This Months Article

Starting: Mon January 1, 2001
Ending: Wed January 31, 2001

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• Lashkar man admits hand in Sikhs’ massacre
• The Hindustan Times, January 1, 2001
>>> A Pakistani militant, arrested in connection with the March massacre of 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpora, Kashmir, has admitted to his being a member of the attackers' team and his affiliation to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) outfit, a media report said here on Sunday. ......
 
• Relink science to spirit
• Francois Gautier, The Indian Express, January 1, 2001
>>> Will science and spirituality ever meet? This was the topic of a recent seminar at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Indian scientists, one after the other, expounded, on how reason, rigour, logic and the spirit of inquiry are the most important parameters of scientific discovery. None of them, except for Abdul Kalam, made references to ancient Indian science. All of them spoke of science from a western point of view. ......
 
• “They only understand force” (Interview: Chhota Shakeel)
• India-Today, January 1, 2001
>>> Chhota Shakeel, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim who is emerging as a challenger, spoke to Special Correspondent Sheela Raval on phone from Karachi. ......
 
• Weariness of Ayodhya
• Swapan Dasgupta, India-Today, January 1, 2001
>>> Few public debates have been as tired, repetitive and contrived as the one on the Ayodhya dispute that preoccupied Parliament and the media for the past three weeks. The Opposition scored a few brownie points by recording the Rajya Sabha's feeble disagreement with the prime minister's numerous utterances on the issue. ......
 
• Goodbye, foul Millennium: millennius horribilis
• Rajeev Srinivasan, Rediff on Net, January 1, 2001
>>> This past thousand years of the Common Era have not been kind to India.  In 1001 CE, the subcontinent was in good shape.  Rajaraja Chola was on the throne at Thanjavur in the Kaveri Delta, and his maritime conquests in Southeast Asia were in the future; and the Golden Age of the Guptas was of recent memory in the North. ......
 
• Kashmir: abominable abdication
• Sandhya Jain, The Pioneer, January 2, 2001
>>> It would be churlish to deny ISI credit for the speed and skill with which it has encircled India with hostile bases and virtually paralyzed it from within.  The depth of ISI penetration, its stupendous network of allies and informers, and the sheer audacity with which it strikes in the heart of the capital is unparalleled. ......
 
• Ceasefire brings death and doom for “renegade” militants
• www.tehelka.com, January 3, 2001
>>> Although Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's unilateral ceasefire move has led to a significant decrease in the militancy-related casualties in the strife-torn state, it has however proved a costly affair for the surrendered militants helping various security agencies in counter-insurgency (CI) operations. ......
 
• By George, he has done it!
• Wilson John, The Pioneer, January 3, 2001
>>> There is one thing good about George Fernandes.  He misses no chance to show his solidarity with the troops. ......
 
• Lashkar planned to attack Azim Premji's residence
• Anil Lulla, The News Today, January 3, 2001
>>> The Lashkar-e-Toiba made an aborted attempt to attack ICE baron Azim Premji's residence in Bangalore to attract international attention.  This was disclosed to the police by a Lashkar militant, arrested in New Delhi for his role in the Red Fort shoot out. ......
 
• Awaiting The Backlash
• Swapan Dasgupta, India Today, January 8, 2001
>>> The Lashkar-e-Toiba made an aborted attempt to attack ICE baron Azim Premji's residence in Bangalore to attract international attention.  This was disclosed to the police by a Lashkar militant, arrested in New Delhi for his role in the Red Fort shoot out. ......
 
• The Buddhas of Bamiyan - Challenged witnesses of Afghanistan’s forgotten past
• Jet Van Krieken, The International Institute for Asian Studies
>>> At a symposium last April on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Kern Institute in Leiden, Dr P. Verhagen emphasized the importance of manuscripts from Afghanistan for the understanding and study of early Buddhism. ......
 
• Kashmir Militants To Continue War
• Amir Zia, Associated Press, January 2, 2001
>>> Militants battling Indian soldiers in disputed Kashmir pledged Tuesday to continue their secessionist war despite political talks planned for later this month and recent moves toward peace. ......
 
• Web of terror
• Anuradha Chenoy, The Asian Age, January 3, 2001
>>> Extremism fuelled by the Afghan Taliban movement continues to spread across the post-Soviet countries and beyond. Chechnya, Dagestan and the North Caucasus in Russia, the Fergana Valley region in Uzbekistan, bordering Kirgizia and the mountainous regions of Tajikistan, are all facing Islamic insurgencies that threaten the region. ......
 
• VHP shrugs off PM remark, plans Mandir
• Venkatesh Kesari, The Asian Age, January 3, 2001
>>> “He (Mr Vajpayee) is a politician but we will go ahead with the programme (of temple construction),” said VHP senior vice-president Acharya Giriraj Kishore. ......
 
• The Kerala model is an abject failure
• T V R Shenoy, Rediff on Net, January 3, 2001
>>> Kerala and Keralites have been in the news quite frequently in the past week. On Christmas day, I was delighted to note that the prestigious Mastermind India quiz that appears on the BBC had been won by a woman from Kerala, and that the runner-up was a man from the same state. Later, I was happy to note that the prime minister had chosen Kerala as a holiday destination. ......
 
• It’s time for introspection
• Masood Haider, Dawn, January 3, 2001
>>> It is time for Gen Pervez Musharraf's government to do some introspection of the policies it has so far set in motion vis-a-vis militant Jihadi groups. ......
 
• Border Clashes Flare in India
• Binoo Joshi, Associated Press, January 3, 2001
>>> In the first fighting since a cease-fire began five weeks ago, four Indian soldiers and two civilians died Wednesday in clashes on India's border with Pakistan. ......
 
• The Holy Terror  - Dilemma of Liberal Britain
• Rashmee Z Ahmed, The Times of India, January 4, 2001
>>> December 2000: A suicide bomb attack in Srinagar, allegedly by a youth who travelled half-way round the world to his death from Birmingham, England. ......
 
• Muslims call for ‘holy war’ investigation
• BBC News, January 4, 2001
>>> The Muslim peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has called for an investigation into the alleged recruitment of young British Muslims to fight in so-called holy wars. ......
 
• ‘Kashmir is a natural part of Pakistan’
• www.tehelka.com, January 4, 2001
>>> Dukhteran-e-Milat or Daughters of the Nation (DM) surfaced in 1986 as a social reform movement, when its chief Asiya Andrabi started a crusade for women's rights like seat reservation in public transport, dowry, eve-teasing and pornography. ......
 
