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Sumantra Maitra

Sep 23, 2013, 12:21 PM

For a young man of my age, whose life, higher education and career was effectively shaped in the last decade...the attack on the upmarket shopping mall in Kenya brings back a home truth. I was eighteen, when the Twin towers...

Sep 12, 2013, 12:20 AM

The shameful British vote on Syria

British vote in Parliament regarding Syria is not a shocker. On the contrary it was completely expected. And somehow the vote even seemed rational. Britain finally realizes that the empire is long gone, something it took a long time...

About Me

Sumantra Maitra is a journalist from India, presently based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an International relations scholar, planning a PhD soon. He generally loves football, good food, and lecturing people, not always in that order.