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Bangladesh: Pakistan's
alter ego
Romeet
K WATT
Ever
since Bangladesh came into being in 1971, many of its 130 million
populace have had ‘identity crisis’ of sorts on whether they are
Bengalis first or whether their Muslim religion should take primacy
in their lives. For
centuries, Bengalis have been unified by a culture of tolerance that
confronts the common South Asian division .......More >>>> |
Lyngdoh's
dough not digestible
Sushil
Vakil
THE
revelation by the Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh that some
of the police officials, at the behest of National Conference Govt
headed by Farooq Abdullah, tried to sabotage the free and fair polls
in the Valley has created bewilderment in the political circles.
This disclosure he made while participating in a
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India
must move beyond P-word
Sunita
Vakil
It
is high time Indian leadership instead of indulging in the same old
rhetoric, gets its act together and strikes at the root of
terrorism. The million dollar question that everybody seems to be
asking is whether the endless sabre rattling and issuing the usual
demarche by the Centre after every unfortunate incident is going to ......More >>>> |
Contemplations
on terrorism
Romeet
K WATT
Once
terrorism grows to be more than an annoyance, once the normal
functioning of society is affected, there will be an unbearable
pressure on the government to trounce the peril by all available
means. Hence the ironical deduction that the more successful the
terrorists, the closer their eventual defeat. A philosophical debate
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Jammu: Denial, delay,
and dereliction
Romeet
K WATT
Jammu,
the
winter-capital of the State of Jammu & Kashmir has always had
lame-duck status in the given political dispensation, and time and
again, one way or the other, the region has been made to play second
fiddle to the State administrations’, headed by individuals
belonging to the Valley. Of late, a thousands dreams came......More >>>> |
Kashmir:
Is Mufti on the right track?
Romeet
K WATT
The
Pdp-led
coalition government in J&K, has to wake-up to pragmatism sooner
or later, and the false sense of security, which they have led
themselves into accepting as true, has been shattered in less than
48 hours, one after another, in rapid succession – first the
attack on the CRPF barracks in the heart of Srinagar, second,
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Pakistan’s
new PM: Old wine, new bottle
Romeet
K WATT
General
Pervez
Musharraf, President of Pakistan, is a pleased fellow these days,
after all, his poster-boy, the 58-year-old Mir Zafarullah Khan
Jamali, is the chosen one, to play second fiddle to him in his
capacity as the new Prime Minister. Musharraf, hereafter referred to
as You Know Who, to borrow Harry Patterism, has.......More >>>> |
Pakistan:
Looking into the crystal ball
Romeet
K WATT
George
W Bush, in recent times, has earned the dubious distinction of
radicalising Muslims into anti-American postures, to set in motion,
the arrangement for pro-Islamic forces to assume dominant role in
government formation, in two Muslim countries – Turkey and
Pakistan. The all-encompassing victory of an Islamist party in
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United
Nation's resolution and Kashmir
Romeet
K WATT
NEW
DELHI
desires to deal with the Kashmiris in a domestic framework, and to
hold any talks with Pakistan independently from and consequent to
dialogue with the Kashmiris. India’s unwillingness to alter policy
is armoured by its belief that Pakistan would play a spoiler’s
sport if India commenced an extraordinary programme......More >>>> |
The
simmering decent was yet to calm
Sushil
Vakil
DOWN
over the Jammu and Kashmir Government's release of many militants
and separatist leaders that the suicide bombers (Fidayeen's)
attacked two temples in Jammu city killing more than fifteen
innocent people. The attacks ignited the combustible minds of the
people who were already bemoaning this sinister action of
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Fundamentalistic
rage in secular Kashmir
Romeet
K WATT
Much
water has flown under the bridge, and it is a heart-rending
incongruity that the Kashmir Valley, long celebrated as Rishivaer
or Garden of Rishis has been in the eye of storm with terrorist
violence becoming the order of the day. Although the Valley has had
tumultuous history of inside discord and foreign incursions, she has......More >>>> |
Mufti:
Between the devil & the deep sea
Romeet
K WATT
The
other segments of public opinion in Kashmir, have adopted an
antagonistic approach to the PDP-led coalition government headed by
Mufti Sayeed, which severely hampers the efforts of the ruling
coalesce to arrive at a ‘broad-based consensus.’
If the statements of JKLF chief Yasin Malik, and former
Chairman of All
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