Posted by: Aadisht on: August 8, 2008
An edited version of the article below appeared in the New Indian Express today. They cut a few lines, and I prefer my own paragraph breaks, but I have to give them credit for coming up with an awesome headline. Anyhow, here’s the article in its unedited form:
Posted by: Aadisht on: April 4, 2008
CNN-IBN is carrying a PTI report which is quoting a Xinhua report: For the second time in less than a week, China has briefed India on the Tibet issue and said New Delhi has assured it that it would not tolerate any political anti-Beijing activities by Tibetans on the Indian territory. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: March 18, 2008
… who needs condemnation? China on Tuesday said that Tibet was a ”very sensitive issue” in Sino-Indian relations but appreciated New Delhi’s action against Tibetan pro-independence protests. ”The Tibetan issue is a very sensitive one in our relations with India,” Premier Wen Jiabao said at his maiden press conference at the ornate Great Hall of [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: November 14, 2007
Haven’t thought this through, really, but here’s the funda: For two thousand years, the Jews were refugees from the promised land. They were persecuted all across Europe, repeatedly expelled by various monarchs, segregated, and ultimately faced genocide (through the Russian pogroms or the German Holocaust). Then they made it to America, where the American Constitution [...]