India’s move to stop water flow will end its generosity to Pakistanis

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India’s decision to stop the flow of Indus water from the eastern rivers is a firm, long-term, legal action fully within the treaty’s remit. This water was being let go as an act of generosity until now as bonus for Pakistan. It hurts Pakistan’s people, not just the establishment.

Why call off IPL ceremony? Hold it and use the profits

The BCCI cancelling the IPL opening ceremony and donating the cost to martyrs’ families is typical bureaucratic deceit, and insults the paying cricket fan. The IPL opening ceremony makes profits. The smart move is to hold it, and give the profits, obviously much higher than the cost, to the martyrs.

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has shown up Parliament’s IT panel

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has blocked the parliamentary panel on IT – he’s decided to ignore its summons to appear for questioning. This project was doomed from the start. What next? Ban Twitter in India? Obviously not. What’s that they say about some people rushing in where angels fear to tread?