The other road show which is going on in the name of Global outreach by all party MPs descending on various state capitals beats my imagination.
After all what does Columbia and Panama have to do with the India Pakistan fight.Why would they care when they have no meat in the game. Besides they are in no position to influence global opinion.
As far as the other powers go,they have other considerations on which decisions are made and not on the merits of what Indian MPs wearing patriotism on their sleeve have to say.
On that note, which I agree with by the way, Bansuri Swaraj gave a "fiery speech" in Sierra Leone -- which has a total population of 9.17 million but, more importantly, as per MEA, the Indian community there is approximately 4,000 people. What on earth the point of going there and giving speeches, fiery or otherwise, is more than I can fathom -- and of course, ANI was there to record the historic moment.
Meanwhile, India claimed Taliban's friendship and two days later, Taliban went and signed an agreement with Pak and China. France is pissed off because Dassault wants to inventory Rafales in India, and the Indian government is refusing permission (which indicates it has something serious to hide). The US-India relationship is now non-existent -- Piyush Goyal went there to get a trade deal and had to come back empty handed. (Goyal going, the media kept proclaiming, not a yip after he came back though). And now Russia signs a 2.9 billion deal with Pak, and promises "all support".
I've been a reporter for a long time now -- and I honestly can't recall a time when India has been this isolated, and friendless.
Welcome to Plato's cave was a super one...Never thought in india's young democracy we reached so fast here..ready to hide in the cave and not see the sunlight "Forms" .. thanks good resemblance
Scott Turow writes intelligent, literary courtroom drama. Presumed Guilty, his latest release, is an excellent read. I just finished reading Rob Rinder's book The Suspect -- an investigation into a TV presenter who dies on air. James Comey is a former director of the FBI. His book FDR Drive has a premise that resonates -- a case involving a right wing podcaster who incites violence. Lawrence Wright is a brilliant reporter, with a Pulitzer for his non-fiction book The Looming Tower, on the 9/11 attacks. His book The Human Scale is fiction set in Gaza, Palestine, and that neighborhood. And I have just started reading Never Flinch, by Stephen King.
The other road show which is going on in the name of Global outreach by all party MPs descending on various state capitals beats my imagination.
After all what does Columbia and Panama have to do with the India Pakistan fight.Why would they care when they have no meat in the game. Besides they are in no position to influence global opinion.
As far as the other powers go,they have other considerations on which decisions are made and not on the merits of what Indian MPs wearing patriotism on their sleeve have to say.
On that note, which I agree with by the way, Bansuri Swaraj gave a "fiery speech" in Sierra Leone -- which has a total population of 9.17 million but, more importantly, as per MEA, the Indian community there is approximately 4,000 people. What on earth the point of going there and giving speeches, fiery or otherwise, is more than I can fathom -- and of course, ANI was there to record the historic moment.
Meanwhile, India claimed Taliban's friendship and two days later, Taliban went and signed an agreement with Pak and China. France is pissed off because Dassault wants to inventory Rafales in India, and the Indian government is refusing permission (which indicates it has something serious to hide). The US-India relationship is now non-existent -- Piyush Goyal went there to get a trade deal and had to come back empty handed. (Goyal going, the media kept proclaiming, not a yip after he came back though). And now Russia signs a 2.9 billion deal with Pak, and promises "all support".
I've been a reporter for a long time now -- and I honestly can't recall a time when India has been this isolated, and friendless.
Welcome to Plato's cave was a super one...Never thought in india's young democracy we reached so fast here..ready to hide in the cave and not see the sunlight "Forms" .. thanks good resemblance
Thanks for reading, Binyl.
In this context, another book worth reading is “The Art of Conjuring Alternate Realities” by Shivam Shankar Singh and Anand Venkatanarayanan.
Oh thanks for the recco, will look it up.
Thanks for this. Enjoying your pieces. Began reading Dispatches. Appreciate your recommendation of books.
Hi Prem -- any recommendation on good fiction reads?
i.e. besides Michael Connelly, Lee Child..
Scott Turow writes intelligent, literary courtroom drama. Presumed Guilty, his latest release, is an excellent read. I just finished reading Rob Rinder's book The Suspect -- an investigation into a TV presenter who dies on air. James Comey is a former director of the FBI. His book FDR Drive has a premise that resonates -- a case involving a right wing podcaster who incites violence. Lawrence Wright is a brilliant reporter, with a Pulitzer for his non-fiction book The Looming Tower, on the 9/11 attacks. His book The Human Scale is fiction set in Gaza, Palestine, and that neighborhood. And I have just started reading Never Flinch, by Stephen King.
Thank you!
I discovered Steve Cavanaugh 2 months ago. Very fast paced legal thriller books.
Bit cheesy, but his books are good, brisk read.
Yeah, Cavanaugh is good pulp. Try Don Winslow - atmospheric, racy reads.
Oh yes. :)
Do expect a movie based on Operation Sindoor in near future.
starring akshay kumar and vicky kaushal produced by jio studios