Watching The World

A year to fear and worry

By Martin Vengadesan
Terror casualties: Afghan mourners and relatives burying a victim of twin Taliban blasts in Kabul. — AFP

There are times when cautious optimism takes a back seat to paranoid anxieties.

I WON’T deny it, I have begun this year full of dread.

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