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Articles 20121 through 20220 of 21681:
- Saarc Talks: India Keeps All Guessing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
India today made it clear that no bilateral meeting has been fixed between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani leaders on the sidelines of the Saarc summit in Islamabad next month. ‘‘No meeting has been fixed,’’ Foreign Secretary Shashank
- World By Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
The emergence of the US as the world’s only military power and most powerful economic player is blazoned all over the events of 2003
- What Led To Bhutan Operations Now (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Dec 27, 2003)
ALTHOUGH India has been pressuring Bhutan to carry out operations against the North-East insurgent groups based in its jungles for a long time, senior defence officials point out two reasons for the launch of the action against them now.
- A Challenge To Pakistan Army (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 27, 2003)
The assassination attempt on the life of the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, on Thursday has come as a challenge to the Pakistan Army. Known to be able to defend and look after its own, the twin suicide attacks on Christmas Day reveal that the
- Musharraf Is Lucky (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf has had a providential escape in the second attempt on his life in 10 days. His security had been heightened to an unprecedented level after the previous attack. By still daring to launch a suicidal attempt, the bombers
- Shadow Over Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
As he survives another murder bid, it’s time to assess challenges the region faces
- Shining From Within (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 27, 2003)
The world wants India to rise and shine, the task at hand is at home
- Under Dangerous Siege (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
THE ATTEMPT ON the life of Pervez Musharraf, the unelected President of Pakistan, the second in 10 days, is shocking for how close his would-be assassins came to accomplishing their mission. Although it is not clear yet who is responsible for the ...
- No Ceasefire On This (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Dec 27, 2003)
Ahmedabad multiplex featuring movie site for Army’s show and tell, top brass line up too
- Missing Pieces In The Jigsaw (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2003)
In the topsy-turvy universe of insurgency-scarred Jammu and Kashmir, the abnormal became the normal. So thoroughly had violence permeated life, whether it was the terror perpetrated by militants or by the police/army, that blood on the streets became as
- Pitching It Too High (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 26, 2003)
Gymkhana ground, Bombay, December 15,1933. India’s captain, C.K. Nayudu, wins the toss and elects to bat in the first test match against the Douglas Jardine-led England team, fresh from their victory in the “Bodyline” series against Australia. Making his
- Enemy Number One (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Dec 26, 2003)
There is a general consensus among security analysts that the post-Cold War era is witnessing a deterioration in India’s strategic environment. But scholars differ regarding the nature of security challenges that India faces. Is China or Pakistan the ...
- We Strongly Condemn, Says Delhi, Wary Of Saarc Security (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 26, 2003)
Within hours, New Delhi strongly condemned the second assassination bid on Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf today amid mounting security concern among the planners for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s forthcoming Saarc visit to Islamabad.
- Growth Of Chinese Textile Industry - Can India Weave The Same Magic? (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 26, 2003)
CHINA and India have significant similarities. For both countries, the chief task at hand is how best to juxtapose economic development with social upliftment of the masses, who account for about 40 per cent of world's population.
- On The Road To Islamabad (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 26, 2003)
Can a major terrorist act derail this Indo-Pak peace process? Former US ambassadors Frank Wisher, Nicholas Platt and Dennis Kux, authors of the report of the Task Force on South Asia sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society, were
- Who Is Afraid Of India? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 26, 2003)
Three days in Karachi and two in Lahore do not provide sufficient credentials for a summary statement on Pakistan. One impression is still overwhelming. Men and women at practically all levels could not be friendlier. Gestures of affection spilled over
- The Chinese Are Changing (Telegraph, Jairam Ramesh, Dec 25, 2003)
Bonhomie between India and Pakistan is in the air yet again. Somewhat unexpectedly, the rhetoric emanating from Islamabad is subdued, moderate and even statesmanlike. Many believe that American pressure is finally paying off and that Pakistan is, at last,
- For Its Own Good (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2003)
Only a failed state allows its territory to be used by mercenaries from other lands. Bangladesh may not be a failed state in the sense that many banana republics have been. But its refusal to even look into the complaint about the presence of rebels from
- Could Musharraf Be Right? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 25, 2003)
There are three things that Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf must not do if the process of normalization of ties with India is to proceed apace.
