Lahore attack shows urgency of joint action on terror
Forget the conspiracies, the threat to Pakistan and India is the same … 4 March 2009The Hindu Lahore attack shows urgency of joint action on terrorForget the conspiracies, the threat … Continue reading
Admiral Noman Bashir muddies Mumbai probe waters
Domestic political turmoil will add to choppiness of India policy … 28 February 2009The Hindu Admiral Noman Bashir muddies Mumbai probe waters Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: There are two ways … Continue reading
Scary: Taliban, ours and theirs
Exhibit #1:From The Hindu on February 19: Register FIR against Renuka: Mangalore court Staff Correspondent MANGALORE: A court here on Wednesday directed the Mangalore rural police to register a first … Continue reading
Sahitya Akademi award for Iftikhar Gilani
When the Indian intelligence agencies tried to frame Iftikhar Gilani on a bogus charge of violating the Official Secrets Act six years ago, they never reckoned on the brave Kashmiri … Continue reading
Hear me on India-Pakistan relations @ Yale
Any readers of my blog in New Haven interested in what I have to say on India-Pakistan relations in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks are welcome to attend … Continue reading
Mediation is already a reality
In the context of the differing statements on Pakistani cooperation made by NSA M.K. Narayanan and External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, I wrote about the real possibility that the exchange … Continue reading
Time for India to think of carrots too, not just sticks
Now that the Mumbai terror probe has crossed the hurdle of Pakistani denial, India must shed its distrust… 13 February 2009The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISTime for India to think of carrots … Continue reading
The ICC should prosecute Israeli leaders for Gaza
With Palestine accepting the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction, Israel should realise there is a price to pay for committing war crimes… 9 February 2009The Hindu ICC should prosecute Israeli leaders … Continue reading
Narayanan’s (sound) bite, Obama’s bark
PMO in damage control mode after the National Security Adviser is judged to have put his foot in it… 5 February 2009The Hindu Quotes taken out of context have given … Continue reading
A Common Enemy
Taking action against the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Mumbai is in Pakistan’s interest too. (my article in the December 2008 issue of the Pakistani magazine, Newsline)… December 2008NewslineA … Continue reading
Pranab, NSA sing different tunes on Pakistan investigation
Is India playing ‘good cop, bad cop’ or is the official dissonance on Pakistan’s probe into the Mumbai attacks the result of confusion in the highest ranks of government… 4 … Continue reading
Pakistan weighs response to Indian dossier
The material handed over to Pakistan contained curious omissions — for example the Urdu logbook maintained by Kuber was not shared even though it might have provided clues… 31 January … Continue reading
India to sign IAEA safeguards agreement
India must next ratify the agreement and then file a separate Declaration and Notification before any additional Indian reactor goes under safeguards… 31 January 2009The Hindu India to sign IAEA … Continue reading
Pakistan probe will decide next turn in ties with India
Pakistan needs to uncover the evidentiary trail unearthed by India… New Delhi expects constructive information about the identity and links of the Mumbai plotters… Reports about Pakistani investigators determining that … Continue reading
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