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Let Islamic Republic of Pakistan 'stew'

Kaushik Kapisthalam

Peaceniks in South Asia have never had it so good. The current “peace process” between India and Pakistan has led to an outpouring of bonhomie on either side of the border. Many Indians, who got to visit Pakistan for cricket matches or other events, have written gushing articles and sent emails about Pakistani hospitality – of how shop keepers and taxi drivers refuse to take money from .......More >>>>

J & K's anti-women bill!

What others say..........

The bill passed in the Kashmir assembly on the status of women in the state is grossly biased against women. It is fundamentalist and the brain child of the most crassly conservative elements in society. It is an outrageous piece of legislation which deprives the women of Kashmir their property rights in the state if they marry a man from outside Kashmir. The Permanent Resident disqualification.......More >>>>

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Why do they hate us?

Ajai Sahni

After the shock and horror of 9/11, many Americans turned inwards in incomprehension: 'Why do they hate us?' they asked, and a substantial literature of rationalization was constructed, drawing largely on America's past foreign policy errors and excesses, as well as the 'historical wrongs' inflicted on the 'Islamic world' by the 'West'. Not everyone ......More >>>>

Riding the Jehadi Tiger

Praveen Swami

Terror, like chickens, comes home to roost. Arrests made earlier this month near Baghdad have blown the lid off links between the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Islamist groups fighting the United States military in Iraq: evidence that ought to cause at least some embarrassment to USA's South Asia establishment, currently in the .......More >>>>

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Pakistan / Israel: Challenges ahead!
Swaraj Singh

Pakistan and Israel look very different because one is an Islamic state while the other is a Jewish state, but both have something in common. Both these countries did not evolve historically but were imposed by the western powers. The western imperialist powers wanted a permanent and reliable foothold in the Indian subcontinent and in the .......More >>>>

BJP: Political agenda - Economic policies
Ram Puniyani

BJP has emerged as the major political party during last the decade. Though it has ruled as a part of NDA (National Democratic Alliance) its imprint on the Government policies has been very strong. The NDA allies have content themselves to playing a junior partners to BJP and barring keeping out the core Hindutva agenda, Ram Temple,   .....More >>>>

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J&K: Endangered rights of Gujjars

Zabeer A Bajjar 

Gujjars and Bakerwals, the third largest population of Jammu & Kashmir, though bears a glorious past down the ages afterward got oppressed by certain classes. Resultantly adopted the pastoral and herdsman occupation. This occupation further rendered them backward & nomadic, found moving from place to place in the search of .......More >>>>

Al Hurra: The free one

Gary Fitleberg

The U.S. is making a bid to reach the Mideast’s young people with a satellite channel. Will the win the media war for the minds of the Middle East’s future intellectuals and leaders? At a time when anti-Americanism seems to pervade every street and living room in the Middle East, Al Hurra (or “the Free One”) is making its bid for Arab influence.......More >>>>

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