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The Unrest In Sri Lanka
On
May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber strapped with explosives deputed
by LTTE chief Velupillai
Prabhakaran blew herself up and assassinated former
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Yet Another 'Surprise'
Terror before any significant event,
particularly any peace-move, has
become an established norm in
J&K - the recent terror attack in
Srinagar raises serious concerns about
the state of our physical
security set-up.
Five Years After
Large sections of the people of Kabul,
who had welcomed the entry of the
Northern Alliance and US
troops into Kabul in 2001 with
flowers, song and dance, shouted the
most abusive slogans against
the US and Mr Karzai on May 29, 2006.
What gives?
1980s Redux?
Afghanistan
since 2005 is not Iraq since 2003,
it's more a a re-run of the
anti-Soviet jihad of the
1980s--this time targeted not against
the Soviet communists and their Afghan
supporters, but
against the "Western infidels led by
the US and the UK" . . .
Round Table Politics: Jihad And Kebabs
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's
round-table process calls for a
transfiguration of political attitudes
in
New Delhi
and Srinagar.
The Fallout And The Falling Out
The more one searches for credible
political rationale behind Mandal II,
the more baffled it leaves
you. It is only going to leave a trail
of losers, not winners.
J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New
Recruits
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents
training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed
in encounter in J&K Was most likely
being trained on behalf of
Lashkar-e-Taiba Hizb may be seeking
to enhance its own pan-India
capabilities
Obliterate The Tamil Tigers
On
May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber strapped with explosives deputed
by the LTTE chief Velupillai
Prabhakaran blew herself up and assassinated former
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Prabhakaran, who
faces charges of involvement in Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
Women Celebrate, Men Sulk, Over A
Ruling
The British House of Lords has
obliterated the traditional
distinction between the home-maker and
the breadwinner.
Eu Ban And After
The reported decision of the Europen
Union (EU) countries to declare the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist
organisation and ban its activities in
their respective territories would be
unimpeachable legally and on merits .
. .
Selection Woes
Punjab's 21-year-old paceman Vikram
Raj Vir (VRV) Singh's selection ahead
of the seasoned Ajit
Agarkar and Rudra Pratap Singh in the
quartet of pace bowlers for Team
India's four Test series has
been the talking point since the time
chairman of selectors
Saving The Serendip
While the EU has shown forbearance in
dealing with the LTTE, it is now clear
that the patience of
the international community is wearing
thin.
The Pakistan Connection
India has to be prepared for attacks on its personnel
working on Afghan-Pak border from the
Taliban
Wincing Over Da Vinci Code
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies
have unilaterally banned the Hollywood
blockbuster, The Da Vinci
Code, thereby affirming paramount
loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the
Indian nation.
India Yet To Endorse Un Role In Nepal
As the Government in Nepal prepares to
invite the UN into the peace process
with the Maoists, India
is yet to make up its mind on the
timing and the nature of the external
involvement in the Himalayan
nation.
Through The Looking Glass In J&k
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an
impasse. What could
now lie ahead?
Sebi Gets More Elbow Room To Enforce
Discipline
It comes following a Supreme Court
order laying down a set of principles
for trying financial crime.
Defence Diplomacy Redefined
It isn’t often that India’s defence
ministers make a mark on global
diplomacy. But that’s precisely
what Pranab Mukherjee is doing these
days.
Nuclear Wake-Up Call
The
US
delegation to the UN Conference on
Disarmament in
Geneva
has tabled a draft Fissile
Materials Cut-off Treaty (FMCT). It
has also moved for nomination of an ad
hoc committee from
among 65 members of the conference to
start the negotiating process.
Need For Interaction And Crisis
Management
On
17 May 2004, the nation watched with disbelief as stock prices dropped
10 per cent within
minutes after trading started for the day. A Sebi official
later said that the ‘‘velocity of the
fall in
stock prices was second only to the great crash . . .
Stuck In Conflict, S.Lanka Monitors
Find New Roles
For civilians caught on the front line
of a growing conflict between Sri
Lanka's government and Tamil
Tiger rebels, truce monitor Jukka
Heiskanen's white jeep is almost the
only reassurance around.
My Seat, Mai Baap
Most people of my generation got their
first exposure to the complexities of
national politics through
the dark phase of the Emergency.
When The Market Fell By 10% In Two
Days
Only the most naive or foolish
investors would say that a sharp
correction in the capital market was
either unanticipated or unwarranted.
Coalition Comes To Rule At States Too
The results of the Assembly elections
have established one thing very
clearly—that alliances and
coalitions are an inevitability at the
Centre and increasingly in the states.
The Doctor Needs A Shot In The Arm
Two years in the saddle, the Prime
Minister runs the risk of being the
fall guy unless he sorts out
issues with Sonia and gets her backing
Just A Turn Left, Or About-Turn?
Last week’s election results are scary
for two reasons. The resounding
victory of the Left in
West
Bengal and Kerala, and the meltdown of the Bharatiya Janata
Party.
Widening Agitation
After the Satyendra Dubey and Jessica
Lal murders, the government of the day
is again in danger of
failing to recognise the depth of
public anger over increased
reservations.
Beijing's Arab Initiative
After a highly focused African
initiative that will conclude in a
China-Africa summit later this year,
Beijing
is well poised to repeat the pattern
in the Arab world.
Pranab's Nudge Could Bring Japan
Defence Tech To India(25)
As he arrives on a path-breaking visit
here tomorrow, Defence Minister Pranab
Mukherjee is expected
to gently push at Japan’s closed but
unlocked door on defence technology
exports to India.
Up & Down In Down South
Amma’s got a lot done so why’s she
worried? Is there a gleam behind those
famous Karunanidhi
goggles? What’s Kalam doing atop a
building? Looking for answers from a
limo
Sex Racket In Srinagar
Despite saturation coverage of the
protests against a commercial sex
racket in Srinagar, their
political content has passed
unexamined.
Where Do Arjun, Sonia's Grandkids
Study?
First, let us drop the pretense that
Mr Arjun 27 per cent was acting on his
own when he announced
his new quotas.
Coming Home To Malnad
Kuvempu’s house that has been
converted into a museum as well as the
Kuvempu Centenary
Memorial Building are fitting tributes
to one of the greatest cultural
personalities of our times, writes
Vidya Maria Joseph.
Happy Twosome
Let's straddle languages and cultures
with pride, says English-Marathi
writer Kiran Nagarkar
Galloway Sparks A Row
The prominent anti-war British MP,
George Galloway, has sparked a row
after he reportedly said in an
interview that it would be "morally
justified'' for a suicide bomber to
target Prime Minister Tony Blair
for invading Iraq which has resulted
in the . . .
Caste Doesn’T Matter
Nearly everyone I spoke to said issues
of caste did not interest them and
what they were interested
in was improving their lives and
ensuring that their children lived
even better..
Gujarat: Breeding Ground
Investigators shut down terror cells
tasked with executing strikes in
Gujarat, but the threat remains.
Seduced By An Elusive Idea Of India
In the West, the buzz about a
"resurgent" India ready for the big
take-off is inescapable. No doubt,
all this sounds exciting and fills
many Indians with pride. But how much
of it is for real?
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