• Will our media grow up?
• Colonel Anil Athale (retd), Rediff on Net, January 5, 2001
>>> The recent riots in Nepal, over remarks that were never made by Hrithik Roshan, again underscored the power of the printed word. Many in India gloated over the apparent 'irrationality' of it all and felt that the Nepalese media was guilty of being gullible and fell victim to a disinformation campaign masterminded by the Mumbai Mafia or Pakistan. ......
 
• Irresponsible scribes spoil newspapers’ credibility
• M V Kamath, Free Press Journal, January 5, 2001
>>> TIME (Dec. 2000) magazine has declared that US President-elect George W Bush is its Person of the Year. In a letter to the reader, the magazine's Managing Editor, Walter Isaacson stated that the weekly had been considering "a variety of candidates" for Person of the Year. ......
 
• Afghan refugees, the mindless killers operating in Kashmir
• Sahdev Vohra, Free Press Journal, January 5, 2001
>>> The Afghans inhabit areas adjoining Kashmir in the north west and both had a common past under the Shahi dynasties of the pre-Islamic times. As a race, the Afghans made an appearance in history later. ......
 
• Militancy claimed 2839 lives in J&K in the year 2000
• The Indian Express, January 5, 2001
>>> Jammu - Pakistan-sponsored militancy took a toll of 2839 people, including 1520 militants, in Jammu and Kashmir during the last year, an official spokesman said. ......
 
• BJP charges IHC with dragging Joshi into controversy
• The Hindustan Times, January 5, 2001
>>> The BJP has accused the Indian History Congress (IHC) of "dragging Human Resources Development Minister M M Joshi into a controversy" at its just finished session for his policy statement on 'national curriculum framework of school education'. ......
 
• Attempt to burgle Badrinath temple foiled, ISI agent held
• The Hindustan Times, January 5, 2001
>>> An attempt by a suspected ISI agent to take away precious idols from the holy shrine of Badrinath has been foiled, police said here today. ......
 
• ‘Jamia has weathered crisis bravely’
• Rajeev R Roy, The Pioneer, January 6, 2001
>>> As an institution Jamia Millia Islamia is strange. It is perhaps the only central university of the country which has the privilege of hitting the headlines but unfortunately for the wrong reasons. ......
 
• Hideouts of Terror - I
• Sayantan Chakravarty and Amarnath K. Menon, India Today, January 8, 2001
>>> The Red Fort is more than just another imposing Mughal monument. It is a symbol of independent India, the place from where the prime minister addresses the nation on August 15. On the night of December 22, gunfire was heard inside the fort which also serves as an army garrison. Two jawans and a civilian lay dead. There was no sign of the intruders. ......
 
• Hideouts of Terror - II
• Sayantan Chakravarty and Amarnath K. Menon, India Today, January 8, 2001
>>> DELHI - New Fears in the Old City - The walled city of shahjahanabad. The Jama Masjid area. It's a little island with many names and an even greater number of stories. Every alley in this northern enclave of the national capital has had its date with history. ......
 
• Hideouts of Terror - III
• Sayantan Chakravarty and Amarnath K. Menon, India Today, January 8, 2001
>>> HYDERABAD - Climate of Jehad - Seven-year-old Saleem came dressed as told. He covered his face and brought along his new gift-a toy Kalashnikov-to join the rally. The December 6 protest rally is an annual feature of Hyderabad but it is also illustrates how the jehadi mindset takes hold of a boy's mind. ......
 
• “Jehad Was My Motivation” (Interview / Ashfaq Ahmed)
• India Today, January 8, 2001
>>> Sixteen months ago Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET)'s Ashfaq Ahmed, 28, arrived in India. His mission: jehad. Two days after his arrest for organising the Red Fort killings, he spoke to Principal Correspondent Sayantan Chakravarty. ......
 
• Counter Terrorism - Neither Policy Nor Law
• Harinder Baweja, India Today, January 8, 2001
>>> The dangers to it are less threatening but the US has had a straightforward counter-terrorism policy in place for years: make no concessions to terrorists and strike no deals; bring terrorists to justice; and isolate and apply pressure on states that sponsor terrorism to make them change. ......
 
• The Pope's Armada (a book review)
• Michael Joseph Gross, www.Amazon.com
>>> Of the several right-wing Catholic organizations that have gained influence in the Roman Church during the reign of Pope John Paul II, Opus Dei is by far the most famous. ......
 
• A hero in eclipse
• Mahesh Rangarajan, The Telegraph, January 2, 2001
>>> The Andhra Pradesh chief minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu made a little-noticed comment during the rumpus over Ayodhya. India, he said, had little time to spare for non-issues that both the ruling combine and the opposition spent so much time on. ......
 
• Ranchi tense after stray violence
• The Telegraph, January 2, 2001
>>> Stray incidents of arson and stone pelting were reported from some parts of the city as it ushered in the new year amid an indefinite curfew. The curfew was clamped yesterday evening following the death of deputy superintendent of police U.C. Jha. ......
 
• Researcher Cites Ashcroft ‘Ties to White Supremacists’
• U.S. Newswire, January 2, 2001
>>> John Ashcroft, whose nomination for attorney general will be considered by the Senate later this month, "has a history of reaching out to white supremacist groups," a longtime researcher in his home state of Missouri said today. ......
 
• The absurd depths of ‘secularism’
• Arvind Lavakare, Rediff on Net, January 4, 2001
>>> Parliament has made some  shams of 'secularism' raise their ugly heads yet again. Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Imam of the Jama Masjid, Vincent Concessao, the Archbishop of Delhi, and Rajeev Dhavan have quickly denounced the 'communalism' of Vajpayee & Co while baying for the 'secular' word mentioned in our Constitution's Preamble. ......
 
• ISI, not Mumbai mafia, had a role in anit-Hrithik riots in Nepalurd depths of ‘secularism’
• S Balakrishnan, The Times of India, January 4, 2001
>>> There is little evidence of the Mumbai underworld’s hand in the anti-Hrithik Roshan riots which rocked parts of Nepal recently. When the riots first broke out, there were suggestions that the Dawood Ibrahim gang, which was upset with the superstar for declining to act in a film which it had proposed to produce on a benami basis, had instigated the violence. ......
 
