ARTICLES BOOK REVIEWS
A UN Crapshoot in Pakistan The Dragon's Shadow
Asia Times, July 4th 2009 Asia Times, May 23rd 2009
   
Maya Does as Mao Did Ungainly Friendship
The Financial Express, July 2nd 2009 Asia Times, April 25th 2009
   
China Creates an Internet Albatross The Strongmen's Benefactors
Asia Times, July 1st 2009 Asia Times, January 24th 2009
   
One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward: The United States Institute of Peace Graveyard of Indian Idealism
International Journal of Peace Studies, June 2009 Asia Times, October 25th 2008
   
Who Will be CPM's Khruschev? Chronicle of Errors
The Financial Express, June 25th 2009  Asia Times, August 9th 2008
   
Sino-Indian Rivalry and Asian Stability Fundamentalism with Nuances
The Globalist, June 22nd 2009 Asia Times, July 19th 2008
   
Pro-Incumbency, Iranian Style Aetiology of Violence
The Financial Express, June 16th 2009 South Bulletin, July 16th 2008
   
Money Can't Bridge this Gulf Middle Kingdom Deciphered
The Financial Express, June 12th 2009 Asia Times, July 12th 2008
   
Circling the Tiananmen Square Asia's Awesome Threesome
The Financial Express, June 4th 2009 Asia Times, June 14th 2008
   
Dumping Waste, Courting Trouble Asia Pushes, West Resists
The Financial Express, May 27th 2009 Asia Times, April 19th 2008
Prabhakaran's Ghost Threatens to Haunt Sri Lanka  
Opinion Asia, May 20th 2009 The Flawed Golden Goose
(Also in Gulf News)  Asia Times, March 29th 2008
   
Sticking to the Centre One Mainland, Two Systems
The Financial Express, May 19th 2009 Asia Times, February 2nd 2008
   
Unequal Equals: Angola and China Black Turbans Rebound
World Affairs, May 2009 Asia Times, January 26th 2008
   
A Difficult 100 Days The Great Survivor
The Financial Express, May 2nd 2009 Asia Times, December 15th 2007
   
Mental Slaves Muslim Democracy: An Oxymoron?
The Statesman, April 23rd 2009 Asia Times, November 22nd 2007
   
A Short Step in the March to Justice India's Defining Decade
Asia Times, April 22nd 2009 World Press Review, October 31st 2007
   
A Tech-Savvy Rebellion in Thailand Embattled Frontier
Asia Times, April 17th 2009 Asia Times, October 13th 2007
   
The War on Women in Afghanistan Lodestar of Liberty
Opinion Asia, April 13th 2009 Asia Times, September 1st 2007
(Also in The Japan Times)  
  India's Silent Warriors
Dollar and More Asia Times, August 18th 2007
The Financial Express, April 7th 2009  
  Asian Drama
The Collateral Crisis Asia Times, August 11th 2007
The Financial Express, March 27th 2009  
  India's Holy Grail
Divided We Will Fall Asia Times, July 14th 2007
The Financial Express, March 13th 2009  
  The Adaptive Power
Gandhi's Glasses and a Rabbit's Head Asia Times, June 16th 2007
Asia Times, March 6th 2009  
  The Longest Jihad
Power Play Behind Bangladesh's Mutiny Asia Times, May 5th 2007
Asia Times, March 3rd 2009  
  Close, but Not Too Close
'Conspiracies' Cloud India's Terror Probe Asia Times, April 6th 2007
Asia Times, February 26th 2009  
  A Law Unto Itself
Transforming India-Pakistan Relations Asia Times, January 26th 2007
The Globalist, February 24th 2009  
  Operation Bungle Iraq
Home Safe Home Asia Times, January 6th 2007
The Financial Express, February 21st 2009  
  Salesman of doom
Obama Sparks US Image Makeover Asia Times, December 2nd 2006
Asia Times, February 11th 2009  
  Worm in the Sunni Apple
Protect Capitalism, Not Trade Asia Times, October 28th 2006 
The Financial Express, February 7th 2009  
  Epitaph to Unipolarity
Crisis and the Average Jane Asia Times, October 14th 2006
The Financial Express, January 31st 2009  
  L'etat, C'est Moi
Under Obama: Uncle Sam, Honest Broker? World Press Review, October 4th 2006
Opinion Asia, January 25th 2009  
  The State Versus Society in Iran
China's Horrible 2008 Asia Times, September 23rd 2006
The Globalist, January 20th 2009  
  Deadly Double Game
Strong-Arm Tactics Asia Times, August 26th 2006
The Financial Express, January 13th 2009  
  The Quiet Revolution
A High Cost for More Feet on the Ground Asia Times, June 17th 2006
Asia Times, January 8th 2009  
  Legend of Arabia
Through the Looking Glass Asia Times, June 10th 2006
The Financial Express, January 5th 2009  
  A Systems Solution to the Middle East
When Odd States Normalise Asia Times, April 8th 2006
The Financial Express, December 24th 2008  
(Also in New Europe) The Fanatic's Mindset
  Asia Times, April 1st 2006
The Global Scientific Race  
The International Indian, December 2008 The Disposable People
  Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, March 2006
A Peek into Iran's Nuclear Pandora's Box  
Asia Times, December 17th 2008 New Playground of Jihad
  World Press Review, February 20th 2006
A Novel Way to Tackle Pakistan  
Asia Times, December 16th 2008 East Asia's Black Sheep
  Asia Times, February 18th 2006
Gaza Blockade: Slivers in the Holy Land  
Opinion Asia, December 11th 2008 Rebuilding Pangs
(Also in Gulf News) Asia Times, February 4th 2006
   
