Blog till you drop
May 30, 2004This weekend has been the longest that I spent on my blog site. I started somewhere on Friday evening and spent most of my spare time over the weekend sorting out my blog. I began blogging sometime last year – and at…
Blame it on Modi
May 30, 2004And why not….. after all Modi fiddled when Gujarat burnt. He spewed venom on those who couldn’t fight back.He justified genocide and ethnic cleansing in the name of religion and nationalism. And now the blue eyed boy of the raving right is…
Modi in More Trouble
May 28, 2004After last week’s agitation by farmer’s in Gujarat to get Modi out – this week it is the turn of BJP MLA’s within his own party. They are calling for the resignation of Modi for his high handed behaviour and arrogance. To…
Modi in More Trouble
May 28, 2004After last week’s agitation by farmer’s in Gujarat to get Modi out – this week it is the turn of BJP MLA’s within his own party. They are calling for the resignation of Modi for his high handed behaviour and arrogance. To…
Rediff & the art of Headline Writing
May 27, 2004Today’s headlines from Rediff had me gasping. I thought that the loony left had taken over the Finance Ministry and there was George Fernandes style nationalisation on the cards. FM Targets Fortune 500 Comapnies – said the headline Till I clicked the…
Wouldn’t it be simpler to stop the torture?
May 26, 2004Mobile phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Britain’s The Business newspaper reported yeterday. Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some…
Fool’s Paradise
May 26, 2004In an article entitled Bravery, Blood & Lies writer Ralph Peters opines: “The media leaps to validate enemy lies that a “wedding party” was attacked. Not one voice in the media raised the possibility that terrorists willing to slaughter 3,000 civilians on…
Did Iranian Hawks Lure US Hawks to Iraq?
May 26, 2004The latest that seems to be coming out of an increasingly sordid war, is that the American’s blue eyed lap dog – Ahmad Chalabi was an Iranian Spy. This does not come out of a Liberal, or a loony or a conspiracy…
Rani’s Friends’
May 24, 2004Rani is now all of 9 months old – extremely naughty and very intelligent. If i shut the door of my room she can open it from outside – I kid you not. She stands like a biped, uses her fore paws…
The Wedding Day Massacre
May 22, 2004During the second world war the British Soldiers used to refer to their American Allies (GI’s) as being “oversexed, overpaid and overhere” I think that the phrase that can be applied to the US invasion force in Iraq is “over inept, over…