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Stirring the Pot in Kashmir

22-Nov-08

Ahmed Rashid is stirring the pot in his interview on NPR All Things Considered yesterday. While there is no doubt that Kashmir is in flames, the theory of “strategic depth”, explaining Pakistani involvement in Afghanistan and Kashmir through Islamist proxies such as the Taliban and Kashmiri jihad as a quest for balance against Indian dominance [...]

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Obama’s Desi Geek

20-Nov-08

The Obama transition team this week announced that Sonal Shah has been selected to work on technology policy for the new administration (CNet News). Shah, an investment banker and public policy professional, is prominent within the Indian-American community not only for her work in Goldman-Sachs and the Google Foundation, but as a fund-raiser and community [...]

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