COMMENTARIES
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Maritime Terrorism Or Piracy - Is India Prepared?
Rohit Honawar · 17 Sep, 2005 · #1840 · Commentary
A 1,000 Twenty Foot Unit (TEU) feeder container vessel docks at Ballard pier in Mumbai after returning from a port in the Persian Gulf. Shortly after its arrival into the city, a blast from one of the containers rocks the Gateway of India, the T...
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Who Rules Manipur's Streets?
Oken Jeet Sandham · 15 Sep, 2005 · #1839 · Commentary
Untitled Document
In post-Independent India, Manipur state is afflicted by one of the oldest insurgencies.
Even after 33 years of statehood, there appears to be no hope in future. The present
scene in this once princely state, is of anarc...
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Rajapakse-JVP Electoral Alliance: A Faustian Deal!
Priyanka Singh · 15 Sep, 2005 · #1838 · Commentary
An agreement signed between the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Janatha Vimukti Perumana (JVP) on 8 September could potentially throw the country into a political turmoil. The presidential elections are to be held by the end of 2005, foll...
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Media in South Asia: The Medium is the Message
KS Manjunath · 14 Sep, 2005 · #1837 · Commentary
The launch of a television channel must not cause a great stir in today's globalised world that has witnessed a constant crackling of airwaves with the launch of various channels of all hue and colour. But, one South American channel stood o...
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Manmohan Singh-Hurriyat Meeting: Beginning of an Internal Peace Process?
D Suba Chandran · 13 Sep, 2005 · #1836 · Commentary
On 5 September 2005, Manmohan Singh met the Hurriyat moderates led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Both sides agreed "to ensure that all forms of violence at all levels should come to an end" and an "honourable and durable solution should...
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Russia and China Joint War Games: What Lies Beneath?
Priyanka Singh · 08 Sep, 2005 · #1835 · Commentary
The eight-day long joint military exercise between Russia and China was a grand affair involving combat aviation, warships and armies. Apart from the 10,000 troops, it involved Su-27 fighter planes and TU 95MSs and TU 22M-3s, with long distance ...
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Deepening Crisis in Nepal: Threat to Indian Security
Bimla Kumari · 05 Sep, 2005 · #1834 · Commentary
The deepening crisis in Nepal poses a serious, and multiple threats to Indian security. Inadequate number of troops, training and military capability makes the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) incapable of countering the Maoists. The Maoists have successf...
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LTTE and Its Disclaimers
RR Vinod · 04 Sep, 2005 · #1833 · Commentary
Sri Lanka's high profile foreign minister, Laxman Kadirgamar, who led his country's successful bid to get the Tigers proscribed by the Western and other powers was recently assassinated by suspected Tiger guerillas at his hom...
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Peace Mission 2005: Reverberations in India
Vijay Sakhuja · 03 Sep, 2005 · #1832 · Commentary
On the eve of the Russian Air Force Day on 12 August 2005, Vladimir Mikhailov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force announced that the Indian and Russian militaries would undertake joint counter-terrorism exercises codenamed "Ind...
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China's Military Modernization & India's Preparedness
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 31 Aug, 2005 · #1831 · Commentary
The Chinese military is on an upward path and is engaged in a modernization programme. The Chinese deny it, but if this report is true, China will have an arsenal rivalling that of any great power. The US Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld re...
