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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 12768:
- Many Heads Make Division Easier (Telegraph, Piyus Ganguly, Jul 04, 2003)
Mahatma Gandhi had once asserted that Pakistan could be formed only over his dead body. Subhas Chandra Bose had thundered from southeast Asia that “our divine motherland must not be cut.” Such warnings however fell on deaf ears. Our tired politicians
- In Anticipation (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Jul 04, 2003)
The term national security has been borrowed by Indian security analysts from their American counterparts. It broadly means securing a country’s long term objectives — an amalgam of military strategy, politics, economics, diplomacy and social security.
- Many A Slip (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2003)
A new wave of uncertainty is gripping Jammu and Kashmir. Although the state has attracted a large number of tourists this year, there are genuine fears that violence could once again engulf Kashmir in the weeks to come. This sense of uncertainty is accent
- A Relationship Beyond Tibet (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jul 03, 2003)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s China visit is being criticized for conceding advantage to China on Tibet and getting only a trading post in Sikkim in return. But what if the big story turns out to be the advanced stage of negotiations on a Tibet
- To Help The Army Fight Better (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Jul 02, 2003)
Operation SarpVinash has indisputably been the most high-profile counter-insurgency operation being conducted at the level of Jammu Corps. According to army sources, it has also been one of the most successful. The operation, of building a road to Hill
- Quizzing The General (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jul 01, 2003)
The rumpus over the answers of the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, to Prannoy Roy’s googlies only serves to underline the imperative of isolating the proposed India-Pakistan dialogue from the volatility and amplitude of the inevitable oscillations
- Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 28, 2003)
In his Life of Pi, Yann Martel has a lot to say about how to survive when ship-wrecked on the open seas. He was transporting a part of his zoo at Pondicherry to Canada when their ship ran into inclement weather and sank. Just in time, the crew were able
- Muslim Chinese (Telegraph, Jairam Ramesh, Jun 26, 2003)
What an extraordinary coincidence that just as the 50th anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mookerjee’s death fell, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was rediscovering Jawaharlal Nehru in Beijing. The irony could not be greater for Vajpayee was among the Indians who had made
- Perils Of Peace (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2003)
Indian diplomacy seems to have floundered once again. The growing popular belief that New Delhi’s foreign policy had been injected with new realism will be deeply eroded because of the latest news from Beijing and Washington, unarguably the two most ...
- Wise Men Ignore The Box (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jun 26, 2003)
The contrast was too stark. The president of Pakistan bounded up the lawns of Camp David, looking debonair, confident, at ease in front of the watching world. In another corner of the globe, the prime minister of India read out a speech at the Great Hall
- Measuring The Mood (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 26, 2003)
Globalization can help reduce poverty but it needs to be complemented with national and international actions
- One More Kargil (Telegraph, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Jun 24, 2003)
General Pervez Musharraf has threatened another Kargil if India does not engage his government on Jammu and Kashmir. That is the crux of his now famous and recent interview to a television channel. His subsequent denials, clarifications and obfuscations
- Across Borders (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2003)
The visit of the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to China will assume real significance if it manages to inject fresh momentum into Sino-Indian relations. Relations between India and China have often shown promise, but this latent potential has
- Politics Of Bat And Ball (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2003)
If sports is war minus the shooting as George Orwell had quipped, then Indo-Pak cricket is both war and peace-making rolled into one. It is a proxy war because jingoism during the matches between India and Pakistan touches a note of hysteria. It is peace-
- The Australian Way (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jun 22, 2003)
When I first visited Australia, 15 years ago, I was struck by some superficial resemblances to the United States of America. The signage on the highways and supermarkets, the sprawl of the cities out towards the suburbs, the popular love of the outdoors
- Just Be Practical (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Jun 20, 2003)
General K. Sundarji was not only India’s most flamboyant chief of staff but also one of the most brilliant theoreticians the Indian army has ever had. During the Rajiv Gandhi regime, he propounded his own theory of involving mechanized force in warfare.
