COMMENTARIES
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Extortion, Governance and Bihar
Garima Singh · 09 Feb, 2003 · #967 · Commentary
Extortion has become an industry in Bihar. Unemployment, declining investments, corrupt police and judiciary, the criminal-politician nexus and the caste fractured society together provide grist for the extortion industry.
An analysi...
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Will Gujarat repeat for the BJP?
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan · 09 Feb, 2003 · #966 · Commentary
The landslide victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by obtaining 126 seats in Gujrat Assembly elections is being attributed to its successful exploitation of communal violence. Though there was widespread condemnation of the electoral use of...
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Militating against Democracy in Tripura
Praveen Kumar · 09 Feb, 2003 · #965 · Commentary
On January 26, the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) killed 11 participants in an election rally at Mandai Choumuhani in West district of Tripura. This is the first major civilian-massacre in the mili...
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Pakistan in 2002 (Pakistan Media Survey, 1-15 January 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 08 Feb, 2003 · #964 · Commentary
For Pakistan, 2002 was an important year. General Musharraf became the President through a controversial referendum and later organized general elections after passing a series of legislations. The October elections witnessed the formation and s...
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Musharraf’s “Un-Conventional War” (Pakistan Media Survey, 1-15 January 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 09 Feb, 2003 · #963 · Commentary
General Musharraf created a controversy by making a statement in December 2002 that “In my meetings with various world leaders, I conveyed my personal message to Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee that the moment Indian forces cross the line of ...
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War Against Terrorism: Is Pakistan the Next Target? (Pakistan Media Survey, 1-15 January 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 09 Feb, 2003 · #962 · Commentary
The US led War against terrorism and the role-played by Pakistan, continued to be a major source of criticism against the government, especially after the attack on a madrassa inside Pakistan by the US forces fighting against the al-Qaeda in Afg...
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Center-NSCN (IM) Peace Talks and Manipur’s Woes
Paolienlal Haokip · 31 Jan, 2003 · #961 · Commentary
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The recent peace-talks in Delhi between the Union Government and the NSCN (IM) once again saw passions running high in Manipur over the latter&rs...
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The Naga Peace Talks: Some Glimmer of Hope
R Radhakrishnan · 27 Jan, 2003 · #960 · Commentary
Since independence, a series of problems ranging from uneven development, electoral politics, influence of Christianity, minority syndrome, and influx of illegal migrants have shaped the politicization of ethnic identities and the separatist movem...
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What’s in the NAM(e)?
Aisha Sultanat · 23 Jan, 2003 · #959 · Commentary
With hardly a month left for the XIII NAM (Non-Aligned Movement)
Summit
scheduled to be held in Kualalumpur, the debate on the efficacy of the movement has gained currency once again. Debates on
NAM
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The Indian Diaspora: An Untapped Asset
Prafulla Ketkar · 23 Jan, 2003 · #958 · Commentary
Profound changes in the world political and economic order have generated large-scale movements of people in almost every region. In the process, the conventional meaning of diaspora has altered significantly. It is considered more a valuable asse...
