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- Sign Of Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2001)
There is growing evidence that Pakistan’s president, General Pervez Musharraf, may be willing to act against terrorist organizations responsible for acts of violence in India.
- Military Action Against Pakistan (Hindu, Gautam Sen, Dec 28, 2001)
Care must be exercised to ensure that diplomacy remains in command and sabre-rattling is a calibrated adjunct and the crossover point at which the latter takes over to become war is avoided.
- Military Action Against Pakistan (Hindu, Gautam Sen, Dec 28, 2001)
Care must be exercised to ensure that diplomacy remains in command and sabre-rattling is a calibrated adjunct and the crossover point at which the latter takes over to become war is avoided.
- An Opportunity For Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 27. The continuing crisis between India and Pakistan need not necessarily end in a disaster, nuclear or otherwise. In fact, it could provide an opportunity for the countries to redefine their relationship.
- “Non-Resident” Chief Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2001)
THERE is a sea of difference between what you earn and what you get on a platter. One can have a clear idea of the two by studying the case of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
- Disadvantage: Military Offensive (Pioneer, Urmi A Goswami, Dec 28, 2001)
After the December 13 attack on Parliament, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told the nation that "the fight against terrorism has reached its last stage".
- History Sheet Of A Rogue State (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Dec 27, 2001)
Within two months of its creation, Pakistan sent armed tribesmen into Jammu & Kashmir in October, 1947.
- More, General, More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
AS political forecasters announce the possibility of war clouds, some in the Pakistani establishment would like to point to an already visible silver lining. Maulana Masood Azhar, fomenter of Deobandi demonstrations on Pakistani streets.
- Reasons Against Restraint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
TO the average citizen of Delhi terrorist violence is a distant phenomenon, a pernicious abstraction.
- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not indulging in mere rhetoric when he told a rally to celebrate his 77th birthday on Tuesday that a war was "being thrust on us.
- First Blood (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Dec 27, 2001)
If September 11 was a turning point in the modern history of America, December 13 could well prove to be so for India.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- World Blind To Kashmiri Pandits' Plight? (Hindu, C. V. Gopalakrishnan , Dec 27, 2001)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 26. The plea made to the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, by the All India Kashmiri Pandits Organisation that the community too be made a part of any political dialogue.
- World Blind To Kashmiri Pandits' Plight? (Hindu, C. V. Gopalakrishnan , Dec 27, 2001)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 26. The plea made to the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, by the All India Kashmiri Pandits Organisation that the community too be made a part of any political dialogue.
- General Musharraf’s Cosmetic Action (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 27, 2001)
AT the end of his five-day visit to China, Pakistan’s military ruler and self-appointed President, General Pervez Musharraf, once again declared blandly that he would consider taking action against Pakistan-based organisations.
- Elusive Osama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
THE USA wanted him dead or alive. But the terrorist mastermind turned out to be smarter than the super power.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Beware The General Across The Border (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 26, 2001)
Let us not underestimate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
- It’s Story-Time, Folks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2001)
DRUMS beat announcing the dawn of a new era — the era of knowledge and Indian awakening.
- Blank From Beijing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2001)
The Chinese played host to a beleaguered Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for five days, heard him out patiently, offered him military and economic aid, and said that the friendship between the two nations would be fortified further.
- Musharraf’s Arafat Act (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 26, 2001)
ON his first day in office, Afghanistan’s new justice minister Abdul Rahim Karimi — a less well known name in the Cabinet but obviously someone with clearly defined ideas — is reported to have said, ‘‘the biggest problem in Afghanistan was terrorism.
- Kabul To Kathmandu (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Dec 26, 2001)
What are the striking commonalities between Kabul and Kathmandu?
- Pressures On India’s Foreign Policy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 26, 2001)
The tragedy of Indian foreign policy is that more than 50 years after Independence, the country’s efforts at pursuing wider objectives in the region and the world are being dragged by a legacy of Partition, animosity with Pakistan.
- Open To Evil Eyes (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Dec 26, 2001)
Ever since the aborted terrorist assault on the Indian Parliament, there has been abundant speculation on the likely Indian response.
- Year Of Setback For Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 26, 2001)
THE ECONOMY took a downturn in 2001, after sustaining a six per cent growth over almost a decade, with recessionary trends persisting in industry, aggravated by the cyclical swings in agriculture.
- After The War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Dec 26, 2001)
The United States has to abandon the permissiveness towards General Pervez Musharraf's double standard on terrorism.
- Year Of The Terrorist (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 26, 2001)
The year now about to pass into history was expected to usher in a brave, new millennium during which mankind, mercifully free from the 20th century-style wars, hot or cold, was expected to make rapid strides towards peace, stability, progress.
- After The War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Dec 26, 2001)
The United States has to abandon the permissiveness towards General Pervez Musharraf's double standard on terrorism.
- Border Flashpoint (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2001)
Tension along the Indo-Pakistan border is reaching flashpoint. Both countries are deploying armed corps, tanks and missiles on the international border and the Line of Control in the Kashmir valley.
