There’s lot of talk recently about the Tibetan situation. There’s calls to action from all sorts of places. There’s even an online petition, that’s being circulated. Now, a petition to a communist regime is probably as useful as a wedding ring to the p…

William Dalrymple, the historian and popular author has an insightful piece on the recent elections in Pakistan. He’s quite optimistic about the country’s future. Here’s a relevant excerpt:widespread publicity given to the [recent] crisis obscured the …