• Marxist monopoly
• Editorial, The Indian Express, January 5, 2001
>>> Buddhadev Bhattacharya might be making serious efforts to change from being a stodgy Marxist to a bhadralok, at least since he took over the baton from comrade Jyoti Basu as the chief minister of West Bengal. ......
 
• Hardline women’s group breaks silence to attack moderate
• Tariq Bhat, The Indian Express, January 5, 2001
>>> Adding its voice to the increasingly vocal fundamentalist fringe in the Valley, the hardline all-women group, the pro-Pakistan Dukhtaran-e-Milat (daughters of the extended Muslim nation) today warned moderate Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Lone of dire consequences ``in case he did not rein in his tongue'' against ``foreign militants and Islam.'' ......
 
• Inscription throws new light on Hindu rule in Afghanistan
• The Times of India, January 5, 2001
>>> A stone inscription in Sanskrit, recovered from the city of Mazar-I-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, a few years ago, has thrown new light on the reign of Veka, the Hindu Shahi ruler in that country. ......
 
• Stop blowing hot and cold
• Kuldip Nayar, Dawn, January 6, 2001

>>> Blowing hot and cold in politics is bad enough but it is dangerous in uneasy situations. Things go out of hand. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said that "there are certain elements bent on destroying peace in India." ......
 
• Idgah Maidan row disturbs communal amity in Ichalkaranji
• Abhay Vaidya, The Times of India, January 6, 2001
>>> An unsettling calm prevails in this textile town of southern Maharashtra with a strong posse of the State Reserve police barricading Station Road which leads to the controversial Idgah Maidan. ......
 
• Indian city braces for massive Hindu gathering
• Sunil Kataria, The Hindu Group, January 7, 2001
>>> Hindu pilgrims swarmed to a spot on the holy Ganges river in India on Sunday as officials fretted over safety ahead of what is expected to be the world's biggest gathering of human beings. ......
 
• Ayodhya talks: no one's taking it seriously
• Sharad Gupta, The Indian Express, January 7, 2001
>>> The much-hyped ``Ayodhya talks'' between BJP MP Vinay Katiyar and Mohammad Hashim, a litigant in the Babri case, scheduled for January 13, seem to have lost credibility even before they could begin. ......
 
• Are green activist the new imperialists?
• Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, The Times of India, January 7, 2001
>>> Prof. Deepak Lal’s inaugural Julian Simon Lecture at liberty institute in Delhi last month was scintillating attack on the new cultural imperialism of international Greens and their local compradors. He says the Green movement is a secular religion filling the void created in the West by the retreat of faith in God. Its aim is to assume a new ‘white man’s burden’ and impose its values on the world. ......
 
• ‘India should be declared a spiritual country’
• Srinivas Iyer, The Times of India, January 7, 2001
>>> Today, with the fabric of the Indian state becoming increasingly disturbed due to religious problems, communal harmony seems a distant dream. Sri Jyendra Saraswathi Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam believes that the only solution is to declare India a spiritual state. ......
 
• Hinduising History
• Organiser, January 7, 2001
>>> Indian Express reporters certainly deserve to be on the staff of India's biggest English-language daily newspaper. They are thorough professionals. That is, as journalists they are thorough practitioners of the ignorant profession. ......
 
• Pakistan to export defence technology to Muslim world: PTI
• Rediff on Net, January 8, 2001
>>> Pakistan will assist Islamic countries in defence technology and sell medium and low-range arsenal to them. ......
 
• LF Govt orders CID probe into Garbeta incident
• Rediff on Net, January 8, 2001
>>> Giving in to pressure by Trinamul Congress-led opposition, the Left Front government on Monday ordered a CID probe into the alleged massacre of 11 people at Garbeta in Midnapore district even as a National Democratic Alliance fact-finding team recommended a CBI investigation and said the state was a 'fit case' for imposition of President's rule. ......
 
• Indians lobby against Bush nominee
• Chidanand Rajghatta, The Indian Express, January 8, 2001
>>> The Pakistani-American, a Reagan-era Republican who is a front-runner for the pivotal post of Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, is at the receiving end of a flaming debate mainly on the Internet over her possible appointment. ......
 
• Mobilising Pakistan’s friends
• C. Raja Mohan, The Hindu, January 8, 2001
>>> My enemy's enemy is a friend. A friend of my enemy is also an enemy. Such simple propositions have a ring of truth but are not always helpful in the making of foreign policy. ......
 
• British Firm Says Curry Pills May Prevent Cancer
• Ben Hirschler, Reuters, January 8, 2001
>>> An Indian spice used in curry might help prevent and treat bowel cancer, British biotechnology firm Phytopharm Plc. said Monday. ......
 
• Hemnagar’s melancholy history
• T V R Shenoy, Rediff on Net, January 8, 2001
>>> No smoke, runs the adage, without fire. Well, here is a new one for our degenerate times: no blood, bones, bullets, or burnt houses without murder. ......
 
• Cowardly comrades
• Editorial, The Indian Express, January 8, 2001
>>> Massacres were conventionally supposed to be the handiwork of terrorists and they apparently always occurred either in the badlands of Bihar, in the vale of Kashmir, in the hinterland of Assam or in the doab of Punjab. Not any more. ......
 
• India must take advantage of Beijing’s ‘sweet amiability’
• Claude Arpi, Rediff on Net, January 9, 2001
>>> India will receive Li Peng, the second-highest ranking Chinese leader, this week. He will stay seven days in India and according to foreign ministry sources, his visit will "promote ties between Asia's largest nations and pave the way for a trip by Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji." ......
 
• Li Peng to meet with Dr Kotnis’s family
• Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Rediff on Net, January 9, 2001
>>> Opposite the Kennedy Bridge in south Bombay is Model House. Unknown to the thousands of people who pass the building every day live Leelavati Palekar, 83; 80-year-old Manorama and 73-year-old Dr Vatsala Kotnis. ......
 
• Another summit, another surrender?
• Arvind Lavakare, Rediff on Net, January 9, 2001
>>> It now seems certain that another Indian prime minister will meet another Pak boss at another 'summit' in yet another effort to resolve the J&K imbroglio. Vajpayee's latest media musings from Kerala have indicated his willingness to do just that. And Farooq Abdullah sees that happening soon enough. ......
 
