The ongoing ‘Akhand Path’ in Pakistan!

The continuous recitation (without any break) of Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmir and Kashmir for the past 60 years is like an ongoing Akhand Path in a pathetic ‘State of Pakistan’. You can not have any conversation with a Pakistani without inserting the “core issue of Kashmir”! What is the point in having a dialogue if [...]

The troubled states of India!

India is a union of 28 fairly independent states governed by elected state legislators and a Chief Minister. In the initial stages of our republic, Nehru and Indira Gandhi used to treat the States as their personal fiefdom but for the past two decades, the Central Government has kept its hands off the administration of [...]

India is not at all ready for the world stage

Leaving a 10% population aside, India is emotionally a tribal society. It is true for Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. The recent event in a ‘Mangalore Pub’ was just a tip of the iceberg. The more shocking thing was the reaction of the politicians and the society in general. In a modern secular democracy, there should [...]

I am an Indian first, are you?

There are some of us left who would do anything for India, anything! My family has fought for the independence and the integrity of India for the past 150 years. We have paid a price very few would be willing to pay today. It pains me when a Kashmiri, a Marathi or a Sikh puts [...]

New Delhi-the capital of incompetence!

Sonia Gandhi has managed to put together a cabinet of the most incompetent politicians, barring a few exceptions, to be presided over by a loyal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The head of the government, the Prime Minister of India, has no say in the matter. He barely goes out of Delhi and when he does, [...]

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