India Could Be the Next Target for Angry Americans
By Steve Hamm Fear and loathing are on the rise in the United States. Right now the emotions are focused on AIG and Bernie Madoff—deserving targets for populist ire. But mob passions can’t be controlled, so there are huge risks to the United States and the world if the mob and its emotions start to [...]
India is a silent bystander in Sri Lankan Tragedy
Surin Pitsuwan ACCORDING to a British newspaper, Sri Lankan “officials have confirmed they will establish several welfare villages to house the estimated 200,000 Tamils displaced from their homes by the Sri Lankan army’s final offensive against the LTTEs stronghold on the north.” According to the report, the villages will be based in Vavuniya and Mannar [...]
National election dates set in India
Jeremy Page India has finally set the dates for its national elections, formally kicking off a frantic 40 days of campaigning for the 714 million votes up for grabs in the world’s largest democracy. Voting is staggered over five phases from April 16 to May 13 to enable the deployment of 2.1 million security personnel [...]
DYNAMICS OF JOURNALISM
A New York Times op-ed extolled Canada’s banking system, saying: “Yes, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government may buy as much as 125 billion Canadian dollars (about $100 billion) worth of mortgages, increasing banks’ capacity to lend. But this is small change compared with the scale of Washington’s bailout.” What the op-ed writer failed to do [...]