Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Impact of India’s Integrity

Written by Maloy Krishna Dhar on November 20, 2008 – 12:59 am -

I have not been commenting on political matters in India, though I happened to live and breathe politics from my childhood, when my father used to express his political faith through revolutionary activities like the members of the Anushilan Samiti (a pro-independence secret society against British) and Bengal Volunteer Force of Netaji Subhas Bose. Read More »

Better Battle Orders for Fighting Terrorism

April 25, 2008 – 10:03 pm

October 29th serial blasts in Delhi has again proved that the combat tools of the Union and State governments are awfully deficient in drawing up battle plans against Pakistan’s proxy ...

Bloody Spring Blossom

April 25, 2008 – 9:57 pm

The spring-thaw at the peak of white winter has blown in warm air in Indo-Pak relationship. A mirage of permanent peace is discernible. It is hoped the spring blooms are ...

Stagnate or march with time

April 25, 2008 – 9:54 pm

The news that the UK has abandoned apartheid in its recruitment policy for the Secret Services (MI6) has hit the headlines. The UK has just crossed the colour-blind limits of ...

The ‘intelligent’ games nations play and what they imply

April 25, 2008 – 9:52 pm

Former Soviet KGB archivist Vassily Mitrokhin has opened a small snuffbox and India should not be rocked by historical truths, though the myth of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi being a ...

Games they play

April 25, 2008 – 9:10 pm

Strategic geopolitical location of India, its importance in regional and global power politics and ever increasing interest of the global players in burgeoning Indian economy have attracted attention of the ...

Ghost of history

April 25, 2008 – 9:08 pm

The Ghost of History has again rocked India. However, this is not volcanic explosion, rather storm in a teacup. The Mitrokhin Archives II, an account of KGB activities in India ...

Hanging Afzal…

April 25, 2008 – 9:04 pm

Arundhati Roy’s Op Ed piece in Hindustan Times (December 23) evoked my curiosity and admiration for the courageous person. She touched several raw nerves. The death sentence on Mohammad Afzal ...

In the name of the law

April 25, 2008 – 9:01 pm

The national shame of the ‘encounter’ killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi by the Gujarat police’s anti-terrorist squad and the arrest of three IPS officers may have ...

A Bird’s Eye View of Internal Security Scenario

April 25, 2008 – 8:59 pm

A nation’s march towards sustainable progress intrinsically depends on security ambience that increases comfort level of its citizens. Security is a multilayered concept. Besides capability to protect the country from ...

BLINDED MICE & JEWEL OF INDIA

April 25, 2008 – 8:53 pm

Twenty-sixth January visited to remind us that we had given to ourselves a Republic with democratic and secular dispensations. Long live the Republic and long live the Crown of Homo ...

KOSOVOS IN INDIA?

April 25, 2008 – 8:51 pm

I am not seeding a new idea. I am sharing not only the idea but concerns and apprehensions expressed in several world capitals over the unilateral declaration of independence by ...

MY KHAKI DEMOCRACY - An Intervention

April 25, 2008 – 8:48 pm

The latest national shame, as revealed under judicial intervention, of the “encounter” killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi by Gujarat police ATS cell and arrest of three ...

National or Internal Security

April 25, 2008 – 8:44 pm

During a recent encounter with a representative of the US Department of Homeland Security, the important Capitol cog tried to explain to me that India’s Internal Security concerns were confined ...