Author: B Shantanu

For BJP, Is this The Beginning of the End?

I was thinking of writing this post later this week (after going through almost 100 pages of reading material I have accumulated. However, recent events – including Arun Shourie’s impromptu press conference yesterday –...

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....