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- Killing Spree Unabated (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2001)
THE suicidal car bomb attack on the Assembly complex in Srinagar on Monday should force the security agencies to not only revise their strategy.
- Terror Revisited (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 03, 2001)
The terrorist attack on the Jammu and Kashmir assembly suggests that there is likely to be a rapid escalation of violence by terrorist groups operating in the state in the days to come.
- Life After The Taliban (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Oct 03, 2001)
Looking beyond the impending war in Afghanistan, the international community must start planning for the political and economic reconstruction of that ill-starred country.
- Us Attacks: Reaping Whirlwind (Business Line, D. S. Soman , Oct 03, 2001)
THE unprecedented attack on the US has some lessons for not only the mightiest nation, but also the world.
- Musharraf, Brazening It Out (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 03, 2001)
THOSE of us who watched Pakistan's President, General Pervez Musharraf's much-publicised breakfast meet with Indian editors in Agra a couple of months ago.
- ‘Foreign Policy Isn’t Sacred, It Changes To Suit National Interest’ (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 03, 2001)
FORMER prime minister I.K. Gujral’s foreign policy initiatives, whether in government or out of it, has always been driven by the conviction that stability in South Asia should be the desired end of any move India makes.
- Unmitigated Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2001)
THE SUICIDE BOMBER attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature complex in Srinagar on Monday, by far the most dastardly act in the nearly three weeks since the U.S. declared a global `war' on terrorism.
- Can U.S. Restrain Pakistan? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 03, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 2. As the Government reacts strongly against the escalation of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Indo-Pak. tensions pose an important test to the international coalition against terror that the Bush Administration has assembled.
- The Citizen And The Faithful (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 03, 2001)
SPARE A thought, if you will, for Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.
- Repeal Evil With Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 03, 2001)
What Gandhi would have told the US: war won’t ensure safety.
- Keeping Away From Us Will Not Help India’s Interests (The Financial Express, B. P. Singh, Oct 03, 2001)
This refers to Kuldip Nayar’s article “A wishy-washy foreign policy will not work to India’s advantage” (The Financial Express, September 26).
- Pakistan-U.S. Strategic Idiom (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 02, 2001)
AMERICA'S ``WAR'' on international terrorism is now being plotted in a nebulous strategic environment.
- War In Afghanistan (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Oct 02, 2001)
A NEW Afghan war is about to commence shortly. A massive coalition of countries interested in eliminating terrorism has agreed to combine its resources to cleanse Afghanistan of its terrorist ideology.
- There’s A Time Bomb Close By (Telegraph, Ashok Kapur, Oct 01, 2001)
The world today reveals a major fault line. It involves on one side those who attack civilian targets — something the communists did not do vis-à-vis innocent citizens of countries who opposed their policies.
- Lifting Of Sanctions No Big Deal: Experts (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 01, 2001)
The lifting of US sanctions on Pakistan seems ill-timed for India. For, the US seems to have arrived at the conclusion that it was imperative to keep Pervez Musharraf in power for the present, whatever the costs.
- Un Bans Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2001)
IN what is obviously a tentative first step, the United Nations Security Council has called on all member-countries to crackdown on terrorism of all types.
- Did Govt Learn Any Lesson From Agra? (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Sep 10, 2001)
The Vajpayee government appears to be keenly looking forward to another meeting between the Prime Minister and the Pakistani President later this month in New York.
- Father Of Man (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Sep 10, 2001)
Indian parliamentarians are not known for their interest in welfare issues.
- The Picture In The Frame (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 10, 2001)
When you set yourself impossibly high standards, it’s impossible to scale them. This should not inhibit you from baying at the moon but chances are you won’t land upon it. Still, if at first you don’t succeed...
- Farooq’s Fears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
There is apprehension in the corridors of power that a sulking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah might once again throw a tantrum at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for impressing upon the law and order machinery.
- Caught Between Two Time-Streams (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Sep 09, 2001)
TWO time-streams move in opposite directions in South Asia. One towards the past and the other towards the future. The people are bewildered, caught between political mumbo-jumbo and rituals.
- India-Pakistan Intransigence (Business Line, B. S. Malik, Sep 08, 2001)
THE Agra Summit has been analysed ad nauseam.
- Lashkar-E-Jhangvi: The Zia Connection (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 08, 2001)
SECTARIAN and ethnic terrorism is a hotly debated subject in Pakistan these days. And the most dreaded outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, one of the groups recently banned, consumes the maximum time and energy during such discussions.
- Frozen At The Core (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Sep 07, 2001)
When the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets General Pervez Musharraf at the United Nations later this month, the Pakistan president will once again insist that Kashmir is the “core issue” in India-Pakistan relations.
- Houseboats Losing Charm In Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2001)
Houseboats in Kashmir were once the living quarters of prosperous houseboat owners but today they have lost their past glamour.
- Police Power & Responsibilities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2001)
THE task of security forces has always been a delicate one.
- ‘Kashmiri Women Don’t Need Morality Lessons’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2001)
Mehbooba Mufti, the fire-brand leader of Kashmir’s opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adopted the abaya after she joined politics.
