http://www.boloji.com Boloji is the world's biggest Articles Database. en-us Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:41:01 GMT http://www.boloji.com/specials/rss.xml Indian Solutions ideas@ekant.com (Ekant Solutions) ideas@ekant.com (Ekant Solutions) http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14447 While posted at Amman Jordan in 1989-92 the author motored up to Damascus a few times. He found the Syrian immigration officials at the border very friendly both during entry and exit. They insisted on serving tea or coffee even during Ramadan while the visa formalities took but a few minutes. The author noticed that Turkeys province of Hatay Antakya old Antioch was shown in the maps on the wall within Syrian borders. 20-May-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14447 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14412 Turkey s Kurdish problem is as old as the establishment of the secular Republic by Kemal Ataturk. The Kurds have inhabited the east and south east of Turkey much before the Turkish tribes started arriving in from central Asia in 11th century. Even now the percentage of Turkish citizens who came from Turkistan in central Asia would be less than 15 . 13-May-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14412 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14408 The post-mortem reports of the recently held 5thBRICS summit from March 26th-27th 2013 have already been written and forgotten. On June 6th 2013 India is hosting the next IBSA summit. As early as 2011 this analyst had predicted that China will try to kill IBSA India Brazil South Africa grouping by enlarging the BRIC to BRICS. China cunningly brought in South Africa in the original BRIC grouping in 2011 though it did not belong to this economic dialogue forum. 12-May-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14408 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14366 Like a chameleon the dragon very predictably is changing its colors with regards to its often stated nuclear doctrine of no first use NFU . Since 1964 when China conducted its first nuclear weapon test China has repeatedly and vociferously insisted that it would not be the first nuclear power to use a tactical or strategic nuclear weapon in pursuit of its strategic objectives. This NFU pledge was explicitly and unconditionally included in each of China s defense white papers from the first in 1998 through the seventh one in 2011. 04-May-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14366 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14358 How the inaction and lackdaiscal attitude of Indian Govt led to the death of an Indian Prisoner in Pakistan. 02-May-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14358 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14326 Come summer local stand offs between Indian and Chinese troops on the Line of Actual Control LAC have been common in the past. There was some hope of a change given ongoing rapprochement between the Indian and Chinese leadership. While Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh had his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping Prime Minister Le Keqiang is expected to be in New Delhi in May. 25-Apr-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14326 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14261 The reason behind the continued massacre of Shias in Pakistan is no secret. The Shias do not support the so-called jihad in India or Afghanistan. Pakistan s secret agency ISI wanted them to either join the jihad and or move out. 08-Apr-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14261 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14248 As Pakistan goes to polls on 11 May trends indicate that a right wing coalition may come to power in Islamabad. The principal political parties the ruling Pakistan People s Party PPP and opposition Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz PMLN are for the first time challenged by a party at the national level Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf PTI led by former cricket captain Imran Khan. Provincial parties as Awami National Party ANP Mohajir Qaumi Movement MQM and Jamaat e Islami Fazlur Rehman are likely to win a sizeable chunk of votes in their pocket boroughs. Thus in a scenario where no Party is likely to emerge as a clear winner a number of fringe players expecting a fragile coalition in the federal government have jumped in the fray some of the leaders even returning from exile for the elections. 04-Apr-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14248 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14232 China s lust for oil minerals rare earths fish and desire for an alternative northern sea route boils the Arctic Geopolitics 31-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14232 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14226 Panchayat Poll is knocking at the door in West Bengal. But the Election Commission is locked in a dispute with the Mamata Banerjee-led state government over the scheduling and deployment of central paramilitary troopers for the coming Panchayat polls of delaying the elections. Meera Pandey Versus Mamata Banerjee war may go a long way and even cause constitutional crisis in the state while only the other day Mamata government dismissed reports of conflict with Election Commission. They told that all information about the differences were simply the cock and bull stories of the media. Now the cat is out the bag. Both are now washing their dirty linen in public- one openly blaming the other. 29-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14226 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14163 Overmuch Reliance of Mamata on the Subalterns and the Muslim Votebank has made many to raise their eyebrows. But this is a new venture of Mamata as the politician who now embarks on a journey called From Representation to Recognition .She wants to establish herself as the champion of these downtrodden people adivasis tribals or muslims 15-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14163 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14128 Secularism has never been embedded in the Constitution of Pakistan and they have followed the path of religious theocracy which has compounded problem for them. It is high time Pakistan introspects inwards and tries to evolve a message of peace and brotherhood and not violence and bloodshed by killing its own sovereign citizens in the name of God. 11-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14128 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14127 