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Articles 11221 through 11320 of 13380:
- Continuity In Foreign Policy (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 19, 2004)
There are various ways of looking at the recent discussions in New Delhi of the two visiting dignitaries — the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, and the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, but one point was striking
- India's Inherent Strength (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 18, 2004)
What is the vitality of India? How is it to be viewed in today's regional and global perspective? These questions evoked animated discussions among 50 scholars drawn from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, America...
- Adverse Balance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2004)
It was good of the United States Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Richard Armitage, to have owned up in Islamabad his observation in New Delhi that some-not all-of the infrastructure in Pakistan for supporting...
- Adverse Balance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2004)
It was good of the United States Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Richard Armitage, to have owned up in Islamabad his observation in New Delhi that some-not all-of the infrastructure in Pakistan ...
- India's Inherent Strength (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 17, 2004)
What is the vitality of India? How is it to be viewed in today's regional and global perspective? These questions evoked animated discussions among 50 scholars drawn from India ...
- Sex Matters (Wall Street Journal, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, Jul 13, 2004)
Our country is preoccupied with terrorism. But looking ahead, terrorism may be only one of our problems.
- India Playing With Maoist Fire (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jul 01, 2004)
India appears to be taking a big gamble with Maoist insurgents. Encouraged by the central government in Delhi, the ruling Congress-led coalition government in the state of Andhra Pradesh has removed a nine-year-old ban on the People's War Group . . .
- Quest Of Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2004)
A vital component of Dr Manmohan Singh's wide-ranging address to the nation on Thursday is his reassurance to Pakistan that India-Pakistan ties are very much on track.
- When Neighbours Talk (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 25, 2004)
In India-Pakistan talks, "fixing" is legitimate, even necessary, to keep the dialogue process on track.
- A Simple Lesson From The Kargil War (Tribune, Maj Gen Rajendra Nath (retd), Jun 21, 2004)
INDIA won the Kargil conflict in 1999, but it is in the news again. We have to be grateful to the media to have brought out the hidden aspects of this war. That there was intelligence failure is well known, but there seems to be a lack of proper ...
- Peace Efforts Should Not Be Allowed To Lose Momentum (Tribune, David Devadas, Jun 20, 2004)
MUZAFFAR (name changed) is a handsome 22-year old who lives in a middle class Srinagar locality. Over the past couple of years, he has developed a close friendship with a married woman of the neighbourhood who is separated from her husband.
- Road Map For Kashmir (Tribune, K. Subramaniam, Jun 19, 2004)
The talks between the central leadership and various Kashmiri dissident groups are expected to begin shortly. There is an expectation on the part of Pakistanis of progress on the Kashmir issue in the forthcoming meeting among the foreign ministers ...
- Pakistan And China: The Manmohan Singh Approach (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jun 18, 2004)
The President, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's address to the joint session of Parliament and the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's recent remarks indicate that New Delhi is perhaps finding the recipe to make foreign policy seem less Pakistan-centric.
- The Track To Success (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jun 18, 2004)
Given the complexities of the India-Pakistan relationship, back-channel diplomacy needs to be employed on a sustained basis.
- Kashmir: Process Is The Product (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 14, 2004)
As India and Pakistan launch this week a round of comprehensive talks on all bilateral issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, expectations of an early movement have already begun to rise around the world. But there is a danger that these unrealistic hopes
- Not Garlands All The Way (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jun 13, 2004)
Forty years after the death of Nehru, there is still an irrepressible wish to play the game of, “What might have been” if circumstances had panned out differently. Would independence have come earlier? Would there not have been that terrible bloodshed...
- Pakistan’S All-Powerful Army (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 10, 2004)
IN keeping with the subcontinent’s long tradition, India and Pakistan have spent too much time and energy on rhetorical exchanges between the Foreign Minister in the new Congress-led government, Mr K. Natwar Singh, and various Pakistani dignitaries,
- Musharraf Doctrine (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 09, 2004)
LIKE the Monroe doctrine, we now have the Musharraf doctrine. And that too, adumbrated in the issue of The Dawn of June 2 in which the President of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has put in a surprise appearance as the author of an article titled ...
- Pakistan Caught In Violence (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jun 09, 2004)
SECTARIAN violence stalks the land called Pakistan. Karachi is the epicentre of this storm. In May alone over 60 persons died a violent death in this city.
