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Of “Sacred Bulls”, Divinity and Development

Some of you may have already come across the controversy surrounding a decision by the Welsh assembly government in UK to slaughter a “sacred bull” which has tested positive for tuberculosis. (read here and...

ULFA, ISI and Terrorism

Last week, I wrote about how “Islamisation of North-East” is now a real threat to the security of India – especially as there is increasing evidence of ISI coordinating its activities across our borders....

“Israel’s Domestic Enemy” – excerpts

Here is a link to a thought provoking article from some time ago… “Israel’s domestic enemy” I first read it in�The Pioneer (Dec 27 ’06)�and was reminded of it while looking for something else...

Whats wrong with the media…

Short excerpt from an interview with�Arianna Huffington�(slightly dated but the point is still valid – more so in the Indian context – emphasis mine) “Wired News: You don’t pull punches when discussing the state...

Dr Pandey, Gandhi-giri and Terrorism…

Like many of you, I have heard of ASHA�and its founder, Dr Sandeep Pandey�- always in a very admirable and inspiring terms. So I was more than a little surprised (and quite disturbed) when...