A Baloch Voice
I often get messages and tweets from Baloch people sharing information about their plight in Pakistan. I decided that it was time to end my reluctance to write on Balochistan, […]
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The need for responsible nuclear regulation
Got a tweet from a reader here who recommended The post by Rupa Subramanya Dehejia on the Wall Street Journal on Why We Need a Proper Nuclear Regulator and asked me
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United States of India
I think we should rename our country. We have a lot of states, and the government insists we are all united. We are no different from America – both are
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Cave dwellers – the forgotten
Rohan O. Nazzreth from bamyan, Afghanistan describes a visit he made along with Jimmy (Dr. James. C. Dabhi), my friend, who is helping me discover these stories of a less known Afghanistan. This guest article is part of a series I am calling Afghan Life – lesser known lives and voices from Afghanistan, or the Afghanistan beyond the world’s military parking lot.
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Wikileaks: The battlelines find form
What remains to be seen is how this history will be written. The ‘masses’ are getting their dose of scandal and assuming that ‘someone’ will fix things now that they
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The wanderer's mind
Vidyut Kale comes back to Mumbai after 7 years of living in remote mountains as a nomadic horsewoman and finds herself homesick for the mountains….
I have been a professional outbound person for over 12 years now and it is one of the most satisfying professions I could be in. I have worked hard and often on high altitude treks, with horses on riding trails, cooking, guiding, translating, climbing, organising and in general wishing that a day could have 48 hours. I have been frustrated, tired, happy and every other emotion there is, but I have yet to feel like leaving the outdoors as and find work elsewhere.
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