Posted on 25 January 2010. Tags: Atlee: Gandhi’s role in UK decision to leave India was MINIMAL, The British left South Asia because of Jinnah & Bose not Gandhi
Gandhi’s racism: The truth behind the mask. Behold Sergeant-Major Gandhi who supported the British during the Boer War and Zulu Rebellion. Behold the prophet of peace who worked to stratify the society in South Africa, Whites, Indians and Blacks based on the Hindu Caste system. Behold the “Enlightened One” that supported the British effort in [...]
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Posted on 25 January 2010.
All of a sudden the most evil persons in Afghanistan have become a “reality” for the Americans. All of a sudden those who “harbored terrorists” are being approached to form a government. All of a sudden General McChrystal wants to include the Taliban in the government in Kabul. The Pakistan government has been approached to reach out to [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 25 January 2010. Tags: Shah Rukh Khan
We have updated ths post, based on the new information available which seems to indicate that SRK wanted to recruit Pakistani players in the IPL. Nothing can can erease the fact that his team the Kolkata Knight Riders did not pick a single Pakistani. If the KKR had picked Afridi and a couple of other [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 25 January 2010. Tags: Champions League, IPL 2011
Nothing has come more as a shock to Pakistanis than the juvenile behaviour of the IPL. The IPL antics have enraged the most liberal Pakistanis, and angered those who are totally and absolutely apolitical. The IPL boycott hits a raw nerve in Pakistan, because many naive Pakistanis believed that the Indo-Pakistan rivalry was between governments and a lot of Pakistanis believed [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 25 January 2010.
For first few months of the Musharraf presidency, he focused heavily on making peace with Bharat (aka India). He made peace with the murderers of the prominent Marris–the pro-Indian Sher Baksh Marri tribesmen arranged his trip to Agra–a breakthrough was imminent–but torpedoed at the last moment by more conservative elements within the Delhi establishment. Mr. Musharraf and his [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 25 January 2010. Tags: kasab, Mumbai
MUMBAI: Giving his final statement before court on Monday, Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab made a desperate cry of help to his home country, Pakistan. “If there are any mediapersons from Pakistan present here then, through them, I want to convey a message to the government of Pakistan: I want to summon witnesses in my defence [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 24 January 2010.
In 1947 Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted an alliance betwen the Dalits and the Muslims. They came close many times, but it was sabotaged by the Brahmans every time. The Dalit naivete is now gone, and they have become a lot more mature in their thinking. The 250 million to 450 million Dalits, [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 24 January 2010.
The inevitable has happened. A US drone has been shot down. The usual will happen–that happens in such circumstances. The US and possibly Pakistan will deny that the drone has been shot down. There will be a mad scramble for the debris–the Pakistanis trying to get hold the technology and the Americans trying to secure the carcass. [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 24 January 2010.
This book provides a fascinating insight into the Nixon era and India. It will serve as a good material for researchers. The secret documents (now declassified) appended at the end of each chapter reveal several hitherto unknown facts about the Indo-American relationship during the Nixon era. Nixon’s political maneouverings to achieve his goals in China [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 24 January 2010.
Are you with us or against us? Pakistan asks Secretary Bob Gates How the Obama administration is trying to mend US-Pakistani ties. It is a more-flies-with-honey approach hoping respect will get what ultimatums did not. With his kinder, gentler tack, Mullen is trying to convince Kayani that the US no longer wants to use Pakistan [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel.