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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 5550:
- Ne Conundrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2001)
With less than a week to go before the four-year old ceasefire between the NSCN (I-M) and the Government comes up for renewal.
- Cooperation Shouldn’t Be Held Hostage To Resolution Of One Issue (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 25, 2001)
Following is the text of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s statement made on Tuesday in both houses of Parliament on summit-level talks between India and Pakistan from 14-16 July 2001.
- Political Master Stroke At Agra (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 25, 2001)
In terms of real politic, the outcome, or the apparent lack of it, of the Agra summit, will prove to be a master stroke of Indian diplomacy.
- A Up Poll Induction (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2001)
CHAUDHARY Ajit Singh, son of the famous farmer leader Charan Singh, has become a Union Minister.
- The Challenge Of Militancy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2001)
THE KILLINGS OF Amarnath pilgrims at Sheshnag and the massacre of innocent civilians in a Doda village, separated by less than 24 hours and together accounting for over 25 deaths.
- More The Merrier (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 24, 2001)
ACTING LIKE a vacuum cleaner, the BJP has been sweeping up all the loose debris in the political field.
- The Agra Syndrome (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jul 24, 2001)
VAJPAYEEJI, I salute the statesman in you for the factum of the summit meet but feel frustrated at your team's infantile ineptitude for the dire denouement!
- Consensus On Pak. Policy Crumbling (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 24, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 23. It is a pity that the national consensus on foreign policy - on Pakistan - appears to be collapsing within weeks after it found an impressive demonstration.
- Allies In Need (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2001)
The solemnisation of the alliance between the BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal with the induction of Mr Ajit Singh into the Union Cabinet represents a marriage of mutual need.
- Treaty In Waiting (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Jul 24, 2001)
‘IT SEEMS puerile to quibble over whether it is a formal offer or not.’ It is hard to believe that this was L.K. Advani’s reaction, on November 22, 1981, to Indira Gandhi’s reservations on Pakistan’s offer of a no-war pact.
- Birds Of The Same Feather (Hindustan Times, J. Sri. Raman, Jul 24, 2001)
TILL THE other day, Tamil Nadu was one state where the advent of the Sangh parivar was considered unthinkable.
- Miasma Of Misrule Overpowers All (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Jul 24, 2001)
Dramatic events make news; slow moving processes do not.
- After Agra Comes Doda (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 24, 2001)
SURELY, if nothing else was expected from the Agra summit, one would have assumed that the incessant killings in Jammu and Kashmir would subside.
- Intricacies Of International Diplomacy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 24, 2001)
THE Chinese lost their previous bid for the Olympics to Sydney by two votes and took care to employ the best public relations firms in bidding for the 2008 games and won handsomely.
- Economy: Clueless Pursuit (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 24, 2001)
A prominent business editor recently lamented that Indian corporates are so frustrated that they remain utterly clueless about their investment plans for the decade.
- Media And Foreign Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 22. Is there a fundamental contradiction between the necessity of talking in secret with a foreign government on the one hand and informing one's own media about that negotiation on the other?
- Musharraf’s Handicap (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 23, 2001)
The belief that only a BJP government in India and an army chief in Pakistan can make peace between the two countries ignores one important nuance.
- Seshnag Death Dance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
THE death of 13 persons in a terrorist strike at Seshnag on the way to the holy Amarnath cave on Saturday is a grim reminder that security can be exceptionally tight but not foolproof.
- Talk Silently (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2001)
President Pervez Musharraf needs to make up his mind and clearly decide the objective of the dialogue process that has just been resumed between India and Pakistan.
- Towards New Indo-U.S. Links (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2001)
THE `STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE' that India seems to be gaining in the foreign policy calculus of the present Bush administration in Washington is gradually becoming conspicuous.
- From Krishna Menon To Jaswant Singh: Four Decades Of Kashmir Dialogue (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 23, 2001)
FEW summits in diplomatic history have been so one-sided, so ill-planned on the one side and so well-planned on the other, as the Indo-Pak summit at Agra.
- Agra Could Have Been Saved (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Jul 23, 2001)
BOTH Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers have said that the Agra talks have not failed.
- Opposition Essaying United Assault On Government Failures (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Jul 23, 2001)
In terms of issues, there is no dearth of embarrassment staring the government in the face during the monsoon session of Parliament which begins today.
- The Road Stretches On From Agra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
On the Indo-Pakistan front, the emphasis now is on absorbing the lessons from Agra and finding ways to move forward, says C. Raja Mohan.
- Some Other Time, Some Other Place (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 22, 2001)
Why can't we be friends now ...."It's what I want. It's what you want". But the horses didn't want it, they swerved apart.
