Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas has indeed become an albatross around the UPA’s neck. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Apex Court, Chief Vigilance Commissioner, corruption, Home Minister, Kerala, oil scandal, P J Thomas, President, Sushma Swaraj, UPA
Dear Blog-mates,
I recently came across the article reproduced below and thought must share it with you all for a discussion on Pakistan in the context of Salmaan Taseer’s murder. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 10:24 am
Filed under Pakistan, World · Tagged blasphemy, General Musharraf, M. Shahid Alam, Pakistan, Pakistan People's Party, prophet, Salmaan Taseer, Salman Rushdie
Without getting into the debate over the colour of homegrown terrorism, I want to make a bipartisan point: terrorism of any hue needs to be fought and eliminated. But that’s easier said than done without a socio-political milieu that unites all Indians against the threat. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 17, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Abhinav Bharat, blasphemy laws in pakistan, hindu teror, india, islam, Islamic terror, JPC, LeT, Muslims, Pakistan, pakistan governor, Pakistani middle class, punjab governor, RSS, saffron terror, salman taseer, SIMI, terrorism
One cannot in principle question the BJP’s right to unfurl the tri-colour at Srinagar’s clock tower on January 26. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Ajmer Sharif, Amarnath, bjp, kashmir valley, LoC, Malegaon, Mecca Masjid, Nitin Gadkari, Omar Abdullah, Pakistan, Pratibha Patil, Rajnath Singh, republic day, RSS, Samjhauta Express, Srinagar, tri-colour
The law considers one as innocent until proved guilty. But not the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) whose closure report in the Aarushi murder case is a scandal. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Aarushi Talwar, CBI, forensic tests, hindustan times, Jalvayu Vihar, Jessica Lall, news, Priyadarshini Mattoo, Rajesh Talwar, Shivani Bhatnagar, Vidya Jain