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Aditi Bhaduri Awaz the Voice turns four! And I could not be happier and prouder. It began in 2021 with the modest aspiration of doing "positive stories" and has stuck to its credentials and kept its promise. And marked another year! Awaz at 4 This New Year we have entered into an uncertain world. Several conflicts are raging around the globe, and also in India's proximity. Sometimes, one cannot help but feel rel...

Turkiye, Qatar have upper hand in Syria; India must wait and watch

Aditi Bhaduri As usually happens, the overthrow of the Bashar Al Assad regime in Syria is seeing a jostling between regional powers for influence in that country. The Assads had always prided themselves on their pan-Arabism. Ironically, the powers jostling for influence there are all non-Arab ones: Israel, Turkiye, and Iran. Of these Turkiye is in a more dominant position given its proximity and support to the Syr...

Why is Kolkata celebrating yet another Christmas?

Aditi Bhaduri Kolkata celebrated Christmas on 6th January. Yes, again! The city had just celebrated Christmas on 25th December with its famed pomp and ceremony. No doubt many will be confused but the celebrations at the start of the New Year are those marked by the Armenian community in the city. The service was held at the Church of Holy Nazareth in Kolkata's bustling Burrabazar Area, standing on street cal...

Remembering Bethlehem and its religious harmony on Christmas

Aditi Bhaduri It's Christmas time again and my thoughts go out to what is the Holy Land for almost three-fifths of the world. It seemed like yesterday that I was in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, on the first Christmas of the New Millennium. It was Christmas Eve, and as the taxi I was in to travel from Jerusalem to Bethlehem came to a halt, all that met me was a creamy, Rocky landscape bathed in the war...

India-Iran-Armenia trilateral is crucial to Indian's search for alternative trade routes

Aditi Bhaduri Recent cataclysmic events in Syria may have rendered India's search for alternative and faster trade routes more critical. Last year during the G20 summit in Delhi India, together with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdel Aziz, had launched the initiative for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC). This trade route, consisting of a multi-modal transport Corridor, was meant to conn...

Syrian regime change may lead to another spell of terror-radicalism in region

Aditi Bhaduri The overthrow of the Bashar Al Assad government in Syria and the fall of Damascus to rebel groups have stunned the world. Ominously, it has reversed years of counter-terror operations and the world may well be staring at another wave of radicalism and terror. The rebel group that led the onslaught on government forces was a former Al Qaeda affiliate known as the Jabhat Al Nusra or the Al Nusra Front, which was Al Qaeda’...

Did India ignore tell tale signs of trouble that was brewing in Bangladesh

Aditi Bhaduri In the summer of 2004, I met a woman from Bangladesh- let's call her Roopsha - living discreetly with her 8-year-old son in an almost hidden galli in Barasat. This West Bengal city lay not far from the Bangladesh border. Later, I found many women from Bangladesh were living quiet, discreet lives, melting into the local Bengali population. They were all Hindus, as was Roopsha. Roopsha, however, stood out with her...

The world looked away as Bangladesh was being usurped by radicals

Aditi Bhaduri In the summer of 2004, I met a woman from Bangladesh- let's call her Roopsha - living discreetly with her 8-year-old son in an almost hidden galli in the Barasat. This city in West Bengal lies not far from the Bangladesh border. Later, I found many women from Bangladesh were living quiet, discreet lives, melting into the local Bengali population. They were all Hindus, as was Roopsha. Roopsha, however, stood out ...

Will Trump's return give peace a chance in Middle-East, Ukraine?

Aditi Bhaduri As newly elected Donald Trump is set to take charge in the US, the uppermost question is - how will his administration deal with the two major conflicts raging in the world currently- Israel’s war in Gaza and Lebanon, and the Ukraine crisis? The Middle East, especially, is bracing for Trump 2.0 because, in his earlier tenure, Trump had left behind a mixed legacy. He had brought America's focus back t...

