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Blog | Whatever Happened To 'Working From Home'? Why Your Boss Wants You Back In Office
In India, where the tech sector gamely followed Silicon Valley into 'WFH', there is now growing pressure to follow it right back into the office - just like its Silicon Valley big brother.
- Tuesday May 20, 2025
- Blog
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Blog | A Blindfolding In J&K, To Headley: What Reporting Days Taught Me About Pakistan
My photographer colleague, Neeraj Paul, and I were tracking a lead to a rundown part of downtown Srinagar. We were blindfolded, bundled into a van, and taken to meet an Afghan group's leader.
- Thursday May 15, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Trump The Showman Is Not Enough For West Asia Anymore
President Donald Trump swayed stiffly but gamely side to side, a ceremonial sword in hand, surrounded by robed Saudi men dancing, chanting and clashing blades.
- Monday May 12, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Trump Just Hosted The Ultimate Reality TV
Over two hours, one Q&A session, several rounds of forced applause, the show stood out for one thing - the DOGE chief, Elon Musk, taking off two hats and declaring, "Even my hat has a hat!"
- Thursday May 1, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is The Vatican Ready For A Black Pope?
Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely. Names like Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana or Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of South Africa have featured in papal speculation for yea
- Monday April 28, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Pahalgam Attack, Pakistan, And The Cost Of 'Ideology'
Twenty-six tourists gunned down in Pahalgam; one Ahmadi man lynched in Karachi. Two different types of tragedies, hundreds of miles apart, but stitched together by the same playbook of hate.
- Thursday April 24, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion: Aura Of US Treasury Bonds Is Slipping Away
The erosion of trust in US treasury bonds could have seismic consequences.
- Monday April 14, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Why Germany May Be The Next Big Thing For Young Indians
Germany is facing acute talent shortages, which have been exacerbated by the fact that its population is ageing. It needs young people who can transform its ageing economy.
- Tuesday April 8, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | $1.7 Trillion: Why Investors Are Betting Big On US Despite Recession Fears
Trump's pugilist-like tariff jabs may be earning him more adversaries than he bargained for, but he has demonstrated his knack for convincing countries and corporations to invest big in the US.
- Tuesday April 1, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Can The Real BRICS+ Please Stand Up?
By 2050, BRICS+ economies are projected to control 50% of global wealth production. Yet, when the time comes to make bold moves, the grouping has been known to dither.
- Thursday March 27, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Thanks To Trump, Researchers May Soon Start Ditching US For China
The Trump administration, in its all-out assault on universities, has already slashed federal grants worth $800 million and $400 million for Johns Hopkins and Columbia, respectively. But this is just the beginning.
- Friday March 21, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Universities Are Feeling The Pinch As Indian Students Ditch The 'Big Four'
Indian students are increasingly looking beyond the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. But why?
- Tuesday March 18, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Church Of England Refuses To Learn From Its Abuse Scandals
In November, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (the Church's senior most figure), stepped down amid a damning report that found that he failed to act on allegations of child sexual abuse within the Church of England.
- Tuesday February 25, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is This The Birth Of A 'Post-Aid' World?
It seems like the era of generous, unquestioned aid flows from the West may well be coming to an end. What replaces it remains uncertain, but for those who rely on it, the stakes could not be higher.
- Friday February 14, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | How China Is Rushing To Fill The Gaps Trump Is Creating
With each withdrawalfrom WHO to climate agreements and beyondTrumps America retreats from leadership, leaving a power vacuum that Beijing is eager to exploit. Are we heading towards "America First" or "America Alone"?
- Thursday February 13, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed