Nobel lessons for India-Pakistan
By Vijay Darda | 13-10-2014 It is well-known that the Nobel Peace Prize is among the most controversial of the awards conferred by this committee. Its selections have often invited criticism, and the most durable one being its consistent refusal to honour the greatest apostle of peace and non-violence Mahatma Gandhi. The facts associated […]
A much deeper problem
By Vijay Darda | 13-08-2013 Not a mere ceasefire violation The internal political heat generated by the brutal attack by Pakistanis who violated the Line of Control (LoC) and ambushed our jawans to kill five of these bravehearts has subsided. Union defence minister A K Antony has rightly laid the blame at the doorsteps […]
Democracy in Pakistan: Not a few reasons to cheer
By Vijay Darda | 20-05-2013 In our country, we have become used to democratic transition of power. More than six decades after the British left our shores, and we gave ourselves a Westminister style parliamentary democracy, governments have changed hands both at the state and the Central level with a maturity that has earned […]
Why make a Khan less of an Indian?
By Vijay Darda | 08-02-2013 And then mock at the idea of India! I have been mulling over this question for quite some time now. Even before the Bollywood Khan spoke out his mind on this sensitive issue. To quote, he said: “I sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to […]