AFTER Mr John Mallot’s visitation to New Delhi, it difficult to believe that there exists a realistic basis for Indo-US understanding and cooperation in the near future. All fond hopes in this regard have turned out to be illusions. Mr Mallot could not have been more patronizing and insulting. As … Read More
THE Kerala government’s decision to make Friday the weekly holiday in place of Sunday for Muslim-majority schools in the state has attracted criticism from some Muslim leaders and intellectuals on the ground that while such “token” gestures do not help solve problems of the community’s “educational, economic and social backwardness”, … Read More
Pakistan may well have reached the end of the road and it may not be possible for it to take a turn back. To suggest this possibility is not to dramatize the reality and certainly not to underestimate the damage it can inflict on our country weighed down by corruption, … Read More
The external affairs ministry’s response to the Organisation of Islamic Conference’s unqualified endorsement of Pakistan’s stand on Jammu and Kashmir is understandable as a public stance. Only one sentence, which suggests that it feels entitled to membership of this forum of Muslim states, is exceptionable. Apparently, some smart Alec in … Read More
