Explaining AfPak to a 14-year old
Last evening as I was trying to explain to my 14-year old why a possible US withdrawal from Afghanistan could be bad for India, I realised how hopeless the US case for continued involvement...
Category: India & Its Neighbours
What on earth is a “disclosure agreement”*?
While everyone from Shekhar Gupta to the PM (“Media blowing things out of proportion“) and most recently the Army chief, caution us not to get worried about China or get into the 1962 mindset...
“My Dear Jawaharlal” – Sardar Patel on China
Courtesy VigilOnline, these fascinating excerpts from a letter penned by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to PM Jawaharlal Nehru (emphasis mine). I wonder the India that might have been had the Sardar lived longer. *** Excerpts...
“Pakistan’s fifth column” – Excerpts
Excerpts from Pakistan’s fifth column by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, National Post (emphasis mine) …As the campaign (against Taliban in Swat) winds down, and local residents begin to return, significant questions remain about future counterinsurgency operations....
Silence of the Lambs*
Stumbled on this last week… Excerpts from Why this silence on organised anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh? by Dr. Richard Benkin (July 23, ’09): Reports began trickling out of Bangladesh this spring about an anti-Hindu...
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