April 2014
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Geopolitics
Reihan Salam- neocon unlimited
The poster is puzzled by Reihan Salam’s defence of American policy on the 1971 Bangladesh war, noting that Nixon never told the Pakistan Army to stop, though Salam admits a…
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Geopolitics
Nuclear madness
A report that the BJP manifesto may revisit India’s no-first-use doctrine, which the poster reads as macho posturing and a missed chance for NaMo and NaSha to discuss regional security.
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Kargil War
Reposting an older piece, the author argues Kargil was no great victory thrown away by Nawaz Sharif. He once accepted the ‘tactical success, strategic blunder’ line, but later details showed…
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History
Sam Manekshaw, by Hamid Hussain
Hamid Hussain recounts anecdotes from a documentary on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, including how he, Yahya Khan and S. K. Sinha served together in Delhi in 1947 and then met…
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India- Hindu or Secular?
The poster argues India is neither simply Hindu nor secular, as Hindus are not a single bloc and ‘secular’ is used to play communities against each other, with a report…
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Culture
This Mughal is a Rajput fan
A report that MS Dhoni arranged a pass for a Pakistani cricket fan, which the poster calls a bright splash against the cloudy sky of South Asia while the two-nation…
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Politics
Why Dilip Babu will not vote for BJP
The poster reproduces Dilip D’Souza’s explanation of why he will not vote BJP, however good the local candidate, and says the party’s challenge is to win over people like him.
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The Sahel – Islam's natural boundary
A short comment that the Sahel marks Islam’s natural boundary in Africa, with the Ethiopian highlands as the main Christian exception.
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Election 2014: Death Knell of Strategic Depth?
Calling Afghanistan’s April 2014 vote a possible death knell for strategic depth, the author likens its importance to December 1971 for the two-nation theory, whether it reflects Taliban weakness or…
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Murderer!!!
A short comment on the Baby Musa case, with a report that a policeman has been suspended after the boy’s grandfather said the charges were invented to push the family…
