Hindustan Times
I’ve never doubted the BJP’s patriotism. What’s suspect is the wisdom it deploys to pursue national interest it tends to see through the prism of Hindutva. Read more
(27 votes, average: 2.07 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 25, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged 1972 Simla Pact, bjp, Dileep Padgaonkar, Gen-X, hindustan times, hindutva, interlocutors, Maqbool Butt, MM Ansari, news, Nirmala Sitharaman, patriotism, Radha Kumar, Rahul Gandhi, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, United Nations
An invitation to speak at a seminar on Future Directions in India Pakistan relations has left me at my wit’s end. The question defies easy answers even while agreeing that dialogue’s the only option. Read more
(15 votes, average: 2.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged AfPak, Asif Zardari, Harvard International Review, india, ISI, LeT, Mumbai terror attacks, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan Muslim League, Pervez Musharraf, PPP, S M Krishna, Sharm-el-Sheikh
I often wonder what our political class is doing to its image and credibility among the people? An exhibition of its very commonplace sordid ways is what the Indian Express so tellingly branded as the natak in Karnataka. Read more
(16 votes, average: 2.31 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Assembly, bjp, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, congress, Deve Gowda, High Court, Janata Dal (Secular), JD (S), Karnataka, Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj, politics, President's rule, Raj Bhawan, Speaker K G Bopaiah
I have had two reasons to be happy this week— the successful start of the Commonwealth Games and the equanimity with which the people of India received the Court judgment in the Ayodhya case. Read more
(24 votes, average: 2.92 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Apex Court, athletes, Ayodhya verdict, Babri Mosque, bjp, Commonwealth Games, Constitution, High Court, historians, india, L K Advani, Lord Rama, Mosque, Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Lalla Virajman, Sunni Wakf Board, Temple
