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- Wretched Of The Earth (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 30, 2003)
Muslim Indians are natural allies of others marginalised by an upper caste Hindu elite. Second in a two-part series
- When Mourning A Death Brings Questions To Life (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 30, 2003)
No one in family knew this student’s double-life, Geelani only one at his funeral
- Problem-Solving: The Up Test (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 29, 2003)
The turn of events in Uttar Pradesh, bomb blasts in Mumbai, Archaeological Survey of India’s findings on Ayodhya, prime minister in Srinagar — more than one political process is in operation. The preoccupation in New Delhi is with the drama in UP. In ...
- Not Much To Write Home About On This Valley Visit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
Hurriyat: Advani says he and PM willing to talk but adds: we prefer talks with Vohra
- Political Factors And Indo-Pak Trade (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Aug 29, 2003)
Pakistan definitely stands to gain from free trade with India but political considerations will not allow it
- With Delhi In Kashmir, Militants Let Guns Talk (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 28, 2003)
As Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee presided over the inter state chief ministers’ conference this evening, militants struck barely a few kilometres away in a clear attempt to chill the current thaw in the Valley.
- Deploying Troops (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Aug 28, 2003)
Any country acting even under a U.N. resolution will, in effect, be assisting the occupying authority in Iraq.
- Miracle Called Atal, Illusion Named Sonia (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 27, 2003)
The country replied to the Sonia Gandhi piloted opposition no-confidence motion many hours before the vote in the Lok Sabha.
- Better Security? Better Politics (Indian Express, Keki N. Daruwalla , Aug 27, 2003)
The debris may have been cleared from the Gateway of India and the Zaveri Bazar, but they will continue to litter the dreams of the people of this metropolis. The blame game is on already and politicians will reach out over the 50-odd corpses to grab vote
- Pak, Give Us Our Most Wanted, Says Advani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
: The morning after, the death toll at 53, the crumpled metal of a taxi at Mumbadevi and the Gateway of India hosted two very important visitors.
- The Hindu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
THE HINDU, FOUNDED on September 20, 1878, is the oldest surviving major newspaper of Indian nationalism, by which we mean the great socio-political movement that won freedom for India from colonial bondage and helped consolidate the gains ...
- Moment Of Opportunity? (Hindu, Rajmohan Gandhi, Aug 26, 2003)
The moment that has to be seized is one where, spurred by India, the world may save itself and America from an unwise continuation of a unilateral bid by the U.S. to reorder the world.
- Nukes, Missiles And Rogue States — China's Tools For Global Influence (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2003)
China uses missile and nuclear transfers to Pakistan and North Korea, both widely regarded as rogue states, to keep countries that it sees as adversaries, such as Japan and India, on their toes. Given the ambivalence of the US Administrations to the ...
- Give Iraq Politics, Rest Will Follow (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 26, 2003)
Iraq needs a regular party system. It’s only getting NGOs which can’t channel political urges
- Srinagar Ready For Mother Of All Meets (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 25, 2003)
It is going to be a week of VVIPs in Srinagar. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, his deputy L K Advani, 18 Union ministers and most of the chief ministers will gather here on August 27 for the first chief ministers’ conference outside Delhi.
- ‘first Freedom For Kashmir, Peace Later’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Pakistan intends to establish peaceful relations with India but Kashmir will remain the ‘‘central bone of contention’’ until Kashmiris get ‘‘self-determination,’’ Pakistani premier Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said.
- Voice Of Hindustan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 23, 2003)
There was a time when most people of northern India extending from Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Peshawar to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Calcutta down to Bapu Gandhi’s Sabaramati spoke a language all Indians down to Andhra Pradesh could understand and speak
- Tracks To Diplomacy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 22, 2003)
I enjoy meeting my Indian friends,” says the suave young businessman as he takes the turn towards a huge, palatial mansion in Lahore’s Gulberg. “It is the idea of India we are uncomfortable with.” Inside, the decor shimmers with opulence. Rugs on the wall
- Pm Opening Hurriyat Door: Mufti (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 21, 2003)
The Prime Minister’s Independence Day announcement that he will be in Srinagar later this month acquires a new significance with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed saying that the Centre will soon initiate a serious dialogue process at the ‘‘highest ...
- Conflicting Viewpoints Sans Acrimony (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 21, 2003)
"May Allah bless your efforts with success," these words, in one form or the other, were used by the public to greet us — the group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts — who visited Pakistan earlier this month.
- Terms Of Re-Engagement (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Aug 21, 2003)
The reach and responsibilities of professional diplomacy have expanded immeasurably and so have the pitfalls.
