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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
Joe Biden’s burden
Among the top priorities for the incoming Biden Administration would be to effectively deal with the Taliban's violent surge in Afghanistan Perhaps the second-most important problem — the first being the COVID-19 pandemic — that President-elect Joe Biden would inherit on assumption of office as President of the United States would...
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Combat climate change
12 December 2020 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Elephants over an airport
25 January 2020 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Halted at Madrid
28 December 2019 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
The Afghan imbroglio
14 December 2019 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
A despicable genocide
30 November 2019 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Cruelty in shifting elephants
17 October 2019 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Relevance of the Mahatma
03 October 2019 | Hiranmay Karlekar
Just be the change
Greta Thunberg’s stinging speech at the UN sounded alarm bells for the world to start acting on climate change. The crusade of the young and old has begun A number of critical developments, pertaining to climate change, held centrestage among events marking the week that is approaching its end. The one...
Cancelled talks and after
Trump must realise that the Afghan war can end either in a complete victory for the US and destruction of the Taliban or an ignominious defeat for America. There is no third way On September 7, US President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of the secret summit in Camp David, his...
The relevance of Sufism
While most Bangladeshis are secular, a large minority is inclined towards Islamic fundamentalism. Hence Sufism, a doctrine of universal love at a time of hate, is important Shahriar Kabir’s new documentary, Mithat’s Dream: The Story of a Young Dervish of Konya, comes when the world is facing a surge of fanatical...
Give a dog a bad name
While the demand for the mass killing of stray dogs reveals a genocidal mindset, exaggerated figures whip up mass hysteria against them and spread misinformation Some people spend the better part of their lives on providing education to street children; some on extending medical aid to the poor. Some devote themselves...
Perils of supping with the devil
Even if the Doha talks result in a ceasefire and a pact leading to a Taliban takeover, it may not ensure a conflict-free Afghanistan Two important developments occurred last week which bode ill — if that is any longer possible — for Afghanistan and its people. The first was the conclusion...
The food trap
Human activity had wiped out, between 1970 and 2014, 60 per cent of all animals with backbones — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals The International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report, released earlier this month and stating that the process of producing and making food available accounts annually for...
Big cat’s leap of faith
An increase in its population is gratifying but the tiger still faces problems, including the frequent man-animal conflicts. A national-level strategy is needed to manage this interface Jim Corbett wrote in the Man-Eaters of Kumaon, the “tiger is a large-hearted gentleman with boundless courage and that when he is exterminated —as...
