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Irom Shirmilla – A lone Warrior in history

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Jan 19th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Irom Sharmila, born on March 14, 1972 is one of the most sacrificing spirits in the world as a human right activist, journalist and poetess, who decided to write a new history with her blood. Sharmila’s protest against the black law first started at Malom, on November 2, 2000 when troops of 8 Assam Rifles [...]



It sounds too good to be true

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Jan 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

According to the US Embassy in Islamabad, the countries being granted permanent membership in UNSC would be debarred the right of veto power, which the other five permanent members enjoy. This statement came in the backdrop of President Obama’s recent announcement. India is at the heart of every controversy. Acknowledged, India is a country having [...]



News Breakfast in India

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Jun 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Can anybody imagine a place on this divine earth where innocent, naïve, plain, ignorant simpleton people fear to tread? Many would point their fingers at Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Sudan. But all these states are perhaps more victims of secret aggression than the indigenous troubles. But South Asia experiences strange dilemma where a society that [...]



Political Black Magic

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Mar 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

The Indian story of keeping a watch on Pakistan is endemic. Her obsession of being Pakistan eccentric is considered one of the key elements of keeping the political temperature high in the region. Day in and day out, one finds, a new story what all Pakistan is doing against India. To the bewilderment of many [...]



Enemy’s Intrigue Engineering - A Wake up Call

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Individual or national dreams can only be built with planning and right course of actions. If someone is keen to build a house, He will first think about his budget, determine the location to buy a plot, its size, its design, covered area, choice of the contractors etc His long list may have hundreds of [...]



Pakistan - A Friend in Need

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Feb 6th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pakistan’s political orbit spins around terrorism with a thick fog of skepticism. Acknowledged that current spree of militarism is being unleashed by some well-organized well knitted and state of the art sabotage sponsoring Czars. In the guess game those who matter, in terms of beneficiaries, fall our immediate rival India. In the second tier, Israel’s [...]



Lynchpin of Permanent Peace

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Dec 27th, 2009 • Category: Features

There is famous Benjamin Franklin statement “for want of a nail, the shoe was lost, for want of shoe, the horse was lost, for horse, the rider was lost, for want of rider, the battle and kingdom was lost” Similarly, for peace in Afghanistan, OBL was lost, for OBL, President Bush was lost, for Bush, [...]



South Asia’s `Tragedy of Errors’

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Dec 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Any political analysis on Indo-Pakistan relations is like zodiac horoscope, most o which is prediction and the rest is prejudice. Within these limits, we can learn enough from the chain of events, to respect or share one another’s delusions. On the other hand, when Europeans study Indo-Pakistan reviews, they smile at our follies, for our [...]