Saturday, May 10, 2008
Nuclear Winter Ahead : outlookindia.com
Nuclear Winter Ahead : outlookindia.com: "The Left has opposed the deal on the ground that it will enslave India to the US. The truth is that this deal has been 17 years in the making. The groundwork for it was started not even by the Vajpayee government but by Narasimha Rao in the immediate aftermath of the first Gulf War. It is losing the deal now that will enslave India for the foreseeable future."
Thursday, May 08, 2008
IndianExpress.com :: ‘Even PM didn’t intervene... I hope the Minister learns a lesson after the verdict’
IndianExpress.com :: ‘Even PM didn’t intervene... I hope the Minister learns a lesson after the verdict’
For the last five months, Dr P Venugopal could not visit the operation theatre in the first floor of C T centre at AIIMS. But he continued to see patients who lined up outside his quarters in the campus. And now that he is back as director, he feels sad that his 40-year association with the premier medical institute is set to end soon. He retires after two months, on July 2.
“My sorrow is how could people question my integrity and commitment to poor. While 40 of my classmates are earning a lot of money outside, I preferred to serve my country,” he said. “I want to tell the people who opposed me that I was doing surgery even before they were born,” he added."
For the last five months, Dr P Venugopal could not visit the operation theatre in the first floor of C T centre at AIIMS. But he continued to see patients who lined up outside his quarters in the campus. And now that he is back as director, he feels sad that his 40-year association with the premier medical institute is set to end soon. He retires after two months, on July 2.
“Not much time is left. What will I be able to achieve? On an individual level, I would have never joined back, but even this one-and-a-half months will boost the morale of the people who stood by me,” said Dr Venugopal. “There was nothing clandestine or wrong about my extension. Today’s judgement showed that the institution is bigger than an individual,” he added.
“I have faith in the Parliament, judiciary and all the institutions in the country, but we should ensure that no individual is allowed to mislead any of these institutions,” he said, in an apparent reference to the Parliament passing the amendment to the AIIMS Act which prescribed the age limit of its director at 65 years. Venugopal was sacked after President Pratibha Patil gave assent to the law.
“My sorrow is how could people question my integrity and commitment to poor. While 40 of my classmates are earning a lot of money outside, I preferred to serve my country,” he said. “I want to tell the people who opposed me that I was doing surgery even before they were born,” he added."
IndianExpress.com :: Pokharan-III
IndianExpress.com :: Pokharan-III
Pokharan-II had opened up diplomatic options for India at a time the strategic space was shrinking rapidly. National politics, as the 10th anniversary approaches, is threatening to close those options.
Pokharan-II had opened up diplomatic options for India at a time the strategic space was shrinking rapidly. National politics, as the 10th anniversary approaches, is threatening to close those options.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Turkish Schools Offer Pakistan a Gentler Vision of Islam - New York Times
Turkish Schools Offer Pakistan a Gentler Vision of Islam - New York Times
The Turkish schools, which have expanded to seven cities in Pakistan since the first one opened a decade ago, cannot transform the country on their own. But they offer an alternative approach that could help reduce the influence of Islamic extremists.
They prescribe a strong Western curriculum, with courses, taught in English, from math and science to English literature and Shakespeare. They do not teach religion beyond the one class in Islamic studies that is required by the state. Unlike British-style private schools, however, they encourage Islam in their dormitories, where teachers set examples in lifestyle and prayer.
The Turkish schools, which have expanded to seven cities in Pakistan since the first one opened a decade ago, cannot transform the country on their own. But they offer an alternative approach that could help reduce the influence of Islamic extremists.
They prescribe a strong Western curriculum, with courses, taught in English, from math and science to English literature and Shakespeare. They do not teach religion beyond the one class in Islamic studies that is required by the state. Unlike British-style private schools, however, they encourage Islam in their dormitories, where teachers set examples in lifestyle and prayer.
Who Will Tell the People? - New York Times
Who Will Tell the People? - New York Times: Thomas L Friedman
Who will tell the people? We are not who we think we are. We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes. We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to work on our country.
I don’t know if Barack Obama can lead that, but the notion that the idealism he has inspired in so many young people doesn’t matter is dead wrong. “Of course, hope alone is not enough,” says Tim Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics, “but it’s not trivial. It’s not trivial to inspire people to want to get up and do something with someone else.”
It is especially not trivial now, because millions of Americans are dying to be enlisted — enlisted to fix education, enlisted to research renewable energy, enlisted to repair our infrastructure, enlisted to help others. Look at the kids lining up to join Teach for America. They want our country to matter again. They want it to be about building wealth and dignity — big profits and big purposes. When we just do one, we are less than the sum of our parts. When we do both, said Shriver, “no one can touch us.”
Friday, May 02, 2008
IndianExpress.com :: Break in the logjam?
IndianExpress.com :: Break in the logjam?
