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A brief history of Kashmir and the cause of the conflict According to the instruments of partition of India in 1947, the rulers of princely states were given the choice to freely accede to either India or Pakistan, or to remain independent. They were, however, advised to accede to the...

A Humanist Alternative for the Dalits Untouchables, or achuta, perform jobs considered unfit for higher castes, which includes tanning animal hides, manually unclogging sewers and toilets, cremating the dead, and removing road-kill from the streets. The emancipation of Dalits started as...

RAW's Machination In South Asia Dr. Shastra Dutta Pant (Nepal) His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev had‚ on the occasion of the 53rd Democracy Day on Feb 19‚ 2003‚ said: “Peace is our need‚ multiparty democracy is our commitment‚ patriotism is our base and the resolve to make the...

Northeast Echoes For the 35-member Thai business delegation, touring the three states of Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya in three days, is a mind-blowing experience. Before they could even get the feel of the land and its people it was time to pack their bags. Led by Thai commerce minister...

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Inside, RAW:For the first time, an ex-RAW officer talks about how badly it is run On the night of June 3, 1999, a Pakistan International Airlines winged its way across to Islamabad from Delhi bearing vital evidence that would create a flutter during the Kargil war. Vivek Katju, an old MEA...

Manipur police appeals for immediate fencing of Indo-Burma border A harassed police force in Manipur, northeast India has appealed for the immediate implementation of the central government's decision to fence the border with Burma because of unabated infiltration. "Because of the ease with...

Bangladeshi journalist gets LISA award on 'RAW and Bangladesh' A Bangladeshi journalist and researcher Md. Zainal Abedin gets LISA (London Institute of South Asia) Annual Book Award this year (2007) for his book "RAW And Bangladesh", published in 1995. In a letter LISA, a...

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Beyond the Chicken's Neck: Indian national security and Burma By Christopher Smith June 18, 2007 - Recent unrest along the Indo-Burmese border highlights a simple, yet vital, truth: Indian foreign policy regarding Burma is first and foremost a question of Indian national security. The...

Must Meghalaya fuel N-reactors? Patricia Mukhim WHETHER or not uranium in Meghalaya should be mined, has been the bone of contention and an abiding controversy for the past 20 years. In a representative democracy, those elected are expected to represent the wishes of the people. If the...

Political Hindutva : The Countdown Has Begun? By Subhash Gatade (...A report prepared by one of the national secretaries of the BJP Mr Prabhat Jha analysing the election results to UP, ( Bhaskar, 12 June 2007) provide enough proof of the pathetic situation in which the party itself finds...

Book Review - ' The India Doctrine' by Isha Khan bdmailer@gmail.com Adorned in a saffron red jacket and embellished with a detailed map of South Asia the concept of an India Doctrine has been introduced to the readers in Bangladesh recently. The book 'The India Doctrine' has been...

India bullies small Sri Lanka and cringes before giant China H. L. D. Mahindapala The statement made by A. K. Narayanan, India’s National Security Advisor, on Thursday (May 31) warning Sri Lanka not to go to Pakistan or China to seek weapons smack of India resuming its hegemonistic stance...

LTTE was created by India By Sunil Jayasiri Two former commanders of the Army and Air Force last week came down hard on India over comments made by the Indian National Security Adviser that Sri Lanka should not seek weapons from Pakistan or China. Former Army Chief Hamilton Wanasinghe...

India's voracious appetite for arms by Siddharth Srivastava News reports this week that India was Israel's biggest arms purchaser in 2006 have once again brought into focus the South Asian country's growing defence requirements. According to observers, India is expected to make...

India sponsors terror Ramananda Sengupta in Islamabad | January 06, 2004 The signing of the additional protocol on terrorism at the 12th SAARC summit in Islamabad is likely to put pressure on "Indian-sponsored" terrorism in at least three SAARC nations, according to a report in the Daily...

What Really Happened At Mecca Masjid :A Fact Finding Report Report of the fact finding committee on the bomb blast at Mecca Masjid and subsequent police firing A fact finding committee was constituted by the organizations mentioned at the end of this report to collect facts about the bomb...

Manipur rebel challenges India to practise democracy By John Ruwitch The leader of a rebel group in India's northeast challenged the world's biggest democracy to live up to its name and let the people of the troubled state of Manipur choose for themselves if they want independence...

NEPAL: INDIAN INTELLIGENCE FINDS MONARCHY STILL STRONG A media report furnishing findings of a survey conducted by RAW (Research and Analysis Wing-a brain child of the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi)-India- reveals that majority of Nepalese still prefer to adjust monarchy in the...