- Outgoing Icc President Touches On The Gray Areas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2003)
International Cricket Council’s outgoing president Malcolm Gray has hinted that some cricket boards tried to protect their national heroes in the match-fixing scandal as a result of which not many culprits were caught. In an interview to the Melbourne
- Caught In A Vicious Trap (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jun 19, 2003)
Not much is being done about women and children being brought into the flesh trade in India from Nepal and Bangladesh
- Tv The Answer To Pillay’s Plea For Helping Hockey (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Jun 18, 2003)
Sponsors will come in if the game is televised, players packaged; the emotional pull is strong
- Great Dictator (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2003)
Making peace is always more arduous than making war. Parleys across a table demand more patience and tact than shelling borders and bombing towns. It is impossible for a military leader to fully appreciate the difficulties involved in a peace process. He
- Surely More Than Cannonfodder (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jun 16, 2003)
By sending its troops to assist US forces in Iraq, India stands to gain little, but could lose the goodwill it enjoys among the Iraqis,
- As Real As A Handshake (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 14, 2003)
John Ashcroft is not someone who is easily impressed. George W. Bush’s attorney-general would easily bond with those in the Bharatiya Janata Party, including some personal friends of the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who rightly argue that ...
- Scoring, Marking, Choking: Gains And Lessons From Oz (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Jun 10, 2003)
It’s difficult to read anything of great significance into India’s emphatic win over Australia on Sunday to win the three-nation tournament. On the face of it, this was some achievement: the tournament included the hosts and Pakistan, both countries with
- Make Haste Slowly (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jun 10, 2003)
Six weeks have gone by since the offer of the Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to resume the dialogue with Pakistan. It has got a reticently positive response from Pakistan. The media, as usual, proceeded to be enthusiastic about break-through
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- Down Under, Indian Hockey Takes Upward Swing (Indian Express, NEENA BHANDARI, Jun 09, 2003)
India beat Australia 5-3 to win the second-leg of the three-nation invitational tournament
- Teflon Leader (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
No head is more uneasy than the one that wears the crown of a military dictator who pretends to be a democratically elected leader. This fact is gradually beginning to dawn on Mr Pervez Musharraf. He is the president of Pakistan, elected through a trumped
- Build Bridges (For Communal Harmony) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
The manner in which a minor altercation between two individuals sparked off communal riots in Hyderabad is worrying.
- The General’S Musharraf) Problems (M B Naqvi) (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 08, 2003)
After getting himself elected as Pakistan’s President, amending the Constitution and holding a bogus election, General Musharraf should have been firmly in the saddle of power. But, his troubles are only beginning
- Beyond The Hyphenated Perspective (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jun 05, 2003)
India has often complained of being bracketed with Pakistan by the international community. The “India-Pakistan” hyphenated perspective of south Asia has led to a sense of frustration in New Delhi. Pakistan is seen as a shackle that prevents India from...
- An Indian In Pakistan (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jun 04, 2003)
Back in Pakistan last week after a gap of two years, I found myself back again on the familiar terrain of everyone wanting to know whether this time it is for real — or whether we are once again chasing chimeras. To demonstrate national solidarity, I
- Past Rebuke (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
It has begun to look as if West Bengal is past rebuke when it comes to public health. When the World Health Organization named the state recently as among the top in the global polio menace list — second only to Uttar Pradesh and worse than Bihar — the
- G-8 Evinces Interest On Graft In Developing Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 03, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee said today that the leaders of the seven wealthiest countries and Russia at the G-8 (Group of Eight) at Evian wanted to know why the developing countries are not tackling the endemic problem of “corruption” that is undermining
- Goodwill At Any Cost? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 11, 2002)
Given the traumatic experience this country has had with the LTTE, India would have to adopt a proactive strategy of pressing Sri Lanka to extradite the terrorist leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Jayalalithaa: In The Eye Of Another Storm (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 11, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, is right back at the centre of another political controversy. Her government has invoked POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to arrest eight MDMK functionaries for their utterances eulogising the LTTE.
- Time For A Reality Check (Hindu, Asma Khan, Jul 11, 2002)
Kashmir is back on the world consciousness and is the focus of major world powers. This is a welcome albeit late development; nonetheless, it encompasses great scope for ending the protracted impasse in Kashmir.
- The Border Confrontation (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Jul 11, 2002)
The test of success in the present coercive diplomacy is not the discomfiture of Pakistan but the resolution of the Kashmir problem.
