India is no Germany
Things German have always held a strange but strong fascination for the Sangh Parivar. The RSS was patterned on the Nazi party.



An ode to a Progressive
His photograph on front pages of newspapers: obituaries sometimes across six columns, even in the English language dailies. Ali Sardar Jafri (Jafri Saab to many of us) would have been amused at the way popular affection for him had expressed itself in media coverage of his death.



Don't sign the CTBT, not now at any rate
Unconditionally signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty will freeze the low quality Indian nuclear deterrent in its present state and permanently hobble this country strategically.



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Dynamics of separation
Resonant response