COMMENTARIES
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New Initiatives: The “Other†Perception
D Suba Chandran · 12 Nov, 2003 · #1207 · Commentary
How do the Pakistanis see the Indian proposals and Pakistan’s response? The popular response could be broadly categorized into two – the mode...
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Corruption in Bangladesh
PR Chari · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1206 · Commentary
The timing could not have been worse. On October 8, the day the 49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference was to commence in Dhaka, Transparency International (TI) released its annual report awarding Bangladesh a score of 1.3 on the...
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Constitutional Crisis in Sri Lanka: One Move, Many Stalemates
N Manoharan · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1205 · Commentary
Plebiscitary politics has once again come to the fore in the Island’s politics. Citing the “security of the country”, President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacked three ministers of the present UNF government, prorogued Parliament an...
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The War in Sri Lanka
Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1204 · Commentary
War has broken out in Sri Lanka. No, not in the north and east, but, the south and west of the Island centred on Colombo. A low intensity conflict had begun weeks before parliamentary elections in end 2001. It is now an open war. There will be a...
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The Police and the Example of the Armed Forces
Firdaus Ahmed · 10 Nov, 2003 · #1203 · Commentary
Two recent instances of Police partisanship reveal the politicization of India’s police forces. The acquittal by the Delhi High Court of SAR Geelani from life sentence awarded by a fast track lower court, based on trumped up charges after ...
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Indo-US Strategic Relations: Problems and Prospects
· 06 Nov, 2003 · #1202 · Commentary
Chair:
Lt. Gen. AM
Vohra
Speakers:
Dr KP
Vijaylakshmi
Air Marshal
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Responding to a Response – I: Pakistan’s Counter Proposals: An Analysis
D Suba Chandran · 06 Nov, 2003 · #1201 · Commentary
India announced a dozen proposals to Pakistan during the third week of October including restoration of sports ties, air, road and rail links; a bus service from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad and a ferry service from Mumbai to Karachi; visas in more ...
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India-Pakistan Imbroglio over CBMs
Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee · 06 Nov, 2003 · #1200 · Commentary
India-Pakistan low-intensity conflict was extended to the arena of diplomacy in October. Following Vajpayee’s Srinagar surprise in spring, came Yashwant Sinha’s 12 point bombshell on confidence building in the autumn. This should not...
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Talks Offer: A Positive Sign
Amin Masoodi · 05 Nov, 2003 · #1199 · Commentary
The much-awaited ‘talks offer’ by the Union government to the Hurriyat Conference, an organization claiming to be the representatives of the Kashmiri people is being seen as a good step amongst Kashmiris and this organization i...
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Drug Lords or Law-makers: Former Manipur Minister in the Drug Net
Paolienlal Haokip · 03 Nov, 2003 · #1198 · Commentary
The recent arrest, on 22 October 2003, of a former Minister of the Manipur Assembly, along with two of his associates, in possession of a kilogram of heroin by sleuths of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in Guwahati is significant in more ways...
