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  • Resurfacing of Rohingya Refugees
    Anand Kumar    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1450    ·    Commentary    
    The problem of Rohingya refugees seems to be emerging anew in Bangladesh. Their number is increasing in the bordering districts of southeastern Bangladesh contrary to official statistics that all but some 20,000 Rohingyas have been repat...
  • India-China Border Talks
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   02 Aug, 2004    ·    #1449    ·    Commentary    
    JN Dixit, the National Security Adviser and Dai Bingguo, Chinaâ??s Vice Foreign Minister met for the third round of talks at the level of Special Representatives at Delhi in end July. The Indian foreign office s...
  • India- China Meeting, 26-27 July 2004
       ·   01 Aug, 2004    ·    #1448    ·    Commentary    
    The latest meeting between the Special Representatives of India and China in New Delhi on 26 and 27 July marks the third round in a new exercise begun as a result of a special initiative between the Prime Ministers of the two countries las...
  • Assam’s Illegal Immigrants: Electoral Clarities and National Ambiguities
    Bidhan S Laishram    ·   01 Aug, 2004    ·    #1447    ·    Commentary    
    The issue of illegal immigrants in Assam represents lack of national clarity over a desirable policy on the issue of immigrants. Numerical guarantee in elections has solely authored this ambiguity over the decades by undermining, in the ...
  • Limited War
    Lt. Gen. AM Vohra    ·   01 Aug, 2004    ·    #1446    ·    Commentary    
    Considerable confusion has been caused in the last few years by the loose usage of the term ‘Limited War’. After the Kaluchak terrorist attack on 14 May 2002, a columnist wrote in the Hindustan Times of 31 May 2002 that Ind...
  • Peace through Dialogue (Kashmir Urdu Media Survey, June 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   01 Aug, 2004    ·    #1445    ·    Commentary    
    The editorial, ?Continuation of the dialogue? in daily Aftab (03 June 2004) commented on the telephonic conversation between Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan. Indian Foreign Minister, Natwar Singh, reiterated that India would contin...
  • Policy to Counter Hostage-taking
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   27 Jul, 2004    ·    #1444    ·    Commentary    
    The recent incident of three Indians taken hostage in Iraq has highlighted once again the dangerous world we live in. Hostages have been taken throughout history. What makes it so urgent today is its increasing link with international t...
  • A Requiem for Reservations
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   27 Jul, 2004    ·    #1443    ·    Commentary    
    The move by the Andhra Pradesh government to extend five percent reservations in educational institutions and government jobs to the Muslim community raises fears of social corrective measures being exploited for creating political constit...
  • SAARC Should Stay Clear Of Bilateral Issues
    Mukul Kumar    ·   27 Jul, 2004    ·    #1442    ·    Commentary    
    The bonhomie created by the 12th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit has been further boosted by the recent decision to hold the 13th SAARC summit in Bangladesh in January next year. Though SAARC does not have ...
  • Failed Attempt: Suicide Attack or Peace Process?
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   27 Jul, 2004    ·    #1441    ·    Commentary    
    Failed suicide attacks by the Tamil Tigers have been few, in terms of not being able to liquidate the intended target. Even on such an occasion, one or several others were killed in the attack. The human weapons of the LTTE achieved huge s...
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