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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
Urban violence: Human nature vs city life
Urban violence and crime persist globally, often blamed on policing and socio-economic factors. However, the deeper cause is the conflict between urban life and human nature Urban violence and crime have been matters of continuing global concern. While the quality and adequacy of policing, and some social and economic factors, have...
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The Taliban’s war on Afghan women
13 July 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Dogs that save human lives with devotion
15 June 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
India and Bangladesh: A tale of two books
01 June 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Assault most foul for kindness to animals
18 May 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Aung San Suu Kyi: Prison or house arrest?
20 April 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Afghanistan under Taliban rule
06 April 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Shadow of World War III?
23 March 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar
Giving stray dogs a bad name
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 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...
The killing of a puppy: Murder most foul
The heartless and brutal killing of a puppy by a child in Greater NOIDA must cause serious concern and introspection The Pioneer reported on February 5, 2024, a shocking act of cruelty in which a child living in a high-rise building in Gaur City in Greater NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, threw a...
Pakistan faces bitter fallout with Taliban
Pakistan deserves little sympathy for the violence it is suffering. Sowing the wind in Afghanistan, Pakistan is reaping the whirlwind The bitter falling out between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers is one of the striking ironies of contemporary history. Islamabad could not have done more for the Taliban. It was instrumental...
Myanmar’s Junta in retreat
The situation in Myanmar is in a flux. The Three Brotherhood Alliance’s offensive continues with its triumphant progress It has been over two months since the Three Brotherhood Alliance (henceforth the Alliance) launched their co-ordinated military offensive against Myanmar’s ruling Junta on 27 October 2023. Comprising the Myanmar National Democratic...
