Cross Connections

How many of us, whether in the media or human rights organisations or as aware citizens, had bothered to highlight the case of James Fo...

Ruling Anarchy: The Labs of Boston, Woolwich, Chhattisgarh by Farzana Versey, CounterPunch, June 1-3 “As we heard ...

They hacked a soldier to death. What was as bad as the spectacle of TV anchors giving tantalising sound bites about the possible image...

David Cameron has so canonised water cannons that they appear to be miracle-makers of the new morality drenching the fires of protest. “L...

Arab royalty looms behind and beside the Queen of England Whoa! We hear about how the Queen of England honours people with the OBE and t...

Muaah, I am a yankee poodle Tony Blair is the sort of guy you would take home to your pet orangutan provided your pet orangutan is upto i...

Actress Katrina Kaif, supposedly the queen bee of Bollywood and one of the highest earners, is not an Indian national. And she does not even...

It’s rare that one country has such interesting little bits of news around the same time. But here’s from Old Blighty. A British billionai...

When David Cameron came to a shining India and spoke of a common culture, he failed to mention the problem Britons have with paan. Coloured ...

Isn’t it time we stopped the Commonwealth Games? Participants are countries that once were colonies of the British. We are now independent n...

That week in England, just before I was to leave for home, I decided I had to see the London Eye. Although it was unashamedly touristy, I fe...

Tony Blair’s sycophancy towards the US is well-known. He is now defending himself before the first official grilling of sending 45,000 troo...

Maverick: The Indian Colonisers of India By Farzana Versey Covert, Aug 15-31 I miss those days. They would exclaim, “Oh, Indian!” and all yo...

Rise… Former President Pervez Musharraf may well be accused of treason, but it seems this is his season. He put all those lawyers behind bar...