• Head Scarf Ban Prompts Stabbing
• The Associated Press, January 9, 2001
>>> A professor was stabbed after defending the state's ban on Islamic-style head scarves, newspapers reported Tuesday. ......
 
• Truckloads of mandir material reach Ayodhya
• Biswajeet Banerjee, The Times of India, January 9, 2001
>>> As the suspense mounts over the next move of the Dharam Sansad, pillars and stones carved for the proposed Ram temple at three workshops in Rajasthan have already started reaching Ayodhya. ......
 
• Assam sliding into the Kashmir mode
• N. K. Pant, The Pioneer, January 10, 2001
>>> If the current series of massacres are any indication, Assam seems to be fast sliding into the Kashmir mode and hence needs to be tackled with a strong political will without further delay. ......
 
• A perilous course
• Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times, January 10, 2001
>>> The renewed attention on Kashmir is a reminder of how India continues to define its international image in terms of an issue it has chronically mismanaged. With the mysterious rise of the Hurriyat as a supposedly representative force, its leaders are set to tour Pakistan on a visit sponsored by New Delhi and Islamabad on US advice. ......
 
• Don’t run down the LCA
• Wilson John, The Pioneer, January 10, 2001
>>> It was an event which should have made any self-respecting nation proud. The maiden flight of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) early this month was not a mean achievement nor was it merely a military affair. ......
 
• No bidders at Mafia auction
• Sanjeev Srivastava, BBC News, January 11, 2001
>>> A  much  publicised  auction  of  property  seized  from  Indian underworld  boss, Dawood Ibrahim, has failed to attract even one serious bidder. ......
 
• Indian National Congress (P) Ltd
• Hiranmay Karlekar, The Pioneer, January 11, 2001
>>> The Congress has done it again! After Ms Sonia Gandhi's ascent to the party's presidency through the farce of an election, members of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) have authorised her to nominate members to the Congress Working Committee (CWC). ......
 
• Pak Islamists back Taliban
• The Daily Excelsior, January 11, 2001
>>> Islamic pressure groups based in Pakistan today voiced support for Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement in facing new UN sanctions, and urged all Islamic countries to do the same. ......
 
• Pregnant, Unmarried Nigerian Girl Sentenced to 180 Lashes Islamic Law To Be Applied
• www.zenit.org, January 11, 2001
>>> A 17-year old Nigerian girl was sentenced to whipping (with 180 lashes) by an Islamic court. The reason is that she is pregnant and unmarried and must suffer the punishment prescribed by the Islamic law or shariah. ......
 
• At IIT Delhi, S in Sanskrit stands for Science
• Nirmala Ganapathy, The Indian Express, January 11, 2001
>>> Besides string theory and computer architecture, students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, wiil soon have the option of studying Sanskrit texts and the precise science of Sanskrit grammar. ......
 
• Moon Eclipse Sparks Unrest
• Yahoo! News, January 11, 2001
>>> Rampaging Muslims burned down scores of hotels and bars in a northern Nigerian city in reaction to the lunar eclipse which they blamed on sinners, residents said on Wednesday. ......
 
• British Indian body calls for blocking anti-Indian sentiment over Kashmir
• IANS, www.newindpress.com, January 12, 2001
>>> The Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) in London has appealed to Home Secretary Jack Straw to block the efforts of a pro-Pakistani Muslim member of Britain's House of Lords to whip up anti-Indian sentiments over Kashmir. ......
 
• Western Target Fears Grow in Yemen
• Susan Sevareid, The Associated Press, January 12, 2001
>>> Aden's Christ Church, presided over by an American pastor, has always taken security seriously - kidnapping foreigners and ransoming them for vehicles or services from the Yemeni government is practically a tribal tradition. ......
 
• Religious organisation to plant 6.5 cr. fruit-bearing saplings
• The Hindu, January 12, 2001
>>> In an epoch making event, 37 peethadhipathis of different sects and religions on Thursday decided to take up a massive programme to plant a record 6.5-crore fruit-bearing saplings in the State over five years to bring back ``greenery and happiness to the people and animals.'' ......
 
• 19 ISI agents chargesheeted in Bombay: PTI
• Rediff on Net, January 12, 2001
>>> Nineteen members of the Dawood Ibrahim gang have been chargesheeted for allegedly distributing, at the behest of Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence, fake currency notes to the tune of Rs 10 million in Bombay and other parts of the country. ......
 
• China executes Islamic leader
• Agencies, The Pioneer, January 13, 2001
>>> Chinese authorities have executed the leader of an Islamic separatist group accused of planning and committing 'terrorist' attacks in the restive region of Xinjiang, a court official and state media said on Friday. ......
 
• China executes Islamic leader
• The Hindu, January 13, 2001
>>> Chinese authorities have executed the leader of an Islamic separatist group accused of planning and committing ``terrorist'' attacks in the restive region of Xinjiang, a court official and state media said today. ......
 
• History in the Faking
• India Today, January 15, 2001
>>> Public discourse in India, it has often been lamented, prefers off the cuff rhetoric to intellectual argument. It is a disease even Nobel laureates are not immune from. On January 2, Amartya Sen, redoubtable economist and peripatetic philosopher, inaugurated the Indian History Congress (IHC) in Calcutta and emphasised "India's tradition of scepticism" and of "expression of hereticism and heterodoxy". ......
 
• Clarifying Clarification
• Swapan Dasgupta, India Today, January 15, 2001
>>> There are some taunts that disorient even the most unflappable of people. Atal Bihari Vajpayee doesn't mind parliamentary barbs. A formidable debater, there is nothing he enjoys more than a robust round of political sparring. ......
 
• Catholicism’s Two Faces
• Hinduism Today, January / February, 2001
>>> “Pope John Paul II,” announced his Eminence Cardinal Francis Arinze from the United Nations podium, gives personal example as a promoter of reconciliation and harmony between peoples of different religions. The promotion of peace is part and parcel of what it means to be a Catholic.” ......
 
• Our way is the only way to God
• Hinduism Today, January / February, 2001
>>> Catholic declarations such as Dominus Jesus are written for Catholic priests and theologians. They make difficult reading for the lay person, especially one neither familiar with the central concepts of the Catholic Church nor in possession Of a copy of the Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary. ......
 
• Digging Dholavira
• Hinduism Today, January / February, 2001
>>> Nearly 5,000 years ago, a well-developed civilization, commonly known as the Indus Valley Civilization, prospered in what is today Northern India and Pakistan. The vast civilization covers a territory the size of Texas-a quarter-million square miles. ......
 
