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Putin’s Russia and the Ghost of the Romanovs
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family, the Romanovs, were murdered 100 years ago on July 17, 1917, by Marxist revolutionaries. What does this anniversary mean for Vladimir Putin? Revolution came to Russia in February 1917, a month later in March the king of the Russian Empire Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne. With the revolution in many…
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Not So Chori Chori Chupke Chupke: Bombay, The Mafia, Bollywood, and the Politics Trail
Reliving the Mumbai mafia’s affair with politics, Bollywood, glitz, and glamour. Mumbai, the city of dreams, is an exciting mix of people, culture and heritage. There are facets of individuals and groups trying to win over this city and rule it, but everyone has failed except the Mumbai Mafia. The first dons of Bombay, Karim…
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A new chapter
Originally posted on The Black Dove: After 12 years of rigorous studies, tight schedules, heavy school bags, board examinations and waking up early to get ready for eight hours of boredom, lunch breaks and little study, we step into the world of constant chase, emptying hour glass and reality checks. COLLEGE! The place where assignment…
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The Unspoken Agenda: What Would Xi say to Kim?
Chinese Premier Xi Jinping visits N.Korea before he meets Trump at G-20, a reunion of two leaders that are at different conflicts with the United States In my blog published on 18 June 2018 Trump-Kim Summit: What’s in it for stakeholders?, I mentioned that the loser out of the renewed relationship between Kim and…
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The Cost of Lies: Why Chernobyl is the symbol of failed Soviet Union
“The official position of the state is that global nuclear catastrophe is not possible in the Soviet Union.” & “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid.” It is gripping, it shocks you, it makes you rethink the cost of living, but it just scratches the…
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Listen Without Prejudice: Why George Michael Wanted ‘Freedom’ from SONY
A Father’s Gift For Whom I’ve got the Unlimited 80’s song Collection- Happy Father’s Day dad, Your favorite singer and his story. Faith, Listen without Prejudice, Older- The Album names themselves tell you about a singer who was maturing from his ‘Sex Figure’, but did he regret suing his label owner-Sony? 1987 and Faith Album…
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All The Presidents’ Men: Cold War, Space Rockets and Race to the Moon
50 Years On, A Race to the moon that would push both USSR and US until now for technological gains along with best wishes to India’s Chandrayaan 2 The period of great hostility between USA and the former Soviet Union post World War II in 1945 till Soviet Union’s disintegration in 1991, is referred…
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Yemen Endures: Saudi and Iran’s Proxy War in ‘The Happy Land’
A Rebel Group Backed By Iran, A Government Backed By Saudi Arabia, A President Struggling to Survive…. all this at the cost of human lives In Yemen. Before we talk about the ongoing Yemen civil war, in which 65,000 lives have been lost since 2015, it is imperative to understand the difference between a war…
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People & Power: Media Strengthening Wrath of Al-Qaeda, IS and Alike
The function of media is to serve the purpose of two-way communication between the general population and those in the upper echelons of power. Instead of performing this role, media is strengthening and popularizing the terrorist groups worldwide. Always believed to be open and dynamic industry, international terrorist groups like ISIS (Islamic State now) and…
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Indian Grand Prix: How hopes of F1 Jewel went off-track
Fast Cars, After-Parties, Girls and Lots of Money! Nevertheless, F1 and India missed the apex!
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