by Yavar Abbas | Sep 18, 2004 | Column For Hindustan Times, Writings
Highjacking has been the defining pastime of many of the politicians in the twentieth century and is being carried forward into the twenty-first. In my own lifetime there have been four memorable highjackings: The Great Indian Highjack of India’s Unity The...
by Yavar Abbas | Aug 15, 2004 | Column For Hindustan Times, Writings
It is India’s 58th “Independence” Day. But I am not celebrating. I have decided to follow Mahatma Gandhi’s example. He did not celebrate. On the contrary he was in virtual mourning at the partition of his beloved India. “Over my dead...
by Yavar Abbas | Jul 15, 2004 | Column For Hindustan Times, Writings
“Kill a snail and go to jail” screams a headline on the front page of The Times of last weekend. The story is accompanied by a prominent picture (6½”x6½”) of the snail complete with the creature’s characteristic antennae raised in the...
by Yavar Abbas | Jun 8, 2004 | Column For Hindustan Times, Writings
An Indian Muslim as President, a Pakistani Sikh as Prime Minister, an Italian Catholic as leader of the ruling party, and a Pakistani Brahmin as Leader of the Opposition!!!! What more could a secular heart desire? This is the exciting, multi-colour, rainbow India that...
by Yavar Abbas | Apr 21, 2004 | Column For Hindustan Times, Writings
That’s how it has been with me in the last six weeks. I started commuting between the continents on 26th. February and have been on the go, non-stop, until early last week. My itinerary reads: London—Philadelphia–New York—Philadelphia—Edison, New...