- Cabinet Reshuffle -- Check, Checkmate (Business Line, Harihar Swarup , Jul 11, 2002)
Establishing Mr L. K. Advani's supremacy both in the government and the party, and the indication that the BJP would henceforth adopt hard line functioning, were obviously the twin objectives of the recent Cabinet and organisational changes.
- Letting Kashmir Simmer (National Post, Editorial, National Post, Jul 08, 2002)
Following a brief period of what seemed like progress, relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir have returned to their normal state of brewing animosity.
- The Moderate Deputy Pm (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 06, 2002)
As reshuffles go, it is hard to deny that last week’s effort was a bit of a dud.
- Nuclear Brinkmanship (Providence Journal, Editorial, Providence Journal, Jun 03, 2002)
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cost 10 million lives or more. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf engages in such provocative activities as testing missiles and implying that his nation might use nuclear weapons first.
- Nuclear High-Wire Act (Washington Times, Jed Babin, May 30, 2002)
Some wars are avoidable. It appears that the coming war between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region is not. We may not be able to act soon enough to stop war from breaking out, but we must take action to prevent nuclear escalation.
- The Most Dangerous Place In The World (New York Times, Salman Rushdie, May 30, 2002)
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjŕ vu replay of the last one. Will the outcome also be a replay of three years ago? Will the conflict be contained again?
- Pakistan Cannot Expect The Support Of India's Muslims (Independent (UK), M.J. Akbar, May 30, 2002)
A revealing but rarely revealed fact is that Muslims in the rest of India give no support whatsoever to the separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority valley of Kashmir, that charming bit of paradise that could trigger off history's first nuclear war.
- Musharraf Set To Win Pakistan Poll, But At A Cost (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 28, 2002)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is set for a comfortable victory in a referendum on Tuesday to extend his rule for five years, but in the process he has damaged his credibility both at home and abroad.
- It's Not Winning That Matters In Pakistan (Gulf News, Nasim Zehra, Apr 26, 2002)
President Pervez Musharraf has promised to strengthen Constitutionalism, the prime ministership and the parliamentary form of government through a strengthened presidency. And developments during the past few weeks point towards a strong possibility of Mu
- Musharraf's Order Or Disorder? (News International, Farhan Bokhari, Apr 25, 2002)
The success of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's General President, at next Tuesday's referendum may already be a foregone conclusion, thanks to the widespread state-cum-'nazim' backed struggle to make his campaign anything but a failure.
- Economic Ties With Us (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Apr 25, 2002)
Pakistan and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint forum following a meeting between finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the US treasury secretary Paul O'Neil.
- Time To Think Things Out (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Apr 25, 2002)
The closest the US has come to distancing itself from the referendum is to suggest that the process should be open to review by the courts, a review that is now in progress.
- Musharraf Falters (Sacramento Bee, Editorial, Sacramento Bee, Apr 25, 2002)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf did much to enhance the credibility of his unelected military regime in Pakistan last fall by backing the U.S. war in Afghanistan. In return, Washington offered aid and ended sanctions imposed after Pakistan nuclear testing in 1998.
- Our Long-Term Enemy (Guardian (UK), Peter Preston, Apr 22, 2002)
General Pervez Musharraf has summoned Pakistanis to a wholly spurious referendum on April 30 so that they may vote to keep him as head of state, head of the army and head of anything meaningful for the next five years.
- Musharraf Opens A New Political Front (Gulf News, Nasim Zehra, Apr 12, 2002)
Wearing army fatigues and throwing caution to the wind, Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf launched his political career at the Lahore referendum rally.
- An Epistle To Mr Advani (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 05, 2002)
Dear Advaniji,
You have begun what is unquestionably the most profound and consequential interaction between our country and the United States of America since the two meetings between the then president, Bill Clinton, and the prime minister.
- Air War And Ground Reality (Telegraph, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 05, 2002)
The ground offensive of the Northern Alliance has quickly cleared most of Afghanistan from the control of the taliban. The powerful air attacks could not by themselves force the taliban out of their strongholds.
- Baker’s Attitude Can’t But Prejudice Indo-Uk Relations: Nehru (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2002)
As early as 1 February 1948, Patrick Gordon-Walker, the junior minister in the Commonwealth Relations Office, had warned that the ‘‘Indians will be mortally offended if we put forward the idea (of admitting Pakistani troops into Kashmir) publicly’’.