• Manu and the Brits
• Madhu Kishwar, Hinduism Today, January / February, 2001
>>> On March 25 of year 2000, copies of Manusmriti were burnt by reformers protesting against the ill-conceived installation of the statue of Manu in the precincts of the Rajasthan High Court. ......
 
• Hindus of South America
• Hinduism Today, January / February, 2001
>>> The Indian subcontinent has not been the only source of major Hindu migrations in the last 50 yeah. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus have emigrated from the former British colonies of Trinidad and Guyana to America and England and from the former Dutch colony of Suriname to Holland. ......
 
• It’s time, prejudices were abandoned (translated from Gujrati Daily News Paper)
• Editorial, The Mumbai Samachar (Gujrati Daily), January 6, 2001
>>> Interferences in other nations' activities has been defined in varied ways, is known by many names. Foreign policies of certain nations occasionally, seem to have sort of sting and spite towards others. Besides that, interferences in the internal matters of other nations during recent times, seem to have taken a new form. ......
 
• Holy Warriors - One Man and a Global Web of Violence
• Stephen Engelberg, The New York Times, January 14, 2001
>>> In 1987, several years after he began training Arab volunteers to oust Soviet forces from Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden had a vision. The time had come, he told friends, to start a global jihad, or Islamic holy war, against the corrupt secular governments of the Muslim Middle East and the Western powers that supported them. ......
 
• Infiltrators may soon be ‘the majority’ in Assam
• Deepak Sharma, The Pioneer, January 14, 2001
>>> It's a terrible blow to Assam's composite culture. After the ISI menace, the Centre fears that the unabated inflow of Bangladeshi infiltrators may well end up altering the demographic character of the border State. ......
 
• Kashmir for the Muslims of all nationality!
• Kedar Nath Pandey, Daily Excelsior, January 15, 2001
>>> The Atal Behari Vajpayee Government has surrendered India's right to govern Jammu and Kashmir. The All-Party Hurriyat Conference, a separatist organisation backed by ISI has been entrusted with the responsibility to negotiate with Pakistan a package for peace in Jammu and Kashmir. ......
 
• Muslims That Lead Failed Coup Fined
• Angela Potter, Associated Press, January 16, 2001
>>> Trinidad's high court has fined 58 Muslim radicals $2.3 million for bombing the Caribbean country's police headquarters in a failed 1990 coup. ......
 
• 800 Roma Killed Or Missing in Kosovo, Says Romany Union
• Agence France Presse, January 18, 2001
>>> Over 800 Romany Roma have been either killed or abducted in Kosovo since the UN took over in the region in June 1999, a Romany spokesman said on Wednesday, according to the Tanjug news agency. ......
 
• Pakistani  Hindus  still rootless
• Nirmal Sandhu, Tribune News, January 19, 2001
>>> About 35 families of Hindus which left Pakistan after  1971 and landed at Kalian village, 7 km from here, are still unsettled, trying for Indian citizenship. ......
 
• Hindus build monuments to their faith
• Jon Yates, The Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2001
>>> [Caption] The Hindu temple in Lemont is framed by the temple's entrance. A $4.5 million community center is being built nearby. Construction at Chicago-area Hindu temples is booming, with two established temples expanding and new structures in the works. (Tribune photo by Ed Wagner) ......
 
• Disunited colours of Hindu Samaj
• Rajesh Ramachandran, The Times of India, January 19, 2001
>>> The politics of the Shankaracharyas is getting curiouser: One whole-heartedly opposes the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, another is neutral and the third, of a lesser status, is completely with the VHP. The maha mandeleswars of various akharas also are a fractious lot. Thus, despite the Sangh Parivar's projections, the Hindu Samaj or the Sant Samaj remains as disunited as ever. ......
 
• VHP temple date: March 12, 2002
• Prem Panicker, Rediff on Net, January 20, 2001
>>> The much-awaited Vishwa Hindu Parishad resolution regarding the date of construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya was formally moved at 3.12 pm on Saturday. ......
 
• NHRC team smells blood in Midnapore
• Ranit Mukherji, The Pioneer, January 20, 2001
>>> The National Human Rights Commission officials, who visited Garbeta and other sensitive pockets of Midnapore on Thursday and Friday, are convinced that murders have taken place at Chhoto Anguria village under Garbeta police station. ......
 
• Bush to Block U.S. Abortion Funds Abroad - May Restore “Mexico City Policy”
• www.Zenit.org, January 20, 2001
>>> President George W. Bush, vowing to protect "every person at every stage and season of life,’’ said today he will take swift action to restrict U.S. funds to international family-planning groups involved in abortion, the Associate Press reported. ......
 
• Sonia’s resolve to take holy dip sets tongues wagging
• Swaraj Thapa, The Economic Times, January 20, 2001
>>> In a move loaded with political significance, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has decided to make a trip to the Mahakumbh in Allahabad for a holy dip in the Sangam next week. ......
 
• Pakistan training British Muslims for jehad
• Vijay Dutt, The Hindustan Times, January 22, 2001
>>> The lid has been ripped off Pakistan's role and its support to Islamic and Kashmiri groups here in raising funds and recruiting young Muslims for terrorism in Kashmir. It is revealed that at least 900 young British Muslims leave the country every year for training in Pakistan to fight the 'holy war' in Kashmir. ......
 
• Towards Civil War?
• Prem Shankar Jha, Outlook, January 22, 2001
>>> Politics has taken an ugly turn in the Kashmir valley-one that could plunge the state into internecine civil war if not arrested soon. This is signalled by the attempt of two gun-toting terrorists to kill Hurriyat leader Shahid-ul-Islam. Maybe it was motivated by personal rivalries. ......
 
• The Final Edict
• Arshad Mahmud, Outlook, January 22, 2001
>>> There was a perceptible sense of optimism and joy on the streets of Dhaka this New Year's day when the Bangladesh High Court, in a path-breaking judgement, declared all fatwas illegal. Human rights activists were jubilant because the judgement, they say, was a decisive blow to the menace of religious fundamentalism in the country. Within hours, the celebrations had spilled on to the streets. ......
 
• The Rush of God’s angels
• Sanjay Suri, Outlook, January 22, 2001
>>> In an east London office, its walls plastered with posters of myriad militant groups from around the world, Muqatil quickly covers his face the moment the camera is trained on him. ......
 