India: Great Power or Not? The Globalisation of Terror
The Globalist, December 9th 2008 Asia Times, January 14th 2006
   
For a Community-Led Role in Counter-Terrorism For Reasons of State
The Hindu, November 30th 2008 Asia Times, November 5th 2005
   
Indian Navy Comes of Age Might versus right
The Hindu, November 21st 2008 Asia Times, October 15th 2005
   
Politics of Polarisation In the Heart of a Volcano
The Hindu, November 12th 2008 Asia Times, October 1st 2005
   
Nationalism from Afar Timeless Wisdom, Heedless World
The International Indian, October 2008 Asia Times, September 10th 2005
   
The Rise (and Fall?) of Petro-States Conflict Kaleidoscope
The Hindu, October 30th 2008 Asia Times, August 20th 2005
   
On the Trail in America: Waiting for Obama Diehard Legionnaires
Opinion Asia, October 16th 2008 Asia Times, July 30th 2005
   
Tinsel Politics Return in India Astral Politics
Asia Times, September 19th 2008 Current Science, July 25th 2005
   
Righting Historical Wrongs: The Global Politics of Apologies God's Madmen
The Globalist, September 15th 2008 Asia Times, July 16th 2005
   
Civilians Caught in Sri Lanka's 'Clean War' Passage to Stephania
Asia Times, September 11th 2008 Asia Times, July 23rd 2005
   
Cooperation with Discord Spymaster's Pandora's Box
The Hindu, September 3rd 2008 Asia Times, June 18th 2005
   
The Believer's Travails Dauntless Journalism
The International Indian, August 2008 Asia Times, May 28th 2005
   
Leviathan's Return Himalayan Dilemma
Asia Times, August 28th 2008 Asia Times, April 30th 2005
   
Georgia: The Super Cop Vanishes The Road to Amity
The Hindu, August 19th 2008 Asia Times, April 8th 2005
   
The United States, Pakistan and the Law of Unintended Consequences More Than Just a Game
The Globalist, August 18th 2008 Asia Times, March 4th 2005
   
