Posted on 29 November 2009. Tags: American East India Company, US East India Company
Minutiae have rarely been of such importance. Or symbolic. A white tent might have been more appropriate for an Arab head of state, but it works just as well for a fairytale. There was special vegetarian food to tickle the guest’s palate. Most important of all is that the First Lady wore a gown designed [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 29 November 2009. Tags: Israel, Lebanon
Lebanon ‘Accepts’ Hezbollah’s Weapons 52 Words That Shook Washington By FRANKLIN LAMB Beirut “It is the right of the Lebanese people, Army and the (Hezbollah led—ed.)Resistance to liberate the Shebaa Farms, the Kfar Shuba Hills and the northern part of the village of Ghajar as well as to defend Lebanon and its territorial waters in [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, US Poli
Posted on 29 November 2009. Tags: History of Pakistan is history of Kashmir
Kashmir is part of Pakistan Kashmir and the subcontinent has a rich and tumultuous history. We can pick up the pieces in the nineteenth century, but the actual history of Kashmir begins much much much earlier, before Islam or Hinduism was present on the soil of our lands. Slogans raised by Kashmiris all over Sirinagar [...]
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Posted in History, History of Pakistan, Independence movement, Indus Valley Civilization, S. Asia History
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: Islamic minarets, Switzerland
Switzerland votes on Muslim minaret ban By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Berne, Switzerland There are only four minarets in Switzerland Swiss voters go to the polls later to decide on a proposal to ban the building of minarets in their country. The proposal is backed by the Swiss People’s Party, the largest party in parliament, [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: Afghan, China, India, Pakistan
Why is India worried about China Pakistan (ChiPak) nexus? PM Singh’s US trip abject Failure: Nuke deal not operationalized. India jilted Why ‘Chinusa’, Chipak will rule the world & Chindia failed–An Indian perspective US President Barack Obama’s high-profile dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was intended “precisely to dissolve” some concerns over Indo-Pak relations than it marks New [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, US CA
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: "Pakistan's Palin" Asif Zardari, Nuclear powers, PPPP
In one of the best news stories out of Islambad a seminal event has happened. Mr. Zardari who believes that India is not an enemy, and who during a press conference without consultation with the Majlis e Shura (National Assembly) and Qiwan e Bala (Senate) or any discussion with the army or the National Security Council had proposed a new doctrine for the [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: Bangladesh, Mujib Ur Rehman
London 26 November 2009. I read with much interest Dr. Abid Bahar’s three articles on Mujib and BKSAL, recently published in the News From Bangladesh (NFB). It would be nice to read the whole thing in the book, which Dr. Abid Bahar intends to publish, especially as the articles have already aroused both interest and [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, S. Asia History
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: Dubai
Dubai was overrun by Indians. THey used it as a base to attempt to spread India Inc to the Middle East. Now the chickens have come to roost. Dubai provided about 20% of the GDP of the Bharati (aka Indian) state of Karela. With many businesses going bankrupt in Dubai the migrant workers are headed back [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Politics, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: China, ChiPak, India, Pakistan
Bharati (aka Indian) analysts are increasingly worried about the growing nexus between Pakistan and China–increasingly called as “Chipak” on the pattern of “ChiAmerica”. Many analysts are beginning to see the world divided among the two superpowers China and America (ChiAmerica) and the regional force in at least West and South Asia being ChiPak. With the US increasingly looking after the [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 28 November 2009. Tags: India, Pakistan, Pervez Hoodbhoy
Yes Its really India!! Rebuttal to Delhi apologist Pervez Hoodbhoy They (the Indians) see an opportunity in Pakistan’s problems and are pedalling a parallel agenda to drum up international support to bracket Pakistan with the states that sponsor terrorism,” the sources said. “On one hand, India is supplying arms to Taliban, while on the other [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli