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  • Enough of SA(A)RCasm: Venture New Directions
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   10 Feb, 2005    ·    #1643    ·    Commentary    
             The 13th SAARC summit has once again been delayed, this time owing to India's decision to pullout from the scheduled meet after the grave 'political and security' situation in Nepal ...
  • The Bizarre and Seductive Allure of Suicide Terrorism
    Eric Koo Peng Kuan    ·   10 Feb, 2005    ·    #1642    ·    Commentary    
    In October 2003, a 29 year old Palestinian woman, Hanadi Jaradat, walked into a cafe in the Town of Jenin, in the West Bank, Palestine, shot a waiter and then blew herself up by triggering the explosives strapped to her body beneath her clothes....
  • Naga Peace Process (Northeast Media Survey, January 2005)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   10 Feb, 2005    ·    #1641    ·    Commentary    
    Naga Peace Process The peace process between the NSCN-IM and the government of India entered into a critical phase in the first week of February 2005 as talks began in New Delhi. The talks and related developments dominated media headlines in ...
  • Indian Naval Diplomacy: Post Tsunami
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   08 Feb, 2005    ·    #1640    ·    Commentary    
    The recent Tsunami tidal waves hit the shores of eleven Indian Ocean littoral countries namely Bangladesh, Burma, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand. The effects were however felt across the At...
  • Of Godhra, Governance and Laloo's Swansong
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   08 Feb, 2005    ·    #1639    ·    Commentary    
    The timing for making the Banerjee Commission's interim report on the Godhra carnage public, followed by the histrionics of the Union Railway Minister and Bihar's strong man Laloo Yadav, could ignite a communal inferno. The release of th...
  • Tripura on its Brink: Nayanbashi Jamatia's Violence Threat
    Amareet Singh    ·   08 Feb, 2005    ·    #1638    ·    Commentary    
    With the Tripura Government refusing to entertain Nayanbashi Jamatia's political demands that included offering him the chief minister's post, the disgruntled rebel leader, who very recently talked peace, has changed track and had report...
  • Godhra: An accident or a conspiracy?
       ·   08 Feb, 2005    ·    #1637    ·    Commentary    
    The findings of the Justice U C Banerjee Committee on the Godhra fire tragedy that occurred on 27 February 2002 has not been able to quell the debate of whether Godhra was an accident or a planned conspiracy. Though the Banerjee Railway Inquiry ...
  • A NATO- India Strategic Dialogue
       ·   08 Feb, 2005    ·    #1636    ·    Commentary    
    Members of the NATO delegation: Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp, Dr Karl Lamers, Dr Micheal Ruehle, Mr James Appathurai, Lt Gen Klaus Olshausen Session I: NATO Out of Area Operations - Views and Perspectives Karl-Heinz Kamp 'Out of Area' is a dubiou...
  • Revisiting Kargil: Was it a Failure for Pakistan's Military?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   08 Feb, 2005    ·    #1635    ·    Commentary    
    Was Kargil a failure for Pakistan's military? It is widely believed that Kargil war ended in a disaster for Pakistan for several reasons. The international community condemned Pakistan for initiating hostilities; no one believed that those w...
  • Pugwash International Conference on Kashmir
       ·   03 Feb, 2005    ·    #1634    ·    Commentary    
    In the second week of December 2004, Pugwash International organized a conference at Kathmandu, Nepal, with a view to find common grounds for a resolution of the Kashmir dispute. It was the first time that Kashmiri representatives from both side...
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