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Articles 20821 through 20920 of 21681:
- Can You See The Ferment Within? (Indian Express, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Aug 05, 2003)
It seems that Indian Muslim women — admittedly, not all — are on the fast track. Thanks mainly to awareness owing to education. Though still grappling with the travails of a ghettoised past, these women are trying to balance the challenges of modernity
- The Pentagon Alternative (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 05, 2003)
The man who, on behalf of the US, invited India to send combat troops to Iraq, will get together with Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad this week for the annual Defence Policy Group dialogue in Washington.
- Pak Has A Farewell Gift For Blackwill: He’s Biased (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Pakistan today launched a blistering attack on former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill for his comment that terrorist incursions into Jammu and Kashmir were still continuing, saying he seemed to be ‘‘ill-informed’’ and ‘‘prejudiced.’’
- Widen That Lens (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Aug 04, 2003)
When Raj Kapoor sang, “Mera jootha hai Japani, patloon Inglistani,” he was neither singing the virtues of globalisation nor was he reaching out to the hearts and minds of the Japanese and the English. Song-writer Shailendra’s line about the “red Russian
- Containing Adverse Fallout (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 04, 2003)
India and China are engaged in a quiet diplomatic effort to sort out the issues arising out of the recent incident in the eastern sector of India's border and to guard against any recurrence. Concerned officials of the Ministry of External Affairs here
- India And The Korean Crisis (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2003)
Half a century ago, India played an active role in the Korean peninsula during the terrible war there that left nearly five million people dead, injured or missing.
- Death Bed Bequests (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Aug 03, 2003)
There were times when religion and priests had overpowering influence on people’s lives particularly when a person was dying. Death bed bequests were made under priestly influence for religious and charitable purposes with the expectation of pleasing the
- Not Tired, Or Retired (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 03, 2003)
Ever since he snubbed Venkaiah Naidu promising that he was neither tired nor retired, Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be re-invigorated. The latest evidence of the PM’s toughness was the way the normally-pugnacious Mayawati hastily backed down on her
- "You Can't Imagine How Our People Are Living!" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
The Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Yasser Arafat, speaks of the plight of his people in an exclusive interview to Vikram Sura for the The Hindu.
- The James-Justice Test (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
How would the Best Bakery picture now look from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exalted perch? With smoke still rising in rioting Gujarat he had openly, and emotionally, reminded Narendra Modi on his rajdharma. His deputy, L.K. Advani, has said often that what
- ‘we Can’t Jump Time On Nation-Building’ (Indian Express, Sanjeev Srivastava, Aug 02, 2003)
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, talks to BBC World’s Sanjeev Srivastava in Kabul about the security situation in Afghanistan, the slow pace of the reconstruction process and the nature of Afghanistan’s relationship with United States and Pakistan.
- Of Love And Hate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 02, 2003)
I broke my vow of sanyas of ever remaining confined to my house by going to hear Zohra Sehgal recite Urdu poetry at the India International Centre. In the past many holy men broke their vows of celibacy when tempted by apsaras. I have no pretensions of
- The Vajpayee Peace Process: Directions And Prospects (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 01, 2003)
The Prime Minister's peace initiative is moving in a measured manner. There is no need to get hustled by Pakistan to move faster. Mr A. B. Vajpayee has acknowledged the mistake made at Agra of staging a summit without proper groundwork. Now, Foreign ...
- Cec Lyngdoh Gets Magsaysay For Standing Up To J&k Militants And Modi (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 31, 2003)
The normally stern James Michael Lyngdoh, who’s preparing to conduct his last elections in November as he demits office of the Chief Election Commissioner in February 2004, was all smiles today when news came in that he had been awarded this year’s Ramon
- Towards More Neighbourly Ties (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 31, 2003)
Karzai needs Pak to fight terrorism while Musharraf cannot allow Pak to be sucked into a new Afghan quagmire
- Trading With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 31, 2003)
The new debate in Pakistan on trade with India is a welcome one... Instead of waiting to see the outcome, India must seek to actively influence it.
- The Noor Effect (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 30, 2003)
In symbolic terms, there is little to match this story. A two-year-old girl child in dire need of heart surgery rides the first bus after the road link between Delhi and Lahore is resumed.
- Time For Pm To Put His Foot Down? (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 30, 2003)
For more than two years, this country has been remonstrating with the United States that it is not doing enough to persuade or pressure Pakistan to end cross-border terrorism directed against India even though India and the U.S. are "partners" in the
- Merely A Game (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
SPORT AND POLITICS have always mixed and the Greeks recognised this almost three millennia ago — by insulating sport from politically generated conflict. The ancient Olympics were accompanied by a truce, which was ratified by all the Greek ...
- Parting Thoughts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
US Ambassador Robert Blackwill has his disappointments. We understand them.
- 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
- 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.
- Bush Team: ‘indian’ Face From Delhi (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 29, 2003)
The ‘‘Indian connection’’ is growing in the White House. In the wake of the appointment of the outgoing US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill as ‘‘deputy assistant’’ to President George Bush—he takes over his new job next week—Blackwill’s friend and ...
- 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 ...
- Militant Ranks Swell Under Gen’s Nose (Indian Express, MOHAMMAD SHEHZAD, Jul 28, 2003)
Outlawed jehadi outfits are back in action despite General Pervez Musharraf’s efforts to rein them in. Jehadi publications — Ghazwa, Majalla, Zarb-e-Taiba, Shamsheer and Zarb-e-Momin — reveal that between January and June this year, various groups have
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Terror Tests Truce, 5 Killed In Jammu Attack (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Jul 22, 2003)
In a bid to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan, militants carried out their first major strike late Monday evening when they set off two explosive devices near Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi shrine, killing five persons and ...
- 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
- Like Noor, He Tells A Story Of Healing Touch (Indian Express, REEMA NARENDRAN, Jul 20, 2003)
Like little Noor, who is recovering from a heart surgery in Bangalore, Prof Qazi Ahmed Sayeed from Karachi is a testimony to the Indo-Pak friendship which the wars and propaganda cannot erase. Sayeed is recovering at the Regional Cancer Centre at ...
- 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
- The Noor Effect (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2003)
IN A SUBCONTINENT that is capable of showing shocking callousness to the sufferings of human beings, the spontaneous response of the common people to the plight of a little girl from across the border must be both heart-warming and refreshing. ...
- 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.’’
- 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,
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