- Get Rid Of The Pak Fixation (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 07, 2001)
When the mind is crowded with petty thoughts, Ghalib said, step out of the house and travel so that the narrow vision ‘‘opens up with the abundance of the spectacle’’.
- Media's Duty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2001)
ONE of the terms of reference included in the order of the Tamil Nadu Government setting up the Justice Bhakthavatsalam Commission of Inquiry into the disturbances in Chennai connected with the DMK rally on August 12.
- Down-Sizing A Summit? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2001)
THE WILD FLUCTUATIONS of the diplomatic mood in both India and Pakistan about the prospects of a constructive meeting between their leaders in New York later this month seem to suggest a disturbing trend on the bilateral front.
- Round-Ii With Musharraf May Not Yield Much (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Sep 06, 2001)
Now that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the United Nations session in New York this month, and later at the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (Saarc) meeting.
- No Way To Treat An Officer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2001)
THE treatment meted out to Mr Abdul Rashid, an IPS officer posted in the militant-infested state of Jammu and Kashmir, for a minor trespass is bound to have a negative impact on the morale of the police force.
- Ideology Into Actuality (Telegraph, Jayanti Alam, Sep 06, 2001)
“Realizing economic and social advancement at the same time” is equivalent to “ensuring the coordinated development of population, resources and environment,” comments a book on China’s “socialist market economy”.
- Partners In Spite Of Themselves (Hindu, Teresita C. Schaffer, Sep 06, 2001)
AFTER SOME confusing signals, it now appears that Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Musharraf will meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- God Help Those Who Can’t Help Themselve (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2001)
Despite safeguards in the Constitution and in law, certain groups remained particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses based on discrimination.
- Last Tango In Bihar (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Sep 06, 2001)
IT could have been Bihar’s first. Not since the last 15 years had the state shown its willingness to hold a film festival. But when it did say yes, the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) played spoiler.
- Should India Have Individual Stock Futures? (The Economic Times, L C Gupta, Sep 06, 2001)
ACTING on the recommendations of its Advisory Committee on Derivatives, headed by J R Varma, Sebi has approved in principle the introduction of individual stock futures.
- Package For Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
SOCIAL peace, political stability and economic development always go together. Remove any of the three, the rest will be automatically in serious trouble.
- Moan Of The Mos (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 05, 2001)
The ministers of state who were dropped in Saturday’s reshuffle are as puzzled as they are angry. Non-performance?
- The Hindu Rate Of Governance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 05, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has just effected a kind of reshuffle in his Cabinet.
- Employment: Going Down? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Sep 05, 2001)
THE Central Statistical Organisation has just released the quick estimates of information on important parameters in the industry sector for 1999-2000.
- An Informal Chat With The Prime Minister (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 05, 2001)
Summits have a devastating effect when they collapse. They evoke acrimony, recrimination, bitterness and all that.
- Delicate Balance (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 05, 2001)
Predictably, there has been elation in New Delhi over the Bush administration’s decision during the last weekend to impose sanctions on China and Pakistan for their bilateral cooperation in missile development.
- The Curtain Of Coercion (Indian Express, Syeda Saiyidain Hameed , Sep 04, 2001)
The injunction that Kashmiri women must veil themselves maligns both Islam and women.
- Political Insensitivity Towards Military (Tribune, Rakesh Datta, Sep 04, 2001)
India presents a unique picture of its apolitical armed forces.
- Our Debates On Their Terms (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 04, 2001)
Caste system isn’t racism and our best sociologists and anthropologists are clear on this.
- Insecure At Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2001)
Rashid’s hounding shows state paranoia at its worst.
- Saffronised Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2001)
THE non-Sangh Parivar Chief Ministers' effort to stop the saffronisation of school textbooks deserves a loud round of applause.
- Silent Progress (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2001)
EVEN as the political relations between India and Pakistan have turned icy after the Agra summit, there has been an unmistakable increase in the warmth of the economic relations between the two countries.
- To Beat Them When They Are Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2001)
Human rights violations occurred throughout India, with socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society continuing to be particularly vulnerable.
- One Embassy, Two Ambassadors (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Sep 03, 2001)
IT is simply amazing that we should have two ambassadors to the US.
- Other Kinds Of Arghya (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Sep 03, 2001)
I WOKE up last night in terror, thinking of Pandit Jialal Kaul, the purohit of the famous ‘fish temple’ at Mattan in Kashmir. I met him exactly three years ago, almost to the day.
- Safety First: Building Confidence During The Nuclear Transition (Hindu, Deepanshu Bagchee, Sep 03, 2001)
Amid all the post-Agra hand wringing, much has been made about Pakistan's intransigence on cross-border terrorism, India's inability to think creatively about solutions in Kashmir.
- Will Burqa Veil Kashmir? (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Sep 03, 2001)
WHATEVER pressure the Lashkar-e-Jabbar may put on the womenfolk of Kashmir, it cannot make them take to the burqa as a dress that will last long.