Killing enemies and opponents by all means is a historical tradition and legacy but within certain rules and laws even during wars. In ancient days as espoused in Arthashashtra of Kautilya some kings used to bring up beautiful young girls who were administered small doses of poison since childhood. When grown up they were gifted to enemy Kings who after physical congress and cohabitation got slowly poisoned and died. Of course the attempt to poison food of Kings and others is still prevalent and the food is carefully tested before being served to them. 10-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14127 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14125 The example of the Chief Minister of Tripura Mr Manik Sarkar for his honesty uprightness and genuine concern for the people of the state especially the poor the tribal population which is disenchanted many of them on the path of militancy should be highlighted to show that all Indian politicians have not transgressed the promontories of probity and incorruptibility. That the CPM Party Chief Prakash Karat said this on the sidelines of the swearing in ceremony of the Chief Minister should be taken note of by all and sundry especially the media. The media whether we like it or not can actually make or break. 10-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14125 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14097 Even as the Chief Ministers in three North East states are sworn in very little attention seems to be paid to Tripura where a party has got absolute majority single handedly and is being elected to power five times in a row with the present incumbent winning three times in a row Also apart from the fact that Manik Sarkar is no political pushover the media is underplaying his honesty and integrity. 07-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14097 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14071 The BJP is proudly portraying Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister of the country. But isn t this a classical example of putting the cart before the horse Fair enough you can project him as the hero of the country with his winning streaks and an unflappable temperament even as the likes of a Teesta Setwalwad are indefatigibly waging a relentless battle against his misdeeds. But who cares single handed warriors are always some sort of an anathema in India to the polity more often dubbed as pseudo secularists whatever that might mean. 03-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14071 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14060 Three North Eastern states which went to the polls on February 23rd 2013 are now poised to form governments. While the CPI M had a landslide victory in Tripura in fact getting an absolute majority the other two states had single party majority winners that is the Congress in Meghalaya and the regional Naga People s Front in Nagaland. The Congress in Meghalaya won 29 seats whereas the regional Naga People s Front in Nagaland got 38 seats with one more polling awaited in March. For the regional Naga People s Front in Nagaland they have missed the two thirds majority narrowly and even if they win the by elections they still fall short of absolute majority by one seat. 01-Mar-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14060 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14018 The British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized indirectly about the Jallianwala Bagh episode in 1919. Were we waiting for it as one of the newspapers gleefully reported Mr Cameron s expiation Is this a very newsworthy thing to report or are we still shackled by cololianist stance or is our response a post modern read post colonial triumph 21-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14018 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14015 There is no dearth of news in our country and that too for the wrong reasons Now we have the spectacular one of a Minister of one of the North Eastern states caught napping with Rs 1 crore and some ammunition to boot it. And that happened in another country Nepal to be precise. The Minister had the grace to resign. Perhaps if this was in any other state this may not have happened. 20-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14015 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14012 The Central Government has taken up the helicopters deal with the British Prime Minister. Although the Company involved is an Anglo Italian one I fail to understand this action which is anomalous. It was the Italian government which detected this scam the main accused are from Italy but why has our Government decided to take up the matter with the British Head of State 20-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14012 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14007 Assam is in turmoil once again. And this time too it is linked to the immigrants issue. Apart from people being killed by police firing many have been displaced. 19-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14007 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14004 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram stated in January that the current account deficit CAD was the worrying kind. In the second quarter ending in September 2012 it registered US $23 billion or 5.4 of gross domestic product GDP . The financial year ends on March 31 2013. The government does not want to repeat its 1991 fiasco. 18-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=14004 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13994 Now it is a helicopter scam. The skeletons from the cupboard are being unravelled. This should have been done earlier even as warning bells were sounded. Now that the Italian government has ordered a probe the Indian government has followed suit. But why didn t it pay heed to it earlier when names were even sounded Why was this silence Was it a matter of complicity These are disturbing questions and to think that these same helicopters were paraded on Republic Day What a shame Shame after shame scandal after scandal are taking place in our country. The government is unmoved doesn t bat an eyelid. Opposition leaders only shout things are in pandemonium. 16-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13994 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13988 An eminent columnist writing recently in the Times Of India had a few strange things to say about Afzal Guru s execution. But that is perhaps not strange. Many columnists say whatever they want to especially eminent ones. Lesser mortals like us are admonished with strictures if the public does not accept our views. Now with the advent of citizen journalism people speak more vociferously and they are even heard. 