Everybody is very angry just now, but emotions should not deflect the framework, |
I don't think it poses a security threat. |
In principal, having carrier capability is desirable and ditto for nuclear propulsion. An aircraft carrier is all about presence and adds to the navy's capability. |
Six policemen have been injured. Additional policemen have been deployed on the streets to maintain law and order. |
The hike is modest and marks a standstill kind of a situation and it just about caters to inflation. |
The message to Khaleda Zia should be that it is in your own interest to crack down on Islamic militants. |
The political process will become meaningful only if level of violence and support to cross-border terrorism comes down and those who are supporting it must distance themselves from this deviant activity. |
The real significance is that it marks the end of the isolation that India had to live with. The outcome in terms of energy needs is miles away. |
There is a certain element of risk for a step like this. |
There's a lot of dash in the announcements, but if they have to be meaningful they have to be negotiated away from the glare of the media at the bilateral level, |
Though there has been no dramatic breakthrough on Kashmir, both sides are reaching for, and plucking, the low-hanging fruit of the peace tree, |
Though there has been no dramatic breakthrough on Kashmir, both sides are reaching for, and plucking, the low-hanging fruit of the peace tree. |
Unless there's a consensus on both sides, the implementation of the statements on relief will hit a cul-de-sac. The only institution that provides aid is the army, and if that is not allowed, then the offer is self-defeating. |
We forget that at the height of the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union were spending $500 billion on their nuclear arsenals, |