- Punjab: Judging History With A Sense Of History (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Sep 03, 2001)
A fortnight after it was pronounced on August 20, the ORP judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court continues to impact the mind.
- Taiwan, A Flashpoint In Asia-Pacific (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 02, 2001)
TAIPEI, SEPT. 1. As one flies into lush green Taiwan, one can appreciate why the Portuguese mariners called it Formosa, the land of beauty.
- Pak’s Dirty Little Great Game Of Democracy (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Sep 02, 2001)
A Recent newspaper photograph shows Makhdum Amin Fahim of the Peoples Party looking like a deferential prime minister-to-be, chatting amiably with a benevolent-looking General Pervez Musharraf. This has sent political pundits into raptures.
- Difficult Choice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2001)
It is easier for the Congress to elect its president than to select office-bearers of its various Pradesh Congress Committees.
- Incidence Of Djinns On The Rise (Tribune, David Devdas, Sep 02, 2001)
HAMID was walking in the lane next to his house in Srinagar’s upmarket Rajbagh after dinner one night when a friend came running towards him, evidently distraught.
- Kashmir, The Core Issue For Us Too (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Sep 02, 2001)
AT the time of the Bangladesh struggle for independence, when the Pakistani army was on a virtual orgy of genocide, burning villages, raping women and shooting young men and even children at random, the Pakistanis described them all as traitors.
- The Burqa Wars (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2001)
It’s a grand betrayal by Kashmir’s leaders.
- The Poll Posturing In Kashmir (Indian Express, SANKARSHAN THAKUR, Sep 01, 2001)
National attention, or at least the attention of the Atal Behari Vajpayee establishment, is now getting focused on elections in Uttar Pradesh but there is another equally if not more key election round the corner — in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Vajpayee-Musharraf Meeting Again (Tribune, R. L. Bhatia, Sep 01, 2001)
THE decision of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to meet President Musharraf at the UN conference reopens the vainness of his first encounter with him.
- Strike Now (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2001)
Enough time has been lost in drafting policies and issuing policy statements on combating terrorism in Kashmir.
- Chronicling A ‘Strange’ Alliance (Indian Express, Amrita Abraham, Aug 31, 2001)
An honour guard of 6-foot-2 Pakistani cavalrymen greeted John Foster Dulles on his visit to Karachi in 1953 and made an indelible impression on the US secretary of state.
- Fundamentalism Isn't Barbarism (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 31, 2001)
The dastardly throwing of acid on young girls by militants in Kashmir is surely worse than anything that the Taliban are reported to have done.
- Amnesty Is Not The Answer (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Aug 31, 2001)
The first battle paramilitary forces face is stress.
- Beant Singh: The Man Who Stemmed (Tribune, J. S. Puar, Aug 31, 2001)
IN such a gloomy scenario of chaos and blood tide, there appeared a man of conviction, the Late Beant Singh who stemmed this tide of blood and violence in Punjab with his indomitable will and steadfastness culminating in his supreme sacrifice.
- Weaknesses Of Musharraf Regime (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Aug 30, 2001)
MANY people saw the Agra Summit as a great triumph both domestically and internationally for Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Musharraf's Pakistan, Post-Agra (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 30, 2001)
Most people saw the Agra Summit as a great triumph both domestically and internationally for General Pervez Musharraf.
- The Cocaine Curse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2001)
The arrest of well-known hotel owner Neeraj Wadhera last week on charges of possessing cocaine has unwittingly unveiled what has always been known but never exposed: The seamier side of Delhi's party circuit.
- No Time To Talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf's recent address to the newly-'elected' members of Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK's) 'legislative assembly' clearly indicates that his scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New York.
- Double Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2001)
It is difficult to take threats by the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Farooq Abdullah, very seriously.
- Rich China, Poor Subcontinent (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 30, 2001)
THE CHINESE prosper by finessing political differences. South Asians stay poor rather than compromise on principles.
- The Cruelty Index (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2001)
Total civic breakdown — the aim of the Poonch outrage.
- Honour Not Immunity (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 29, 2001)
THE UNION Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's offer to provide relief to hundreds of security personnel facing prosecution for alleged human rights violations in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast is a move in the wrong direction.
- Open-Door Policy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2001)
If Mamata comes, can Jayalalithaa be far behind?
- Three Chiefs In Search Of A Chair (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 29, 2001)
The rumour mill in South Block has been working overtime, churning out stories that another Bhagwat is in the offing, spurred by the reported spat between Defence Minister Jaswant Singh and Chief of Air Staff AY Tipnis.
- Towards A Fast Track Of Parleys? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 29, 2001)
SUSTAINING THE MYSTIQUE of summit-level talks, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has rightly decided to meet Pakistan's President and Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on the sidelines of the annual session.
- Crisis Of Coalitions (Pioneer, C P Bhambhri, Aug 29, 2001)
Messrs VP Singh, Chandra Shekhar, HD Deve Gowda, IK Gujral and Atal Bihari Vajpayee have been the only beneficiaries of unstable, faceless, shapeless and directionless coalition governments at the Centre.
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