Category: Current Affairs

B Raman on Musharraf, Kargil and lies…

Great analysis from B Raman: Musharraf: Throwing Dust in His Own Eyes”  In the article, Shri B Raman’s cites some instances of Gen Musharraf’s falsehoods: Till Musharraf was appointed the COAS by Mr. Sharif in...

India in the 1820s…

I first came across this graph on Greg Mankiw’s blog. Greg is a Professor of Economics at Harvard and he was referring an article written by Michael Milken (the former junk-bond king who fell into disgrace) in a recent...

We need a “jihad” against intolerance

Two separate news stories…but the link is obvious. Even as protesters were marching in the streets, attacking churches (and worse) expressing their anger at the Pope’s alleged remarks against “Islam”, news filtered out about...

Pope+Islam+Jihad = Controversy?

I almost missed this story “Pope: Conversion by violence not of God” when it broke a few days go…but judging by reactions “Muslim leaders demand apology from Pope“), it looks unliklely to die down quickly....

In Search of a “Hindu” Identity

In all honesty, I should have written on this topic months, maybe even years ago – Some times I think this should have been the first post on my blog[i] – which I call...