- India’s Glorious Past And Pakistan (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 22, 2001)
BEGUM Sehba Musharraf’s tart but sad reply when asked if she had any memories of her birthplace, Lucknow, was a reminder of the heightened sensibilities of those whom Salman Rushdie calls “the type of Mohajir who had arrived (in Pakistan) with God.
- Doctrine Updated (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 22, 2001)
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is acknowledged as a foreign policy expert.
- The Soldier Scores (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 22, 2001)
At least in the short term, the summit was a big success for Gen. Musharraf.
- It Could Have Been A Better Summit (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jul 22, 2001)
The warmth with which President Musharraf was received in India was unprecedented.
- Messages In The Media (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf quite obviously views himself as a forceful communicator of Pakistan’s national interest.
- The Road Stretches On From Agra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
On the Indo-Pakistan front, the emphasis now is on absorbing the lessons from Agra and finding ways to move forward, says C. Raja Mohan.
- Tilting At Windmills (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2001)
Little nameplate slabs deeply embedded in huge stone walls or heavily fringed by masses of bougainvillaea give New Delhi’s Amrita Shergill Marg a discreteness its residents have gotten used to.
- How Far Will Pursuing The Ideology Of Hate Carry Pakistan? (The Financial Express, Maroof Raza, Jul 21, 2001)
The one feature for which the Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting at Agra will be remembered is its being the sub-continent’s first ever television summit.
- Doctrine Updated (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 21, 2001)
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is acknowledged as a foreign policy expert. In his long and distinguished career, he has, among other posts.
- It Could Have Been A Better Summit (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jul 21, 2001)
The warmth with which President Musharraf was received in India was unprecedented.
- Leave Parleying To Envoys (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 21, 2001)
However graceless the Agra summit’s abrupt end may have been, the absence of a joint statement or declaration was no great loss.
- Icssr In Turmoil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2001)
A controversy every three months is the norm in the Human Resource Development Ministry.
- Post-Mortem Of A Summit (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jul 21, 2001)
By the time you come to read this piece you will know the outcome of the Indo-Pak summit talks.
- Some Other Time, Some Other Place (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 21, 2001)
Why can't we be friends now ...."It's what I want. It's what you want".
- Requiem For A Summit (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Jul 21, 2001)
THE ENDING of the Agra Summit without any agreement has brought a great sense of disappointment.
- After The Summit: As Newspapers Look At It (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 21, 2001)
IT is indeed a divided media that has returned home after covering Indo-Pak summit at Agra.
- Image And Reality Of Agra Summit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2001)
INDIA'S SUBSTANTIVE INITIATIVE of opening a re-engagement with Pakistan at the recent Agra summit can be sustained only if the progress card is viewed realistically.
- Media Acted As A Mirror (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 21, 2001)
Now that the dust has more or less settled after the Agra summit, what should ordinary people make of the events of the last couple of days?
- Hindustantimes.Com - The Big Idea (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 20, 2001)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee has inadvertently become an unconscious agent of history in setting off what can only be described as a groundswell of robust popular sentiment for reconciliation and peace with Pakistan.
- Indo-Pak Relations: Let Economics Dominate Politics (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Jul 20, 2001)
"I CAN see from your coat, my friend
That you’re from the other side, there's just one thing I want to know
Can you tell me please, who won the war?".
- Recipe For Success (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 20, 2001)
It’s a failure which can pave the way for a forward movement.
- Trouble In The Icssr (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2001)
THE DECISION BY the Union Human Resources Development Ministry to sack the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Chairman, Professor M. L. Sondhi, from his post may have been expected.
- New Delhi’s Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2001)
IN an unprecedented diplomatic decision India has asked Pakistan to treat the Agra summit as a non-event and revert back to the substance and spirit of the Shimla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.
- Before And After Agra (Business Line, B. Raman , Jul 20, 2001)
IN AN article in the Sunday edition (July 1) of a New Delhi-based daily, one had described the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's invitation to Gen Pervez Musharraf to visit India for summit talks at Agra as a calculated gamble.
- What Next After The Agra Summit? (The Financial Express, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Jul 20, 2001)
Its failure should not be allowed to become fodder for hawks on both sides.
- What Really Went Wrong? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 20, 2001)
CERTAIN events come to have more impact than they should normally have because of their timing.
- When Silence Is Not Golden! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 19, 2001)
PAKISTAN has not only been waging a proxy war against India, it has also been engaged in a concerted propaganda offensive.
- Aftermath Of Andhra (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 19, 2001)
SINCE THE initial trends in the local elections in Andhra Pradesh are suggestive of a decline in Telugu Desam’s popularity, it is bad news for the Vajpayee government. The regional party has been one of the pillars of the ruling coalition at the Centre.
