Author: B Shantanu

Islamofascism: Biggest Risk to the World Economy

From the follow-up Q&A session with economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman (in the Wall Street Journal of 22nd Jan ’07): “Friedman on China, Exchange Rates and Islamofascism” – Tunku Varadarajan “What is the...

Why civil war in Iraq may not be such a bad idea, after all

Great article by Andrew Sullivan in the Sunday Times (14th Jan), “Civil war in Iraq might suit the West’s interests” advocating an unusual strategy in Iraq… (Excerpts)  “In war and in politics unexamined axioms...

Literacy rates and “first claims”…UPDATED

UPDATE: Added some excerpts from Vivek Gumaste’s article below. Came across this very well written post, “The sachar muslim literacy rate puzzle” by RealityCheck India recently. In this thoroughly researched piece, RealityCheck explodes the...

“Temple hit when earlier plot failed” – TOI

For those who still believe that terrorists’ main aim is to kill randomly (and not discriminate when planning their attacks) – please note the headline in a recent Times of India report*: “Temple hit...