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  • Reverberating Northeast (Regional Media Survey, September 1-20, 2003)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   29 Sep, 2003    ·    #1163    ·    Commentary    
    Visit of the Bhutanese King to India The visit of the Bhutanese King to New Delhi in the second week of September raised enormous hopes in the media regarding an early dismantling of the militant camps in that country. On September 14, the ...
  • Kuka Parray’s killing – A setback to the peace process
    Amin Masoodi    ·   29 Sep, 2003    ·    #1162    ·    Commentary    
    The killing of Mohd.Yousuf Parray alias Kuka Parray, a former militant-turned political leader, is a major setback to counter-insurgency operations and the peace process in Jammu & Kashmir. Kuka Parray, a folk singer in his youth who commonl...
  • Indefensible Defence
    Sonika Gupta    ·   25 Sep, 2003    ·    #1161    ·    Commentary    
    We have seen it all now. Mulayam Singh Yadav defended Amaramani Tripathi, accused in the Madhumita murder case, as the “saviour of UP.” Tripathi is being rewarded for voting in favor of the SP government at a time when Mulayam Singh ...
  • Child Soldiers I: A Factual Overview
    N Manoharan    ·   25 Sep, 2003    ·    #1160    ·    Commentary    
    Definition A child soldier is any person under the age of 18 (it was 15 before 2000 as per international norms) engaged in deadly violence (non-criminal) or “combat support” as part of a state armed force or non-state armed grou...
  • Naxal Assault: Growing Vulnerability of Bihar Police
    Sanjay K Jha    ·   20 Sep, 2003    ·    #1159    ·    Commentary    
    Growing vulnerability, sagging morale and the lack of preparedness of the Bihar police was exposed, once again, when Naxalites blew up a police vehicle killing 12 persons, including 11 police personnel in the western Bihar district of Rohtas. Po...
  • Dam it! Why Big Dams in India’s Northeast Will Not Bring Prosperity
       ·   20 Sep, 2003    ·    #1158    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 August Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee assured that by 2007 every village in the country would be electrified and by 2012 every house illuminated. However, gloom descended over the eight northeastern states following this announcement....
  • Refugees and Security: The Cases of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   19 Sep, 2003    ·    #1157    ·    Commentary    
    The peaceful states in North East India, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, are exhibiting signs of growing problems over the issue of refugees. While the concern in Arunachal Pradesh arises from the continued presence of some 60,000 Chakma and Hajo...
  • The Hurriyat Splits (Urdu Media Survey 1-15 September 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   20 Sep, 2003    ·    #1156    ·    Commentary    
    Fragile APHC “APHC on the verge of breakup”, reported the lone bilingual daily Alsafa (8 September 2003) in its lead news. Thirteen constituents of the APHC voted against the party Chairman Abbas Ansari. According to reports, a...
  • Estranged Democracies; Elusive Friends
       ·   20 Sep, 2003    ·    #1155    ·    Commentary    
    Amidst the ongoing US quest for stabilization in Iraq, the United States requested India to assist it with some troops. India refused. India stated that it would participate only in a force legitimized by the UN. When the United States responded...
  • Widening the Discourse on Terror
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   20 Sep, 2003    ·    #1154    ·    Commentary    
    Concentration on violence and its distressing outcome deflects reflection from terrorism in its wider dimension. There is also a perspective that seeking the ‘roots’ of terrorism only rationalizes it, and indirectly legitimises the p...
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