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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
Bangladesh: Terrorism redivivus?
Some developments since the installation of the interim Government provides cause for concern Several developments in Bangladesh since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina raise the question: Is that country set to become a fundamentalist Islamist state and a cradle and exporter of Islamist terrorism? As of now, none of what the...
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Bangladesh: Uncertainty and chaos grip the nation
10 August 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Urban violence: Human nature vs city life
27 July 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
The Taliban’s war on Afghan women
13 July 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Dogs that save human lives with devotion
15 June 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
India and Bangladesh: A tale of two books
01 June 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Assault most foul for kindness to animals
18 May 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Aung San Suu Kyi: Prison or house arrest?
20 April 2024 | Hiranmay Karlekar
Afghanistan under Taliban rule
Continuous obliteration of women’s rights goes hand in hand with export of terrorism Not content with robbing Afghan women of all their rights, the Taliban are pressing forward with measures that would victimise and humiliate them further. The latest indication of this is provided by a verbal outburst by its chief,...
Shadow of World War III?
The danger is inherent in the continuing conflict in Ukraine Can the war in Ukraine lead to World War III? It can if talk about an event presages its occurrence. The latest mention has been by Vladimir Putin, who said on March 18, 2024, that a direct conflict between Russia and...
Giving stray dogs a bad name
Stray dogs suffer because they cannot argue in their own defence in a human language A deficiency stray dogs suffer from, and that have sometimes proved fatal to them, is that they do not speak a human language. Thus, accused of attacking, and killing, a child, they cannot argue that the...
The boycott at Doha
The Taliban’s obscurantist mindset and their harbouring of terrorist organisations pose a serious threat to Muslim countries Given the obscurantist and misogynistic mindset of the Taliban, it is hardly surprising that they boycotted the conference, hosted by the United Nations, to discuss the humanitarian crisis facing Afghanistan, and cooperation on the...
The killing of a puppy: Murder most foul
The heartless and brutal killing of a puppy by a child in Greater NOIDA must cause serious concern and introspection The Pioneer reported on February 5, 2024, a shocking act of cruelty in which a child living in a high-rise building in Gaur City in Greater NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, threw a...
Pakistan faces bitter fallout with Taliban
Pakistan deserves little sympathy for the violence it is suffering. Sowing the wind in Afghanistan, Pakistan is reaping the whirlwind The bitter falling out between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers is one of the striking ironies of contemporary history. Islamabad could not have done more for the Taliban. It was instrumental...
Myanmar’s Junta in retreat
The situation in Myanmar is in a flux. The Three Brotherhood Alliance’s offensive continues with its triumphant progress It has been over two months since the Three Brotherhood Alliance (henceforth the Alliance) launched their co-ordinated military offensive against Myanmar’s ruling Junta on 27 October 2023. Comprising the Myanmar National Democratic...