New International Regional Pacts: Vision or Vainglory? The Soul of a City
Opinion Asia, August 13th 2008 Asia Times, February 19th 2005
(Also in South China Morning Post)  
  Dialogue for Development
A Leap of Faith for Saudi King Asia Times, January 22nd 2005
Asia Times, July 22nd 2008  
  Crusade for Monoculture
A Victory of Principles Asia Times, December 25th 2004
The Hindu, July 16th 2008  
  Two Villages and an Elephant
Islamism Shakes Kashmir Asia Times, December 16th 2004
Asia Times, July 8th 2008  
  Egressing Iraq: Why and How
Civilian N-Deal: A Victim of Oversell Bharat Times, November 1st 2004
The Financial World, June 25th 2008  
  Real American Fizz
India's Central Asian Struggle Asia Times, November 11th 2004
International Indian, June 2008  
  A Dream Gone Sour
Middle East Serves US Some Humble Pie Bharat Times, February 1st 2004
Asia Times, June 20th 2008  
  First Nation Tragedies
Monarchies in Asia: Crowns Die Hard Asia Times, October 23rd 2004
Opinion Asia, June 11th 2008  
  Demilitarise or Perish
UN Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India Asia Times, September 3rd 2004
World Press Review, May 30th 2008  
  Future Shock
An Appeaser in the White House? Asia Times, August 6th 2004
Asia Times, May 21st 2008  
  The Rise of India’s ‘IT Paradise’
Bangladeshi Immigrants Stoke Terror in India Asia Times, July 30th 2004
Asia Sentinel, May 15th 2008  
  The Inscrutable Indians
The Problem with Dictators and Disasters Asia Times, June 12th 2004
Asia Times, May 13th 2008  
  The Kashmir Conundrum
Undiplomatically Yours Asia Times, May 22nd 2004
Asia Times, May 9th 2008  
  Tomorrow Never Dies
Just Blame it on China and India Asia Times, May 6th 2004
Asia Times, May 6th 2008  
  WTO Fault Lines
China's Cybernoops Scour the World Asia Times, March 31st 2004
Asia Sentinel, May 2nd 2008  
  Honey, He Trashed the Bushes!
India, China Hold G8 Options Asia Times, February 28th 2004
Asia Times, April 29th 2008  
  Pakistan's Beirut
Blue Collar Immigrant Blues Asia Times, January 17th 2004
The International Indian, April 2008  
  Nehru's Overlooked Legacy
Muqtada's Biggest Battle Already Won Asia Times, January 10th 2004
Asia Times, April 23rd 2008  
  The Hare and the Tortoise
Mixed Muslim Message in War on Terror Asia Times, December 6th 2003
Asia Times, April 12th 2008  
  Calculated Hospitality
Old Friends, New World Asia Times, November 1st 2003
The Statesman, April 8th 2008  
(Also in the Times of India) Enigma Decryption
  Asia Times, October 4th 2003
The Age of the Immigrant Spy  
Asia Times, April 3rd 2008 Democracy and Mobocracy
  Asia Times, September 13th 2003
Terrorism Remains Pakistan's Chief Export  
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, March 31st 2008 Mammon's Cesspool
(Also in the Middle East Times) Asia Times, September 5th 2003
   
India's Tata Grabs an Icon An Intellectual Among Journalists
Asia Sentinel, March 26th 2008 Asian Age, August 19th 2003
   
India's Restrictions Hamper Tibetan Movement Indian Democracy Imperilled
Asia Sentinel, March 18th 2008 Asia Times, August 16th 2003
   
A World of Selfistans? Dissecting an Assassination
Foreign Policy in Focus, March 13th 2008 Asia Times, July 26th 2003
   
Should India be a Satellite-Killer? Exposition of Revolutionary Terror
Free Press Journal, March 5th 2008 Asia Times, July 4th 2003
   
Israel and India: Iran's Needless Hullabaloo Minority Rule, Majority Hate
Free Press Journal, February 19th 2008 Asia Times, June 7th 2003
   
India's Self-Confident Avatar Wilsonian Idealism Reconsidered
The International Indian, February 2008 Asia Times, May 3rd 2003
   
The Ever-Changing Faces of Terror The Curse of the Poppy
Asia Times, February 8th 2008 Asia Times, April 25th 2003
   
The Tyrant Who Escaped Justice Afghanistan: The Lost Homeland
The Asian Age, January 31st 2008 Asia Times, April 11th 2003
   
Benazir's Assassination: A Tragedy Foretold Americans are from Mars, Europeans from Venus
Indo-Asian News Service, December 28th 2007 Asia Times, March 28th 2003
   
The China Threat : How Real is It? Pakistan: The World's Next Failed State?
The International Indian, November 2007 Asia Times, February 28th 2003
   
Jagjit Singh: A Musical Demiurge A Soulful Journey
Asian Lite, October 7th 2007 Asia Times, February 14th 2003
   
Is India Aligning in a New Cold War? A Korean Exit Strategy for the US
World Press Review, September 30th 2007 Asia Times, February 1st 2003
   
