If you go by a poll conducted in Pakistan, despite the kind of ‘investment’ Obama has done in Pakistan, America is still perceived as the number one enemy in that country. Let me tell you for a fact that this will not change for at least the next few generations. If that be the case is there any assurance that the govt in Pakistan will keep overlooking the general public opinion? Remember, how the strong public opinion forced even a president like Musharraf to quit? Actually Obama can thank the fundamentalist parties in Pakistan who have not yet whipped up this very strong emotion prevalent amongst the populace of that country. But things can change very fast in case they actually do.

Posted on November 23rd, 2009 under India calling, Track the world. Tags: India, obama, Pakistan, PM, Terror, US, visit, war. Comments: 8

There are two facets of this issue. The first is that you cannot really expect Karzai to sack the very man who nearly gave the president’s chair to him as a gift. The second issue is that once the US and UN had acknowledged the massive fraud which took place earlier they should have endorsed this demand of Dr Abdullah.

Posted on November 2nd, 2009 under Track the world. Tags: Abdullah, Clinton, elections, Karzai, UN, US. Comments: 6

What the Pakistani people and their govt fail to understand is that terror attacks within Pakistan which are killing hundreds day in and day out have got nothing to do with Kashmir or India for that matter. These attacks are however a direct fallout of America-Pak relations or lack thereof. This visit which could have been utilized by Pak to gain more trust and favor with Americans did exactly the opposite forcing Hillary to say

Posted on November 1st, 2009 under India calling, Track the world. Tags: attack, Clinton, India, Kashmir, Pak, Taliban, Terror, US. Comments: 3

Ever heard of a guy called Simon Henderson? Quite unlikely, I guess. Ever heard of AQ Khan? Yeah, the same AQ Khan who is called the ‘Father of Islamic nuke bomb’. He’s the same guy who was called the Biggest Nuke Proliferator in the world. Well, the ‘Father’ has spoken. And he has used the services of Simon Henderson to convey what he had to say to the world by way of a four page letter.

Posted on September 21st, 2009 under Best Articles, Track the world. Tags: AQ Khan, bomb, Henderson, letter, nuke, Pak, proliferation, US. Comments: 4

Oh my god! They arrested SRK? Sorry, not arrested but detained SRK for two long hours? Holy mother of Christ! How dare they? Who the hell do they think they are? We’ll make them pay for this. We’ll sort them out. We’ll launch our missiles on their Newark airport which had the audacity of being the place where SRK was detained for two long hours. Well, tell you what? Please relax. They did nothing wrong. It’s SRK and the Indian media who is blowing things out of proportion. US damn well has a right to detain SRK or any other foreigner for that matter if there is reason to suspect him. And in this case there was.

Posted on August 16th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: Bollywood, detention, immigration, Khan, name, Newark, Shahrukh, SRK, US. Comments: 13

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

There must be justice for 26/11. That’s what Hilllary Clinton said in Mumbai. Quite naturally, it’s the top news for our newspapers here in India, at least for Times of India. Alright, now that makes something clear. It clearly shows that America supports India in it’s fight against terrorism and wants Pakis to act against the perpetrators at the earliest. WOW!!!! What a revelation!! Is this what she came all the way to tell us?

Posted on July 19th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: Clinton, Hillary, India, Pak, Terror, US, visit. Comments: 2

Let me say this quite clearly. In my opinion we Indians are still the same old soft people who have no spunks whatsoever. I know we are doing all this talking with Pak because of pressure from America. But why the hell can’t we for once tell the US to lay off? In fact, it’s the Pakis who have more spunks than us on this issue. They just do the bare minimum required to keep US happy. And just in case the Americans still persist, they just tell them to get lost. And Americans have not been able to do much about it, so far.

Posted on July 16th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: issues, member, NAM, Pak, problem, summit, talks, Terror, US. Comments: 2

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