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3 boys dead, Israel to vote for war?
A report that the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers were found near Hebron, with a comment that Israel may vote for war, the US will urge restraint, and renewed…
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Maharajah Ranjit Singh
Marking Ranjit Singh’s 175th death anniversary, the post sketches the Sikh empire’s reach and its fall to the British, then the Sikh turn to the British Indian Army, the pain…
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PSLV defies Gravity
Noting that an Indian rocket launch costs less than the film Gravity, the post credits India’s habit of adapting existing space technology, welcomes Modi’s idea of a SAARC satellite as…
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Dragon slayer
The post argues that China frightens more than Islamist violence: Mao’s tens of millions of deaths, forced abortions under birth controls, South China Sea claims, and a state that can…
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Kashmir: End of Militancy but not of Militarisation
Using casualty figures since 1988, the post says militant violence in Kashmir has fallen to early levels, yet argues demilitarisation looks unlikely given the boycotted parliamentary vote, coming state elections,…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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