INDIA HAS been steadily upping the ante vis-a-vis Pakistan ever since the dastardly terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. The latest is the diplomatic adventurism in recalling the Indian High
REPUBLIC DAY 2002 is being observed against a disturbing backdrop that cannot be obscured by all the pomp and grandeur of the occasion. Over the years, the Day has come
LAST WEEK, commenting on Vajpayee’s belated Ahmedabad visit in ML Update, we had described it as adding an insult to injury. The proceedings of the BJP national leadership’s Goa session
WHEN VAJPAYEE exhorted the jawans to get ready for a “decisive battle” while addressing them at the Kupwara brigade headquarters it marked a new stridency in the renewed rhetoric. Asking
THE VHP has done a volte-face again. The Kendriya Margdarshak Mandal of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, after meeting at Hardwar on June 22-23, retracted its earlier promise to abide by
HAVING WON the battle for Presidency and promoted LK Advani to the Deputy PM's post, the Sangh Parivar has now once again pushed the Gujarat button. In a clear bid
The BJP’s battle for Gujarat has entered a new and decisive phase. Stung to the quick by the Election Commission’s strong indictment, the government has referred the whole matter to
The Bush administration had planned to ‘celebrate’ the first anniversary of September 11 by mounting yet another murderous offensive on Iraq. As the anniversary approached, the intent was declared quite
Marriages, some say, are made in heaven and broken on earth. The heaven in which the recent marriage of Indian and Pakistani postures regarding the pulling back of troops from
Even though the wound has far from healed, Gujarat is now scheduled to go to the polls on December 12. This will be the last Assembly election of year 2002.
The outcome of the December 12 elections in Gujarat has baffled pollsters and political pundits no end. It has also saddened every Indian who has a concern for the future
