Antony,Defense Minister
A K Antony, kerala's perennial Mr Clean is India's Defense Minister. Kerala has had its own share of men in the national cabinet - but its a different feeling when [...]
November 2006
October 2006
Has India lost Gujarat ?
When this reporter, with his longish beard, walked into an elite government colony in Ahmedabad to meet a senior official, three children suddenly got off their bicycles.One screamed aloud, “Terrorist!” [...]
The Blanket of freedom
Nineteen-year old Mahammad Maqbool Dar was taken away by troops from his home near Charar-e-Sharief on Friday, his mother Hanifa Begum said. A day later, the boy, a daily wage [...]
Dead man Walking – Afzal Guru
If the collective conscience of a nation becomes satisfied when one of us gets hanged without a chance to defend himself , it speaks a lot about ourselves.Afzal GuruWill Afzal [...]
The Inheritance of loss
"In India you get up in the morning and there are ten people there to greet you and to discuss how you slept. Or you can call up someone and [...]
September 2006
In the line of fire
Pakistan's self appointed Head of state and erstwhile coup leader Pervez Musharraf has released his autobiography 'In the Line of Fire'.Key excerpts from the book has been published by BBC, [...]
August 2006
A Secular Rethink
A picture History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again - Maya Angelou A video A few years back we [...]