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The secret behind Modi’s Machiavellian smirk
Shams Ahsan Marketing is dignified cheating. The three Ps of marketing – presentation, propagation and persuasion – hypnotize the clients to such an extent that they start relishing the bitterest of pills as sweet candies. From products to personalities, marketing strategists ...
Attempt to smuggle liquor foiled
    AHSA — Custom officers in Al-Bat’ha entry point foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 4,600 bottles of liquor from a neighboring Gulf country. Customs officers grew suspicious when they noticed the truck driver panicking. When the officers searched the ...
Haj: A sublime journey that must begin with a permit
Shams Ahsan     The meaning of Haj is "to intend a journey." Haj is a journey of a lifetime. And if such a sublime journey is undertaken on a false premise, then its very purpose is defeated. The core of Haj – like ...
For Modi, a sulking Advani is more dangerous than a sober Rahul
  Shams Ahsan     Reasoning is a disloyal companion. It deserts you when you need it the most. The result is: You take decisions which prove to be detrimental. The decision by the rightist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to anoint Narendra Modi as ...
Canada bullish on trade relations with the Kingdom
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast believes that relations between his country and Saudi Arabia are not going to be clouded by their differences of opinion on some geopolitical issues. “It is common for countries to ...
Airlines can check validity of re-entry visa online
  Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH – Travelers and airlines can check the validity of exit/re-entry visa by logging in to the Muqeem website at WWW.PASSPORTEVISA.COM. The log-in will take the visitor to https://www.eserve.com.sa/VVSWeb/ where the validity of the visa can be checked ...
Do Indian Muslims need a separate political identity?
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette In an interview with me here in Jeddah last month, Assaduddin Owaisi, Member of Parliament and President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, dropped a bombshell by urging Muslims in India to carve out a separate political identity ...
Telangana good for Muslims
  Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH – People from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh welcomed the Indian government decision to carve out a separate Telangana state, fulfilling a five-decade-old dream. The ruling Congress party approved a resolution on Tuesday to bifurcate Andhra ...
Muslims must have a different political identity
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – In the cacophony of political sound bites, there are some voices that are clearly audible. They are audible not because of their decibel levels but because of the ripple effect they create.   One such ...
BJP's Modi-fication: India experiences a strong sense of déjà vu
Shams Ahsan The year was 1990. The month, September. And the place Somnath in Gujarat. The Hindu-chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) hardline leader L. K. Advani had embarked on a cross-country journey on a minibus converted into a chariot to build ...
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