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My Word
This column on Indian
and world affairs by Rajinder Puri does not pander to the popular view.
It says it like it is – regardless of how many toes are stepped on. It
believes only in facts being sacred and opinions being free.
Rajinder
Puri is a veteran columnist, cartoonist and political activist. He was
on the staff of The Hindustan Times and The Statesman as a cartoonist
and writer. Earlier he worked in London for a brief time drawing
cartoons for The Guardian, and later The Glasgow Herald. For over two
decades he has been a freelance journalist and his work has appeared on
regular assignment in all the leading dailies and weeklies of India.
He
has authored five books on Indian politics.
Rajinder Puri was the
founding General Secretary of the Janata Party in 1977 and was in charge
of campaign publicity in the 1977 general election that brought the
Janata Party to power. Later he was founder General Secretary of Lok
Dal, then Member National Executive and Labour Cell-in-Charge of BJP.
For the last fifteen years he has been attached to no political party.
Responding to
Zardari
PM’s Half-baked
Wisdom on Iran
Justice Nanavati
Opens Can of Worms
Five-Point Plan
Against Terror
It isn’t the
Economy, Stupid!
Narayanan Goes to
Beijing
Kayani Holds the
Key
Who Should Judge the
Judges?
Anti-N-deal Lobby’s
Final Bid
Pakistan’s
Calculated Provocations: India Must Keep its Powder Dry
South Asia and New
World Order
Fake Currency:
Terror’s Tool
Jinxed Olympics:
Any Medals for Kowtowing?
Will Pakistan’s
Aggression Mount?
Why India is Losing
War on Terror
Cash-for-Vote
Mystery Deepens: Will Truth Ever Come Out?
Advani’s Error:
Bofors Style Agitation is Passé
Historic Debate: Will
it be a Turning Point?
If the PM Resigns
...
Who Leaked IAEA
Text?
Will Congress Split?
Potential for Polarization
United They Stand,
Divided We Fall
Comrade Karat in Action
Pak
Crisis, S-Asia's Opportunity
Troubled Telengana!
Will
Mayawati Sink or Save N-deal?
Why
US-Israel-India Axis is Welcome
N-Deal: Now or Never
Breaking Gujjar-Govt Deadlock
Organ
Trade Behind Noida Murders?
Will BJP
Reinvent Itself?
Reservation's Biggest Beneficiary!
Politics: Reserved for Idiots?
India's
Whine against Terror
Govt
Stalls Anti-corruption Help
Musharraf, Gilani, Kayani and Kashmir
India
Ignores Wake Up Calls: Will Disaster Jolt it to Reality?
Basis
for China-Tibet Accord
Why Nalini
Murugan should Not be Released
Baalu
Affair is Small Beer: Much Bigger Corruption Below Surface!
Talking with President Ahmadinejad
Kalam’s Toughest Decision
Could
Hu meet Dalai Soon? Beijing Dances for Dialogue
Tibet
and Kashmir: Globalization Demands Consistency
Prospects with Prachanda: Will Nepal play China's game?
Was
Priyanka Seeking the Truth?
Confused Judgment on Quotas
US-Iran Warming, China-Iran Cooling
Hu’s
Rivals behind Lhasa Revolt?
Can
McCain win?
Can
Tibet Mend China?
Pranab
Again Distorts Constitution!
Government’s Contempt of Parliament! : Discussing IAEA with Left Parties
Do or
Die for Tibet: Protesters Smell Last Chance?
For Whom
Do MPs Speak?
Congress
Poll Gamble
President Versus Chief Justice: Is UPA Government Legal?
Mumbai’s Future : Countering the Thackeray Kids
Kidney
Racket Recalls Nithari!
You’re
Wrong, Comrade Basu! - Socialism is Possible Right Now!
Who
Plotted Benazir’s Murder?
Benazir’s Agenda is The Real Target
Modi’s
Future
Gujarat Exposes BJP-CPI-M Nexus!
Pakistan: Huge challenge, Puny Response!
Biggest Victim of Nandigram
Musharraf Needs Reality Check
Pakistan’s Future: Does it have one?
Pakistan at Crossroads: The Perils of Emergency
Free
Media – Freer Politicians!
Congress
in a Corner : Only One Escape Route!
South
Asia’s Hottest Winter? Timetable for Terror War
The Justice Sabharwal Affair: Judge the Judges – But
Don’t Spare Media!
Silent Struggle in Beijing
Enemies of India’s Development: Who are They, and
Why
Musharraf’s Re-election: It’s Not the Real Issue
Can America’s Decline be Halted?
Let the
Public Judge : What is India’s National Interest?
Roots of
UPA Crisis : Nuclear dharma, Coalition adharma!
The
N-Deal Googly! Which Way will it Swing?
Making
Criminal Justice Work : Madhava Menon Committee may be Ineffective
BJP
Revisited: The Downslide Continues!