16-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13988 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13981 The Suryanelli case is an excellent example of how dangerous political vendetta can be. It just goes to show how something as serious as rape can be turned into a score settling exercise. Worse it just goes to show how women in India while crying hoarse for their empowerment emancipation and safety are actually undermining their own credibility and worth. 14-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13981 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13963 I am surprised at the comments of some politicians on the hanging of Afzal Guru and even likening it to vote bank interests. Although the present government is not the most incorruptible of all but to impugn all the time motives to its actions stirs the hornet s nest especially on sensitive matters like this. There was almost panic that there would be a violent backlash in some states. But this did not happen. 11-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13963 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13945 According to media reports at least 54 countries including Syria Iran Sweden Iceland and UK offered CIA covert support to detain transport interrogate and torture suspects in the years following the 9 11 attacks. 06-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13945 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13941 Why were only Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal only among the few singled out for violating prohibitory orders near the Prime Minister s residence This singling out factor of a few individuals betrays a democratic system. If Section -144 was violated then many must have transgressed the laws. Picking and choosing a few people only is a proof of abject violation of the spirit of democracy or for that matter secularism. 07-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13941 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13909 The Jaipur Literature Festival JLF 2013 presents a modern manthan of ideas and ideals opinions books fashions what have you. With six issues being taken up per hour from 10 am to 7 pm the choice is incredible whether one wants to just hang out with a cup of tea or coffee or any of the other delicious eats on offer watching the latest in winter wear on display or partake of more serious offerings in any of the panel discussions. 01-Feb-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13909 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13889 Will the current upsurge in Balochistan come to an end after the imposition of governor s rule on January 14 is a fresh hornets nest for Pakistan when elections are round the corner. Balochistan is the most important flash point of conflicts in Asia today. Pakistan is not giving the serious attention to Balochistan as it is more sensitive than Afghanistan. 28-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13889 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13875 As a Nation each time we come across a crisis we back down from our responsibilities and accept the consequences. Before too long it gets into our genes to tolerate everything and continue living without any purpose and without any dreams. What we have here is a failure to govern 24-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13875 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13862 The Home Minister s statement that Hindu terrorism is supported by some political parties and their allies needs to be looked roundly at. It comes at a time when India baiting by Pakistan is at its best and this statement could be well used by our neighbour to advantage in whatever context. We must remember that Islamic states beleive in hegemonic rights on religious basis and not necessarily on nationalistic rights and fervour. 22-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13862 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13846 What is happening in North West Africa known as Arab Maghreb and down south in Sahel i.e. Sahara region is the beginning of a new colonial style era to wrest and control vast resources of these poor nations i.e. Libya Mali Algeria Mauritania Niger Chad and others. Still mostly untapped - not even fully mapped - it is a vast region with Mali twice as large as whole of France. 20-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13846 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13844 Pakistan began 2013 on a turbulent note with siege by thousands of supporters of Dr Tahirul Qadri of the Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran TMQ to the capital forcing the government to negotiate an agreement on reforming the electoral process. For change mainstream political parties in Pakistan joined hands to put the cleric completely on the defensive and forcing him to call off the agitation. 20-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13844 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13830 The turbulent north-western Balochistan province of Pakistan has been on the boil for the last couple of years. Trapped in poverty and underdevelopment Balochistan is the least developed and most backward province in Pakistan. 17-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13830 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13763 Soon we will talk about the Parliament elections. Indeed we have started talking about it and the inevitable indeed the inexorable question is whether the Congress will come back to power. After the Delhi case many gloat and say that this is the turn around for the Congress their ineptitude in handling the whole event was pathetic. 04-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13763 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13751 A debate has been initiated on whether a Special Session Of Parliament should be called to discuss the emergent issue of the Delhi gang rape and the subsequent death of the victim. By the time the debate peters out like all debates do in our country we will still be wondering as to what we should do how should we act in such cases of sheer animality and regression. 