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Articles 10821 through 10920 of 12768:
- 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
- Happy Birthday, Asif (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Jul 29, 2003)
Last week, Asif Zardari spent his seventh consecutive birthday alone in prison. He remains a hostage to his wife’s political career. A male spouse in a traditional society that elected the Muslim world’s first woman prime minister was bound to find ...
- No Sacred Cows In Democracy (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 29, 2003)
The defence minister says the media should not exaggerate the Akhnoor incident. But even a straight report makes dismal reading. A brigadier is killed in the attack. A lieutenant general, leading the Northern Command, is injured. Another lieutenant ...
- 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.
- After Iraq War, The Other Debate (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 29, 2003)
Just like the war in Iraq split the West down the middle, says David Mulford, a former Under Secretary at the US Treasury and currently international chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, the question of what to do with Baghdad’s $100 billion foreign
- ‘war Against Terror Cannot Be Won Till Terror Against India Ends Permanently’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 28, 2003)
US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-chief, The Indian Express, on the security situation in the subcontinent and the rapid advancements in the Indo-US relations. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s ...
- Dhoot, Bhoot, Jhoot (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 27, 2003)
Ever since the death of Dayanand Sahay, an MP from Bihar, rumour has gained ground that the bungalow in which he lived on Pandit Pant Marg is haunted. The Parliamentary housing committee claims that it offered the house to 15 MPs, all of whom declined
- Future Shock (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 27, 2003)
To save Islamabad any embarrassment during the fledgling peace process, New Delhi may have spared him the ignominy of a Kargil victory reminder but the Pak President has little reason for comfort. His fellow Kargil architect and coup plotter, General
- How About Some Lessons On Security? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 27, 2003)
Muneer's story made it onto the inside pages of a couple of national newspapers for one day last week. It is a terrible story that reflects the stupidity and ugliness of the Indian state in all its horror but, because us political pundits like to ponder
- Blackwill Fires Parting Shot At Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
‘Terrorism across LoC still on, consequences if promises made to US President not kept’
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
WHAT it took just a few hours to ground is costing the nation its age-old patience. After protracted debates over the hows and whys of building a Ram temple on the land where the Babri Masjid was brought down on December 6, 1992, the Parliament gets
- Chugging Along The Samata Track (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Jul 27, 2003)
The following resolutions were passed at a ‘‘secret’’ conclave to resolve the crisis in the Samata Party. • The party condemned the casteist politics of Laloo Prasad Yadav. It was decided that Nitish Kumar would head a panel that would look at discrim
- Martyr’S Father Holds His Own ‘kargil Divas’ (Indian Express, Rakesh Sinha , Jul 27, 2003)
His son’s been gone four years. But there’s not a day when he doesn’t speak to him, turning to his picture and cracking jokes, filling him in with all that’s happening at home. But this morning, Prof S.K. Nayyar rose early. He was in a hurry: His son,
- Concern In Kabul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2003)
Let’s hope that Islamabad listens carefully to what Karzai has to say — and acts responsibly
- ‘they (Hurriyat) Want A Signal From Pm...There Is A Thaw ’ (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 26, 2003)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed is optimistic about the latest peace initiative. On a visit to the Capital this week, during which he met Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he spoke to Neerja Chowdhury
- No Rubbing Kargil Salt In Pak Wound (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 26, 2003)
For the second year in succession, the Government has decided not to take the lead in the Kargil Vijay Divas celebrations tomorrow. If it was the tense border stand-off last year which made the Government rethink, this year it’s the ongoing peace process
- New Delhi Is Abuzz Over Blackwill’s Quiet Trip To Kabul (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 26, 2003)
In what was closely followed by diplomats here, US Ambassador Robert Blackwill—who leaves India at the end of the month after two years—made an unannounced visit to Kabul last weekend to get a first-hand assessment of the shifting strategic equations in
- An Army, Media-Trained (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 25, 2003)
The militant attack on the army camp in Tanda, Akhnoor, the killing of a deputy superintendent of police in Rajauri, the attack on piligrims at the base of the climb to the Vaishno Devi shrine — all happened in the space of 12 hours. I climbed up Vaishno
- The General’s Global Obsession (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 25, 2003)
One reason Pak is in such a mess today is that in the pursuit of an illusory international status, Pak Govts neglected domestic, regional affairs
- Karzai To Pak: Indians Building Schools, You Want Me To Stop Them? (Indian Express, AHMED RASHID, Jul 25, 2003)
Afghan leaders blame Pak for brainwashing jehadis into believing India with Northern Alliance has taken over Kabul
- Season For Hawks To Sheath Claws: Bjp, Rss Team On Way To Pakistan (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 25, 2003)
Seven leaders from the Sangh Parivar, three from the RSS and four from the BJP, are expected to join a 50-member delegation scheduled to leave for Islamabad on August 9.
