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The idea of engaging the Taliban, which welled up (...)
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Implications of the US-Pakistan Strategic Nexus on Our Region
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Rebuff Washingon’s Game-plan
10 April 2010, by Bashir MohammadA vivid example of the symbiosis of terrorists and criminals is the self-proclaimed Kosovo Republic in the Balkans. The Albanian leaders from the former Kosovo Liberation Army (that sought to “libeate” Kosovo from Serbia) were mostly engaged in (...) -
On Modi, G.P. Koirala and Kanu Sanyal
27 March 2010, by SCWhile several publications in the Capital have highlighted the US dilemma over how much to appease the Pakistani Army as well as those in authority in Islamabad owing allegiance to the Generals, three names have come into prominence in the (...) -
Remembering Gujarat Pogrom after Eight Years: Interview with Harsh Mander
27 March 2010, by Humra QuraishiHarsh Mander quit the Indian Administrative Service to work as an activist-writer. His latest book, Fear and Forgiveness—The Aftermath of Massacre, published by Penguin in 2009, focuses on the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 and its aftermath. This (...) -
Reducing Democracy to a Farce
27 March 2010COMMUNICATION
Two thousand five hundred crores of rupees splurged on statues of self and elephants! Two hundred crores of rupees for a rally! And a garland worth five crores of rupees! Is this the simple and modest lifestyle of a Dalit Chief (...) -
Statehood demands Time to try the Assam Model
27 March 2010, by Anil NauriyaThat the case for the formation of a Telangana State is strong tends to be widely accepted. Many of the districts which make up Telangana have remained economically backward; undoubtedly their development requires special attention. While this (...) -
Lessons from the Telangana Movement
27 March 2010, by Inukonda ThirumaliThe Telangana movement, that is going on for the last few months, is an expression of the people’s democratic yearnings. It is a silent but people’s revolution for a separate Telangana State. The people’s protests are taking place in the forms of (...) -
Kashmir: Retrieve the Magic
27 March 2010, by Karuna ThakurThe mood in Kashmir, after the Indira-Sheikh Accord of 1975, was upbeat. A surge of emotions over the leader’s homecoming had apparently overshadowed the bitterness of the fifties. The Valley had turned into a nerve-centre of activity and played (...) -
The Valley of Incongruities
27 March 2010, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Whatever may be the substance of the much-advertised point of difference between Peking and Washington over the question of détente, it may be safely assumed that Gerald Ford’s talks with Mao Tse-tung and his cohorts explored (...) -
On ‘Operation Green Hunt’, Maoist Violence, Government-Maoist Talks
27 March 2010The following are the statements of different organisations and individuals, representing the civil society, on ‘Operation Green Hunt’, Maoist violence and the proposed negotiations between the Union Government and CPI (Maoist). These are being (...)
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