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- Nov 21, 2008
- Barack Obama’s New Secretary of State
Obama could do to Hillary what Bush did to Colin Powell
- Nov 19, 2008
- Book Review: The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew WheatcroftThere were so many areas where the Ottomans were much superior to the Habsburg forces.
- Book Review: The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew Wheatcroft
- Nov 17, 2008
- Now I Have A Right To ReputationThe SC ruling reveals an approach of rampant pragmatism
- The Audacity of Hope: Great Expectations from Barack Obama
I hope that for once America hears the voice of their new President and stands behind him and becomes his strength, so he can become
- Now I Have A Right To Reputation
- Nov 16, 2008
- BJP MLA Commits Suicide in New Delhi He belonged to the era when politicians were god fearing and truly believed in performing their duty towards their constituents.
- Barack Obama in the Indian ContextReservation is an opportunity, in the absence of efforts, negates its very purpose
- BJP MLA Commits Suicide in New Delhi
- Nov 14, 2008
- An Open Letter to the Dalai Lama
Your Holiness, will history judge you harshly for not having achieved anything much for the people of Tibet? - Thekedaars of the Middle-Class?Where exactly are we headed in the future as far as freedom of critical commentary is concerned?
- Nov 13, 2008
- Bye, Bye Mr. Bush, Welcome Mr. ObamaIs this support for Obama the beginning of a trend where people support the common good at the international level?
- Bye, Bye Mr. Bush, Welcome Mr. Obama
- Nov 11, 2008
- poetry: 10...9...8...7...6......
and in another four years or eight / the merry go round will begin / kissing babies...such is life
- Nov 9, 2008
- Ending Coercive Land Acquisition - Creating OptionsIf this method is so simple, why hasn’t it been tried already for land acquisition?
- Ending Coercive Land Acquisition - Creating Options
- Nov 8, 2008
- Republican on Republican Violence: Country First?Republicans must remember the old adage: "You are what you eat...."
- Republican on Republican Violence: Country First?
- Nov 6, 2008
- Poem: Children of Congo
I remember you once Stood here with all in idealism - The Hindu Terrorist and Current InvestigationsThis is where the BJP should have been a party with a difference.
- Nov 5, 2008
- Yay For Blacks, Nay For GaysThey fought long and hard to see their dream fulfilled on the day when the gay community of California watched their dream crumble.
- The Significance of the 2008 US Elections
This is one of the few posts on politics I have ever written. I feel it is significant and so... - Barack Obama Elected 44th US PresidentThe words "Yes, we can" ring even truer today!
- Red, Blue and PurpleAway from detractors in the US and at home in India, All I feel is that finally when a US president says "Us, the United
- Yay For Blacks, Nay For Gays
- Nov 3, 2008
- Election Fatigue - Look its a bird, it's a Palin, uh Plane
Is it just me or are we all thrilled Tuesday cometh? - Come Tuesday a Victory of Hope Over Rovesque FearPresident George Bush should be handed over to the ICT at the Hague for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.
- Nov 2, 2008
- An Open Letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda RajapaksaThe main battle field, Mr. President, is in the hearts and minds of Sri Lankan Tamils.
- An Open Letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Nov 1, 2008
- Government Funding of Science
The role of government and the effects of government spending in science and commercial projects
- Oct 31, 2008
- Terrorism All The WayNepal and Bangladesh have now established themselves as a safe heaven and a launching pad for carrying out anti-Indian activities. Illegal immigrants continue to enter
- Terrorism All The Way
- Oct 29, 2008
- Poem: Swat In there, lies the answer to our quest for brutality As the smoke arises from snows of purity The blood that flows in human rivers Amidst beautiful snow,
- Poem: Swat
- Oct 28, 2008
- The Marathi Manoos - A Not So Difficult Poser
It will be a million dollar question how will the BJP justify the protest against MNS on the one hand and the cake-talk with the
- Oct 27, 2008
- Tension between Sarah Palin and McCain's advisorsLooking beyond the 2008 election
- Sarah Palin - The Wardrobe ControversyIn these tough economic conditions where there is a problem with respect to consumer spending, such behavior can be a problem.
- Poem: The Revolutionary's Tale
Let me be your magic, lend me your time
- Tension between Sarah Palin and McCain's advisors
- Oct 26, 2008
- Lost In The Republican Translation Of Joe Biden's WarningSenator Biden's comment may unintentionally bear a hint of why America's international image has suffered through the past years.
- Supreme Court Orders Police Officer To Compensate The VictimIn the more advanced nations, powers given to the police are exercisedwith responsibility and they can be prosecuted for excesses.
- Why the Kid Glove Treatment for Raj Thackeray?
Congress refuses to crack down
- Lost In The Republican Translation Of Joe Biden's Warning
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