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Foreign Intervention Is Not Liberation
For countries like Iran, which have endured coups, sanctions, and decades of geopolitical pressure, the idea that outside powers could “fix” internal problems is not only unrealistic but deeply dangerous. Liberation imposed from the outside is not liberation at all; it is a reshaping of a nation according to someone else’s interests. And the people…
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Driver’s License
Before my upcoming journey to the United States in summer 2001, I made one last trip to Kashmir from my hostel in Delhi University. Among other things, I had received some free advice on driving. “You should get a driver’s licence before you leave for America. You will need to drive in that country,” a…
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In Search of a Verse
I wonder if the devils have encroached on my soulOr an alien force has captured my imagination – Six long years have come and gone.I recall a Kashmir afternoon When beauty flowered on spring boughs,Bending in mirth at April’s green. Purple or violet, I do not remember –An inflorescence in the well-done gardenOf the next-door neighbor…
REFLECTIONS by sadaf munshi 