- Fazal-Ur Was More Than Pr: ‘kashmiris Won’t Get Our Guns Forever’ (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jul 25, 2003)
Returning home, Pakistan’s hardline Opposition leader Maulana Fazal-ur Rahman today raised hackles when he declined to retract from his remarks made in India and said, ‘‘we will not give guns to Kashmiris for ever and they should be given an opportunity
- Surgical Strike By New Delhi: Kinder, Gentler (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2003)
The smile on Noor Fatima’s face is now increasingly symbolising the change in India-Pak relationship. Inspired by the chord her story has struck across the country, India today decided to fund the travel, stay and medical treatment of 20 Pakistani ...
- Face-Off: Crossing The (Durand) Line (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 24, 2003)
Once the staunchest of allies, Pakistan and Afghanistan are beginning to fall out as Islamabad continues to look upon Kabul as its ‘fifth province’
- When Hardliners Meet (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jul 24, 2003)
Here's a nugget from the first ever meeting between Indian and Pakistani hardliners this week. Visiting Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman is believed to have bluntly asked VHP leaders Ashok Singhal and Giriraj Kishore how many mosques they
- Terror: Centre Holds Its Nerve, Looks Ahead (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 24, 2003)
Strongly reinforcing the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process, Defence Minister George Fernandes today made a distinction between Pakistan and infiltrating militants, saying the latter’s attempts to step up violence would not succeed in rolling back the peace
- Rocky Road To Peace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2003)
THE ROAD TO India-Pakistan peace is as full of hidden mines and booby-traps as any stretch of the Line of Control. Aside from killing eight Army personnel, including a brigadier, and injuring two three-star generals, a two-star general, a ...
- Father Hears An Attack Echo (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jul 23, 2003)
A half-empty bus, more number of escort vehicles and three passengers turned back to Pakistan from Wagah, Khaleeq-ur-Rehman’s return journey on the Sada-e-Sarhad was a sharp contrast to the festive mood which marked his trip on July 11 aboard the same
- When Boundaries Cease To Matter (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 23, 2003)
INDIANS and Pakistanis who are susceptible to their respective governments' propaganda machinery develop an unexplained, unjustified antagonism, if not plain hatred and mistrust, for the people of the neighbouring country. This mistrust takes myriad forms
- A New Policy To Turn Iraq Around (Indian Express, K. P. Fabian, Jul 23, 2003)
It is time the international community, especially the United States and the Arab states, gave serious consideration to a paradigm shift in their policy on Iraq. It is painfully clear that the current policy is not working.
- Not A Pipe Dream (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Jul 23, 2003)
Ordinary citizens are well aware of the shortfalls in power supply that reportedly anguished IT baron Azim Premji recently. It is a daily part of their lives, that is, except where there is no electricity at all, as is the case with 44 per cent households
- Target: After Pilgrims, The Army (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Jul 23, 2003)
Brigadier dead, chief of Northern Army injured as they inspect camp where 7 were killed
- Beyond The Iraq Decision (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 23, 2003)
India's "no troops" decision suggests that the creeping "American veto" in our internal affairs is not irreversible.
