Zardari-Sharif have a lot to learn from Indian Experiences; Is Musharraf really a villain? (Viewed 1485 times)
Written by Girish Nikam
The unfolding events in Pakistan after the last week's elections are fascinating and for us in India, one even feels a sense of déjà vu. It's quite amazing that even on the day of the polling in that troubled nation, all TV channels and media in general were ...
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Published on February 25, 2008 In World
No LTTE infiltration, says top cop. Others wonder (Viewed 1517 times)
Written by M.R. Narayan Swamy
Tamil Nadu Police chief P. Rajendran's claim that there is no infiltration into his state by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers has raised some eyebrows in the Indian security establishment. Some of his colleagues too want to know why he has said what he is reported to have said.In ...
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Published on February 12, 2008 In World
A former Tamil militant, now a sustainability guru (Viewed 1611 times)
Written by M.R. Narayan Swamy
One of the oldest associates of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is visiting India after two long decades in a new avatar - sustainability guru.A.R. Arular is headed to Chennai to open the India office of his Britain-based Global Sustainability Initiative ...
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Published on February 11, 2008 In World
Tamil Tigers cannot be crushed: Sri Lanka MP (Viewed 1538 times)
Written by M.R. Narayan Swamy
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas can never be vanquished militarily, a visiting Tamil MP has said, calling for an Indian role to bring peace to the island nation.M.K. Shivaji Lingam of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) also said that the escalating violence in the war-hit country ...
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Published on February 08, 2008 In World
Pakistan's retired military officers embark on mea culpa (Viewed 1140 times)
Written by C. Uday Bhaskar
In an extraordinary development, unprecedented in the annals of Pakistan's troubled history, almost a hundred retired senior military officers, including former chiefs of staff, met Jan 31 in Islamabad and denounced President Pervez Musharraf - till recently the chief of army ...
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Published on February 05, 2008 In World
Civil society in Pakistan and India: A study in contrast (Viewed 1214 times)
Written by Harold Gould
Much has been said and written about the contrasting state of civil society in Pakistan and India. Essentially civil society took root in India in the post-war era while in Pakistan it did not.It succeeded in India because the political leadership that emerged following independence ...
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Published on January 31, 2008 In World
Sri Lanka: Where journalists live dangerously (Viewed 1092 times)
Written by P.K. Balachandran
Sri Lankan journalists are going through a trying period. Government leaders are taking a hard line on media freedom, with even senior media persons facing death threats and murderous assaults.Media watchdogs, both national and international, have publicised serious incidents of intimidation ...
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Published on January 30, 2008 In World
Global concern over maritime security cripples LTTE (Viewed 1251 times)
Written by P.K. Balachandran
Heightened global and regional cooperation to increase maritime security is adversely affecting the fighting capabilities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on sea and land, military experts say."In naval terms, detection is more difficult than destruction and therefore, ...
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Published on January 22, 2008 In World
Pragmatic China countervails US through India partnership (Viewed 2147 times)
Written by K. Subrahmanyam
The Chinese, as Henry Kissinger pointed out in 1971, are eminently pragmatic people. They became communists when they felt that it would help to accelerate their development. They gave up communism and allied themselves with US capitalism when they concluded that it was a better strategy ...
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Published on January 17, 2008 In World
Will Asif Zardari become Sonia Gandhi of Pakistan? (Viewed 1613 times)
Written by N.R.Mohanty
When Asif Zardari told the media that he wanted to do a Sonia Gandhi, to the Pakistan People's Party-led government he was making several presumptions. One, that the PPP will come up trumps in the polls on Feb.18 and form the government. Two, there will be an overwhelming demand ...
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Published on January 10, 2008 In World
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