Hiranmay Karlekar

Hiranmay Karlekar

 

Hiranmay Karlekar is Consultant Editor of The Pioneer and former Editor of Hindustan Times. He has authored four books in English and two novels in Bengali

Bangladesh reforms: Exaggerated importance

Bangladesh reforms: Exaggerated importance

Saturday, 19 October 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

As scepticism mounts and electoral timelines remain vague, questions about the interim government’s long-term ambitions are becoming harder to ignore The latest buzzword in Bangladesh is reform. A report by Reuters, datelined August 16, 2024, and carried in the Dhaka Tribune under the heading. “Student protestors plan new party to cement...

India and Bangladesh: A tale of two books

India and Bangladesh: A tale of two books

Saturday, 01 June 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

Two recently published books provide in-depth examinations of pivotal South Asian political landscapes I have just finished a book pertaining to election-related data in India and another to Bangladesh and its ties with this country. Chambers Book on Indian Election: Facts (Hachette, India) authored by Kingshuk Chatterjee and Surbek Biswas, an...

Assault most foul for kindness to animals

Assault most foul for kindness to animals

Saturday, 18 May 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

The man who savagely assaulted a young girl who was feeding stray dogs in Delhi must receive exemplary punishment According to a report in the Free Press Journal, a young girl, Manisha Solanki, who feeds 150 stray dogs daily, was abused, harassed, beaten with a stick and left bleeding and crying...

Aung San Suu Kyi: Prison or house arrest?

Aung San Suu Kyi: Prison or house arrest?

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

Concerns over Suu Kyi’s whereabouts as the junta stares at defeat The news website, The Irrawaddy, cites “informed sources in Naypyitaw and Yangon” as saying that Aung San Suu Kyi (78), the emblem of the Myanmar’s struggle for democracy and Win Mint (72), incarcerated president of the country’s democratically-elected Government ousted...

Afghanistan under Taliban rule

Afghanistan under Taliban rule

Saturday, 06 April 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

Continuous obliteration of women’s rights goes hand in hand with export of terrorism Not content with robbing Afghan women of all their rights, the Taliban are pressing forward with measures that would victimise and humiliate them further. The latest indication of this is provided by a verbal outburst by its chief,...

Shadow of  World War III?

Shadow of World War III?

Saturday, 23 March 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

The danger is inherent in the continuing conflict in Ukraine Can the war in Ukraine lead to World War III? It can if talk about an event presages its occurrence. The latest mention has been by Vladimir Putin, who said on March 18, 2024, that a direct conflict between Russia and...

Giving stray dogs  a bad name

Giving stray dogs a bad name

Saturday, 09 March 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

Stray dogs suffer because they cannot argue in their own defence in a human language A deficiency stray dogs suffer from, and that have sometimes proved fatal to them, is that they do not speak a human language. Thus, accused of attacking, and killing, a child, they cannot argue that the...

The boycott  at Doha

The boycott at Doha

Saturday, 24 February 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar

The Taliban’s obscurantist mindset and their harbouring of terrorist organisations pose a serious threat to Muslim countries Given the obscurantist and misogynistic mindset of the Taliban, it is hardly surprising that they boycotted the conference, hosted by the United Nations, to discuss the humanitarian crisis facing Afghanistan, and cooperation on the...

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