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  • Indonesia: Traumatic Past and Troubled Present
    Gautam K Jha    ·   06 Oct, 2003    ·    #1173    ·    Commentary    
    Sukarno’s reign of twenty years was under his self-modeled secular doctrine of Pancasila that was the basis of the Constitution and of Guided Democracy in Indonesia. He dissolved the elected Constituent Assembly on 5 July 1959 and reinstat...
  • Indo-Pak Speeches at the UN (Urdu Media Survey 16-30 September 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   06 Oct, 2003    ·    #1172    ·    Commentary    
    APHC in crisis Hameed Salak in a report in weekly the Chattan (21 September 2003) commented on the split in the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) "people have realized that Anasri and Geelani both groups are involved in a politic...
  • Whither US-Israel-India Relations?
       ·   04 Oct, 2003    ·    #1171    ·    Commentary    
      Chair: Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee Director, IPCS   Speakers: Dr PR Kumaraswami ...
  • The Attack on Chandrababu Naidu: Glaring Security Lapse
    Mallika Joseph    ·   03 Oct, 2003    ·    #1170    ·    Commentary    
    The attack on the life of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has once again brought into focus the lethality of these devises and their use by the Naxalites. The security lapse is glaring, p...
  • Dispensing ‘Best’ Justice – II: Raising Fundamental Questions
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   01 Oct, 2003    ·    #1169    ·    Commentary    
    The Best Bakery case has raised some fundamental questions on a range of issues. Here are some that impinge on critical aspects of governance. Government accountability When protectors from crime become the perpetrators of crim...
  • Dispensing ‘Best’ Justice – I: Relevance of Witness Protection Program
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   01 Oct, 2003    ·    #1168    ·    Commentary    
    The Best Bakery case has generated a heated debate in its wake on some of the glaring inadequacies in the existing system of judicial dispensation, with particular reference to the witness protection program. Citing the centrality of witness pro...
  • Politician-Naxalite Nexus in Andhra Pradesh
    P V Ramana    ·   30 Sep, 2003    ·    #1167    ·    Commentary    
    The dangerous trend of politician-left-wing extremist (Naxalite) nexus continues to be alive in Andhra Pradesh. It needs to be rooted out, sooner than later, if peace is ever to come to the region. On 19 September 2003, the vernacular Telugu med...
  • Child Soldiers II: Preference for Children and Preference by Children
    N Manoharan    ·   30 Sep, 2003    ·    #1166    ·    Commentary    
    Wars are fought by adults. The use of children in combat activities is revolting, especially when children are drawn into violent conflict for the fact of being children. There are two major factors behind children being preferred for soldiering...
  • Suicide Bombers: A New Front Opens in Iraq
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   29 Sep, 2003    ·    #1165    ·    Commentary    
    The suicide bomber phenomenon had a faster genesis in American-occupied Iraq, in comparison to the Palestinians who adopted this tactic in the mid-1990s after several decades of Israeli occupation. Iraq has been a secular Arab entity, bu...
  • Spurt in Militant Violence- Tough Times for the Security Forces
    Amin Masoodi    ·   29 Sep, 2003    ·    #1164    ·    Commentary    
    Following the killing of Jaish-e-Muhammed chief, Gazi Baba, mastermind behind the parliament attack and the outfit’s, deputy commander, Nasir Mahmood Ahwan, there has been a renewed spurt in militant violence. The militant groups continue ...
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