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September Month Articles
- SL offers 'Ramayana Trail'
to Indians
- by The Indian Express
The Sri Lanka government has declared 2011 as 'Visit Sri Lanka Year'.
S Kalaiselvam, Director General of Sri Lankan Tourism Development Authority,
who was in Ahmedabad on Friday, announced this government's integrated
communication campaign......
- Kashmiri Pandits' sacrifice
went unnoticed: UKF
- by The Indian Express
Expressing anguish over ignoring 'martyrdom' of hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits
who were killed by militants, the United Kashmiriyat Forum (UKF) has asked
the government to honour the community members who laid down their lives
for a national cause. .....
- Construction by Chinese
army across Karakoram: J&K report
- by The Times of India
The Chinese army has done some construction activities along the international
border across Karakoram ranges in Ladakh sector for the first time since
the 1962 stand-off between the two countries with a report of Jammu and
Kashmir government saying that they have been taking "land in inches
and not in yards". .....
- Tamang report lacks credibility
- by BK Verma
The editorial "A contested inquiry" (September 9) has raised
valid doubts about the credibility of Metropolitan Magistrate SP Tamang's
flawed conclusions in his report which claims that Gujarat Police officers
faked the 2004 encounter killings .....
- He's our guest, it's our
country
- by The Times of India
The Chinese are upset, once more, with the Indian establishment. This
time it's because the Dalai Lama is planning to visit Tawang, in Arunachal
Pradesh, and New Delhi is unlikely to stop him from doing so. .....
- 193 Black Widow rebels
give up arms, move to camps
- by Samudra Gupta Kashyap
Peace efforts in Assam's trouble-torn North Cachar Hills district on Sunday
received a shot in the arm with as many as 193 cadres of the outlawed
Jewel Garlosa faction of Dima Halam Daoga - DHD(J), more popularly known
as Black Widow - laying down their arms before the police and shifting
to a designated camp set up by the government .....
- Ishrat: Centre's affidavit
cleared over 4 years ago
- by The Times of India
The case relating to the Centre's affidavit before the Gujarat High Court
in Ishrat Jahan encounter has become more intriguing with evidence emerging
that it was cleared for submission by the Home Ministry more than four
years ago but inexplicably not placed in the court by the UPA's standing
counsel .....
- Christian Sadhus and Sastris:
shameless conversion games
- by B R Haran
It is an open secret that the foremost aim of the Church is to spread
Christianity throughout the world and establish its rule. Yet an Indian
government led by a 'Hindu' party welcomed Pope John Paul II as a State
Guest and allowed him to give a clarion call for evangelization of India
on this sacred Hindu Bhumi .....
- Kashmiri Pandits in 'exile'
to tonsure head in Delhi
- by Thaindian.com
Twenty years after the first ever killing of a Kashmiri Pandit by militants
in Jammu and Kashmir - which triggered the community's exodus from their
ancestral homes in the valley - some members living in Delhi will tonsure
their heads Monday to protest their "exile". .....
- Universal Jihad: Radical
Islam's Worldwide War on Liberal Democracies
- by Vijay Kumar
On September 11, 2001, a war was brought to our shores by a band of men,
bound by a militant ideology, in an act of mass murder. The response by
the United States was a so-called "War on Terror," a reflex
that has proved to be as ineffective as it has been costly. .....
- In Bengal, women earn
their religious rites
- by Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri
Women in Bengal seem to have got the better of another social barrier.
For the first time, they will be serving as priests during Durga Puja,
the state's most popular religious festival. .....
- Southern Thailand's Turmoil
Grows
- by Thomas Fuller
The soldiers patrolling this hamlet racked by insurgent violence measure
their progress modestly: two years ago, when villagers saw them coming,
they closed their shutters. Now, they say, most residents peer out of
their wood-frame houses and offer strained smiles. .....
- Jinnah and Two Nation
Theory
- by Vinod Kumar
Jaswant Singh by his book, Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence has
become kind of a folk hero in Pakistan and a darling of the secularattii
in India. .....
- Year after Delhi blasts
police yet to nab 14 accused
- by The Pioneer
A year has gone by since the serial blasts hit the capital but police
is yet to nab 14 suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists believed to be
behind the attacks that left 26 people dead and 133 others injured. .....
- Threat Perception - Army
Beefs Up North East With Eye On China
- by Free Press Journal
Threat of a 1962 repeat looms large. Though played down by the government
for diplomatic reasons, additional 30,000 troops with weaponry and artillery
support are being rushed to the North East to thwart any Chinese designs.
