Unlike many Indian journalists of my generation, I have never interviewed Pervez Musharraf — the man is an interview junkie — or met him at an informal meeting on a one-on-one level. My two strongest memories of him, therefore, will pale in comparison to the full-screen, technicolor recollections of my colleagues.
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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged AB Vajpayee, Afghanistan, dadagiri, Indian civilians, Indian journalists, ISI, jehadi, Kargil, Kashmir, Kashmir militancy, Lahore, Pervez Musharraf, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’s, US President
There’s been a lot about Pakistan in the Indian media over the last 10 days: obituaries of Benazir Bhutto; predictions about the forthcoming election; attacks on General Musharraf; and conspiracy theories about the assassination.
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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Policy, General Musharraf, Hindi Film, Indian Media, Indian Republic, Jan Sangh, Karachi, Lahore, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Nehru, Pakistan, Religious