India Finds Unity in Terror Tibet. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Asia Times, August 28th 2007 World Tibet Network News, January 17th 2003
   
Taliban: Pakistan's Incubus, World's Scourge Master Strategist or Master Crook?
Free Press Journal, August 1st 2007 Asia Times, January 11th 2003
   
India's Soft Power: Lessons from Nehru September 11 and the American Journo
Indo-Asian News Service, March 12th 2007 Asia Times, December 14th 2002
   
Shiites and Democracy Reclaiming Burma
Mideast Monitor, June 2007 Asia Times, November 30th 2002
   
International Organisations in Mindanao: To Protect or Not?  Globalising Poverty, IMF Style
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, February 2007 Asia Times, November 16th 2002
   
ULFA Mayhem: The Burma Factor  'Mrs.R' and the Human Rights Scripture
Indo-Asian News Service, January 12th 2007 Asia Times, November 1st 2002
   
Is there a 'Burns Effect' on Pakistan? Beyond Administering Misery
Indo-Asian News Service, October 17th 2006 Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, October 2002
   
Angola: Empire of the Humanitarians Anatomy of Islamism
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, July 2006 Asia Times, October 26th 2002
   
Wanted: A New Indira Doctrine Osama's Universe
Indo-Asian News Service, June 4th 2006 Asia Times, October 12th 2002
   
Why All is Quiet on the American Home Front The Colossus of Cricket
Asia Times, May 24th 2006 Asia Times, October 5th 2002
   
The Rang De Basanti Generation Friend of India. Friend of the World
Bharat Times, May 2006 Asia Times, September 28th 2002
   
The Eagle's Embrace India & Pakistan: The Ever-Ever Antagonism
Hindustan Times, March 13th 2006 Asia Times, September 13th 2002
   
The Great Indian Diaspora A History of Helping the Displaced
India Day After, February 16th 2006 Asia Times, September 6th 2002
   
Arabian Nights in Delhi Kashmiri Hindus in the 21st Century
Indo-Asian News Service, January 28th 2006 Kashmir Herald, June 2002
   
Democratisation, Colour Revolutions and the Role of the NGOs: Catalysts or Saboteurs? Struggles of the Invisible Refugees
Centre for Research on Globalisation, December 25th 2005 Asia Times, August 17th 2002
  (Also in Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, September 2002)
Are Personalities Passe?  
South Asian Outlook, August 2005 Sculptors of Silicon India
  Asia Times, June 20th 2002
A Science so Noble  
Bharat Times, January 1st 2004 Kashmir: The Unforgotten Tale
  Kashmir Herald, July 2002
Think Locally, Act Globally  
Bharat Times, December 1st 2004 Remembering an African Martyrdom
  Asia Times, July 3rd 2002
Survival of the Luckiest  
The Asian Age, January 1st 2005 Religion as War
  The Asian Age, July 11th 2002
Politics of Refugee Hosting in Tanzania  
Journal of Refugee Studies, June 2003 Between Life and Afterlife
  Asia Times, July 19th 2002
BJP & India's Foreign Policy  
International Politics, June 2002 Perfidious Albion and the First Kashmir War
  Mainstream Weekly, October 1 2002
Pelf Wars  
Bharat Times, October 1st 2004 The Technology of Genocide
  Asia Times, May 15th 2002
Power Point  
Bharat Times, September 1st 2004 Science for Humanity or Profit?
  Economic and Political Weekly of India, April 27th 2002
The State's Godly March (Also in the March Edition of Current Science)
Bharat Times, August 1st 2004  
  Dragon Versus Peacock
New India's Vital Constituency Asia Times, April 27th, 2002
Bharat Times, July 1st 2004  
  The Reason for War was War
Representation Rigmaroles Sulekha.com, February 2nd 2002
Bharat Times, June 1st 2004  
  India as a World Power
Left Wing Left Out Asia Times, March 30th 2002
Bharat Times, May 1st 2004  
  Skewed Portrait of India's Iron Lady
Exceptionalist Insanity Asia Times, March 23rd 2002
Bharat Times, April 1st 2004  
  Reminiscences of the Silent Chanakya
Timbuktu Hotels and Global Headaches Himal South Asia Magazine, March 2002
Bharat Times, March 1st 2004  
  The Missile Man Remembers
UN: Even Angels Need Protection South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, December 2001
Asia Times, August 30th 2003  
  Imagined Communities in a Shaky Subcontinent
Afghanistan's Number One Threat Himal South Asia Magazine, September 2001
Kashmir Herald, August 2003  
  Indian and Pakistani Nukespeak
Flowerless Insein: Indian Realism Will Backfire Contemporary South Asia Journal, July 2001
India Reacts, June 24th 2003  
  Pakistan. Quo Vadis?
A World Without the UN? Nah Kashmir Herald, April 2001
Asia Times, April 16th 2003  
  The Tyranny of Borders
Kashmiri Pandits: Groping in a Lightless Tunnel Sulekha.com, April 2001
Kashmir Telegraph, March 2003  
  Comic Farce of Modern India
War as Peace: A Dangerous Concept Sulekha.com, March 2001
The Black Electorate, February 2nd 2003  
  Dr.Strangelove of Iraq
Press the Patriotism Button, Baby Infomanage International, September 2000
Asia Times, January 21st 2003  
  All the Prime Ministers 
Redemption Songs from an Impassioned Band Indiaserver.com, August 2000
The Music Magazine, January 5th 2003  
(Also in The Asian Age as 'En Equal Music')  
   
