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Forget The Past? Forget It
So long as Prabhakaran and others
involved in the assassination of Rajiv
Gandhi continue to lead the LTTE,
India cannot deal with it. That should
be our message to the Tamils of Sri
Lanka.
Tiger Terror
LTTE is being ruthless as ever,
forever evolving its tactics and
strategy - rejection of the
conciliatory offer and assassinating
Major General Parami Kulatunge are
only the latest in the gruesome series
of never-ending terror acts.
The Jehadi Kitchen Diary
What's cooking in the jehadi kitchen?
What's boiling in the cauldron? What's
simmering? Well, here's the full monty:
a compilation of various news and
intelligence stories with the author's
insights and commentary.
Voting On N-Deal
President Franklin Roosevelt, as soon
as he took over as President at the
darkest hour of
US
history – the Great Depression – spoke
to his countrymen in his inaugural
address and told them “the only thing
we have to fear is fear itself.”
Engage With Open Eyes
Nothing symbolises the confusion and
ambivalence in our approach to
relations with
China
more than the contradictory statements
about Sino-Indian relations that have
emanated from our Defence and External
Affairs Ministries over the past year.
Poor Pakistani Children Head To Sea
For A Living
A year in an Indian jail hasn't put
13-year-old Rasool Baksh off returning
to Pakistan's Arabian sea coast and
going back to sea.
Strategic Partner Or Threat?
Nothing symbolises the confusion and
ambivalence in our approach to
relations with
China
more than the contradictory statements
about Sino-Indian relations that have
emanated from our Defence and External
Affairs Ministries over the past year.
Research: India, U.K. Scientists To
Team Up
Six-member panel to chalk out "road
map" Biotechnology, nano technology
proposed for research Initiatives in
weather systems and climate change
likely Oxford, Cambridge, IIT-Kanpur,
IISC, Bangalore involved
First Vote Won Hands Down, Nuclear
Deal
Warding off many deal-breaking
amendments, the juggernaut of Indo-US
nuclear cooperation rolled out of the
House International Relations
Committee in Washington tonight with
solid support from both Republicans
and Democrats.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil...
Both India and
China
are being nice to each other. But that
could be . . .
Japan Host Clubs Provide Ersatz Love
For A Price
Dressed all in white and smiling, Yuka
and Manato stand side-by-side before a
pyramid of champagne glasses, framed
in an arch of white, pink and red
balloons.
The Accidental Developers: India's
Emerging Elite
In a rush to build shops, offices and
houses worthy of a thriving economy, a
new elite is emerging in India --
young men asked to turn plots of
family land into a property business.
An Expanded Vista
Relations between
India
and the United States of America are
once again at the crossroads.
A Journey To Nowhere
If the number of buses started between
India and Pakistan were to be the
criterion, the relationship would have
been normal. The fact is that the
U.K. Muslims Want Police Chief To
Quit, Says Poll
A majority of
Britain's
Muslim community has lost confidence
in the country's police chief Ian
Blair for his handling of the
anti-terror campaign and wants him to
quit, according to a Guardian/ICM
poll.
Sri Lanka's Forgotten War Displaced
Long To Start Over
Odd-job man Krishnaswamy Rajah has
spent most of his adult life in a
decrepit camp for thousands of ethnic
Tamils displaced by Sri Lanka's
two-decade civil war, and can see no
way out.
Parched Pakistan Feuds Over $18 Bln
Dam Projects
High above the Indus river, straight
white lines painted on the
chaparral-covered hillsides mark the
site of an ambitious, $7 billion dam
project.
Bush, India Hope For Hurdle-Free Run
Confident of winning a crucial vote
tomorrow in the House International
Relations Committee, the Bush
administration is now seeking widest
possible support for “marking up” the
bill on nuclear cooperation with
India.
Mobile Phone Boom Eludes Zimbabwe As
Crisis Bites
It is a cold winter night in central
Harare, but 100 people are willing to
queue on the pavement until the shops
open in the morning.
British Media Seek New Readers On U.S.
Shores
When Americans talk about the British
Invasion, they often mean the Beatles
and the Rolling Stones.
Class Action Needed To Restore
Investor Confidence
While the Indian capital market seems
to be recovering from a savage
correction, the mega issue of DLF
Universal may have run into bigger
trouble.
Non-State Actors In International
Terrorism
Counter-terrorism agencies are facing
a new strategic threat to which they
do not have a response and they are
unlikely to have a satisfactory
response in the short and medium
terms.
Using Market Futures To Check Soaring
Prices
The surge in prices of essentials is a
reminder of the urgency for reforms on
commodity futures trading
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No
Evil
While it is gratifying to see India
focus on the positive and play down
the negative in its dealings with
China, but in its keenness, it seems
prepared to forget what happened to it
in the past. The Chinese are not.
Troops Decimate Trout In South Kashmir
Widespread poaching by troops and CRPF
personnel threatens ecology and
tourism Efforts to attract tourists
undermined by environmental vandalism
Army ready to investigate charges
Of Tharoor & Collateral Damage
For a civilisation that is yet to
fully overcome the disabilities of
prolonged servitude, the importance
attached to international recognition
can hardly be overstated. Rabindranath
Tagore was widely regarded as an . . .
Attack On Mystic: Lashkar Man
Identified
Islamists here have long opposed the
influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore, who
quit his job and became a mystic
Nassar responsible for recent attacks
in Sopore Islamists oppose influence
of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore Sufi shrines
targeted by terrorist groups
Was Nagpur Terror Encounter Faked?
Afact-finding team from
Maharashtra has questioned the authenticity of the terrorist
attack on the RSS headquarters at
Nagpur earlier in the month.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No
Evil
While it is gratifying to see India
focus on the positive and play down
the negative in its dealings with
China, but in its keenness, it seems
prepared to forget what happened to it
in the past. The Chinese are not.
Asian Labourers Toil To Build Uae For
Meagre Returns
Construction worker B. Lal arrived in
the affluent Gulf Arab city of Dubai
more than a year ago, hoping to end
the grinding poverty of his family in
India.
Cash Underpins Continuing Carnage In
Kashmir
Killing of Hizb commander casts new
insight into terror group's extortion
operations Contractors, dependent on
migrant labour, turn to Hizb for help
Junior commanders seek share in
extortion earnings
Centre-Right? That’S All Right
Two events on the same day this week,
in the two most distant metros in the
country, each involving an adversarial
brother and a fraternal adversary,
raised the same, intriguing, vital and
delicious question. Was it pro-rich,
or pro-aam admi?
Whose Khan Is The Real Khan?
MI5 and CIA fall out over a case of a
"mistaken" identity.
``Outsourcing Records Puts Patients At
Risk''
Prescriptions and diagnosis are
wrongly transcribed Call centre staff
not familiar with medical terms
Confidentiality being compromised No
evidence of risk: Health Department
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