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Articles 9321 through 9420 of 12768:
- Gas For Growth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2005)
India’s decision to go in for talks on gas pipelines involving Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan is significant from various angles.
- Pure Gold (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 10, 2005)
On her first day in office, within hours of moving from the White House to her new job as America’s secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice rang up Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, and discussed....
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 10, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Intelligence Needs A New Order (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Feb 10, 2005)
Intelligence bashing has become a worldwide sport. For erring politicians and bureaucracies what could be a better scapegoat than one which is prevented from rising to its own defense by custom, tradition or law!
- Deal To Run Buses In Kashmir Bolsters India-Pakistan Talks (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Feb 09, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to run buses across the cease-fire line that divides the Himalayan province of Kashmir, invigorating a 13-month peace process that some had feared was running out of steam.
- India Should Review Its Policy On Saarc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 09, 2005)
THE Indian Prime Minister’s refusal to attend the scheduled SAARC summit in Dhaka on February 6 and 7 and its consequent postponement should not cause any undue disappointment in South Asian capitals such as New Delhi, Colombo, Male and Thimphu.
- Problem Solving, The Kolithad Way (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Feb 09, 2005)
Between the towns of Rajkot and Junagadh, off the road from Gondal in Saurashtra, is the large-ish village of Kolithad. It is the usual developed village in this region known for its progressive agriculture and great farmers.
- Address Concerns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 09, 2005)
A needless spat has arisen between India and Pakistan over the BCCI’s decision to make Ahmedabad one of the venues for the upcoming cricket series between the two countries.
- Scramble For The Indian Air Show (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Feb 08, 2005)
The fifth Aero India show being organised in Bangalore from February 9 to 13 is an attempt to showcase India as a major aviation hub in Asia. The Indian aviation sector pie is as big as China’s
- Needless Controversy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 08, 2005)
IT is unfortunate that a controversy had arisen over Ahmedabad as the venue for one of the Test matches between India and Pakistan.
- Punjab Should Tap Tourism Potential (Tribune, Harjap Singh Aujla, Feb 07, 2005)
Worldwide tourism revolves primarily around palaces, castles, churches, water fronts and gardens. Talking about the palaces in Punjab, we do have some historic, but not very old palaces.
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 07, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books.
- Consensus That Merits An Accolade (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Feb 06, 2005)
After many a winter there has taken place in the realm of foreign policy making in New Delhi something that merits an accolade.
- The Pin Code In Northeast (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Feb 05, 2005)
Operation Pin Code, as reported in The Pioneer (January 15), would be much easier for Pakistan to accomplish than either Operation Topac or Al Badr.
- Pakistan: What Lies Ahead? (Tribune, Stephen Philip Cohen, Feb 05, 2005)
Twenty years ago Pakistan was spoken of as the next major middle income country. Recently it was thought to be on the verge of collapse or rogue status, although there are signs that the downward trend in some areas is halted
- Poor Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 05, 2005)
India’s decision to abstain from the 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) in Dhaka next week is an ill-considered one.
- Proceed With Care (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2005)
It was only to be expected that, re-elected with a convincing majority, President George W. Bush would pursue his known domestic and foreign agendas with renewed vigour and confidence.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 05, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- The Quality Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2005)
On the face of it, the developments in Nepal, where King Gyanendra has dismissed the Prime Minister, Mr Sher Bahadur Deuba, can be seen as an exercise of brute power heralding some form of monarchical dictatorship.
- Extra Cover For Indo-Pak (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Feb 05, 2005)
Cricket lovers ought to be holding their breath for the historic full series between India and Pakistan. The Pakistani team is arriving in India in the last week of this month.
- It’S Politics, Stupid (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 05, 2005)
Economic reform has to come through hard politics, not stealth. On telecom, Dr Singh’s govt clears the test
- Landmark Elections In J&k (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 05, 2005)
The conduct of municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir after 27 years constitutes an important landmark. No surprise that it should have been marked by boycott and violence by some within the state and those across the border who fear democracy and represent
- Fight Dogma With Reason (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 05, 2005)
If the US National Intelligence Council's projections for year 2020 (in its report Mapping the Global Future) are to be believed, the global war on terror is not going all that well.
- Sowers Of Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 04, 2005)
India has done the right thing by deciding against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's participation in the now-postponed SAARC summit in Dhaka.
- The Pretext Of Baglihar (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Feb 04, 2005)
India and Pakistan appear to be on collision course yet again. Besides unprovoked firing across the Line of Control, Pakistan has accused India of malafide intentions over the on-going talks on the composite dialogue.
- A Veto On Misplaced Arrogance (Indian Express, C S R MURTHY, Feb 04, 2005)
The much awaited report of the 16-member high level panel headed by Thailand’s former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on the changes required in the UN has become public.