- Pak’s New Jihad: Riding With Uncle Sam (Indian Express, Ayaz Amir, Jul 22, 2003)
Pitiless are the wages of jihad. True to its General Zia-bestowed motto of ‘‘Jihad in the cause of Allah,’’ the high command of that quintessentially Islamic force, the Pakistan Army, is keen, nay desperate, to ride out into the Iraqi desert to do sergean
- The Road To Friendship (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 22, 2003)
If travel broadens the mind, there’s nothing more worthwhile than a bus or train journey to readjust the centripetal lobes. Unlike aeroplanes which simply take you from place A to B, via dressed-up duty frees, the bus/train allows the traveller to discard
- Arrested Uk Couple Say They Got ‘go Ahead’ At Wagah (Indian Express, Rachna Subir Sen, Jul 21, 2003)
The British couple of Bangladeshi origin, who breached security at Wagah yesterday, claim they had left only after a go-ahead from a uniformed man at the border checkpost. ‘‘An officer in uniform was sitting at the entry. I don’t know who he was but after
- India On Mind, Us To Relook At Un Option In Iraq: Bremer (Indian Express, T.V. Parasuram, Jul 21, 2003)
The United States is looking into the possibility of securing a UN resolution which will make it easier for India to send its troops to Iraq, the top US civilian official in Iraq, L Paul Bremer, said today. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is look
- The Tube’s Own Open Heart Policy (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 21, 2003)
Poor, dear Noor. Poor Noor’s parents. When they boarded the Lahore bus and arrived in Bangalore seeking a cure for the girl’s ailment, little did they realise they were actually there to mend Indo-Pak fences. According to the media, the successful ...
- When Hawks Coo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2003)
Maulana Fazl-ul Rahman, the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and secretary general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the major opposition party in Pakistan’s National Assembly has said all the right things that appeal to the Indian heart and mind
- Pakistan’s Anti-India Pathology (Indian Express, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jul 21, 2003)
Probably the most significant utterance made by General Pervez Musharraf made at his Camp David meeting with President George Bush last month went unnoticed by the press. At one point, after US President Bush declared that he is “hopeful that the two ...
- Pitch Queered, Bcci Goes To Sleep (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Jul 21, 2003)
: India's hopes of a revival in its pace fortunes have taken a serious hit. The BCCI’s Ground and Wickets Committee chairman G Kasturirangan, who was leading the much-hyped Green Revolution that promised faster pitches across the country, has resigned.
- Isi Lying Low As Militants Fidget, Waiting For Signal (Indian Express, M ILYAS KHAN, Jul 21, 2003)
Once thought by local people to be the abode of a fairy named Shamsa, the 12,000-foot high Shamsbari mountain towers calmly over the often restive Lipa valley. There are no border incursions by militants and no retaliatory Indian fire to drive residents
- Trade As Foreign Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 21, 2003)
The agreement reached last week with Bangladesh to start talks on free trade could mark an important turning point in the politics of the subcontinent. It confirms the trend that the logic of economic cooperation must eventually prevail over the
- A Forward-Looking Visit? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 21, 2003)
The people are puzzled when the leader of a major politico-religious party from Pakistan chooses to visit India on a goodwill mission. Their bewilderment is all the greater when he speaks the language of moderation on Indo-Pakistan relations. Wide
- Post-Heroic War: Why Us Wants Our Troops (Indian Express, EJAZ HAIDER, Jul 19, 2003)
The Indian Government has finally refused to send its troops to Iraq and formally notified the Bush administration of its decision. But the issue is still open in Pakistan. The question of why the United States would want Pakistani and Indian troops in
- On China, Just Get Real (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jul 19, 2003)
Ever since the disastrous 1962 conflict with China, Indians have been either fed the impression that China is a power itching to expand its frontiers across the Himalayas, or it has been portrayed by its apologists in India as a benign neighbor who bears
- Development Approaches (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jul 19, 2003)
If the human development approach is to lead anywhere in the formulation of alternative policy perspectives, its advocates have to look at taking it further than refinement of the human development index.
- Vajpayee Visit - Foreign Policy Lessons From China (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jul 18, 2003)
The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's China visit has important foreign policy lessons for India. There is in India a tendency to look at China as the greatest threat, or believe that Beijing is all goodwill. But what we need to remember is that
- Pak Hawk Coos Like A Dove: Shimla Must Be Yardstick (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 18, 2003)
Encouraged by the possibility of Pakistan’s religious hawks reinventing themselves, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has sent out the message that barring those elements who are ‘‘dangerous and hostile,’’ everyone’s welcome in India.
