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  • Rebel Storm in Assam’s Tea Bowl
    Wasbir Hussain    ·   15 Oct, 2003    ·    #1180    ·    Commentary    
    Anglo-Dutch multinational giant Unilever is back in the news with its Indian subsidiary Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) admitting earlier this month that it has received a Rs 20 million extortion demand from the separatist United Liberation Front ...
  • Politics of Migration in Bhutan
       ·   15 Oct, 2003    ·    #1179    ·    Commentary    
    The more we move towards globalization the more we witness the emergence of regionalism and ethnic violence. South Asia is no exception. This region has become more vulnerable to terrorism, separatism and political destabilization that have crea...
  • Refugee Influx and Environmental Impact in South Asia
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   14 Oct, 2003    ·    #1178    ·    Commentary    
    Refugee related environmental problems have their origin in the sudden imbalance created by the refugee population and the environmental carrying capacity. This is made more serious by the absence of ameliorative environmental actions. South Asi...
  • Bangladeshi Migrants (Regional Media Survey, 21-30 September 2003)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   14 Oct, 2003    ·    #1177    ·    Commentary    
    Migrants from Bangladesh The impact of illegal migration from Bangladesh is now being felt in Nagaland where a great deal of soul-searching is being done by the intelligentsia on this process. The Nagaland Post (27 September), in its editor...
  • Nuclear Nexus and Iran’s Quest for the Bomb
    Animesh Roul    ·   14 Oct, 2003    ·    #1176    ·    Commentary    
    There is an intense debate over Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons and its Uranium enrichment programme which has been discussed in international security conclaves, since the International Atomi...
  • Custodial Killing of Newly-wed in Sopore
    Amin Masoodi    ·   14 Oct, 2003    ·    #1175    ·    Commentary    
    While the Mufti-led coalition government has time and again reiterated that it is committed to healing the wounds of the people – “the healing touch” ââ‚&no...
  • Dispensing ‘Best’ Justice – III: Executing the Witness Protection Program
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   06 Oct, 2003    ·    #1174    ·    Commentary    
    Part I of this article had discussed the relevance of a witness protection program in the overall schema of a free and fair trial. This article provides some insights into the ways and means of going about it on the basis of useful examples from...
  • Indonesia: Traumatic Past and Troubled Present
    Gautam K Jha    ·   06 Oct, 2003    ·    #1173    ·    Commentary    
    Sukarno’s reign of twenty years was under his self-modeled secular doctrine of Pancasila that was the basis of the Constitution and of Guided Democracy in Indonesia. He dissolved the elected Constituent Assembly on 5 July 1959 and reinstat...
  • Indo-Pak Speeches at the UN (Urdu Media Survey 16-30 September 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   06 Oct, 2003    ·    #1172    ·    Commentary    
    APHC in crisis Hameed Salak in a report in weekly the Chattan (21 September 2003) commented on the split in the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) "people have realized that Anasri and Geelani both groups are involved in a politic...
  • Whither US-Israel-India Relations?
       ·   04 Oct, 2003    ·    #1171    ·    Commentary    
      Chair: Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee Director, IPCS   Speakers: Dr PR Kumaraswami ...
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