Hindustan Times
At a recent seminar at the Foreign Policy Institute in Calcutta on the goings on in West Asia-North Africa, during a Q & A about the Egyptian revolution, someone asked, “How can we be certain democracy won’t result in fundamentalist parties coming to power?” Read more
(3 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 1:11 am
Filed under World · Tagged Democracy, Egyptian revolution, Foreign Policy Institute, HINDUSTAN Times, jasmine-inspired fundamentalism, Merchants, Mubarak, Mullahs, news, reformist regimes, secular despotism
The evidence continues to come in of not merely a continuing rise in inflation, but a rise that will go on till the cows come home. Read more
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 2:08 am
Filed under India · Tagged Democracy, developing countries, Emerging economies, HINDUSTAN Times, hyperinflation, inflation, life expectancy, Manmohan Singh, news, premature death, superrich, ultrapoor
The appointment of the Khanal government in Nepal, accomplished after xx number of failed attempts at installing a prime minister, is broadly seen in New Delhi as a positive. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 12:50 am
Filed under World · Tagged Jhalanath Khanal, Kathmandu, Khanal government, Maoist, Marxist, Nepal, Nepal Congress, Nepalese politics, New Delhi, People's Liberation Army, Prachanda, United Marxist Leninist party
This Friday, people power in Egypt will face its ultimate test. After a week of euphoria, intimidation and careful government wooing, it will be seen whether the opposition supporters still have the grit and emotion to do the kind of rally we saw last Friday. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 12:42 am
Filed under World · Tagged Arab governments, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Israel, Jerusalem, Mubarak regime, Muslim Brotherhood, opposition, Saudi Arabia, Sunni Arab ally
