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  • Return of the Pandits: The Khir Bhawani Mela
    Amin Masoodi    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1060    ·    Commentary    
    Pandits hugging waiting Muslims and vice versa and smiles being exchanged on a sunny day – this was the scene dominating the first day of a three day long Khir Bhawani Mela at Khir Bhawani temp...
  • Highlights of the J&K Assembly Proceedings (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley: 1-7 June 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1059    ·    Commentary    
    Proceedings of the sessions of the State Assembly, Indo-Pak dialogue and the performance of the Mufti Government, especially its failure to check corruption, remained the major topics of discussion in the Urdu press. · &nb...
  • Kashmir: A View from the Government and the Bar Association
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1058    ·    Commentary    
    Yadullah, Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara ·         How do you see the Indo-Pak peace diplomacy? People are very happy about it. They are now fed up of the violence they have seen for l...
  • Kashmir: A View from the Educationalists
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1057    ·    Commentary    
    In an exclusive interview to the IPCS, few educationalists from Sopore and Kupwara air their opinion on various issues relating to Kashmir. Mohd. Ashraf, Principal, Degree College, Sopore ·   &nb...
  • Kashmir: Political Perspective
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1056    ·    Commentary    
    In an exclusive interview to the IPCS, Mir Saifullah, MLA Kupwara, and Ab Ahad, District President of JKLF in Kupwara, speak to Amin Masoodi regarding the latest political developments in the state. Mir Saifullah, MLA Kupwara ...
  • Popular Perception of the Kashmir Conflict: Kupwara, Handwara and Sopore Round
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1055    ·    Commentary    
    The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, conducted a survey on “Popular Perception of the Kashmir Conflict” in the border districts of Kupwara, Handwara and Sopore during 1-6 June 2003. The survey was based on a...
  • Indonesia and the “Free Aceh Movement”
    Gautam K Jha    ·   17 Jun, 2003    ·    #1054    ·    Commentary    
    The President of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri has asked her armed forces, popularly known as TNI (Tentara Nasional Indonesia), to crush the 27 years-old GAM movement – Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, ...
  • Indian Peacekeeping in Iraq?
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   16 Jun, 2003    ·    #1053    ·    Commentary    
    That a trial balloon could be floated on whether India should send its troops to Iraq for peacekeeping to replace the hard pressed soldiers of the Coalition of the Willing is indicative of the changed thinking in India’s Establishment. Pol...
  • Shock and Awe in Iraq: Revolution in Military Affairs
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   16 Jun, 2003    ·    #1052    ·    Commentary    
    The coalition Iraq operation in March-April 2003, fashionably called as Shock & Awe, had several unique factors. The conflict had never ceased after the 1991 Gulf War, when the country was virtually divided into three parts â&ac...
  • Pakistan and Terrorism: High time the US calls a Spade a Spade
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   16 Jun, 2003    ·    #1051    ·    Commentary    
    The US President’s triumphant affirmation - “Al Qaida is on the run… they are not a problem any longer…we have seen the turning of the tide...
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