- The Two Images Of Lahore (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 20, 2003)
Image number one. It was a nightmarish experience to drive on Lahore's Mall on August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day. The posh wide road, with four lanes and side streets, was insufficient to contain the boisterous throngs, using all means of transport
- Kashmir Calling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
The rush for cellphones symbolises the desire of people here to live normal, productive lives
- Delhi Tightrope On Israel Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 20, 2003)
Nervous about the possible reaction to a first-ever visit by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon from September 9-11, India has invited Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Sha’ath to New Delhi on August 29.
- South Asia’s Four Play (Indian Express, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 20, 2003)
The road to Indo-Pakistani cooperation flows through four key areas of the economy. For a start, New Delhi can trade its IT expertise for Islamabad’s energy
- Late Showers Bring Mud In Monsoon Term (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Day one of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha was full of sound and fury and although in the beginning it seemed that it would signify little, by the end of the day, it sent three key signals.
- J&k Now Gets Its Healing Touchtone (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 19, 2003)
They began lining up well before daybreak. By noon, people were spilling out of the narrow bylane off Maulana Azad Road. Eight years after cellphones came into the country touching off a virtual telecom revolution, Srinagar celebrated its arrival today.
- Crimes Against Parliament (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Aug 19, 2003)
What seems likely at the moment is that proper parliamentary procedures, evolved over decades, will go the way many other institutions have.
- Kalam Makes Way For The Precedent (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 18, 2003)
The poor President. His address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day is telecast live on DD and then consigned to the nether regions of bulletins on the private news channels — after a commercial break, after Sonia Gandhi, the Supreme Court, the
- Winning Hearts With A `Japha' (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 18, 2003)
`Japha' is the Punjabi word for a tight, affectionate embrace and no one does it better than Indians and Pakistanis. This was rediscovered as we, a mixed group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts from India, entered the border at Wagah earlier
- Confidence Motion: Numbers Not An Issue, Support Is (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 18, 2003)
On the eve of the Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, NDA partner DMK, ending the suspense over its role, declared its support to the Vajpayee government. The AIADMK — the DMK was miffed over NDA overtures to Jayalalithaa — did not
- Messenger’s The Message (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
The Prime Minister’s Red Fort speech was a familiar message of unity and progress
- Vajpayee Goes Out In The Rain With His Pak Olive Branch (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 16, 2003)
Sending his most categorical signal ever that he was committed to the peace process with Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today invited Islamabad to walk ‘‘together with India on the road to peace,’’ a road he said would be littered with land
- Six In A Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
AN ADDRESS FROM the ramparts of the historic Red Fort is an occasion for a Prime Minister to salute the nation as well as to showcase his administration's political and economic achievements. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first Prime Minister ...
- U.S. Blackout: Lessons For India (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 16, 2003)
How well can today's high tech communication systems such as the Internet and mobile telephony cope with disaster situation?
- Kalam Prayer: No Mandir-Masjid (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 15, 2003)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today made a passionate plea to pull India out of the politics of religion and called for a ‘‘moratorium’’ on issues that seek to impede the country’s development.
- Why Laloo Was Mobbed In Pakistan (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 15, 2003)
There are three strands in the four-day visit to Pakistan by 50 Indian parliamentarians, journalists and experts. The Laloo roadshow, Musharraf’s final performance and the two-day exchange of ideas between parliamentarians representing every political ...
- Bullock-Cart Diplomacy (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Aug 15, 2003)
If the attitude of immigration authorities worldwide to an Indian passport has changed during the past five years, the reason has nothing to do with the Vajpayee government, but is the result of the software boom. Suddenly, Indians have become chic, no
- A Non-Starter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
THE PROPOSAL BY Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, that he will enforce a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) if India meets certain conditions has been rightly dismissed by official India. Among the conditions that India has been ...
- Parliament And Military Secrecy (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Aug 15, 2003)
On the PAC issue, it is difficult to avoid the impression that the Opposition and the Government are engaged in seeking and denying political advantage
- It’s A Deal, General (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
There can be little doubt that the Pakistani leadership believes promises are made only to seek opportunities to break them; and they are broken so that space is created for new ones to be made. And so the cycle could go on whereby their narrow interests
- Pakistan's Privileged Army - Quest For Hegemony At Home, Abroad (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 14, 2003)
As it moves ahead with its "peace process", New Delhi cannot afford to ignore the pernicious role of the Pakistan army. Compulsive hostility with India is a necessary pre-requisite for the Pakistan army to retain its perks and privileges, and it is not
- Politics Of Indo-Pak. Ceasefire (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 14, 2003)
The Indian reaction to the proposal from Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, for a ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir has been predictable. While the foreign office is right in stating that there is nothing new in the proposal,
- Hold Your Fire On Loc, In Valley: General To India (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 13, 2003)
Unleashing his familiar charm offensive on visiting Indian MPs over tea and apple juice in the glittering reception hall of Pakistan’s Aiwan-e-Sadr, President Prevez Musharraf today said India must agree to cease fire on the Line of Control and in the
- A Track Ii Mission To Pakistan (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 13, 2003)
The warm welcome accorded to the delegation of parliamentarians and journalists on a Track II diplomacy mission to Pakistan reflects the yearning for peace of the people of both countries. Such missions are vital in carrying forward the newly-launched ...
