On Indian independence day this year, the Times of India distributed a facscimile of its 15 August 1947 edition. On the newspaper’s second page was a short essay article predicting the future defence relationship between India and Pakistan. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 1947 Kashmir conflict, Assam-Burma border, Cold War, HINDUSTAN Times, independence day, India, news, Northwest Frontier Province, pakistan, pramitpal chaudhuri, Sino-Soviet bloc
The “jasmine revolutions,” or the Arab spring, have been seen through two different prisms by the world’s two largest democracies. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 12:55 am
Filed under World · Tagged Al Qaeda, Arab world, Bahrain, foreign hand, HINDUSTAN Times, Hosni Mubarak, Islam, Islamicism, jasmine revolutions, Libya, Maghrib, news, pakistan, Persian Gulf aircraft carrier, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Syria, Tahrir Square, United States
What ails the world economy? Please take a look at the Economist’s debt clock to understand what’s the problem. The world governments’ debt is $ 40 trillion and, as the clock ticks away before your eyes, is increasing rapidly. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, August 12, 2011 at 1:39 am
Filed under World · Tagged Angela Merkel, Europe, Eurozone, GDP ratio, Greece, inflation, international debt, Japan, pramitpal chaudhuri, US, US dollar, world economy
The US budget deal was interesting in foreign policy terms at the willingness with which the US legislators and administration were willing to put the Pentagon’s budget to the axe. Read more

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Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, August 5, 2011 at 1:44 am
Filed under World · Tagged 9/11, afghanistan, China, Democratic, foreign hand, foreign policy, GDP, hindustantimes, Iraq, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, Pentagon, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Republican, Tea Party movement, US, US budget, US defence budget