Sukhbahar - Instablogs
Jul 13 2009
It is one thing to try and spin one’s way out of domestic criticism but if the Manmohan Singh government really believes the recent G8 ban on sensitive nuclear technology sales is no big deal then the situation is much more alarming than I first...
Jul 13 2009
That prohibition should be totally lifted in Gujarat is something that is not difficult to understand and appreciate. What is not easy to fathom is why Narendra Modi is unable to muster the courage to lift this farce of a law that has been part of state...
Jul 2 2009
In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gays and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. “Discrimination is antithesis of equality,” Delhi High Court judges wrote in a...
Jun 23 2009
India has reiterated its demand for “real reform” of the UN Security Council with expansion in both permanent and non-permanent membership of the world body’s top decision making organ. Noting that the overwhelming majority of member...
Jun 18 2009
Sri Lanka’s economy can bounce back from its weakest growth in six years and become the “Hong Kong of India” as the end of almost three decades of civil war boosts business opportunities, HSBC Private Bank said. Decades of fighting on the Indian...
Jun 5 2009
In the summer of 2007, as the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party galloped towards an absolute majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, a bureaucrat in the outgoing regime took a bet on the fourth-time Chief Minister’s career trajectory. “You...
Jun 1 2009
An Indian community leader has claimed that over 20 incidents of “curry bashing” have taken place in Sydney in the past 30 days, and said there is an urgent need to address the issue as most students are reluctant to lodge any complaint out...
May 27 2009
At least 62 people were killed as cyclone “Aila” ravaged the southern coastlines of Bangladesh, where tidal surges inundated vast tracts of land and breached coastal embankments, officials said on Tuesday. The full extent of devastation in...
May 26 2009
NEW DELHI : Iran and Pakistan on Monday decided to go ahead with an ambitious project to wheel gas from the Persian Gulf without India and signed a preliminary agreement to build a pipeline for the purpose. The deal, coming after 13 years of...
May 26 2009
At least 21 people died Monday when Cyclone Aila swept through the coastal Indian state of West Bengal, authorities said. The Press Trust of India said officials confirmed 14 of the fatalities occurred in the South 24 Parganas district, followed by...