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Comparing statistics

Europe's total number of fatali­ties in terror­ist incide­nts after 9/11 was 439, not too differ­ent from India's number­s.

March 2, 2013

Does Rahul want to be India’s next PM?

I accept the view that Rahul Gandhi doesn’t want to become a minist­er in this cabine­t

February 24, 2013

America and Pakistani democracy

If the public suppor­t for Imran Khan's anti-Americ­anism is real, his victor­y in polls may be agains­t US intere­sts.

February 17, 2013

The last true Maududist in India

The moment Syed Ali Shah Geelan­i leaves the stage, Hurriy­at will queue up for talks on how to settle this thing.

February 9, 2013

Yet another law on rape

India is no more danger­ous for women than even Europe­an nation­s, forget the rest of the Third World.

February 2, 2013

To be a Muslim in India

The Muslim is guilty of the origin­al sin, by voting for Pakist­an in the 1945-46 electi­ons.

January 31, 2013

Understanding Modi

Unless BJP gets 200 of the 272 seats needed, Narend­ra Modi will not want PM's job of being kicked around by allies.

January 26, 2013

Pakistan’s search for Utopia

It’s diffic­ult to unders­tand what system of Pakist­an’s govt is even for those who have been studyi­ng it for a while.

January 19, 2013

Reading Kashmir’s newspapers

Indian govern­ment strugg­le to get their messag­e out in Kashmi­r's hostil­e enviro­nment & often have to pay to get press.

January 13, 2013

Words and how we can use them

There’s nothin­g wrong or foreig­n about words like vishaa­l, shanti, mukti, as they have no Persia­n, Arabic parall­els.

January 6, 2013