COMMENTARIES
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China: Human Flesh Search Engines
Namrata Hasija · 18 Oct, 2012 · #3729 · Commentary
The Shanghai film festival in June 2012 was abuzz with the movie ‘Caught in the Web’, which showcased an emergent phenomenon in China: ‘renrou sousuo yinqing’ meaning ‘human-flesh search engines’ which attract...
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Phillipines and the MILF-GPH Peace Agreement
Amruta Karambelkar · 18 Oct, 2012 · #3728 · Commentary
The latest peace agreement between the government of Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on 15 October 2012 is being widely hailed as a landmark covenant in ending the four decade old insurgency. A new autonomous entity call...
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Malala: Is Pakistan Externalizing an Internal Problem?
D Suba Chandran · 16 Oct, 2012 · #3727 · Commentary
There is a spurt in the comments and responses within the electronic and social media condemning Taliban’s attack on Malala for her courageous efforts to oppose the radicals’ ban on education. This article explores whether such an in...
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Kashmir: Religious-Extremism on the Rise
Zainab Akhter · 15 Oct, 2012 · #3726 · Commentary
Kashmir is considered to be the land of Sufi saints. It is bestowed with immense religious wealth in the form of numerous shrines and places of worship, enjoying reverence and allegiance of people from different faiths. But slowly a religious tr...
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Fate of the Arms Trade Treaty
Prashant Dikshit · 02 Oct, 2012 · #3725 · Commentary
The decision by the General Assembly (GA) of the United Nations to drop deliberations on the Arms Trade Treaty has stymied a laudable process which had commenced in 2003. Some analysts believe that it is now beyond redemption. But foisting the b...
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Indo-US Relations: Economic Respite?
Sudesh Rani · 28 Sep, 2012 · #3724 · Commentary
Amid domestic political opposition by various states and political parties, the Indian government issued a notification clearing the way for the implementation of economic reforms. New Delhi announced massive set of reforms viz. 100 ...
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Tamil Nadu’s Angst Over Sinhalese: The ‘Why’ Factor
J Jeganaathan · 25 Sep, 2012 · #3723 · Commentary
Tamil Nadu is becoming a political hot spot for notorious reasons. The state witnessed several untoward incidents recently that have not only pricked Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral relations but also raised concerns about the current trajectory of eth...
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Mahinda Rajapaksa’s India Visit: Taking the Ties Forward
N Manoharan · 25 Sep, 2012 · #3722 · Commentary
Despite protests from fringe groups in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India from 19 to 22 September 2012. Anti-Sri Lankan sentiments were on the rise in the southern Indian state ever since the holding of Tamil Eelam ...
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Capacity Building and National Pride
Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri · 25 Sep, 2012 · #3721 · Commentary
The first Chinese aircraft carrier, refurbished out of the Varyag unfinished Ukrainian carrier, sailed for its 10th sea trial on 28 August 2012. The Chinese official news agency Xinhua, while putting this fact out in the public domain cited its ...
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China and Japan: Old Rivals, New Tensions
Narayani Basu · 17 Sep, 2012 · #3720 · Commentary
In the wake of an unauthorised landing by Chinese activists from Hong Kong on one of the disputed Senkaku (known as Diaoyu in Chinese) Islands, ambitions for the future have risen to the surface in extremist nationalist retaliatory movements in ...
