Sat, 26 Jul 2025, 01:23 pm
Opinion

The rise of counter middle class?

ONCE most, if not all, thought of the middle class as a single monolithic social economic construct. This was particularly so during the period from 1947 to 1971. It was

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Historical roots of Israel’s purge-purify strategy

Historical incentive to purge IN THE 16th century, the Catholic Church claimed to be the one true form of Christianity. Centred in Rome, it had ideologically created a largely unified

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Origins of the communal divide

POWER that be deny it exists, extremists on both sides justify it, moderates lament it, yet, this festering social disease goes on spewing blood and hatred, not confined to the

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Even ‘dummies’ term election unacceptable

WHEN the Awami League is in a self-congratulatory mood, indulging in complacence over its success in pulling off the 12th national elections, not even its own members and associates see

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Decoding Iran’s missile and drone strikes

AFTER stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours, Tehran then took the extraordinary step of claiming responsibility

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Is dystopian science fiction becoming a reality?

HAVE you ever felt like you’re living in a badly produced B science fiction movie? I know I do. When I started writing about the dark side of emerging technologies

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India rethinking strategy towards Myanmar

With Myanmar’s military junta losing ground to rebel outfits in certain parts of bordering Bangladesh, India, and China in recent weeks, New Delhi is said to be thinking of revisiting

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Bombing Yemen as British as afternoon tea

UK air strikes on the Houthis in Yemen — who have dared to challenge Western support for Israel over Gaza — are taking place exactly 60 years after a brutal

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Hoist on its own petard

‘Who’s the fucking superpower around here?’ — President Bill Clinton after his first meeting with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996.     ‘Don’t do stupid shit.’ — President Barack

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Bombing Yemen in the name of shipping

WHAT a show! As US secretary of state Antony Blinken was promoting a message of calm restraint and firm control in limiting the toxic fallout of Israel’s horrific campaign in

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