Category: Elections Results, Analysis and Related

Links and extracts for weekend reading

Irfan Husain on how the intelligentsia in Pakistan�is blissfully unaware (or indifferent) to the threat from Taliban Saurav Basu on Amir Khusro and the myth of composite culture and Kapil Sibal on�how the ‘NDA...

N-deal: Anti-Islamic and now Anti-Sikh?

If you thought that the N-deal had nothing to do with religion, think again… After being labelled as anti-Islamic, the N-deal has now ruffled the feathers of Sikhs (or to be more precise, a...

Quote of the week

Sh. Amar Singh: We are not wheeler-dealers…All our politics is about national interest… 😐 Have a restful,�enjoyable weekend…

Leave Ashis Nandy alone

I am no fan of Ashis Nandi and disagree strongly with many of his views but I just cannot accept the argument that his writings or thoughts should be banned/censored. There are other (better)...

With one eye firmly on polls…

Finance Minister unveils the Budget. But maybe not. “If you have nothing else to say about the Budget, then you can call it election-budget,” he said in a tone tinged with sarcasm at the...