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The Dutch have apologised for their part in slave trade. Now, India must own up to its mistakes

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‘No day goes’, the chronicler Shihabuddin al-Umari recorded during Alauddin Khalji’s rule from 1296-1316, ‘without the sale of thousands of slaves.’
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In Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing, look beyond the usual suspect. There is gangs, guns and God

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Killings of Khalistanis in recent weeks raise the obvious questions about possible Indian state involvement.
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India went to Myanmar to hunt down Manipur soldier killers. Now, it’s letting them slip away

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Faced with escalating ethnic violence in Manipur—and a stalled peace process in Nagaland—New Delhi faces impossible choices.
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Putin sees himself as a tsar. He’s even repeating their deadly mistakes

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Putin’s failures in Ukraine — material shortage, incompetent leadership, deserting soldiers — are the same as the tsar during World War I. The latter led to the Russian revolution.
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Pakistan is being run by its very own Ayatollahs. But this time, Jihadists aren’t to blame

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan’s Generals can’t risk opening a fourth front. Their surrender to the Tehreek-e-Labbaik last week demonstrates just how fragile the foundations of the State itself have become.
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In Manipur govts have manufactured dystopia for decades, not peace. It’s showing now

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Learning all the wrong lessons from the British empire, independent India chose to rule the northeast through cash and coercion.
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75 years of blasphemy killings in Pakistan. God has a vigilante army

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There’s no will in Pakistan to engage in the fraught debate that the Quran has 'no notion of blasphemy'. The blasphemy laws show that real power lies with the clerics.
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Celebration of Indira Gandhi’s killing shows old communal hatreds still hurt Indians abroad

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The inability of Indians to have a conversation about the past—the bombing of Air India, 1984 riots, storming of the Golden Temple—has poisoned communal relationships.
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Pakistani Generals have a history of censoring media. Imran Khan is just the latest victim

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The chokehold of the Pakistani military on ideas has created a republic of fear. For Indians, the crisis ought to remind just how fragile democratic freedoms are.
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Pakistan was broke in 1953 too and Nehru had a deal on Kashmir. Then this happened

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For all the talk of jihad-without-end over Kashmir, leaders of Pakistan knew the country needed to reduce military expenditures. That meant seeking peace.
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Yuan jumps as Beijing vows to boost economy; euro and pound...

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By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - China's yuan strengthened after the country's top leaders pledged to step up policy support for the flailing economy, while the euro and sterling

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LAC tensions eroded trust says Ajit Doval, as China pushes for...

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China's Wang Yi met NSA Ajit Doval in Johannesburg. Both sides agreed that the India-China bilateral relationship is significant not only for the two countries but also for the region and world.

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New BJP govt, old divisive ways. Biren’s rule shows party never...

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