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Anita Pratap

Anita Pratap

Anita Pratap is an award-winning journalist, author and documentary film maker. She was the first journalist to interview LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. She is a Contributing Editor of THE WEEK.

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Ethics, out of the window

Corruption is criminal but also political

By Anita Pratap June 15, 2025

Donald Trump, the most powerful man in the world and the least original

Trump took his unoriginality from business to politics

By Anita Pratap June 01, 2025

In 15 years, British wages have grown only 2.2 per cent. Still want to migrate to the UK?

In this period, labour productivity grew by 5.9 per cent. Economists say the current level of stagnation was last seen in Britain in the 18thcentury

By Anita Pratap May 04, 2025

Is Donald Trump channelling ‘Wobbly Willie’ with his tariff war on the world?

Former president of the US, William McKinley, seems to have profoundly influenced POTUS Donald Trump, who recently announced tariffs on American trade partners

By Anita Pratap April 20, 2025

Norwegians are cancelling vacation trips to the US

Since January 2025, there has been a sharp monthly 25 per cent dip in bookings to the US from Norway

By Anita Pratap April 06, 2025

When states want unilateral AI dominance

The Manhattan project birthed the atom bomb, and now Trump wants a Manhattan-style project for superintelligence

By Anita Pratap March 23, 2025

No freedom in appeasement

Europe is shell-shocked by Donald Trump's bullying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pivot to Russia

By Anita Pratap March 09, 2025

Donald Trump—the annoying orange

This is not a global or American war, this is Trump trade war

By Anita Pratap February 23, 2025

Howdy, rowdies, Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Trump-Musk silence on Russia and China is striking

By Anita Pratap January 26, 2025

Get ready for Trump bump—January 20 is coming

Trump rattles his sabre in true imperialist style

By Anita Pratap January 12, 2025

Seeking middle ground in Middle East

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's decades-long, self-proclaimed ambition is redrawing the Middle East map

By Anita Pratap December 29, 2024

From Sunak to Badenoch

Badenoch's biggest challenge is to regain public trust after 14 years of Tory misrule

By Anita Pratap November 17, 2024

The US is today armed and polarised

Close or contested verdict can awaken crouching beasts

By Anita Pratap November 03, 2024

Leadership targeting and AI

Israel’s weakening of Hezbollah is ground-breaking

By Anita Pratap October 20, 2024

Chained to dollar chains

Dollar chains are real-time indicators of wellbeing of low-earners in the US

By Anita Pratap October 06, 2024
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