So… how many people have died in Pakistan in the last few years, especially post 9/11 because of some bearded mountain men? 35,000 to be precise, plus 3,500 security personnel, its government’s data reveal. Continue reading
As screened live on Channel 4 on Tuesday, 14 June 2011… Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields. Can India heal the wounds? Continue reading
In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work– some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers– and calls for urgent action to halt the practice. What are you doing to stop child labour? Continue reading
When a journalist is killed in Mumbai, India erupts — mostly ‘me too’ voice pushers. My condolences to the family of the fellow journalist. Though, it is not the first killing in Mumbai. Condolences also to the families of the four protesting villagers who fell to 15 bullets in Bihar. To my utter shock, a 7-month-old & a pregnant woman are among the victims. O Gosh! No one remains in the family of a Gujarati villager to accept my condolences as all have died of HIV, humiliation, ostracisation, loneliness & hunger. Then, whom should I send my condolences to? Continue reading
Was it proper on the part of opposition leader Sushma Swaraj to sing & dance at the Raj Ghat in New Delhi? Congress is attacking her for the jig. She, though, feels ‘no place and no occasion is wrong for singing and dancing in praise of our motherland’. What do you think? In the meantime, Congress General Secretary has already called Sushma’s BJP as a party of dancers. An illustration. Continue reading
The mix-up continues. 1-by-1, day-after-day India’s Most Wanted List handed over to Pakistan is becoming a laughing stock. I’ve not forgotten the similar other gaffe by Home Minister’s colleague SM Krishna who had actually read another country’s speech at the United Nations. Did Krishna played this up, again or is it another act of Aamir Khan of 3 Idiots. Continue reading
Beijing Olympic Marathon winner Samuel Wanjiru was facing several difficulties. He was even arrested at his home in Nyahururu and charged with threatening his wife and possessing an illegal AK-47 rifle. On Monday, he jumped to death. RIP. Continue reading
Shameful for International Monetary Fund or the IMF that its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested on sexual assault charges on a New York hotel maid. Well, it is not even the first controversy for Strauss-Kahn who has had an improper relationship with a female employee even at the time of joining IMF. Another Shiney Ahuja this! Continue reading
Land Grab, Bloodshed, Rape, Murder, Police Brutality, Flag March, Court’s Indulgence, High-Profile Visit, Demonstration, Debate in Legislature, Suicide, Editorial… …the list was endless. All these happened in West Bengal’s NANDIGRAM (pronounced as nondigram by locals). After the bullets, it’s now the turn of ballots: Continue reading
If you haven’t yet seen Obama’s remarks in the CBS interview, first since the killing of Osama bin Laden, watch them, now. You can also watch the US President’s earlier announcement in which he declared bin Laden dead: Continue reading
