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  • Verdict In Bangladesh

    SUBHRA GUPTA | THE recent poll verdict in Bangladesh has significance embedded in various layers for its immediate neighbours, spanning from the East, West and Southeast Asian regions apart from the international superpowers. After nearly two years of political slugfest targeting India, the verdict betrayed exactly the opposite; the large majority of voters in Bangladesh rejected the anti—India narrative sought to be meticulously built by Pakistan and its mentor China. By dousing the narrative in the surging waters of the Padma, the electorate not only proved their immense political maturity but have saved Bangladesh from perils of rising radical fundamentalism and subversive elements that had dangerously been pushing the country to the edge of a crevasse. Prime minister Narendra Modi failed to waste time in… …. 

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  • A New Myanmar Is Emerging

    ASHLEY SOUTH | ANTI-REGIME forces in Myanmar have made remarkable gains over the past six months, taking control of at least 400 army bases and 50 towns across the country through coordinated attacks. The State Administrative Council (SAC), as the military regime calls itself, is no longer able to function effectively. Chairman Min Aung Hlaing, meanwhile, is committing the cardinal sin of Asian strongmen — failing the test of performance legitimacy, with the military regime unable… …. 

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