Sheer ignorance of law?
Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law does not excuse" or "ignorance of the law excuses no one") is a legal principle…
Trying time for Congress
After years of vacillation, Gandhi family scion Rahul has announced that he would play a more proactive role in the United Progressive Alliance government and the Congress party. Although the…
Did you hear about it?
Paradoxically, our anti-American media live in awe of the US. The coverage of the US elections, held last Tuesday (November 6), was a copycat version of the mainstream US networks.…
Nuclear boast Ludhiana-style
My former landlord in Delhi had retired from the Indian Air Force after a secondment in Gorky in the 1980s where he had bought a cuckoo clock. It turned out…
Peshawar, here I come
These days I am reading up on things like “How to cope with rejection from a university”. Now don’t ask me why. Use your imagination. And because I have been…
The year gone by
As another frantic year comes to an end, I want to know who pushed the fast-forward button. Why is it that life seems to speed up as you get older?…
Developing an exit strategy
The United States continues to push Pakistan that it should widen the scope of its military operations against the insurgents to include North Waziristan. Our army has been resisting for…
For a few seats more
Good news. The 21st century Indian voter is non-partisan. Loyalty is yesterday’s story; support is now a consequence of governance and delivery. The rhetoric of parties has changed, which is…
Science of computers
In Part I last week on the importance of computer technology I discussed the subject in general and gave a few useful related web sites. In this second part I…
Politics of climate
The conference on climate change has ended in disaster and with no clarity on how the train wreck of climate negotiations at Copenhagen might be salvaged in the future. The…
