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India Can’t Live In Isolation
The debates in the Lok Sabha and the
Rajya Sabha as well as media comments
on the US legislation in favour of
exceptionalising India for civilian
nuclear cooperation in spite of India
not signing the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) revealed that a . . .
Cashing In On Christmas
It is not only
China's
Christians who have cause to give
thanks this Christmas but tens of
thousands of workers. For, China
manufactures some 70 per cent of the
world's Christmas decorations.
No Progress In Six-Party Talks
China's Foreign Minister meets chief delegates of all
sides.
"Africa Keen On Ties With India,
China"
Konare favours idea of a "United
States of Africa" African nations need
more time to debate Security Council
expansion "Africa is ready to solve
its . . .
Treading Through A Minefield
As the peace process gathers momentum,
new challenges become apparent.
Mumbai Bombings: Missing Evidence
The charge-sheet is filed against the
July 11 bombers, but the police case
is full of holes.
Private Virtue
A much admired lady, who was raising
funds for her NGO, once ask-ed me what
I did for a living. I told her that I
worked for a company.
N-Bill Done, Pm To Move On Pak, J&k
With the Hyde Act that liberates India
from long atomic isolation in his
pocket, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh’s diplomatic focus is now likely
to shift to
Pakistan.
Hyde And Seek
The Hyde Act, with its harsh
provisions, will always remain a
Damocles' sword over
India's
head. This does not mean we withdraw
from the minuet and the next step of
negotiating a formal bilateral
agreement with the US.
Bush Seeks To Allay India's Concerns
President issues three caveats to
construe policy statements as advisory
Will not be bound by some of the law's
provisions: Bush India wants 123 pact
to incorporate all
U.S.
commitments.
U.S., North Korea Hold Direct Talks
Lifting of sanctions focus of
dialogue.
Us To Shield Nuke Data It Gets In
India
On a day Prime Mini-ster Manmohan
Singh admitted in Parlia-ment that
certain provisions in the Hyde Act
were "a cause for concern", the White
House issued a statement that sought
to spin reality and protect classified
data collection rather than . . .
Man Held Over U.K. Serial Killings
A supermarket worker, who sought out
media attention, has been arrested in
connection with the sensational
murders of five young women, whose
bodies were found between December 2
and 13 in different rural locations
around Ipswich, a small town in . . .
Judiciary Cannot Direct Parliament
It was the last sitting of India’s
Constituent Assembly.
Jihadi Threat In Goa Is Real
Terrorists arrested in
Goa and the travel advisory by Israeli authorities affirm that
the tourist destination could be a
possible target of Al Qaeda.
Dismal Scenario In B’Desh
JOI Bangla was the slogan that
resounded in the streets of Dhaka and
outside this month 35 years ago.
Few Cheers For Blair In His Last Days
At No 10
His interrogation by the police and a
fresh row over Britain's allegedly
murky arms deal with Saudi Arabia make
headlines.
The Means And End Of Generating More
Tax Revenue
The government’s decision to revive
the Income Tax Ombudsman scheme that
had existed in the 1960s is an
excellent move that will give diligent
taxpayers the ability to protest
against undue harassment.
If Only We Had A Confident Class!
The debate over the proposed Indo-US
co-operation on nuclear energy is
nearing both the final round and a
point of utter exhaustion.
Unchained Melody
Those familiar with Bengali films of
an earlier vintage may be forgiven for
thinking that West Bengal is the land
of the permanently aggrieved.
Private Virtue, Public Vice
A much admired lady, who was raising
funds for her NGO, once ask-ed me what
I did for a living. I told her that I
worked for a company.
Bjp’s Tale Of Two Leaders And Their
Foundering Party
The latest hullabaloo in the highest
echelons of the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) certifies for those who may
still have doubts that the party’s two
aged leaders will hammer the last nail
into the coffin of Hindutva before
they . . .
Pride Versus Possession
Some countries learn from their
mistakes, some don?t.
Inept Administration
Anyone with an iota of common sense
would see that Mumbai’s decay,
manifest in crumbling infrastructure,
is not because its people don’t have
the enterprise or drive to better
their lot, but due to an inept and
corrupt administration.
Pranab To Assist In Nepal Talks
On his first visit since assuming
charge as the External Affairs
Minister, Mukherjee is expected to
hold consultations with the government
and Maoist leaders to help iron out
all remaining points of differences
between the two sides.
Oslo Undecided About Allowing India
Access To Nuclear Technology
Looking forward to talks at the
Nuclear Suppliers' Group on the issue.
Flavour Of The Season
A quaintly eccentric Englishman I knew
in the Seventies practised a strange
opening gambit. What, he had the
disconcerting habit of asking total
strangers in the conviviality of a
student’s bar, do you think of John
Betjeman?
Japan-India Partnership Key To
Bolstering Stability In Asia
Japan and
India are natural allies because they
have no conflict of strategic
interests and actually share common
goals to build stability, power
equilibrium and institutionalized
multilateral cooperation in
Asia.
Pm, Abe To Discuss Cooperation Among
Asian Democracies
The idea of political cooperation
among Asian democracies is expected to
figure prominently in tomorrow’s
formal talks between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and the Japanese
leadership in Tokyo.
Changing Mindsets?
So can the perceptions and mindsets in
the two countries about each other
change? What accounts for such a
deep-rooted distrust? Is Musharraf
sincere in his "enlightened
moderation"?
Problem Resurfaces
It is again a clash between the
liberation and anti-liberation forces
in Bangla. But the victims are the
people.
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