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  • The Muslim Factor in Assam Politics
    Wasbir Hussain    ·   13 Apr, 2005    ·    #1695    ·    Commentary    
      Muslims comprise 30.9 per cent of Assam's 26.6 million people. Six of the State's 27 districts have a Muslim majority population and the community is believed to control the electoral verdict in 60 of Assam's 126 As...
  • The Bus between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad : Observations and Analyses
    D Suba Chandran    ·   11 Apr, 2005    ·    #1694    ·    Commentary    
    The much expected bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad finally took place on 7 April 2005, despite threats from militants. What are the ground realities? Where would India, Pakistan and Kashmir go from here? The popular support for...
  • India-China Relations: Time to Consolidate?
       ·   07 Apr, 2005    ·    #1693    ·    Commentary    
    Discussants: Mira Sinha Bhattacharjea (Institute of Chinese Studies)                     Srikant Kondapalli (Institute of Defence Studies and Ana...
  • Thirty years of BTWC
    Ajay Lele    ·   06 Apr, 2005    ·    #1692    ·    Commentary    
    March 2005 was significant for the issue of biological weapons for two reasons. The largest assembly of Interpol's senior officials and experts from 155 countries met in France in the first week of March to discuss the major threat faced by ...
  • India-Nepal Relations- Where Do We Go from Here?
       ·   04 Apr, 2005    ·    #1691    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Lt Gen AM Vohra (Retd) Speakers: Ambassador KV Rajan (Former Indian Ambassador to Nepal) KP Singh (Former Director General Intelligence Bureau, India) Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee (Retd) Director, IPCS KV Rajan The a...
  • Crime Soaring in Cyber India
    Prafulla Ketkar    ·   02 Apr, 2005    ·    #1690    ·    Commentary    
    Cellular phones, electronic mail, Internet surfing, websites and e-commerce are the buzzwords of today's urban life. Computer networks and personal computers (PC's) have become an essential part of our daily life. India is emerging as an...
  • Iran Oil, US Spoil, India Foil: Burgeoning India-Iran relations
    Beryl Anand    ·   01 Apr, 2005    ·    #1689    ·    Commentary    
    "Among the many peoples and races who have come in contact with and influenced India's life and culture, the oldest and most persistent have been the Iranians," wrote Nehru in his Discovery of India. It is through statesmanship tha...
  • Debating Defence Expenditure
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   31 Mar, 2005    ·    #1688    ·    Commentary    
    India's defence expenditure has always been an emotional issue. Debate, if any, has been one sided and there has rarely been any space for perspectives. This year was no exception. As the annual budget approached, a series of articles appear...
  • Arunachal Pradesh: The Chakma-Hajong Refugee Crisis
    M Amarjeet Singh    ·   30 Mar, 2005    ·    #1687    ·    Commentary    
    The Arunachalese are getting increasingly worried about the future of their tribal identities, in view of the threat posed by the Chakma-Hajong refugees. They have been demanding their deportation, alleging they were dumped by the Government of ...
  • Virtual Reality: What Cyber Terrorism is all about?
    N Manoharan    ·   30 Mar, 2005    ·    #1686    ·    Commentary    
    Cyber space is vulnerable to terrorism in two ways: 1. As a means: Cyber space is used by terrorist groups for propaganda, communication (with other terrorists and sympathizers) through encryption, transfer of funds, fundraising, intell...
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