Why Ignatieff Supports Conservative Budget
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced that he would support the Conservative Party’s budget only if they agreed to certain Liberal-proposed amendments. Ignatieff said he wanted regular budget updates (Mar, June, Dec 2009) that would determine whether or not the Conservatives are successfully implementing a budget that is helping Canada and its citizens. At each update, [...]
BARACK OBAMA: THE HOPE OF A NATION.
By Reji Alex The victory and now the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United states epitomizes the Audacity of Hope, the audacity of a skinny young man with a funny name to aspire to the highest office in the nation, the audacity to go against all odds to defeat a [...]
Obama and his south asian envoy
Myra MacDonald There’s much talk about President-elect Barack Obama possibly appointing Richard Holbrooke as a special envoy to South Asia. The New York Times says it’s likely; while the Washington Independent says it may be a bit premature to expect final decisions, even before Obama takes office on Jan. 20. But more interesting perhaps than [...]
Verdict 2008: Jammu and Kashmir’s “vote for democracy”?
Rituparna Bhowmik As the pro-India National Conference appeared set to emerge as the single largest party in Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, the writing on the wall is a tad difficult to miss. Fed up of living under the constant shadow of violence in a state divided under religious lines, Kashmiri voters surprised seasoned political [...]
Change of guard in Bangladesh, hope for the region?
By Sanjeev Miglani Sheikh Hasina, the leader of an avowedly secular party, is set to return to power in Bangladesh, the other end of South Asia’s arc of instability stretching from Afghanistan through Pakistan to India. And because the teeming region, home to a fifth of the world’s population, is so closely intertwined. Hasina’s election [...]