Feb 6 2006
Latin America is fast undergoing a leftist resurgence to the obvious discomfort of the U.S. Before the election of President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela in 1999, Cuba was the only Left-wing country in Latin America. Now comes the impressive electoral...
Feb 6 2006
Muslims seem to have unleashed a jihad on the West and Europe in particular over the publication of cartoons and their reproduction in several European newspapers depicting Prophet Muhhammed in a poor light. Interestingly enough, the volatile South...
Feb 6 2006
Notwithstanding the efforts of the Indian government to keep the programme of the U.S. President Bush under wraps, the Left Opposition parties seem to know the programme of the visiting dignitary in March 2006 and plan to organise protests accordingly....
Jan 30 2006
The notorious border areas on Afghan border in Pakistan have again earned further notoriety by providing haven to the fugitive Al-Qaeda’s leadership. These areas are known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan. Even the Britishers...
Jan 28 2006
Jacques Derrida points out in Rogues, that in the name of protecting democracy a popular election was suspended in Algeria so as to protect it against the democratic election of a fundamentalist regime. It means a suspension of democracy in the name of...
Jan 28 2006
An unnecessary controversy has been raged on the reported statement of the U.S. Ambassador to India David C. Mulford. India’s foreign office, in a panic reaction, summoned the Ambassador and gave a dressing down to him. Under the heading ‘...
Jan 28 2006
Latin America, considered by the United States of America as its backyard, is fast becoming a growing movement against the neo-liberal economics of the Washington Consensus and against the Washington domination. We are watching the survival of Cuba,...
Jan 28 2006
The U.S. striked in the Pakistan’s territory in search of Talibans without taking the Pakistani rulers in confidence. The Talibans were goomed by Pakistan in connivance with the U.S. CIA. Indeed it was an attack on the sovereignty of a nation. But...
Jan 27 2006
The United States of America continues to be big market for godmen of all shades, Buddhist and Hindu. It has been indeed the India’s cutting-edge exports since Rajneesh of Osho fame landed in the U.S. in 1990s, followed by the Karmapa cult of the...
Jan 22 2006
India has become one of the hottest child sex tourism destinations. A report, ‘Trafficking in Women and Children in India’, sponsored by a statutory body, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), highlights this, mentionining not just Goa,...