Category: India & Its Neighbours

Watch how a super-power defends itself

From a BBC report: “‘Another US strike’ hits Pakistan“  (emphasis mine) Five civilians and seven militants have been killed in north-west Pakistan in a suspected US missile attack, local officials say. Missiles hit two...

Weekend potpourri: Kashmir, BJP, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Some links for weekend reading: 1. From the Telegraph, an excellent article by Ambassador K Sibal on why borders are (still) relevant. 2. A revealing interview with Govindacharya: Jaitley is BJP’s best, Rajnath saboteur 3....

Fascinating: Terrorism and Public Opinion in Pakistan

Courtesy, this article on the CounterTerrorism Blog, I came across this fascinating survey conducted almost exactly a year ago which has some revealing insights. A small sample: 33% Pakistanis view Taliban, Al-Qaeda and radical Pakistani Jihadi...

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...

When is it OK to shut down a place of worship?

Apparently, when it becomes a training ground for Jihad. Chinese authorities have…closed down 41 “illegal” places of worship (in the Muslim dominated Xinjiang province). These places of worship were used as training ground for...