COMMENTARIES
-
Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Free Trade Agreement
Anand Kumar · 12 Nov, 2003 · #1210 · Commentary
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agreed in principle to stitch up a free trade agreement (FTA) in Dhaka on November 2 after a two-day joint secretary level meeting. The modalities of this FTA would be finalized in January 2004 when both sides meet in Co...
-
Update on Nepal (Nepal Media Survey, 15-31 October 2003)
P G Rajamohan · 12 Nov, 2003 · #1209 · Commentary
Hard Steps against Maoists
In its lead news The Kathmandu Post (15 October 2003) reported Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa’s statement that the Governmen...
-
Northeast Indian Rebels Play Culture Cops
Wasbir Hussain · 12 Nov, 2003 · #1208 · Commentary
It could be just
plain xenophobia or a desperate bid to make their presence felt. Whatever the
case might be, the diktat by as many as nine separatist rebel groups in India’s
northeast calling for a ban on the screening of Hindi film...
-
New Initiatives: The “Other†Perception
D Suba Chandran · 12 Nov, 2003 · #1207 · Commentary
How do the Pakistanis see the Indian proposals and Pakistan’s response? The popular response could be broadly categorized into two – the mode...
-
Corruption in Bangladesh
PR Chari · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1206 · Commentary
The timing could not have been worse. On October 8, the day the 49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference was to commence in Dhaka, Transparency International (TI) released its annual report awarding Bangladesh a score of 1.3 on the...
-
Constitutional Crisis in Sri Lanka: One Move, Many Stalemates
N Manoharan · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1205 · Commentary
Plebiscitary politics has once again come to the fore in the Island’s politics. Citing the “security of the country”, President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacked three ministers of the present UNF government, prorogued Parliament an...
-
The War in Sri Lanka
Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1204 · Commentary
War has broken out in Sri Lanka. No, not in the north and east, but, the south and west of the Island centred on Colombo. A low intensity conflict had begun weeks before parliamentary elections in end 2001. It is now an open war. There will be a...
-
The Police and the Example of the Armed Forces
Firdaus Ahmed · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1203 · Commentary
Two recent instances of Police partisanship reveal the politicization of India’s police forces. The acquittal by the Delhi High Court of SAR Geelani from life sentence awarded by a fast track lower court, based on trumped up charges after ...
-
Indo-US Strategic Relations: Problems and Prospects
· 06 Nov, 2003 · #1202 · Commentary
Chair:
Lt. Gen. AM
Vohra
Speakers:
Dr KP
Vijaylakshmi
Air Marshal
...
-
Responding to a Response – I: Pakistan’s Counter Proposals: An Analysis
D Suba Chandran · 06 Nov, 2003 · #1201 · Commentary
India announced a dozen proposals to Pakistan during the third week of October including restoration of sports ties, air, road and rail links; a bus service from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad and a ferry service from Mumbai to Karachi; visas in more ...
