Mainstream Weekly

Boycott Will Only Isolate The West

Reshmi Kazi — 2009-05-18T11:07:58Z

The walkout of European diplomats following the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the United Nations conference in Geneva disparaging Israel was a puerile act. The United States, Germany, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Israel and Australia had announced months earlier to boycott the gathering anticipating Iranian malevolence towards Israel. The high-level delegates' decision to boycott the conference while the Iranian leader was delivering his speech is (…)

- May 2009

Voice of a Responsible Citizen

Reshmi Kazi — 2008-12-12T14:45:26Z

Yet another terrorist attack on November 26 has rocked the entire nation. The country's economic hub—Mumbai—was held hostage for over 62 hours leaving 195 dead and counting and injuring over 300 innocent people. Preliminary investigations reveal involvement of about 10-odd well-trained and well-equipped terrorists from across the western border in the blasts. The post-blast investigations will reveal several conspiracy theories. Some will be politically motivated while some might be (…)

- December 6, 2008

NSG Waiver : Hardball Diplomacy Needed

Reshmi Kazi — 2008-09-03T19:00:47Z

The crucial two-day meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on August 21-22 to grant unconditional waiver to India to engage in global civilian nuclear commerce ended inconclusively. The draft waiver circulated by the United States after intense negotiations with India was not acceptable to the certain members of the NSG. The positive aspect of the whole deliberations is that the reservationists did not outrightly oppose India's bid to join the international community in civilian (…)

- August 30, 2008