At the halfway mark of this historic mission, the Modi govt did not even have a plan on paper on…

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26 March, 2021

The creation of Bangladesh

SPECIAL on 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence. India must also recall the political and diplomatic successes of 1971 under Indira…

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19 March, 2021

NYC Schools Chancellor: Why I Dare to Dream Big

By Meisha Porter First and foremost, I want to give every student the option to go back into school buildings…

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19 March, 2021

Boris,beware the Ides of March!

India’s External Affairs Ministers S Jaishankar made a strong statement in the Parliament that set the tone for the ensuing…

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12 March, 2021

Strategic partnership with India: Is the US sticking it to China?

The Biden Administration has sent many clear signals that it will seek to strengthen Indo-US relations; no doubt, China's territorial…

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27 February, 2021

China’s lies, damned lies and statistics

China deliberately concealed the extent of the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak during the early days China also kept mum…

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19 February, 2021

Is India’s social justice paradigm under threat?

Stories of Fr. Stan Swamy and Sudha Bharadwaj   “These two cases illustrate that India's social justice paradigm is in…

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19 February, 2021

The arrest of Disha Ravi

Rule of law not a concession given by State to citizens Young activist Disha Ravi’s arrest in Bengaluru in the…

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12 February, 2021

The Dragon Roams the Arctic

By Dr A. Adityanjee The Arctic region is home to almost four million inhabitants, of which approximately one-tenth are indigenous…

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12 February, 2021

Biden spells out foreign policy but does not indicate who are ‘key partners’

The Biden speech is notable for its stress on democratic values and human rights as guiding principles of American diplomacy.…

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7 February, 2021

The Farmer has bypassed Delhi

Subterranean tsunami A subterranean tsunami is slowly building in the country and the power elite, the pampered middle class and…

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23 January, 2021

Indo-US relations under Joe Biden: Looking into the crystal ball

There are no doubt problems that will need to be overcome, such as those relating to bilateral trade and restrictions…

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22 January, 2021

The Biden-Kamala era

India needs to sidestep the eddies The most-used words in Joe Biden’s inaugural speech were ‘America, American and Americans’ and…

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9 January, 2021

A hegemony upended by a Frankenstein

The clipping of the wings of the authoritarian and populist Right in the U.S. at the national level heralds genuine…

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3 January, 2021

Science has delivered, will the WTO deliver?

TRIPS waiver proposal from India, South Africa and other members “The TRIPS waiver proposal is a targeted and proportionate response…

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18 December, 2020

FOMAA Leadership ensures endorsement toImmigration Bill HR1044  from NY State  Senator Kevin Thomas, and  support fromSenator Chuck Schumer

                             By Anil Augustine, Atlanta GA NEW YORK (TIP): On this historic era of immigration momentum in American contemporary times,…

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28 November, 2020

A boon from the Himalayas: Towards multi-disciplinary healing 

 YOGA OF IMMORTALS In a world stricken by an unprecedented pandemic, the emergence of a unique Himalayan protocol - Yoga…

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29 May, 2020

For America to judge the murderers

Another sad day in America’s history. The murder of a black person by a white police officer in Minneapolis, May…

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5 July, 2019

KAMALA HARRIS COULD WIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN JULY 2020

By   Ven Parameswaran Before the debate Kamala Harris had the name recognition problem.  Vice President Biden was well known and…

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22 June, 2019

Why social media needs to be regulated

By Manish Tewari The big social media platforms are not only monopolies in themselves but also the equivalents of a…

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