- Crisis In Nepal (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 04, 2005)
If electoral democracy was suspended in Nepal in 2002, the sacking of Prime Minister Deuba and the assumption of total autocratic powers by the King now have totally buried any semblance of constitutional governance in Nepal.
- Future Of Indo-Pak Peace Process (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, Feb 04, 2005)
Abelief is rife in Pakistan that the bilateral peace process has stalled. Perhaps hopes that India-Pakistan relations would normalise after Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Musharraf met in Islamabad in January 2004
- India And The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2005)
India's Nepal policy just collapsed. Indian policy-makers now need to introspect because Nepal is vital to India's security interests. Nepal should have been a test case for India's ability to cultivate good relations with its neighbours
- The Lure Of London (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Feb 03, 2005)
No one is fooled by the Mee Mumbaikar which, in effect, asks the dyed-in-the-wool Bombayites to stem the influx into their city. Contrast this with the growing trend in mega cities such as London
- Straws Of Hope (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2005)
The level of voter participation in the civic elections in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) provides yet another indication of the changed popular mood in the State, which was first visible during the Assembly elections of October, 2002.
- Rocky Region (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2005)
What is sauce for the goose is often not sauce for the gander. That was, in effect, the conclusion of the last meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
- Weak National Security System (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Feb 03, 2005)
It took just three weeks and several rounds of consultations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with security experts to confirm Mr M.K. Narayan as the National Security Adviser (NSA).
- Condoleezza’S Choices (Indian Express, WALTER ANDERSEN, Feb 02, 2005)
George W. Bush was sworn in as president in 2001 with no intention of focusing on foreign policy. The second inauguration of George W. Bush on January 20 was quite the reverse.
- Achtung! Here Be Demons! (OutLook, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2005)
The recent violations of the more than a year-long ceasefire along the LOC by Pak army and its allegations of violations by the Indian security forces appear for now as isolated incidents, but it is best seen in conjunction with pressures faced ...
- Bihar, Now (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 31, 2005)
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agree to take Bihar as well.” So static is the big picture of the state that news agencies are known to recycle old picture
- Mufti To Step Aside In Nov, Says Mehbooba (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Jan 31, 2005)
Ms Mehbooba Mufti (46) MS Mehbooba Mufti (46), president of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and MP from the Anantnag constituency, feels that the biggest achievement of her party is that it has been consistent in its political ideology.
- Pipeline To Trust (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 30, 2005)
The most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours.
- Failure To Ensure Democracy And Regional Harmony ... (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 30, 2005)
AS the Government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- Bush's Vision Of Terror-Free World (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 29, 2005)
The US-led grand alliance against terror needs an institutional base, in the form of a Global Network for the Elimination of Terror, with Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries of the Arab world and G-7 as members
- Balochistan On The Boil (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jan 29, 2005)
MOST observers of Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where “miscreants” had succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in an a
- Thy Kingdom Come (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
I have added two new words to my vocabulary: thearchy and millenarianism. Thearchy (as opposed to theocracy meaning government by priests) means rule by god. Millenarianism is the belief in the end of the world in our lifetime.
- Regional Harmony Lacking (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Jan 29, 2005)
As the government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for J&K state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- India's Us-Pakistan Suspicions Deepen (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jan 29, 2005)
Two facts emerged in the space of a few days last week that have made India deeply suspicious of Washington's intentions in the region. One, US secretary of state-designate Condoleezza Rice told senators that the administration of President George W Bush
- India Gears Up For Energy Security (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 29, 2005)
THE dangerously emerging portents of the global energy market and India’s own unique position as a major crude oil buyer have forced policymakers to redefine the contours of a new geo-political paradigm.
- Intelligence Agencies In The Dock (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 28, 2005)
SUCH things keep happening in other democracies where insiders of the intelligence establishment have been writing, for decades, books exposing the misdeeds, excesses and “dirty tricks” of the secret intelligence agencies with virtual impunity.
- The Great Myth Of Marketing (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 28, 2005)
A group of kids stand outside a cinema hall. They are waiting for the first show of the just released multi-star cast film, which has had an unprecedented buildup
- Across Troubled Waters (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 28, 2005)
So, for the second time in seven months, China’s hostages are back safe and sound from Iraq, but, like the Indian hostages who went through the same ordeal in September, their happiness is not unmixed with worry.
- Divided By Diversity (Indian Express, Balraj Puri, Jan 28, 2005)
Among the internal causes that contributed to or accentuated the problems the state of Jammu and Kashmir is faced with, most were inherent in its over centralised unitary form of Constitution which has in-built provisions for tensions
- Some Raw Intelligence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2005)
The interminable buzz of speculation over J.N. Dixit’s replacement should now thankfully cease with M.K. Narayanan, special advisor to the prime minister on internal security, being named as the country’s new national security advisor.
