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Cries from PoK: Heart
beats for India?
Abdul Hamid Khan
It would be an honour, if I may
be given an opportunity to represent the 2 Million people of
Balawaristan (Pakistan occupied Gilgit Baltistan) to put forward my
suggestion to resolve J & K conflict peacefullyy. I think there is
no need to repeat the relation of Balawaristan (Pakistan-occupied-Gilgit
Baltistan) with Jammu and Kashmir.......More >>>> |
An interview with Hurriyat Chairman
M K Tayal
The All Party Hurriyat Conference
(APHC) is on the brink of a split and its newly-elected chairman,
Maulana Abbas Ansari, finds himself in the spotlight, with the
two-fold objective of saving his position and keeping his
conglomerate in the limelight. Though he
has succeeded in keeping the APHC relevant by making its presence
felt in New .......More >>>> |
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BJP: The mutual
admirers club
Sunita Vakil
The "leadership" controversy that
rocked the BJP some time back, reflects the inner contradictions of
the party. Though an immediate damage control exercise was put into
high gear by the party's spin doctors, a tenacious undercurrent of
the power tussle between the big two cannot be dismissed,
notwithstanding the public display ......More >>>> |
Uniformity or
Gender Justice
Ram Puniyani
Chief Justice Khare's observation
(July 23rd, 2003) about the need to work for Uniform civil code has
rekindled the debate, which has been raging from last decade or so.
Different groups have responded to it in a different fashion, with
Muslim League opposing it right away and BJP jubilantly welcoming
it. These are the two opposite poles of the .......More >>>> |
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Exhibition on Terror:
A roaring success
François
Gautier
In
Kashmir, the Hindus had all the monopoly. Now if the Muslim
demands are acceded to, the Hindus will be wiped out again.", wrote
Sri Aurobindo in 1940. How prophetic ! Do you know the FACTS about
Kashmir? Over 4 lakh Kashmiri Pandits have been forced to flee their
homeland. Many Pandit men, women and children have been.....More >>>> |
Some uncivil home truths
T R Jawahar
'The State shall endeavour to
secure the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of
India' ? Article 44 of Indian Constitution. 'When social good so
demanded, the State has not only the right to legislate, but a duty
to do so... Muslim personal law was sacrosanct only to the extent it
pertained to a man's manner of worship, his faith, ......More >>>> |
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The
widening rift in Hurriyat Conference
Ershad Mahmud
It seems that the All Parties
Hurriyat Conference is about to collapse as its two key components
-- veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Gilani and People's Conference
head Sajjad Ghani Lone -- are trading allegations and counter
allegations. The bitterness has soared to the extent of accusing
each other of betraying the Kashmir cause. .......More >>>> |
India & China: On a path of cooperation
S Sethuraman
Time
has come for India and Pakistan to focus on the real problems of
their people. It seems that so far they have been unable to sort out
their priorities . The real problems of the subcontinent have been
mostly ignored. Even a casual look at the subcontinent makes some
problems apparent. These include overpopulation, congestion,
and
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Iraq: Can
Unilateralism work?
Swaraj
Singh
It is becoming increasingly clear
that the unilateralist policy is not working in Iraq. I had
discussions with several Indians, and they felt that India was all
set to send 17,000 troops to Iraq. I begged to differ with them; I
said, “India is not going to agree to send troops.” The reason for
India’s refusal is that India’s fundamental interests are served
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Back to carnival time in Kashmir
S
M Kumar
The weather gods were merciful.
When the clouds on the mountain top had dispersed, the flight got
clearance to resume its journey. The AN 32 of the Indian Air Force
taxied back on the runway for take-off, lifted its nose, gained
height and flew over the plains and mountains for an hour when the
verdant landscape of Kashmir came into .......More >>>> |
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