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- Deep Impact (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 15, 2001)
As I write this column, I am watching the ghastly attack inside the premises of the Indian Parliament.
- Sad Global Response (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2001)
The attack on Parliament House by a group of armed terrorists has exposed the hollowness of the global commitment to stamping out all forms of terrorism from the face of the earth.
- Sept 11, Dec 13: Pak Dates With Policy Change (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 15, 2001)
Musharraf’s U-turn on Afghanistan should have been accompanied by a change in other aspects of Pakistani policy.
- Diplomacy Precedes Military Response (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 15, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. In considering various responses to the breath-taking terrorist attack on the Parliament House on Thursday, India has chosen to try out diplomatic approach first.
- The Foxhole Mindset (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
IF someone suggested within a day of the attack on Parliament that we were exaggerating the terrorist threat, he would not even need to get his head examined before being thrown into the mental asylum.
- Arafat's Time Is Running Out (Pioneer, Alexander Bovin, Dec 15, 2001)
For a long time Israel tried to tell the international community that terrorism is a planetary threat. The world refused to listen.
- Monitoring The Borders (Hindu, Varun Sahni, Dec 15, 2001)
It is high time Indian defence planners started analysing the viability of a more technology-intensive force structure.
- Beyond The Uneasy Afghan Setting (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 14, 2001)
IN the face of growing violent tendencies, intolerance and conflicts, the collapse of the Taliban regime, symbolically speaking, is a landmark development in the history of human civilisation.
- Freedom-Fighters Don’t Terrorise (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, Dec 14, 2001)
The adage ‘one man’s freedom-fighter is another man’s terrorist’ has been used both in the context of the violence in Kashmir and the September 11 attacks. It is a gross over simplification. Because freedom-fighters do not terrorise.
- Point Of Order (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 14, 2001)
It is not a question of how many terrorists were killed and how many got away, if any at all. Because dead or alive, the terrorists who struck at Parliament in broad daylight on a day of business were enormously successful.
- A Storm In The Desert (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Dec 14, 2001)
While reporting on Rajasthan’s famous saathin, Bhanwari Devi, I was amazed by the level of manipulation that she has been subjected to over the past few years.
- On Balance, Musharraf Loses (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Dec 13, 2001)
Two visual clippings on CNN broadcast over the last week brought out the confusing and critical predicament in which Pakistan finds itself in, two months after the US-led military campaign commenced against the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda.
- Kabul, Colombo, Kathmandu And Dhaka (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 13, 2001)
OVERWHELMING concentration on Afghanistan may be understandable, given the profound significance and consequences of September 11, but it is not the wisest policy for India.
- New Us Import Curbs On Steel In The Offing (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Bush Administration plans to strengthen protection for the US steel industry with a range of stiff tariffs on l6 product lines before the end of February 2002.
- Time For Golden Opportunities (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 13, 2001)
In the midst of this gloom and doom about the economy and lack of reforms, the national highway development project seems to be progressing well.
- The Myth Of Brotherhood (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
This Ramzan is different from the previous ones. Probably the celebration of Id-ul Fitr, a few days from now, will be equally muted.
- Until Palestinians Get Their Homeland (Indian Express, ARVIND KALA, Dec 12, 2001)
For years Washington didn’t heed Indian protests that our troubles in Kashmir are sustained by foreign Islamic warriors.
- Strike The Proper Balance (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Dec 12, 2001)
As Afghanistan starts its reconstruction from its very own Ground Zero, there is much it could learn from the experience of India.
- Dividing The Booty (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 12, 2001)
Amidst the euphoria over Hamid Karzai’s Himachal connections and the visits by the interior and foreign ministers-designate, Yunis Qanuni and Abdullah Abdullah, to New Delhi, Indians have overlooked one major development in Afghanistan:
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- Musharraf’s Equations With Usa (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
IF consistency is the virtue of fools, politicians are wise men and women.
- Hazards Of War Reporting (Tribune, Pritam Bhullar, Dec 11, 2001)
The Afghanistan war has yet again proved that journalists run a great risk to their lives while reporting from the front. For, nine foreign journalists were killed in Afghanistan until November 19.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- The Enduring Uncertainties (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
IT IS already two months since the US-led war against terrorism was launched in Afghanistan and three since the horrendous terrorist strikes of September 11 in the US.
- Russian Renascence (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Dec 11, 2001)
Most Indians see our close ties with Russia as a simple extension of our “traditional” relations with the former Soviet Union.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- After Afghanistan, Kashmir (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Dec 10, 2001)
It is good that Afghanistan has gone along the lines which should satisfy India.
- Boost Markets For Farm Products (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 10, 2001)
TEN YEARS AFTER the economic reforms process was kicked off, the Government seems to be waking up to the challenges posed by several entrenched, and unaddressed, issues that have stymied progress in agriculture.
