COMMENTARIES
  • With Friends Like These
       ·   15 Apr, 2004    ·    #1367    ·    Commentary    
    George Bush’s game-plan for terrorism has had its bizarre moments: stalling on the 9-11 investigation was one; standing up Osama to tango with Saddam was another. But when, on 18  March 2004,  Secretary Powell made Paki...
  • The Great Taiwanese Vote Trick
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   15 Apr, 2004    ·    #1366    ·    Commentary    
    A lot has been read into the results of the Taiwanese presidential election and the “defensive” referendum held on 20 March 2004. The referendum fell flat because the required numbers failed to turn up to vote. Instead, the President...
  • Cricket, People-to-People Contacts and Indo-Pak Rapprochement: A Pakistani Perspective
       ·   15 Apr, 2004    ·    #1365    ·    Commentary    
    Indian and Pakistani people-to-people contacts in the past few months have been phenomenal.  Indian cricket fans crossing the border in larger numbers, to witness the-first-in-15-years one-day cricket and test series, have been overwhelmed ...
  • Nagaland: Is Economic Sovereignty an Answer?
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   15 Apr, 2004    ·    #1364    ·    Commentary    
    On 6 April 2004, the Nagaland Chief Minister, N Rio, said that the Nagas should settle for economic sovereignty if political sovereignty remained elusive. There has been no comment on this statement by the influential power centers in the state....
  • Nepal: Current Situation and Future Challenges
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   13 Apr, 2004    ·    #1363    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Director, IPCS Gen. Banerjee began by saying that Nepal was in a crisis mode. Its democratic structure h...
  • Pakistan's MNNA Status: Implications for China
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   12 Apr, 2004    ·    #1362    ·    Commentary    
    US Secretary of State, Colin Powell?s announcement on 18 March 2004 granting Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status to Pakistan surprised India but it is not the only country for which this event has implications. China has reasons to follow the situ...
  • India Shining?
    PR Chari    ·   12 Apr, 2004    ·    #1361    ·    Commentary    
    It started off as an election slogan, but has now become something of a national joke, with the spin masters, committed bureaucracy and their cohorts in the media, academia, business groups, and NRI community making feverish efforts to establish...
  • Developments in Indo-US-Pak Relations
    PR Chari    ·   12 Apr, 2004    ·    #1360    ·    Commentary    
    The march of events within the triangle established by the United States with India and Pakistan is truly spectacular; and bewildering. First, there was the disclosure of Dr. A. Q. Khan’s private practice. This was unsurprising...
  • Maoists Strike Hard (Nepal Media Survey, March 2004)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   12 Apr, 2004    ·    #1359    ·    Commentary    
    Maoist Attacks   Maoist insurgents carried out two major attacks against the security forces in a span of 17 days.  Immediately following the massacre in Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal on 3 March, the carnage that took pla...
  • Politics in Nepal and the Political Parties
    Sangeeta Thapliyal    ·   08 Apr, 2004    ·    #1358    ·    Commentary    
    The most abused force in the present political instability in Nepal is the political parties. Indicted by the King, aid donors, common people, and academicians for their irresponsible behaviour, frequent changes in the government, bad governance...
POPULAR COMMENTARIES