Kashmiris Must Speak Up : They Hold Key to a South Asian Solution
Pakistan: Civil War or Peace?
Why
India Needs An Executive President
The
‘Sword of Islam’ : God Save Religion from Priests!
Prospects in Pakistan: Musharraf’s Crisis is Symptom of Deeper sickness
The Q
Conspiracy: How one man can subvert a nation
Quota
Quagmire : Crisis Has Not Ended – It Has Begun
Fatal
Foreign Policy Drift: Seven-Point Agenda to Stop The Rot
Make the
President Work : We Pay for His Keep
Mayawati: Potential and Prospect – Time for a Reality Check
The Real
Fake Encounter: When Media and Politicians Evade Reality
Anatomy
of Terror: Who Has Finger On The Terror Trigger?
Anatomy
of Corruption
Next
Presidential Poll : Is a Political Bomb Quietly Ticking?
Incredible India: It is Still Surviving!
The
Nithari Mystery : Is the CBI covering up?
Rift at
the Top : 10 Janpath Vs 7 Race Course is Destroying Governance
Reviving
Congress! Rahul Reveals Congress Strategy
Bush and
Mush: Can the Team Survive?
Declining India is The Reality: IITians please note . . .
Mr. Q
and National Security : His Hawala Connection More Important than Bofors
Incredible India – No Governance! Can Congress and BJP Reinvent
Themselves?
India-China-Russia Troika : Its Impact on South Asia
A
Pipeline Pipe Dream? The Domino Effect Theory in Peace
BJP's
Future: Does it have one?
Focus
Shifts to South Asia: Hu Jintao and Musharraf May Be Tested
CPI
(M's) Bofors? Lavalin Deal could Sink Marxist Image
India’s
Invisible War: Nation Needs a War Cabinet
After
Saddam : The future of West Asia and world
Time to
Fight Corruption : Make a Resolution for 2007
Indo-Pak
Peace Talks: Moving on the Wrong Track
Assessing President Hu : Watch his role in Pakistan and Tibet
After
Nuclear Deal Will India Enter A New Phase?
Ekla
Chalo: Any Point Talking to President Hu?
The
Knives are out? - Natware-Sonia Spat May Just be the Start
Will the
PM Abet Corruption?
The
Cover-up of HDW, Airbus Scams
North
Korean Nuclear Fallout: Final results may falsify first reactions!
Goodbye
America? N-deal Setback may be Tip of Iceberg!
Gandhi without blinkers: Follow
the Mahatma – but which one?
Is Osama
Dead? Never Mind, Terrorism is Still Alive!
Fighting
Terror: Musharraf's Offer Too Little, Too Late!
Who's Hu
in South Asia: Decoding India-Pakistan-China Relations
Second
tryst with destiny? The first brought little!
Blind
Men of Hindustan
The
Telgi Saga : Why Exposure Always Ends in Closure
Can
Corrupt Politicians Preserve Freedom?
Bofors
and Volcker: Will it be the same old story?
Upto the
President: Parties will closely watch his next move
Next Ninety Days : What Bush Might Attempt ...
Tackling
Terror: To Fight the Enemy, First Know the Enemy
The
Left’s Plan-B: In case a snap poll becomes necessary!
Nuclear
Notions: Critics of Indo-US N-deal Miss the Larger Picture
Dealing
with China
Three-handed Cut-throat: Congress, BJP and Left hold Cards Close to
Chests!
PM Under
Siege: Main Threat from Within?
Addressing Students: Open Letter from Member of a Failed Generation
Arjun
Singh's Politics: Reservation and the Politics of Reservation!
War or
Peace? Middle-East Great Game Approaching Climax
A
Two-Party System is Achievable
India-Pakistan Must Jointly Combat Terrorism
Nepal
Maoists: The American Connection and More
Medha's
Mistake: No Justice without Acquiring Power
Choice
Before China : Dalai Lama Tests Beijing's Credentials
Nuclear
Deal Hurdles : It's The Politics, Stupid!
In
Indira's Footsteps: Will History Repeat Itself?
Bury the
Congress : It Has Outlived Its Historical Role
Reforming Criminal Justice
Global
Democracy: India, not America, Should Take Lead
Tackling
Al-Qaeda: Key lies in Pushtunistan
Sonia
Gandhi Fact-File
Creating
National Alternative : First A New Policy Agenda
Ides of
March? Knives are Out for Budget Session
New
Great Game : Musharraf Misses Writing on the Wall
India's
Second Freedom
Middle
Class Heroes
Season of Long Knives : Gang
wars shake politics
Does the
Indian Government Have a Roadmap to Peace?
BJP
cannot become national alternative
India
2006 : A Nation Stung to Action?
Karma of
Coalition Dharma
Natwar
Singh's Opportunity
India
and the New World Order
Can
Janta Rise Like Phoenix?
Global
Threats, Local Responses
Will
India's Government Survive November?
Clearance Sale:
Politicians Going Cheap!
The
Quake Opened a Window
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