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Indranil Banerjie
About the AuthorIndranil Banerjie
The writer is an independent security and political risk consultant.
    Thousands of Afghan women banned from public life during the Taliban days. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Indranil Banerjie | Dark days loom for Afghans: Will Kabul die another...

    After a bitter nine-year war, Mikhail Gorbachev finally pulled the plug on a conflict that had claimed thousands of...

    18 July 2021 11:47 PM IST

    Red Fort: Remembering the Magnificent Mughals by Debasish DasLifestyle
    Book Review | Resurrecting, in mind’s eye, a living Red Fort

    While much of the book and its many short sections tend to be somewhat disjointed and faltering, as we approach the end,...

    4 July 2021 3:23 AM IST

    This is clearly a book that needs to be read over an extended period of time. (Photo: Goodreads)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Hobsbawm's choice: When logic rejects nationalism...

    Britain's best-known historian, Eric Hobsbawm, traverses a similar path in his writings on Nationalism

    6 Jun 2021 9:18 AM IST

    Pakistans generals, who own and control the Taliban, want more than anything else to forcefully and completely eject all Indian presence from Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Indranil Banerjie | US Afghan exit a pyrrhic victory for Pak generals?

    The last time the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, 26 years ago, India's historical presence in Afghanistan was...

    20 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Cover page of Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in IndiaLifestyle
    Book REVIEW | The good doctor’s submissions

    The book’s many, well-researched papers dealt with the larger issue of the state of healthcare in India

    6 Dec 2020 8:51 AM IST

    U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to name his economic team at the Queen Theater on December 1 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)Opinion
    Indranil Banerjie | Are America’s days over as world’s moral...

    The bitter and highly polarised November 2020 election was watched with disbelief and distaste across the world

    2 Dec 2020 7:16 AM IST

    The Indian economy continues to struggle with infrastructural issues. (DC Photo)Opinion
    The corona disruption and the impact on India

    Even higher rates of unemployment engendered by a pandemic could stoke political instability

    23 March 2020 7:19 AM IST

    U.S. president Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing American troops on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP)Opinion
    Trump is on a roll now, India needs to cash in

    President Trump’s victory in the Senate trial was a foregone conclusion with its Republican majority standing firm...

    8 Feb 2020 5:57 AM IST

    On November 22, the ASI, K. Narsimha, 54, climbed a water tank near the Balapur police station and tried to immolate himself, alleging that he was targeted by his superiors and was being subjected to humiliation.Opinion
    Regulating the Internet: A darogha is a total misfit

    Section 144 of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code is one such instrument used to lock down a potentially troublesome...

    29 Jan 2020 2:22 AM IST

    The Valleys Kashmiris have been the most dominant section of the population and after Independence have controlled the states politics and administration. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Now or later, talks the only way out for J&K

    What might have lulled many in New Delhi into complacency is the relative calm in the Valley.

    13 Jan 2020 2:52 AM IST

    Students and members of various organisations protest against the CAA and NRC in Kalaburagi on Thursday (Photo: KPN)Opinion
    Students on front lines: What protests portend

    Whatever the view, the fact is that India’s youth, particularly the student population, is restive and in the mood for...

    2 Jan 2020 12:39 AM IST

    The social and political instability and likelihood of armed conflicts render this as such a frightening scenario that climate change and the consequent rising seas cannot be considered just an environmental problem. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)Opinion
    As climate crisis grows, all of us should act now

    Sadly, the world as a whole still lacks political will to do the needful.

    10 Dec 2019 1:08 AM IST

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