COMMENTARIES
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Pentagon’s Private Warriors
Atul Bharadwaj · 22 Apr, 2003 · #1019 · Commentary
The US oil, pharmaceutical and construction companies are not the only ones who would profit from the current invasion of Iraq by coalition forces; private military companies (PMCs) and private security companies (PSCs) are likely to enhance the...
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Organized Crime and India’s Extradition Treaty
Nihar Nayak · 16 Apr, 2003 · #1018 · Commentary
Terrorist-Mafia (organized criminal) nexus has emerged as the biggest challenge before Indian authorities. Mafias are no longer confined to their traditional style of extortion and abduction. Their nexus with terrorist outfits and drug barons as...
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Gulf War II: Some Reflections
· 15 Apr, 2003 · #1017 · Commentary
The long awaited war to liberate Iraq is now five days old. Unlike the 1991 Gulf, 1999 Kosovo, and 2001 Afghanistan wars, that the US fought, this one has little justification. Protests are mounting the world over. While one cannot hold a brief ...
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: The Plight of Indian Fishermen in Kachchativu
P G Rajamohan · 21 Apr, 2003 · #1016 · Commentary
Sri Lankan fishermen took 118 Indian fishermen into their custody and handed them over to the Sri Lankan Police following a clash where the Indian fishermen trespassed into the territorial waters of Sri Lanka around Kachchativu area. Immediate I...
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Communalizing Cricket
B Rajeshwari · 15 Apr, 2003 · #1015 · Commentary
On 3 March 2003, celebrations over India’s win against Pakistan in the World Cup cricket turned violent in Gujarat, killing a Muslim youth and leaving six others injured. There were similar incidents of violence in other parts of the...
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Muslim India as ‘Threat’
Firdaus Ahmed · 15 Apr, 2003 · #1014 · Commentary
It has been repeated often enough to acquire the status of a ‘given’ that Muslim pockets all over India are potentially subversive enclaves. In this perspective, at least a few sections of Indian Muslims are being exploited by the ub...
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Indo-Bangladesh Trade Ties: Free Trade vs. Duty-free Access
Anand Kumar · 15 Apr, 2003 · #1013 · Commentary
Indo-Bangladesh trade relationship has been the cause for yet another controversy in the bilateral relations of the two countries which have seen several problems in the political arena in recent times. These differences become apparent during t...
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War in Iraq: Sea Mines and Mammals
Vijay Sakhuja · 15 Apr, 2003 · #1012 · Commentary
Sir Galahad, the first British supply ship, carrying aid to Iraq (650 tonnes of food, medicine and fresh water) finally docked at the southern port of Umm Qasr. A minesweeper, few patrol boats, helicopters and hovercraft escorted the vessel indi...
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Perspectives on Organized Crime
· 14 Apr, 2003 · #1011 · Commentary
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Implications of the War (Pakistan Media Survey: March 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 13 Apr, 2003 · #1010 · Commentary
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