Author: B Shantanu

A parallel to “All Roads lead to Islamabad”

An Op-Ed in today’s (Mar 23 ’06) Indian Express, “What is it about Pakistan?” http://www.indianexpress.com/story/934.html closely parallels an essay I wrote a few weeks back (“All roads lead to Islamabad“) on how Pakistan manages to...

Anger, tears and despair

It is now three days since the blasts in Varanasi but I still cannot control my anger and the bile rising in my stomach. If the whole incident was not so tragic, it would...

“It’s the Demography, Stupid” – by Mark Steyn

From Wall Street Journal’s Op_Ed page, Jan 4 ’06 – a real wake up call… ******************** It’s the Demography, Stupid The real reason the West is in danger of extinction. BY MARK STEYN Wednesday,...

Newsweek cover story on India…

The latest issue (Mar 6 ’06) of Newsweek has a cover story on India by Fareed Zakaria. Some interesting excerpts from the article: …Over the past 15 years, India has been the second fastest-growing...