- The Nuclear Axis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
America cannot continue to downplay Pakistan’s role in nuclear proliferation
- General Need For A Reality Check (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 24, 2003)
That Iran and Libya have opened their WMD programmes for US inspection should tell Musharraf a few things
- Pota Remains Self-Defeating (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 24, 2003)
THE two-judge judgement upholding the validity of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 (POTA), will understandably cause disappointment. The verdict negatived the submission that legislative competence to pass POTA rests in the State (Public Order Entry)
- New Delhi De-Hypes January Summit (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 24, 2003)
Announcing that the ceasefire was holding and infiltration across the border was down—as first reported by The Sunday Express—Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today led the charge to tone down expectations of a breakthrough at the January SAARC summit.
- Peace By Piece (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 24, 2003)
As India and Pakistan enter the final week in the run-up to the SAARC summit in Islamabad, little gestures that help to significantly improve at least the bilateral atmosphere if not the substance, seem to be the order of the day. Such as the courtesy ...
- Another Approach To Afghanistan (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Dec 24, 2003)
Afghanistan could be better off adopting a policy of neutrality.
- In Denver, Madhuri Is Her Own Domestic Help (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 23, 2003)
Back home in Mumbai from the US, superstar MADHURI DIXIT spoke to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about balancing career and baby — and of a husband clueless about Hindi cinema. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s ...
- Oil Psus: About Turn On Cross-Holdings (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 23, 2003)
The December 18 CCEA decision to allow oil PSUs to dilute their cross-holdings is a tacit admission that the Government had erred in its February 1998 move to allow such holdings in the first place. The Government has implicitly acknowledged that the ...
- India Shining? Indeed, In Its People! (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, Dec 23, 2003)
AT AN inter-city airport in South Africa, a photo-journalist covering the Cricket World Cup earlier this year was confronted by a charming lady who quipped: "Are you from India? Pity your boys lost in the finals!" This admiration-filled remark was indeed
- Nuclear Neighbours (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Dec 23, 2003)
One effective institutional arrangement is the creation of a nuclear risk reduction centre each in India and Pakistan.
- Good For Now (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
In a situation of deadlock, if one side seems to shift a little, something is changing. That is the most positive way that Mr Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion can be viewed. He has said that Pakistan’s demand for a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir has been
- Learning To Behave Like A Victor (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Certain images stay embedded in one’s memory. As a child reading a volume of the Book of Knowledge, there was a picture of an immaculately clad captain in uniform standing ramrod straight, hand raised in salute, going down with his ship. In the background
- A Step Forward? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 22, 2003)
The departure from the extreme, maximal positions taken by India and Pakistan could be a helpful factor though, by itself, it would not bring an acceptable solution within sight.
- Two Alone (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 22, 2003)
In the week the general unleashed his goodwill offensive on the question of plebiscite in Kashmir, Britain’s FINANCIAL TIMES offered a provocative thesis. India and Pakistan have so far relied on Washington to coax and pressure them into talking, but the
- Arjun Tank Nowhere In Sight (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 22, 2003)
MAIN Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, slated to be added to India’s armoured might at the turn of the century, appears to be having serious birth-pangs. The 57th report of the Public Accounts Committee (2003-2004) on the design and development of MBT, presented
- Take It Or Fall Behind (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 22, 2003)
Does south Asia have genuinely independent alternatives for more self-respecting national futures
- Open Borders And Closed Minds (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2003)
The recent call by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for open borders in the subcontinent has generated an enthusiastic response. But on both sides of the Indo-Nepal border, one of the most open in the world, there are voices demanding its tight
- The Shadow Over Musharraf (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Dec 22, 2003)
The last vehicle of General Musharraf’s convoy had barely crossed the Ammar Chowk Bridge in Rawalpindi on December 14, when five bombs placed under the bridge detonated simultaneously. General Musharraf was returning to his residence from the Islamabad...
- Taliban Wants 50 Men For 2 Indians (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 21, 2003)
The ousted Afghan Taliban militia is demanding the release of 50 imprisoned militants in return for two Indian engineers they are holding hostage, a rebel commander said on Saturday.
- News Reel 14-12-03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• Tikrit’s tyrant meets with an anti-climax as the US forces dig him out from a ‘‘spiderhole’’ in Iraq. White House hails Saddam Hussein’s capture as the moment in its war so far, but warns it might not be the end of violence in Iraq. Days after the event
- Cross-Border Terror Tap Is Now A Trickle (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 21, 2003)
Infiltration across border last month dips to double digits, first time in 3 years
- They Have Gone To War After 138 Years, For Us (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 21, 2003)
This week, the govt TV channel in this Bhutanese border town has been broadcasting appeals to citizens to donate blood. Across the border, at an Indian Air Force hospital, doctors are giving blood transfusions and performing emergency surgery on Royal ...
