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Cooling down Kashmir

BY PERVEZ HOODBHOY ONE wonders why the Indian army, with nearly 600,000 soldiers and paramilitary personnel, saw 22-year-old Burhan Wani and his Kashmiri lads as a terrible threat needing elimination. Surely these were not the […]

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Once Upon A Time…

By Christian Scheinpflug Once upon a time, not too long ago, Chileans were busy living in Chile. Although stuff from outside has always been valued in the shopping, Arica and Cape Horn could stand as markers […]

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Contradictions, Contradictions

Intrinsic to social life is its variety. As such, taking a sociological perspective, it’s never boring: contradiction spices things up. Even more so, contradiction necessitates conflict of opinion, and so incites debate, thereby advancing democracy […]