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Death before retirement

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By Raffique Shah
October 04, 2025

Raffique ShahAs a columnist who has written a weekly piece in one or more popular newspapers for at least 45 years, I know that I’ve reached my limit when the person who is helping me type the 800 words I am allowed is my daughter: she was in diapers back in 1981 and I used to occasionally shout at her when I tried to concentrate or focus, and now I am in diapers—more out of caution than need.

But knowing that, I have arrived at the point in my life when I can no longer say “that column is mine”, my views and only mine.
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What do they know of war?

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By Raffique Shah
September 29, 2025

Raffique ShahWhen I look back at it, I was among a selected few thousands in the world who got around to playing a part in the Cold War. This latter name confuses generations that did not exist then or since. The Cold War was primarily a continuation of hostilities between the “Eastern Bloc” (Russia and many other Communist states on one side) and the United States of America, its NATO allies and others on the other side.
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