- A Summit Unconquered? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Jul 19, 2001)
ON THE night before Gen Pervez Musharraf's fruitless visit to India, CNN's Q&A focussed on Kashmir;
- Agra’s Fresh Entry In The Annals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 19, 2001)
BEFORE the decision to hold the just concluded Indo-Pak summit at Agra, the city found its mention mostly in the context of the unique love monument---the Taj Mahal.
- Kashmir At Breakfast, Lunch And Dinner (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jul 19, 2001)
EVERY visit by a Pakistani ruler to India has its interesting and ironic moments. The visit of the author of Kargil, Gen Pervez Musharraf, was no exception. The lunch hosted by Prime Minister Vajpayee on July 15 had its own interesting facets.
- When Silence Is Not Golden! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 19, 2001)
PAKISTAN has not only been waging a proxy war against India, it has also been engaged in a concerted propaganda offensive.
- A Proposal For Peace (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2001)
Whenever anyone asked me in India or Pakistan in the last two- three weeks about the prospects of the summit, I said: It will not fail but it will not succeed either.
- Life Beyond Agra (Hindustan Times, K. Natwar Singh, Jul 19, 2001)
INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS are accident prone. So, one has to be extra cautious when dealing with this particular diplomatic dynamite. An accident did occur at Agra.
- Positive Spin? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 19, 2001)
THE POSITIVE spin given by both India and Pakistan to the Agra summit is a clear indication that, somewhere along the way, the process has become more important than the result.
- Failure Of Agra Summit Is A Blessing In Disguise (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, Jul 19, 2001)
Despite the painstaking attempts by politicians on both sides to describe the Agra Summit as a beginning, we all know in our hearts that it failed to live up to expectations.
- New Vistas Beyond Agra Summit? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 19, 2001)
THE CONCERTED FASHION in which India and Pakistan have expressed their willingness to look positively beyond the latest Agra summit is a welcome sign of their maturity.
- Engaging Pakistan: After Agra (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2001)
WHY HAS India chosen to engage Gen. Pervez Musharraf beyond Agra?
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 18, 2001)
. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile of the visitor.
- Disappointment At Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2001)
INDIA-Pakistan relations received a setback – some would call it mild and pessimists would dub it damaging – at Agra.
- Disappointment At Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2001)
INDIA-Pakistan relations received a setback – some would call it mild and pessimists would dub it damaging – at Agra.
- Militancy & Counter-Militancy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2001)
AS Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for summit-level talks with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the situation in the Kashmir valley took a turn for the worse. And in accordance with Pakistan's unholy designs.
- Agra Summit Not A Complete Failure (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Jul 18, 2001)
Given its inability even to issue a bald joint statement, it is entirely understandable that the Agra summit between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf is being written off as a “failure”.
- Neither Success Nor Failure (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 18, 2001)
TASHKENT, SIMLA, Lahore and now Agra. The city of Taj Mahal has joined the other three to become yet another landmark in the turbulent history of India-Pakistan relations.
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 18, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile of the visitor.
- Summit's Collapse Was In The Script (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 18, 2001)
Confidence building measures? What confidence building measures? Kashmir is the biggest confidence building measure! -- The Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Supreme Accolade Of Global Acceptance (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 18, 2001)
WHILE the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, struggled in Agra to compose their differences.
- The Elusive Extra Mile To Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 18, 2001)
A `POSITIVE' SPIN preferred by India to explain the slow collapse of the Agra summit is that the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and Pakistan's President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, have begun a new journey towards a peaceful resolution.
- New Twist To Sensitive Cases (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jul 17, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 16. The sudden and tragic suicide of businessman Ramesh and his family has provided a new twist to the politically sensitive cases in the State.
- In The Shadow Of Taj (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2001)
THE Taj spirit pervaded the second day of the Indo-Pak summit on Sunday. The day started on a highly hopeful note.
- Musharraf Does Some Tough Talking Over Breakfast (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jul 17, 2001)
THE hesitant optimism of Sunday evening, articulated by none other than Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf when he described his talks with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as “fruitful” at the Taj Mahal.
- View Of The Little People (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 17, 2001)
IT’S A moving story of the way old people in Uri have received New Delhi’s announcement that it intends to open the road between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad (or more precisely, Uri and Domel) which has been shut since 1947.
- Where Now, From Agra? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 17, 2001)
LIKE the path of true love, that of peace is long and tortuous too. Just look at all the conflicts raging in the world -- major and minor. Learning to be patient is the name of the game in any conflict-resolution initiative.
- Living Theatres Of The Absurd (Business Line, Premen Addy , Jul 17, 2001)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace journey to Lahore in February 1999, was intended as a confidence building measure.
- Small Step (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 17, 2001)
PRIME Minister Vajpayee and General Musharraf have clearly not been able to make any major breakthrough in their talks at Agra.
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