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  • An Inquiry into Limited War - II: Limited War; Unlimited Questions
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Oct, 2002    ·    #884    ·    Commentary    
      Many questions need being raised over the concept of a limited war, which has been advocated in India since the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998 and the Kargil War in 1999.    First, th...
  • Bihar’s Search for Legitimacy: Shunning the Senas
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #882    ·    Commentary    
      The arrest of Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji, the dreaded Ranbir Sena leader, is a relief for the police force, the party in power (RJD) and, above all, the hapless peasants, who were the prime targets of the Sena. Singh had more ...
  • Bandit at Large: Who’s to Blame?
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #881    ·    Commentary    
      Koose Muniswamy Veerappan - the name that spells terror for the police forces and horror for the political leaders, is back in the news for what he does best, kidnap VIPs, and demand the impossible. Will he succeed this time around o...
  • Global Warming, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #880    ·    Commentary    
      The use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas are important factors causing the earth’s atmosphere to get warmer, but this is how economies are structured at present. Fossil fuel use emits carbon dioxide, which the natural sin...
  • Terror strikes in Tripura
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #879    ·    Commentary    
    Large-scale migration threatens to alter the demographic composition of the north-east region. In Tripura, the native population has already been outnumbered, leading to ethnic conflicts that have ravaged the state over the last two decades. ...
  • Bangladesh through the Media (June- August, 2002)
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #878    ·    Commentary    
      A brief scan of media reports on Bangladesh for the months of June-August 2002 shows that the country is struggling to maintain internal law and order. Political rivalry between the ruling Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and the oppo...
  • The Earth Summit: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
    Prafulla Ketkar    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #877    ·    Commentary    
      How to continue material development but avoid destroying the living condition in this planet is one of the perennial problems of our time. The climatic changes attempted over the last few years made the Earth Summit on Sustainable D...
  • Elections in Kashmir - XIV: How People Across the Border See It
    D Suba Chandran    ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #876    ·    Commentary    
      All the newspapers in Pakistan observed that the first phase of elections conducted in Kashmir by India was marked by a low turnout and that the Indian security forces forced the Kashmiris to vote. Dawn mentioned (“Elections in...
  • Lackluster Elections (Pak Media Survey, 16-22 Sept 2002)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Oct, 2002    ·    #875    ·    Commentary    
      Dawn reported (16 September 2002) that, according to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), 72 million are eligible to cast their votes in the forthcoming elections. It was also reported (“Over 8000, in the r...
  • Kashmir before Elections (A Survey of Kashmir Urdu Media, 09-15 Sep 2002)
       ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #874    ·    Commentary    
       The pre-election period has witnessed mixed feelings about the Assembly elections in the Urdu press in Kashmir. The incidents of violence, killing of J&K Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, and the campaigning by various political ...
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