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  • Terror Hunt: Hounding With Biometrics
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #718    ·    Commentary    
    They will be brought to justice or justice will be brought to them   - George W Bush   How do we recognize Osama bin Laden or Masood Azhar to bring them to book?...
  • A Survey of Elections in Kashmir
    Mayilvaganan    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #717    ·    Commentary    
    The six-year term of the current Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly expires in October 2002. The stage for the next elections had been set by Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, who had announced that elections would be held ‘very soo...
  • Counter-Insurgency in Kashmir: Bolstering VDCs
    Sreeram Sundar Chaulia    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #716    ·    Commentary    
    The insurgent gun and its carnage are the biggest problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir . Restoration of normalcy cannot be achieved without defanging Jihad. The father of Jihad, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, has raised the slogan: “Jihad a...
  • Prudence Demands India not Stretching the Rope too Far
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #715    ·    Commentary    
    It is heartening that the official Indian attitude towards the crisis in Indo-Pak relations has encountered serious criticism in many quarters. President Musharaff’s words need to be taken at their face value, and the righteous indignation c...
  • The Healing Wounds of Migration in Assam
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   13 Mar, 2002    ·    #714    ·    Commentary    
    The Assam movement that continued for over six years had centred on the unabated migration from Bangladesh , which threatened the identity of the Assamese people. So intense was the popular sentiment against being swamped by waves o...
  • Kolkata terrorist attack: Privatization of Islamist terror?
    Kanchan Lakshman    ·   13 Mar, 2002    ·    #713    ·    Commentary    
    The arrest and deportation of Aftab Ansari alias Farhan Malik alias Aftab Ahmed, a Dubai-based Mafiosi, for his role in the 22 January 2002 terrorist attack on the American Centre in Kolkata reinforces the convergence of organized crime with terro...
  • Peace Process in Sri Lanka – I: Past Perfect Sense
    N Manoharan    ·   28 Feb, 2002    ·    #712    ·    Commentary    
    Peace is a journey of a million miles. This journey has commenced in Sri Lanka with the installation of the United National Front (UNF) government in December 2001 and the subsequent declaration of ceasefire between the government and the ...
  • An Inquiry into Suicide Terrorism – I: Sociological Perspectives
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Feb, 2002    ·    #711    ·    Commentary    
    Suicide terrorism has assumed greater significance after the attack on the US in September 2001. In South Asia , Sri Lanka and Kashmir have been witnessing this phenomenon.  The background of the suicide terrori...
  • Nuclear Compulsions and Dangers in South Asia
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna    ·   28 Feb, 2002    ·    #710    ·    Commentary    
    General     The need for nuclear stability in South Asia is engaging the attention of the international community. Mutual suspicions between India and Pakistan , the absence of transparency, their use...
  • Madrassa and Education in Pakistan
       ·   28 Feb, 2002    ·    #709    ·    Commentary    
    Madrassas and Islamic militancy or Jihad have become synonymous. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan and its ongoing struggle in Indian part of Kashmir are the battleground for these madrassa students. The post-September 11 developme...
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