A TAX-FREE SALARY IS THE BIGGEST attraction of working in several Gulf countries, which is why year after year, legions of Indians head to these small, hot, arid countries in search of jobs despite many having to leave families back home due to stringent visa rules. The latest Budget almost dashed the hope of uncut … Continue reading Calendar Crisis: Does the Number of Days an NRI Resides in India Matter?
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Memoir of a Kurdish Sniper Who Helped Stop the ISIS in Syria
IS FIRST NAME on his British passport is ‘Darren’ and his sniper name ‘Azad’. As a child from a Kurdish family who grew up in Iran in the 1980s, his parents used to call him ‘Sora’. Yes, we don’t know his real name yet, and we may never know. For his riveting book Long Shot, he … Continue reading Memoir of a Kurdish Sniper Who Helped Stop the ISIS in Syria
“The West Gets Constantly Surprised by Iran Because of Their Universal Stupidity”: American Scholar
John J. Xenakis juggles multiple careers: that of a software engineer, historian, journalist, analyst and author. The American scholar, who has developed what he calls the “generational theory” to forecast the future of countries and people, is the author of World View: Iran’s struggle for Supremacy. As Iran celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1979 … Continue reading “The West Gets Constantly Surprised by Iran Because of Their Universal Stupidity”: American Scholar
This District in Maharashtra Is Being Buffeted By a New Wave of Islamist Radicalisation
ON QUILA ROAD in the Bir area of Beed in central Maharashtra, a number of star-and- crescent flags on electricity poles flutter in the morning wind as burkha-clad women walk past, chaperoning their children to school, and men, mostly wearing skull caps, ride motorbikes, slowing down every few moments to give strangers hostile stares. There are … Continue reading This District in Maharashtra Is Being Buffeted By a New Wave of Islamist Radicalisation
The Radicalisation of Indian Muslim Youth in the Age of ISIS
INSIDE AN OFFICE at the packed Mahim Dargah in Mumbai, people are drinking water and nibbling bananas as they break the customary fast of Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. M Suhail Khandwani is usually there at sundown for the occasion, but today he is at home less than a minute away, a few … Continue reading The Radicalisation of Indian Muslim Youth in the Age of ISIS
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