Posts About India
Put This Question to Rest
This is a favorite question of Western analysts but it's an absurd question because Partition is a fact of life and a fact of history now for millions of Indians and Pakistanis.
Big Asian Economies Will Boom While Small Ones Suffer
Somalia/United Arab Emirates - A prolonged Middle East conflict will have a serious security impact on Muslim majority Asian and Saarc countries. Violent mob demonstrations and terrorist attacks may scare off foreign investors in Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh. However, there is no indication that Asia's fastest growing economies in China and India will be affected as long as their traditional energy, labor and trade markets in the wealthy GCC states remain robust....
Replace G8 with G20
London, England -- The rich industrialised countries -- supposed democracies -- meeting in St. Petersburg are either incapable or unwilling to implement solutions likely to matter. There is one proposal, however, they ought to discuss that could make a difference: Abolish the G8 itself and create a properly representative body instead....
Energy and Security Necessary for Asia
Warsaw, Poland - Both India and China will suffer if the conflict develops. Their growth requires not only moderately priced energy, but also global security and global prosperity, and these are hard to keep with the Middle East in fire....
Adversaries Will Capitalize on a Distracted America
The real prison in Iraq is the black hole that has transformed American foreign policy into a tunnel with only two departure points: Iraq and its neighbor Iran.
Hypocrisy and the Good Life
There won't be a world war over global warming, but there won't be global peace either.
"New Caliphate" Nonsense
New Delhi, India - There is no revival of the Caliphate. The idea is preposterous; it just gives Bush and Blair another enemy.
India's Unity Depends on Free Speech
New Delhi, India - Indian unity cannot survive dictatorship and its favorite child, censorship. Freedom for us is not a gift from government, but a fundamental fact of our unity and independence.
Install a Muslim Force in Iraq
New Delhi, India - The most important word in the question is 'three', for 9/11 occurred five years ago. Muslims of faith are sensitive to the difference between justice and injustice, and they view the occupation of Iraq, with its chorus of lies and daily scenes of death, as the ultimate injustice of our times....
U.S. Must See India and China as Diplomatic Allies
Tokyo, Japan - Three Asian countries out of the world's top five energy consumers are conspicuously missing from the international efforts to end the crisis in Middle East. This, however, does not mean that China, Japan and India are not interested in stability. Quite the contrary....
Don't Excuse Brazil's Deforestation
Brazil, like India and China, argues that the rich countries created today's global warming and developing countries should be allowed to develop as they did. But their policy is wrong. Destroying the Amazon rainforest harms the entire world, and Brazil must take responsibility for it.
Asia and the Middle East
New Haven, USA - As long as oil and gas continue to fuel the global economy, no importer can enjoy prosperity with the Middle East in turmoil. This is particularly true for heavily oil-dependent China and India. The two countries may not display outward concern about the clash between Israel and Hezbollah, but they are acutely aware of the risks of a prolonged conflict....
Kashmir for the Kashmiris
It’s high time India and Pakistan learned to share.
India's New Woman: Holier, and Shadier, Than Thou
By M.J. Akbar After yesterday’s voting, Pratibha Patil looks set to become India’s first woman president. She has reached this constitutional office by accident rather than design. Ms. Patil’s was the last name on a long list, and was chosen at a meeting of the Indian National Congress-led governing alliance after it had become embarrassing for members of the alliance to say "no" to the Congress party any further....
Was It a Mistake to Partition India and Pakistan?
On the 6Oth anniversary of the creation of India and Pakistan, this question: Was partition of the country in 1947 a mistake?...
India-Pakistan
Panelist Shekhar Gupta from India and Ahmed Rashid from Pakistan discuss India-Pakistan relations, terrorism, and the road to peace....
PostGlobal Bloggers
M. J. Akbar, New Delhi, India Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. He has written books including Blood Brothers, Nehru: The Making of India, Kashmir: Behind the Vale, Riot After Riot, The Shade of Swords, and India: The Siege Within. Kyoko Altman, Hong Kong, China Kyoko Altman is a writer based in Hong Kong. She has worked as a correspondent and anchor for CNN and...
An Israeli Perspective on Partition
In truth, a "successful" partition in 1947 would not have ended the conflict.
Judiciary Was So Wonderfully Compliant For So Long
Attributing Musharraf's demise merely to anti-Americanism is unfair to the Pakistani people, who are driven by a genuine democratic impulse. Pakistanis and Indians are critical of elected leaders, sometimes welcoming the discipline of authoritarian rule. But their patience always runs out, and Musharraf should have known he could not enjoy dictatorship forever.
India’s With Pakistan: Rich Must Fix This
While awareness and concern about the effects of climate change has increased dramatically in the past few months in India, there is no real support for what’s seen as a rich-driven agenda to reverse this. Committing to standards the developed world never committed to would harm India's growth.
India Can't Handle This Heat
Winter seems to have disappeared overnight and farmers across India are hurting. But when the next round of Kyoto comes around, India will expect the U.S. to pay its fair share.
What About Cricket?
New Delhi, India -- In a way, I agree that football is the great globalizer, and also the destroyer of nationalism -- though the World Cup month is the wrong time to say so. In more normal times, during the intervening four years, the multinational clubs arouse greater passions than the encounters between two nations....
Ready for the Asian Union?
As China and India rise to global economic powers, it's becoming clear that Asia would benefit from a common market in the model of the EU. But is Asia politically ready for such a leap? The East needs new visionary leaders to start the debate over its future.
Appoint Bank Chief from Developing World
It is time to overhaul both the role and management of the World Bank and the IMF. Both institutions' primary clientele are developing countries. Their heads should therefore be selected from developing countries, and the headquarter of both must be moved to the developing world.
Abandon Kyoto; Don't Be In Denial
Not surprisingly, the consequences of climate change are worst for Africa and developing countries -– although they are least responsible for climate change.
