Symbiosis International University to host Conference on International Relations
India and Development Partnerships in Asia and Africa: Towards a New Paradigm Symbiosis International University to host Conference on International…
Afghanistan
BJP solicits foreign funding
The online donation form on BJP websites openly accepts payments from People of Indian Origin, who are essentially not Indian Citizens and thus can't legally donate to political parties in India.
A democratic solution for Kashmir
Disclaimer: I see Kashmir as a part of India as a geographic reality. If it becomes free, I will see it as free. I refuse to cater to bullshit that tr…
The tragic irony of Muslim protests
There is little point writing beyond this. Muslims protest. Whatever it is, they protest. Protests turn violent. People condemn. Then it is an insult …
What about Balochistan?
The Baloch are sitting ducks. With the sea on one side, and Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they literally have nowhere to go. The world watches in ho…
29 Jan 2012
While the world strategized…
A few days ago, a news report by the BBC caught my eye. It said the Red Cross reported some 800,000 people as disabled by the ongoing war in Afghanist…
28 Jan 2012
Disabled by war – how many? Need help from journos
Recently, the BBC published a video report by Karen Zarindast about the number of people disabled by war in Afghanistan. They quote the Red Cross as t…
Self immolations and the unconscious mind
Sunny Singh makes a very intriguing and perceptive observation about the Arab Spring and the rash of self-immolations that it brought. She points out …
Some thoughts on Pakistan and Independent Kashmir
When I wrote my post on Kashmiri Pandits, a friend responded privately with a nugget of political insight – before the ethnic cleansing, Kashmiri Pand…