Author: NK Jha

In early 2020, experts predicted that the world order unprecedentedly disrupted by pandemic, will put the rhetoric of global cooperation to test more than ever. In an early response to the pandemic Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) said “For all our differences, we are one human race sharing the same planet and our security is interdependent – no country will be safe, until we’re all safe.” Almost a year later, world confronts one such moment and has risen to the occasion. The onset of second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India has triggered a flurry of promising…

The pandemic-hit world order has been confronting unprecedented challenges. Silver screen isn’t any exception. ‘Lights, Camera and Action’ clatter has reverberated film sets world over less than the normal. But Los Angeles’ Union Station in USA dared to dream and laid out the red carpet to host the most awaited and cherished award show of the cinematic world – The Oscars. On 25th April 2021, 93rd Academy Award returned with all its opulence to inspire exuberance in a world otherwise tucked behind the screens of pandemic blues.   Apart from being held at a changed location for the first time in over a decade, the event also went crowdless and hostless…

It is the second decade of 21st Century, and a serving President of a nation is reported dead while battling rebels. After three decades in power, Chad’s President Idriss Deby died on Tuesday, 19th April 2021, from wounds suffered on the battlefield. Military announced this news to the nation just one day after the election results in the country declared Deby as the winner for sixth consecutive term with 80% of the votes polled in favour of him. In an interesting development, Military has suspended the rule of the land and has established The transitional council which has been tasked…

In a recent development UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) managed to secure a pass for the humanitarian convoy from Cameroon to the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui. The convoy is the very first assistance to arrive in the country since January 2021. Image credit: natoassociation.ca The central African country held its General Election in December 2020. Rebels rejected the results of the election wherein incumbent president Faustin Archnage Touadera was declared the winner. The post electoral political crisis has inspired months of embargo on humanitarian assistance. The political and popular imagination of the country already grappling with…

और नहीं आई अबकेवो पोटरी…नहीं आयेपोखर के मखानधातरिन का आचारचरौड़ और खुमरौर के फूल…ठेकुआ , मालपुआया निमकी…हरे तीखी गंध वाले कागज़ी नीम्बू,बघण्डी के दातून,महकती खेरही,बाजरे का आंटा ,लाई और चूरमा,देसी घी,और नहीं आईमाँ के लिए सिंदूर की पुड़िया , सौंठ सुपारीया किसी पूजा का चढ़ा हुआ फूलऔर कोई बद्धी। कौन बांधता अबके पोटरीके कहाँ कोई धान फटकताबाबूजी की राह देखता था इस बार।बहुत थोड़े ही बचे हैं लोग गाँव में… तब पोटरी आतीऔर उसमें बंधा चला आतामेरा अपना पता , मेरी सड़क के लोगऔर साथ ही एक पीड़ा प्रवासी होने की,जो छलक उठती थीउस पोटरी की गाठें खोलतेजिसको छुआ होमेरी…