Category: India & Its Neighbours

Oops…Feroze Khan banned from entering Pakistan…

Feroze Khan gets banned from entering Pakistan (for speaking the truth)…and Akbar Khan is upset that Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (BJP Vice President) called him a “true nationalist”! I don’t know whether to laugh or to...

A parallel to “All Roads lead to Islamabad”

An Op-Ed in today’s (Mar 23 ’06) Indian Express, “What is it about Pakistan?” http://www.indianexpress.com/story/934.html closely parallels an essay I wrote a few weeks back (“All roads lead to Islamabad“) on how Pakistan manages to...

Anger, tears and despair

It is now three days since the blasts in Varanasi but I still cannot control my anger and the bile rising in my stomach. If the whole incident was not so tragic, it would...

Newsweek cover story on India…

The latest issue (Mar 6 ’06) of Newsweek has a cover story on India by Fareed Zakaria. Some interesting excerpts from the article: …Over the past 15 years, India has been the second fastest-growing...

“China could Learn from India’s Slow and Quiet Rise”

Two years ago the view that India might have a more competitive economy than China was met with incredulity. Now a comparison of the two countries offers valuable insights for anyone studying economic growth....