Why India is close to Armenia and Pakistan to Azerbaijan

Aditi Bhaduri On November 12, India shipped the first Akash Air defense system battery to Armenia. The Akash, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) that can hit targets to a range of 25km. Armenia had placed an order to procure 15 Akash missile systems worth around Rs 6,000 crore in 2022. Geopolitics Interestingly, this comes almost on the heels of Armenia's...

Is the India-Pakistani Rivalry spilling over into the South Caucuses?

Aditi Bhaduri Azerbaijanis recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of their victory in the war against the Karabakh (Garabagh) region. Four years ago, on this day, the Azerbaijani forces retook the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh from the Armenians, the ethnic inhabitants of the region. The event, not coincidentally, was also well celebrated in Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister's Coordinator on Climate Change Romi...

Kazan Summit firmed up BRICS as a block shaping multilateralism

Aditi Bhaduri The 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia this year has been the most watched event in the world. Themed "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security", it came against the background of Russia's intensifying war in Ukraine, and unprecedented sanctions imposed on it by the West amidst its diplomatic and political isolation. This is the largest diplomatic event hosted by Russia since ...

Jaishankar 's participation in Islamabad SCO summit went beyond symbolism

Aditi Bhaduri External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar 's visit to Islamabad to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit of heads of governments, chaired by Pakistan, can now be said to have been successful - and successful at several levels. First, traveling to Islamabad is hugely symbolic as it is the first such visit by an EAM in nine years, amid downgraded diplomatic relations between the two countries.&nb...

Has PM Modi's Kyiv visit placed India in peace broker's seat in Russia-Ukraine conflict?

Aditi Bhaduri Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a historical visit to Kyiv on 23rd August in what is believed to be a balancing act. India shares a special and privileged strategic partnership with Russia, depending on it for much of its weapons procurement, and now more recently on heavily discounted Russian crude oil. India has so far not condemned Russia's "special military operations" in Ukraine; and has refused to...

"Iran uses Strategic Patience and proxies in its conflict with Israel"

Aditi Bhaduri The Middle East is on edge again, this time over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the heart of Tehran, in a compound under the supervision of Iran’s elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). While Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the assassination, Iran has, of course, pointed fingers at Tel Aviv. Israel is bracing itself for an Iranian strike. Much back-channel diplomacy is ...

"Iran uses Strategic Patience and proxies in its conflict with Israel"

Aditi Bhaduri The Middle East is on edge again, this time over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the heart of Tehran, in a compound under the supervision of Iran’s elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). While Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the assassination, Iran has, of course, pointed fingers at Tel Aviv. Israel is bracing itself for an Iranian strike. Much back-channel diplomacy is ...

Haniyeh's assassination may well be the end of Hamas

Aditi Bhaduri The recent assassination of the Hamas leader has sent shockwaves around the world. It was not simply the assassination of a high-profile leader, but it occurred in Tehran - where Haniyeh had been living in a guesthouse provided by Iran's elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). This proved a breach of security in Iran. While Israel has not confirmed its role in Haniyeh's assassination, both Hamas and Ira...

Why Haniyeh's assassination may well be the end of Hamas

Aditi Bhaduri The recent assassination of the Hamas leader has sent shockwaves around the world. It was not simply the assassination of a high-profile leader, but it occurred in Tehran - where Haniyeh had been living in a guesthouse provided by Iran's elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). This proved a breach of security in Iran. While Israel has not confirmed its role in Haniyeh's assassination, both Hamas and Ira...

Reformist Pezeshkian's rule in Iran signals well for Iranian women and ties with India

Aditi Bhaduri He came to power in a run-off after no one candidate emerged in the initial round. And he has surprised the world. The election of ‘reformist’ Massoud Pezeshkian as President of Iran has a message and a loud one at that: The people of Iran want change and a more liberal Iran. This is, perhaps, not surprising. The short-lived administration of the late President Ibrahim Raisi was marked by a brutal c...

All may not be well with SCO, but India needs to stay put

Aditi Bhaduri Is India rethinking its engagement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? On his reelection for a historic third consecutive term, prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the SCO summit in Astana, the Kazakh capital. The official reason was that the first parliament of the Modi 3.0 was in session. However, it is widely believed that the skip was to avoid meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Last...

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