Bomb that bonds

The recent visit of Saudi Arabian Crown Price Mohamed Bin Salman (MBS) to Pakistan and his promises there about billions of dollars worth of investments is, in some quarters of the society, sending conflicting signals as Saudi had earlier gave Pakistan a meager amount in aid and left it off with a mammoth debt. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan had, as mocked by his own country's media and the world, has gone on a tour with a begging bowl to the Arab nations. He has also gone to China with the bowl, of course after carefully emptying it at Islamabad. China too has not been so magnanimous to Khan.

First off it was an ironic site to see the flamboyant Imran Khan, a former cricketer and a heftily wealthy man, to be seen begging at places where he had earlier used to flash his wealth and unleash lavishness. Of course China has no cricketing history nor has it a history of promoting tourism. So, Khan's flamboyance is not known in China except for intelligence inputs.

SUN TV Anchor's Dhimmitude

UBL stands for Usama Bin Laden in the intelligence tongue. UBL is the man who was a CIA asset in Afghanistan purposefully created and carefully brought up, but ruthlessly neutralized by the creators as the asset turned out to be a bloody liability due to his allegiance to Wahhabi Islam which proved to be dangerous to the whole world.

Well, we have a person similar to UBL in the SUN Network, the most popular SUN media group owned by the Maran family, close relatives of the DMK patriarch Karunanidhi. The Dravidian political parties in TamilNadu stick to their stand of vilifying only Hinduism and Hindu Gods in the name of atheism. Veerapandian, an anchor with the SUN Group, is a breed of this Dravidian school of thought, especially of the followers of E V Ramasamy Naicker, who is still known as father of this imbecile school of thought.

Scent of a retired Judge

Mr.Justice Markandey Katju, the Chariman of the Press Council of India, is known for his legal acumen and out spoken nature. He is famous for his open mouth comment in the open court aimed at senior counsel P.P. Rao. He has been writing many articles some of those make good sense and many of those go otherwise. Of late, Justice Katju seems to have a gross contempt for his fellow countrymen and is very much open mouthed in his criticism.

'MODI'fication of Gujarat - Bharath next?

It is Modi again in Gujarat. He has done it, despite the curses, opinion building, friends and foes, internal meandering etc. Modi has proved his mettle and marches ahead with victory. It was not a cake walk of course. He toiled for this victory and he deserves it. It is a hat trick for Modi and BJP in Gujarat. His leadership qualities and his communication skills are commendable. Some call it marketing gimmick. But they forget the fact that gimmickry cannot get you going for the third consecutive time with a thumping victory.