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Countering the Ghauris, Ghaznavis and
Abdalis: Where's the TMD Debate?
Subodh Atal,
Ph. D.
The "Kashmir Issue" has several
components. There is the local Kashmiri Muslim "disenchantment", the
regional issues of Kashmir vs. Jammu vs. Ladakh, and the Hindu-Muslim
incompatibility in the valley. Then there is the Pakistan/jehad factor.
Many of these components are interconnected and overlapping, however for
simplicity's sake we can consider them separately..............More...
Human Rights: Attacking Iraq--The
Humanitarian Consequences
SREERAM CHAULIA
Mainstream media portrayals of the climaxing Anglo-American threat to
wage war and get rid of Saddam Hussein have revealed a pitiful
incapability of looking beyond the bromide of regional Arab reaction.
The US Fourth Estate, which rarely discusses the legality of American
foreign military moves, is focusing narrowly on how Washington's allies
in the Persian Gulf might turn hostile if a massive bombing operation
were carried out against Iraq...........More...
India -- A Soft State And National Will
Vinod Kumar
My friend Chanchal Chatterji wrote: "Our
inability to deal with hard targets strongly has given us the soft state
image and everyone takes us for a ride."........More...
The
Kashmiri Pandit Struggle for Survival: A retrospective look on where we
are and what needs to be done
Rajender Razdan
Twelve years
ago, we were awakened to blood-chilling cries from mosques across
Kashmir Valley telling us “Kashmir main rehna hai to Allah-u-Akbar kehna
hai” and “Yahan kya chalega, Nizam - e – Mustafa”. To make sure
the message from these slogans sank in this was followed by a spate of
gruesome murders of hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits......More... |