COMMENTARIES
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NDFB: Talking For a Truce, Then What?
Wasbir Hussain · 13 Nov, 2004 · #1555 · Commentary
It's a breakthrough of sorts in so far as the Assam Government is concerned – the outlawed National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) responding positively to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi&#...
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Air Power No Solution to Iraqi Insurgency
Eric Koo Peng Kuan · 13 Nov, 2004 · #1554 · Commentary
In October 2004, in an effort to weed out the Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, which killed 11 and wounded 17, simultaneously also smashed a house where a joyous wedding occasion had just been held. It i...
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Nepal - India Relations: Current Issues
· 13 Nov, 2004 · #1553 · Commentary
Speaker: Amb. Karna Dhoj
AdhikariChair: Amb. K V Rajan
Ambassador's
Opening Remarks
Nepal-India relations are 'unique' for reasons ranging from
geographical contiguity to close cultural ties, and extensive instituti...
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Revisiting the tragedy of 1984
PR Chari · 05 Nov, 2004 · #1552 · Commentary
No, this isn't about George Orwell's Brave New World and critique of totalitarianism.
Orwell was concerned then with the menace of fascism and communism in Europe.
History has revealed they were false gods. But State control over the...
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Options in Nepal
Anju Grover · 05 Nov, 2004 · #1551 · Commentary
Even as April 2005, the deadline set to hold elections draws closer, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has begun making serious efforts to resume peace talks with the Maoists as well as strengthen the Royal Nepal Army. Will his twin str...
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Bush's Second Term and Future Directions of Indo-US Relations
Mohammed Badrul Alam · 05 Nov, 2004 · #1550 · Commentary
The much anticipated 2004 presidential election in the United States finally came to an end when on 2 November the American voters exercised their franchise. In a dramatic finish, the incumbent president, George W Bush defeated Senator John Kerr...
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Post-Afghan Elections: The Long Road Ahead
Shanthie Mariet D'Souza · 03 Nov, 2004 · #1549 · Commentary
Afghanistan's rendezvous with democracy on 9 October, amidst vows by the remnants of the Taliban to disrupt the Presidential elections, was relatively peaceful. There was a general sense of foreboding among Americans that on the polling day,...
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Pakistan's Nuclear Safety Bill
Garima Singh · 29 Oct, 2004 · #1548 · Commentary
The National Assembly in Pakistan passed a new legislation in September calling for the tightening of the export of nuclear and biological weapons technology and missile delivery systems. The legislation titled "Export Control on Goods, Tec...
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Profiling a Poacher: The Rise and Fall of Veerappan
N Manoharan · 29 Oct, 2004 · #1547 · Commentary
The Rise…
While Phoolan Devi was 'Bandit Queen', Veerappan was 'Bandit King' in India. A master of jungle-craft, Koose Munusamy Veerappan (Veerappan in Tamil means 'brave...
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Xinjiang's Governor's Visit to India: Significance for India-China Relations
Abanti Bhattacharya · 29 Oct, 2004 · #1546 · Commentary
In October this year a six-member delegation led by Xinjiang's governor, Ismail Tiliwaldi, visited India. This is a significant visit for Sino-Indian relations and most analysts have hailed it as deepening relations between the two countries...
