The epic tragedy of Gaza

Epics are about war, heroes, villains, bravery, suffering, deaths, destructions, betrayal, crime and cruelty — all on a grand scale and spread over a period of time. Rarely have these constituent attributes of tragedy converged around an event in recorded history.  At present, all these can be found in a  small strip of land called Gaza and...

Time to look beyond the Paris Accord

The world is in a climate crisis. Despite years of negotiations, promises, and incremental progress, global temperatures are still rising, carbon emissions are still climbing, and the impacts of climate change are becoming more devastating by the day. The Paris Agreement, hailed as a landmark achievement in 2015, remains the...