- Us Visa Makes Blood Relatives, Literally (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Dec 21, 2003)
Outside a sprawling bungalow in New Delhi’s posh Vasant Vihar, stand an unusual number of Tata Sumos with Punjab numberplates. As each new one comes to a halt, families from villages near Jalandhar and Ludhiana alight and troop in. They are all here for
- A Change In Rhetoric (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
IN OFFERING to leave aside Pakistan's long-standing demand for the implementation of United Nations resolutions on a plebiscite in Kashmir, President Pervez Musharraf has changed the tone of his country's rhetoric on the subject. This departure ...
- Indian Unification (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Mr Vajpayee’s call for a common currency is more than an economic agenda. It looks towards a deeper unification
- Doing Nothing Is Hard Work (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 20, 2003)
I spent my childhood and youth shirking work by bunking school and college lectures. But for the fear of parents and teachers, I had no problem spending my days playing and loafing about. That attitude to life continued into the years in office. I found
- Acknowledging Realities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
A LOT of water has flowed down the Jhelum during the five decades and much has changed in the subcontinent and the world. Of late, President Pervez Musharraf has been taking into account these changes. He is trying to be realistic when he expresses his...
- ‘what Are The Issues Between Us Minus Kashmir? Even I Would Want To Ask People. Nobody Knows’ (Indian Express, Simon Denyer, Dec 20, 2003)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told Simon Denyer of Reuters that he had "left aside" the 50-year-old demand for a UN-mandated plebiscite in Kashmir and was willing to meet India ‘‘halfway’’ in a bid for peace: Excerpts from the interview:
- The Golden Bilateral? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 20, 2003)
Why peace with Pak could be the PM’s dream project as he steps into a poll year and a changed world
- Welcome, Say Delhi And Washington (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Musharraf’s UN rethink: It’s constructive to relinquish referendum demand: US State Department
- General Shift (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Before we take Musharraf’s new stance on Kashmir seriously it must have wider domestic support
- Last Salute To The Lion Of 1965 (Indian Express, Patwant Singh, Dec 19, 2003)
The death of Lieutenant General Joginder (Jogi) Singh Dhillon on November 20 at the age of 89 received no coverage in the Indian papers, although it was his inspiring generalship that helped smash the superior Pakistani armour, poised to head for the ...
- Not Quite Right (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 19, 2003)
Let me admit at the very outset that on this count I am in a minuscule minority in Lutyens’s Delhi, in Hampstead and Islington, in Manhattan’s Upper West side and in all the watering holes of radical cosmopolitanism.
- Attack On Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
SUNDAY'S unsuccessful attempt on General Musharraf’s life near Rawalpindi’s Chaklala airbase was shocking. This was the second such incident during the past two years. The latest blast is believed to be the handiwork of Al-Qaida, which continues to exist
- Us Foreign Policy — Is There An India Tilt? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 19, 2003)
There has been a sea-change in the US foreign policy approach to India since the Nixon-Kissinger days. If Washington sees India as a vibrant democracy, pursuing accelerated economic growth, it views Pakistan as a problem child; it cannot afford to allow
- ‘flexible’ Musharraf Ready To Bend On His Un Kashmir Baggage (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
As Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf today offered the tantalising possibility of new beginnings with India by saying he had ‘‘left aside’’ the 50-year-old demand for a UN-mandated plebiscite in Kashmir and meet India ‘‘halfway’’ in a bid for...
- American Tilt Towards India (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 18, 2003)
Dr Henry Kissinger proclaimed at the height of the Bangladesh conflict that it was the intention of the Nixon Administration to “tilt” in favour of Pakistan and against India. Ever since the 1971 conflict, policies of successive US Administrations have...
- Family Calling (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 18, 2003)
Visitors to 10 Janpath on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday were surprised to see Priyanka in active attendance. Usually she keeps herself well hidden from hoi polloi flocking to Sonia’s residence, bearing flowers, dholaks and good wishes. This year, however, she
- Punishment With A Human Touch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Asian Balance And The Subcontinent (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 18, 2003)
A creative Indian policy must aim at leveraging the rise of China and Japan and the Sino-U.S. entente to transform its own security condition in the subcontinent.