- Crossing The Bhacchi Bridge (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 12, 2003)
The real tragedy in Kishtwar is the failure of the political establishment to affirm that the carnage there distinguishes little between Hindu and Muslim.
- Give Us Laloo, You Can Take Maulana Rehman: Jamali’s Offer (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 12, 2003)
Over a lavish feast of haleem and raan, Pak PM wins over Indian delegation; his new fans include BJP MPs
- The Price Of Power (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 12, 2003)
Electricity, water, fertiliser and seeds are the needs of a farmer. With bad roads and inadequate communication infrastructure, village markets are difficult places under the best of circumstances. In addition we also find it difficult to create the
- The Seven Year Hitch (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 12, 2003)
Houseboats in Srinagar give pride of place to leather-bound visitors’ books to record outpourings of impressed guests. The houseboat in which I stayed a few days ago had two entries that struck me, not for the name of the guests but for the time gap ...
- A Vasco Da Gama, In Reverse (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 12, 2003)
There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, but Shashank, the seniormost secretary in the MEA, is clearly hoping that his African journeys over the last few months will give him enough ballast to turn around the flag-embellished corner of South Block
- Award And Caveat (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 11, 2003)
I DO not want to be hypocritical and join the chorus of those who are singing hallelujahs to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Mr J. M. Lyngdoh, for being the recipient of this year's Magsaysay award. I know that many will consider me churlish, but
- Dharma And Grog (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 11, 2003)
How about this story, as a ‘secular’ nightmare? Two woman friends, a Muslim and a Hindu, are conversing quietly in a corner of a smart urban drawing room in Delhi. The Muslim is an NRI who has just been to Ladakh. She is sharing her impressions with her
- Force Multipliers (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Aug 11, 2003)
Continuing acts of terrorism over the past two decades, first in Punjab and since 1988 in Jammu and Kashmir, require some reflections on how we are dealing with this menace. It would appear that we have dealt with the phenomenon in terms of short-term ...
- Savour The Taste Of Harmony Brew (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 11, 2003)
Far away from Indo-Pak talking shops, here’s a real confidence building measure. Civil Junction coffee shop, a funkily decorated tiny haven for coffee drinkers in Gol Market, Islamabad, is Pakistan’s first ‘independent’ coffee bar. It serves South Asia
- Track Ii Express Pulls Into Islamabad (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 10, 2003)
In Islamabad, the air is thick with mohabbat. The largest ever delegation of Indian parliamentarians (31 in all) is visiting Pakistan as part of a conference organised by the South Asia Free Media Association and although the honourable members are soft
- Newsreel: 10.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
A day after Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani moots the idea of holding synchronised elections to Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy says they have not received any proposal from the Government yet. He also asserts
- A Badla On Lashkar-E-Toiba (Indian Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Aug 09, 2003)
The political furore that led to the resignation of Admiral John M. Poindexter and forced Pentagon to abandon launching an online futures trading market in which anonymous speculators would bet on possible terrorist events should not eclipse what was an
- No Sufia, Not You (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Aug 08, 2003)
What could drive a soft-spoken, God-fearing doctor to inhumanity? What could lead him to believe his God wanted him to learn about explosives, and then detonate bombs in buses and trains? What did he feel when his innocent victims were literally torn ...
- For This Principal, Parenting Begins At His Home (Indian Express, Vikas Kahol, Aug 07, 2003)
: When 13-year-old Sarabjit Kaur and her eight-year-old brother, Kashmir Singh, started skipping school and dozing off in class, Preet Ranjan Kaur, their teacher at Indian Public School, became concerned.
- Medical Colleges In A Wheeze (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 07, 2003)
THE mushrooming of medical colleges woefully lacking in both faculty and basic infrastructure came in for concerned attention in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, even as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, said the Centre was al
- A Body Trapped In Ice For 36 Years Melts A Waiting Family In Jammu (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Aug 06, 2003)
Thirty-five years ago, a 20-year-old woman in Palanwala, began waiting for her husband who had gone to work. He did not come back and she was told that her husband, a sepoy in the Army, had gone missing during a flight from Chandigarh to Leh.
