Dumping a democrat in the Maldives

"The speed with which India abandoned Mohammed Nasheed and declared support for the successor government is bewildering."

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Dumping a democrat in the Maldives

Paradise is perched on the edge of hell

"Political chaos in the Maldives, security services across the region fear, could open the way for a resurgent Islamist movement."

Security experts have feared Maldives will become a paradise for jihadists instead of tourists. Its 1,200-plus islands are near-impossible to police, which means terrorists could use them as bases to target India's western seaboard and even Europe. The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Paradise is perched on the edge of hell


The Lashkar-e-Taiba's charitable wing, along with British-based Islamists, funnelled hundreds of thousands of dollars into tsunami-hit communities — in return for their souls and proselytize to Islam.


Even in the face of threats, feminists and secular-democrats have mounted trenchant resistance to the religious right. Their struggle will determine the Maldives' fate.

Not The Done Thing

Gen V K Singh has put self before institution, and the government is not blameless either

Not The Done Thing

Retired Major General and founder member of Defence Planning Staff, Gen Ashok K Mehta, says

"Gen Singh may have set an unhealthy precedent for the rank and file: to challenge decisions of superiors to which he had previously acquiesced, which goes against the ethos and ethics of the army"

-The Times of India, February 13, 2012