China’s claim over Tibet is questionable
From a Sify report on a seminar held last Friday at IIC on ‘1914 Shimla Convention Agreement and Consequences’ (emphasis mine): The fact that the Chinese refused to ink the 1914 Shimla Convention agreement...
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Our Kurukshetra is approaching fast
For many of us, the government’s craven capitulation on the Amarnath issue was less of a surprise and more of a denouement of something we had feared all along…i.e. our political leadership can no...
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)...
How many “Hindus” would it take to change the demography of Kashmir?
Amidst all the violence and “protests” around the issue of transfer of 40 hectares of land to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), I noticed two questions that appear to have gone unanswered. The first...
With “allies” like these, who needs enemies?
This analysis of�attitudes that the communist parties have�towards vital matters of national interest reveals why they are probably the most dangerous�element in the current political landscape… Excerpts from Red Star over South Block�(emphasis mine)...
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