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• Wrong for the right reasons

  Broadcast On September 16, 1998

  ... even more revealing. I.K. Gujral, Natwar Singh and Surjeet Singh Barnala discuss the question 'In the wake of the nuclear tests should India re-think its relationship with Pakistan?'. Their verbal ...

• Women in Parliament

  Broadcast On March 11, 2010

  ...  fare far better with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal at 17, 19 and 33 percent respectively. Little Rwanda actually has 56 percent. The question is: how should India boost the tally? The Women’s ...

• Women and War

  Broadcast On November 26, 2009

  ... respond to a Chinese or Pakistani invader staring down the barrel of a gun, I have no hesitation in stating the preponderant majority would feel more confident with male soldiers. And that includes ...

• Wikileaks and Me

  Broadcast On March 23, 2011

  ... of Pakistan, Asif Zardari, allegedly by the then Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, at the height of the terror attack. Mr. Mukherjee, it’s claimed, threatened an immediate military response. In response, ...

• Why were the Indo-Pak talks called off?

  Broadcast On September 30, 2018

  There’s no doubt India-Pakistan relations are accident-prone and when they go into a tailspin they usually raise disturbing questions rather than provide meaningful answers. Yet even by these standards ...

• Why the language you speak matters

  Broadcast On January 21, 2002

  ... for Pakistan’s islamisation. Zia not only spoke fluent urdu, he thought, lived, breathed and was perhaps a creature of the language. When he had to speak to his nation he did not fall back on english ...

• Why Jalalitha is wrong

  Broadcast On November 5, 2002

  The first time I celebrated Diwali in London was after my marriage. Although Catholic, Nisha considered Diwali and Christmas her favourite festivals. The Pakistani grocers on Portobello Road arranged ...

• Why India today needs a George Fernandes

  Broadcast On June 14, 2020

  ... security, and when Ashraf Qazi, the Pakistan High Commissioner, was declared persona non grata in 2002 George invited him to dinner the night before his own government ordered him out of the country.   ...

• Who are the sons and daughters of India?

  Broadcast On January 19, 2020

  ... “Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Christian refugees from Pakistan have as much right over India as you and I. They are the sons and daughters of India. The country will embrace them.” This is based on the fact ...

• Whither Pakistan

  Broadcast On January 13, 2011

  What is happening to Pakistan? That’s not just a rhetorical question. It’s also one many Pakistanis are asking themselves. An email from a friend expresses the shock, horror and incredulity ...

• WHEN INDIA, PAK CAME CLOSE TO INKING A PACT

  Broadcast On March 5, 2023

  Satinder Lambah’s book, sadly published posthumously, reveals fascinating details of the India-Pakistan back-channel and how close it came to agreement. ‘In Pursuit of Peace’ confirms: “By the end of the ...

• What’s the truth?

  Broadcast On January 20, 2013

  ... yes. On the 10th, The Hindu reported that last year, during a skirmish at Karnah, ““Indian Special Forces responded by attacking a Pakistani forward post, killing several soldiers, and by the account of ...

• What Union Budget 2021-22 has to tackle

  Broadcast On January 31, 2021

  ... enemy property. These are assets of people who’ve migrated to Pakistan. 49 years ago Pakistan sold-off its enemy property. India has still to do so. Now is the time, says Shah.   I’ll stop here. If ...

• WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A MUSLIM IN INDIA

  Broadcast On April 24, 2022

  ... of the PM Awas Yojna, have thus suffered. Their minor children have been detained for hearing Pakistani songs. Whilst men who claim to be hindu priests have publicly threatened to rape their women.   ...

• WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A MUSLIM IN INDIA?

  Broadcast On December 24, 2023

  ... with abba jaan and repeatedly told to go to Pakistan. When there are calls for their genocide, few, if any, BJP voices speak out in condemnation. When accused of rioting, their homes are demolished even ...

• WHAT INDIA CAN LEARN FROM BRITISH POLITICS

  Broadcast On October 30, 2022

  ... them with references to abba jaan, reduce them to comparisons between shamshan ghat and kabristan and repeatedly tell them to go to Pakistan. So, today, when we take pride in Sunak’s meteoric rise why ...

• WHAT DOES THE UKRAINE CRISIS MEAN FOR INDIA?

  Broadcast On March 6, 2022

  ... we get is targeted against China or its close ally Pakistan won’t Moscow be under pressure from Beijing to stop?     9)       In fact, the tougher the sanctions the West imposes on Russia the greater ...

• Well, Mr. Zaidi, for your sake I’ll repeat myself

  Broadcast On November 1, 1999

  ... when the Ambassador is in the front row!” Everyone laughed.  No one misunderstood the joke, not even the large number of Pakistanis in the audience.  But later, at dinner, the Indian ...

• We, neighbours, are like two peas in the same wretched pod

  Broadcast On February 28, 2016

  I’m writing this sunday morning with my countrymen who bear an antipathy for Pakistan primarily in mind. I doubt if I can change their thinking but it might be worth their while to read an opposite viewpoint. ...

• WE HAVE TURNED OUR BACK ON RUSHDIE

  Broadcast On August 21, 2022

  ... country home.”   If anything his answer to my next question was even more telling. I asked: “If I was to ask is Salman Rushdie Indian or English or Pakistani, which identity would you accept?” His ...