When the US, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan got into a scrum to launch a programme of manufacturing triple distilled mujahideen Islam in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets the seeds were sown for a conflict within Islam as well.
Lokpal Bill, 2G Scam, and conflict of interest
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who chairs the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice, and is also a Congress party spokesperson, has been involved in a legal fight on behalf of the leading telecom companies to stall the audit of their accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
For love of democracy West prefers Islamisation in Syria
The negative media focus on Syria in recent months has erased from minds the continuing reality: the country is among the few remaining parts of the Arab world where elegant, gracious living is still possible.
Reflections on the Iranian Assassination Plot
For Iranian operatives to be so obvious while operating inside the United States is not a new thing, as illustrated by the case of David Belfield, also known as Dawud Salahuddin, who was hired by the Iranian government to assassinate high-profile Iranian dissident Ali Akbar Tabatabaei in July 1980.
Ghettos of the super-privileged: Open letter to fellow Indians
The basic structure of our country’s governance is being altered. Despite their tall claims of about Lavasa being a city for all socio-economic classes, it is clearly intended for widening the gap between the haves and the have-nots. This is a form of apartheid, and in fact, a negation of our Constitution.
Mumbai SRA scam: Top babu ‘gifted’ Rs 640 cr to builders
Maharashtra’s Chief Secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad has given the city’s slum project builders an easy way out of their contractual obligations. The loss to exchequer: upto Rs 20 crore each for 32 sites.
All talk of US leaving Afghanistan premature
Numbers of US troops departing are quite as unpredictable as the shifting deadlines for the date of their departure. First, Americans were to leave by 2011.
2G probe: Is CBI shielding Anil Ambani?
The fact that the CBI has chosen to rely on the oral evidence of the accused - while giving a clean chit to Ambani - and ignored the documentary evidence totally suggests that it is either incompetent, partisan or corrupt. Or all three?
Letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram
Vedanta is involved in certain litigation seeking cancellation of permits and environmental approval for the alleged violation of certain air, water and hazardous waste management regulations at its Tuticorin plant.