DANISH KHAN's blog from IBNLive.com http://ibnlive.in.com/index.html Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:09:30 +0100 IBNLive.com http://ibnlive.in.com/pix/common/ibnlogo.jpg http://ibnlive.in.com/index.html Feed provided by IBNLive. http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/53727/shivraj-patil--ii.html The Shivraj Patil II Call it a shame, a tragedy or an irony - which ever way you look at it - the chunk of India's foreign policy editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:43:21 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/53615/government-with-8-year-terms--why-not.html From counting okras to pushing buttons, the way mankind has exercised its voting franchise, across civilizations and ages, has undergone great metamorphosis. A brainchild of the Greeks - the concept editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:37:38 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/53249/lets-play-who-wants-to-be-the-pm.html Being the Prime Minister of India is no easy job. Given that India has a highly fragmented polity with an array of small political parties expert in changing sides editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:51:39 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/53068/indian-muslims-the-omar-way.html "The Prime Minister of India cannot be a Muslim; it is in India's constitution" - The Mullah was loud and clear. It were these words from a Friday afternoon congregation editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:14:13 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/53052/gods-inc-the-baba-business.html "Religion is the opium of the masses". So said Karl Marx. But for some people in our country, it is the inalienable corollaries of religion, which gives them the opportunity editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:08:20 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/53023/if-i-were-the-pm-of-india-now.html If I were the Prime Minister of India now...... I'm sure all of us have written this essay in our school days. Today as our country faces surmounting challenges editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:23:39 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/52829/when-manmohan-met-indira.html I wonder what if H. G. Wells' Time Machine had a material existence and not simply floated in the domain of creative halos of thinkers. If people from history got editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:35:07 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/52828/a-brush-with-student-unionism.html For most of my infancy the monument called Presidency College often gripped my imagination, making me wonder what exactly happened inside the stupefying structures of the college. Bubbling with an editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:33:40 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/danishkhan/2182/52815/the-relics-of-raj.html The colonial hangover most Indians suffer from is a hitherto understudied monster. Beyond the realms of a Romila Thapar or William Darymple to throw light upon, colonial hangover has editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:29:24 +0530