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The Power Club

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Venky

Venky Vembu (This article, which addresses five fundamental questions arising from US President Barack Obama’s announcement of US support for India’s candidacy for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, was published in DNA edition dated November 14, 2010 as … Continue reading →

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Light a Diwali diya, Obama!

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated November 6, 2010, the day US President Barack Obama arrived in Mumbai at the start of a three-day official tour of India.) Venky Vembu Dear President Obama By now, you would have … Continue reading →

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‘Obama won’t seek high-profile role in Kashmir’

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Venky

(This is a longer version of an interview with Lisa Curtis, a South Asia expert at the Heritage Foundation, which was published in DNA edition dated October 9, 2010.) Strained relations between the US and Pakistan, which are notionally allies … Continue reading →

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‘Jihadists have penetrated the US’

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Venky

(This interview with Dr Walid Phares on whether jihadi terror had taken root in the US, was published in DNA edition dated December 13, 2009.) Venky Vembu Recent arrests, in Pakistan and in the US, of US nationals linked to … Continue reading →

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How ‘ShahRukh-itis’ is checkmating the US

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated August 19, 2009.)   Venky Vembu   Ancient Persians, who were fond of the royal game of chess, named one of the more powerful and agile pieces on the board the Shahrokh. … Continue reading →

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The madness of rage

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated December 10, 2008, barely a fortnight after the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008.) Venky Vembu Even a fortnight after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, people across India are seething with … Continue reading →

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Needed: an Islamic Reformation

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Venky

(This column, calling on moderate Muslims to seize the political ground from fundamentalists and jihadists, was published in  DNA edition dated November 12, 2008; barely a fortnight later, the Mumbai terror attacks unfolded…) Venky Vembu Politics abhors a vacuum, and … Continue reading →

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