Category Archives: Politics
A Journey Down the Ganga
Philip Reeves, the National Public Radio (NPR) correspondent has just finished a brilliant radio series on his journey along the Ganga river in India. In five parts of about 10 minutes each, he explores life along the river. NPR has archived the entire series on its website – it is a fascinating journey and well [...]
Intrigued about the British Indian Soldier
Most of us grew up hearing the stories of valor of Indian soldiers who fought and gave their blood in the wars that India fought since its indepnedance. I have myself cried innumerable times reading/watching stories of the likes of Cpt Somnath Sharma, Lnc Nk Albert Ekka, Mjr Shaitan Singh and Cpt Vikram Batra. However, the [...]
A Muslim Martin Luther King?
I’ve been thinking about writing a post on how the Shia-Sunni violence in Iraq has driven a spear right through the heart of the concept of pan-Islamic identity and unity but in the meantime, something else to think about. This is what Thomas Friedman asks in today’s NY Times: It’s hard to know what’s more [...]
If I did it…..
Maureen Dowd with her caustic with and biting sarcasm is one of my most favorite op-ed writers but today, she outdid herself with this opening paragraph in her NYT op-ed: After the Thanksgiving Day Massacre of Shiites by Sunnis, President Bush should go on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News and give an interview headlined: “If I [...]
Morning Again!
After the 2006 mid-term elections, a lot of people in the US, including yours truly feel this way.
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