Years of research, 100s of interviews, even a lawsuit against the Pentagon to access the 2,000-odd hours of Saddam's recordings of high-level meetings... Much of this last source hadn't seen the light of day before Steve Coll's 'The Achilles Trap'. My review in Open Magazine

The Liar Who Told the Truth: #SteveColl ’s new book shows how mutual misunderstandings led to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and its catastrophic aftermath, writes Sudeep Paul; Penguin India t.ly/6poTo

Monday’s strike might have been a footnote in the long shadow war between #Israel and #Iran . But this was ‘Israel’s version of the US strike on Qassim Suleimani’, writes Sudeep Paul t.ly/B1KJ_

Iran’s capacity to strike Israel is very limited. Thus the Quds MO has always involved targeting Israeli and Jewish individuals and assets, including kidnappings, abroad, writes Sudeep Paul t.ly/B1KJ_

#Elections2024 : The latest issue of the magazine is now available. Enjoy good writing and original arguments ~ S. Prasannarajan, PR Ramesh, Ullekh NP/ഉല്ലേഖ് എൻപി Shoba V Carlo Pizzati Pallavi Aiyar Rahul Shivshankar Dhiraj Nayyar Minhaz Merchant Makarand R Paranjape, Ph.D. (Illinois) SUHEL SETH Sudeep Paul kaveree bamzai….

Iran’s capacity to strike Israel islimited. Thus the Quds M.O. has involved targeting Israeli & Jewish individuals & assets... Another time, Monday’s strike might have been a footnote in the long shadow war... But this was Israel’s Qassim Suleimani moment. In Open Magazine

The #Katchatheevu matter is a live issue, not just a piece of rock...Tamil Nadu fisherfolk boycotted St Antony festival this Feb protesting close to 70 arrests & 3 convictions by a #SriLankan court. BJP tactics are a smart ambush in a race where DMK is seen frontrunner:

Lucknow Super Fast: Mayank Yadav (@MayankYadav155) is IPL’s newest sensation, writes Aditya Iyer; Lucknow Super Giants #IPL2024 t.ly/NfPtA

The Road From #Damascus : #Israel ’s strike at #Iran on Syrian soil is likely to escalate the war in Gaza, writes Sudeep Paul t.ly/B1KJ_

#Elections2024 : The Race to Eject KCR: The increasing irrelevance of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi as Congress and BJP take the lead in #Telangana , writes Shoba V shorturl.at/aqxHT

The Key to #Katchatheevu : The way out of the dispute is the separation of fishing rights and questions of sovereignty, writes Tca Raghavan shorturl.at/krIRS

#ArtificialIntelligence with High EQ? Emotional intelligence just got a new meaning, writes Ullekh NP/ഉല്ലേഖ് എൻപി rb.gy/cxzee4

Who Can Stop the #Trump Juggernaut? The former president has swept aside his Republican rivals and has the White House in his sights, writes James Astill #USElection rb.gy/if4d33

The Politics of Alarmism: Those who charge #Modi ’s India with extra-constitutionalism mistake adherence for absolutism, writes S. Prasannarajan #Elections2024 t.ly/INDCr

#Elections2024 , OpeningTheSouthernFront: BJP turns the Sri Lankan Island of #Katchatheevu into a nationalist cause, write Rajeev Deshpande and Siddharth Singh t.ly/-Zimt

#Elections2024 , OpeningTheSouthernFront: The latest issue of the magazine is now available. Enjoy good writing and original arguments. In this issue S. Prasannarajan Rajeev Deshpande and Siddharth Singh James Astill Tca Raghavan M.J. Akbar Swapan Dasgupta Shoba V Sudeep Paul Aditya Iyer Madhavankutty Pillai...

Rising Star: RP Sanjiv Goenka Group Vice Chairman #ShashwatGoenka joins the prestigious 2024 Class of Young Global Leaders; Spencers Retail Nature’s Basket
openthemagazine.com/feature/rising…

For all targeted states across the globe, US and UK formally accusing China should come as a relief. For a decade now, New Delhi has had no illusions about China. What still needs to be emphasised is the necessity and upgrade of safeguards. openthemagazine.com/feature/beware…

#TheKejriwalMeltdown : The arrest of the #AAP leader and the unravelling of alternative politics, write PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP/ഉല്ലേഖ് എൻപി rb.gy/6vjzya

Clouds over Windsor: Illness as a metaphor in the #BritishMonarchy , writes Roderick Matthews; #kategate rb.gy/xitv32