Pak Spring?

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Shekhar Gupta : Monday, Jan 16, 2012 at 0306 hrs IST

Exactly a decade ago, speaking at the inauguration of the Daily Times, a liberal new publication edited by Najam and Jugnu Sethi, pillars of Pakistani media, I got myself into some trouble, which is not unusual given my chronic foot-in-the-mouth disease. This was early 2002. We were in a war-li ....Read more

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lilly | Tuesday , 11 Sep '12 14:12:59 PMReply | Forward

i l my india

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Ram Subramanian | Thursday , 8 Mar '12 11:12:53 AMReply | Forward

One can only hope that this trend continues... it can only augur well for the region. In reply to sweety's comment, have you heard the saying Absolute Power Corrupts? This is exactly what people started fearing once the Anna movement went beyond protest and stated advocating mob power to get issues resolved. This will only lead to a state of total anarchy. We have to work within the democratic setup... it will change, maybe slowly, but change it will. Issues affecting the nation (esp. one with so many disparate peoples, languages, cultures) cannot be solved overnight nor is a deadline that someone sets practical (as happened with Anna). My two cents or rather rupees on the issue.

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Raghav Shukla | Monday , 6 Feb '12 14:26:26 PMReply | Forward

Well said Shekhar.Indeed impressive write up.

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sweety | Monday , 16 Jan '12 12:52:14 PMReply | Forward

Wot do u mean by - We saw in India Anna%u2019s heady prime-time hype begin to dissipate the moment his megaphones started arguing that in their version of democracy people spoke through mobs of the like-minded on the street than in a Parliament of dissent, disagreement and diversity of views.