.....
- Chandrayaan-1 a fantastic
success: European scientist
- by The Times of India
Indian media should stop criticising the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) for abruptly terminating Chandrayaan-1 and instead applaud the
success of its moon mission, a European space scientist has said .....
- Media vaudeville about
Ishrat encounter
- by R K Ohri
Recently we have been treated to a grand vaudeville show by the mainstream
media about the alleged fake encounter in which a 19 year old Muslim girl,
Ishrat Jahan, was killed five years ago, on June 15, 2004, along with
three others .....
- Chetia's repatriation unlikely
under proposed deal: Dhaka
- by Zeenews.com
Bangladesh has said that top ULFA leader Anup Chetia, now in prison here,
cannot be extradited to India as demanded by New Delhi as the proposed
bilateral deal for exchange of prisoners covers only those who are serving
jail terms. .....
- Drive on to recover temple
property
- by V.S. Palaniappan
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has
started a drive in the Coimbatore zone to recover temple property including
buildings, shops, houses and lands that have been encroached upon. .....
- BJP legislator acquitted
in Kandhamal riots case
- by The Times of India
A fast-track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district on Thursday acquitted
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan in a case of kidnapping
and murder during the communal violence last year as the charges were
not proved, an official said. .....
- HC stays Ishrat report,
calls for action against magistrate
- by The Indian Express
On a petition filed by the state government, the Gujarat High Court today
stayed Metropolitan Magistrate S P Tamang's report which claimed that
state police officers faked the 2004 killing of Mumbra girl Ishrat Jahan
and three others to win promotions and the appreciation of Chief Minister
Narendra Modi. .....
- Japanese woman performs
'pinda daan' at Gaya
- by Webindia123.com
She isn't Hindu, not even Indian. But there she was, a Japanese woman,
performing the 'pinda daan' ritual for ancestors, like thousands of Indians
who descend on the pilgrim town at this time of the year. .....
- HC stays govt funds for
church repairs
- by The Times of India
A two-member bench of the AP High Court on Monday directed the authorities
to maintain status quo on government funds for building or repairing churches.
The bench of Chief Justice Anil R Dave and Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy.
.....
- I might be jailed for years,
fears Malaysian Indian lawyer
- by The Indian Express
A Malaysian human rights lawyer, who helped organise 10,000 ethnic Indians
to protest against racial discrimination, said on Wednesday he feared
he might be jailed for years without trial for speaking up. .....
- Terror's Tipping Point
- by Ed Warner
Foreign Policy magazine calls it the tenth most failed nation in the world.
A "dysfunctional state," concedes Tariq Ali, Pakistani author
of The Duel. Yet according to U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke, "Pakistan
is the most important country in the world. .....
- Unanswered questions in
the Ishrat Jahan case
- by T V R Shenoy
Have you heard of 'Occam's Razor'? No, it is not something that you can
find at the local barbershop. It is actually a philosophical principle
that states: 'Plurality should not be posited without necessity. .....
- Andhra's Christist CM-Y
Samuel Rajashekhara Reddy
- by S V Badri
Give me an honest answer. You visit Bhagawan Tirupati Venkateshwaras Mandir
(Balaji Mandir) or any Mandir in Andhra Pradesh .You have the devotion
to make a monetary offering into the Hundi. You feel it is your private
equation with the Bhagawan .....
- The Forgotten Heroes
- by Uday Mahurkar
Almost four centuries after Shivaji and his soldiers did themselves proud
against Aurangzeb's armies, their descendants are waiting for these warriors
to get their rightful place in history .....
- BP warned of risks in delay
in release of Libyan Bomber
- by Reuters
British oil major BP Plc told the UK government two years ago that slow
progress in concluding a Prisoner Transfer agreement with Libya threatened
a multi-billion dollar exploration deal it was negotiating. BP said on
Friday its advice did not refer specifically .....
- UPA affidavit too spoke
of LeT links
- by The Indian Express
The UPA government's August 6, 2004 affidavit filed in connection with
the Ishrat Jahan encounter makes it amply clear that the teenager's accomplice
Javed aka Pranesh Pillai was in touch with Lashkar-e-Toiba's operational
commander Muzammi ....
- 'Dhaniya met two accused
in Pak'
- by The Indian Express
Claims by the Gujarat Police that some of the accused in the Godhra train
carnage case have taken shelter in Pakistan, has found support in the
revelations made by Ibrahim Dhaniya, a co-accused. Dhaniya was caught
recently on his return from Karachi. ....
