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Jihadi Death Row (no end in sight)
A Guardian live blog on the beheading of Steven Sotloff, with comment that governments must understand and neutralise jihadist ideology among Western youths.
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Pakistan following “Bangladesh model”
A Dawn report on PTI president Javed Hashmi’s claim that a ‘Bangladesh model’ of technocratic rule was scripted, with the poster doubting the idea.
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“They have stormed the PTV office”
As protesters storm the state broadcaster in Islamabad, the author predicts Nawaz Sharif may fall for the third time, and warns the country is moving towards a permanent chaos in…
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Babri Masjid Redux (just say no)
The author says to reject any twenty-first-century sequel to Babri, argues that attacks on minorities cause electoral backlash, and that Dalits’ concern is survival, not religious label, while backing the…
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The doctor has no heart
A blog post quoting Dr Sandeep Jauhar’s account of American medicine as mercenary and demoralised, with commentary that his allegations may or may not hold, and that shortages of primary-care…
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Love Jihad: problem resolved
Commenting on the Tara Shadeo case, the poster agrees with Saba Naqvi Bhaumik that civil marriage would defuse the ‘love jihad’ theory, but asks why civil marriage should not be…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
