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Starting: Thu 02 Jul 1998 - 09:09:44 EDT
Ending: Wed 29 Jul 1998 - 01:20:10 EDT
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- A.N. Dar
- Clinton must keep his hands off Kashmir The Free Press Journal
- June 30, 1998
>>>A dangerous situation, not taken in fully by the government and
public opinion here so far, has arisen. This has been brought
about by President Clinton's open invitation to China to
intervene in the Indo-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir. That he had
no business to do so is beside the point. But he has sown the
...
- A.P. Saxena, New Delhi
- Nehru & the Bomb (a letter) The Times of India
- July 10, 1998
>>>Apropos K. Subrahmanyam's illuminating piece, "Hedging against
Hegemony: Gandhi's Logic in the Nuclear Age" (June 16), it is
interesting to recall Jawaharlal Nehru's first reactions to the
bomb. Soon after the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Nehru too, like Gandhi, anticipated the emergence of new "first
...
- Allwyn Fernandes
- On conversion (a letter) The Times of India
- July 21, 1998
>>>This refers to the interview with Bishop Thomas Dabre
(onversion is a spiritual phenomenon and thus voluntary July
3) where the new bishop says that ruth has to be asserted. In
truth there is no tension=94. The interview raises several issues.
...
- Ambikanand Sahay
- Amiya Kumar Ghosh
- Arun Shourie
- Arvind Singh Bisht
- Aziz Haniffa
- C. Raja Mohan
- The art of the nuclear deal The Hindu
- July 9, 1998
>>>As India an d the U.S. begin to explore at Frankfurt today the
prospects of a bilateral nuclear accommodation, they bring
different negotiating cultures to the table. The clash of these
cultures will make the toils of the Deputy Chairman of the
Planning Commission, Mr. Jaswant Singh, and the U.S. Deputy
...
- D. V. Gopinath
- Deutsche Press Agenteur, Beijing
- Dharam Shourie
- Dina Nath Mishra
- Good performance despite obstacles The Observer
- July 9, 1998
>>>There seems to be a strong undercurrent among the non-political
citizenry throughout the country that the Vajpayee government is
not being allowed to function by allies like AIADMK and opponents
like Laloo Prasad Yadav, Jyoti Basu and Mulayam Singh. The AIADMK
leader, Jayalalitha, has been delivering shocks to the Vajpayee
...
- Does the CPM own West Bengal? The Observer
- June 25, 1998
>>>The CPM, which has been running a political fiefdom in West
Bengal for about two decades is by far the most worried, among
political parties, by the BJP's arrival at the centre. The
ideological leader in both UF governments, it is now trying to
provide leadership to the entire opposition, including Congress.
- Editorial
- Get subtle The Indian Express
- July 7, 1998
>>>The Vajpayee government has let it be known it is exploring the
possibility of signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. This is
sensible. Official spokespersons have indicated more than once in
the last two months that the treaty will be acceptable under
certain conditions. Immediately after the Pokharan tests,
...
- USA and Pak-China collusion Organiser
- June 21, 1998
>>>World's leading industrial nations in the G-8 group, have
ultimately succumbed to US pressure and on June 12 adopted its
proposal to deny loans to India (and Pakistan) as a retaliatory
action against nuclear tests. Meeting at Lancaster House in
London, foreign ministers of US, Britain, France, Germany, Japan,
...
- Politics of blackmail The Indian Express
- July 2, 1998
>>>>From one crisis to another. That is how the Vajpayee government
has been surviving all these days. It is a conjecture how long
this will continue. As long as AIADMK chief Jayalalitha's demand
to sack the Karunanidhi government is not conceded. her threat to
withdraw support to the BJP government is too real to be scoffed
...
- Triumph of principle The Observer
- July 6, 1998
>>>It appears that Ms Jayalalitha has decided to continue her
party's support to the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre
only after realising that she pushed herself into a corner. The
immediate impact of her belated. wisdom will be naturally on the
Union budget, which may now sail through in Parliament. Given
...
- G. S. Radhakrishna, Hyderabad
- George Iype, New Delhi
- Harsh Sethi
- History as what the state states The Times of India
- July 20, 1998
>>>The wrangle over the reconstitution of the Indian Council of
Historical Research (ICHR) is getting increasingly ugly. The
recent exchange between columnist Arun Shourie and historian K N
Panikkar in the pages of The Asian Age is unlikely to lift the
quality of public debate. Frequent references to virginity and
...
- Jaya Jaitly
- No simple solution The Times of India
- July 6, 1998
>>>Among the Bills scheduled before Parliament, the Women's
Reservation Bill is probably the most controversy-ridden. It is
fairly clear that though the Bill has been deferred at present,
it will be presented sooner rather than later. Yet for the
women's organisations which have valiantly fought for the Bill
...
- Jyoti Malhotra
- K N Daruwalla
- Clinton's China visit The Economic Times
- July 6, 1998
>>>On the face of it, President Clinton had more problems before he
set off for Beijing than during the actual visit. Earlier,
stories proliferated, each with its own angle. The state
reception at Tiananmen square brought in the human rights angle.
