Author: B Shantanu

With one eye firmly on polls…

Finance Minister unveils the Budget. But maybe not. “If you have nothing else to say about the Budget, then you can call it election-budget,” he said in a tone tinged with sarcasm at the...

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t*

What most of us long suspected, or knew, has just been confirmed by Interpol: INTERPOL admits Dawood’s presence in Pakistan. So whats stopping him from being extradited over? A minor technicality….Pakistan refuses to admit...

Incursions?! Nah…you must be joking

A great post by Apollo on General Deepak Kapoor’s (Chief of Army) recent remarks re. China and incursions across the border: Excerpts (emphasis mine): “…Gen Deepak Kapoor has gone on record saying that India can...

The Deoband declaration – A good first step

…but more needs to be done…(see a good post here). Specifically, some of the the questions raised in these posts should be discussed and debated: Islam’s “uncomfortable truths”  Gandhigiri, Taliban and the need for reform...

Do the “ends” justify the “means”?

This thought was prompted by an exchange in the comments section of this post. Courtesy of Acorn, please read and reflect on this extract from a speech by the Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on...