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Spectre of Jihadi violence in France
K.M. Seethi First Published in Global South Colloquy, 19 October 2020 The gruesome murder of a French school teacher in a Paris suburb on Friday is yet another pointer to the spirit of Jihadi Islam being [...]
Akkitham: An Exemplar of humanist-aesthetic
K.M. SEETHI First published in Global South Colloquy, 15 October 2020 When once for my fellowmen I shed a drop of tear, The hale of a thousand suns Arises in my soul When once for [...]
Ageing in times of COVID-19 global pandemic
Ageing in times of global pandemic And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a loveless world is a dead world, and always [...]
Blasphemy Estate: The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan
The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan Published in Global South Colloquy, 15 September 2020; Countercurrents, 15 September 2020 The deep state in Pakistan is no more a mere conglomerate of civil bureaucracy, army, intelligence, [...]
Spiritual Humanism in India’s Worldview: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s Enduring Legacy
First Published in Global South Colloquy, 5 September 2020 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, one of the captivating figures of modern India, has a number of facets to his complex personality. His long career as teacher of philosophy [...]
Islam, Buddhism, and the ‘fault lines’ of history
Islam, Buddhism, and the ‘fault lines’ of historyOn truth’s path, wise is mad, insane is wise.In love’s way, self and other are the same.Having drunk the wine, my love, of being one with you, I find [...]
Current Affairs
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Kashmir: Back to Square One?
K.M. SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 16 February 2019; also appeared in Global South Colloquy, 16 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/16/kashmir-back-to-square-one/ http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/kashmir-back-to-square-one/ The terror attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), which killed dozens of [...]
Farewell to INF Treaty: Setting Multilateralization for N-Person’s Game?
K.M. Seethi First Published in Countercurrents, 5 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/05/farewell-to-inf-treaty-setting-multilateralization-for-n-persons-game/ The Unites States withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987) and the subsequent Russian decision to quit the regime generated considerable fears and anxieties [...]
National Awards: Ethics of Conferment and Politics of Selection
K.M. Seethi First Published in Countercurrents, 27 January 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/01/27/national-awards-ethics-of-conferment-and-politics-of-selection/?fbclid=IwAR1CPHVDvRR-TQ_DKE1Q7aSA_yAzIu7oE4ztjprJNtIfcNXOlpIctutkEsU As expected, the announcement of the national awards for 2019 again brought forth a storm of controversy in India. This time it has drawn special [...]