http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org WORLD-WIDE ASIAN-EURASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:13:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Sir, Apropos of ‘A Cloud over Indian Muslims’ (Nov.30) by Martha Nussbaum,  we find a rabid anti-India writer smartly defending  brutal and barbaric acts of Islamic Theo-fascist not only in India but all over the world, USA, UK, France, Spain, Indonesia, Egypt, Russian Federation, Pakistan etc. The free world is ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/123 By K.N. Pandit Editorials in some leading national dailies, commentaries by regional and strategic experts and Indo-Pak watchers have been speaking in much disquiet about Mumbai terrorist attacks. The tragedy has grossly ravaged Indian civil society, which is losing faith in government’s ability to meet the challenge of Theo-fascism. Will the UPA ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/122 By K.N. Pandit “Officially, the central bank holds $8.14 billion (£4.65 billion) of foreign currency, but if forward liabilities are included, the real reserves may be only $3 billion - enough to buy about 30 days of imports like oil and food”, wrote the Daily Telegraph of London about Pakistan in ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/121 Received by mail: Written by René Wadlow, 30 September 2008. I envision an international ideal of service awakening in an emerging class of people who are best called evolutionaries. I see them as soldiers, as youth, and as those who have soldier spirit within them. I see them come together in the ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/120 By K.N. Pandita New Delhi is doing a delicate but crucial balancing act in the region. On July 3, National Security Adviser, Mr. M.K. Narayanan visited Teheran, as Prime Minister’s special envoy. Media reported the hurried visit but curiously avoided speculating its purpose. The visit took place at a time, when behind-the-curtain ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/119 By K.N. Pandita Indian visit was the shortest leg - just eight hours long - in Iranian Presidentâ€'s recent South Asian visit. Yet this shortest leg is perhaps the most important in term of Iran's vision of Look East (nigah-i be sharq) policy. 1. Iran's disregard of Security Council's three instalments of ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/117 By K.N. Pandita Tibet is in news. India has the compulsion to closely watch the developments in the controversial region. This is because India has given asylum to thousands of Tibetan refugees and the Dalai Lama has established his headquarter in exile in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. Beijing official spokesperson says that ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/115 Placed on East-West crossroad, Iran has for long, remained a melting pot of two great civilizations. The saying that Iranians are the “Frenchmen of the East” is not misplaced. To her west are the lands of the Semitic people – Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan - and to her ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/114 By K.N. Pandita Ambassador Nabizadeh says India’s testing of spy satellite TECSAR on 21 January in Andhra Pradesh has caused embarrassment to Teheran. TECSAR is Israel’s spy satellite meant to keep an eye on nuclear activities of Iran. It is powerful enough to detect objects even when passing through clouds. Teheran has never ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/113 By K.N. Pandita, On 31 December 2008, barely two days after the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the Pentagon quietly announced approval to the defence giant Lockheed Martin transferring eighteen F-16 warplanes to Pakistan. The deal had been on tabletop for a long time, and Pakistan had made ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/112 To The Excelsior: Dear Shro Rohmetra Namaskar, Hope you are fine. As you know, I have long personal association with Excelsior and I have also personal relations with you. I had the great honour of working with Excelsior in the past and I pray for its progress. For last one year or more ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/111 By K.N. Pandita Internal situation in Pakistan, an Asian nuclear state, must trigger off a fresh debate on the question of UN imposing wholesale ban on nuclear weapons. Some sensitive circles in the west are already seized of the issue. Pakistan, a long time military dictatorship, made a couple of attempts to ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/110 By K.N. Pandita BJP has won a landslide victory in 2007 assembly elections in Gujarat for the fourth consecutive term. This election is an important landmark in the evolution of democracy in this country. It was the first ever election in post-independence India in which unfortunately vicious communal, clan and community ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/109 By K.N. Pandita Why sensationalise fast changing political scenario in Pakistan? It isn’t something new in her history. By and large people get the government they deserve, goes the mantra. More interesting than what is happening on the ground is the comical incoherence in the statements of US foreign secretary. Condoleezza advises ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/108 By K.N. Pandita Pakistan is very much in the news these days. Musharraf’s vendetta against the Chief Justice boomeranged. It did not weaken him institutionally. But some may take relief in having found a weak point in him albeit not exploitable. . 1. The tantrum of ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/107 (See M.K. Kaul's answer on Maharaj K. Kaul's Blog, and see Heidi's comment 'Democracy and slow progress' on the Humanitarian Texts). By K.N. Pandita The hornlock on Indo-Us nuclear deal does not portend well for the coalition government. As things unfold, the real problem is not in what the US wants India ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/106 By K.N. Pandita Observers anticipate United States’ move to wriggle out of Afghan imbroglio. Face saving is the pre-requisite. The latest is that of goading two concerned states, Afghanistan and Pakistan, into organizing a joint peace assembly (jirga) of the Pushtun leaders on both sides of the Durand Line. It ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/104 By K.N. Pandita A 35-minute telephonic talk between President Bush and General Musharraf last week triggered a lovely controversy in the print media. It appears that each side wanted to convey something more than what was talked on the line. The purpose was served by the media as usual. Did ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/105 By K.N. Pandita A 35-minute telephonic talk between President Bush and General Musharraf last week triggered a lovely controversy in the print media. It appears that each side wanted to convey something more than what was talked on the line. The purpose was served by the media as usual. Did Bush ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/103 K.N. Pandita Nearly sixty years after the apostle of peace departed from the stage, Gandhi has found favour with the UN, which will, henceforth, observe October 2, his birthday, as International Day of Non-Violence. Rightfully, the Indian nation will feel proud for clinching this unique recognition by world community. With this honour ... http://geopolitics.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/102