02-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13751 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13747 As far as India is concerned 2012 could not have ended on a more unpropitious and bizarre note. Even now we do not know the name of the 23 year old physiotherapist who died under one of history s most gruesome circumstances and murders. Although her name is not yet known clearly various names have been used. After all she has a name 01-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13747 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13744 A guideline for the youth of India who are concerned about the future of their country. How should they conduct themseves and be a productive part of the reform process. 01-Jan-2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13744 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13738 Reports of rape cases are coming from all over the country. And as the writer film maker Nikhil Sharda says they are all alleged cases. It s a wonder that so much evil is taking place even when we have not reconciled to the death of Damini . What is the use of describing her as India s Daughter 31-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13738 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13735 The Indian State began dying in Jan 2012 by the end of Dec 2012 it has been unofficially certified dead. The event coincided with the tragic death of the young 23 year old girl who fought a losing battle to stay alive after one of the most gruesome attacks on a woman in the nation s capital at Delhi. The death certification has come through the vast throngs of young people who have been unmindful of the winter cold in Delhi and other parts of India and who have come out in huge numbers to protest against the State. 30-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13735 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13727 When a Democracy cannot and does not protect its citizens when the enforcement of law and order has broken down when the attrocities are being committed in the open and the victim s cries for help falls on deaf ears when our leadership and beauracracy is drowing in the cesspool of corruption and incompetence - it is time for soul searching for each one of us. What shall we do What is our role as citizens of this country 29-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13727 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13718 How does a sitting Member of Parliament and the son of the President of our country make an irresponsible and insensitive statement that the protesters assembled in India Gate over one of the worst type of criminal and sexual assaults in our country were women all painted and decked up The statement shows utter disregard for a crime of the vilest proportions. It also shows a canny disrespect towards the community of women especially in our country. 28-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13718 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13701 An article in The Telegraph Kolkata in the edit page on 26.12.012 sums up India s travails very clearly. While the outrageous rape of a young paramedic student has left the country seething with anger Modi the author says has come back to power with vengeance. People seem to have forgotten post Godhra 2002. 26-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13701 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13699 How long will it take for commentators and journalists to realize that poverty is a vicious cycle ensnaring and entrapping its victims into fallacies lure and exploitation Seasoned people people working in the government offices in industries have shown the way- be corrupt. So poverty percolates down under and becomes a way of life. Tell me will the abjectly poor have any conscience when the so called educated class flouts it with impunity 26-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13699 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13672 The Raisina Hill protest is not symbolic. It is more than a protest it is a demand for rights rights that have been vitiated and violated in the most grotesque manner. This is not the first time that the honour of women have been traduced in our country in the vilest manner. But this is the limit so much so that people are hurt angry and dejected. Their actions and their faces say so. 24-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13672 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13669 Protest movement in Delhi triggered by apathy of state apparatus and brought into question the authority and legitimacy of state in India. Delhi has been under-going massive protests led by young people from all walks of life ever since the horrific incident of rape of young girl and injury to her boy friends took place last week in Delhi by grue-some six men all of whom are behind the bars now. The girl is said to be critical but stable and is battling physical injuries as well as mental trauma in the hospital. 22-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13669 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13662 To diplomats NGO wallahs and journalists a visit to Somaliland seems to centre upon the Al-Mansour Hotel in Hargeisa. Strategically located in the country s dusty capital it is redolent in stature at least to the Hotel Sacher in post-war Vienna. A place of intrigue political horse trading and deal brokerage the Al-Mansour delights in its status as the favourite watering hole of Government Ministers trade delegations and those who have yet to develop sufficient spine for a visit to Mogadishu. 21-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13662 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13660 The victory of Naredra Modi and the BJP in Gujarat was expected. It shows a people s mandate including all sections of the society. However the BJP fanaticism or its harping on everything that is Hindu must also change and they must adapt themselves to certain local and even historical dimensions. It is a good sign that Narendra Modi has won which shows acceptability of all sections of the society. However the Hindu and Hindutva bug must go just as the Congress must refrain from talking on divisive lines that is minorities are unsafe there. 21-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13660 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13642 A few protests are taking place in a most scattered manner regarding the Delhi gang rape. I feel ashamed even to use this expression a slur to put it mildly on human behaviour - aberrant and despicable. Some people are putting up petitions on Face Book to the President of India. How will this help We have to make an orchestrated protest all over the country. 