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» Column: Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta wonders about the state of Pakistan - is the noose tightening around it?
» Ananya and the Wandering Man contemplate the state of affairs in Asia v Africa - are we worse off?
» Apollo on Indian languages and caste prejudice
- Jan 7, 2009
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Poem For Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Melia Obamayour silence is intriguing and deafening
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Poem For Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Melia Obama
- Jan 6, 2009
- Israel’s Gaza Offensive It is not easy to say that Israel’s actions are justified. There is an election coming.
- Israel’s Gaza Offensive
- Jan 5, 2009
- LTTE-China or LTTE-Pakistan Partnership Possible?Will the Tamil Tigers realign and save themselves from further humiliation by the Sri Lankan army?
- LTTE-China or LTTE-Pakistan Partnership Possible?
- Jan 4, 2009
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Aamchi Sarkar RajIt’s about time we got a guy named Raj who has some balls and breaks the unfortunate image we have associated with that name.
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Aamchi Sarkar Raj
- Jan 3, 2009
- LTTE End-Game - Sri Lankan Army Wins Battle of KilinochchiThe island of blood might be coming to the end of its military stasis.
- LTTE End-Game - Sri Lankan Army Wins Battle of Kilinochchi
- Dec 31, 2008
- Book Review: Vishnu’s Crowded Temple: India Since the Great Rebellion by Maria MisraMisra's second book explains India’s peculiar form of modernity, one which is a mix of so many contradictions.
- Book Review: Vishnu’s Crowded Temple: India Since the Great Rebellion by Maria Misra
- Dec 30, 2008
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Awaking a Sleeping ManIs it little wonder that Pakistan repeatedly spouts its "Baseless" remarks, and runs hoops around our government, while asking for"evidence"?
- Is Terrorism a Vice born out of Patriotic Virtues?The benignity of patriotism could easily be converted into malignant terrorism, by stoking emotions.
- Please let the Baath Party SurviveThe Baath party is the only pan-Arab nationalist party in the world. Disbanding it was a grave mistake.
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Awaking a Sleeping Man
- Dec 29, 2008
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Skeletons in the ClosetIndia's parallel economy makes it vulnerable to terrorist attacks
- What Israel Won't Tell YouA behind the scenes story of how Israel had stealthily prepared for the Gaza strikes almost six months ago, even as a ceasefire was being
- Israel & Palestine: Force Is Never the SolutionThe point neoconzix in Israel and the West refuse to fathom: force is never the solution.
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Skeletons in the Closet
- Dec 28, 2008
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Raj Thackeray Creeping OutIf I were Raj, I would ask every MNS member to offer their services to the GoI in some way
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Raj Thackeray Creeping Out
- Dec 27, 2008
- Gaza Is Aflame. Again!How can keeping food and medicine from the people of Gaza protect the people of Israel?
- Congo Connection - 3General Laurent Nkunda says 'I want people like you with me who understand the heart of Congo'
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Israel Attacks Gaza: Over 200 KilledIs Israel providing a model for India to follow in the wake of Mumbai?
- Gaza Is Aflame. Again!
- Dec 25, 2008
- Satire: Animal Farm TooAfter much deliberation and rumination she spoke weighing each word with her thick-fat tongue.
- Satire: Animal Farm Too
- Dec 24, 2008
- Pakistan Can't Bleed Us to Death With a Thousand CutsSafety and security is inherently not a priority of the Indian population. The aam aadmi just doesn't give a hoot for safety - economic, civic
- Pakistan Can't Bleed Us to Death With a Thousand Cuts
- Dec 23, 2008
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What’s to be Done With Kasab? How do you fight an ideology?
- UPA Government and Mumbai: Election Posturing or Statesmanship?My opinion is that the current congress government is just posturing. They are incapable of doing anything
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What’s to be Done With Kasab?
- Dec 22, 2008
- Mumbai Musings And Talking TerrorismWhile questions, allegations continue, I believe that in the end it boils down to personal responsibility...the buck begins and stops with us all.
- Mumbai Musings And Talking Terrorism
- Dec 20, 2008
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Defending KasabShockingly, the Indian media is also unaware of the fact that the accused in our country are given legal rights.
- My Name is Prerna and I am an Undocumented AmericanThere are many undocumented Desi students in the closet. Let's come together to bring them out of the shadows.
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Defending Kasab
- Dec 18, 2008
- Maharashtra Shining? A Close Look at Rural MaharashtraI come away in deep thought and stay that way for a long while as we drive to different spots
- Maharashtra Shining? A Close Look at Rural Maharashtra
- Dec 17, 2008
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Flying Shoe-cers This little stunt has, on the surface, brought it back to the forefront.
- Congo Connection 2Somewhere at a plush estate in Midrand, Johannesburg a deal of millions of dollars of armaments is being made. The gun sellers fuel the civil
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Flying Shoe-cers
- Dec 16, 2008
- An Open Letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Sri Lankan IssueThe peril facing Sri Lanka (and India) is immediate and great and urgent action is imperative
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A Post-Mumbai Agenda II: Managing PakistanGiving Pakistan "the stick" is counter-productive, without a few carrots as well.
- Iraq - Shoe-ing Away The QuestionWhat if it's true? is a question, better avoided than asked.
- An Open Letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Sri Lankan Issue
- Dec 14, 2008
- Where is The Line?How do we deal with the happenings in Mumbai?
- Where is The Line?























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