By Surinder Kumar Sharma* Karachi is once again bleeding driven by a complex web of ethnic, political and social tensions. Essentially a turf war between rival political groups and the heavily armed groups linked to them, the current wave of violence is the worst the city has seen since 1995. In fact, history has...
Dhaka: The participation of Chief Ministers of four Indian states and a large entourage of Union ministers and officials underscored the importance India’s ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government gave to the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dhaka. But for the Mamata hurdlle, the visit could have ended on a high note...
By Ramu Sharma New Delhi (Syndicate Features): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed its earlier decision to pull out the Champions Trophy from India. The confirmation is a move to force India to set its house in order on the administrative front. The FIH has not been happy with the Sports Ministry’s move...
By Abdol Wahed Faramarz in Kabul Afghanistan’s economy could face a sharp shock after international troops withdraw in 2014, removing the one factor that provided investors and businesses with a measure of confidence, local economists warn. They note that Afghanistan still lacks a stable economic infrastructure and suffers from massive institutional corruption, which means...
It should be fairly easy to travel to a neighbouring country, but not in South Asia where it is easier to travel to more distant parts of the world. Past hostilities, resentments, suspicions have long made the borders difficult to navigate for ordinary travellers. The situation may change in the future for connectivity has...
Thanks to a side show of the blessed ‘second freedom struggle’, the 12-day Annalila in Delhi powered by the indomitable middle classes, aptly staged on historic Ram Lila Ground, that the corruption-hit populace is for the first time going to enjoy ‘freedom of speech’ in its truest sense. All along Indians were told that...
