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Heroic Buddhadeb
When you have been teaching bad ideas
to people for a couple of generations,
they tend to catch up with you. This
is poor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's
dilemma, as he attempts heroically to
break with his desperate past.
Common Theme: Protect Him To Protect
Her
Whe n Sten Lindstorm, the Swedish
Police Investigator who probed the
Bofors fraud in
Sweden,
said
that 'Sonia must be questioned on the
scam' and on her links with Q, he was
obviously on sure grounds.
Musharraf Moves To Stay
The fight against international
terrorism is very much tied to the
future of Pakistan and the central
challenge that country faces: to move
away from militarism, extremism and
fundamentalism, and
toward a stable, moderate state.
The Ineluctable Quattrocchi
Remember the Jain hawala scam? You
knew it was about corruption in high
places. But you could not
get hold of the details at that time.
Blair Warns Iran On N-Plan
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on
Tuesday warned Iran that it was making
a "big miscalculation'' by
what he described as "defying'' the
international opinion on its
controversial nuclear programme.
No More The Safe Bet
Dick Cheney's surprise visit to
Islamabad confirms the US's
apprehension that Taliban and Al Qaeda
elements have found a safe haven in
Pakistan.
Challenges To Us Supremacy
The American misadventure in Iraq,
which has exposed the limitations of
its military power, has had
far-reaching global consequences.
Sensing global aversion to American
unilateralism and its
propensity to describe regimes it
dislikes as . . .
Spinning Its Way To Conflict Again
Despite the Bush administration's
hysteria, there is nothing in the
Iranian nuclear programme that
requires steps so drastic as sanctions
and war. Dialogue without
preconditions, combined with
inspections, is the way to go.
Meet Ponders Tougher Measures Against
Iran
Diplomats from five permanent
member-countries of the United Nations
Security Council (U.S.,
Britain, France, China and Russia) and
Germany gathered here on Monday to
discuss tougher
measures against Iran in the light of
the report of the . . .
No Fingers Pointing
Blithely ignoring accusations of
terrorism by all three neigbours with
whom it shares land borders,
Pakistan exudes optimism on J&K, while
India, like
America, talks co-operation--reduced
to venting
off frustrations by delivering
alarmist speeches . . .
Gujarat: Looking Back
Five years after Godhra, there is a
need for introspection—by the Muslims
and the secular elite of
the brutality of those responsible for
Godhra and by the Hindus and the
Administration of how the
subsequent riots were handled.
A Step In The Right Direction: Bapio
Implementation delayed due to BAPIO's
threat Appeal will be made against
court verdict.
Atlanta’S Peaks: Market Watchdog Takes
Note At Last
Until February 22, 2007 Manish Marwah
was a name known only to a close group
of market
participants as someone associated
with the soaring prices of several
shares.
In China, Now Great Ride Forward
At 76,600 km, the total length of
China's railways is behind only that
of the
U.S.
and Russia, and it is
expected to reach 100,000 km by 2020.
The country already boasts of the
world's fastest train.
Pillory Mulayam, Not Constitution
The Election Commission should be
complimented for rescuing the country
from a needless
controversy that would have derailed
the natural ebb and flow of politics.
Heroic Buddhadeb
When you have been teaching bad ideas
to people for a couple of generations,
they tend to catch
up with you. This is poor Buddhadeb
Bhattacharya's dilemma, as he attempts
heroically to break with
his desperate past.
U.K. Protesters Seek End To War
Three days after Prime Minister Tony
Blair announced plans to cut the
number of British troops in
Iraq,
hundreds of anti-war activists held
rallies in
London
and Glasgow on Saturday demanding a
complete British withdrawal.
Make-Believe Peace
Death and destruction are an
abomination to human conscience. So
when terrorist attacks and
slayings become increasingly
recurrent, catchphrases like "peace
process," "confidence-building
measures" and "people-to-people
contact" help serve as a . . .
Stock Exchanges And Security Fears
The media went into a tizzy over
National Security Advisor (NSA), MK
Narayanan’s
Munich
speech
last week. The stock market, however,
ignored it, and the Sensex reversed a
four-day, 642-point
correction to shoot up 345 points.
Meanwhile, journalists . . .
Gujarat: Looking Back
Five years after Godhra, there is a
need for introspection—by the Muslims
and the secular elite of
the brutality of those responsible for
Godhra and by the Hindus and the
Administration of how the
subsequent riots. . .
A Tragedy Beyond Borders
They were there, the Indians and the
Pakistanis, the Hindus and the
Muslims, the old and the young,
lying side by side, sheathed in death.
None knew who was who, neither the
protagonists of India nor
those of Pakistan.
Hobson's Choice For Upa Govt
It will be another eight days before
the results of the Assembly elections
in Punjab, Uttaranchal and
Manipur are out. If the mood in the
corridors of power is any indication,
the Congress seems
prepared for the worst.
Nuclear Proliferation In A Multipolar
World — Iran, North Korea Challenge
American Power
The American misadventure in Iraq,
which has exposed the limitations of
its military power, has had
far-reaching global consequences.
Sensing global aversion to American
unilateralism and its tendency
to arbitrarily describe regimes it
dislikes as . . .
Nuclear Accord Designed To Promote
Stable Environment
The objective behind the Agreement on
Reducing the Risk from Accidents
Relating to Nuclear
Weapons, signed between India and
Pakistan on Wednesday is to promote a
stable environment of
peace and security in the region.
Diplomacy Holds Up Blast Victims’
Plane To Pakistan Blame it on the
unseemly pattern of Indo-
Pak diplomacy, seven Pakistani
nationals — who were admitted to the
Capital’s Safdarjung Hospital
after they sustained burn injuries in
the Samjhauta Express blasts — were
stranded in the technical
area . . .
Harry, A Normal Troop Commander
After persistently denying that there
were any plans for Prince Harry to
serve in Iraq, the Ministry of
Defence (MoD) on Thursday confirmed
that he would be going to the war
zone, becoming the first
senior member of Britain's royal
family to see . . .
Jammu Border Under Assault From Heroin
Trade
Since 2003, trans-border traffickers
have turned to running narcotics
Packets of heroin have been
known to be thrown across the fence,
or smuggled on farmers' bodies Despite
aggressive policing
such flow (of narcotic substances)
continues. . .
The Sindh Angle
The statement by
Pakistan's
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Khusro Bakhtiar in the National
Assembly leads to speculation. Could
it be that the Laskar-e-Jhangvi is
involved?
Pakistani Plane Waits For Hours
Bizarre drama as aircraft arrived to
evacuate those injured in the
Samjhauta train attack.
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