Hindustan Times
By terming the strikes against Libya as a ‘Crusade’, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has turned a foreign policy issue into one of religion. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Filed under World, religion · Tagged Bahrain, BRIC nations, Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus, Crusades, Dmitry Medvedev, Egypt, Gulf, Libya, religion, Tunisia, UNSC, Vladimir Putin, West Asia, World Trade Centre, Yemen
The contrast is stark. On the one side we see the dictators of West Asia — Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt or Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia — clinging on to their power, making a mockery of nationhood and repressing their people in the worst possible way. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Dalai Lama, dictators, hindustan times, Hosni Mubarak, Jiang Yu, Muammar Gaddafi, news, spiritual leader, Tenzin Gyatso, Tibetan, Tibetan National Uprising Day, Tibetan Parliament in Exile, UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, West Asia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
The fact that it is not religion but personal interests of despots and western powers alike that has kept West Asians trapped in dictatorships for almost half a century and more is getting clearer. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Filed under World, religion · Tagged Arabian American Oil Company, Bahrain, dictatorship, Egypt, Gautam Chikermane, Libya, Middle East and North Africa, mosques, Muammar Gaddafi, Persian Gulf, Sweden, temples, Tunisia, West Asia
With a global revival in religion and the general interest in it rising with every passing crisis, I am surprised that the two credible institutions that can hold forth on such matters — education and media — have not kept pace. Read more
(8 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Africa, Buddhism, China, Christian, education, Egypt, Europe, gay marriage, Hinduism, India, Jainism, Jew, media, Middle east, Muslims, religion, Sikhism, terrorism, US, West Asia
Regular followers of this blog must have noticed that over the past few days, I have left religion somewhere at the background and instead am focussed on the serial regime changes happening in the Arab world. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Arab world, Cairo, David Cameron, democratic world, Egypt, Egyptian military, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, India, Islamic Revolution, Jean-François Julliard, Journalists, Muslim, news Channel, newsman, Reporters without Borders, West Asia
