Pakistan cannot do anything without the tacit approval of the United States of America. And the world knows this.
Here comes the news of Pakistan testing nuclear-capable missile today. People living in South Asia wonder what games President George Bush and President Pervez Musharraf are playing, with the US Congress watching all this with intriguing silence.
A latest report states that “Pakistan successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range nuclear-capable missile on Saturday, the military said. The surface-to-surface Abdali ballistic missile – which has a range of 200 kilometers and was launched from an undisclosed location inside Pakistan – can carry all types of warheads,’ the military said in a statement issued from Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital, Islamabad.”
The US administration is dumping American taxpayers money in Pakistan with no visible accountability. Which means that the silence of Americans makes them accomplices in the goings-on of the nefarious activities in Pakistan.
“In a key finding of an investigative study by the Washington-based organization that does investigative reporting and research on significant public issues Center for Public Integrity, the U.S. military aid to Pakistan soared to $4.2 billion after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack compared to $9.1 million in the three years before the attack boosting Pakistan to the top tier of countries receiving military funding.
“The Center for Public Integrity revealed the U.S. military support to Pakistan using data assembled through Freedom of Information Act requests…”
Swaraaj Chauhan describes his two-decade-long stint as a full-time journalist as eventful, purposeful, and full of joy and excitement. In 1993 he could foresee a different work culture appearing on the horizon, and decided to devote full time to teaching journalism (also, partly, with a desire to give back to the community from where he had enriched himself so much.)
Alongside, he worked for about a year in 1993 for the US State Department’s SPAN magazine, a nearly five-decade-old art and culture monthly magazine promoting US-India relations. It gave him an excellent opportunity to learn about things American, plus the pleasure of playing tennis in the lavish American embassy compound in the heart of New Delhi.
In !995 he joined WWF-India as a full-time media and environment education consultant and worked there for five years travelling a great deal, including to Husum in Germany as a part of the international team to formulate WWF’s Eco-tourism policy.
He taught journalism to honors students in a college affiliated to the University of Delhi, as also at the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication where he lectured on “Development Journalism” to mid-career journalists/Information officers from the SAARC, African, East European and Latin American countries, for eight years.
In 2004 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST) selected him as a Trainer/Mentor for India under a European Union project. In 2008/09 He completed another European Union-funded project for the BBC WST related to Disaster Management and media coverage in two eastern States in India — West Bengal and Orissa.
Last year, he spent a couple of months in Australia and enjoyed trekking, and also taught for a while at the University of South Australia.
Recently, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Studies at Chitkara University in Chandigarh, a beautiful city in North India designed by the famous Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier. He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students there.
He loves trekking, especially in the hills, and never misses an opportunity to play a game of tennis. The Western and Indian classical music are always within his reach for instant relaxation.
And last, but not least, is his firm belief in the power of the positive thought to heal oneself and others.