- Shift Focus On Trouble Brewing In Neighbouring Countries (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Dec 10, 2001)
In Afghanistan, things seem to be falling into place sooner than even the most optimistic leaders of the war on Al-Qaida and the Taliban had envisaged. Strategists and pundits who had talked of the war lasting years have fallen silent.
- Kashmiriyat Is Not Dead (Indian Express, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 10, 2001)
Ever since Lashkar-i-Jabbar, a little known militant outfit, attempted to enforce a dress code on Kashmiri women, a few months ago, deeply disturbing images, flickering out of the Valley.
- Indo-Pak Wars & The Kashmir Tragedy (Tribune, K. F. Rustamji , Dec 09, 2001)
Many military writers have written about our conflicts with Pakistan. The 1965 infiltration was an important halt in my police journey as I was appointed DG, BSF — a month before the infiltration and the war, and had to go there almost on joining.
- Terrorism Dividing World Community On Communal Lines (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Dec 09, 2001)
After the Black Tuesday holocaust in New York and Washington, terrorism has come in sharp focus and is threatening to divide the world community on the communal lines.
- Combating An Unseen Enemy (Tribune, David Devdas, Dec 09, 2001)
Soldiers are ubiquitous in the valley, patrolling highways, manning bunkers in the city or searching villages in which militants might lurk.
- ‘Would You Talk Restraint If You’d Seen Jerusalem?’ (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 09, 2001)
David Aphek, Israel’s ambassador to India is a scholar of Middle East affairs.
- Globalising The Anti-Terror 'War' (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Dec 08, 2001)
A truly worldwide battle against the politics of terror cannot be waged by the U.S. within the framework of its own military prowess and political `ideals' or even strategic compulsions.
- Globalising The Anti-Terror 'War' (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Dec 08, 2001)
A truly worldwide battle against the politics of terror cannot be waged by the U.S. within the framework of its own military prowess and political `ideals' or even strategic compulsions.
- Emerging Economic Challenges To Diplomacy (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 07, 2001)
EVEN as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse under sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Why Blood Red Becomes A Colour Of Choice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2001)
The means of the Maoists are unjustified, but their ends find resonance in the Nepalese countryside where poverty’s the rule and governance, the exception.
- Much Ado About ‘to Do’ (Indian Express, Teja Shrikant Lele, Dec 07, 2001)
The day I flunked my mathematics examination in Class V — a particularly bad performance that invited the attentions of the teacher’s red pencil —I sat down and made a list of things that just had to be done.
- Emerging Economic Challenges (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
Even as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse in the face of sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- What The Cbse Wanted Deleted From History Textbooks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2001)
Although there have been clashes between the Sikh guru and the Mughals under Shah Jahan, there was no clash between the Sikhs and Aurangzeb till 1675.
- ‘Pak Should Realise Its Days Of Control In Kabul Are Over’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2001)
Yuly Mikhailovich Vorontsov was in India as President of the Russian American Business Council.
- Self-Defeating Strategies (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
As a consequence of the American military campaign in Afghanistan, a host of giddy and self-deluding notions have surfaced... India, Sri Lanka or Israel now have the temptation to solve problems militarily.
- Self-Defeating Strategies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2001)
As a consequence of the American military campaign in Afghanistan, a host of giddy and self-deluding notions have surfaced... India, Sri Lanka or Israel now have the temptation to solve problems militarily.
- A New Little Canvas For Art & Literature (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 05, 2001)
They use small letters to write its name and call it “the little magazine”. It is anything but that.
- The Best Bet For Pakistan Today Is Democracy (The Financial Express, Satish Kumar, Dec 05, 2001)
Pakistan has gone through various phases of political instability and systemic changes in its chequered history of 54 years.
- Is Mr Joshi Parochialising History A La Pakistan? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 05, 2001)
It all began with a question on the Policy for Writing Text-books in the Rajya Sabha.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Blood Feud (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2001)
The latest acts of terror in Israel have deeply damaged any prospects of a revival of the West Asia peace process.
- Leveraging India's Tourism Potential (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 04, 2001)
INDIA, once considered the land of ``snake charmers'' is today known in the West as a land of ``mouse movers'' with proven prowess in information technology.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Prawns And Other Similarities (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Dec 03, 2001)
Apart from innumerable mouth-watering varieties of his favourite fish delicacies, when he visits Japan later this week, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will have several other reasons to feel completely at home.
- The Other Side (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
The recent visit of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Ms Benazir Bhutto, to India, not surprisingly, generated considerable public and media interest.
- Riding Roughshod (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 02, 2001)
There has been a distinct lack of American regard for British concerns.
- A Jigsaw Puzzle Called Afghanistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 02, 2001)
In Afghanistan, equations are changing so fast that it is difficult to guess who stands where.
- A Jigsaw Puzzle Called Afghanistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 02, 2001)
In Afghanistan, equations are changing so fast that it is difficult to guess who stands where.