19-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13642 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13634 One more rape does not matter to our Indian conscience pysche and sensibility even if that happens in the capital city of New Delhi with mute and passive bystanders bearing a silent witness. Silence tells it all bespeaks of a society unable to stand up against brutish and bestial acts. So what happens It becomes a news item with much bravado the media highlights it and the family of the victim suffers to no end. 19-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13634 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13632 News comes from a team sent by the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR to Homs Syria. They returned to Damascus in late November reporting that thousands of displaced people in Homs now live in unheated communal shelters. Half the city s hospitals no longer function and severe shortages wrack the civilian population. As winter approaches a lack of blankets children s shoes and warm clothing will become a serious problem according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA at least 75 000 children required blankets and warm clothes as of 11 November 17-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13632 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13631 With the latest change of stand taken by Russia on its solid support to Syrian President Bashar Assad later somewhat retracted it appears like the Mayan moment for him. But the situation in West Asia and North Africa and elsewhere will not unfold as US led NATO and Riyadh and Doha financed GCC countries hope and wish. The fires of resistance and for freedom from authoritarian rulers in the Gulf oligarchies the main financiers earlier of the 1980s Jihad in Afghanistan which has destroyed south west Asia and now the greater Middle East will blowback. Shia majority Bahrainis want freedom from its Sunni ruler. There is unrest not only in oil rich Shia regions of the Saudi Kingdom but growing general resentment among young unemployed and under employed Sunni citizens of Saudi Arabia against the absolute rule of Saudi princes oligarchy. 17-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13631 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13626 Destructive comments to the media by Pakistan s interior minister Mr A Rehman Malik on various sensitive issues in India Pakistan relations particularly related to Mumbai 26 11 terror attack soured what could have been a major event in expanding Indo Pakistan relations a liberalized Visa Agreement. 17-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13626 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13611 The positive aspect of the clarion call for a Lokpal is that it has found a welcome impact on other states of the country and taken up by Civil Society groups and social activists. There is no doubt of the deepening and wide ramifications of the India against Corruption movement. on diverse parts of the country. 15-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13611 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13573 On the eve of Rahul Gandhi s visit to Imphal there was a bomb explosion injuring two security personnel. This has happened many a time in the North East protesters call a bandh or boycott when a government dignitary visits. This is mainly called by militants or student protesters and happens in the J K as well. 10-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13573 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13564 On the 8th of December two Supreme court Justices made two or three significant statements separately regarding the state of affairs in the country concerning freedom of expression and the ominous communal divides which prevails. 10-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13564 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13545 It seems that in India we cannot write anything that is professedly or un professedly secular having moorings of a liberal outlook. Such people are sometimes maligned as false ideologues or having a mis placed secularism. If you write something on Gujarat let alone question the credentials of its Chief Minister it arouses the ire of people who respond immediately making frontal and personal attacks against the writer. 07-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13545 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13535 Finally the Government has been able to wriggle out of the FDI Retail polemic or rather a controversy I would prefer to opt for the former expression because the controversy and the debate in Parliament was actually exacerbated by a disunited opposition which is dithering and which is sore about everything in the country which they are unhappy about except of course themselves who they think are redoutable. 07-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13535 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13527 With the polls around in two states the focus now is on Gujarat and whether Narendra Modi will make a strong come back as before. Speculations are rife as to whether he will get an absolute majority or a single majority. Political commentators in the glossy magazines are hazarding all kinds of guesses but not coming to any conclusion. 05-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13527 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13519 The conflict in the Gaza strip has been the symbol of a Palestinian liberation for years. It showed how conflict in the Middle East influenced world politics and Yasser Arafat was recognized all over the world for his tenacity and cause to a liberation struggle which he not only believed in but acted it out. But Israel always curried favour with the Western Block and India remained a passive onlooker trying to hedge between Israeli militarism and Arafat s brilliant political acumen commitment to a cause and his apparent effrontery to the Western world which chagrined them but endeared him to many political and social platforms all over the world. 04-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13519 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13517 Barack Obama came from a working class environment and he is an embodiment of the American dream. Four years ago people all over the world greeted Barack Obama s election with euphoria because by electing the first-ever black person as President the Americans have inspired the world and have shown that the so called American dream is alive and well in America. Now by reelecting Obama for a second term of office the Americans have reassured the world that his color of the skin doesn t matter for the American public and that his vision for the future and his action items resonated well with the majority of Americans. 