Manmohan Singh, Kashmir and lame ducks
My first reaction to the news of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh planning a visit to Pakistan in March 2014 was one of relief. Those that follow the efforts for…
In Manmohan Singh’s village Gah
President Asif Ali Zardari has formally invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan, and to make a trip to his ancestral village Gah in Punjab. This raises hopes in…
200 days on, missing Dr Singh
History will judge me, Manmohan Singh said in his last comments as prime minister. It was 200 days on Thursday since he relinquished office. I am not surprised how some…
Dr Singh`s retirement
THE one person who does not seem unduly bothered about what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will do once he fades into the sunset is the prime minister himself. This is…
Can manly Advani match weakling Manmohan?
The BJP says Manmohan Singh is weak and no match for their strongman Advani.Is that true? Let us examine their qualifications. Born in 1932, Manmohan Singh graduated in economics from…
A peoples’ quest for peace: Part – II
In 2010, the Jang Media Group in Pakistan and the Times of India Group in India launched the ‘Aman ki Asha’ (Hope for Peace) campaign. On January 1, 2010 the…
Politics and economy
Perhaps a better caption could have been politicians and economics but a fair sense of judgement prevailed. The subject is one of an incredible juxtaposition. The words apparently contrast each…
Prometheus or Dr Frankenstein?
DR Manmohan Singh, who passed away at 92 last week, will be remembered in contrarian ways. As finance minister and as prime minister, he condemned ‘left wing extremism’ as the biggest internal…
Peanut gallery
PAKISTAN’S military dictator, Ziaul Haq, rejected $400 million in American aid in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan as ‘peanuts’. It was a not-so-subtle dig at then-US president…
Throwing the VPN baby out…
THOSE who govern us may have expertise in multiple areas, but their ability and propensity to score own goals seem without parallel. None of us will have to look too…
