tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.comments2012-04-14T17:43:57.942+05:30Bhaskar Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509050909297898657noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-51326475404231149782011-12-23T23:53:49.317+05:302011-12-23T23:53:49.317+05:30

Yes, I was saddened to read that.

EmptyLifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08546437568092050201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-16548779714950236532011-06-24T06:16:25.527+05:302011-06-24T06:16:25.527+05:30

very truly stated the facts sir<br /><br />Amitabh<br /># 94155-34526

Amitabh Thakurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936839525906779399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-427843765432917742011-06-06T08:46:45.482+05:302011-06-06T08:46:45.482+05:30

VERY WELL CALCULATED AND THOUGHTFULL BHASAKR SIR,NICE JOB DONE.

baljinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05114275006987227035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-41492046562596548762011-05-11T05:09:09.360+05:302011-05-11T05:09:09.360+05:30

whew! interesting reading. <br /><br />This is on a more superficial level: I have always been staunchly loyal to The Hindu, but its recent attempts at hitting its own headlines about its exclusive deal with WL, has made me wince.

FineWinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-2294928014483922772011-03-21T07:58:10.572+05:302011-03-21T07:58:10.572+05:30

it didnt happen, do you still believe this, if so what are your sources for all this information.

Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12537607085687841859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-49661998261226314772011-03-15T08:38:31.978+05:302011-03-15T08:38:31.978+05:30

Hi...nice blog<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://moviespavilion.blogspot.com/</a>

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-20096861038023445362011-02-20T01:33:41.156+05:302011-02-20T01:33:41.156+05:30

Very good and thorough analysis.<br /><br />However, there is one further suspect worth examining...I am surprised that nobody has analysed Asif Ali Zardari&#39;s relationship with his wife. Whether indeed a family member had a motive or hidden agenda?

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-76759655215513680862011-01-31T06:49:19.503+05:302011-01-31T06:49:19.503+05:30

your articles is inspiration for me

javaukigoshihttp://java-hizaguruma.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-2323232940375442532011-01-12T06:37:42.676+05:302011-01-12T06:37:42.676+05:30

What are you blithering about?<br /><br />&quot;No friends, only interests&quot;? True, Palmerston said that of England (<i>hundreds</i> of years ago), but so did de Gaulle of France, and Kissinger of the <b>USA</b> <i>much</i> more recently.<br /><br />I would actually agree that America &amp; Great Britain have swung back around from staunch allies to arch enemies, but only because of America&

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-42759721992429452822010-05-01T10:26:00.938+05:302010-05-01T10:26:00.938+05:30

This is a nice story that has been told over and over again regarding the senior Obama. However He was not part of the airlift that Cora Weiss is speaking of. The plane carrying the first load of students landed in New York in September 1959 and his name is not on the list of students who were. In June 1959 he was already established and enrolled in the University of Hawaii and interviewed by

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-28318044825228151382010-03-03T11:59:18.810+05:302010-03-03T11:59:18.810+05:30

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Felix Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674368107771895857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-87142524231167310242010-01-19T23:52:43.402+05:302010-01-19T23:52:43.402+05:30

The point of the post was that the Taliban are primarily drug runners. They are not interested in &quot;communications&quot; or negotiations.

Bhaskar Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509050909297898657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-5627163184977667302010-01-19T23:34:49.414+05:302010-01-19T23:34:49.414+05:30

1/19/2010<br />This argumentation would be acceptable, if there were indications of willingness to negotiate and communicate with the dissidents, resistance and Taliban in Afghanistan. Before, during,and after the 1. Afghanistan Conference in Bonn and before and during the 2. Afghanistan Conference in London, there are no provisions for such communications...making for an exponential growth in

andrew heroldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-18003008481997898132009-09-03T10:53:52.762+05:302009-09-03T10:53:52.762+05:30

Very nice post. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing.

Totalrenoveringhttp://www.3bbb.dknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-5337954368860959122009-03-19T10:24:00.000+05:302009-03-19T10:24:00.000+05:30

"Pierre" left the following comment, but for some reason it would not post automatically. Hence this paste-up:<BR/><BR/>"Sir, you've covered the UN. You, most of all, should know that while India's GDP growth is relatively strong, our human development indicators are calculated by the UN continue to place us well below many asian and african countries. Slumdog millionaire isn't 'poverty porn'.