Then followed the Jhonny Chung angle, the Bernard Schwartz
...
- K Subrahmanyam
- Understanding deterrence The Economic Times
- July 9, 1998
>>>Deterrence is a much misunderstood term. In popular opinion,
deterrence and particularly nuclear deterrence is associated with
the way the US strategic establishment conducted its military
policy in the last fifty years. India has been critical of that
deterrent strategy and justifiably so.
- To Skirt China is to skirt the issue The Times of India
- July 6, 1998
>>>Mr Jaswant Singh, the Indian Prime Minister's pointsman on
nuclear issue, is shortly to meet US deputy secretary of state
Strobe Talbott in Frankfurt. This is a follow-up to their earlier
meeting which was widely seen as a constructive beginning to
repair the damage done by the actions of the US government
...
- K. N. Ramachandran
- Musings of the mandarins The Indian Express
- June 26, 1998
>>>There has been a series of reports, commentaries and statements
>from China on India's nuclear tests. Most of the statements
underline how the nuclear tests have caused instability in South
Asia, unleashing the prospect of an arm race. Moreover, the
Indian tests have proved that Delhi seeks hegemony in South Asia
...
- K. P. Nayar
- Highly personal envoys The Telegraph
- July 1, 1998
>>>The statements, communiques and diplomatic manoeuvres which have
dominated world headlines since the Pokhran tests have reinforced
a school of thought among practitioners of foreign policy that
diplomacy, like charity, begins at home.
...
- Kamal Siddiqi
- Kuldip Nayar
- Blessed are the tyrants Indian Express
- July 7, 1998
>>>Practically every day brings an evidence of
America's bias against India. The latest is that President
Clinton wants Beijing to be South Asia's policeman. New
Delhi is right in describing it as a reflection of
"hegemonistic mentality of a bygone era."
...
- M V Kamath
- Promoting US-China ties The Daily
- July 7, 1998
>>>What is the matter with President Bill Clinton that he should so
abjectly consent to eat out of Chinese hands and accept any
humiliation imposed upon him? First, the Chinese insisted that on
his visit to Beijing, Clinton should not make at stop-over in any
other country. This obviously referred to Japan. It is like India
...
- India can do without N-club membership The Free Press Journal
- July 16, 1998
>>>In his exclusive interview to Malini Parthasarathy of The Hindu,
Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State, appeared to be
earnestly addressing himself to the task of narrowing the gap
between the U.S. policy perception and that of south Asia,
particularly India. On the other hand, the Secretary of State, Ms
...
- Middle class syndrome! The Daily
- July 12, 1998
>>>The Great Indian Middle Class by Pavan K. Varma: Price Rs 295;
Pages 232
There is none more pathetic than the man who hates himself, his
family, his class, his religion and his country. Such people are
...
- That's not fair! Mid-Day
- July 23, 1998
>>>I would have thought the age of strikes was long over and that
workers had learnt to respect the consumer. Apparently, I am
wrong.
First, it used to be textile workers and then bankmen who used to
...
- So tell me, is this journalism? Part 2 of 2 The Hindustan Times
- July 19, 1998
>>>For fifty years the United States and its 'running dogs' -- the
phrase originally used by China in describing Britain and others
-- hounded India on the Kashmir question. The United States,
Britain, France and 'Nationalist' China -- used every opportunity
to hurt, harass and humiliate India on this issue. The United
...
- M. A. Hussain
- In search of the truly secular The Telegraph
- June 30, 1998
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party's coming to power has spelt political
defeat for the ideology of pseudo-secularism. Though nothing
positive has emerged in its stead, it nevertheless has the
potential to usher in genuine secularism and give rise to new
political polarizations in the country.
- M. D. Malapat
- ARF chief praises Jaswants efforts The Times of India
- July 28, 1998
>>>Despite the efforts by big 5, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) refused
to condemn Indian nuclear tests on Monday. India, represented by
Planning Commission deputy chairman also made it clear to the
world that it will not obey diktats about its missile development
programme.
- M. V. Kamath
- Will BJP Government be out of the woods? The Free Press Journal
- July 23, 1998
>>>Poor Congress! Poor United Front! In fact, poor everybody in
opposition! They just do not seem to know what to do. The two
Yadavs have 'united' and Mulayam Yadav and Laloo Prasad Yadav
have decided to bury their bloodied hatchets to form a new party.
Ms Mayavati is spending her time trying to explain that she has
...
- Can India and China be friends? The Free Press Journal
- June 25, 1998
>>>For some time after India became free, the People's Republic of
China habitually used to describe India as "running dog of AngloAmerican Imperialism", this despite the fact that India was
practically the first country to recognise the communist
government in Beijing (then known as Peking) and establish
h
...
- M.V. Kamath
- N Sathiya Moorthy
- Nandini Dasgupta
- Nirmala George
- Observer Political Bureau
- Olga Tellis
- Need for a united fight on crime The Observer
- July 21, 1998
>>>The law and order situation in the capital of the country and its
commercial capital, namely Delhi and Mumbai, has become so scary
that a more drastic and logical solution Is needed than is
hitherto presented. This is not to claim that the one presented
here is the most logical solution but it will go a long way In
...
