A view from other shore: A critical opinion on the reasons why diplomats need security

Twesh Mishra attempts to explore into the reasons for the threats that diplomatic agents face in these conflict rigged areas

Diplomacy, the art of portraying dismay with gratitude, the act of resolving supposed conflict or rather the process of ensuring that a preconceived agenda is fulfilled. Such is the perception of international diplomacy in minds of the majority stakeholders in conflict rigged areas.20100118_haiti_un_car_23

From Somalia to Burma (Myanmar), Congo to Syria and from Libya to Egypt, the perception of the United Nations is synonymous with an institution which is instrumental in enforcing regime change and is primarily responsible for militarization of their beloved lands. Continue reading

Confessions of a victim of child abuse

I had a happy childhood. Unlike other children, I never wanted to grow up and become an adult. I was content being a child and having fun without having to worry much about anything. But, I did not experience a blissful childhood, as I was destined to be born in a society where being a girl is smothering, it is more of a curse not just for the family but for the girl herself.

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Trust me, we live in a sick world; people who have serious psychological problems. I fail to understand how else can a man get erection looking at a girl who hasn’t even grown breasts yet?

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A diligent IAEA is the need of the hour

From the ultimately futile conquest for religion to oil in recent times, the Middle East has for long been gripped in continuous conflagrations. Hence intelligible it is that initial steps for world peace need to be ambled from this region for the expedition to succeed. Such a notion seems further elusive in the near future amidst possibilities of Israel disregarding diplomacy and attacking Iran for continuing with its nuclear programme.

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IAEA, the principal UN agency concerned with regulating the use of nuclear technologies to constructive purposes has been widely criticised for failing to dissuade Iran from adopting nuclear weaponry. Continue reading

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