One long and one short article this weekend. The first is about Pakistan and what may well turn out to be Obama’s worst foreign policy nightmare.
The second includes some suggestions for BJP re. its eductaion policy from a well-wisher.
BONUS:  Read why serial-entrepreneur Rajesh Jain and Atanu Dey have gone public with their support of the BJP.
Excerpts from both the articles below 

…or “The great joke that is Indian Media – Part IX“. Please read the following news-reports…(emphasis mine):
From NDTV:
Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen was attacked by an unruly crowd at the Hyderabad Press club on Thursday. Three MLAs of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or MIM were among those who attacked her…The Bangladesh born writer was there for the release of the telugu version of her book Sokhe at the press club when some 30 activists first raised slogans against her for alleged anti-Muslim remarks and then got rough.
From DNA:
Controversial Bangladeshi author …

Those of you who have been long-time readers of this blog will know about FTI (Freedom Team of India).
Some of you would have also read the series of posts by Sanjeev Sabhlok – who is the main inspiration behind Freedom Team of India.
I am glad to have been involved with the team, right since the time of its “birth” (c. 2007)….and it pleases me a lot to see the remarkable progress we have made in this short span of time – not least due to the indefatigable energy of Sanjeev and the 30-odd …

Please read this searing piece by fearless Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga titled, “And then they came for me“.  Lasantha was shot dead last fortnight*. 
Excerpts below:
No other profession calls on its practitioners to lay down their lives for their art save the armed forces and, in Sri Lanka, journalism. …Electronic and print-media institutions have been burnt, bombed, sealed and coerced. Countless journalists have been harassed, threatened and killed. It has been my honour to belong to all those categories and now especially the last.
I have been in the business of journalism …

Almost exactly seven weeks ago, on the back of very well attended Rememberance Meeting for the victims of terrorism in India, many who had gathered for the evening asked me what can we – as ordinary Indians, living several thousands of miles away from India – do to change the “system”?
I did not have any ready answers…but suggested we can start by getting like-minded people together to share thoughts and discuss various ideas.
The upshot of that was a dinner with an explicitly political agenda that I organised last Friday, on …

This post is about “Making a Difference“.  Making a difference by donating probably the most precious thing of all - our time. 
I am certain that most of you regularly do your bit for charity, by contributing whatever you can to various worthwhile causes.
I am not asking you to stop that. But sometimes there is work that needs passion, dedication and commitment. Unfortunately, these are things which money cannot buy.
This post is about a few such initiatives.
On a trial basis, I would like to create a list of ”projects” that need time and volunteers (not just …