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Let’s move on, Mr Singh
The News International
The mood in India after the Mumbai attacks was ugly. All India had to offer was revenge. One recalls being confused that official India, not the Indian herd, was acting in the manner that it was. Its stance was so naïve, so self-defeating, so Americanesque that one actually began to fret, much as one does here at the ( Read more... ) -
India unable to quell Kashmiri intifada
Bharat (aka India) are in total denial. The media as well as the diplomats don't seem to realize the foreign policy failures that that Deli faces. Delhi has still not woken up from its disastrous involvement in Afghanistan which has been expensive in money, but also in diplomatic mileage. Bharat openly supported Bush in the US elections and got ( Read more... ) -
Targeting perjury
By Ikram Sehgal
The ongoing controversy about fake credentials being used to enter parliament on false pretences, and thus conceivably preside over the destiny of the nation, brings into focus a greater affliction in the body politic of Pakistan, rampant perjury. In my article "Perjury" written as far back as Feb 8, 2000, I noted, "A few weeks ago ( Read more... ) -
SO WHY ARE THESE MEN IN JAIL?
Pragya Tiwari
Thirteen persons have been arrested in Gujarat as Maoists since February. But they are merely human rights activists, not Reds.
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No Welfare, No State
In an inversion of the system, people in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are fighting the government to get the law enforced, writes RAJESH SINHA
THE CRPF camp in a village school off Bundu, barely 30 km from Ranchi, the Jharkhand capital, is the only visible sign of government for miles. But its writ doesn't run. The CRPF men stopped going to the ( Read more... ) -
India’s Greatest Threat?
Brute force may not be enough to beat the Naxalites, David Axe reports. More focus on development might yield better results.
By David Axe
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Chidambaram's anti-Naxal strategy: Making An Utter Mess Of Things
All the reasons why Chidambaram has got the wrong end of the Maoist stick
PREM SHANKAR JHA - Senior Journalist
When a State is threatened by revolution its greatest nightmare is that the insurgents may find some way of welding the hosts of discontented that exist in every society, into a cohesive political and military force. To do this, they need ( Read more... )
