My Word

This column on Indian and world affairs by Rajinder Puri does not pander to the popular view. It says it like it is - regardless of how many toes are stepped on. It believes only in facts being sacred and opinions being free.

Rajinder Puri is a veteran columnist, cartoonist and political activist. He was on the staff of The Hindustan Times and The Statesman as a cartoonist and writer. Earlier he worked in London for a brief time drawing cartoons for The Guardian, and later The Glasgow Herald. For over two decades he has been a freelance journalist and his work has appeared on regular assignment in all the leading dailies and weeklies of India. He has authored five books on Indian politics.

Rajinder Puri was the founding General Secretary of the Janata Party in 1977 and was in charge of campaign publicity in the 1977 general election that brought the Janata Party to power. Later he was founder General Secretary of Lok Dal, then Member National Executive and Labor Cell-in-Charge of BJP. For the last eighteen years he has been attached to no political party.

PM-Obama Summit : Time for Plain Speaking by Rajinder Puri  
Koda Case Cover-up Begins?  
From Jain to Koda: Open Letter to Pranab Mukherjee   
Don’t Write Off Advani Just Yet 
Look Ma, Democracy has No Clothes!   
Why Taliban is Winning 
Rot in the BJP 
Hurriyat and Kashmir Solution  
Pranab Mukherjee’s Dilemma: Black Money, Blue Funk? 
Arunachal Pradesh : Time China Grows Up 
America is a Pushover: Only Karma Threatens China 
Amravati Poll: Should President Remain Silent? 
Five Steps to N-Disarmament   
An Interpretation: Why Gandhi's Silence on Partition? 
Ring Out the Old 
America - Globalization's Biggest Victim?   
Nuclear Rogues - China and USA 
Santhanam, Sethna and Silly Scientists
Political Impact of Austerity Drive  
India Shouldn't Wait for US: Talk to Taliban! 
Sonia's Self-Destructive Streak  
Endgame of Partition 
Mixed Signals from RSS 
RSS on Wrong Track 
Scientific Politicking? 
Jaswant Singh's Incomplete Truth  
Is Obama's Presidency Threatened? 
Leaders are Dead - Long Live Mysteries! 
Xingjian Whirlwind  
Let Gays Rejoice - Not Exult! 
Who Demolished Babri Masjid? 
Is Nazi China Emerging? 
Defusing Af-Pak 
Why BJP is Failing 
Is Sonia Above Questioning? 
Godhra Revisited  
If Pakistan Breaks  
Threat to Sonia Gandhi  
Kim's Rocket, Obama's Test  
BJP's Poll Arithmetic on Varun  
Pak Caught in Crossfire  
Will This Poll Change India?  
Who Will Become PM?  
Rescuing Polls from Jaws of Chaos 
Pakistan's Last Chance?  
Should You Vote? 
Reappraising Pakistan: Time for Indian Policy Shift?  
Lesson from Lahore: It isn't About Cricket  
Advani's Belated Wisdom: PMs Only from Lok Sabha! 
Can Pakistan Divide Taliban?  
Another Tryst with Destiny: Will Swat Restructure the Sub-continent? 
The Rape of Justice 
Obama's Litmus Test 
EC: Moment of Truth 
Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination 
Kasab's Defence 
Any Foreign Hand in Assam Terror?   
Kayani Comes Out of Closet 
Taliban: Pakistan's Nemesis or Opportunity? 
End-game with Pakistan   
S-Asia's Road to Peace  
Pakistan - Now or Never!  
UPA's War on Terror!  
What's Cooking with Rice? 
RSS and Terror 
This is War  
Responding to Zardari 
Dynasty's Secret Power!  
Future of National Parties  
Behind Hindu Terror?   
Advani's Frankenstein  
The Rahul Raj Killing 
What Obama Will Do?  
Defusing Mumbai 
The Indian Republic 
Is China Changing? 
Obama will Save Us! - Good News on Global Crisis 
Political Fallout of Global Crisis 
Singur Impact on Next Poll 
Responding to Zardari 
PM's Half-baked Wisdom on Iran 
Justice Nanavati Opens Can of Worms   
Five-Point Plan Against Terror 
It isn't the Economy, Stupid!  
Narayanan Goes to Beijing 
Kayani Holds the Key 
Who Should Judge the Judges? 
