Not just including Major General Tanvir Ahmed’s (Pakistan’s Army) picture in an ad by the Government of India, but the Dreamer also questions why there are no women achievers on that collage:
Even if we do accept the Hon.Minister’s explanation, there is something really wrong with this picture, in my humble opinion. The caption boldly asks [...]
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National Girl Child Day gaffes
Published by January 25th, 2010 in Feminism, Gender & Sexuality, Geopolitics, Government and Media. 11 CommentsDrifting towards chaos
Published by October 14th, 2009 in Development, Geopolitics and Government. 0 CommentsJohn Elliot , a reporter in India for 20 years wonders about why problems are left to fester till they escalate into crises instead of being tackled before they do serious damage :
Inefficiency, lethargy and corruption have come to haunt the country and dominate the news this week on two quite different issues– the alarming [...]
Nino’s Mum wants Obama to give the Nobel back.
But I felt no pride or tears of joy today when I read that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There was shock, disbelief and anger. Shock at how much this puts into perspective the fact that what he signifies to me and the world [...]
The terrorist in Hindi cinema
Published by June 17th, 2009 in Cinema, Culture, Geopolitics, Government, Human Rights, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Society, South Asia, Terrorism and Violence. 0 CommentsPurdah is trying to figure out ‘the shifting figure of the terrorist in the Hindi language film industry’:
The military events at Kargil in 1999 launched a slew of Indo-Pakistan war films. A few were romance films on patriotic steroids like Anil Sharma’s Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, Yash Chopra’s Veer-Zaara, and Kunal Kohli’s bizarre Fanaa. The [...]
‘So, what is the difference between elections in India and elections here in America?’
Published by May 12th, 2009 in General Elections 2009, Geopolitics, India, Politics and World. 0 CommentsSriram Khe observes:
In India, elections are conducted over one month, and the results are announced in a day. In America, elections are held on a single day but the result may not be known for months and months!
Interesting post.
The Coke Connection
Published by March 25th, 2009 in Development, Environment, General Elections 2009, Geopolitics, Human Rights and Politics. 1 CommentColonos points out at Congress’ celebrity candidate Shashi Tharoor’s connection with a Coca-Cola funded organization and how it might impact his politics. The post also has a reply from Tharoor and the counter reply from India Resource Center.
“The very assumption of the report, in estimating the total groundwater availability in Chitoor block, that 20 per [...]
The Nagas and the Japanese
Published by March 14th, 2009 in Adivasi, Geopolitics, History, North East and Prejudice. 0 CommentsFeonor digs into some scarcely remembered history to throw some light on the stellar role played by the Naga, Lushai and Chin peoples in overcoming the Japanese assault on the Northeast in World War 2:
The clash of cultures was most acute in the Northeast of India, where the Japanese rapidly advanced upon Nagaland. The British [...]
Voice of a Kashmiri woman
Published by March 9th, 2009 in Geopolitics, Human Rights, India and Violence. 1 Comment“Fatima Sultan Syed pierces the shroud obscuring one of the world’s most enduring conflicts — a brutal 60-year dispute over her homeland of Kashmir.”
Today, the solution for Kashmir’s conflict lies in addressing the long-term implications of conflict. While it is important to address the immediate needs of those who have been maimed, raped, molested, and [...]
What does Barack Obama mean for India?
Published by January 21st, 2009 in Geopolitics, India and Indiaspora. 0 CommentsArchana thinks it is hope:
I too have started blogging heavily these days with a few hopes. And I think this is what makes us lead our lives. The hopes that, something good will happen at the next turn, or through the change we are going through. As they say, daylight is bestowed upon us after [...]
Mamashaal (the Desi Diva) had been intently following the conflict developing in Gaza, and also read a lot of blogs. She shares her very n-a-s-t-y experiences:
Being a Muslim, I used to getting trashed. After 9/11, things haven’t been easy, and I’ve gotten used to the nasty remarks, the look that I get when holding a [...]
Respect the victims
Published by November 28th, 2008 in Geopolitics, Media, Terrorism and World. 0 CommentsVamsee Juluri asks the Western Press to be fair and professional:
Why is this a terrorist attack “in” India, as everyone is saying, and not “on” India?
Why then, was 9/11 an attack “on” America and not “in” America?
This little difference has a huge consequence for how we understand and deal with terrorism today. The world press [...]
Krittivas Mukherjee wonders ‘how wise is predicting U.S. policies for any one particular country when what Obama or McCain will eventually do is, what they perceive is, good for the American people’ but asks the question nevertheless:
Not all agree. “Yes, McCain might be more inclined to attack Iran. By the same measure, he would also [...]
‘Shame on democratic India’
Published by September 30th, 2007 in Democracy, Geopolitics, India and South Asia. 0 CommentsCarey Suante, on Zo Aw- Voice of the Unheard, asks a pertinent question:
The past two weeks newspapers and nations from around the world are talking about the protests and rallies in Myanmar (Burma) that has been going on and has now turned violent but somehow its neighbour – proudly calling itself the largest demacracy in [...]
