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  • The Mirwaiz Hurriyat: 'Hurrying' to Resolve Kashmir
    Priyashree Andley    ·   16 Jan, 2007    ·    #2191    ·    Commentary    
    The leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) have discussed their forthcoming Pakistan visit with Kashmiri Pandits, intellectuals and politicians in Jammu. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, APHC chief, and his team begin their Pakistan visit thi...
  • Emergency in Bangladesh: What Next?
    Supriya Singh    ·   16 Jan, 2007    ·    #2190    ·    Commentary    
             "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" said Marcellus in Hamlet. The present situation in Bangladesh is no different what with the declaration of emergency and the fate of the ninth...
  • Semiotics of Terrorism: A 'Symbolic' Understanding of the LTTE
    N Manoharan    ·   16 Jan, 2007    ·    #2189    ·    Commentary    
    Understanding terrorism is not complete without comprehending its symbolisms. Terrorist or militant groups use various symbols to convey their ideologies and goals. These symbols are usually drawn from the cultures in which these groups operate ...
  • India-United States Understanding on Civil Nuclear Cooperation: The Way Ahead
       ·   13 Jan, 2007    ·    #2188    ·    Commentary    
    Excerpts from a talk by Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister on 10 January 2007. The talk was organized by the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses at the India Habitat Centre Shyam Saran The Indo-US Nuclear deal has gener...
  • Debating the Nuclear Deal
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   12 Jan, 2007    ·    #2187    ·    Commentary    
    The recent Indo-US nuclear deal is pregnant with several many epoch-making implications for the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Most significantly, the deal is being seen as marking a major policy shift in the United States'...
  • India and Japan - Towards Permanent Interests
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   09 Jan, 2007    ·    #2186    ·    Commentary    
    India's economic growth in recent years and America's sudden interest in New Delhi have caused Japan to sit up and take serious note of India. It was Yoshiro Mori and Atal Behari Vajpayee, who set the ball rolling for Indo-Japanese relat...
  • The PM's Japan Visit
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   09 Jan, 2007    ·    #2185    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undertook a four-day official visit to Japan from 13-16 December. The implications of the visit may be assessed across bilateral, regional and global issues - all of which necessarily overlap. On the bilateral ...
  • ULFA's New Year Mayhem
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   09 Jan, 2007    ·    #2184    ·    Commentary    
    Once again Assam is reeling under a series of coordinated and targeted terrorist attacks unleashed by the extremist outfit, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). Unveiling its terror agenda in the New Year, it has so far killed more ...
  • Nathu La Six Months Later
    Sameer Suryakant Patil    ·   09 Jan, 2007    ·    #2183    ·    Commentary    
    It has been six months since the Nathu La opened for border trade between India and China accompanied by an optimism that this would herald a new beginning in bilateral trade. Symbolically, Nathu La also displayed aplenty what has been absent in...
  • The Forgotten People of Jammu and Kashmir: 'Refugees' from PoK
       ·   08 Jan, 2007    ·    #2182    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to visit Pakistan in February or March 2007. Obviously, one of the most important issues that is likely to be discussed between him and Gen. Musharraf is Kashmir. Unfortunately, thanks to the media...
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