The UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestine refugees was never meant to last 70 years. But the world’s failure to realise a Palestine state meant that the agency had to continue providing basic services to a staggering five million registered refugees spread over Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank. SNI spoke to Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner-general of the agency.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
