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Fragile Paradise
Munir Ahed flinches as he recalls the
blades of helicopters thrashing in the
thin mountain air, their screaming
engines sending livestock – and his
children – scattering for cover into
the forests.
Historic Role Of Judiciary
After a long time, the judiciary in
Pakistan has something to be proud
about. Its past is replete with
unsavoury judgments such as endorsing
the hanging of former Prime Minister
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and sanctifying
military coups under the . . . .
U.K. Army Presence In Ulster Ends
Any lingering doubts about Northern
Ireland’s return to peace were laid to
rest on Tuesday when nearly 40 years
of British army presence in the once
strife-torn province finally ended,
bringing the curtain down on the
longest continuous . . . . .
Shilpa Gets On The Wrong Side Of The
Media Out Of London
Those who have watched the rise and
fall of media-minted instant
celebrities, had seen it coming.
The Pla Turns 80 Today
China’s army is in the midst of wide-ranging
modernisation with the aim of reducing
its size while upgrading its
technological prowess.
Mi5 Betrayed Me To Cia, Says Former
Guantanamo Detenu
An Iraqi resident of Britain has
accused British intelligence agencies
of “betraying” him to the CIA and
implicating him in terror charges
which led him to spend four years in
the notorious U.S. detention centre in
Guantanamo Bay.
General Blunder?
In a major political blunder,
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan
tried to browbeat Chief Justice
Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry of the
Pakistan Supreme Court into resigning
on March 9, 2007, as he was worried,
inter alia, that he might come in the
. . . .
Mir Ali Under Uzbek Control
It's time for the
US
to authorise its commanders on the
ground in the Afghan territory to
mount covert action in Pakistani
territory in the
North Waziristan area if such action is warranted by intelligence of
terrorist operations under
preparation.
Negative N-Vibe
After the completion of the nuclear
negotiations with the US, the UPA
government’s attention now turns to
China’s
opposition to three decades of global
nuclear blockade against India.
Non-Alignment Yes, Nam No
Historian Ramachandra Guha has
described Jawaharlal Nehru's policy of
non-alignment as an attempt to place
India "beyond and above the rivalries
of Great Powers".
Europe Has Lost Its Nerve
What do the Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi and Britain's Leader of
Opposition David Cameron have in
common? The question is intriguing and
will leave most people stumped.
Tit For Tat Makes Sense
The police investigation into the
botched terrorist attacks in Glasgow
and London reminded me of the classic
Prisoner's Dilemma.
‘I’M Driven By Ego. Offer Me A Role &
I’M Not Excited. But Plant One Little
Challenge, And That Does The Trick’
From being a photographer who also
acted in plays, Boman Irani has come
to be recognised as one of the most
versatile actors of Bollywood, as much
at ease with comic roles like Dr
Asthana and Lucky Singh in the
Munnabhai series as with tragic ones .
. . .
N-Deal Reflects New World Reality
The 123 Agreement between India and
the US has been finalised and frozen,
pending its being further processing.
Musharraf Must Shed Uniform, Says
Benazir Bhutto
The former Pakistan Prime Minister,
Benazir Bhutto, on Sunday ruled out
power-sharing deal with President
Parvez Musharraf unless he
relinquished his military role and
delinked the office of the President
from the army.
A Conversation With Dr Kalam
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has just
concluded his term as Indian
President, did not find "any
difference" between the previous
government run by Atal Behari Vajpayee
and the present one headed by Dr
Manmohan Singh.
Guru Ashtavakra And King Janaka The
Pupil
Many great classical texts are rich in
Vedanta. One such is the Ashtavakra
Samhita, a conversation between Janaka,
the king-pupil and Ashtavakra, the
guru-seer whose name indicates that
his body had eight contortions.
“This Is As Good A Text As One Can
Possibly Get”
National Security Adviser M.K.
Narayanan on the negotiations with the
United States over the bilateral
Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, also
known as the 123 agreement, and what
this means for the future of India-U.S.
relations.
The “Shame” Of Being A Suicide
Bomber’s Wife
The woman behind the “niqab”, through
which only her eyes were visible,
tried to fight off tears as she spoke
about how it felt to be branded as the
“wife of a suicide bomber”, and the
effect her husband’s actions had on
her life.
Nuclear Deal Is Satisfactory, Says
Kakodkar
“Historic milestone in strategic
partnership” “Agreement fully
consistent with commitments... ”
Intelligence Cooperation Has A Long
History
Prince Hassan of Jordan suggested that
the ISI and R&AW chiefs meet in secret
and discuss issues instead of
levelling open allegations against
each other..
Non-Alignment Yes, Nam No
Historian Ramachandra Guha has
described Jawaharlal Nehru's policy of
non-alignment as an attempt to place
India "beyond and above the rivalries
of Great Powers".
A New Breed Of Parasites
If you go into one of the better
hotels and restaurants in Kabul —
particularly the ones that boast a “UN
security cleared” tag — you are almost
certain to come across piles of Afghan
Scene, a free monthly magazine aimed
at the . . . .
Five British Pakistanis Jailed On
Terror Charges
Five British Pakistani youths, accused
of being “intoxicated” by extremist
propaganda, were on Thursday jailed
for planning to go to Pakistan to
train as “jihadis” in order to fight
British forces in Afghanistan.
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