Benazir: A Corrupt Legacy
lt is worth revisiting some of the YouTube clippings of Benazir Bhutto’s rallies and putting yourself in her place. How long could you endure those …
Honor Among Thieves?
Charles Cashmore, one of O.J. Simpson’s co-defendants, will plead guilty to a reduced charge in exchange for testimony against the disgraced foot- ball legend and …
Cycles of Outrage
Westerners would prefer that Pakistan be democratic. But having watched TV and seen the rioting mobs on Pakistani streets, not to mention the faces of …
If it Hadn’t Been for That Meddling West
Seventeen Canadians, most of them from immigrant families, have recently been arrested on charges of scheming to create a Canadian 9/11. They allegedly planned, among …
Oil and Wine
Warren Buffett’s enormous gift to the Gates Foundation recalled an unhappy memory for me. Once, when·· I lived in Delhi, a heavily pregnant woman suddenly …
Warped Freedom
In 1990, I wanted to go from India to America for postgraduate studies. A few days before my visit to the U.S. consulate in Mumbai …
The Real India, Behind The Fog
Just over a decade ago, in the British university where I was studying, some students did not know where India was. Some thought that it …