Monthly Archive: May 2009
Following up on Why the “War Against Terror†cannot be won by guns alone. Full credit for alerting me to this goes to borneveryday. Sh Rahul Gandhi, quoted in a report in DNA India: “I am...
*** CAUTION: Long Post *** Over the last few days, as news continued to pour in about Taliban’s seemingly unstoppable march across north-west Pakistan, the question that would not go away in my mind was: Why is...
Has the much-vaunted Pashtun tradition fallen by the wayside in the face of Taliban (pl. see last sentence of the extract below)? From a report in The Hindu (dt Apr 30 ’09): …Islamabad (PTI): Taliban militants have...
Start the weekend by reading Why these elections may become a referendum on Modi  Next, read The Acorn on Liberal Nationalism Here is why entrepreneur, technologist and investor Rajesh Jain changed tack from technology to politics...
I have added a new widget on the right-hand sidebar, titled “Reminder“. It is for a URL reminder service called “Resnooze“. If you click on it, you will be prompted for an email address...
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