EDITOR'S PICK
Salute to A Great Freedom Fighter - The Indomitable Spirit of Fidel Castro
0 comments | by Gerald A Perreira
The indomitable spirit of Fidel Castro will live forever. He remained a sore thumb in the eye of unchallenged American might for nearly 60 years. They tried every trick to overthrow him, or to assassinate him, but he survived. A leader of great conviction, but of a tiny country, he became a colossus among leaders, dwarfing those of huge states who would have him done in. Having remained in
Read Full ArticleSri Lanka in Limbo - Despite Finally Defeating the Tamil Tiger
1 comments | by EDITORIAL
Despite finally defeating the Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009 after a bloody decades-long civil war, Sri Lanka is under pressure by its ‘Western partners’ to do more to integrate and assimilate the northern reaches of the recently reunified country. Although not yet suggested as a serious solution, this could obviously take on the form of federalist demands by the Tamils and the
Read Full ArticleBangladesh Turns into Bangla-Daesh - Overpopulated Muslim-majority Country
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
The overpopulated Muslim-majority country of Bangladesh has been under militant Islamist strain for the past year, with Daesh claiming responsibility for several high-profile terrorist attacks since last fall. The author forecast in an article last year for Sputnik how this South Asian country might turn into a new terrorist hotspot in the coming future, one which would immediately jeopardize t
Read Full ArticleKhalistan the Next Kashmir? The Followers of the Sikh Religion
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
The followers of the Sikh religion have long demanded enhanced autonomy within India, with some even going as far as to call for the creation of their own sub-national state of Khalistan in their native Punjabi homeland. This part of the country strategically straddles the Pakistani border and is thus an area of zero compromise for the central Indian authorities, unless, of course, the socio-po
Read Full ArticleIndia Isolated in Asia - The China-Pakistan-Russia Troika
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
The China-Pakistan-Russia Troika has emerged on the South Asian geopolitical scene in 2016 with undisguised contours and political signalling emerges as India is beginning to feel the heat of strategic isolation. Chinese economic inroad is emerging in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Nepal has been playing ‘China card’ with India and one should not be surprised if Banglades
Read Full ArticleUSA: Spree of Losing Allies - A series of events in 2016
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
A series of events in 2016 created a widespread narrative that the U.S. is an unreliable ally and a weak partner. The US is currently suffering a crisis of credibility with its allies across the globe. From Pakistan to Turkey, from Iraq to Malaysia, from Philippines to Libya, US is losing allies at an unprecedented speed. Former neocon Vice President Dick Cheney succinctly summarised when he ob
Read Full ArticleAfghan Drugs - It’s not only in Europe, Iran, China, the Central Asian Republics and Russia
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
It’s not only in Europe, Iran, China, the Central Asian Republics and Russia that the enormous surge in Afghan heroin production has become a dangerous and even critical menace to their citizens. In Afghanistan there has been creation and massive growth of drug addiction. The annual production of heroin from Afghan opium is around 300,000 kg. Afghanistan, where, as reported
Read Full ArticleFidel Castro - The Success of Castro’s Revolution also Meant Facing Down
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
The success of Castro’s revolution also meant facing down more than 50 years of a hostile and destructive U.S. blockade, while also surviving multiple CIA assassination attempts. Castro and Cuba’s success inspired a growing decolonization movement throughout the world, one which Castro actively supported by creating networks of mutual aid throughout Latin America, Africa, and the re
Read Full ArticleIllegal Arrest of human Rights Activists in India
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
London Institute of South Asia strongly condemns the illegal, unprovoked and malevolent arrest by the Telangana police of a 7-member team of lawyers, journalists and human rights activists belonging to the Telangana Democratic Forum and other organisations on Christmas Day 25th December, 2016 at Dummagudam village of Bhadrachalam District of Telangana who were planning to visit Chhattisgarh to
Read Full ArticleMain Stream Media or Respectable Media - It Failed to be on the Right Side of Human Rights
0 comments | by EDITORIAL
The passing year proved to be a total muddle for the so-called "mainstream" or "respectable media". It failed to be on the right side of human rights; on the contrary, it promoted violence by lobbying on behalf of people like Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu, (murderers of Muslims in Gujarat, Kashmir and Palestine). It has failed in partisan campaigns against Brexit, Donald Trump, and other im
Read Full Article