- Musharraf Doctrine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
LIKE the Monroe doctrine, we now have the Musharraf doctrine.
- The President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
In his first address to both Houses of Parliament after the elections, President A P J Abdul Kalam has struck the right note, which ought to be adhered to as an agenda for action by the new government.
- Kashmir Calling (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
Happily, the change of government in New Delhi has had no negative impact on the ongoing dialogue between the Centre and the Kashmiri separatists. The process set in motion by the previous government is expected to continue at its own momentum with ...
- Domestic Politics And West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
The recent general election threw up some interesting aspects of major political parties' approach to the situation in West Asia.
- Friendship Can Never Be A One-Way Street (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
THERE were some interesting nuances in the approach of major political parties to the situation in West Asia during the recent general election.
- Interlinking Of Rivers - Buffetted By International Politics (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 01, 2004)
Inter-linking of rivers has been much in the news. That the new Government at the Centre is also looking at the idea is clear from the Union Water Resources Minister, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's recent statement that he would study the report of the ...
- Killing The Innocent (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2004)
Saudi Arabia's security forces demonstrated some tactical expertise in rescuing expatriates held hostage by a group of terrorists in a residential complex in the city of Al Khobar.
- The Reds Under Manmohan's Bed (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, May 28, 2004)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is now in place. The inevitable hiccups in the appointment of a 68-member council of ministers (cabinet) from as many as 12 alliance parties have been sorted out.
- A Singhing Market Endorsement (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, May 24, 2004)
Sonia Gandhi's magnanimous decision to bow out of India's premiership has helped buoy the stock market. Investor optimism about the leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his appointed finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, lifted the . . .
- Singh Sworn In As India Pm (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2004)
India's newly appointed prime minister, Manmohan Singh, was sworn in Saturday evening, marking the first time a non-Hindu has led the country.
- Manmohan To Be Next Premier (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2004)
Manmohan Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms, was named prime minister yesterday, ending weeks of political turmoil that climaxed with Sonia Gandhi’s refusal to take the post.
- India's Next Moves (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, May 18, 2004)
India's elections were as much a revelation to Indians as they were to rest of the world. Prime Minister-elect Sonia Gandhi will be inaugurated tomorrow, after the victory last week of her Congress Party far outpaced the results of all major . . .
- Let Us Hope The Darkness Has Passed (Guardian (UK), Arundhati Roy, May 14, 2004)
For many of us who feel estranged from mainstream politics, there are rare, ephemeral moments of celebration. Today is one of them. When India went to the polls, we were negotiating the dangerous cross-currents of neo-liberalism and neo-fascism - . . .
- India Election Enters Important Phase (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2004)
Voting in general elections in India has hit a crucial round as voters cast their ballots in predominantly Hindu regions.
- India's Remarkable Dance Of Democracy (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, Apr 26, 2004)
India, seen variously as a country with massive poverty, an information technology power, and more recently as an outsourcing destination taking away jobs, is over the next two weeks staging the dance of democracy.
- Cisco Makes Inroads Into India (CNET.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2004)
Cisco Systems is digging deeper into the Indian market, as it prepares for an explosion in telecommunications spending there.
- An Alliance Of Insecurity (AlterNet, Editorial, The Alternet, Feb 12, 2004)
When Ariel Sharon traveled to India last September, it was the first visit of an Israeli Prime Minister since the two nations achieved independence more than 55 years ago.
- India Rises As Strategic Us Ally (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2004)
Every Republic Day, India struts its military stuff, dragging out the latest ballistic missiles and tanks and parading the finest soldiers on the subcontinent. But Monday, on this year's anniversary, India has a bit more to strut about.
- An India-Pakistan Peace Train (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Jan 12, 2004)
The world has seen many false peaks in the infrequent trek of India and Pakistan to settle the Himalayan-size issue of Kashmir. Leaders of both nations have often found more reasons not to budge than to create a peaceful South Asia for their . . .
