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December 14, 2016 Jonty

INS Betwa accident: Is the Indian Navy a serious military force?

The toppling of INS Betwa, a Brahmaputra-class guided-missile frigate, puts a huge note of interrogation on the Indian Navy – a force on whose competency rests not only India’s maritime

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December 8, 2016 Jonty

Post-truth: Here’s why Donald Trump won US presidential election

It is a month today since Republican Donald John Trump — a billionaire businessman, TV personality, aspiring wall builder, misogynist, racist, Islamophobe, climate-change denier, pussy grabber, and rookie politician —

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March 11, 2015 Jonty

Mr Modi, remember your promise and say no to GM crops

Last year when Narendra Modi led the BJP to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha election, the country looked at him with great hope. After all, the decade of

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April 16, 2011 Jonty

Importance of national discipline in nation building

After the World War II, Japan was devastated on the two most crucial fronts that made it one of the major world powers – economic and military. There was widespread

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February 12, 2011 Jonty

Is Dr Binayak Sen a prisoner of conscience?

A lot has been written, discussed and debated on the conviction and the subsequent sentencing to life imprisonment of Dr Binayak Sen on charges of sedition. The case got such

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