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Crypto cannot be a currency because the fundamental element of a currency — that it should be a legal tender — is missing in this case

By Pramod K Nayar Poetry has often had to engage with the horrors of industrialisation or imperialism. The English Romantics’ antipathy towards railway lines is well known. As industrial modernity continued on its unstoppable way, cities like Paris and London were transformed from the inside out. Alongside machines, industrial complexes and urbanisation, poets also observed […]

As the US called curtains on its ‘forever war’ and evacuated its last soldier, it left behind a country in a complete mess. Even its own coalition partners were dismayed and could make little of Washington’s harried exit. Many Afghans are now without a ‘home’ and almost half the population needs humanitarian assistance to survive. […]

Frederick Forsyth’s masterly tweaking of the spy thriller gave us a classic that made murder a high-class, highly skilled profession

The fate of Afghanistan’s rich archaeological history, art and artefacts remains uncertain

Margaret Cousins, an Irish by birth, set the tune and Herbert Murrill, an English musician, made it speedy and bouncy on the lines of French national anthem La Marseillaise

Equipping and empowering our migrants to deal with the complications that arise at various stages of migration is no more an option

In fragile Northeast abound with border disputes, the flare-up between Assam and Mizoram over territorial claims is risky  

The world’s ‘Second Oldest Profession’ -- spying and espionage -- has been an integral part of the state system way before Pegasus

The Olympics beginning in Tokyo from July 23 will see many firsts -- deferred by a year, no crowds, athletes in a bio-bubble and stringent protocols 

Trying out a new system of Theatre Command when India is facing a Two Front Threat and the current system is serving well could have us wrong-footed

Despite several turbulent events, failed experiments and policies, the party persists

As a disparate new coalition with a mere single-vote majority takes charge in Israel, it could mean more status quo than change

Japan’s decision to release over one million tonnes of contaminated water from its destroyed nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean has upset many

Imperialism today needs to be conceptualised in terms of gratis (one-way transfer of wealth to western nations) plus the threats that it poses to human life and the planet itself  

With China all set to take sovereign control of Colombo Port City, a wary India must realign its South Asia strategy

Planetary concerns over pathogenic environments have attained fever-pitch yet the larger eco-crisis arising from imperial impulses continues unchanged

The soaring NPAs, despite several interventions like Dispute Resolution Tribunals, Asset Reconstruction Companies and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, now get another pill

Massive crimes against the Uyghurs are in focus as Western nations and human rights groups take on an unyielding China

The unprecedented shutdown of the Suez Canal cost billions of dollars and brutally exposed the vulnerability of our supply chains

Instead of selling off public sector assets, government should choose expansionary fiscal policy partially financed by monetisation for reviving demand

The very purpose of nationalisation in India — serving the unbanked and under-banked — is yet to be achieved and financial inclusion cannot afford the luxury of complete privatisation

Yet another environmental disaster points to the perils of human-caused climate change as we hurtle closer towards an irretrievable crisis

A military coup that overturns a landslide victory for Suu Kyi could reignite one of the longest civil conflicts in the world