- Year Of The Terrorist (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 26, 2001)
The year now about to pass into history was expected to usher in a brave, new millennium during which mankind, mercifully free from the 20th century-style wars, hot or cold, was expected to make rapid strides towards peace, stability, progress.
- Elusive Peace In W. Asia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 25, 2001)
Everybody yearns for peace, and so do the Palestinians and the Israelis. Yet peace is nowhere in sight in that sensitive region. The reason is that both sides find it difficult to make compromises.
- Indo-Pak. Crisis At A Delicate Moment (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 25, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 24. Pakistan's moves this week against the terrorist groups operating on its soil are likely to decisively shape the evolution of the current crisis between the two subcontinental rivals.
- The Myth Of The Popular Will (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 25, 2001)
It is always risky, and often unfair, to read situations by speculating on the motives that are alleged to underlie them.
- Response To Pakistan's Terrorism (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Dec 25, 2001)
There are leverages available to India in the economic, political and societal arenas that are potentially as and perhaps more effective than the military ones.
- Changing Profile Of Terrorism (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Dec 25, 2001)
Terrorism is death and destruction by design when victims are totally unrelated to the cause espoused. Attacks on New York’s World Trade Center on September 11 and India’s Parliament on December 13 point to a sharp change in the profile of terrorism.
- A Nation On The Edge: Abort, Retry, Escape (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Dec 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN’S military leaders have had a propensity for adventure unmatched by other dependent states in the modern age.
- Indo-Pak. Crisis At A Delicate Moment (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 25, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 24. Pakistan's moves this week against the terrorist groups operating on its soil are likely to decisively shape the evolution of the current crisis between the two subcontinental rivals.
- Response To Pakistan's Terrorism (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Dec 25, 2001)
There are leverages available to India in the economic, political and societal arenas that are potentially as and perhaps more effective than the military ones.
- The Myth Of The Popular Will (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 25, 2001)
It is always risky, and often unfair, to read situations by speculating on the motives that are alleged to underlie them.
- Call Of Duty And Line Of Fire (Pioneer, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Dec 25, 2001)
The injury caused to ANI cameraman Vikram Singh Bisht in the attack on Parliament has once again turned the spotlight on the hazardous nature of journalism.
- Forward Push (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2001)
During the period between 1993-94 to 1996-97, which had been marked by high growth in overall exports, exports of agricultural and allied products had grown by 23 per cent every year.
- The Politics Of War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2001)
AS this might be the last Christmas of peace and goodwill on our benighted subcontinent, before we go hurtling down to the disaster which overcame Europe through the first half of the last century.
- Security Needs A New Mindset (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 25, 2001)
THE setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on national security and the indications that all the major political parties are clearly committed to the objective after the attack on Parliament.
- Peace, Through War (Indian Express, Abhisel Sarda, Dec 25, 2001)
CAN war bring peace? In fact, only war can bring peace. History tells us war has brought peace to most of the regions where it was fought. World War II brought peace to most of Europe and America.
- Last Resort (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2001)
India’s diplomatic relations with Pakistan have reached a new nadir after the December 13 terrorist attack on Parliament. New Delhi has withdrawn its high commissioner from Islamabad.
- The Pakistan Conundrum (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 24, 2001)
In the long term, the only hope is that the Pakistani state and society, through introspection, or other means, will move away from its anti-Indian identity.
- Will Bush Words Turn Into Action? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 24, 2001)
Three days ago, when the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, variously described the Lashkar-e-Taiba as an ``extremist group based in Kashmir'' and ``a stateless sponsor of terrorism'', there was widespread anger and frustration in India.
- Lessons To Learn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2001)
If Ministers and MPs are not secure right in Parliament House, what about the security of the common people of the country?
- The Pakistan Conundrum (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 24, 2001)
In the long term, the only hope is that the Pakistani state and society, through introspection, or other means, will move away from its anti-Indian identity.
- Is India Really A Soft State? (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Dec 24, 2001)
Doubtless, December 13 took us all by surprise. The glorious sandstone structure of our Parliament House had never before witnessed this kind of an attack.
- Downslide Begins (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Dec 24, 2001)
The September 11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon hit at the heart of American sensitivity; it changed the world for the US.
- No Soft Option (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2001)
The terrorists have no fixed constituency. They can attack anywhere, everywhere and at any time.
- The Rage Of Reason (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2001)
Three consecutive Decembers that have seen three terrorist strikes have left us in the winter of our discontent.
- It’s A Start, Mr Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2001)
US President George Bush’s decision to freeze the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s assets by itself amounts to little.
- Will Bush Words Turn Into Action? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 24, 2001)
Three days ago, when the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, variously described the Lashkar-e-Taiba as an ``extremist group based in Kashmir'' and ``a stateless sponsor of terrorism'', there was widespread anger and frustration in India.
