Ashish Shukla's Blog, page 12

December 24, 2018

Minorities: Wish Imran Khan looks at this mirror of his own

Imran Khan, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Shias, Ahmadiyyas, Sunni Muslims, Dr Atif Mian, Dr Imran Rasul, Dr. Asi Ijaz Khwaja, Salman Taseer, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Kafir, MC Chagla, Roses in December, Qadani, Lahori sect, Bahai, Qaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, East Pakistan, West Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mukti Vahini, Geneva Camp, Dhaka, Zia-ul-Haq, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf, Sindhis, Mian Channu, Orangi town

Vanishing space for minorities in Pakistan



Mr Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, please don’t be a joke.


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Published on December 24, 2018 01:33

December 23, 2018

Times of India drags Gujarat on migrants’ issue unfairly

Sagarika Ghose, Shobha De, Twinkle Khanna, Aakaar Patel, Swaminathan S. Aiyar, Vijay Rupani, Kamal Nath, UP migrants, Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Ashok Malik, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Shiv Sena, Aajeevika Bureau, 100 Smart Cities Mission, Shramik Sahayata evam Sandharab Kendras

Migrants: A sorry tale



Times of India leases out its editorial pages to entities who would struggle to find a byline in a Bareilly school magazine.


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Published on December 23, 2018 01:51

December 21, 2018

India won’t mind US out of Syria and Afghanistan

United States, Yugoslavia, Iraq War, Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Muammar Gaddaffi, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Ukraine, Lutyens’ Media, Afghanistan, Syria, Military-Industrial Complex, Gulf, Pakistan’s ISI, CIA, US Congress, NATO, Putin, Donald Trump, Russia, Kuwait, Israel

US has sponsored terrorism for too long



Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.


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Published on December 21, 2018 21:39

December 20, 2018

Our politicians are for polls, not people

Rahul Gandhi, Congress, BJP, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Telengana Rashtra Samithi, K. Chadrababu Naidu, AIMIM, Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, Shiv Sena, Mamata Banerjee, Congress, JD(S), PDP, Ram Janmabhoomi

KCR and his promise of "Federal Front"



We are all wary of politicians. Deep in our hearts we know they are populists. All they want is to win elections.


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Published on December 20, 2018 00:57

November 27, 2018

We can’t leave India to our politicians or professors

Navjot Singh Sidhu, Imran Khan, India, Pakistan, Kargil, Khalistan, Kashmir, Narendra Modi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, Left, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sabrimala, Kartarpur, Janau, Kabul, Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, Ayodhya, Arvind Kejriwal

India is stretching itself thin



The smugness on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s face as if Messiah of peace between India and Pakistan, as he made way for Kartarpur across Wagah border, really got my goat up.


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Published on November 27, 2018 22:32

November 26, 2018

Japan-India-China: An unlikely alliance emerges

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Japan cosy up to both India and China



One of the more important consequences of the Trump Administration trade war against both China as well as Japan is the recent diplomatic and economic meeting between Japan’s Prime Minister


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Published on November 26, 2018 21:00

November 16, 2018

Krishna’s aborted concert is no help to Modi or BJP

Carnatic music, TM Krishna, AAI, Modi, Midnight’s Children, Satanic Verses, Salman Rashdie, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, Sonal Mansingh, Islam, Christianity, fatwa,

Krishna aborted concert hurts BJP



Carnatic vocalist Thodur Madabusi Krishna has been thrust into national consciousness because Airports Authority of India (AAI) has ducked its responsibility of hosting his music in the Capital.


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Published on November 16, 2018 00:56

November 12, 2018

Russia brings Taliban on table as India observes

Russia, Moscow Format, Afghanistan High Peace Council, Taliban, United States, Al Qaeda, 9/11, Kabul, NBC News, Gen. Austin Scott Miller, NATO, US, Islamic State, Central Asia

Taliban breakthrough in Moscow



Russia secured a huge diplomatic victory when it got Taliban to turn up at a meeting on Afghanistan, attended by no less than a dozen countries, in Moscow last Friday.


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Published on November 12, 2018 18:19

November 11, 2018

Deepawali defiance has a grave message

Supreme court, Deepawali, Indian Express, Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, firecrackers, Shekhar Gupta, Sabrimala, Constitution, CBI, FBI, Interpol, Lutyens’ Media, Ram

SC order was flouted with impunity



We all know Supreme Court was mocked disdainfully by the citizens on Deepawali as firecrackers dinned in our ears till wee hours next day.


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Published on November 11, 2018 18:14

November 6, 2018

India, Iran, Russia look for new trade corridor

India, Russia, Iran, Suez Canal, North South Transport Corridor, Press TV, Mumbai, Moscow, China, Europe, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Chabahar, One Belt One Road, Suresh Prabhu, Yuan, Ruble, Treasury Department, US

India, Russia and Iran explore new route



India, Russia and Iran are meeting next month to work out the details of a massive project to open a new sea-land transport corridor that would be a cheaper and shorter alternative to shipping oil


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Published on November 06, 2018 22:57