- Musharraf’S Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Just over a year ago the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, agreed in Islamabad that following an assurance from Gen Musharraf that he would not allow Pakistan-controlled territory to be used fo
- The Other Pervez From Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
It's easy to forget that Karachi-born Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) is a nuclear physicist when he hops around the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research auditorium switching off bulbs to screen his documentary Crossing the Lines-Kashmir
- The Afghan Story (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 25, 2005)
There was a time, not too long ago, when Afghanistan made front pages. Taliban, Bamian, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharief had become almost household words in India
- The Republic And The World (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 25, 2005)
As the nation celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Republic, the external environment has never been as favourable to independent India as it is today. Yet the nation’s foreign policy discourse is troubled by tentativeness.
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 25, 2005)
THE most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours. India and Bangladesh will survive without Myanmar gas but they will not survive comfortably if, in the absen
- Cap The Nuclear Arsenal Now (Hindu, R. Rajaraman, Jan 25, 2005)
If we in South Asia do not act now we will bequeath succeeding generations hundreds of nuclear weapons, in the shadow of whose hazards they will have to live.
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- Victory Via Mars (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 24, 2005)
As the world’s two largest democracies prepare to vote again, incumbents in India might find it useful to watch George Bush. The president of the US, fighting what has been billed as a very crucial foreign policy election,
- The Man Who Oils India's Wheels (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Jan 24, 2005)
No US ambassador since John Kenneth Galbraith massaged the Indian ego more efficiently than Robert D Blackwill. The former envoy to India (2001-2003) is now reportedly
- The Tired, Retired Admiral (Indian Express, Rajiv Shukla, Jan 24, 2005)
Some facts stare you in the face. Take the Admiral Gorshkov. It’s old, retired, straight from the junkyard. Yet this ship will be commissioned in the Indian navy in mid-2008, after a payment of $ 1.5 billion (Rs 7,000 crore). Why? Only Defence Ministry of
- Bush Sets A Daunting Task (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
When President George Bush rang the Liberty Bell to begin his second four-year term in the White House, the world heard it. His words sounded the determination to increase the number of democracies.
- Ozone In Peril (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
By all accounts, the first-ever strategic dialogue between India and China was more in the nature of a sharing of views and concerns on important issues facing them and the world, than anything else.
- Second Coming (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Muslim society's 'castelessness' is often held up as a positive contrast to caste-ridden Hindu society. Yet the reality is that Muslims are also stratified in terms of caste.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Unique Story Not Yet Fully Told (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 23, 2005)
Without any loss of time — and also without fanfare — the committee appointed to oversee the celebrations of Lal Bahadur Shastri's centenary, headed by the Prime Minister
- The Value Of Restraint (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jan 22, 2005)
Often there are surprises in India-Pakistan relations. Until a couple of years ago absence of firing along the Line of Control (LoC) made news. Last week, India, however, was taken by surprise when the news flashed that mortar shelling had taken place fro
- No Smooth Sailing (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 22, 2005)
Most observers of the Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where ‘miscreants’ have succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- A Manageable Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2005)
Pakistan's decision to refer the Baglihar dam issue to the World Bank is regrettable since it stands in stark contrast to the positive engagement with India that has unfolded over the past many months.
- Party At Crosspurpose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 21, 2005)
India and Pakistan seem determined to restart the cross-border bus from Munabao in Rajasthan to Khokhrapar in Sind, what with talks slated for the first week of March. Come summer, both Hindus and Muslims will get
- The Thaw And The Talks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2005)
The sign on this road should read: curves ahead, drive with caution. When Union Home Minister L.K. Advani sits down to talk to the Hurriyat Conference faction led by Abbas Ansari tomorrow, it will mark a historic moment in this country’s
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Minor Spark (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
The India-Pakistan ceasefire along the Line of Control and international border, in force since November 2003, was violated with Pakistani mortar fire on Tuesday. The issue remains shrouded in mystery, as Islamabad has stated that the
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Technically Speaking... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
Pakistan, it appears, has made up its mind to seek World Bank intervention over the Baglihar project issue. While it is within its rights to do so, it may not be the wisest of moves.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- Gandhi And Godse (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 19, 2005)
In Indian history, two Hindu leaders had changed the course of Hindu destiny for the worst. One was Raja Jaichand of Kannauj, whose treachery led to the establishment of Muslim rule in India.
- Dual Citizenship — Driven By Pride And Pragmatism (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 18, 2005)
India's move to allow dual citizenship can be seen as another step ahead of an emerging global power that will allow unhindered trade in services and free the citizenry to pursue opportunities wherever they arise.
- Tribals Looking Down A Barrel In Balochistan (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 18, 2005)
With its deep, warm sea waters, extremely rich mineral resources and most vital strategic position, southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province has been the
- Crisis In Balochistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 17, 2005)
All this talk about an Iran-Pakistan-India hydrocarbons pipeline has had an unintended effect of aggravating the Balochistan crisis inside Pakistan. Baloch nationalists have long been protesting against an insensitive Centre that is insensitive to their p
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