03-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13517 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13508 We pay homage to icons we fear or for that matter do not like. Our societies have been built on the fringes of such fear and terror. So if normalcy is disrupted in the city of Mumbai after his death we have to accept it more out of a sense of fear than anything else. And if there is the mildest criticism a vitriolic reaction takes place. 02-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13508 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13489 In India the most contradictory things take place. But contradiction should have its inner and outer limits. Our tiny state of Meghalaya will go to the polls in February March 2013. So there is a hustle for power already with scams coming to the fore like never before rhyme not intended . The state has the dubious distinction of having forty governments in power in the forty years of its chequered existence. So much for political unity 30-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13489 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13488 The crackdown on FDI was a very good opportunity for the opposition parties to unite against the UPA on a matter which could have become a significant national debate. The Trinamool Congress as usual threw tantrums which seems to be its usual positioning and ended matters with a whimper and a bit of a noise at the end. 30-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13488 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13470 With the split in the India Against Coprruption and the establishment of the Aam Aadmi Party by Arvind Kejriwal the middle class movement driven by the civil society is now dead. It s now all political howsoever apolitical the new party might be 28-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13470 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13462 The Aaam Aaadmi has been made into a national commodity. From a term used to denote the common man if not the impoverished the expression has now gained currency for a connotation of a political party. Everyone has of course the right to choose a name or an expression for their political pary but this usage is redolent of populism and a method to carry crowds. We are hearing that funds for the party will not be a problem the Aaam Aaadmi will contribute. Does it here I mean the masses have the political or economic force to do so 27-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13462 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13445 It was Border Security Force who played a powerful role by strengthening the frontiers of our motherland with patriotic and courageous sense which portrayed their remarkable contribution to our nation s security. Whether it is frozen cliff muddy valley or broken rocks on duty the BSF never neglected duty bound sense and as much as possible they demonstrated strategic skills during critical war time. 11-Dec-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13445 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13437 Since the secretive hanging of Pak LeT trained terrorist Ajmal Kasab on 21 November morning he was the only survivor of at least a ten men band ill-informed and info and intellect challenged discussions have gone viral on India s corporate channels and in print media. 22-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13437 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13430 The people of India woke up to the execution of Ajmal Kasab who was hanged and buried in Pune s Yerawada jail in a secret operation named Operation-X. Ajmal Kasab s execution seems to be strategic in terms of its timing. 21-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13430 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13421 I was reading an article in the Shillong Times on The North East Political Conundrum . The article highlighted problems such as the trickle down effect bad governance poor infrastructure militarism as opposed to the public voice etc. The author also stated that though there is no dearth of funds the same has only a trickel down effect and are sipohoned by the state governments. We often hear of this that the availability of funds is enough but the money is not being spent for developmental purposes. So what exactly is happening here Who are the corrupt is it only politicians if so how does the money meant for public interest go somewhere else 20-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13421 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13406 Politicking is political campaigning or just speech-making. In democracies it is practiced beyond art form. If the quote politics is the art of the possible has to be believed achieving the impossible is the goal of a politicking person. Politicking is the basic instinct of a member in a group of more than two members be they adults or kindergarten kids. 22-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13406 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13398 Mrs. Nirubama Rao then Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry had air dashed to Sri Lanka in a bid to resolve sea water crisis and to persuade Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka for declaring truce against unarmed Tamilnadu fishermen. In fact Tamilnadu fishermen who ventured into sea every dawn for their livelihood are harmless without holding any war weapons. They used to have oars and fishing nets during the journey. 16-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13398 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13366 The marksheet scandal has pushed the people of my tiny beautiful state Meghalaya into a righteous indignation. Articles are being written jokes are being circulated the Chief Minister is as adamantine as rock saying not guilty until proved so etc etc. Some may feel this is one of those things it will soon be archived in the annals of history as Once upon a time some are so disgusted that they remain muted. Some are so gleeful that they say I told you so.. and so on. 08-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13366 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13361 The victory of Barack Obama signals the return of power and indicates that the policies of the US are by and large mandated by the people of the country. In his speech the arch rival of Obama Romney reiterated that he would still pledge his support to Obama s Government and his prayers were with Obama. This is indeed a break away from the Indian political scene where the candidate who is defeated in an election immediately starts attacking and throwing diatribes against his opponent. But the Americans appear to be more graceful in defeat. This is a lesson which we might learn from their polity. 