Sri Lankan military forces took control of LTTE‘s last bastion, Mullaittivu, last week. This, along with the capture of Kilinochchi on January 2, signals the beginning of the end of Tamil Eelam‘s fight for a sovereign socialist Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka, lasting nearly three decades. The war to de-establish [...]
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What does the fall of LTTE mean to India?
Posted in India, politics, tagged Al-Qaeda, India, Indian Ocean, LeT, LTTE, Sri Lanka, Tamil Eelam, terror, terrorist on January 28, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Walking on a tight rope
Posted in bangalore, India, people, politics, tagged bangalore, BJP, Congress, India, Karnataka, politics, Yediyurappa on June 6, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Winning an election is one thing, running a successful government is a totally different thing. Having won the assembly elections with a near simple majority, BJP would soon realize this. 110 seats no good for forming a government in Karnataka. The effort it takes to form a government with the help of independent MLAs is [...]
Connecting the Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli
Posted in bangalore, India, Life, people, politics, travel, tagged bangalore, Bangalore Interenational Airport, BIAL, Devanahalli, India, traffic on May 16, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Why of all the places in Bangalore, connectivity to the new Bangalore International Airport so important? Is there no road to BIAL or is the airport built in some fairyland to which only the angels have access to!? Of course not. The airport is at Devanahalli, at a distance of about 35km from the city. [...]