- Taliban Out, Old Boys Back In Kabul (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 02, 2001)
HOURS after he flew back from Kabul last week, special envoy S.K. Lamba made the point that ‘‘we know how important it is for us to be there, so we will be going there pretty regularly.’’
- A Matter Of National Security (Tribune, S. K. Datta, Dec 02, 2001)
THE debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) has been politicised.
- Benazir Awaits Third Chance (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Dec 02, 2001)
TO judge from the various statements she has made, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto’s views appear to represent the views of the “silent majority” in Pakistan.
- Osama Will Soon Be Forgotten (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Dec 02, 2001)
IT was all over before you could say ‘Osama bin Laden’. Or so it would seem. The rout of the Taliban and the fall of Kabul, followed by Kandahar and Jalalabad, came suddenly and unexpectedly.
- She Is No Longer Hawkish & Not The One To Give Up (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 02, 2001)
CALL it a quirk of destiny but what Gen.Musharraf could not perform, Benazir Bhutto has done and this may be a turning point in her tormented life.
- Situation In Pakistan Doesn’t Seem To Be Hopeless (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Dec 02, 2001)
COME winter and this city witnesses a sudden rise in the number of seminars, an expected spurt in visitors from across the border.
- Radical Salafism (Hindu, Bernard Haykel, Dec 01, 2001)
RADICAL SALAFISM is the ideology of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organisation.
- The American Crisis Of Understanding (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Dec 01, 2001)
IN a lighter vein, so characteristic of Mark Twain, the American anti-Establishment writer remarked: “It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it”.
- Hot Poto-Ato (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2001)
IT is fear of the police misusing the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001 (Poto), that had fuelled much of the public disquiet about the proposed legislation.
- Why Nepal Matters (Indian Express, Rajiv Shukla, Dec 01, 2001)
INDIA should watch the developments in Nepal very carefully and extend all possible help to the Himalayan Kingdom — arms, intelligence and otherwise — to tackle the situation emerging out of the Maoist revolt.
- Nepal: Development Can End Maoism (Indian Express, Aravinda Rao, Dec 01, 2001)
NEPAL’S ruling dispensation has proclaimed an emergency as well as issued the Terrorist and Destructive Activities (Control and Punishment) Ordinance in order to contain the violence in the country.
- Drag Pakistan To Wto; It’s The Only Road To Mfn (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 01, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto is under fire at home for ‘betraying’ Pakistan’s agenda on Kashmir. This is predictable enough, given the nation’s phobia with India. Hardline commentators in Pakistan have been losing no time trashing her intent.
- Afghanistan Without Taliban Shadow (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 30, 2001)
TIME often comes to the aid of the timid. Whether we like it or not, such has been the case of India.
- Make No Mistake: This War Will Be Nasty, Brutish And Long (Indian Express, Ivo H. Daalder, Nov 30, 2001)
The post-Cold War era ended abruptly on the morning of September 11, 2001.
- Enforce Poto Before It's Too Late (Business Line, B. Raman , Nov 30, 2001)
THE need to provide the police and the counter-terrorism (CT) agencies with adequate powers, if necessary through special legislation.
- Tamil Nadu's `Mini-Budget': Will It Revive Fiscal Health? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 30, 2001)
The cash-strapped Tamil Nadu Government has announced a hefty but essential mini-Budget.
- No More Great Games (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 30, 2001)
It was a television clip which put this week’s Afghanistan talks in Bonn so appropriately into context.
- Some Clarity, Please (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 29, 2001)
The most accomplished foreign minister/diplomatist in contemporary history was Charles Maurice Tallyrand (1754-1838).
- ‘Musharraf Weaker After Kabul’s Fall’ (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 29, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto makes no secret of the fact that she wants to return to Pakistan. And wants desperately to fill the political vacuum there, particularly since General Pervez Musharraf seems to be on a weak wicket.
- ‘We Must Give India Mfn Status, But With A New Name’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2001)
An avalanche of interviews has left the former prime minister nursing her throat. But how could she complain!
- Sgpc & Punjab Poll (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
Elections to the Punjab Assembly early next year had a lot to do with the selection of the SGPC executive, including the president, on Tuesday.
- Religious Intolerance A La Taliban Will Not Work In Today’s World (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 29, 2001)
Comparisons are odious. Still the defeat of the Taliban may have as much effect on the world, particularly on countries neighbouring Afghanistan, as the September 11 carnage had on America and the West.
- Will The Benazir Charm Work? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS not going to endear her to Islamabad, but Ms Benazir Bhutto, the ousted and discredited former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is doing a creditable job in New Delhi of walking the tightrope on Indo-Pak relations.
- Focus Shifts To Nepal (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 28, 2001)
For nearly seven weeks this country's attention has understandably been focussed almost completely on the ongoing war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
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