Praveen Swami
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Jul 05, 2021
Two drones used in last month's Jammu airport attack, eyewitnesses tell investigators
For the most part, police sources say, drone flights have evaded detection except were prior intelligence was available, because of their small size and low engine noise -
Jun 24, 2021
Kashmir’s status quo is fragile, PM’s all-party meet key to stopping a dangerous drift
Although killings of terrorists have also been high — 174 ethnic-Kashmiri jihadists were shot last year, up from just 34 in 2016 — levels of violence remain higher than in the five years before the 2016 uprising, data from the South Asia Terrorism Portal shows -
May 31, 2021
Nehru’s Nazi friend: How Adolf Hitler’s star pilot came to play a cameo role in making of modern India
The brief friendship between Nehru and Flight-Captain Hanna Reitsch illuminates how the world quickly forgave those who participated in the most evil regime the world has ever known -
May 26, 2021
Ramdev's digs at modern medicine cause furore, but ugly face of Indian anti-science ideologies is nothing new
The problem is more complex than Hindu nationalism or political opportunism—though both play a role -
May 12, 2021
In the nightmare that is Delhi, as COVID-19 patients starve, there’s fresh bananas for the monkeys
To everyone who matters in Delhi is, their own selves are perhaps the most significant victim of this unfolding catastrophe: the word “us” and “we” have meaning only up to our front door -
May 04, 2021
COVID-19 in India: Leaders are accountable for near-collapse of the State, apocalypse must matter
Had the nationalist leadership taken the savage epidemic of 1918-1919 seriously, India might have been one with a political culture that put lives first -
Apr 05, 2021
Bastar slaughter should spark an honest stock-taking of India’s anti-Maoist counterinsurgency
Lack of a functional intelligence wing, outmoded training and simple mission-bloat hasn’t helped security forces deployed in the region -
Apr 03, 2021
Story of Indian Mujahideen jihadist on death row casts light on lives of terrorism’s foot-soldiers
Ariz Khan’s journey casts light on the largely unknown rank-and-file of the Indian Mujahideen, and their seduction by a cult of blood. -
Mar 10, 2021
Is India becoming more authoritarian? The answer isn't as simple as social media would have us believe
The truly significant dissents of our time are emerging in pop culture on social media; in comedy performances; amidst small-town musical performers -
Feb 25, 2021
Why we hunt witches: India’s illiberal impulses may not prove as durable as some fear
That angry Indian debates involve young people pitted against the values of their parents’ generation suggests an upheaval in values lies ahead
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