Americans might expect a more cautious stance from women when it comes to support for war. But, writes PNS contributor Sarita Sarvate, Hindu women in India are strongly backing their country’s hard-line stance against Pakistan. MUMBAI, INDIA–Women in India want … Continue reading
Published by New America Media Editor’s Note: Should India’s caste system be debated as a form of racism at the U.N. summit in Durban? The issue has provoked heated controversy in India and revealed striking parallels and one key difference … Continue reading
Among the few major powers expressing support for the Nuclear Missile Defense Program is India, a country that has kept itself at arm’s length from the United States for many years. Although India’s position is well supported by its citizens, … Continue reading
Partnering with Pakistan to fight al Qaeda is like using the fox to guard the hen house, writes PNS contributor Sarita Sarvate, for Pakistani-born terrorism is behind the Kashmir crisis today. An independent state of Kashmir is one way out … Continue reading
Jubilation in India over the recent visit by Bill Gates contrasted with a singular ho-hum attitude about the Prime Minister’s trip to Washington. From the perspective of hundreds of millions of Indians who have never seen the inside of a … Continue reading
The once widespread hope that the United Nations represented the chance of a new and peaceful world order, has faded on in recent years. One possible reason is that the body is not representative but has a built-in bias, which … Continue reading
President Clinton’s trip to India should highlight how much in common Indians share with Americans — and how much America needs India rather than the other way around. Two objects, side by side on our living room wall, dominate my … Continue reading
Recent efforts to make it easier for people with high-tech skills to live and work in the United States are widely seen in terms of benefiting outsiders. But PNS commentator Sarita Sarvate disagrees: imported brains, she says, have played a … Continue reading
Published by Salon Magazine via the New America Media News Syndicate An ancient civilization is calling for a new world order in which the powerful nations of the world will sit down with the less powerful to negotiate arms reduction … Continue reading
Published by Salon Magazine, National Public Radio, and many other newspapers and media outlets. The nation of Buddha, the Veddas and Mahatma Gandhi wants to be a nuclear giant. – – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading