Nuclear Numbers
The Nuclear non-deal is quickly making the UPA (or whatever is left of it) a nuclear family. The N-deal might well be the costliest blunder for the Congress party, specifically. It badly underestimated...
View ArticleParthasarathy who?
Hardhitting and moving at the same time, this article demonstrates the all-round decrepitude of the people of India. I’ve pasted the whole article here. Parthasarathys do not count unless they were in...
View ArticleSAALT, PEEPER, DRUM, DISK, SAYA, MAYA…
Amardeep Singh, the kind professor who refused to engage me in debate writes about his strong support to forming SAALT [link thanks: Gaurav] The group has published a position paper endorsed by dozens...
View ArticleThe Annual Farce that is SAARC
So our Puppet Minister is off to attend yet another SAARC charade. For an international body that has such hoary aims as perpetuating mutual peace and harmony, foster economic growth, improving quality...
View ArticleAcademic Terrorists
Goes by the name of Denise Spellberg. Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the prophet Muhammad. Ms. Jones...
View ArticleKanchan Gupta on Iran’s Moron
Kanchan Gupta’s superb piece on why it won’t pay to give Iran the non-permanent security council seat. The foremost, nay only reason is the rabid Ahmadinejad, who thundered thus at the General...
View ArticleThe White Tiger Redux
Meera beautifully weighs in with an open letter to Aravind Adiga. It proves one my pet-peeve theories that the biggest intellectual celebrity is also the one with zero commonsense. I have read much...
View ArticleWanted: Vintage Military Action
35th attempt in less than a year. 132-plus infiltration attempts again, in less than a year. Says this Indian Express report. Less than a fortnight after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing,...
View ArticleAn Interview About Breaking India
The following is the complete text of my email interview with Rajiv Malhotra, co-author of the groundbreaking new book, Breaking India by Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan. Comments, criticism...
View ArticleThe Madrassa on The Charles
When even a man like Richard Nixon called Harvard the “Kremlin on the Charles,” he probably didn’t envision in how many horrible ways that would eventually ring true. In late 2010, Harvard, instead of...
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