08-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13361 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13359 Cultural organizations do not have monopoly in protecting or continuing the legacy of a race. Common citizens are equally capable. 08-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13359 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13354 Obama stopped the war in Iraq set the stage to pull out of Afghanistan killed America s arch enemy Osama bin Laden and enacted a public health care system and equal pay for women. Give me four more years to finish the job he appealed during the election campaign and the Americans responded by favoring the status quo to be maintained. Obama notched up a comfortable victory. 07-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13354 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13350 A new chapter on Kashmir history is opened once again for political discussion whether National Conference NC Awami National Conference ANC will come together or not. Much is being talked in political circles about the unification of Kashmir s premier political organization NC and its breakup that struck after the death of the legendary lion of Kashmir Sheikh Mohd Abdullah. After the breakup of NC into two it also went into social rivalry between Sheikh and Shah family. Whatever happened to Kashmir after that is history. 07-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13350 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13318 Gilgit-Baltistan GB has been struggling to remain independent for the last six decades. Lately the friends of Gilgit-Baltistan in the European Parliament EP have come forward against the Pakistani Government s decision to make Gilgit Baltistan as its fifth province and described it violation of all democratic and diplomatic norms and also contrary to the spirit of Pakistan s constitution itself which has since accepted Gilgit-Baltistan not as a part of Pakistan but as a part of Jammu Kashmir . The European Parliament has also urged the international community intervention to stop Pakistan from absorbing Gilgit-Baltistan and withdrew its security forces. Also in Geneva on September 11 last leaders from various political parties raised question against Pakistan stated that GB was practically controlled and annexed by Pakistan. 01-Nov-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13318 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13291 India Bangladesh relations have been growing from strength to strength under the Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Haseena. Traditionally Awami League s relations with India given past legacy of Indian role in the Bangladesh freedom movement and close bond of Indian leadership with Banga bandhu and founder of the nation Sheikh Mujibur has been very strong. 28-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13291 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13269 There is so much speculation whether the ruling party will come back to power. With so many scams abd allegations political pundits are making predictions some easy some not. And the focus wavers sometimes it is on a hapless Prime Minister sometimes on Sonia Gandhi who everyone except the Congress considers to be the de facto leader. And of course the dynastic predictions of Rahul Gandhi coming to power is not ruled out. All this is done with a sense of glee and alternates this with stoic resignation. 25-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13269 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13263 India has tremendous potential to emerge as a vibrant Knowledge Society but it has to put in concerted efforts in many areas if it has to become one. India has many positive factors that can fire it to sculpt itself into a power that will have to be reckoned with. 24-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13263 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13244 Managing Electronic waste has become a very big challenge. The governments and private organisation will have to play a crucial and responsible role in order to properly manage electronic waste. Proper inventorisation and management has been very necessary in order to reduce the negative impacts of e waste in human livelihood and maintain prosperity in society. 22-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13244 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13239 The internal Lokpal that the India Against Corruption party has instituted is a good step ahead towards good democratic systems and objectives. In an interview with CNN IBN Arvind Kejriwal said clearly that the imputations against two of his colleagues would be looked into and if the allegations were found to be true they would summararily be expelled. 21-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13239 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13235 Eagerly awaited is the judgement in the case against Rajat Gupta the first India born CEO of global Investment Co. convicted of insider trading. 21-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13235 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13232 The recent report that the NSC I-M are reconsidering their demand for a greater Nagalim is not only a welcome sign but it is a mature way ahead for talks giving up also the call for an independent nation and sovereignty. The demand for a greater Nagaland brought conflict of interests as the group claimed the Naga areas of not only Manipur but Arunachal Pradesh and Assam as well. There was opposition by these state governments. 21-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13232 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13222 What is China actually doing It is not a rhetorical question. China is trying to cower India into submission by brow beating her on The Arunachal Pradesh issue and India is trying to only ingratiate. China has brazenly shown Arunachal Pradesh in the map of its country and India can do nothing about it. China has shamelessly violated human rights in Tibet and India has accepted it though it has provided political asylum to the Dalai Lama. China is bitter towards India for this but India seems almost apologetic. 