India And Pakistan - Hide and Seek
After the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, India claims to have furnished enough evidence to Pakistan, about the perpetrators originating from Pakistan, corroborated by US intelligence. Yet the Pakistan...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Lasantha Wickrematunge, Journalist, Predicted Own Murder
Journalism, by far is not a dangerous profession. But in Sri Lanka it is a career choice that should be pursued only by the bravest of the brave. Lasantha Wickramatunga - an outspoken critic of the...
View ArticlePressure Mounting in Southern India to Stop LTTE-Sri Lanka War
Cadres of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, a Dalit political front in Southern India led by its president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Thursday, Jan. 15th began a hunger strike agitation in Chennai in...
View ArticleTerrorism and Its Objectives
Irrespective of who the terrorists are, whom they are against, what their operations are, and how they do what they do; they all depend on a group of persons, whose job is to find “why” of it. God...
View ArticleSri Lanka-LTTE War: The Shifting Semantics of a Political Solution
On Sunday, 31st January, the Red Cross said in a statement that the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital in Vanni region received two direct hits from Sri Lankan Army shelling. "We're shocked that the hospital...
View ArticleTwo Intelligent Men
Avid blog-readers would have noticed the presence of two very intelligent men in the blogosphere for some time. One of them, Mr. Bahukutumbi Raman (Mr. B. Raman for short), has been writing columns...
View ArticleWhat if the LTTE Had Won The War?
If one believes the vociferous proponents of LTTE belonging to sundry political parties of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Eelam on the terms of LTTE would be a paradise on earth. Though we all know it remains as a...
View ArticleMeeting The Congressman For The Sri Lanka LTTE Crisis
Well finally I have met a US Congressman - I mean a personal meeting with a politician for the first time in my life.Living in the relatively remote Midwest region of USA with a very small Indian...
View ArticleIndia's Post-Independence Fight For Freedom
Let me cut right to the chase here. This is unacceptable. Let me say it again for emphasis. It is not just bothersome or even upsetting. It is unacceptable. In the 21st century, in a democratic,...
View ArticleAll Visitors are Gods, But Some Visitors are Higher Gods
Recently, an Indian I know suffered verbal abuse of a racist nature at a public place in the UK. Commiserations from friends and well-wishers flowed in. Amidst all the support and handholding, which...
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