- A New Big Game In Central Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 18, 2003)
The U.S. has moved to put a bigger foot in the South Caucasus and Central Asia... Russia has responded by boosting its military and economic presence, and building multilateral security structures in the region.
- Education Abroad, Doctors’ Fees: You Can Spend $1 Lakh (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2003)
Buoyed by huge foreign exchange reserves—currently at $80 billion—the Reserve Bank of India has further eased the release of forex. Liberalising current account transaction norms, the RBI has raised limits for release of foreign exchange for
- Make It An Asian Century (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Jul 18, 2003)
By bureaucratic happenstance, I am the only Indian professional who witnessed all the four seasons that marked our ties with China. I accompanied S. Radhakrishnan, then vice president, on his official visit in September 1957. It was the High Summer of the
- Qayamat’s Day Of Judgement (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Jul 18, 2003)
Want to know the mind of Indian Muslims? Turn to Bollywood. It will tell you, in its own “innovative” style, why most Indian Muslims are Pakistanis at heart. Or how they readily agree to be hirelings of the ISI. Painting Indian Muslims as fanatics, go
- Towards Positive Unilateralism (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2003)
Taking unilateral steps on trade, economic cooperation and people-to-people contact will help India liberate itself from the limiting confines of the current negotiating framework with Pakistan.
- At Deoband, They Ask About A Brand New Dove: Why’s He Here? (Indian Express, Rakesh Sinha , Jul 17, 2003)
In his dingy room at Darul-Uloom, second only to Cairo’s Al Azhar in the list of Islam’s hallowed seminaries, Mohammed Afzal shakes his head as he reads the papers: ‘‘Do you know what they say of the madarsas? That it’s a breeding ground for terror. Why
- A Temple Will Be Built At Birthplace Of Ram: Advani (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 17, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani couldn’t have found a more receptive and gleeful audience when he today declared that the ‘‘aspirations of the people will definitely be fulfilled and a Mandir constructed at the Ram Janmasthan.’’
- Unresolved At Shimla (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jul 17, 2003)
History tells us that the rulers of Delhi have always lost the battles of Panipat. (When Rajiv Gandhi, then prime minister and thus master of Delhi, described the Haryana Vidhan Sabha polls of 1987 as “the fourth battle of Panipat” he betrayed a gift for
- High Risks, Low Benefits (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Jul 16, 2003)
At the end of 1992, the US had asked India to quickly send a brigade group — over 4000 soldiers — to control the situation spiraling out of control in Somalia. Although there was already a UN Observer Group under a Pakistani commander in Somalia, there
- Small Steps, But Long Road Ahead (Indian Express, Michael Krepon , Jul 16, 2003)
Risk takers can make big messes or big successes, especially when they lead nuclear-armed rivals and when they have little in common except their fondness for bold maneuvers and impatience with diplomacy. Think of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev,
- Us, India Aur Woh (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Jul 16, 2003)
There was some irrational gloating in India when Musharraf did not get the F-16s from the United States. The general assessment here was that the general’s visit to Washington was only a partial success. Wishful thinking is all very well but some ...
- Indo-Pak Story, Happy Ending (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
I hope our relations get better and better. Why must mothers like me and babies like Noor suffer?’’ That’s what a tired and worried mother Tayyuba Sajjad said when she reached New Delhi on the evening of July 11 on board the first Lahore bus. Well, as for
- Moving Saarc Forward (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
SOUTH ASIAN COOPERATION can make headway in a meaningful manner for the region's huge population only if India and Pakistan show genuine progress towards normality in their bilateral relations. Their continuing differences have stunted the growth ...
