A no-talks strategy going nowhere
The latest twist in Pakistan-India relations has received little attention in the country with the public focus fixed on the unfolding political drama in Islamabad. But this does not minimise…
The dice is loaded for Kashmir
Explanations abound for the current spat between India and Pakistan. The less accepted view, which I am inclined to go along with, might seem perverse. Yet I do believe that…
A silent partnership
The Modi government came to power on a promise to get tough with Pakistan on Kashmir and to fully integrate the occupied territory into India. The BJP manifesto made three…
When the battle’s lost and won
In the baking heat of Delhi, the squirrels are lying flat on their belly in flowerpots I had watered in the morning, cooling their bodies with the residual moisture that…
A moral conflict
Last week a pair of British clowns visited India. Their purpose was entirely commercial and they managed to amuse many people while achieving their moral aim of selling more weapons…
Modi’s silence and actions
Silence is the virtue of fools, counselled Sir Francis Bacon. Throughout the long, silent era that was prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s time in office, one longed to hear the…
A blessing in disguise
The BJP manifesto for last May’s parliamentary elections in India promised that on coming into power the party will not hesitate from taking “strong stand and steps” in India’s neighbourhood.…
The forgotten people
Just as the ‘Injuns’ (Indians) of America and the Amazon tribes of South America are endangered species, and preserved in ‘reservations’ aimed at keeping them alive for record and research,…
Why do they hate us?
Being a student of media, it never ceases to amaze me how popular perceptions and opinions are formed. How tiny little nuggets of misinformation and hearsay, misconceptions, old-fashioned biases and…
The Indian rebuff
Pakistan’s civil and military establishment should be thankful to the hard-line Hindu nationalist Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, for making the rules of diplomatic engagement with Islamabad clear in…
