I’ve always been a little suspicious about the ostensible big-brother attitude that New Delhi always just stops short of espousing in the subcontinent. Sometimes, we’re “prisoners of democracy”, but most of the time, it’s just straight-backed political weakheadedness. Yesterday, the…

A brilliant column by Harish Khare in The Hindu (quite certainly one of the most sober, eloquent and insightful columnists in the country today) is a must read. It’s a reflection on the World Cup disaster and why an emotion-crazed…

Thought it was a good time to do an update on all the military booty that Pakistan is getting from Uncle Sam. Here’s the full list of equipment either on order or in the pipeline or requested for by Pakistan…

Two JF-17 Thunders flew on Pakistan Day on March 23 in Islamabad. The two fighters were flown in from Chengdu on March 12 for further test and evaluation flights. Of course, President Musharraf had to stick it to everyone and…