• End of the Durand Line
• Swapan Dasgupta, India Today, January 22, 2001
>>> Those in India who have been overwhelmed by a passion to facilitate talks between New Delhi and the military junta in Islamabad would be advised to read Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid's enthralling book Taliban (I.B. Tauris, 2000) on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. ......
 
• The ISI advises ULFA on every move, every action (Interview - Luhit Deuri, former ULFA militant)
• Rediff on Net, January 22, 2001
>>> Luhit Deuri was elated when he cleared the medical entrance examination. But a week before he joined the MBBS course, he received a call that was to change his life forever. Probably, of many other lives as well. ......
 
• Sangma says he won’t let foreign origin issue die out
• Neerja Chowdhury, The Indian Express, January 22, 2001
>>> The issue of debarring people of foreign origin from holding constitutional positions, which had been put on the backburner, came to the fore again as Purno A. Sangma, member of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC), asserted again that he would not allow it to die down. ......
 
• Sonia’s holy dip
• T V R Shenoy, Rediff on Net, January 23, 2001
>>> In 1999, Sonia Gandhi visited the famed Hindu shrine at Tirupati amid a blaze of publicity. There is nothing wrong with any politician choosing to do so. But many people thought it offensive that she, a practising Catholic, would enter a place that is, strictly speaking, forbidden to non-Hindus. ......
 
• Musings on a shifting faultline
• Rakesh Sinha, The Telegraph, January 24, 2001
>>> It was surprising that the prime minister’s “Musings from Kumarakom” was discussed flippantly by the secularist forces. Issues raised by him were lost in the midst of speculation on the selective distribution of his article among the national and regional dailies. ......
 
• Bypass Democracy
• Tavleen Singh, India Today, January 29, 2001
>>> As if it wear the final solution to the Kashmir problem, we have, for weeks now, debated the composition of the delegation of Hurriyat leaders that wishes to go to Pakistan. On almost a daily basis newspapers across the country carried on their front pages pictures of long-faced, pheran-clad gentlemen in gloomy discourse. ......
 
• India will triumph in the end
• The text of President K R Narayanan's address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day:
>>> On the eve of the 52nd Republic Day of India, I have great pleasure to extend to all my brothers and sisters living in India or abroad my greetings and good wishes. To the million of kisans and mazdoors, teachers, doctors, scientists and technologists, who have laboured hard to build up New India, I offer my gratitude and greetings. ......
 
• Muslim parties thwarted negotiations over Ayodhya
• Arvind Singh, www.india.com, January 11, 2001
>>> Two distinctly related events coincided the advent of the New Year. First, Indian Historical Congress was convened at Kolkata and second, BJP MP Mr. Vinay Katiyar invited Muslims to negotiate over the Ayodhya issue. Moreover, the call was in consonance with PM’s willingness to have a negotiated settlement of the dispute. ......
 
• ‘VHP not obliged to heed to BJP dictates’
• The Free Press Journal, January 15, 2001
>>> The VHP on Sunday said it was not under any obligation to heed to the “dictates of the BJP or the Centre” on the Ayodhya issue and asserted that any talks between Hindu and Muslim leaders to evolve a consensus would have no bearing on its decision to construct the Ram temple, reports PTI. ......
 
• Adoption of Western diet, lifestyles causes obesity: WHO
• The Hindustan Times, January 17, 2001
>>> The Adoption of Western diets and lifestyles has contributed. to an increase in overweight children in developing countries, recent research has shown. ......
 
• India’s Temple Mount
• Daniel Pipes, National Post of Canada, January 18, 2001
>>> As Israeli intelligence services raise alarms about the prospect  of radical Jewish groups attacking the mosques atop the Temple Mount, an eerily similar controversy is simultaneously developing in India, with possible lessons and implications for Israel. ......
 
• ‘Once a masjid, always a masjid’
• The Times of India, January 21, 2001
>>> As a follow-up action to the Vishnu Hindu Parishad statement, the executive committee of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is meeting here on Sunday. ......
 
• Fernandes attacks Islamabad for abetting terrorism
• The Times of India, January 21, 2001
>>> Defence minister George Fernandes came down heavily on Pakistan on Saturday for the manner it was responding to the recent attack by militants in the Kashmir Valley. ......
 
• The ravaging of the Muslim soul
• M. V. Kamnath, Organiser, January 21, 2001
>>> The sickening manner in which the Opposition-and most notably the Congress-is playing the Muslim card on the Babri Masjid issue can be met by only one party, the Muslim himself. The Muslim community remains silent for several reasons: one, it has no all-India leader who can command respect from all sections of Muslim society from one end of the country to another. ......
 
• Brokers for Intolerance
• M.G. Vaidya, Organiser, January 21, 2001
>>> The so-called secular papers are basically and congenitally anti-Hindu and therefore anti-RSS. They cannot afford to be overtly anti-Hindu; therefore they vent their spleen on the RSS. Had these papers any commitment to true secularism, they would have attacked the Vatican and the Pope, who declared that all religions cannot be equal, that there can be no salvation outside the Roman Catholic Church. ......
 
• Britons take war holidays in Kashmir
• Dalip Singh and James Clark, The Sunday Times, January 21, 2001
>>> At Least 900 young British Muslims are leaving the country each year to take part in the battle for Kashmir, with many using holidays from good jobs to fight in what they regard as a holy war, an investigation has revealed. ......
 
• Muslim law board rules out talks with VHP on Ayodhya issue
• The Free Press Journal, January 22, 2001
>>> The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday ruled out negotiation with VHP on Ayodhya issue but kept its door open for talks with the government provided it created a conducive atmosphere for a meaningful dialogue, reports PTI. ......
 
• ISI trying to rake up Hrithik issue again
• The Times of India, January 24, 2001
>>> In a bid to rake up a fresh controversy in Nepal on the Hrithik Roshan episode, Pakistan's ISI is circulating "doctored" video cassettes of the Bollywood star's alleged interview to MTV. ......
 
• End this uncertainty
• M H Askari, Rediff on Net, January 25, 2001
>>> Although Pakistan's official reaction to the extension of the cease-fire in Kashmir, as expressed in the statement issued by the foreign office in Islamabad on Wednesday, cannot be regarded as unequivocal, Prime Minister Vajpayee's decision cannot but be viewed as a positive step. ......
 
