Posted on 10 September 2009 by Shamik Das
The question of how best to deal with the British National Party raised its head again earlier this week with the news BNP leader Nick Griffin will be asked to appear on Question Time in October. The arguments for and against the BBC’s decision range from giving the BNP enough rope to hang themselves and starving [...][...more]
Posted on 03 June 2009 by Shamik Das
On the eve of the European and Local Elections, and set against the backdrop of a months’ worth of expenses revelations, we face the very real danger of the British National Party winning seats to the European Parliament. A Government in meltdown, a deeply unpopular Prime Minister, unprecedented public anger at the expenses scandal and allegations [...][...more]
Posted on 30 May 2009 by Shamik Das
Following the raft of allegations about MPs and their expenses this month, it would be understandable for you to have thought Britain’s lawmakers amongst the most corrupt on the planet. If you were to glance across at events on the sub-Continent this week, however, you may have drawn a slightly different conclusion; set against the suspected [...][...more]
Posted on 02 May 2009 by Shamik Das
As the conflict in Sri Lanka continues unabated, with the government pressing ahead with its surge against the rebels, so too do the protests in Parliament Square. The protesters, who have been camped outside the Houses of Parliament for more than three weeks now, vow to remain until their demands – for a complete and unconditional [...][...more]
Posted on 17 April 2009 by Shamik Das
The past fortnight hasn’t exactly been the greatest in the police’s history, with the resignation of Britain’s top anti-terror cop and the suspension of several police officers following accusations of brutality during the G20 protests at the start of April. Bob Quick stepped down as Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Operations) last Thursday after a catastrophic [...][...more]
Posted on 23 March 2009 by Shamik Das
Two weeks on from the Lahore terror attacks that killed eight people and injured several others the future for Pakistan looks as bleak as ever. The government in Islamabad, as so often in the recent past, teeters on the brink, President Asif Ali Zardari coming under enormous pressure from all sides for the increasingly undemocratic and [...][...more]
Posted on 09 February 2009 by Shamik Das
Muttiah Muralitharan paid tribute to his family after breaking the world record for the most one-day international wickets during Sri Lanka’s 67-run defeat to India in Colombo last week.Murali dismissed Gautham Gambhir - caught behind by keeper Kumar Sangakkara for 150 - to record his 503rd one-day wicket for Sri Lanka, passing the [...][...more]
Posted on 23 January 2009 by Shamik Das
“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States; So help me God.” With those fateful, fumbled words, Barack Obama staggered over the finish line to become [...][...more]
Posted on 15 January 2009 by Shamik Das
With its inhospitable mountains, arid deserts and lush, green forests, India is home to some of the most breathtaking creatures on Earth; creatures that could be lost forever as the 21st century rolls relentlessly on. Climate change, urban sprawl, greed, poverty and corruption are among the reasons for the danger to the region’s creatures, yet all [...][...more]
Posted on 23 December 2008 by Shamik Das
With Christmas almost upon us and the sporting year drawing to a close, it’s time to dust down those tuxedos and shine up them shoes as we hand out the gongs to mark another fabulous year for Asian sport. Not that you’d have known it from watching the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards last [...][...more]
Posted on 05 December 2008 by Shamik Das
I had hoped to be writing about India’s triumph over England in the one-day series this week, due to have been completed Tuesday just passed; India 5-0 up and on course for an unprecedented 7-0 whitewash, then disaster strikes. On the very day of the fifth one-day international in Cuttack, 950 miles away in Mumbai terrorists [...][...more]
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