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Monks Confront Military Regime
In stormy street protests in 1988 all
cross Burma that brought down the
one-party socialist regime of Gen Ne
Win, over three thousand people
perished when the army opened fire on
peaceful demonstrators.
More At Stake Than Monks And Military
In Myanmar
In the stormy street protests in 1988
across Burma that brought down the one
party Socialist regime of Gen.
Be Practical On Burma
In stormy street protests in 1988 all
across Burma that brought down the
one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne
Win, over 3,000 people perished when
the Army opened fire on peaceful
demonstrators.
Ludhiana Investigators Zero In On
Terror Cell
RDX bomb-fabrication technique
consistent with a Babbar Khalsa
International unit Punjab police say
they are optimistic of rapid progress
Over two dozen former terrorists
linked to suspects being questioned.
Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause
I wish the party were over. The
participants would have at least gone
home. But both the Congress and the
Left have lingered to revive what may
not be possible.
Anti-Muslim Rant Sparks A Literary
Spat
Islamophobia in
Britain
is for real and the virus is spreading
openly.
Going Dutch
When Crown Princess Maxima accompanies
her mother-in-law Queen Beatrix of the
Netherlands on a state visit to India
next week, chances are her compatriots
will still be arguing over a remark
she made recently.
Lib-Dem Leader Quits
After last week’s farce over the
planned snap elections, which never
happened, there was more political
drama at Westminster on Tuesday as the
leader of the Liberal Democratic
Party, Menzies Campbell . . . .
More Bombings Likely: Intelligence
Agencies
Even as the Punjab police struggle to
develop leads into Sunday’s
movie-theatre bombing in Ludhiana,
intelligence services have warned that
worse could be on the way.
Changing Global Realities
Some sections of our political class
have expressed the fear that the
Indo-US nuclear deal and enhanced
cooperation with the United States
will compromise India's sovereignty
and result in India becoming a junior
partner in the imperial order of the
US.
Sonia Got It Right This Time
Well done, Sonia Gandhi. Not words you
would expect to read in this column
and not words I expected ever to
write.
Move To Clip U.K. Premier’s Powers
The controversy over British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown’s botched plans
for a snap election has prompted calls
that the power to decide the timing of
a general election should be taken
away from the Prime Minister and
transferred to Parliament.
Row Over Al Gore’s Climate Change Film
The former U.S. Vice-President, Al
Gore’s Oscar-winning film on
environment An Inconvenient Truth,
which helped him win the Nobel Prize
for peace, has run into trouble in
Britain after a High Court judge ruled
that it is riddled with . . . . ..
Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause
I wish the party were over. The
participants would have at least gone
home. But both the Congress and the
Left have lingered to revive what may
not be possible.
Kashmir Ceasefire: Remembering Failure
Former Hizb commander ponders lessons
of collapsed 2000-2001 peace effort
Sees no point in harbouring
resentments against the dead “It’s
never too late to talk peace.
Ajmer Probe Throws Up Hyderabad Links
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami cell may have
executed bombing Explosive devices
used at Ajmer shrine closely resemble
those placed in Mecca Masjid In both
places, bombs were designed to be
triggered by mobile phone’s alarm
clock. . . . .
India Needs Burma
At the best of times, unless it
emanates from the Anglosphere or
Pakistan, foreign news interests only
a minusculity; at the worst of times,
it is ignored altogether.
Liberals At War In India
The political scene in India is
hotting up. The general election is
still one-and-a-half years away.
Fidayeen Strike At Crpf Camp In J&k
A fidayeen attack in Srinagar left
three police personnel injured on the
eve of a 72-hour, unilateral ceasefire
declared by the Pakistan-based United
Jihad Council.
The Story Of India But Will India Buy
It?
A new film on the subcontinent is
being lapped up, especially by
nostalgic Indian expatriates and
earnest Indophiles.
The War Against Popular Islam
The highest form of worship, wrote
saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, is “to
redress the misery of those in
distress, to fulfil the needs of the
helpless and to feed the hungry.”
The Saga Of The Argumentative Briton
It is perhaps not widely known that
Doris Lessing, who has won the Nobel
Prize for chronicling the female
experience and the despairs of
militant men-hating feminists, has
often stood up for men.
2 Killed In Blast At Ajmer Dargah
Two people were killed and 17 injured
on Thursday when a bomb ripped through
the dargah of the Sufi saint Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, a shrine
in Rajasthan venerated by Hindus,
Muslims and Christians across northern
India.
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