- Kosovo To Delhi: Death Came A Phone Call Later (Indian Express, Amba Batra, Aug 06, 2003)
Satish Chandra Menon of BSF is first UN casualty in Kosovo in 4 years
- No Mere Dispute, It’s Aggression (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Aug 06, 2003)
When China invaded Tibet in 1950, the world wanted Nehru to rush to the defence of the monks. But he did not
- The Pentagon Alternative (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 05, 2003)
The man who, on behalf of the US, invited India to send combat troops to Iraq, will get together with Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad this week for the annual Defence Policy Group dialogue in Washington.
- Ayodhya Soundbites (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Suggestion: All future prime ministerial comments on Ayodhya must come equipped with inbuilt decoding systems, or instant disclaimers or outright denials, if we are to avoid wasting valuable air time, Parliament time and, yes, not end up losing our sanity
- Maoists New Bihar Highway Roadblock (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Aug 05, 2003)
The Golden Quadrilateral, the Prime Minister’s dream project, has run into an unexpected roadblock: Bihar’s Maoist groups have warned they will not let it pass if road contractors don’t cough up 10 per cent of the contract value as rangdari or ‘‘local tax
- Pak Has A Farewell Gift For Blackwill: He’s Biased (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Pakistan today launched a blistering attack on former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill for his comment that terrorist incursions into Jammu and Kashmir were still continuing, saying he seemed to be ‘‘ill-informed’’ and ‘‘prejudiced.’’
- Four Acres Of Fashion, Fourteen Of A Funeral (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 04, 2003)
Want to buy the TV channels a ruler so they develop a sense of scale. The India Fashion Week receives more prominence than Kargil Divas, the National Film Awards are telecast live on TV (Zee) but the First National AIDS Convention (on the same day) is ...
- The James-Justice Test (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
How would the Best Bakery picture now look from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exalted perch? With smoke still rising in rioting Gujarat he had openly, and emotionally, reminded Narendra Modi on his rajdharma. His deputy, L.K. Advani, has said often that what
- The Vajpayee Peace Process: Directions And Prospects (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 01, 2003)
The Prime Minister's peace initiative is moving in a measured manner. There is no need to get hustled by Pakistan to move faster. Mr A. B. Vajpayee has acknowledged the mistake made at Agra of staging a summit without proper groundwork. Now, Foreign ...
- Sangh Gives Nhrc Its Cec Treatment (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
Just as it had done with the CEC during the polls, the Sangh Parivar slammed the NHRC today, ccusing it of being biased and partisan.
- The View From Hill Kaka (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 01, 2003)
It would be a poignant, powerful Bollywood blockbuster were an imaginative producer to set his theme between the gorgeous Pir Panjal range and the LoC, with its crisscrossing ridges in between, leaning over that bowl of Hill Kaka made famous by a success
- Cec Lyngdoh Gets Magsaysay For Standing Up To J&k Militants And Modi (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 31, 2003)
The normally stern James Michael Lyngdoh, who’s preparing to conduct his last elections in November as he demits office of the Chief Election Commissioner in February 2004, was all smiles today when news came in that he had been awarded this year’s Ramon
- Towards More Neighbourly Ties (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 31, 2003)
Karzai needs Pak to fight terrorism while Musharraf cannot allow Pak to be sucked into a new Afghan quagmire
- Trading With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 31, 2003)
The new debate in Pakistan on trade with India is a welcome one... Instead of waiting to see the outcome, India must seek to actively influence it.
- Time For Pm To Put His Foot Down? (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 30, 2003)
For more than two years, this country has been remonstrating with the United States that it is not doing enough to persuade or pressure Pakistan to end cross-border terrorism directed against India even though India and the U.S. are "partners" in the
- `Gains From Demerger In Next Few Years' (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, Jul 30, 2003)
POISED to kick-off a restructuring process in its overseas businesses, Dabur India Ltd is bullish on what lies ahead. Having recently undertaken restructuring in its domestic operations — with its FMCG and pharma business set to chart their own respective
- Fazlur, The Pragmatic Mullah (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jul 29, 2003)
It was a consummate performance. He went with a brief from Musharraf. But he wasn’t just Musharraf’s man
- Some Cause For Cheer (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 29, 2003)
The immediate task before India and Pakistan now is to revert to the position that existed before the attack on Parliament — that is, to restore the links that were severed.
- The Chenab Formula Is Unthinkable (Indian Express, Hari Om, Jul 28, 2003)
In his article,‘The Chenab compromise for Kashmir’ (IE, June 28), Muzamil Jaleel has said that PoK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan’s Chenab formula is fraught with dangerous ramifications. He is absolutely right. Incidentally, it was not Sardar
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