British Imperialism and Cricket in Zimbabwe  
India Reacts, January 4th 2003  
   
September 11 and the Battle of the 'Isms'  
Asia Times, December 24th 2002  
   
Terrorism: What's in a Name?  
Daily Excelsior, December 4th 2002  
(Also in The Indian Express as 'The Terrorism of Names')  
   
A Tale of Two Elections  
India Reacts, October 26th 2002  
   
In Search of Jayaprakash  
The Newspaper Today, October 17th 2002  
(Also in The Asian Age)  
   
The Great Western Establishment Lie  
The Newspaper Today, August 12th  2002   
   
The Not-so-Invisible Hand in Kashmir  
India Currents, November 3rd 2002  
   
Attacking Iraq: The Humanitarian Consequences  
Earth Times, July 30th 2002  
   
Burlesques Known as Referendums  
Kashmir Herald, May 2002  
   
Politics Bedevil the International Criminal Court  
Asia Times, April 23rd  
   
Pakistan: In Need of a New 'A'  
Asia Times, April 11th  
   
UNHCR's Relief, Rehabilitation and Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire   
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, April 2002  
   
An Evening with Salman Rushdie  
Asia Times, April 6th 2002  
   
Diplomacy as a Sword Arm  
Kashmir Herald, April 2002  
   
Counter-Insurgency in Kashmir: Bolstering VDCs  
Kashmir Herald, March 2002  
(Also in Bulletin of Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)  
   
Social Clause in WTO. Cases For and Against  
Economic and Political Weekly of India  
   
The PM's Utopian Understanding of History  
Tehelka.com, February 6th 2002  
   
Hrithik Roshan and Nepal: One Year Later  
South Asian Outlook January 2002  
   
Terrorism in Kashmir: The Non-State Actor Bugbear  
Kashmir Herald, February 2002  
   
Human Rights in POK: Screams of the Oppressed  
Kashmir Herald, January 2002  
(Also in India Reacts)  
   
Delhi: The Most Terrorised City on the Planet  
Bharat Times, December 25th 2001  
(Also in the Times of India)  
   
Nuclear Theft and Safety in Pakistan  
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Bulletin   
(Also in Bharat Times)  
   
Indo-US Military Alliance: Could Our Independence be Bartered Away?  
South Asian Outlook, January 2002  
(Also in Bulletin of Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)   
   
Strategic Depth, Strategic Assets and the Changing Dynamics of Pakistan’s Kashmir Game Plan  
Kashmir Herald, December 2001  
   
Public Opinion in the War Against Terrorism   
The Tribune, November 25th 2001  
(Also in Tehelka.com)  
   
Pervez Musharraf: Sly Skater on Thin Ice   
Kashmir Herald, December 2001  
   
   
The Pity of War   
The Hindu October 16th 2001  
   
V.S.Naipaul: Immigrant, Philosopher and Rebel Extraordinaire  
Sulekha.com, October 2001  
   
India, Watch Out!   
Sulekha.com, September 12th 2001  

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