- The Loya Jirga (Hindu, Robert O. Blake, Dec 18, 2003)
We are seeing Afghanistan determine its own destiny as it undertakes a democratic approach to ascertain the will of the nation.
- Out Of Pokharan Shadow, India, Us To Sign Hi-Tech Deal (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 18, 2003)
Agreement on Friday likely on space, civilian nuclear cooperation
- Feeling Good (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
The finishing, and all important, touch to the feelgood factor being experienced by most Indians was provided by the Indian cricket team on Tuesday morning. There is, perhaps, a coincidental correlation between the pride of Indians and the performance of
- End Of Story (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 17, 2003)
Francis Fukuyama was supposed to have at least set the Yamuna on fire during his reincarnated sessions in the capital these past few days. Instead, the author of the End of History was as cold as a deflated souffle, pedantically explaining notions of ...
- ‘dubey Enforces Our Belief In Human Values ’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
There is no place for honest people in our system. If they do not get killed — they are shunted out on branch lines to obscurity. The only solution is to dismantle the system.
Raghubir Singh
- The Post-Saddam Moment (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 17, 2003)
This capture changes equations — both within Iraq and the world
- How Old Is An Antique? (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Dec 17, 2003)
The English term, “antiquity”, is derived from the Latin word “antiques” or from “antico” in Italian, which referred originally to the decorative items found in ancient Roman remains, that have captured the imagination of English art collectors in the ...
- Vajpayee's Utopian Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
AT A TIME when the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is struggling to finalise a South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (SAPTA), leading to a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), Prime Minister Vajpayee has spoken of a ...
- Case For Inter-Linking Of Rivers (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 17, 2003)
THE proposal of the government to inter-link rivers has given rise to misgivings among the experts as well as a difference of opinion. Therefore, the whole issue needs an impassionate examination from several angles.
- With Eyes Open (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 16, 2003)
Yashwant is doing his job better than Jaswant is doing his
- The Naval Gaze Is Hazy (Indian Express, S.C. N. JATAR , Dec 16, 2003)
None in his right senses will contest the need for an aircraft carrier for India. Regrettably, however, the question “Why Gorshkov?” remains unanswered in ‘Naval gazing into the future’ by Kailash Kohli (IE, December 13). He has not even discussed the ...
- Bangladesh, 32 Years After (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 16, 2003)
The unity that once bound our eastern neighbour to us is forgotten
- Govt: Pak Protest Over Loc Fencing Meaningless (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 15, 2003)
India has dismissed Pakistan’s charge that the fencing along the Line of Control (LoC) was ‘‘violative of UN resolutions’’.
- Bright Idea: Ask People (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 14, 2003)
Call it plebiscite or referendum, Albright wants people to resolve the Kashmir issue
- News Reel 07.12.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
Peace seems to have a bright future. In Islamabad, PM Mir Zafarullah Jamali dials the number to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee. In the seven-minute call, Jamali conveys his appreciation for the Prime Minister’s December 4 letter confirming his attendance at
- Your Q, His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
The Chief of Naval Staff recently stated that the deal for the purchase of the Russian old aircraft carrier Gorshkov is almost finalised. But many experts say that this would be a wasteful expenditure. Do we really need an aircraft carrier? By all ...
- This Cross-Loc Intruder No One Has The Heart To Stop (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Dec 14, 2003)
Two rival armies let 85-yr-old mother walk across, meet son
- Just Too Much In The Pink (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 14, 2003)
Listening to former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto deliver a calm and measured lecture at seminars, another young woman comes to mind. Almost two decades ago, on a summer morning, Benazir was at Oxford University. Years before this, she had been
- 50 Years Of Atoms For Peace (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Dec 13, 2003)
It is an opportune moment for the U.S. to remind itself of Eisenhower's call and search seriously for ways and means to achieve a nuclear weapon free world.
- A Question Of Honour (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 13, 2003)
Since its birth, the Indian nation-state has been challenged by rebellion and insurgency. In the late Forties, it was the Communist Party of India, who launched a countrywide insurrection claiming that the freedom we got from the British was false (in the
- Economics Of Detente (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
If the Indo-Pak winter thaw can last till summer, there will be reason for hope
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