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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

Humans & other living beings
On the fundamental question of animal personhood, the grounds to exclude nonhumans from humans’ moral and legal universe do not hold at all According to reports, the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, has rejected, by five votes to two, the plea that Happy, a...
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The terror factory in Afghanistan
04 June 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Will the Taliban cookie crumble?
21 May 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Bangladesh still in throes of terrorism
02 April 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
What the invasion of Ukraine foretells
22 March 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Ominous shadow of climate change
05 March 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Wondrous ways of the elephant
19 February 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Where are abducted Afghan activists?
05 February 2022 | Hiranmay Karlekar

Afghan women’s rights are still far
The Taliban’s recent announcements fail to inspire confidence and don’t go far enough to impress the international community Two news items, published in newspapers on January 20, 2022, merit attention. The first by AFP, carried in the Delhi edition of a leading daily, is about Acting Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan...

Will the Taliban leaders grow apart?
Unless the glue of power keeps it together, there is a distinct possibility of the Islamist militia falling apart, given its internal differences Ever since the Taliban established their sway over Afghanistan in 1996, the question that has remained a persistent background whisper is whether their regime would last, and for...