- An Onerous Responsibility (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 08, 2004)
Pakistan and India have taken on an onerous responsibility to address their differences. The joint press statement issued by the two sides on Tuesday has fundamentally altered the political landscape in both countries. The process of reversing the
- Dramatic Progress At Islamabad (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 08, 2004)
Gestures and personal dynamics were as important as the bilateral Indo-Pak issues that dominated the recent SAARC Summit in Islamabad. But most significant was the joint statement issued to the media, where Pakistan said it would not allow any terror ...
- Teeing For Peace (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 07, 2004)
Golf, it can safely be said at the conclusion of the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, is now a vital element in the conceptualization and execution of Indian diplomacy. A little known aspect of the diplomacy which ...
- Kashmir’s Orphans Spread Trust And Goodwill (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jan 07, 2004)
WE hear often of the widows of Kashmir and the agonising search for the missing men in their lives but there are hardly any stories about the children who have been orphaned by the 13 years of turmoil in the valley. So it came as a surprise to meet this
- India’s Grand Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 07, 2004)
Why has Pakistan become so central to all our thinking and discussions? Open a newspaper and something about that country or its leaders or what they say is bound to be somewhere in it — usually on the front page, and on the few occasions it isn’t, it’s
- Hurriyat Feels ‘vindicated’, So Do Chief Minister, Opp (Indian Express, Tariq Mir, Jan 07, 2004)
Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s meeting with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and the agreement to begin a dialogue in the Valley appears to have had a sobering effect on the hawks and doves here. Setting aside their animosity, leaders ...
- Stabilising The Process (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
THE LEADERS OF India and Pakistan have energised the ongoing process of positive engagement by agreeing to restart the composite dialogue in February. They also exuded a degree of optimism in asserting, in a joint statement issued after the ...
- The Great Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
AS EXPECTED, THE SAARC summit in Islamabad became a show of India-Pakistan entente. Such concrete steps as the progress on the SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) treaty were overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words and
- Indo-Pak Peace Dialogue In Feb (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jan 06, 2004)
India and Pakistan have agreed "to commence" the process of resuming their stalled composite dialogue from February 2004.
- Musharraf And Vajpayee Pledge Peaceful Links (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jan 06, 2004)
The leaders of Pakistan and India, meeting yesterday for the first time since their countries almost went to war two years ago, promised to restore normal relations.
- Don’t Need Strategy For Friendship: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In a rare interview given a few hours before his departure for Islamabad, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee told Nasim Zehra of The News: ‘‘I think we can have a dialogue with President Musharraf and the dialogue will take us to some results.’’ A confident
- Movement Towards Peace: Parties Hoping For Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The BJP promptly described the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad today as a ‘‘positive step’’ in the right direction. Party chief Venkaiah Naidu said: ‘‘It is a positive step in the right...
- Back Home: Valley Pins Hope On Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan during Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee’s visit to Islamabad, has raised a sense of optimism among separatist leaders who hope that this could lead to resolution of Kashmir issue. Hurriyat Conference chair
- Rashid Can’t Forget The K-Word (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The Pakistani leadership kept its promise of not raking up Kashmir at the SAARC summit here, but the country’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad harped on the issue on Monday. ‘‘The way leading to normalcy in Indo-Pak relations is passing through
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Making An India-Pakistan Deal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2004)
If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how to revive the peace proces
- Spreading Guru’s Message Of Compassion (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jan 05, 2004)
IT’S nice to watch this mother-daughter duo — writer Ajeet Caur and artist Arpana Caur — for they seem so very alike (except that both spell “Kaur” so very differently) even now when Ajeet is in her late sixties and Arpana in her late forties. They seem
- Arsenal, United Recover To Record Wins (Indian Express, PHILIPPA MORETON, Jan 05, 2004)
Holders Arsenal recovered from a nearly mistake by goalkeeper Jens Lehmann to thrash Leeds United 4-1 at Elland Road in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Manchester United also came from behind to beat Aston Villa 2-1 with second-half goals
- India, Pakistan Leaders Meet (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
The leaders of India and Pakistan have met formally for the first time since the two nuclear powers came close to war over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
- Vajpayee’s Trip To Islamabad Generates Goodwill All Around (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 04, 2004)
There is new hope around as the curtain goes up on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at Islamabad. I am reminded of the Colombo summit in July ’98. No other summit attracted foreign mediapersons by the hundred. They were waiting
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- Sultans Of Swing (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Until the 1980s, who knew peanuts about Sufi music? Except in Kashmir and Punjab, or in the inner world of baateen (esoteric) Islam, in Delhi, in Nagaur, in Lucknow, Hyderabad and Bhopal, in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, at secret samas (Sufi musical
- Loc ... The Real Story (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 04, 2004)
The rain has stopped and the sunshine peers wearily through the curtain of dense clouds. Our car slips and slides over the dirt track made muddy by the early morning downpour, as it clings to the meandering path up towards the Haji Pir mountains. Around
- Heartening Developments In Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
THE APPROVAL OF a draft framework treaty for a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) to be signed at the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Islamabad next week is a huge morale-booster for the region. The ...