- Bangladesh: Worrisome Indicators (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 05, 2002)
THE recent incidents on the Indo-Bangladeshi border are under enquiry by the Government and one has to await the results before assessing whether these were isolated incidents unlikely to have an adverse impact on the bilateral relations.
- New Great Guessing Game: Where’s Osama? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2002)
WHEN Osama bin Laden seemed to melt into the snow-capped mountains of in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago, many speculated that he had made a simple escape, taking an obvious route.
- Bono Who? (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Feb 05, 2002)
Young Omar Abdullah, the 31-year-old minister of state in the MEA, makes no pretence of enjoying the good life outside South Block.
- Ivanov’s Cold War Comfort For India (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Feb 05, 2002)
As the stakes rise in the subcontinent, the Washington Wizards are scoring over Moscow. New Delhi, for now, is cheering on the winning side.
- Mr. Bush's Gesture Towards India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 05, 2002)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, has adopted a cautious yet proactive approach to exert political pressure on Islamabad to address India's spiralling security concerns about the activities of some of the Pakistan-encouraged terrorist organisations.
- Act With Restraint (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2002)
THERE can be no two views on the charge that the terrorists who struck at Parliament House on December 13 found their job easier than expected because of the slack security measures in force in and around the edifice.
- Moment Of Parting (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Feb 04, 2002)
Most historical events have heroes and villains — perhaps more villains than we actually care to record.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Premen Addy , Feb 04, 2002)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Will Musharraf Endure? (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 04, 2002)
FOR nearly two months now, there have been no major public demonstrations in Pakistan over the US-led `war' against terrorism in Afghanistan and over the co-operation extended to this `war' by Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Will Megawati Be Her Own Person? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 04, 2002)
TWO years ago, when Indonesia's presidentship was snatched away from her by Islamic zealots, for a number of reasons, not the least of which was her gender, she had burst into tears.
- Wanted In Pakistan, A Suitable Prime Minister (Indian Express, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Feb 03, 2002)
THE biggest controversy in political circles in Pakistan today is not whether elections will be held, but who will be able to participate in them.
- A Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Feb 03, 2002)
Reading Pervez Musharraf’s famous speech well after it was delivered, I was impressed by how craven it was. Not in the sense of being a command performance ordered by the Americans;
- Doon’s Tailors And The National Fabric (Indian Express, Anil Nauriya , Feb 03, 2002)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Hindu Jagran Manch tell women not to visit Kotdwar’s male (predominantly-Muslim) tailors to give measurements...(News item)
- Best Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
Diplomacy, it has famously been said, is war carried on by other means.
- Difficult Sail For India Inc (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Feb 02, 2002)
PERFORMANCE-WISE, it has been a forgettable year for the Indian corporate sector.
- Brawn Worked, Now The Brain (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 02, 2002)
We must thank the Pakistanis for reviving interest in a flagging story.
- ‘There Is No Shift In Bjp’s Position, We Only Want Govt To Put A Decisive End To Terrorism’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
Pakistan-bashing has been the staple diet of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and its re-incarnation, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Pull Back From The Brink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2002)
THE `DIPLOMATIC SANCTIONS' that New Delhi has imposed on Pakistan show the determination to sustain pressure on Pakistan.
- Options And Hunches (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Feb 02, 2002)
The shrill cries for a singing response to the terrorist assault on Parliament House in the form either of hot pursuit of militants in future or of bombing raids on bases of such jihadi outfits as Jaish-e-Mohammad are easy to understand.
- Meeting The Challenge Of Terror? (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Feb 02, 2002)
India's greatest strength is its democracy. The attack on its symbol can best be answered by renewing our faith in, and resolve to strengthen, democracy.
- Between War And Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 02, 2002)
The international diplomatic dimension will be as important as the military moves that India and Pakistan may make in the next few days.
- Pre-Emptive Strike (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
IT must be the single most unappreciated sector in India.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- Mission Kashmir (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
Jammu and Kashmir is labouring under many disadvantages.
- Peak Season Blues (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Feb 01, 2002)
IT’S peak tourist season in old world Bikaner, but the town looks desolate and dead. The slew of heritage resorts — palaces, havelis, hunting lodges, et al, present a sombre appearance.
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