Does India need more weapons?
Published by September 7th, 2007 in Geopolitics, India and South Asia. 1 CommentOver at fellow Blogbhartian Krish’s blog, Anand questions the relevance of India’s weapons programme in the backdrop of the recent controversy on the n- deal with the United States.
Moreover, what should be the priorities of Indians? Do they want to sink in more money into arms or increase their health and education budget which is [...]
Who was shot in China?
Published by August 26th, 2007 in Geopolitics, India and Politics. 0 CommentsPSR posts his views on the opposition to the nuclear deal:
As per the US-China 123 Agreement (signed in 1985 and ratified by the US Congress in 1998), China did not get fuel supplies; China did not obtain reprocessing rights; and China had accepted inspections. (Mr. George Fernandes – No one was shot in the head [...]
‘Have we learned nothing from the mistakes of Dabhol?’
Published by August 25th, 2007 in Economy, Geopolitics, India and Politics. 0 CommentsRaghav, presenting a comprehensive case against the nuclear deal, is convinced ‘media manipulation is being done to stampede rational decision making and to make the high cost of imported power plants more palatable’:
Over the last ten years, the American Government and energy companies have been watching an economically resurgent India conclude multi-billion defense deals with [...]
Theatrical politics
Published by August 24th, 2007 in Development, Economy, Geopolitics, India and Politics. 0 CommentsMahendra Palsule sums up the consequences of the scrapping of the 1-2-3 agreement:
India will lose its credibility so badly on the world stage, that our ties with countries such as France, Germany, Russia, UK, Japan, and Australia will be affected.[..] If this nuclear deal does not go through, India will permanently accept China as the [...]
‘Western Treasure House’
Published by July 27th, 2007 in Geopolitics, India and South Asia. 0 CommentsVikram Sood, former head of RAW, spells out in detail, how Tibet is central to China’s plans for the future:
There is another vital natural resource in Tibet. Almost all the major rivers of China, Northern India and South East Asia originate from the Tibetan-Qinghai plateau. The Yangtse (Jinsha), Yellow (Huang Ho), Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo), Indus [...]
Global warming: should India pay?
Published by July 2nd, 2007 in Environment, Geopolitics and India. 1 CommentRohit disagrees with Praful Bidwai’s view that India should offer unilateral concessions to reduce global warming:
Bidwai offers no proof why this position is particularly deplorable. This is despite the fact that he explicitly acknowledges that the North has been historically responsible for global warming. What India and China are currently engaged in can be termed [...]
Maverick believes ‘trade’ in nuclear technology is mostly about economics:
This is how I see it.
The NSG and others like it are a technology control cartel. The IAEA is a forum for airing views or exchanging on how the cartel should function most efficiently. The functioning of the cartel is dictated by the rules of economics [...]
Why has the West suddenly discovered that there is a conflict on in Darfur? Benaam offers you the answer:
The discovery of Oil is usually followed by lucrative tenders which traditionally have gone to western oil companies. However this time round companies from the developing world like China, India and Malaysia have been able to flex [...]
The curious case of the Cooch Behar enclave complex
Published by May 11th, 2007 in Geopolitics, History and India. 0 CommentsStrangemaps sheds a little light on the Cooch Behar enclave complex, an agglomeration of Indian territories within Bangladesh and Bangladeshi territories within India and Indian territories within Bangladeshi territories within India…and so on:
In a classic example of a vicious circle, residents of enclaves need visa to cross the other country’s territory towards the ‘mainland’, but [...]
It works with China, Sri Lanka..
Published by May 7th, 2007 in Business, Geopolitics, India and South Asia. 0 CommentsM.Chandrashekhar thinks trade is the key to improving relations between India and Pakistan, but..
Pakistan feels that its economy will be swamped by cheaper Indian goods. It has also imposed several barriers in expanding trade with India and refuses transit facilities for Indian companies to export to Afghanistan, in the process forgoing valuable transit revenues. Pakistani [...]
Assasination of the Third World
Published by May 5th, 2007 in Capitalism, Geopolitics, Globalisation, History and India. 0 CommentsVijay Prasad in conversation with Rohit Chopra discusses the themes of his book The Darker Nations, that explores the ‘rise and assasination’ of the Third World Project.
The triumph of financialization (what we sometimes call globalization) certainly renders the actual details of the project anachronistic. It, the project, does had not yet absorbed the immense power [...]
The Madhesi and the Maoists
Published by March 31st, 2007 in Democracy, Geopolitics, India and Politics. 0 CommentsDr.Hari Bansha Dulal on evolving social and political conflicts in Nepal:
The Madhesi movement should be seen as an opportunity by SPA to institutionalize democracy and ensure their survival. SPA and the international community should try helping Madhesis—even if it requires a covert operation—to establish a democratic front. As several senior Maoist leaders have already made [...]
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