Americans claim Indians are obsessed with Pakistan. What about the American babu obsession? The "India-Pak" hyphen? It's a lazy paradigm, a bad legacy. Time to get over it, and move on.
The Americans need a strong India as a counterweight to the unmentioned gorilla in the equation -- China. Pakistan fits in as a bridge to China in the future and a few F-16s to keep them happy is a small price for a big project.
It is not the Palestinians wreaking havoc but bands of ultra-Orthodox Jews. An unusual sight to see groups of men in long black coats and hats -- utterly well-dressed for a protest outing -- lobbing their weapons of choice.
Miracles do happen in the Holy Land and one might be happening right now -- ultra Orthodox Jews have joined hands with Muslim and leftist Israelis to save an old Muslim cemetery in the heart of central Jerusalem from becoming rubble under a new Jewis
The battle has begun and if the first round was speeches, the second round might be pressure and the third could be action. A confrontation looms between best friends USA and Israel, and there could be collateral damage.
Eager to attend the second Palestine Festival of Literature, I went to East Jerusalem last week with friends hoping for a feast. But what we got instead was a menacing posse of Israeli security men.
The past six months in Jerusalem have been an eye-opener. This column will give you impressions both personal and political as your correspondent navigates the Holy Land, trying to understand the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
It is not a coincidence that the Indian prime minister is the first head of state to address a joint session of the new parliament in Bhutan, but there are legitimate worries that India is faced with an incredible shrinking sphere of influence
So what explains the Sanjaya Malakar phenomenon on American Idol? It's obvious that his appeal transcends the Indian-American constituency. What gives?
Finally, the debate moves from the tentativeness of whether global warming is taking place to 'you bet, and what are we going to do about it?' But repeats of nasty negative campaigns against India are in the offing.
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