It is in India’s interests to be the subcontinent’s talent magnet
If you have been reading this blog for some time you might have noticed that The Acorn has consistently been against any measure that falsely conveys an impression that Pakistan is no longer a sponsor of international terrorism in general and proxy-war against India in [...]
…when holding up the jihadi end
“The reason is that I’m not a target for the extremists because from day one I opposed the War on Terror. The terrorists don’t consider me one of the American puppet politicians in Pakistan.”
From the moment he heard the news about this week’s attack in Lahore, he was convinced [...]
Pakistan is the jihadi prize
It is too early to arrive at a conclusive assessment on the motives behind the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. [Update: See Prem Panicker's take.] But it is compelling to see this attack as the latest in the series that include the ones on Benazir Bhutto [...]
India must pull out of this series…for the sake of good cricket
The Catapult makes an important point about geopolitics in a post on how India was subject to all-round cheating in Australia:
In a way this is symptomatic of the way India approaches its foreign relations, trying to belong to institutions and abide by the rules [...]
A brief guide to writing articles about India that people will notice
1. Choose at least one from The List of Odious Things: poverty rate, inequality, caste, communal riots, dowry, Bollywood etc. (Advanced or more ambitious writers can try their hand at more than two)
2. Then pick one from The List of Good Things: democracy, economic [...]
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