Hindustan Times
Have the US-Pak tensions reached a breaking point over the latter’s refusal to go after the Haqqani group based in North Waziristan and posing a serious challenge to peace in Afghanistan? The American’s feel the group was a “veritable arm” of the ISI that’s long been notorious for nurturing such elements as Pakistan’s security assets. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Filed under Pakistan, World · Tagged abbottabad, Afghanistan, Haqqani group, Hina Rabbani Khar, Islamabad, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullen, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, US, US-Pak ties, Waziristan, Yousuf Raza Gilani
The BJP needs a new Atal Bihari Vajpayee, not a Narendra Modi struggling to live down a gory past to qualify as Prime Minister. Read more
(106 votes, average: 2.55 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2002 riots, Ahmedabad, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Babri Mosque, bjp, congress, gujarat, hindustan times, hindutva, JD (U), Kalyan Singh, L K Advani, Mayawati, Narendra Modi, news, seperated at birth, UPA, Vinod Sharma
Of the two proposals currently under debate to cleanse our electoral system of tainted or under-performing politicians, I’d for starters go with the right to reject rather than the right to recall. Read more
(14 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Filed under india · Tagged by-polls, electoral system, hindustan times, Municipal Councils, news, no-trust voters, panchyats, right to reject, Separated at Birth, Vajpayee, Vinod Sharma
My respect for Parliament is anchored in my commitment to parliamentary democracy. For that reason, I’m convinced that citizens should be deferential towards elected bodies — from the gram panchayat to the Lok Sabha. Read more
(15 votes, average: 2.87 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, corruption, gram panchayat, Kiran Bedi, Lok Sabha, Lokpal Bill, Parliament, parliamentary democracy, Prashant Bhushan, Team Anna, Vinod Sharma
