Political parties talk the same lingo, dish out identical arguments and almost invariably cite political compulsions to explain graft and continuation of tainted leaders in high offices. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Adarsh scam, Andhra Pradesh, Arun Jaitley, bjp, congress, CWG projects, Kanimozhi, Karunanidhi, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Political parties, Reddy brothers, Shobha Karandlaje, Suresh Kalmadi, Sushma Swaraj, Telecom Minister, Tihar Jail, Y S Yeddyurappa
The terrorist attack on the naval base in Karachi is just the beginning. I apprehend many more such attempts to make a mockery of the Pakistani State, especially its security establishment the Taliban and Al Qaeda despise for being in cahoots with the US-led NATO forces. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged al-qaeda, Federal Investigating Agency, hindustan times, ISI, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, NATO forces, naval base, Naval War College, news, Pakistan Army, Rahman Malik, Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, terrorist attack
The people of India have once again demonstrated their native wisdom in the recently concluded elections to five state assemblies. The DMK and the Left parties have been roundly defeated in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Assam, assembly elections, congress, CPI-M, DMK, india, Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi, Kerala, LDF, Left, Manmohan Singh, Muslim League, Puducherry, Rangaswamy, Tamil Nadu, Tarun Gogoi, Tripura, UDF, V S Achutanandan, West Bengal
I am not sanguine about a major head rolling in the Pakistan Army and the ISI over the US’s boots-on-the-ground assault at Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad hideout. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged abbottabad, al-qaeda, hindustan times, ISI, Kakul Military Academy, news, osama, Pakistan Army, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Shuja Pasha, Yousaf Raza Gilani
A careful reading of President Barak Obama’s speech announcing the death of Osama bin Laden raised more questions than it answered. He said little about the Pakistani involvement in the US-led operation except the passing mention that “our counter-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding”. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Filed under World · Tagged abbottabad, al-qaeda, Barack Obama, bin laden, CIA, ISI, islam, Muslims, obama, osama, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistan Military Academy, Pervez Musharraf, US, us navy seals, us president