- P. M. Kamath
- Potential threat no. 1 Blitz
- May 30, 1998
>>>Defence Minister George Fernandes's May 3 characterisation of
China as India's "potential threat number one" is nothing new,
unknown or unstated in government records.
In its '95 report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on
...
- Palash Kumar
- Posted By Krishnakant Udavant
- Hoisted by its own petard Organiser
- June 21, 1998
>>>
The problem with today's opposition parties in Parliament is that
apart from their failure to topple the Vajpayee Government there
have been five additions to the BJP-led coalition Government in
the Lok Sabha since the vote of confidence was won by it-they
...
- Prabhu Chawla
- Battling the Babus India Today
- July 13, 1998
>>>Atal Bihari Vajpayee has a problem. The well-knit, wellentrenched bureaucracy seems to be waging an undeclared war
against his already wobbly government. The prime minister, as
everyone knows, hates confrontation. But now he has to decide:
to don a pair of boxing gloves or wave the white flag. In the
e
...
- Prakash Nanda
- Press Trust of India
- Prof. B. B. Lal
- PTI
- Radha Kumar
- Setting out kingdom in order The Times of India
- July 13, 1998
>>>A survey of our current political scenario - even as India
concludes the celebration of its fiftieth year of Independence provides an eloquent commentary on the degeneration of
institutions. This is particularly disturbing for, while the
cliche that ours is an ancient civilisation with a rich heritage
e
...
- Rakesh Sinha
- Red green clubs The Telegraph
- June 30, 1998
>>>Changes in the composition of the Indian Council for Historical
Research, an autonomous body under the Union human resources
development ministry, have provoked the country's Marxist
historians. They have opposed the nomination of the new
appointees, questioning their ideological integrity by dubbing
...
- Rakshat Puri
- Clinton, China and India The Hindustan Times
- June 24, 1998
>>>United States President Bill Clinton begins his China visit this
week. The visit has become an important event for Delhi because
of what appears to be increasingly brazen discrimination by the
Clinton administration in favour of China in the India-China
equation. The pro-China stance is more than ordinarily
...
- Ravi Shankar
- MPs prefer weekend to Sonia's training camp The Asian Age
- July 20, 1998
>>>School's not out for summer. It had to be closed temporarily
because the students skipped town. A Congress training camp
intended to prepare first-term party MPs to face Parliament with
confidence and lead the party to the 21st century had to be
rescheduled midway because most of the MPs took the weekend off
...
- Riyaz Punjabi
- Ms. Albright's memory and facts The Hindu
- July 1, 1998
>>>The United States appears to be concerned about the rising
tension between India and Pakistan. In this behalf, while
focussing on Indo-Pakistani differences, the U.S. concern has
centralised on the basic contentious issue of Kashmir and it has
once again reiterated its proposal of third-party mediation to
...
- Saeed Naqvi
- Before the sun sets on US hegemony The Indian Express
- June 26, 1998
>>>Zbigniew Brzezinski hit the nail on the head. "American primacy
is not going to last forever," he reflected at the Centre for
Strategic and International Studies in Washington, nd it is
therefore important that a secure world order be put in place
while this primacy lasts."
...
- Santanu Benerjee
- Satiricus
- For ignoramus Satiricus ignorance of history is bliss Organiser
- July 12, 1998
>>>The trouble with history is that it happened. If that is not
clear enough Satiricus will say the trouble with history is that
it happened the way it happened. If this is still not clear to
fellow-dunces Satiricus will say the trouble with history is that
it happened without caring how it happened. Now that at least,
...
- Smita Deshmukh
- Sujata Anandan
- T. V. R. Shenoy
- Not worth it at the price The Indian Express
- July 2, 1998
>>>On a cool autumn evening in October 1996, the then president of
the Congress went to a specially convened meeting of the United
Front Steering Committee. Sitaram Kesri wanted the United Front meaning Mulayam Singh Yadav - to support Mayawati's bid to become
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. (The Congress and the Bahujan
n
...
- Times of India News Service
- UNI
- Army showed utmost restraint in Kashmir The Hindu
- July 13, 1998
>>>A top Army officer has accused the foreign media of spreading
canards regarding security excesses in the Kashmir Valley and
said the Army has exercised utmost restraint in dealing with
militancy. The Army has used minimum force as it has been trained
to respect human rights, Lt. Gen (retd) S. S. Grewal, who has
...
- United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
- Ved Marwah
- Hostage to misrule The Hindustan Times
- July 15, 1998
>>>Why is Pakistan so desperate to internationalise the Kashmir
issue? Third party mediation will not deliver to it what it could
not achieve through three wars and a proxy war. The Nawaz Sharif
government cannot be under any illusion that any Indian
government, not even the more than generous Gujral government,
...
- The emerging threat of superterrorism The Times of India
- June 26, 1998
>>>The risk of nuclear, chemical and biological weapon blackmail is
no longer a theoretical one. It poses a real threat to
democratic countries like India. The possibility of a terrorist
group using such weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is not as
remote as we would like to believe. Prof Paul Wilkinson, an
...
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