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• What an idea, Sirjee!

  Broadcast On July 30, 2008

  ... Tamil, Telegu, Assamese or Kashmiri. In contrast, hindi purists seem to have faded away. There was a time when the Mulayam Singh Yadavs were sticklers for ‘klisht hindi’; now I can’t ...

• Listen to yourself!

  Broadcast On August 14, 2008

  ...  extreme response to Abhinav’s achievement is a belittling of journalism. If a single gold medal – even if it’s the first – can push into the background the crisis in Kashmir, ...

• Good bye General

  Broadcast On August 22, 2008

  ... eyes. His willingness to put aside the UN resolutions on Kashmir and his out-of-the-box thoughts for a solution suggested a way forward. Omar Abdullah may have been the first but he was by no means the ...

• Obama or ‘Oh bummer’?

  Broadcast On November 14, 2008

  ... But there is a new and more potent worry that has given the doubts fresh life. Is Obama poised to play an unwelcome interventionist role in Kashmir? And if the answer is a likely yes, will he put ...

• The call of the Valley

  Broadcast On November 20, 2008

  I thought of the National Security Advisor as the first day of voting ended in ten Kashmir constituencies last tuesday. In an interview in august he had stuck his neck out and predicted normalcy would ...

• The Devil speaks out

  Broadcast On February 5, 2009

  ... sort out Kashmir in 2005/2006, when Musharraf was in full control. I can tell you Omar Abdullah believes we did. He says so openly. But the NSA is also prepared to be equally frank and fulsome about ...

• Perception vs. Truth

  Broadcast On March 26, 2009

  ... you go by the position that caste is inherited from your father, then there are also a couple of things these three young Gandhis are not. They’re not Kashmiri pundits – though Jawaharlal, ...

• Silence of the lambs

  Broadcast On April 23, 2009

  ... affect our relationship with Pakistan and, very possibly, the future of Kashmir. But, again, Dr. Singh and Mr. Advani are behaving as if they are either unaware or unconcerned. Now come to their manifestos. ...

• Attempting history

  Broadcast On May 12, 2009

  ... intervened but the question historians will grapple with is did Dr. Singh forego an opportunity to sort out Kashmir when Musharraf was in the ascendant? Omar Abdullah believes he did. Finally, there’s ...

• The new Musharraf

  Broadcast On July 17, 2009

  ... not be drawn into criticizing her husband for reneging on their deal. India, of course, can still provoke the old angularities. Kashmir remains ‘core’, suspicion of the ISI is unjustified ...

• Farooq Abdullah

  Broadcast On July 7, 2000

  Jammu and Kashmir then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah of resolution of autonomy for the state and its subsequent rejection by the Cabinet in centre. Is it end to the road for autonomy? ...

• George Fernandes

  Broadcast On August 25, 2000

  Then Defense Minister in the NDA Government Gerge Fernandes on HTI on the prospects of peace talks in Jammu and Kashmir in the after math of the collapse of the ceasefire by Hizbul Mujhaideen. ...

• Karan Thapar

  ... Kashmir as well as numerous scoops of the armed forces, financial scandals and a variety of social and economic issues. Under his direction, HTV also launched the first-ever chat show in India called ...