Interesting Videoclips of the Week (May 23 – May 27)
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Category: Current Affairs
Gandhi & Lelyveld – Are Editors of Washington Post and New York Times Biased Against Hindu Ethos?
Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of the New York Times, has written a biography of Gandhi titled Great Soul. Some comments in this book have created a...
A Model For Today’s Afghan Conflict – The 1689 – 1707 War?
Editor’s Note – In our early articles about Afghanistan, we complained about the lack of knowledge about Afghanistan and today’s Pakistan...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (March 5 – March 11)
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Strange Bedfellows – Saudi Arabia & Israel vs. Iran, Bin Laden & USA?
It is a strange time in the Middle East. Leaders that lasted for decades are being toppled in days. These are leaderless revolts against corrupt leaders. No one...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (February 19 – February 25)
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The New Egypt – More Questions Than Answers?
Friday, February 11 was a momentous day in Egypt, in the Middle East and possibly for the world. How momentous and in what way is by no means clear. In th...
The New Egypt – A Russian, Pakistani, Iranian, a Neo Turko-Egyptian Model?
As Cairo, Alexandria and Suez exploded in massive protests against President Hosni Mubarak, there has been talk about “democracy” in Egypt and the n...
Isn’t Amy Chua just like a Little League Parent, a Basketball Mother or a Cheerleader Mom?
I read Amy Chua’s article about superiority of Chinese Mothers when it was first published. Frankly, I dismissed it. It reminded me of today’s ...
Tajikistan Cedes Land to China – A Step Towards Af-Kash-Bet?
This week, China and Tajikistan announced that they have settled their old border dispute. Under this settlement, Tajikistan ceded 386 sq miles or 1,000 s...