A Shameful Chapter
Frank reaches out to friends around the world with his perspective on the events of January 6, 2021...
11 January, 2021
COVID Vaccine for All
In a piece for The Daily Times, Frank makes the case that COVID must become a pivot point to upgrade health infrastructure in Pakistan and around the world......
24 December, 2020
New Year Wishes For Pakistan
Frank shares his wish list for Pakistan, not only for the new year, but all the upcoming major holidays in the year ahead as well...
16 December, 2020
Flickering Beacons
Why India is the one indispensible nation where the future of democracy is concerned, according to Tom de Boor and Ed Crego, and how its leadership can set the example for the rest of the world, even ...
04 July, 2020
Where America Goes From Here
Many see the 1960s in the George Floyd protests. In commentary for the Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Frank sees reason for optimism in the differences between then and now...
15 June, 2020
COVID-19 IIPN Needed
With disasters comes philanthropy. When it comes to COVID-19, Frank makes the case that much more is needed--an International Interconnected Philanthropic Network...
23 May, 2020
Lessons From COVID China
What we learned about China from its handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis......
15 May, 2020
Trump’s WHO Actions Endanger Health, Security
The country that has the most to gain from a healthy World Health Organization is instead punishing it for the political benefit of 1 out of 330+ million citizens. Sad....
01 May, 2020
Mahatma Gandhi, MLK, Today
Frank recounts Martin Luther King's visit to India in the Hindustan Times, and what King and Gandhi still have to say to us today...
09 February, 2020
India As It Should Be
In The American Bazaar, Frank explains why India needs to be a secular democracy, with equal opportunity and social mobility for all...
09 February, 2020
Presidential Visits And Pathways
In the South Asia Monitor, Frank tracks the history of US-India relations, using head of state meetings as a through-line, and traverses the path illuminated to make a prediction about the future...
09 February, 2020
India Must (Really) Engage The Diaspora
In the Hindustan Times, Frank lays out the importance of truly engaging in the 'diaspora diplomacy' the Indian government prides itself on, which includes meeting with critics of its policies...
09 February, 2020
Pakistan-India 2019…2020?
Pakistan-India relations were extremely rocky in 2019. Is past prologue for 2020, or are there ways to bend the arc towards greater harmony? Frank's new year analysis, in the Daily Times...
04 January, 2020
Why India Should Close A Trade Deal With The U.S.
Contrary to the zero-sum trade philosophy of the current US administration, a comprehensive US-India trade agreement would benefit both parties, Frank argues...
07 December, 2019
An Open Border, Pathway To Peace
Midst rising tensions over Kashmir, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made an extraordinary gesture for peace, writes Frank in the Daily Times...
28 November, 2019
A Voice From The Past For The Future
As a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University, Frank is keenly aware of the life and philosophy of its 19th century founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Never have his teachings been more relevant to the futu...
20 November, 2019
A Unifying Nationalism
Nationalism has been a source of division in the United States, but as Frank observes, in India it could be a source of badly needed unity...
09 November, 2019
Whither The Trade War
The US-China trade war was supposed to benefit India. It hasn't. In a column for the Hindustan Times, Frank explains why...
03 November, 2019
Growing the India Economy
The Indian government's upbeat assessment of its economy after the fall IMF meeting masks underlying and looming issues that will require bold reforms to address, writes Frank...
01 November, 2019
US, India At A Pivot Point
With Prime Minister Modi's re-election and the US-China trade war, US-India relations are at a pivot point, with both a great deal of promise and potential peril ahead...
08 July, 2019
India’s Teachable Moment
For the past six weeks, the world's largest representative democracy has been showing the world's oldest how it's done...
22 May, 2019
India: Enfranchise NRIs
It's time for the world's largest democracy to get larger, all over the world...
03 May, 2019
Doing Universal Basic Income Right
A universal basic income is a good idea for India, but it needs to be tested, not become a political test match......
09 March, 2019
Pakistan’s Employment Conundrum
Human resources: a blessing if you can deploy them, a danger if you can't. Four big steps Pakistan can take to end up on the right side of the sword......
31 January, 2019
India Needs A Competency Master Plan
Over 80% of India's workforce is in the informal sector, as if it were a country devastated by war. Fortunately, there are nations who've built themselves in powerhouses from just this circumstance.....
02 January, 2019
Physicians Cannot Heal Themselves
Pakistan’s healthcare system is sick. Successive governments have neglected this critical area for the past 70 years. Urgent measures need to be taken to improve this ailing system....
14 December, 2018
More Open For Business
In just two years, India has climbed from the 130th to the 77th best environment for new business activity. What's been behind the surge, what remains to be done......
08 December, 2018
Moving From Biggest To Best
Prime Minister Modi's Long Life India initiative has been described as the largest in the world, but what will be key are the steps needed to ensure it's the finest......
29 November, 2018
In Search Of Excellence
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Kahn was one of the greatest cricket players in world history, the ideal match for the pinnacle of the educational system he has prioritized to reform......
09 November, 2018
The Secret Weapon
Like many other nations, India has a secret weapon it has yet to deploy, one that all by its lonesome could grow the nation's economy by nearly a third......
07 November, 2018