- Merits Of Inaction (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Dec 24, 2001)
Sometimes not doing anything is the best strategic course. In India, we have lost sight of this and have become enthralled by the cult of ‘‘action’’. The BJP is the party most at fault here.
- What Is The Way Ahead? (Indian Express, H. Kaushal , Dec 24, 2001)
The prime minister and Home minister have spoken about tackling Pakistan.
- Measured Response (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2001)
The Government's decision to recall India's high commissioner to Pakistan and terminate the plying of the Samjhauta Express and the Delhi-Lahore bus service, has not come a day too soon.
- What They Say... (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2001)
Mehbooba Mufti, senior vice-president People's Democratic Party, says ``The gun is not the problem in Kashmir but it is the alienation which has increased manifold with the bad governance and wrong policies of the Government''.
- New Terms For Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. In deciding to recall its High Commissioner from Islamabad and debating additional diplomatic steps against Pakistan in the coming days, India is sending two mutually reinforcing messages to the international community.
- Shadow Over The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 23, 2001)
WAR. THAT is what the Kashmiris fear could follow December 13. There are some who hope it will throw up a solution to their problems. But they are in a minority.
- Beating The War Drums (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 23, 2001)
WHEN ON the second day (December 19) of the debate in the Lok Sabha on the terrorist attack of December 13, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, rose to make his intervention, he began by referring to the plea of ``no war''.
- New Terms For Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. In deciding to recall its High Commissioner from Islamabad and debating additional diplomatic steps against Pakistan in the coming days, India is sending two mutually reinforcing messages to the international community.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- How Relevant Is Yasser Arafat In West Asia? (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Dec 23, 2001)
SEVERAL months before the September 11 tragedy of the Twin towers, Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf was living dangerously.
- Shadow Over The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 23, 2001)
WAR. THAT is what the Kashmiris fear could follow December 13. There are some who hope it will throw up a solution to their problems.
- What They Say... (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2001)
Mehbooba Mufti, senior vice-president People's Democratic Party, says ``The gun is not the problem in Kashmir but it is the alienation which has increased manifold with the bad governance and wrong policies of the Government''.
- Beating The War Drums (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 23, 2001)
WHEN ON the second day (December 19) of the debate in the Lok Sabha on the terrorist attack of December 13, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, rose to make his intervention, he began by referring to the plea of ``no war''.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- Orphanages Doing Their Bit (Tribune, David Devdas, Dec 23, 2001)
MANZOOR looks like a little angel in his neat, gray phiran (the loose garment that is almost a badge of Kashmiri culture). He is neatly scrubbed and his cheeks glow through his shy smile.
- Time To Plug Loopholes In Security Apparatus (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Dec 23, 2001)
THE terrorist attack on our Parliament shocked all of us. It is a matter of pride that our policemen held the ground, beat back the attack and killed all the terrorists. The nation was practically face to face with a great national tragedy.
- ‘I Was To Attend My Nephew’s Wedding On December 30, I’ll Now Have To Drop My Plans’ (Indian Express, Esha Roy, Dec 23, 2001)
I was going to Pakistan this month to attend my nephew’s wedding on December 30. Now, it looks like I’ll have to drop all my plans. I had particularly wanted to go for the wedding, especially since all my nephews made it for my son’s wedding.
- Tactical Concerns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2001)
India can take some comfort from the decision of the American president, Mr George W. Bush, to freeze the assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, one of the terrorist organizations believed to be responsible for the attack on Parliament on December 13.
- ‘Lashkar Hopes To Destroy Relations Between India And Pak, Is A Global Threat’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 23, 2001)
This is the 100th day of our campaign against global terrorism. And in those 100 days, we’ve accomplished much. We’ve built a broad international coalition against terror, and I want to thank the Secretary of State for his hard work.
- Time To Nail Pakistan's Lies (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Dec 23, 2001)
Gen Pervez Musharraf's principal spokesman Gen Rashid Qureshi has gone beyond hideous transformation of facts in characterising the terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, as an "insider" job.
- Pointless To Talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 23, 2001)
India has done well to rule out a meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan at the fringes of the SAARC summit at Kathmandu next month.
- Some More Good News For India (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 23, 2001)
There are no doubts in Washington on whose side the United States was acting when on the 100th day of the September 11 attacks President George W. Bush walked up to the Rose Garden to announce the freezing of assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- Delhi Yet To Recover From Dec 13 Shock (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Dec 23, 2001)
THE year isn’t ending on a good note, to put it mildly. But since I have always been on the side of the blunt, let me say that there is every chance of the developments obtaining a darker hue.
- Time To Nail Pakistan's Lies (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Dec 22, 2001)
Gen Pervez Musharraf's principal spokesman Gen Rashid Qureshi has gone beyond hideous transformation of facts in characterising the terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, as an "insider" job.
- War By Other Means (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 22, 2001)
India should send two unambiguous messages to Washington. First, if 9/11 (as Americans call it) determined the United States of America’s policing role in the new millennium, the Srinagar.
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