Category: Jammu & Kashmir related

Tackling Terrorism: One Step at a Time

This is probably a less lucid post than most of what I write…In spite of that it has taken me a very long time to draft this. Last Sunday, after hearing of the blasts in...

Shantanu’s Believe It or Not!* – I

A new series starting today with two news items… “The central government will be sending a package for orphans of the slain militants. Scholarships and pension will be provided to them similar to the...

Who are these “militants”?

Why is the English mainstream media so scared of calling terrorists for what they are – instead of the silly label – “militants”? Is this not an insult to our brave officers and soldiers who day in...

“End the Moral Idiocy on Kashmir” – excerpts

From the original post by Dr Andrew Bostom, “End the Moral Idiocy on Kashmir”   *** EXCERPTS BEGIN *** I participated in a forum on Kashmir last night at MIT in Boston, as this Muslim...

India – Pakistan: Notes from an Island

About two weeks ago,�the Royal Society of Arts in UK, together with�Tehelka, organised a Summit on India and Pakistan in London. It had a stellar line up of speakers and panelists (Jaswant Singh, Farooq Abduallh, Arun Jaitley, Mushahid Husain,...