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Nawaz Sharif: Can India send him congratulations?

Nawaz Sharif, the ‘lion of Punjab’, has returned to power in Pakistan for the third time, sweeping the historic 2013 elections. Considering Pakistan’s political history – his survival (both physically and politically) seems amazing, although his victory follows an established pattern of replacing the Pakistan People’s Party when they got too…Go on

  • Modi and the ‘failure’ in Karnataka

    Image: Stańczyk by Jan Matejko

    “Modi magic fails in Karnataka”

    After the Congress swept the May 103 Assemby elections in Karnataka, this was one of the first bits of information to float around.

    This line was pushed out by the Congress (who were busy salaaming Rahul Gandhi, the media (to whom balanced reporting is…Go on

  • India! Stop crying for Sarabjit Singh

    When I was told that Sarabjit Singh was murdered in Pakistan, my first reaction was “Sarabjit who?”

    I need not have feared. Apparently sensing the sheer depth of how little I cared about a man I had never heard about, the Indian media machine got to work with a gusto generally reserved for religious…Go on

  • Why India won’t fight a war

    I have always found an amusing disconnect between how much India screams at every insult it suffers and what it actually does to avenge that insult.

    I am even more tickled when I meet people on the street who tell me – “Man, Pakistan and China will totally eat us up, our Government never…Go on

  • Why are Indians so violent now?

    Not a day goes by it seems when someone doesn’t do something horrible to someone else and protesters descend on the Jantar Mantar to demand the death penalty.

    So why is that?

    As the Lord Loony pointed out, while many of us may be completely disinterested by what happens in or to our country,…Go on

  • Is Indian security only for Mukesh Ambani?

    Here is a bit of fun news to round-up the weekend. (It is reported in the Business Standard so I presume it is true) -

    Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, head of Reliance Industries Limited, has asked for security from the Home Ministry over some threats he has received from the Indian Mujahideen.

    The Home Ministry,…Go on

  • Mothers and sisters – Who was Modi speaking to?

    One of the strangest criticisms that Narendra Modi’s April 8, 2013 speech to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization that seems to have stirred up is his reference to women repeatedly as “mothers and sisters”. They had tried to tie it all into some grand scheme about how he…Go on

  • Rahul at the CII: The two voices of Mr. Gandhi

    Rahul Gandhi spoke to the nation’s industrial heads for the first time in the annual Confederation of Indian Industry meet on April 4, 2013.

    Gandhi’s record in speech-making has been called “mixed” in polite circles and “horrible” in impolite ones. So, while no one was expecting any fireworks, we were hoping to get some…Go on

  • Whose law and what order, Amma?

    In her press conference, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, made three interesting points.

    1) “Protection of law and order is my first priority”

    The law, for the record, is clearly on the side of freedom of expression. Case after case before various courts, including the Supreme Court, has seen ruling in favour of…Go on

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