Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee deserves hearty congratulations for his foreign policy coup in convincing Bhutan to crack down on anti-India militants operating on its soil, while simultaneously ensuring that Nepal and Myanmar prove equally inhospitable to the fleeing rebels. The swiftness with which the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) unleashed … Read More
Assam, which is still reeling under the impact of continuing illegal immigration from Bangladesh, is suffering equally from acute cultural violence in the form of a rising graph of rape and abduction of minor girls and young women by suspected ‘guests’ from this worrisome neighbour. This is an affront that … Read More
If asked to discern a common symbolism behind George Bush’s flamboyant visit to London, his furtive presence in Baghdad, and Jamaican poet Zephaniah’s spurning the Order of the British Empire (OBE), I would say they represent the death throes of the imperialistic thrust behind the White Man’s Burden. Benjamin Zephaniah’s … Read More
