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The Acorn
Estd 2003
Recent posts:

Garibi Hatao Hatao
| 11th May 2011

The Takshashila Shala // Pune 2011
| 10th May 2011

INILive Pilot: Bin Laden’s killing and implications for India
| 8th May 2011

Why they killed Osama bin Laden now
The United States is unlikely to punish Pakistan for the decade of duplicity, subterfuge and violence that consumed innumerable lives and astounding amounts of money | 3rd May 2011

Pax Indica: Why they killed bin Laden now
| 3rd May 2011

Concerns about secret US raids into Pakistan
| 2nd May 2011

The Osama card has been played
| 1st May 2011

How to lose friends and alienate people
| 28th Apr 2011

Direct channel to Rawalpindi
| 25th Apr 2011

Sunday Levity: Paid views
| 23rd Apr 2011

Justice Sawant’s remarks on Anna Hazare
| 20th Apr 2011

Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex
Pakistan is two geopolitical entities -- the nominal state and the complex of the army and Islamist militant groups that rule over it. | 19th Apr 2011

The paradox of proximity
| 19th Apr 2011

Pax Indica: Understanding Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex
| 19th Apr 2011

The Asian Balance: The case for military diplomacy
| 18th Apr 2011

Hanging by its kerry
| 18th Apr 2011

Shutting down Geelani’s Grievance Factory
| 14th Apr 2011

After Gandhi is dead, we have socialism
| 13th Apr 2011

Pragati, refreshed
| 13th Apr 2011

Societies with greater economic freedom have lower corruption
| 11th Apr 2011

A million ironies now - grammar of anarchy edition
| 11th Apr 2011

Against Jan Lok Pal and the politics of hunger strikes
| 8th Apr 2011

Why India should project power
The emergence of China, a civilisational power with a clashing geopolitical worldview and a competing political model will use its power to change international norms in its favour, and attempt to make others, including India, play by its rules. | 5th Apr 2011



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