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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Beijing to Moscow by train
The 21-day tour began with a few days of sight-seeing in Beijing, and similar breaks in Ulan Baatar, Irkutsk (Lake Baikal) and Moscow, concluding with a couple of days in St Petersburg. Altogether, we would be spending six nights and … Continue reading
Posted in Travelogues
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The ‘Pharaoh’ is laughing: all hell is breaking loose
Bush’s neo-cons believed that America could now do just as it pleased. And however Washington chose to intervene anywhere around the world, invasion included, it would be for the latter’s own good. How times have changed!
Posted in Current Affairs
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What if India wasn’t partitioned?
In an undivided India, about one out of three Indians would have been a Muslim. Muslims would have constituted large majorities in Kashmir, Punjab and Bengal, besides Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP, and substantially larger minorities elsewhere than presently. With … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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Run if you can, and fast
We have reached a point where those who can, flee, those who can’t, pray, plead and then pray a bit more, hoping for the best. The flight started at inception, with Hindus and Sikhs running for their lives, having been … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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