By Malladi Rama Rao For Sri Lanka observers comfortably perched in Delhi, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is LTTE by another name. Its leaders barring a couple of exceptions have contributed to furthering this image by their antics. So, TNA’s longevity always carried a question mark in the discussions over endless cups of tea....
By Malladi. RAMA RAO Brinkmanship of an unusual kind is in full display on the national scene, all courtesy, Lalit Modi- Shashi Tharoor face off that had resulted in the exit of the former UN diplomat from the corridors of South Block where he was the junior minister in UPA-2, and the eclipse of...
By MOHAMMAD VAZEERUDDIN New Delhi (Syndicate Features): Most newspaper columnists and commentators tend to strut, giggle and wisecrack from the beginning “I” to the final “me”, while the man in the street feels that on the national stage India is enacting a kind of travesty of itself, spoken in Newspeak and performed by fake...
By M Rama Rao In the end, as expected, there were no surprises. And a month or two down the line too there will be no surprise if ten odd new lawmakers switch over to the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and reward it with the magic two-third majority in Parliament, the goal President...
Title: The World of Rhythm Called Rituals Author: Jayant Burde Publisher: New Age Books, Naraina Phase –I, New Delhi-28 Pages: 164; Price: Rs. 225 Review: by M Rama Rao A marvellous book it is by all means. For a generation in India which is increasingly distancing itself from the traditions and rituals, Jayant Burde’s...
By Samuel Baid Pakistan National Assembly (Lower House) on April 9 has passed the 18th Constitutional amendment almost unanimously. At the time of writing, the 100-Member Senate (Upper House) is discussing the same. The current meeting seeks to undo the damage Gen Ziaul Haq’s Eighth amendment (1985) and Gen Parvez Musharraf’s 17th amendment (2003)...
The UN report on the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, submitted early April, has clearly accused ISI of spawning and supporting terrorist groups in the region. The report said terrorist organisations like the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) targeted not only India but also the US and other western countries at the behest...
Sharai Tharoor (54), the Minister of State for External Affairs resigned on Sunday (April 18) night bringing to an end a high voltage political controversy over his role and that of his friend Sunanda Pushkar in the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket. His decision was a sequel to the Congress...
By Malladi Rama Rao Look at the absurdity of the situation. Delhi has not deployed its army side-by-side the NATO forces in Afghanistan. In fact, it has been resisting the American pressure to send its troops for more than a decade. Also, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh government is not helping Karzai’s army and police...
India has opened more than 100 high-altitude peaks in Kashmir for foreign trekkers and climbers. Most of these peaks are in the Eastern Karakoram mountain range of predominantly Buddhist Ladakh region. Their altitude ranges from 9,842 feet to 25,590 feet. Jammu and Kashmir’s Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora said the defence ministry has given...
