About Vinod Sharma

Political Editor Vinod Sharma has known Pakistan as a journalist and a peace activist for almost two decades. He reported out of Islamabad in the tense, often troublesome, early 1990s; watched A B Vajpayee visit Minar-e-Pakistan in 1999 and accompanied Indian MPs– including Lalu Yadav— on their 2003 peace mission to Pakistan. A year later, he led a delegation of Indian journalists to the Pakistani side of Kashmir. Sharma tracked the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s 2007 assassination through Pervez Musharraf’s fall and Asif Zardari’s elevation as President. His scarp book has cross-border tales of a civil society with which India can and must relate.

It’s always a pleasure to see the Treasury and the Opposition lock horns over issues in Parliament. One saw it happening in the Rajya Sabha over the Aircel-Maxis case in which allegations have been leveled against the son of Home Minister P Chidambaram. [Read more]

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Parliament turns sixty on May 13. And while it celebrates six decades of its existence, it would be appropriate for it to reflect upon the efficacy of the system in general and the image of the parliamentarian in particular. [Read more]

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The presidential elections are widely predicted to be the UPA’s biggest challenge to prevent future erosion of its authority depleted by scams and electoral reverses. But I do not foresee any major problem in the election of the ruling combination’s candidate, be it Hamid Ansari or Pranab Mukherjee. [Read more]

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What should be India’s response to Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani’s statement emphasizing peaceful coexistence and dialogue for resolution of outstanding issues between our two countries? [Read more]

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Mamata Banerjee is her own worst enemy. After single handedly dislodging the Left from power and becoming Chief Minister of West Bengal, she’s at war with herself. Her impetuosity is a proof that good agitators do not necessarily make good administrators. [Read more]

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