For the NDA, and the BJP in particular, who maintain that national security is at the core of their approach to international relations, the views of two National Security Advisers should surely count for something. Even those in the US who oppose the deal recognise what Mishra said, that the Indian negotiators were able to extract concessions from the US side that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. It is these concessions that arouse their ire. Surely it is time to set aside any petulance that might exist, and adopt an approach which would be in the national security interests of the country. As one of the Democratic senators who had serious reservations about the deal himself said “I do not like the agreement but will support it in the interests of better Indo-US relations.” That’s statesmanship. It should not be beyond the abilities of our politicians too to find a political solution out of the present logjam.
For the NDA, and the BJP in particular, who maintain that national security is at the core of their approach to international relations, the views of two National Security Advisers should surely count for something. Even those in the US who oppose the deal recognise what Mishra said, that the Indian negotiators were able to extract concessions from the US side that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. It is these concessions that arouse their ire. Surely it is time to set aside any petulance that might exist, and adopt an approach which would be in the national security interests of the country. As one of the Democratic senators who had serious reservations about the deal himself said “I do not like the agreement but will support it in the interests of better Indo-US relations.” That’s statesmanship. It should not be beyond the abilities of our politicians too to find a political solution out of the present logjam.
Monday, April 28, 2008
IndianExpress.com :: The truth about Tehran
IndianExpress.com :: The truth about Tehran
There is nothing wrong in the US giving advice to India on the Iranian nuclear issue. That is part of international diplomacy. What is unfortunate is that our diplomats, our parliamentarians and our political leaders do not talk back and give the US sound advice in their own national interest. This lack of self-confidence reflects a still lingering colonial mentality. Instead of getting angry with the Americans, why do we not tell the American public and legislators all the things they had done to be permissive of nuclear proliferation?
There is nothing wrong in the US giving advice to India on the Iranian nuclear issue. That is part of international diplomacy. What is unfortunate is that our diplomats, our parliamentarians and our political leaders do not talk back and give the US sound advice in their own national interest. This lack of self-confidence reflects a still lingering colonial mentality. Instead of getting angry with the Americans, why do we not tell the American public and legislators all the things they had done to be permissive of nuclear proliferation?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
IndianExpress.com :: No ordinary deal
IndianExpress.com :: No ordinary deal
The nuclear deal seeks to give India a level playing field and it is unimaginable why politics should intrude into what is clearly a matter of technology, costs and national security
The nuclear deal seeks to give India a level playing field and it is unimaginable why politics should intrude into what is clearly a matter of technology, costs and national security
Monday, April 07, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | India's 'sensory assault course'
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | India's 'sensory assault course': "Despite the blandishments of the new superstores, shopping in India is - thank goodness - likely to remain a sensory assault course for some time to come."
Sunday, March 23, 2008
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Hardtalk | Geert Wilders
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Hardtalk | Geert Wilders
Stephen Sackur talks to Dutch Member of Parliament, Geert Wilders about his strong views on Islam in Europe.
Stephen Sackur talks to Dutch Member of Parliament, Geert Wilders about his strong views on Islam in Europe.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
IndianExpress.com :: As easy as Kosovo
IndianExpress.com :: As easy as Kosovo
We must worry about the manner in which the birth of a new nation has been engineered
We must worry about the manner in which the birth of a new nation has been engineered
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Interview with Balkans Expert Dusan Reljic: 'Kosovo Is not Independent, It Is an EU Protectorate' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Interview with Balkans Expert Dusan Reljic: 'Kosovo Is not Independent, It Is an EU Protectorate' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News:
"SPIEGEL ONLINE: This seems to be setting up conflicts for years to come?
Reljic: Yes. I don't really see a possibility for a normal functioning relationship between the Serbs and Albanians in the region. This outcome has been imposed on one side, and it simply undermines any kind of long term peaceful coexistence in the region."
"SPIEGEL ONLINE: This seems to be setting up conflicts for years to come?
Reljic: Yes. I don't really see a possibility for a normal functioning relationship between the Serbs and Albanians in the region. This outcome has been imposed on one side, and it simply undermines any kind of long term peaceful coexistence in the region."
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Boeing to form JV with Tatas for making aerospace components-India Business-Business-The Times of India
Boeing to form JV with Tatas for making aerospace components-India Business-Business-The Times of India: "Manufacturing capabilities established within the JV firm would in later phases be leveraged across multiple Boeing programs, including the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition.
On the proposed MRO to be set up at Nagpur as a part of the offset for Air India acquiring 68 Boeing planes, US firm's President (India) Ian Thomas told reporters here, 'we have certainly decided to make the MRO operational by 2009.'
The US firm has committed to invest USD 100 million in the MRO project, besides investing additionally in a pilot training establishment for Air India as well as another for a school for training for pilots."
On the proposed MRO to be set up at Nagpur as a part of the offset for Air India acquiring 68 Boeing planes, US firm's President (India) Ian Thomas told reporters here, 'we have certainly decided to make the MRO operational by 2009.'
The US firm has committed to invest USD 100 million in the MRO project, besides investing additionally in a pilot training establishment for Air India as well as another for a school for training for pilots."
Thursday, February 07, 2008
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