Bhaskar Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509050909297898657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-64292996416772964612009-03-18T15:13:00.000+05:302009-03-18T15:13:00.000+05:30

Sir, you've covered the UN. You, most of all, should know that while India's GDP growth is relatively strong, our human development indicators are calculated by the UN continue to place us well below many asian and african countries. Slumdog millionaire isn't 'poverty porn'. Spend a night in (or even near) an Indian slum. You may begin to think differently. I won't even begin to describe the

Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14557261267518928065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-47975440035108288852009-01-15T21:12:00.000+05:302009-01-15T21:12:00.000+05:30

I think India, Inc. is leading this movement to drag India down by their acts of omissions and commissions. <BR/><BR/>Only hope I see is from the people of India, they have challenged and defeated the Kings of their time and they can do it again.

kashifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820365648608436838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-15405681084291991392008-12-25T01:37:00.000+05:302008-12-25T01:37:00.000+05:30

In fact, the Congress conference in Kerala was held in Kochi. And people of Kerala hold Tharoor in high esteem; if he contests, no matter from which party, he is sure to win. Who knows, a foreign minister could be in the making!

T.K. Vineethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13215086920911958885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-83014893449052896502008-12-20T09:45:00.000+05:302008-12-20T09:45:00.000+05:30

It would be incorrect to see my analysis as comparing two "devils." What it does is provide honestly rendered historical background. Britain has a long terrorist record in international affairs, but it has been dressed up by its historians as "imperial glory." To point that out is neither tendentious nor "absurd."

Bhaskar Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509050909297898657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-53364277973565826552008-12-17T19:54:00.000+05:302008-12-17T19:54:00.000+05:30

Mr. Menon:<BR/><BR/>While your essay provides an interesting perspective, the main thing I learn from it is that you view Britain as a more evil and devious devil than the United States.<BR/><BR/>In particular, your suggestion that Britain is somehow behind the Mumbai attacks, completely unsupported by any evidence other than your tendentious historical analysis, seems, on its face, to merit the

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-27303517357404634832008-11-29T08:16:00.000+05:302008-11-29T08:16:00.000+05:30

Mr. Menon, <BR/>what you have written and what has happened in Mumbai - sure seems to have some connection! the world supremacy war is fast becoming awful on humanity - such rogue links must be exposed. damn colonial attitude! <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>LONDON: The UK authorities are investigating reports that two of the Mumbai attackers were British citizens of Pakistan origin, with Premier Gordon

sheelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07720037557704143573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-2150999633823027332008-06-23T23:25:00.000+05:302008-06-23T23:25:00.000+05:30

Hi Bhaskar, this morning on NPR when I heard once again that the rising oil price was because of the increasing demands from India and China, I said to myself, "everything can't be the fault of these 2 countries?" Only recently India was being blamed for the increase in food prices in the West. So good to see your entry on the subject of oil prices. Best regards.

Laju K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09203009812147639234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-54133290446298573642008-05-02T06:55:00.000+05:302008-05-02T06:55:00.000+05:30

Ambassador Sreenivasan writes from Kerala, India:<BR/><BR/>I saw your post on my way back, but could not respond to it till I<BR/>came home earlier today.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for coming and also for your generous words. I see your<BR/>point about writing about grave matters with a lighter touch. But I<BR/>thought that that was the way to get some readers! I do intend to<BR/>write on the nuclear

Bhaskar Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509050909297898657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-8730837084771404492008-04-30T20:26:00.000+05:302008-04-30T20:26:00.000+05:30

"J" likes the paragraph about violence being inherent to the Western model of development and says the ending of the post is "excellent." <BR/><BR/>"Jen" writes:<BR/>"But but but--<BR/>In the end, he is still advocating nuclear energy and therefore nuclear weapons production?<BR/>You sort of waffle at the end, but it appears you do not agree?"

Bhaskar Menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509050909297898657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306691336178458695.post-84980894490775669722008-04-28T22:15:00.000+05:302008-04-28T22:15:00.000+05:30

Readers are sending comments to me directly rather than leaving them here. <BR/>"Anonymous" is shocked by the story on UN posts for sale, but says it should not be really surprising, considering how Ban Ki-moon got his own job. <BR/>That is a reference to published reports that Ban had won the support of elected members of the Security Council with offers of aid and trade deals.

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