Category: Geo-Strategic Issues (incl. Nuclear, Oil, Energy)

On Iran, Anti-Semitism and the Twelfth Imam

Yesterday, I was alerted to this news-report from earlier this week in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was quoted as saying: the state of Israel will cease to exist with or without the involvement of his country....

North-East “burning”

*** CAUTION: LONG POST *** This is an unusual blog-post. It is actually�a series of excerpts from�articles that speak for themselves. Please read and share with everyone who is even a little bit concerned...

Slowly but steadily, China marches ahead…

…into Indian territory  🙁 Buried amongst the avalance of news on the web, I found this alarming snippet: …A tiny area in Sikkim has become the latest bone of contention between India and China,...

Recommended weekend reading

On the demoralising effect of the Sixth Pay Commission on the Armed Forces: A General’s letter in anguish to the PM On the cheerleaders controversy: A Culture of Tolerance� On the developments in Nepal:...

India and China: Apples and Oranges

Many of you probably�read B Raman’s open letter to Aamir Khan in rediff recently. In the article Shri Raman made several points about why (and how) India and China are fundamentally different and how...