- Fearing Taliban, Pak Hindus
take Thar Express to India
- by Vimal Bhatia
In the past four years, some 5,000 Hindus may have crossed over from Pakistan,
never to return. It has not been easy abandoning their homes, sometimes
even their families, but they say they had no choice: they had to flee
the Taliban. ....
- Pak aided Iran's nuke quest:
A Q Khan
- by Nidhi Razdan
The father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, A Q Khan, has spoken out. In an
interview to a news channel, Khan has said that America looked the other
way as Pakistan began it's nuclear programme since Islamabad was helping
them in the Afghan war against the Soviet Union. ....
- The Default Option
- by Rana Ayyub
When Minster of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam revealed the list
of tax defaulters earlier this month, heading it was Pune-based stud farm
owner Hasan Ali Khan, with arrears of over Rs 50,000 crore. ....
- Pampering extremists
- by Barry Rubin
On August 26, the US State Department spokesman, Mr Ian Kelly, was asked
what the United States thought about the dispute between Iraq and Syria.
His answer shockingly recalls the last time a US Government made that
mistake. ....
- From Indus to India
- by Dilip K Chakrabarti
Professor K. P.N.Rao and his associates assert, on the basis of their
recently published computer studies on the Indus script, that this script
has statistical regularities which are in line with other natural languages.
....
- The eternal significance
of Hindutva
- by M.V. Kamath
No Hindu ruler ever invaded foreign lands, determined to destroy other
cultures and civilisations. Asoka did not send an Army to China or even
to Sri Lanka to spread the message of the Buddha. ....
- Shades of life: from red
to khaki
- by Debabrata Mohanty
Kandri Lohar sits in her ramshackle hut, breastfeeding her emaciated three-year-old
son Kanha. She doesn't talk easily but when she does, she unravels a splendid
story-of rebellion, of life in the jungle as a Naxalite, of rifles and
keds, of her decision to break free, of a troubled marriage, and now,
of her job as a homeguard with the Orissa police. ....
- Pak deliberately stifling
26/11 probe? Yes, says Chidambaram
- by The Indian Express
Days before he leaves for the US to meet officials and agencies helping
India investigate the Mumbai attacks, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram
has said that Pak authorities are deliberately holding up the probe against
those involved, including Lashkar-e-Toiba's founder Hafiz Sayeed. ....
- UK min admits oil was part
of Lockerbie deal
- by The Times of India
Trade and oil considerations played a big part in the decision to include
the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer agreement between Britain
and Libya, a senior British official said in an interview on Saturday.
....
- China warning to syringe
stabbers
- by BBC News
China has warned anyone found guilty of syringe attacks that led to protests
in the western city of Urumqi could face the death penalty, state media
reports. ....
- End Pakistan's sinister
designs
- by Sunita Vakil
Pretending that the Taliban and Al Qaeda are the main threats to peace,
Pakistan is having the last laugh by hoodwinking the US not only to get
massive aid but also using the same to wage a proxy war against India.
It is, however, disconcerting that the US is still turning a blind eye
to the terror sponsored by its ally. ....
- Now, cruise to a spiritual
high
- by Himanshi Dhawan
Who says the path to nirvana has to be paved with abstinence and detachment?
Certainly not the organizers of Indian spiritual cruises, which offer
pravachan (religious discourse), vegetarian food and meditation in the
midst of opulence and the occasional vice. ....
- Inside the terror lab
- by Amitabh Mattoo
The British Empire had only one answer for the problems of the tribal
areas of the North West Frontier: leave them alone, as much as possible.
A political agent, with a minimalist agenda, relied on the malik and occasionally
the mullah to ensure that the tribal agencies were virtually sovereign
within, but insulated from much of the outside world. ....
- I was sent to seek Mehsud's
help against India: Ex-Pak MP
- by Rezaul H Laskar
A former parliamentarian, known for his links with militant groups, on
Friday made the startling claim that the Pakistan government had deputed
him to hold secret talks with slain Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud on
forging "unity against India" in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
....
- Self-Help Groups by Sewa
Bharati in Tamil Nadu
- by Kesava Vinayagan
Self-Help Group (SHG) is a programme implemented in Tamil Nadu about 12
years back by Sewa Bharati. After a decade it has become a silent revolution
of economic empowerment and socio-political system of the State. ....
