How did the Obama administration react to Outlook’s “Underachiever” cover story?
July 20, 2012 No Comment
While Outlook’s cover story bracketing President Obama with Dr. Manmohan Singh has won the magazine some brownie points from 7, Race Course Road and sniggers from the Indian public, the question on everyone’s minds is how has it been received in the White House? Is President Obama peeved? Or did he shrug it off as [...]
Continue reading …Instead of drone strikes, US to drop Rajni movie DVDs over Af-Pak tribal belt to fight extremism
June 4, 2012 3 Comments
With drone strikes failing to stem the rise of religious extremism and bristling anti-Americanism in the tribal badlands of the Af-Pak region, Washington has now adopted a new soft-touch strategy to counter the menace: inducing local youth to substitute religious fanaticism for another form of fanaticism- that of excessive, irrational adulation of Tamil superstar, Rajnikanth. [...]
Continue reading …After General VK Singh and Deve Gowda, Hu Jintao now claims he was offered a bribe by a “middleman”!
March 29, 2012 No Comment
First, Army chief General V K Singh’s claimed that he was offered a Rs 14 crore bribe. Then it was the turn of former Prime Minister Deve Gowda to follow suit. This time it is none other than the Chinese President Hu Jintao, who has just claimed that he was offered a bribe by a [...]
Continue reading …Iran to become US ally like Pakistan to ward off sanctions and acquire nuclear weapons unhindered
January 27, 2012 No Comment
Tehran has overhauled its foreign policy viz. its main adversary, the United States of America. Rather than clashing with America over contentious issues such as the Israeli-Palestine dispute, Middle Eastern geo-politics, or acquisition of nuclear capability, the Iranian Government has offered to become an official American ally in the war on terror just like Pakistan [...]
Continue reading …Indian diplomat manhandling fallout: Great Khali to be new Indian Ambassador to China
January 2, 2012 1 Comment
India has decided to finally get tough with China in wake of an Indian diplomat, S Balachandran, getting ‘manhandled’ by appointing famed Indian wrestler, The Great Khali, as the new Indian ambassador to China. The Great Khali has been mandated to personally intervene if similar incidents occur and also forcefully put across India’s point of [...]
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Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who is currently in Cannes for the G-20 meet, was today caught redhanded, watching Ra.One’s hot number Chammak Challo featuring Kareena, during a conference involving the heads of states. The incident took place during the post-lunch session of the summit when the British premier was lecturing the distinguished gathering on [...]
Continue reading …US may ‘take out’ S&P, President Obama addresses nation in his 9/11 moment
August 9, 2011 No Comment
In what is being termed as the defining moment of his Presidency and one of the greatest Presidential war time speeches (editor – economic war in this case), President Obama addressed the nation in the aftermath of Standard & Poor (S&P) cutting America’s sovereign credit rating. Sitting at his White House Office desk, with a family [...]
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Fed up with all the economic volatility, shakiness of the financial system, rising economic inequality, and decelerating growth, the American polity seems to have thrown in the towel as far as faith in Capitalism and free markets are concerned. In what has been termed as the silent overnight revolution, America has overhauled its Constitution and [...]
Continue reading …Pippa, Kate Middleton’s sister, seeks to hook up with Indian yuvraj, Rahul Gandhi
July 21, 2011 2 Comments
After Kate Middleton finally got hitched to Prince William, there is considerable social pressure on her hot sister, Pippa, to marry into an equally prestigious royal family. With most of Europe’s royals already taken, impotent or gay, Pippa is prospecting for a desirable groom across former British colonies starting with the former brightest jewel in [...]
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With Chinese high-handedness and provocations against India steadily increasing, is it time for a paradigm shift when it comes to dealing with our giant neighbor? The UnReal Times spoke to leaders, foreign policy pundits and professors to explore alternate policy options to transform Sino-indian relations. According to noted Professor of Foreign Policy at the Center [...]
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