- Loc Kargil: Caricaturing The Indian Soldier (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 03, 2004)
HISTORY is often the account of the victor. The numerous books and articles on the Kargil conflict bear this out. Among them, Captain Amarinder Singh's A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999 is the most authentic as he does not gloss over the lap
- Indo-Pak Game Continues (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2004)
ONCE more, the ante has been upped regarding efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan, the hope of course being that, this time, the effort will succeed.
There is nothing unrealistic about such a hope if for no other reason than the
- Case For Indo-Pak Missile Talks (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 03, 2004)
CLEARLY, the motivation to acquire missiles falls under political, strategic and economic-commercial and technology-related heads. Missiles are nice to have and keep. They add to a nation’s standing and prestige. Besides the political and commercial ...
- Peace Common Desire In India, Says Vajpayee (Indian Express, M. ZIAUDDIN, Jan 03, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said the entire spectrum of mainstream political opinion in India is for peace, cooperation and friendship with Pakistan. In an exclusive interview with Dawn at his residence here on Thursday, the PM made it
- On The Wings Of Cbms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
THE ongoing efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan provide an encouraging setting for the success of the Islamabad session of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The latest confidence-building measures (CBMs) announced
- J-K Begins New Year With Peace Hope (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 02, 2004)
Ahead of the SAARC summit, the multi-party J-K coalition government today called for friendship between India and Pakistan which would spell development for the state. At a massive rally for peace on the new year, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
- And Terror Starts A Fresh Count In 2004 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
A suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant died when an improvised explosive device (IED) he was carrying on a bicycle exploded accidentally in the downtown area of the city, officials said here. Seven civilians were also injured, two of them critically,
- A Watershed Year For Indian Diplomacy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
WHAT seemed to be a Sisyphean labour till a couple of years ago in the context of Indo-Pakistan relations, now looks possible. The two countries were on the road to detente in the year just ended.
During the past 56 years of turbulent Indo-Pakistan ...
- Finally, Drdo Picks Up Stress Blip On Army Radar (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Jan 02, 2004)
After conducting counter-terrorism operations for more than a decade in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army is brushing up its stress-management manuals and techniques. As part of it, the DRDO’s Psychological Research Laboratory has listed warning signals for ...
- Indo-Pakistan Talks: Ten Issues (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 02, 2004)
India and Pakistan have been trapped for too long in arguing about procedural issues and defending past political postures.
- Missiles Are Cost-Effective (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Jan 02, 2004)
RECENTLY the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, UK, hosted the first ever workshop on missile issues in South Asia that was attended by strategic experts from India, Pakistan and China, the three countries in the region with ballistic missiles.
- Lashkar's New Wave Of Recruits From Indian Expatriates (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2004)
Even as the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has come under pressure to de-escalate its jihad in Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation has unleashed its formidable capabilities to inflict a far more painful all-India war. Lashkar cells operating from Dubai,
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- Engaging In Talk About Talks (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
New Delhi's thinking on the nature of contacts with Pakistan's leadership, at the time of next week's SAARC summit, is crystallising in the light of the flow of signals from Islamabad. The meaning and implications of each word is carefully examined. The
- No Longer The Stereotype Terrorist (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 01, 2004)
Indian intelligence officials are increasingly concerned over the emergence of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as new hubs for the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The organisation is known to have been recruiting energetically among Indian expatriates in the wake of the
- India Offers Fresh Peace Pack To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 01, 2004)
As part of its new year gift to the sub-continent, India today proposed to hold talks with Pakistan on starting bus routes across the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international boundary in Rajasthan, hiking the strength of their respective missions
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