Category: Current Affairs

Obama and the Pakistan Connection – The Missing Bits

I was alerted to this article earlier yesterday. It raises some hard (and disturbing) questions about the purpose and the context of US President-Elect Obama’s visit to Pakistan in the early 80s. Some excerpts...

Remembering Our Heroes

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Hawaldar Gajendra Singh, both NSG commandos, laid down their lives today (28th Nov ’08), defending their people and their country in Mumbai. They are not the first of our brave...

Terrorist Attack in Mumbai – Part II

Some observations, rather hurried..more to come later. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first terrorist attack in recent times that involved hostages and a direct attack on the police The targetting...

Which planet is Mirwaiz Farooq living on?

“By staying away from polls, the people have proved they are not interested in election or selection. The government is staging a drama to fool the international community but it has failed… so said Mirwaiz...

The Politics of “Identity”

Many of you would remember the controversy surrounding Jaya Bachchan from a few months ago, triggered by a speech she gave in Hindi in Mumbai. Writing about it, Tarun Vijay wrote (emphasis mine): What are...