Monthly Archive: August 2009

Quote of the Week

From an interview of Sunil Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Group (emphasis mine): Q: And beyond business, what’s on your mind? A: Business is the only canvas available to me. I am not a trained scientist...

Ganapati Bappa Moriya!

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all… Since I am traveling and in the middle of a fairly intense schedule, I am taking the liberty of reproducing a post I wrote on this occassion last year…...

“Pakistan’s fifth column” – Excerpts

Excerpts from Pakistan’s fifth column by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, National Post (emphasis mine) …As the campaign (against Taliban in Swat) winds down, and local residents begin to return, significant questions remain about future counterinsurgency operations....

A glimpse into “Church-planting” in AP

Thanks to Sanjay for alerting me to this surprising table (below) from “The Danger of Hindu Christian Riots in Andhra Pradesh” by Dr T H Chowdary. A brief excerpt: The weeks-long Hindu Christian riots...

Tackling Corruption over Diet Coke and Salad…

At the monthly meeting of our political discussion group in London last week, we talked about “Corruption in India“… While browsing around the net for more information on this topic, I stumbled on the...