- Iraq Roadblock (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 15, 2003)
Truth is, the BJP-led government lost its nerve on sending combat troops to Iraq. For a leadership which went nuclear within two months of coming to power in 1998 without consulting anybody in the Opposition, the ‘‘lack of domestic consensus’’ argument
- Us Reaction: A Little Regret But That’s But That’s No Big Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2003)
In its first reaction, Washington expressed its disappointment but reiterated that it would not come in the way of its growing engagement with Delhi. According to a US Embassy spokesman, Washington ‘‘had hoped India would take a different decision...
- Troops May Not Go To Baghdad But Gi Joe Is Learning Hindi (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jul 15, 2003)
New interest in region prompts US Defence to set up system to translate Hindi to English, search databases
- The Post-War Afghan Economy (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 15, 2003)
Over the last year, a strategy to reconstruct and revive the war-ravaged economy of Afghanistan has been put in place with the support and under the influence of international donors. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar a nd Jayati Ghosh ...
- The Right And Sensible Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2003)
THE VAJPAYEE GOVERNMENT'S decision not to send troops to occupied Iraq will be widely welcomed. It is the triumph of democratic national opinion and political good sense over vacillating tendencies and grandiose visions of realpolitik, which ...
- Ending An Era Of Indignity (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Jul 15, 2003)
The bipartisan consensus (on conferring citizenship on Tamils of recent Indian origin) is a good augury. It will take the issue away from the arena of competitive politics, which has done incalculable harm to Sri Lanka.
- ‘sachin Is A Living Legend But He Can’t Be An Olympian’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 14, 2003)
Indian hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, about the new resurgence in the team’s fortunes. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk
- A Case Study For A Lost Minister (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 14, 2003)
It is most reassuring to realise that in your absence, the dry heat may have yielded to cool monsoon showers, but Ayodhya is still where it always was (in the headlines) and not a hair on Parvati’s head is out of place no matter how hard the ill wind
- Lonely In Lahore: Indian Airlines (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jul 13, 2003)
When the bus from Delhi rolled in last evening, G M Pillai cheered, with one eye on the sky. In a little office on Davis Road, Pillai has been playing the lone ranger, the pointman for an airline which hasn’t flown from this city for some years now.
- Breaking Free With Reality, In Grand Style (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 13, 2003)
As I watched Sonia Gandhi’s lady-in-waiting, Ambika Soni, articulate her leader’s ‘‘new vision’’ last week I realised that it was time for me to revise my political views. My main objection to Sonia being prime minister of India used to be that as she was
- Omar Breaks Free, Of Father And Nda (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 13, 2003)
Rattled by the consolidation of Mufti Mohammad Syed’s People’s Democratic Party and the steady rise of doves within the separatist Hurriyat, the National Conference today snapped its ties with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in a bid to position
- Is A Storm Brewing In The Valley? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 13, 2003)
The 'Healing Touch' policy of the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Government in Jammu and Kashmir could soon be tested by sterner challenges than it has had to face so far, writes PRAVEEN SWAMI.
- Hurriyat’s New Boss: Moderate Moulvi (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jul 13, 2003)
Minutes after taking over as the Hurriyat chief today, Moulvi Abbas Ansari gave a clean chit to People’s Conference (PC), saying that hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani had ‘‘misunderstood the situation’’ by calling for its expulsion from the conglomerate.
- "A People's Movement Against Violence" (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 13, 2003)
Interviews with the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, used to be a journalist's delight. Dramatic polemic and theatrical political gestures were abundant, peppered liberally with invective against Pakistan. The style ...
- Afghan, Pak Forces Exchange Fire Again (Indian Express, Reuters, Jul 13, 2003)
Afghan and Pakistani troops exchanged fire on their border on Saturday and an Afghan commander said encroaching Pakistani forces had been driven back. Clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces have been erupting intermittently for several weeks with
- Beyond Memories And Complexes (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jul 10, 2003)
J.N. Dixit argues that India should distinguish between being suspicious and being alert with regard to China
- What Summits Are All About (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 09, 2003)
If, instead of greeting each other with the usual handshake, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, had hugged and kissed each other the way Leonid Brezhnev used to greet his east European counterparts, it is very likely that much of
- Show Time For Hockey (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Jul 06, 2003)
Indian hockey needs TV coverage to grow. The IHF has begun work but much needs to be done.
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