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  • Recent Developments in the Hurriyat Conference – II
    Anirudh Suri    ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1135    ·    Commentary    
    Immediately after the elections, Geelani raised the issue of these proxy candidates put up by the People’s Conference, and felt that it let down the Hurriyat in the eyes of the people. A major row erupted in the Hurriyat following these ac...
  • Recent Developments in the Hurriyat Conference – I
    Anirudh Suri    ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1134    ·    Commentary    
    The flurry of activity that was sparked off in Kashmir after the elections last year has definitely had a serious impact on the political, if not the economic, situation in Kashmir. Among the most affected groups, literally reeling under the imp...
  • Engaging Israel: India’s Pragmatic Thaw
    Niraj Kumar    ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1133    ·    Commentary    
    The much-hyped visit of Israeli Prime Minister, Arial Sharon, to India has generated a heated debate regarding the present and future of Indian diplomacy in West Asia, especially in the aftermath of the Iraq war. The Indian desire to strengthen ...
  • Perception, Politics and Security in South Asia: The compound crisis of 1990
       ·   09 Sep, 2003    ·    #1132    ·    Commentary    
    ACM S K Mehra Appreciated the book as being crisp and readable. ACM Mehra called it a welcome addition to the debate over what happened in 1990. While Yakub Khan may have threatened using nuclear weapons, the ACM believed that there was...
  • Mumbai Blasts: Some Personal Reflections
    Prafulla Ketkar    ·   09 Sep, 2003    ·    #1131    ·    Commentary    
    Ten years after the (in)famous 1993 Mumbai Blasts, the financial capital of India experienced another spate of terrorist attacks on similar targets at around the same time on 25 August 2003.  By unhappy coincidence, I was there in Mumbai in...
  • Kashmir: The Current Situation
       ·   05 Sep, 2003    ·    #1130    ·    Commentary    
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  • Overflight Talks Fail: Problem of Attitudes
    Prashant Dikshit    ·   04 Sep, 2003    ·    #1129    ·    Commentary    
    The recent talks between India and Pakistan on the resumption of overflights received a setback when the respective delegations departed without achieving any results. Pakistan’s objections centered on unilateral termination of mutual arra...
  • Mobile Phones Reach the Valley (Urdu Media Survey 16-31 August 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   04 Sep, 2003    ·    #1128    ·    Commentary    
    The Independence Day celebrations and the advent of mobile phones caught the headlines in the Urdu papers in the last fortnight of August ·         Independence Day drama The biling...
  • The Mufti Government and the Healing Touch
    Amin Masoodi    ·   03 Sep, 2003    ·    #1127    ·    Commentary    
    Though the Mufti-led coalition government claims that it is proceeding with its 'healing touch policy' to restore much-awaited peace in the Valley, build trust among the people and win the minds and hearts of the people, there are not ma...
  • Why Autonomy to Kashmir?
       ·   03 Sep, 2003    ·    #1126    ·    Commentary    
    The accession of Jammu and Kashmir with the dominion of India signed by Maharaja Hari Singh was subject to two main conditions. First, Kashmir will be given “the right of self determination” after the restoration of normalcy. Second,...
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