- The Myth of A Moderate
Malaysia
- by Sadanand Dhume
If you're looking for an image that captures the conflict between fervent
Islam and basic human decency, look no further than the Malaysian city
of Shah Alam, about 15 miles west of Kuala Lumpur. ....
- Demoting Islam's Religion
Status
- by Martel Sobieskey
One Thing is certain, Islam is not a religion by anything Americans believe
one to be - not even close. In fact, Islam is the antithesis of what we
deem to be religious. Above all, Islam is a totalitarian political machine
of bloodthirsty conquest which zealously advocates the downfall of the
U.S. government. ....
- 16 ethnic Indians held
in Malaysia for illegal protest
- by The Times of India
Sixteen ethnic Indian community members, including an Hindraf member,
were on Sunday arrested for taking part in an illegal gathering here to
protest against an incident which hurt their sentiments. ....
- Don't let this son rise
- by Aditya Sinha
At the outset an apology to readers, but it has been very nauseating to
see Congress legislators and workers demand that the late chief minister
of Andhra Pradesh, Y S R Reddy, be succeeded by his wheeler-dealer son
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. ....
- Kuruom vidyalaya: the Power
of One in a Billion
- by Maeve Hickok
In Korown, an Uttar Pradesh India farming village where little has changed
for hundreds of years, a 21st century school opened its doors for the
first time in July to 100 girls and boys in grades 1-4, 6, and 7. Kuruom
vidyalaya is the bricks-and-morta. ....
- Release of Hafiz Saeed
'atrocious': HM
- by The Pioneer
On the eve of his visit to the US, Home Minister P Chidamabaram has termed
as "atrocious" Pakistan's decision to let off Jamaat-ud Dawa
chief Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai terror attacks case and said there is
"enough and more" evidence to continue the probe against him.
....
- Why the search for YSR
made us uneasy
- by Sheela Bhatt
Death humbles us all. But sudden death shakes us up, takes hold of our
thoughts and if you are an Indian, it predictably takes you to predictable
conclusions as well. ....
- YSR: End of a controversial
tenure
- by B R Haran
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's tragic death in a
helicopter crash, at the peak of his career, has shaken the entire political
spectrum; our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, relatives,
colleagues, party men and followers. ....
- Secular assault on the
Sacred
- by R Vaidyanathan
There was a small news item dated 4 August 2009 in some newspapers, stating
that the prosecution witnesses in the case pertaining to the Kanchi seer
are turning hostile and the case itself might be revealed to be a foisted
one. ....
- Pak not serious in punishing
26/11 attackers: Krishna
- by The Times of India
Accusing Pakistan of not being serious in punishing perpetrators of the
Mumbai terror attacks, external affairs minister S M Krishna on Saturday
said that India has provided enough evidence for their prosecution. ....
- Hrithik & family get
spiritual on dad's b'day
- by Ashwini Deshmukh
Instead of having a flashy birthday bash, Rakesh Roshan has chosen to
celebrate his 60th birthday by Hrithik introspecting on life. He will
fly to the Oneness University with children Hrithik and Sunaina, his wife
and in-laws. ....
- Obstacles in Liberating
Islam
- by Wafa Sultan
How see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, Western liberals undermine the battle against
Islam, and subvert the liberation of Muslims, particularly Muslim women,
from the repression of Islam ....
- Human rights should always
impartial universal and equal for all
- by Jahangir Alam Akash
Every day has happening minority torture in Bangladesh. Day by day has
increasing the list of minority repression incidents here. When would
be stop inhumanity on minority community we don't know? We are very much
worried about the minority oppression. ....
- The Saudi connection
- by Zafar Hilaly
Deposed and discredited Pakistani leaders can always bank on being rescued
by the Saudis. First it was Nawaz Sharif, he was plucked from Musharaf's
clutches, and now it is Musharaf himself. ....
- Jinnah or Nehru: who was
the villain?
- by C. I. Issac
The recent biography of Jinnah by Jaswant Singh has ignited a heated controversy.
In the light of the new exposition, the names of Jinnah and Nehru are
being debated widely in Indian elite circles. These were very scarcely
debated in the days of our freedom and ensuing years. ....
- Jihadis target Kerala women
- by Balbir K Punj
The allegation that Muslim men entice Hindu women into marriage for reasons
other than love and as part of an Islamist conspiracy is usually dismissed
as insidious Sangh Parivar communal propaganda. But a recent chance investigation
by Kerala Police has brought out some ugly details. ....
