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Yes, Prime Minister!!
David Cameron has made some really unusual steps to woo the Indian polity & public during his visit to the country. 1. He wrote today’s leader page in The Hindu, which is heavily pro-Labour. The choice of forum, I believe, is significant because it underlines his genuine-seeming efforts to cut across the spectrum of Indian [...]
In defense of Pillai
Much has been made of Home Secretary G.K. Pillai’s unpardonable blunder in accusing the ISI of involvement in 26/11, just on the eve of crucial Indo-Pak talks at the Foreign Minister-level. The Hindu has lynched Pillai today, both in the editorial and an op-ed piece by Sidharth Varadarajan. Even the Express, to whom I believe [...]
Cassava Chalk
Noong was not to be that day. From the UNMIS gate, we called the first driver. Land Rover No 1 had experienced a mechanical failure outside Abyei, stranding the Project Team. We called the second driver. Land Rover No 2 had got stuck in the mud near the River Kir, stranding the workshop participants. Crikey, [...]
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Fried Bread and Governance in Abyei
This morning, I awoke to a chorus of crickets, birds and frogs. Alarmingly, the compound’s amphibian friends shriek like demented babies. My tent does not zip-up, so I shined my head torch onto the floor (as the security brief urged), to verify that I had acquired no snake comrades. My tent was serenely peaceful. As I looked [...]
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Along the River Loll