COMMENTARIES
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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The Attack on Chandrababu Naidu: Glaring Security Lapse
Mallika Joseph · 03 Oct, 2003 · #1170 · Commentary
The attack on the life of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has once again brought into focus the lethality of these devises and their use by the Naxalites. The security lapse is glaring, p...
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Dispensing ‘Best’ Justice – II: Raising Fundamental Questions
Aisha Sultanat · 01 Oct, 2003 · #1169 · Commentary
The Best Bakery case has raised some fundamental questions on a range of issues. Here are some that impinge on critical aspects of governance.
Government accountability
When protectors from crime become the perpetrators of crim...
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Dispensing ‘Best’ Justice – I: Relevance of Witness Protection Program
Aisha Sultanat · 01 Oct, 2003 · #1168 · Commentary
The Best Bakery case has generated a heated debate in its wake on some of the glaring inadequacies in the existing system of judicial dispensation, with particular reference to the witness protection program. Citing the centrality of witness pro...
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Politician-Naxalite Nexus in Andhra Pradesh
P V Ramana · 30 Sep, 2003 · #1167 · Commentary
The dangerous trend of politician-left-wing extremist (Naxalite) nexus continues to be alive in Andhra Pradesh. It needs to be rooted out, sooner than later, if peace is ever to come to the region. On 19 September 2003, the vernacular Telugu med...
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Child Soldiers II: Preference for Children and Preference by Children
N Manoharan · 30 Sep, 2003 · #1166 · Commentary
Wars are fought by adults. The use of children in combat activities is revolting, especially when children are drawn into violent conflict for the fact of being children. There are two major factors behind children being preferred for soldiering...
