Hindustan Times
The decision to rename a prominent square in Lahore after Shaheed Bhagat Singh could go a long way in focusing on the joint history of India and Pakistan in the struggle for freedom from the British rule. I have always held that relations between our two countries cannot be repaired without an honest recollection of history, at the core of which should be an objective appraisal of our respective national icons. Read more
(13 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Filed under Pakistan, india · Tagged Advani, ehru, Freedom struggle, hindustan times, india, Indo-Pak, Jinnah, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, Lahore, Liaquat Ali Khan, Mulana Azad, Pakistan, Rajguru, Sardar Patel, Separated at Birth, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Subhash Bose, Sudhrawardy, Sukhdev, Vinod Sharma
There is just one problem — as I see it— with Home Minister P Chidambaram’s coloured description of terrorism attributed to fringe groups run by Hindu zealots. Read more
(22 votes, average: 2.45 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 1984 riots, Advani, Ayodhya, Babri Mosque, bhagva, bjp, congress, Hindu, Hinduism, Home Minister P Chidambaram, intelligence, Islamic terror, jehadist violence, Malegaon blasts, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nationalist Congress Party, RSS, saffron terror, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Sikh, terrorism
Let’s talk this week about India and its awesome festival of democracy. For nearly a month now, airwaves on the Attari side of Indo-Pak border have been clogged with averments, claims and individual assertions by a Party A or a Coalition B of being fairer than its rivals. The UPA told us as to why it must be re-elected, the NDA dwelt on the imperative of change and the Left-inspired Third Front drove home its importance in a sudden death play-off. Certain pre-conditions and demands on which some bit—and better— players predicated their post-poll loyalties seemed outlandish. I read between the lines and squeezed some political meaning out of them. Here it goes… Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 11, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Advani, elections, handshake, india, Ludhiana, NDA, Nitish Kumar, politics