Anti-N-deal Lobby's Final Bid 
Pakistan's Calculated Provocations: India Must Keep its Powder Dry 
South Asia and New World Order  
Fake Currency: Terror's Tool 
Jinxed Olympics: Any Medals for Kowtowing?   
Will Pakistan's Aggression Mount?  
Why India is Losing War on Terror 
Cash-for-Vote Mystery Deepens: Will Truth Ever Come Out? 
Advani's Error: Bofors Style Agitation is Pass
Historic Debate: Will it be a Turning Point? 
If the PM Resigns ...  
Who Leaked IAEA Text?
Will Congress Split? Potential for Polarization 
United They Stand, Divided We Fall 
Comrade Karat in Action 
Pak Crisis, S-Asia's Opportunity 
Troubled Telengana! 
Will Mayawati Sink or Save N-deal?  
Why US-Israel-India Axis is Welcome
N-Deal: Now or Never 
Breaking Gujjar-Govt Deadlock 
Organ Trade Behind Noida Murders?  
Will BJP Reinvent Itself? 
Reservation's Biggest Beneficiary!
Politics: Reserved for Idiots? 
India's Whine against Terror 
Govt Stalls Anti-corruption Help 
Musharraf, Gilani, Kayani and Kashmir 
India Ignores Wake Up Calls: Will Disaster Jolt it to Reality? 
Basis for China-Tibet Accord 
Why Nalini Murugan should Not be Released 
Baalu Affair is Small Beer: Much Bigger Corruption Below Surface! 
Talking with President Ahmadinejad 
Kalam's Toughest Decision 
Could Hu meet Dalai Soon? Beijing Dances for Dialogue 
Tibet and Kashmir: Globalization Demands Consistency 
Prospects with Prachanda: Will Nepal play China's game?
Was Priyanka Seeking the Truth? 
Confused Judgment on Quotas 
US-Iran Warming, China-Iran Cooling 
Hu's Rivals behind Lhasa Revolt? 
Can McCain win? 
Can Tibet Mend China? 
Pranab Again Distorts Constitution! 
Government's Contempt of Parliament! : Discussing IAEA with Left Parties
Do or Die for Tibet: Protesters Smell Last Chance?
For Whom Do MPs Speak?  
Congress Poll Gamble 
President Versus Chief Justice: Is UPA Government Legal? 
Mumbai's Future : Countering the Thackeray Kids 
Kidney Racket Recalls Nithari! 
You're Wrong, Comrade Basu! - Socialism is Possible Right Now! 
Who Plotted Benazir's Murder?  
Benazir's Agenda is The Real Target 
Modi's Future 
Gujarat Exposes BJP-CPI-M Nexus!  
Pakistan: Huge challenge, Puny Response!  
Biggest Victim of Nandigram 
Musharraf Needs Reality Check 
Pakistan's Future: Does it have one? 
Pakistan at Crossroads: The Perils of Emergency 
Free Media - Freer Politicians!  
Congress in a Corner : Only One Escape Route!  
South Asia's Hottest Winter? Timetable for Terror War 
The Justice Sabharwal Affair: Judge the Judges - But Don't Spare Media! 
Silent Struggle in Beijing 
Enemies of India's Development: Who are They, and Why
Musharraf's Re-election: It's Not the Real Issue
Can America's Decline be Halted? 
Let the Public Judge : What is India's National Interest?  
Roots of UPA Crisis : Nuclear dharma, Coalition adharma! 
The N-Deal Googly! Which Way will it Swing? 
Making Criminal Justice Work : Madhava Menon Committee may be Ineffective  
BJP Revisited: The Downslide Continues!  
Kashmiris Must Speak Up : They Hold Key to a South Asian Solution 
Pakistan: Civil War or Peace? 
Why India Needs An Executive President 
The 'Sword of Islam' : God Save Religion from Priests!  
Prospects in Pakistan: Musharraf's Crisis is Symptom of Deeper sickness 
The Q Conspiracy: How one man can subvert a nation   
Quota Quagmire : Crisis Has Not Ended - It Has Begun 
Fatal Foreign Policy Drift: Seven-Point Agenda to Stop The Rot 
Make the President Work : We Pay for His Keep  
Mayawati: Potential and Prospect - Time for a Reality Check 
The Real Fake Encounter: When Media and Politicians Evade Reality  
Anatomy of Terror: Who Has Finger On The Terror Trigger?  
Anatomy of Corruption  
Next Presidential Poll : Is a Political Bomb Quietly Ticking?  
Incredible India: It is Still Surviving!  