• Beijing using front companies to grab U.S. arms technology
• Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, January 26, 2001
>>> China is buying U.S. weapons technology illegally through front companies in Hong Kong and Singapore, U.S. intelligence officials said. ......
 
• Mass Conversion comes Wrapped in a Saree
• Suchandana Gupta, The Telegraph, January 26, 2001
>>> A synthetic saree their rite of passage, thousands of Christian tribals reverted to their "natural" state of Hinduism in Chhatisgarh yesterday. ......
 
• Trifling with truce
• Anil Narendra, The Pioneer, January 26, 2001
>>> No matter what one might say about Pakistan, it speaks in one language where Kashmir or India is concerned. ......
 
• Pak nationals held for arms shipment
• Agencies, The Pioneer, January 26, 2001
>>> The US Customs service has announced the arrest of two  people for allegedly conspiring to export sophisticated military equipment to Pakistan in violation  of US export laws. ......
 
• Mr India on Capitol Hill
• PN Tiku, The Pioneer, January 26, 2001
>>> The India caucus in the United States Congress, primarily responsible for promoting Indo-American relations may have to shift its perspective with the coming in of the new Republican President George W Bush. ......
 
• Jehad has no future in Kashmir
• Ayaz Amir, The Times of India, January 26, 2001
>>> It’s Good that the guns have fallen silent along the LoC. Good too if there is less aimless shelling on the Siachen Glacier which surely must be the most foolish battlefield in the world. But this flurry of activity should fool no one. None of it will or can lead to a Camp David on Kashmir. ......
 
• Earthquake: Helping Hands Across USA
• J. M. Shenoy, Rediff on Net, January 27, 2001
>>> Dr. Mahendra J. Dave's phone would not stop ringing all night with calls from anxious friends and relatives who wanted to know if he had more news about what was happening in Gujarat, and how they could help the victims. ......
 
• Egyptian author gets prison sentence for blaspheming Islam
• The Associated Press, January 27, 2001
>>> An Egyptian author was sentenced Saturday to three years of hard labor for writings that offended Islam, court officials said. ......
 
• Gujarat finds hope in army of good Samaritans
• Times of India, January 29, 2001
>>> Where there is life, there is hope. As this quake-ravaged city starts life all over again, there is a rare display of grit and resilience in the face of great adversity and despair. An entire army of volunteers has sprung up here, willing to help out in any way it can to provide relief and succour to those traumatised by Friday's earthquake. ......
 
• Spot the monkey at the Kumbh
• Francois Gautier, The Indian Express, January 29, 2001
>>> There was a very symbolic photo published in The Indian Express during the early days of the Kumbha Mela: a naga sannyasin wanting to take a quiet dip in the Sangam was trying to shoo away a group of (mostly) western photographers. ......
 
• Battle-hardened men take over from novices
• Arun Joshi, The Hindustan Times, January 29, 2001
>>> Since July 1988 -- Year Zero in the calendar of Kashmir insurgency -- any one who has seen Kashmir knows that there are uncertainties ahead. ......
 
• Towards the Hindu vote, warily
• Sandhya Jain, The Pioneer, January 30, 2001
>>> Two events compete compellingly for attention on the anniversary of the Republic: the lustrelessness of the political elite, and the sheer vibrancy of the millions celebrating the millennium’s first Kumbh with a dignity and fervour that invests the sannatan dharma with its eternal flavour and affirms the nation’s civilizational ethos. ......
 
• Jamaat al-Muslimeen International Press Release
• January 8, 2001
>>> On January 8, 2001 Morgan State  University Radio (WEAA) in Baltimore  had a program on Africa which included  the attack on Sudan which is now  becoming common fare in media around  America. A person on the program was   indulging in the usual "slavery in  Sudan" story. ......
 
• Globalisation gobbledygook
• Bharat Jhunjhunwala, The Pioneer, January 17, 2001
>>> There are two ways that India can grab the opportunities of globalisation. First is to tone up the bureaucracy, use our own wealth to create infrastructure and push Indian businesses to face global competition. ......
 
• Netaji: The remains of history
• Sandhya Jain, The Pioneer, January 17, 2001
>>> Prof Amartya Sen’s ill-conceived decision to lend the glamour of his Nobel Prize to bolster the vested interests of Leftist historians and politicians at the recent Indian History Congress in Calcutta, served only to underline the sheer vacuity, falsity, and inevitable collapse of the red-tinted narrative. ......
 
• British film maker welcomes ban
• N Vidyasagar, The Times of India, January 18, 2001
>>> The ban imposed by Kumbh Mela administration on taking photography and video shots at the bathing ghats in the Sangam during the 2001 Maha Kumbh is valid and should be respected, states a leading British film maker Michael Yorke. ......
 
• Hindus build monuments to their faith in suburbs
• Jon Yates, Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2001
>>> As he waits to worship, Shah looks over the sprawling complex. Stacks of bricks are piled beside two ornate temples, the building blocks of a rising $4.5 million community center. There are plans for Indian language classes, history lessons-even a gift shop with traditional Hindu wares. ......
 
• Where is the justice Muhammad preached?
• Ali Sharrif, Toronto Star, January 20, 2001
>>> An international outcry arose when an Islamic court in the Nigerian state of Zamfara sentenced teenaged Bariya Ibrahim Magazu to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex and another 80 lashes for - in the courts view - falsely accusing her father's friends of paying to have intercourse with her. ......
 
• Inside story of the Indo-US lovefest
• Chidanand Rajghatta, The Indian Express, January 20, 2001
>>> When officials of the Clinton White House leave their workplace for the last time Friday evening, they will each leave a single sheet of paper on the table for their successor. ......
 
• Freedom of religion (Letters to the Editor)
• Usha Balaji, The Newstime, January 21, 2001
>>> The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has decreed death for any Afghan Muslim who changes his or her faith. Also, according to the decree any one caught selling literature promoting Christianity or Judaism will be imprisoned for five years. ......
 
• Help construct Ram temple, RSS tells Sonia
• Venkatesh Kesari, The Asian Age, January 24, 2001
>>> A day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s trip to Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, the RSS on Tuesday appealed her to join the Ayodhya movement and take the lead in building a Ram temple at the disputed site. ......
 
• Govt may fall on temple issue: VHP
• The Free Press Journal, January 24, 2001
>>> Sangh Parivar outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday talked tough on construction of Rain temple in Ayodhya and gave a veiled warning to the Vajpayee government that it may fall on the issue, reports PTI. ......
 
