Gordon Brown on Politics

"Universities, as you know, stand for integrity, objectivity, impartiality, and disinterested pursuit of truth, the objective search for knowledge-- all the qualities you have to leave behind when you go into politics!"

2-Nation Theory is Dead

"The Theory" was still born may be a subjective observation but if ever was there a doubt, the latest article in The Economist on Pakistan proves that a lot of 170 million even after more then 6 decades still struggles to define itself a nation. Islam which was to be the binding glue between the Muslim of Madras and the Muslim of Lakhnow has certainly not worked in all these years.
It is time for a new "Theory"!

Iranians have got it Wrong

Iran is on the wrong path and probably the war path. The Iranians have got it wrong. Myopic view of the world is not going to do it, neither obsession with Israel. This policy has already brought the Saudis' and the Israelis' even closer vis-a-vis Iran.
It is high time that Iran takes a lesson from the Turks and cast its net wide.

Turkey: Beacon of Hope

Read Hamid Mir's article in today's Jang. He quotes an Arab journalist praising Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and how he makes him wish that he was a Turk. After spending 4 splendid days in Istanbul recently, I wish I was a Turk as well.
The trick is in finding the right balance, and the Turks have found it.