After the blistering heat of Delhi London is cool. It feels as if winter hasn’t ended. So far June has been cold, cloudy, windy and wet. It doesn’t take long for a hot and sweaty delhiwala t...
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“Switch on the BBC” said Ashok eagerly as he rushed into my office. His normally placid features were in a state of considerable excitement. His eyes were shining.

“What’s happe...
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A visit to Pakistan is a revealing experience. It’s different to what you imagine. Most Indians arrive with a certain trepidation. Many of us are uncertain of how we will be received, suspicio...
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“I had no idea you played squash” said the pretty lady at a fashionable cocktail party last week. She seemed bemused by the fact I did. “In fact, I would never have thought you played anyth...
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Why have I chosen to write about Parliament when the country could be poised on the brink of war? Are there not more immediate, perhaps even more important, matters to discuss? Should I not inste...
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I was staring absent-mindedly out of the window when a colleague asked a question which sparked off a chain of thoughts. News of Ashraf Qazi’s recall had just been announced and although I had a...
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There’s at least one respect in which politicians never differ. When they don’t like the message their instinctive response is to shoot the messenger. This reaction is as old as Cleopatra (Ac...
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If you suffer from high blood pressure don’t read on. If you’re prejudiced against Muslims or Pakistan skip to the next article. And if you lost property at partition or, worse, your family w...
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I don’t mean to sound pompous nor tongue in cheek but have you ever considered the fact that of all God’s creation women who rise to the top are truly special? You simply cannot say the same o...
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I was in Dubai when the Prime Minister made his controversial Campal Maidan rally speech. But even in the Gulf our phones were buzzing instantly. It was with shock and disillusionment that I rece...
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