• RSS launches new door-to-door campaign
• The Asian Age, January 24, 2001
>>> If marketing is the fact of life, then sell on. The Rashtriya Jagran Abhiyan (National Awareness Campaign) is the new house to house campaign of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh backed with the idea of targeting the ideology of the RSS to the grassroots, which may even give the best of corporate lessons in marketing. Rashtriya Jagran Abhiyan was launched in Gujarat on January 2 and will continue till February 8. ......
 
• A months is more than 30 days
• Seema Mustafa, The Asian Age, January 25, 2001
>>> Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, despite considerable opposition from within his Cabinet, has again extended the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir by a month. He managed to override the objections of his colleagues in the Cabinet Committee for Security, and decided to keep the door open for discussions on Kashmir with Pakistan and others from within the state. ......
 
• Christians, Muslims need to Indianise, says RSS chief
• The Deccan Herald, January 25, 2001
>>> RSS chief K S Sudarshan today called upon the Christians and Muslims to “Indianise” themselves. He asked the Indian Christians to form their own national Church and cut off their links with the Vatican. Such a thought should be imbibed by the Muslims also, he added. ......
 
• Politics of dips
• Editorial, The Asian Age, January 25, 2001
>>> While it may be quite true that Mrs Sonia’ Gandhi’s holy dip at the Kumbh Mela had political overtones, it is ironic that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which so cynically used religion to project its politics on the Ayodhya issue, should be complaining about the politics of it all. ......
 
• Money makes Indians go the Saudi way
• H Bula Devi, The Statesman, January 26, 2001
>>> Economic has often played a bigger role than faith in religious conversions. Something similar has been happening in Saudi Arabia. ......
 
• Disharmony in the executive organ
• Arvind Singh, www.india.com, January 27, 2001
>>> In 1962, the then governor of Maharashtra Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit sent her customary Republic Day speech to state cabinet led by Chief Minister V.P. Naik for approval. She ostensibly had made some remarks on policy decisions taken by the government. ......
 
• Islam in an Indian environment
• Sushil Chaudhury, The Sunday Statesman, January 28, 2001
>>> Islam has been continuously redefined, reinterpreted and contested over the last fifteen centuries, as competing social groups have risen or fallen in prominence and influence. ......
 
• Conversion slur on Tripura Church
• Sekhar Datta, The Telegraph, January 29, 2001
>>> Allegations have been levelled against the Baptist Church in the state that it is forcibly trying to convert Hindu tribal students in schools run by it. ......
 
• Dalai Lama Says Indian Christians Are Aliens.
• Christian Internet circuit, January 29, 2001
>>> The Hindu revivalist VHP roped in the buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama to make anti-Christian statements at the Kumbh Nagar, a perfect place for all those who seek attention. The VHP has already politicised to Kumbh Mela for their selfish political motives. They have with the aid of the ruling parties adorned the garb of hindu leadership. ......
 
• Tripura Church accused of ‘forced’ conversion
• The Telegraph, January 29, 2001
>>> Allegations have been levelled against the Baptist Church in the state that it is forcibly trying to convert Hindu tribal students in schools run by it. ......
 
• We’ll rebuild on our own
• Dharmesh Thakkar, Mid-day, January 30, 2001
>>> A lone relative prays at a funeral pyre at a crematorium in Ahmedabad, for an entire family that was killed in the earthquake that rocked the country on Friday. ......
 
• The man who saved lives: Dr Gyaneshwar Rao
• Rediff on Net, January 30, 2001
>>> This is a story about the battle between the human will to survive and nature's destructive instinct. Dr Gyaneshwar Rao is a well-known surgeon in Bhuj. After reading how he saved many score lives the day the earthquake struck, you have little doubt who the winner is in the fight between man and nature. ......
 
• Hinduism lures Californian
• Janaki Bahadur Kremmer, The Washington Times, January 30, 2001
>>> She was a straight-A Stanford University graduate, grew up in Beverly Hills, Calif., and was a "totally content human being" - until she visited India. ......
 
• Indians top in UK schools
• IANS, The Hindustan Times, January 30, 2001
>>> British Students of Indian origin have come out on top in the national school  results in Britain last year, a survey of 2000's results by the Department of  Education and Employment revealed. ......
 
• Frontier Post closed down
• Ismail Khan, www.jang.com, January 30, 2001
>>> The district administration in Peshawar on Monday closed down an English daily and booked six of its staffers besides its managing editor under the blasphemy law for publishing a letter containing highly blasphemous material against Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). ......
 
• What the Thunder Said
• Rajeev Srinivasan, Rediff on Net, January 31, 2001
>>> Cry, the beloved country, yet again. The photographs from Bhuj and other parts of Gujarat after the great temblor are extraordinarily powerful. ......
 
• Where Anti-India Activities Thrive
• Kedar Nath Pandey, The Navhind Times, January 31, 2001
>>> The Atal Behari Vajpayee Government has surrendered India's right to govern Jammu and Kashmir.  The All Party Hurriyat Conference, a separatist organisation backed by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been entrusted with the responsibility to negotiate with Pakistan a package for peace in Jammu and Kashmir. ......
 
• Appointing US Sey for bellicos S.Asia
• Harold Gould, The Navhind Times, January 31, 2001
>>> A controversy has arisen in the South Asian community in the United States concerning the impending appointment of a new assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs to replace Karl Inderfurth. This is a key position that will greatly affect the tone of United States-India relations for the next several years. ......
 
• Creating new minorities
• Hafizur Rahman, Dawn, January 31, 2001
>>> One continues to be amazed by the persistence with which some people keep coming up with antediluvian ideas about how Pakistan can be kept together and how its different provinces, different races and different sects of Muslims should be treated. ......
 
• It’s a punishment of God to Gujarat, says Karnataka minister
• Anil Lulla, The Newspaper Today, January 31, 2001
>>> There has been a clamour for the resignation of Karnataka minister T. John over his controversial remark in the Gujarat crisis. ......
 
• An Indian Muslim (Letter to the Editor)
• Shoaib Naqvi, Friday Times, January 31, 2001
>>> Some vested interests amongst Indian Muslims have made contradictory statements about Kashmir that are not true. It is said that the more the Kashmir dispute escalates, the more insecure Indian Muslims get. ......

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