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ndian Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, left, and her son Rahul Gandhi. Pic: AP.

Political dynasties: Why this love for them in South Asia?

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, Mar 08, 2012 3:21AM UTC View Comments

For decades academics and analysts have laboured trying to understand Indians’ love for two seemingly antagonistic political structures: democracy and political dynasty. As of yet no one has any convincing theory on why Indians who zealously guard their freedom and democracy – they came out to vote to larger numbers than ever before as evidenced...

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Excerpt of the day: Zulfi Bhutto on Mujib

By Ahsan Butt Wed, May 11, 2011 3:19AM UTC View Comments

This is drawn from Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s The Great Tragedy, which was Bhutto’s take on the 1971 civil war (published in 1971). Pay particular attention to the question of how much of himself Bhutto saw in Mujib. I find the stuff about being a “Messiah”, a fashionable socialist, a hateful rhetorician, and a captivating public...

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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had two wives (updated below)

By Ahsan Butt Sun, Apr 10, 2011 7:26AM UTC View Comments

The other Mrs. Bhutto. Photo credit: Dawn/AFP

I’ve never heard this before, but I was going through Roedad Khan’s American Papers and in it came across a telegram sent from U.S. ambassador Farland to the U.S. Secretary of State in Washington and is copied to the Consuls in Dhaka (called “Dacca” in the telegram), Karachi, Lahore and New Delhi. The telegram is...

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Open thread on Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his legacy

By Ahsan Butt Sat, Mar 12, 2011 5:54AM UTC View Comments

So carrying on a discussion that was getting off the ground on Twitter, I wanted people to pipe in with their thoughts on Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB). My view is that when you take into account deep and meaningful political choices he made, such as campaigning on the hatred of India, such as his very...

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