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After Iraq, it is Yemen next

Deepak Lokhande

After Iraq, Yemen will be the next target of the United States, says Sundeep Waslekar, president of the Strategic Foresight Group, a Mumbai-based think-tank on foreign policy, security and governance issues.Waslekar claims to have accurately predicted the US attack on Iraq way back in September 2001 and has .......More >>>>

Integrate Kashmir with the Indian Union

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Just when you thought that the terrorist violence in Kashmir was tapering off, the ISI has reminded us that it is alive and well - and very much in the business of fomenting mayhem in this country. While faraway the US is engaged in a pre-emptive war to neutralise the threat from Saddam Hussein, who may or may not .......More >>>>

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Pak policies, illogical & self-defeating

Yashwant Sinha

In international politics, it is said that no country can escape the reality of the geography that surrounds them. One can change friends but not neighbours. However, I often wonder how many nations in the world have had the misfortunate of having to live and deal with a neighbour like Pakistan which seeks to project ......More >>>>

KP's at the receiving end, yet again

Sushil Vakil

As if the Farooq Government had not played enough jokes with the Kashmiri Hindus on their rehabilitation in the Valley, the new Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed toeing his line has played another cruel joke with the exiled Community. Firstly, he promised to settle them back in the valley starting with housing few families in two .......More >>>>

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Is there a tacit support for separatism

M V Kamath

At a massive rally recently called by the Jamait-ul-Ulema-i-Hind, a decision was taken that he Muslims should have a separate political party of their own. It is, to say the least, a most unwise decision and one hopes that the Jamait will rescind it. The argument is that Muslims have no friends and that they have to look after .....More >>>>

Meeting internal security challenges

M K Dhar

Given the external factor in India’s internal security, it is by no means an easy task for a government at the Centre to ensure complete peace and security throughout the country even with the wholehearted cooperation of the States. Over the decades, Pakistan has become the evil force disturbing peace in ......More >>>>

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The emerging world order

Sawraj Singh

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Iraqi crisis is going to fundamentally change the old world order. With the fall of the Soviet Union, a bipolar world changed into a uni-polar world. But, the uni-polar world does not truly reflect the ground realities of the contemporary world . Actually, multiple centers of .......More >>>>

Hindutva and dalits

Ram Puniyani

Post Gujarat riots, many moves have been made by the Hindutva organizations vis a vis dalits. The latest one being a threatening letter by Vishwa Hindu Parishad addressed to dalit organizations in Gujarat to adopt Hindutva. This letter published by VHP, from Paldi, Ahmadabad, states that, “Let the Ambedkarite Harijans .....More >>>>

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Vajpayee's five years in office

K G Joglekar

The last five years have been a period of challenges and assurances for India and the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee. The nation was able to weather the storms that rose at home and abroad because of the determination of its people and the leadership of Shri Vajpayee. This compliment may seem strange but .......More >>>>

United States and global terrorism

V Sundaram

The greatest acts of terrorism in the last hundred years have been committed not by furtive gangs of masked desperadoes in different foreign lands. The most horrific acts of terrorism have been committed by governments and their militaries. Here is the official FBI definition of terrorism: 'Terrorism is the unlawful use of .......More >>>>