Govt. has lost all control over situation in Jammu. Curfew has been clamped over not only whole city but also outer areas and parts of many other districts. Earlier violent protests were limited to old city areas, but since yesterday protesters all over the city have been fighting pitched battles with police and RAF. In […]
Tag: India
Dialogues In Suffering. Yeah Right
The Hindu published a very crappy article about situation in Kashmir in July 27 Sunday Magazine. Dialogues in suffering Coming from a paper of such standing, its very disappointing, to put it mildly. So I wrote a letter to the editor. Hope it makes some difference. Dear Sir, I’m truly apalled by “Dialogues […]
Mayhem Continues
Total lockdown of Jammu continues today for 4 days now. On the other hand Kashmir is back to normal as if the protests never happened. That place saw violent, totally unreasonable protests by extremists and separatists for 8 days..all they got was temporary house arrest of few loudmouth leaders. While authorities imposed curfew and article […]
Strikes, Protests, Curfew, Communalism
Another strike in J&K; today. 2 weeks ago it was transporters association which called for a 3 day lockdown to pressurise govt for increase in fares after increase in fuel prices. Now its turn of political parties. Issue this time is transfer of land to Amarnath Shrine Board in Kashmir. Muslim separatists in Kashmir protesting […]
Israeli Contribution in Indian BMD
Indian strategic relations with Israel are mostly kept low-profile. But Israeli assistance was vital in one of the most vital Indian defence projects…Ballistic Missile Defence. Following excerpt from http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-02-03T12%3A30%3A00%2B05%3A30&max-results;=7 puts more light on it Dr Abdul Kalam was already overseeing the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP); he began feasibility studies on an ABM programme […]
Indian Tricolour
Some pictures of Indian flag that I’ve collected over some time from various sources.
Independence Day
60th Independence Day of my country coming up. I’ve lived through 22 . This one..it somehow feels special. Its only symbolic, but still, sometimes symbols are what people need.Millions of people fought for freeing the country, nobody knows how many people fought, died, were tortured, imprisoned. 1000s of soldiers died and undergo great hardships for perserving that freedom.My […]
Vijay Divas
It was Vijay Divas today..I mean 26th AUgustThe day remembers its brave men who died in Kargil war of 1999 Heres the list of Soldiers who received Gallantry Awards. There were many others who didnt get any medal. Still, their sacrifce is as great as who did Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja (Vir Chakra)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Ahuja Squadron Leader […]