- Jaswant Singh's Incomplete
Truth
- by Rajinder Puri
Jaswant Singh, former cabinet minister, has written a book on Mohammed
Ali Jinnah which has become a talking point across India. ....
- GenNext purohits mix puja
& profession
- by Somdatta Basu
Don't be surprised if the same guy who performs Durga puja at your neighbourhood
pandal prescribes pills when you have flu as well. Or, you spot him in
court sporting a lawyer's black robes. ....
- Indian priests paraded
naked at Pashupatinath
- by The Indian Express
The Pashupatinath temple row took an ugly turn in Nepal Friday with a
mob assaulting the two newly appointed Indian priests, stripping them
naked and tearing off their sacred threads regarded as mandatory for Brahmins.
....
- A non-offer by China
- by Claude Arpi
Jujian Hua, director at Tibet's Foreign Affairs Office, recently made
a startling declaration: "India can set up a consulate in Lhasa".
He then added, "That depends on India." ....
- Jinnah: Jaswant Singh's
and Ours
- by Virendra Parekh
That Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah is selling like hot cakes in Pakistan
should bring him no cheer. The Pakistanis have no use for his scholarship,
such as it is. That a BJP politician, a proud Rajput to the fingertips,
with an army background to boot, sticks his neck out in favour of Jinnah
is enough for them ....
- Kandhamal riots: MLA acquitted
- by The Indian Express
A fast-track court in Kandhamal on Friday acquitted a BJP MLA, prime accused
in last year's riots in Kandhamal, due to lack of evidence. .....
- Supreme Court judge withdraws
from Abhaya case
- by The Indian Express
A Supreme Court judge, who was part of the Bench hearing the CBI's plea
in Sister Abhaya murder case, on Friday withdrew himself from the matter.
The cm has sought cancellation of bail granted to the three accused in
the case. .....
- VHP appeals to President
over withdrawl of troops
- by PTI News
The state unit of VHP today appealed President Pratibha Patil to intervene
and reverse the recent move by the authorities to withdraw 15,000 troops
from Rajouri and Poonch areas of Jammu and Kashmir. .....
- Rising Pak nuke stockpile
a matter of concern: Army Chief
- by The Indian Express
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said on Wednesday that increase in Pakistan's
atomic weapons stockpile, if true, was a cause for concern for India.
"There is a degree of deterrence for one's protection, but this is
beyond that .....
- Pak 'not obliged' to arrest
Hafiz Saeed, taunts Pak minister
- by The Indian Express
Pakistan has said it is "not obliged" to immediately arrest
Lashker-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed even if an Interpol Red Corner notice
has been issued against him and claimed that evidence provided by India
in three dossiers were "not sufficient" to link him to the 26/11
attacks. .....
- From Jinnah to Hafiz Saeed
- by G Parthasarathy
Addressing a gathering of tens of thousands of zealots at the headquarters
of the Jamat-ud-Dawa'h (earlier calling itself the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba)
on November 3, 2000, the Amir of the Lashkar, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, thundered,
"Jihad is not about Kashmir only. .....
- Eurabian Safari
- by Thomas Landen
It is hot in Brussels. Ramadan has begun. The faithful in the predominantly
Muslim borough of Molenbeek are not allowed to eat or drink from sunrise
until sunset. Non-Muslim policemen, patrolling the streets of Molenbeek
in their sweltering cars, are not allowed to eat or drink either.....
- SC curbs State bid to control
temples
- by Pratap Patnaik
The Supreme Court on Friday directed that the Karnataka government may
not take over the management of any temple in the State under a law enacted
in 1997. ....
- Anti-Hindu Bias at U.S.
Commission
- by Aseem Shukla
This week, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
(USCIRF) placed India on its "watch list." By this designation,
India, the largest multi-ethnic and multi-religious democracy . ....
- Tribute to a truly inspired
mind
- by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
I am happy that Hindustan Times has brought out the India Inspired series
showcasing innovations and creative thinking, which can transform the
lives of many in the country. ....
- Why Is Valour Not Honoured
In Our Country?
- by Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi
The 10th anniversary of Kargil Diwas on 26 July passed with no fanfare
and little remembrance. Only the serving personnel and the veterans of
the Defence Forces remembered their erstwhile comrades who ....
- Once Upon A Bard
- by Dola Mitra
I have done some very bad things," Vicky says from his prison cell
in Calcutta's Presidency Jail. The 30-year-old is six feet tall, he has
grown a beard and wears his hair long so he can look the part he's playing
....
