CAMBRIDGE – As the 2024 US presidential primary campaign season begins, the most likely final contest is a rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Judging by the electoral map in 2020, Biden would be well-placed to win. But American politics is unpredictable, and any number of health, legal, …

When the nation is in the midst of so many changes, it is important to do some soul searching of our weaknesses. While much has been made about how we are a small society where everybody knows everybody we need to see its other side. We have become like the …

MADISON, WISCONSIN – In April, the United Nations estimated that India had overtaken China as the world’s most populous country. While the announcement received a great deal of media attention, India’s 2024 census will likely reveal that the UN’s projections have been vastly overestimated. According to India’s most recent census data, the …

A recent upbeat Tourism Department press release announced 52,173 tourists came from 23 September 2022 to 10th May 2023 and in so many words indicated things are improving and going well. It said 32,517 are Indian guests paying the INR 1,200 SDF while 19,656 are other tourists paying either the …

The West Bengal government has introduced the Suvidha tax of around Nu 5,000 for Bhutanese and other trucks exporting goods to Bangladesh. While it is the business of Indian states to charge levies on its trucks, it comes as a matter of surprise that such a tax is being imposed …

CAMBRIDGE – It is hard not to be disappointed about the outcome of the first round of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. In a campaign defined by the aftermath of February’s huge earthquake, mounting economic problems, and deepening corruption, hopes were high that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s …

By Dr Brian C. Shaw My considered advice: If you haven’t already, Buy these books!   True, they are not cheap, the present edition is paper-bound, and the many illustrating photographs (over 80 in the first 100 pages of text alone) are reproduced in black-and-white (otherwise the offering price would …