Editorial

Gautam Mukherjee George Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, extolled the virtues of audacity, first, as it is recorded, followed later by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, and US General Patton, later still.  'Audacity of Hope' was also…
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With regional bias coming to the fore once again, it seems battle lines have been drawn for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The first salvo was fired by none else than PHE Minister Sham Lal Sharma, who is from Congress,  by…
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Pakistan's Kashmir obsession has not come down and neither will it be going to diminish if the recent utterances of Adviser to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz are to be taken into account. He…
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Swapan Dasgupta The Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by a committee of Norwegian politicians, is no exception. Like the now-extinct Lenin Peace Prize or even our own Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace and what-not, its choice is out-and-out political…
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M. M Khajooria The 2003 Indo-Pak Cease-fire  Agreement   which facilitated the erection of border  fencing along the IB and LoC in Jammu and Kashmir was easily the most significant Confidence Building Measure between the two  neighbours in…
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Claude Arpi On 1st October, the People's Republic of China's founding day, Zhang Xiaoming, director of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong, told the media with a smile, "The sun rises as usual". This was an indirect comment on the Occupy…
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At a time when America is sounding caution notes over the emergence of ISIS as one of world's most financially strong terror groups, the incidents relating to waving of ISIS flags back home in Kashmir is being taken very lightly. The State…
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KumKum Dasgupta Devendra Singh Tak, a New Delhi-based communication specialist with Save the Children, was in Vishakhapatnam when Cyclone Hudhud pounded the coastal city on Sunday. Throughout the day, Tak sent several text messages,…
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Oral orders from ministries or their personal staff will be a passe if the advisory issued as part of an office memorandum at the behest of Prime Minister's Office (PMO) becomes a reality to the staff across ministries. In June, during his…
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David Devadas Flood havoc, shelling on the international border, Chinese incursions, an inadequate and insensitive State Government - all these recent events may seem unconnected, but these trends could combine into an extremely menacing…
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