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The Anatomy of an Electronic Voting Machine: What We Know and What We Don’t
A recent petition in the Supreme Court asking for the source code of EVMs was dismissed. But there are important questions that remain about the code, the importance of making it public and other software deployed for the machines.
Uncertainty looms for those returning to Afghanistan
Zakia, originally from Afghanistan's Loghar province, has been living in Pakistan since 2014 with her three sons and a daughter. As she contemplates returning to Afghanistan, Zakia is haunted by the traumatic events that forced her to…
Why is Afghanistan still celebrating Chennai win & Pakistan having a meltdown? Answer is…
The answer is embedded in the bitter history that Afghanistan and Pakistan share.
Nawaz Sharif: Just another Pakistani politician or a statesman?
As the tables turned for Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, hounded, ousted, and goaded into self-exile but now back to a red carpet welcome, the million-dollar question for many is whether his homecoming signals a change in…
Over 4 Modi tweets & 2 Phone Calls, how MEA Restored India’s Israel-Palestine Policy
From October 7- October 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote four tweets on the ongoing war in Gaza, turning India’s traditional foreign policy position on Israel-Palestine on its head with the first tweet and attempting to restore it…
When India-Pakistan Anthems Played On Ahmedabad Cricket Pitch & The Game Showed The Way
The journey to watch the India-Pakistan match at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad this weekend began with conversations with an elderly auto-driver and a young taxi-driver taking me to Motera, who complained about the unique…
Afghan refugees: a political football for Pakistan
"When we came from Afghanistan we thought the situation in Pakistan would be better. But we were met with a completely different situation instead."
When A Cricket Match Is More Than Just A Cricket Match
When India and Pakistan play their inaugural match tomorrow (October 14) in the cricket World Cup at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, everything else in both nations is expected to come to a stop. This is one of the world’s most intense…
The Demolition of the National Museum Will Extinguish the Identity of an India That was Born in 1947
There seems to be no logic behind breaking down the present structure and shifting the nearly two lakh artefacts to North and South Blocks
Attack on Bernicat: BCL leaders among nine accused
Five years after the attack on former US Ambassador Marcia Barnicat's motorcade, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against nine individuals in court. Mohammad Ishtiaq Mahmud,…