- Justification for Jihad
- from Jinnah to Jaswant
- by Saradindu Mukherji
By a flawed logic, Jinnah, who was never jailed by the British, has become
a "freedom fighter." It is like leaving out the last fifteen
years of Hitler's life and describing him as a mere painter, or Rajiv
Gandhi as only a pilot. ....
- Decoding the Ancient Script
of the Indus Valley
- by Ishaan Tharoor
The author of Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence, Jaswant Singh,
and its publisher, R K Mehra, have taken pains to convince the book's
readers that it is a piece of meticulous research. ....
- Jaswant, not-so original
- by C M Naim
The author of Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence, Jaswant Singh,
and its publisher, R K Mehra, have taken pains to convince the book's
readers that it is a piece of meticulous research. ....
- A class apart
- by The Sunday Express
An NRI couple who returned to set up a rural school, a retired teacher
who gets dropouts back to school, a 8-year old who traded her corporate
job to volunteer in a municipal school, an 82-year old whose love ....
- Murder campaign
- by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Maoists continue to kill at will in Lalgarh in spite of the presence of
50 companies of security forces in the area ....
- The Default Option
- by Rana Ayyub
When Minster of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam revealed the list
of tax defaulters earlier this month, heading it was Pune-based stud farm
owner Hasan Ali Khan, with arrears of over Rs 50,000 crore.. ....
- Payback rate of poorest
of poor: 100%
- by The Times of India
The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A
bank that doles out loans to some of the world's poorest, least-creditworthy
people continues to have a payback rate of nearly 100%. .....
- Parsis fight to keep Sanjan
coastline clean
- by Ashley D'Mello
Over a thousand years ago, Parsis landed on the shores of Sanjan on the
Gujarat coast, seeking shelter and were welcomed by the local raja who
allowed them to settle on his land. The descendants of these migrants
are now .....
- ISI admits giving millions
to leaders
- by Omer Farooq Khan
Pakistan's all-powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, had
pumped millions of rupees and bribed the country's leading politicians,
including former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to cobble together an alliance
against Benazir Bhutto's party in 1988. .....
- Taiwan invites Dalai, China
fumes
- by Mark McDonald
The president of Taiwan said on Thursday that he would allow the Dalai
Lama to visit the island next week, a move that China opposes and one
that threatens to jeopardize rapidly improving relations between Taipei
and Beijing. .....
- Stuck in Jodhpurs
- by Ashok Malik
As hooks for controversy, personalities are more tempting than amorphous
ideas. As such, much of the debate following Jaswant Singh's new book,
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence, has focused on the writer's appraisal
of key individuals. .....
- Meet CPM firebrand who
prefers spa 'treatment' to clinic 'crowd'
- by Bidyut Roy
As the burning of the Vedic Village Spa and Resort adds fresh fuel to
the heated land acquisition debate in West Bengal, guess who may find
his hands singed? The state's Minister for Land and Land Reforms, Abdur
Rezzak Mollah, better known for his strong .....
- Bhagwat boosts morale
- by Editorial
Mohanrao Bhagwat's media conference in Delhi this past week was planned
long ago as a routine interaction between the new RSS Sarsanghachalak
and journalists. .....
- Jinnah, Author of the Partition
- by Dr. Koenraad Elst
The Narendra Modi government's ban on Jaswant Singh's Jinnah book is one
sign too many of the Hindutva predisposition to solving debates by means
of muzzling. .....
- China's growing role in
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
- by B Raman
Among the major development projects in Pakistan in which the Chinese
have been involved till now are the construction of an international commercial
port cum naval base in Gwadar on the Makran coast in Balochistan .....
- Islamists on conversion
campaign
- by VR Jayaraj
Islamists in Kerala have launched an organised campaign for converting
girls belonging to other religions into Islam. Police believe that Islamist
organisation NDF (presently Popular Front of India) and its student outfit
Campus Front could be behind this campus-based campaign. An investigation
is presently on into the matter on the instructions of the Kerala High
Court. .....
- After Jinnah, it's Kandahar's
turn
- by Kanchan Gupta
The hijacking of Indian Airlines' flight IC 814 from Kathmandu to Delhi
is back in the news. Maudlin memories of partition, which was perhaps
the second best thing that ever happened in this land of ours - the first
being the rout of ghazis who tried to perpetuate Muslim rule .....
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