To Delhi: Peace talks are not a reward for good behaviour
on Nov 20, 2009 in Current Affairs India CA Pak CA Peace talks After agreeing in Sharm El Sheikh to delink “Terrorism” from the composite talks with Pakistan, the seat warmer Prime Minister of Bharat (aka) is backtracking on the deal. The Sikh token Prime Minister picked to assuage the minority Khal...

China-Myanmar nexus. India woos Burma
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs India CA In the history of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), there had always been firm links between its domestic goals and foreign policy. In the Mao Zedong era, the national goal of “self reliant development” was accompanied by an external strategy...

India can’t even match up against Pakistan in defense: IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Talking to the Indian press, about the sad state of affairs of Indian defense, the Indian IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal P K Barbora made the following statement We do not even match up Pakistan as far defence goes: IAF Vice Chief Amazingly this story...

India furious at correct Chinese maps of Pakistan & China
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Nov. 18 – Chinese computer maker Lenovo has fallen into a row over maps displaying China and surrounding regions installed as wallpaper on laptops given to the Indian government. On the computers, Aksai Chin, which India claims, is shown as part of...

Death of a dictator: 14th Aug 1975-Bangladesh
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Pak CA Bangladesh Mujib Ur Rehman Is President Sheikh Mujib’s Death a Murder or a Mutiny? A Tragedy for the Daughter Indeed! Abid Bahar Removing a king or an autocratic ruler through army coup with civilian involvement in Third World countries now and in Europe in the preindustrial...

Bangladesh–Cursed by simultaneous drought & floods
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs Politics Bangladesh Bangladesh waters: Too much, too little   By Mark Dummett BBC News, Bangladesh Climate change could have major impacts on the Ganges Delta It is four months since I first travelled to Char Atra, a low-lying sand island of thatc...

India, China, Japan, Pakistan suspicious of US ties with their rivals
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs “…there seems to be a parting of the ways at the strategic level." Stephen Cohen commenting on India-US relations One Indian daily has opined that America is crtically dependent on China’s goodwill and that America is a huge debtor nat...

Why India hates China and Indians hate Chinese
on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs "At a time when Indian public opinion was looking forward to fruitful results from the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US, reports from Beijing on Obama’s visit to China would strengthen the impression that Obama i...

UKs botched Ink-blot strategy in Afghanistan
on Nov 18, 2009 in Afghanistan Current Affairs Politics US CA US Int Rel. Britain United Kingdom It is not uncommon in British history for the early stages of counter-insurgency campaigns to be littered with mistakes and false starts. Few, however, can have been pursued with the uncomprehending incompetence of this Government in its actions in A...

ISAFs failed Afghan tethered-goat strategy
on Nov 18, 2009 in Current Affairs Politics US CA US Int Rel. Afghan failure No one is satisfied with the current strategy in Afghanistan, but there is deep uncertainty on how to best address the challenge of a resurgent Taliban. Uncertainty over the importance of the struggle in Afghanistan and how it fits into overall US st...