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Pakistan:
'Military-Mosque' nexus rejuvenated
Romeet
K WATT
SINCE
independence in 1947, Pakistan has oscillated between civilian and
military rule in an endless series of coup d'états, eliminations
and regime firings. Frail
political institutions and, its failing economy has added to its
multi-faceted crisis to make matters worse. The tribulations are
vastly internal, and the grave job of initiating remedial measures
will also require being internal .......More >>>> |
Do
we need Hindu suicide-squads?
Romeet
K WATT
SHIV
SENA supremo, Bal Thackarey created hullabaloo of sorts - not that
the phenomenon is new - by beckoning Hindus to forms suicide squads
to battle the increasing menace of terrorism in the country. Now the
million-dollar question is: what impelled him to issue such
dictates, given that his own party is an important ingredient of the
BJP-led government in New Delhi.
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J&K:
The politics of illusion
Praveen
Swami
"When you see Tom Sawyer immediately after Mozart or you enter the case of
The Planet of the Apes after having witnessed the Sermon on the
Mount with Jesus and the Apostles", wrote Umberto Eco after a
visit to a waxworks museum in the United States of America,
"the logical distinction between the Real World and Possible
Worlds is definitely ......More >>>> |
Will
this houseboat float or sink?
Romeet
K WATT
The
palaver that unfolded in the post-election milieu in Kashmir has
come to a close. The unfolding drama proved to be a pure
adrenaline-and-testosterone level of high political-adventure. The
music has stopped, and a play called musical chairs’ has come to
an end with the Congress Chief, Sonia Gandhi, lackadaisically, much
against the wishes of .......More >>>> |
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Kashmir:
The times ahead.......
Romeet
K WATT
With
the advent of
“PDP-Congress” combine at the helm of affairs in the State of
J&K, federal democracy in India would be put to an ultimate test
in a keen contest between the newly elected government in Srinagar
and the BJP-led coalition at the Centre. The points of discord will
be more than one, given the position of the combine, which many
believe is diametrically......More >>>> |
World-jungle:
Bush-fire spreads to Iraq
Romeet
K WATT
It
has
been ten years since operation Desert Storm, leaving a “messed-up
outcome” much to the dislike of the Americans. Renewed efforts are
being seen on part of the Americans to put their state’s
manifestations’ into a critical over-drive against Iraq, a country
that accounts for the world’s second largest oil provisions; 20
percent of the world’s oil. Iraq over the years ......More >>>> |
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Pundits
in extended, uncertain exile
Romeet
K WATT
Journeys
can be extended and unsettling. More so, when one is forced to live
in émigré, away from one’s roots. It is excruciating an
experience, second to none, with the feeling of helplessness
creeping, day in and day out. You draw on whatsoever resources there
are at your disposal to impress upon the policy and decision makers
of the country to initiate steps in
in advancing a.......More >>>> |
US,
India & Pakistan: The tantalizing triangle
Romeet
K WATT
ONE
of the greatest intrinsic merits that India exhibited during the
cold-war era was its ability to remain non-aligned, something, which
eventually became the core of our foreign policy until recently.
Things have undergone a sea change, not essentially for the good,
with BJP-led government in New Delhi not only undoing the policy but
also undermining it to the extent that .....More >>>> |
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