The Nithari Mystery : Is the CBI covering up?  
Rift at the Top : 10 Janpath Vs 7 Race Course is Destroying Governance 
Reviving Congress! Rahul Reveals Congress Strategy  
Bush and Mush: Can the Team Survive?  
Declining India is The Reality: IITians please note . . . 
Mr. Q and National Security : His Hawala Connection More Important than Bofors 
Incredible India - No Governance! Can Congress and BJP Reinvent Themselves?  
India-China-Russia Troika : Its Impact on South Asia  
A Pipeline Pipe Dream? The Domino Effect Theory in Peace 
BJP's Future: Does it have one?  
Focus Shifts to South Asia: Hu Jintao and Musharraf May Be Tested 
CPI (M's) Bofors? Lavalin Deal could Sink Marxist Image  
India's Invisible War: Nation Needs a War Cabinet  
After Saddam : The future of West Asia and world 
Time to Fight Corruption : Make a Resolution for 2007   
Indo-Pak Peace Talks: Moving on the Wrong Track  
Assessing President Hu : Watch his role in Pakistan and Tibet   
After Nuclear Deal Will India Enter A New Phase?   
Ekla Chalo: Any Point Talking to President Hu?   
The Knives are out? - Natware-Sonia Spat May Just be the Start
Will the PM Abet Corruption?    
The Cover-up of HDW, Airbus Scams 
North Korean Nuclear Fallout: Final results may falsify first reactions!   
Goodbye America? N-deal Setback may be Tip of Iceberg! 
Gandhi without blinkers: Follow the Mahatma - but which one?   
Is Osama Dead? Never Mind, Terrorism is Still Alive!    
Fighting Terror: Musharraf's Offer Too Little, Too Late!  
Who's Hu in South Asia: Decoding India-Pakistan-China Relations  
Second tryst with destiny? The first brought little!    
Blind Men of Hindustan 
The Telgi Saga : Why Exposure Always Ends in Closure  
Can Corrupt Politicians Preserve Freedom?   
Bofors and Volcker: Will it be the same old story?     
Upto the President: Parties will closely watch his next move  
Next Ninety Days : What Bush Might Attempt ...   
Tackling Terror: To Fight the Enemy, First Know the Enemy  
The Left's Plan-B: In case a snap poll becomes necessary!  
Nuclear Notions: Critics of Indo-US N-deal Miss the Larger Picture  
Dealing with China   
Three-handed Cut-throat: Congress, BJP and Left hold Cards Close to Chests! 
PM Under Siege: Main Threat from Within?   
Addressing Students: Open Letter from Member of a Failed Generation 
Arjun Singh's Politics: Reservation and the Politics of Reservation! 
War or Peace? Middle-East Great Game Approaching Climax
A Two-Party System is Achievable    
India-Pakistan Must Jointly Combat Terrorism   
Nepal Maoists: The American Connection and More  
Medha's Mistake: No Justice without Acquiring Power    
Choice Before China : Dalai Lama Tests Beijing's Credentials   
Nuclear Deal Hurdles : It's The Politics, Stupid!   
In Indira's Footsteps: Will History Repeat Itself?    
Bury the Congress : It Has Outlived Its Historical Role   
Reforming Criminal Justice    
Global Democracy: India, not America, Should Take Lead   
Tackling Al-Qaeda: Key lies in Pushtunistan 
Sonia Gandhi Fact-File    
Creating National Alternative : First A New Policy Agenda  
Ides of March? Knives are Out for Budget Session 
New Great Game : Musharraf Misses Writing on the Wall   
India's Second Freedom    
Middle Class Heroes   
Season of Long Knives : Gang wars shake politics    
Does the Indian Government Have a Roadmap to Peace? 
BJP cannot become national alternative   
India 2006 : A Nation Stung to Action?
Karma of Coalition Dharma   
Natwar Singh's Opportunity    
India and the New World Order    
Can Janta Rise Like Phoenix?   
Global Threats, Local Responses   
Will India's Government Survive November?
Clearance Sale: Politicians Going Cheap!  
The Quake Opened a Window       

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