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  • Nepal: Children in Maoist Ranks
    P V Ramana    ·   31 May, 2004    ·    #1400    ·    Commentary    
    The Maoist insurgents in Nepal have been abducting children from various parts of the country with a view to training and inducting them into their ranks. In all, over 3000 children have been abducted on different occasions since 1996. They are ...
  • Naxal Violence: Prospects for Peace Process in Andhra Pradesh
       ·   29 May, 2004    ·    #1399    ·    Commentary    
    With the installation of the Congress government led by Y S Rajashekhar Reddy in Andhra Pradesh, the process of reconciliation and groundwork for peace process with the People’s War Group (PWG) has begun. Soon after becoming the Chief Mini...
  • Congress Governments and India-Pakistan Relations
       ·   29 May, 2004    ·    #1398    ·    Commentary    
    What would be the new Congress Government’s initiatives on India-Pakistan relations? Would it even consider following the peace initiatives taken by the Vajpayee-led NDA government or pursue th...
  • The Indian Elections: Why Everyone Got It Wrong
    PR Chari    ·   27 May, 2004    ·    #1397    ·    Commentary    
    The tables are empty, the dance floor is deserted; and the astrologers, psephologists, print and electronic media persons are busy explaining why they got the last general elections results so wrong. Everyone was surprised, including the politic...
  • Ill Begun, Half Undone: Congress in Power
    PR Chari    ·   27 May, 2004    ·    #1396    ·    Commentary    
    The euphoria within the Congress party and its allies on achieving power after six years in the political wilderness is explicable. Whether they will reflect on the reasons why the BJP and its allies were defeated so comprehensively in the 14th ...
  • The Congress Government and the Future
    B Rajeshwari    ·   27 May, 2004    ·    #1395    ·    Commentary    
    The Fourteenth Parliamentary Elections resulted in the Congress and its allies securing 219 Lok Sabha seats and forming a coalition government under the banner of United Progressive Alliance, with the Congress as the leading partner. Based on th...
  • Tripura: Insurgency on the Back Foot
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   27 May, 2004    ·    #1394    ·    Commentary    
    The announcement of the six-month long ceasefire on 15 April 2004 with two prominent factions of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), following official level negotiations at Delhi, could be the harbinger of peace in the state. There...
  • The United States and South Asia: A New Dawn?
       ·   27 May, 2004    ·    #1393    ·    Commentary    
      Speaker:   Robert Hathaway Director, Asia Programme, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washing...
  • Northeastern Concerns (Regional Media Survey, April 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   27 May, 2004    ·    #1392    ·    Commentary    
    Terrorists and Politics in Manipur Commenting on the ban imposed on the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) on poll related activities in the state, The Sangai Express (8 April) in its editorial ‘Alarming Situation’ sa...
  • The New Silk Route
    Mukul Kumar    ·   17 May, 2004    ·    #1391    ·    Commentary    
    The modern silk route might see the light of the day forty-five years after it was first proposed. Also known as the Asian Highway, this route will once again link Asia with Europe when complete and become one of the most important examples of r...
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