Kashmir 1947– what really happened?
Guest column by Sandhya Jain - Kashmir interlocutors: perpetuating Nehru’s blunder By suddenly inviting debate on the interlocutors report on Jammu and Kashmir, especially its startling suggestion to restore More...
Romila Thapar and the Study of Ancient India 2: History as propaganda
Column by Dilip K Chakrabarti (Edited with comments by N.S. Rajaram, Contributing Editor. This continues Professor Dilip Chakrabarti’s analysis of the motives and methodology of Romila Thapar and her colleagues.) Diluting More...
Australia cannot protect Assange: Julia Gillard
CANBERRA, May 31, 2012 – Australia cannot protect its citizen Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks whistleblower website, from the justice system of other countries, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Thursday. The More...
The Himalayan Heist
Column by M.J.Akbar - Why do intelligent people commit murder? Hatred, envy, greed may be familiar primal motives, but desire remains many phases away from deed unless you are an idiot, or deranged. Murderers More...
How Powerful is Hafiz Saeed?
Column by Stephen Schwartz and Irfan Al-Alawi - Is Pakistani radical Islamist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, at 61 years of age, the most powerful man in the world? Observing events of the past month, one might be justified More...
Seven airlines complain against EU’s carbon levy
London, UNITED KINGDOM – Seven of the European aviation firms, including Airbus, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, have written a complaint to European political leaders complaining about the inclusion More...
Rome condemns UK’s failed bid to rescue hostages in Nigeria
Rome, ITALY – Italy president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday criticized the British government for failure to consult Rome before launching a botched rescue mission in Nigeria for an Italian and British hostage, More...
Syrian government preparing for a major assault on Homs: Activists
In this citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, black smoke is seen rising from Syrian government shelling, at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria, on Sunday More...
Never Learning from History: An American Story
Column by John Grant – Do you remember the day when George W. Bush became the President of United States of America even after loosing the people’s mandate by a huge margin of 500,000 votes and yet was sworn More...
UN General Assembly Endorses Arab League’s Plan; Asks Syrian President to Stepdown
United Nations General Assembly New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – The United Nations (UN) General Assembly with an overwhelming majority has passed a non-binding resolution endorsing Arab League’s More...
