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Indranil Banerjie
About the AuthorIndranil Banerjie
The writer is an independent security and political risk consultant.
    Pakistan violated ceasefire in Keri and Digwar areas of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: PTI/Representational)Opinion
    J&K challenges grow: Truce a tactical pause

    The ceasefire and dialogue offer by New Delhi is, however, the only way forward.

    8 Jun 2018 2:11 AM IST

    Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, £16.99Books
    A timely warning about fascism to a tottering world

    The fascist takeover of her native Czechoslovakia forced her to flee with her parents.

    3 Jun 2018 12:41 AM IST

    Directorate S: The CIA and Americas Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 by Steve Coll, Allen Lane , Rs 799Books
    Magnum opus on AfPak history Of CIA, ISI at work

    A substantial part of the book is about the collusion between Pakistan's military-controlled spy agency, the ISI and the...

    13 May 2018 6:14 AM IST

    The Army has also submitted photographs of the vehicles damaged in the stone pelting by the unruly mob. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Kashmiri mobs adopt Hamas line on protest

    Civilian killings provoke extreme grief and even greater anger, further fuelling the cycle of violence.

    14 April 2018 1:13 AM IST

    A file photo of Hermann Kallenbach (right) with his friend Mahatma Gandhi in their South Africa days.India
    Shimon's Quest: From Israel to India, and Lithuania, with a touch of...

    Shimon Lev fell in love with India with all its faults, peculiarities and attractions.

    29 March 2018 12:59 AM IST

    Social media connects us to the big wide world outside but ironically disconnects us from the real one. This yawning chasm between the offline and online only further isolates us, defeating the very purpose of going online at all.Opinion
    Tech gamechanger in politics, governance

    Hardik Patel had shown that even a skeletal organisational network leveraging technology could almost overnight become a...

    29 Dec 2017 1:31 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, shake hands prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A stranglehold broken: Asian geopolitics shifts

    India was forced to ship the biscuits through a long and circuitous route via Bandar Abbas port in Iran.

    31 Oct 2017 12:13 AM IST

    Rajiv DograBooks
    Researching for the book was like solving a mystery or puzzle'

    The prognosis remains fraught because Pakistan feels it is about to achieve the strategic depth it has long sought in...

    13 Oct 2017 12:46 AM IST

    Durands Curse By Rajiv Dogra, Rupa Publications, Rs 595Books
    Calling the cursed' Durand Line what it is

    Everything suggests the manner in which the Durand agreement was signed constitutes a dark chapter in Afghan history.

    13 Oct 2017 12:42 AM IST

    Zakir Musa (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    J&K jihad: Twist in the tale

    The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba joined the anti-Musa chorus, accusing him of being part of an Indian conspiracy.

    27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Afghanistan: Trump has changed the big picture

    Mr Trumps announcement failed to elicit a highly positive response in the United States and India, where it should have.

    4 Sept 2017 12:34 AM IST

    The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, Bloomsbury, Rs 699.Books
    The truth behind bin Laden's death Not really

    The bulk of the action is centred in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden and his family arrived from Afghanistan following...

    16 July 2017 1:02 AM IST

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