19-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13222 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13216 Two National Institutes of technology have been recently established in North East India one in Meghalaya and the other in Nagaland. The noteworthy point about them is that they have been located away from the capital town which means that at least some rural people will have access to it. In Meghalaya it is in Cherrapunjee and in Nagaland on the outskirts of Dimapur. 18-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13216 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13212 It is quite inspiring and encouraging when the opposition party under the leadership of Dr.SC Jamir is now leading and working together with the ruling party in Nagaland and supporting the present peace talks in Delhi. If he and his party would have been with the Nagas from before to solve the Naga problem the process of peace talks in Delhi would have been speed up much faster. However now as they have joined together in one spirit with same Naga political aspiration one can have more hope and vision for our future Naga people. 17-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13212 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13203 An honest IRS officer has taken up the challenge to fight against the corrupt and mighty Political party. Doubt whether he would succeed. 16-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13203 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13194 The first question is why is volunteering important as an youth focussed aspect Is it sensitizing the youth towards holistic development with an eye to banish poverty 15-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13194 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13193 I am perhaps not the right person to express such an opinion on the recent conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Commission. For years this sanctimonious body has never been questioned even after Barrack Obama got the prize within a year of being in office. And that too for peace. Very few people questioned this decision as American authoritarianism cannot be questioned. It must only be accepted. 15-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13193 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13191 North western part of Pakistan has been undergoing a turmoil for over half a decade due to unabated free hand to fundamentalist group led by Tehrik-e-Taliban which continue to target liberal elements in the Pakistani society and one such incident which hit not only headlines in South Asia as well internationally was on October 9 this year when Malala Yousufzai 14-year-old girl was shot on her head by armed gunmen from the Tehrik-e-Taliban camp in Mingora located in the north-western Swat valley of Pakistan. 15-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13191 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13181 The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 goes to European Union EU but this has created mixed response all over the globe. There are some valid reasons for giving this very prestigious award to the EU. However some expressed their displeasure. 13-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13181 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13178 On October 3 2012 the Turkish military launched repeated mortar shelling inside Syrian territory. The military action which was used by the Turkish military conveniently to establish a ten-kilometer wide no-man s land buffer zone inside Syria was in response to the alleged killing by Syrian armed forces of several Turkish civilians along the border. There is widespread speculation that the one Syrian mortar that killed five Turkish civilians well might have been fired by Turkish-backed opposition forces intent on giving Turkey a pretext to move militarily in military intelligence jargon a false flag operation 13-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13178 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13157 Matters of regionalism and ethnicity are of paramount concern in the Indian context because of the pluralism of languages and cultures. Added to this is religion we should not forget that the all the major religions of the world have an Indian connection or legacy something which the Western world is alarmingly diffident about. 11-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13157 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13127 Now another public figure is in the news in India for some scandal or corruption or the other. Activist Arvind Kejriwal has taken him by the noose and openly challenged him. We are not taken by surprise. This is part of the routine news. Media channels get very hyper the public involves itself in animated discussions long erudite and impractical letters to the editor are written then the entire thing subsides just as like after a bomb explosion. 09-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13127 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13125 In India the demand for banning a book on religious ground is more often than not heard. Only in last June Kuldip Nayar s book Beyond the Lines envisaged the ire of the Sikh readers who demanded a ban for the book. This time the target is no other person but the ever popular children book writer J.K. Rowling whose debut novel had a very good market in India. But the book is alleged to have anti-Sikh sentiments. 07-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13125 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13094 The American media is furoious over Obama s silence in the debate with his Presidential contestant Mitt Romney. But this silence is not like that of Manmohan Singh s . It may be a strategy which Obama chose to adopt in encountering his arch rival. Two steps backward one step forward - is sometimes a very effective strategy and Obama kept his powder dry in the first debate. 05-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13094 http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13087 In order to make a fair assessment of Indian writing the readers eye strucks on mini Gandhis who have a staunch believe in Gandhian ideology. Gandhi was no emperor military general president or prime minister. He was just an ordinary man who identified himself with struggles and pains of the people of India. His mind was a receptive soil to the seeds of thought that aimed at the regeneration of man. He stressed the importance of chastity voluntary poverty truthfulness and fearlessness. 04-Oct-2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=13087