To some people this visit was just a means of achieving the freedom of the two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee from N Korea but it is much more than just that. The official line from Washington may well be that it was a personal visit but I’ll be damned if Obama personally did not endorse if not authorize it. Anyone who feels otherwise is just being naive. Just as well, the visit has achieved what may be called as the ‘turning point’ in the strained relationship which these two countries have shared in the past. I know I’m being premature in my judgement here but be that as it may I feel very strongly about this. And US would be rather foolish not to capitalize on this. Remember the ‘unclench your fist’ remark by Obama?

Posted on August 8th, 2009 under Track the world. Tags: China, Clinton, freedom, Japan, journalist, Korea, north, obama, Russia, talks, US. Comments: 6

Well, it was just a few days back that our Prime Minster, Mr Manmohan Singh spoke in the parliament and said that there will be no talks till such time Pakistan takes some action to control the terror groups operating from within Pakistan. And now he has done the exact opposite and met Asif Zardari in Russia and had a chat for good about 45 minutes. What I do not understand is why the hell did he meet him?

Posted on June 17th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: control, Russia, talks, Terror, US, Zardari. Comments: 3

Yes, Obama will fail in Iran. There is no doubt about this. And that too for no fault of his. It’s just that that he has become the President at the wrong time. Iran is too far ahead in it’s nuclear program to consider stopping it now.

Posted on March 6th, 2009 under Track the world. Tags: economy, iran, nuclear, oil, plant, power, Russia. Comments: 1

In a historic moment the Senate passed the Indo-US nuke deal with a bipartisan support. Truly incredible. Bush’s popularity may be in the dumps in the US but in India people can’t stop praising him and Condi Rice. In fact to the extent that he can actually contest in the general elections which are [...]

Posted on October 1st, 2008 under India calling, Track the world. Tags: america, beliefs, bipartisan, Britain, Bush, cheap, China, comity of nations, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Condi, country, CTBT, deal, demand, democracy, deterrent, device, dialect, economy, elections, faiths, general, govt, growth, independance, India calling, iran, Iraq, job, languages, live, Manmohan, mantra, manufacture, middle class, moratorium, nation, NPT, nuclear, Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, nuke, Pakis, peacefully, people, popularity, powerhouse, Prime Minister, proliferation, regime, Rice, Russia, Senate, Singh, stockpile, support, survive, term, test, testing, traditions, US, weapons, work, world. Comments: None

That’s what I call inexperience or being naive, on Palin’s part that is. She doesn’t know what to say and what not to. This is where age and maturity counts. Palin may be a governor but she’s just been there for a very short while. She’s yet to learn the nuances of diplomacy. [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2008 under Track the world. Tags: ABC, amends, america, Biden, charms, cheesesteaks, control, conversation, course, Crash, damage, debate, Democrat, diplomacy, economics, fidelity, governor, inexperience, maturity, McCain, microphone, naive, Nancy Pelosi, national security, off, Pakistan, Palin, pissed, Russia, statement, tear, terrorists, Zardari. Comments: None

Yeah, it’s a draw. And that’s a defeat for McCain. He had to win this decisively to change things as they are today. Otherwise he’s looking at the barrel. To be fair to him he did try to be forceful but even then he was not very convincing. And Obama too was shaky in [...]

Posted on September 27th, 2008 under Track the world. Tags: Bailout, China, debate, iran, Iraq, KGB, McCain, obama, Putin, Russia. Comments: None

It is, if you believe Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I agree he’s no fortune teller or an astrologer for that matter. He cannot actually see the future. In all probability he was just kind of praying loudly. Or was he? What if he can actually sense the moment? What if he can read [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 under Track the world. Tags: $700 billion, 1912, 1914, 1991, 9/11, Afghan, Afghanistan, Amen, america, Americans, astrologer, Bailout, basis, Britain, British, chaos, China, Chinese, co-exist, course, critical, definite, demise, destination, devastation, downfall, econoy, elect, elections, empire, era, fate, First, First World War, fortune, Georgia, German, growth, Gustav, history, Hitler, Hong Kong, Hurricane, Ike, iminent, India calling, iran, Iraq, lost, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, maiden, major, McCain, modern, moment, November, obama, ominous, peace, peacefully, plans, power, pray, President, rapid, resources, right, Russia, safeguard, scare, Second, Second World War, significant, Signs, sink, Soviet, status, success, super, symbol, symbolize, symbolized, teller, Tienanmen Square, Titanic, truth, US, USSR, venture, victirious, victory, vigor, voyage, war, won, world, wrong. Comments: None

The Palin effect is surely waning now. It had to happen. It’s quite natural for people to sit up and take notice of a young sexy women who speaks well and who has been suddenly catapulted on national stage at a time like this. And that’s what people did. They gave all their [...]

Posted on September 20th, 2008 under Track the world. Tags: Afghanistan, Arctic Circle, collapse, crisis, Iraq, McCain, obama, opportunities, Pakistan, Palin, Russia, Sarah, threat, troopergate, Wall Street. Comments: None