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Comrades with a Chinese accent - G.M. Telang
- The Indian Express
- May 28, 1998
>>>After keeping the nuclear option open for over two decades, India
has at long last had the courage to free itself from the shackles
of this self-defeating stance. Within two days of the conduct of
five crucial nuclear tests at Pokharan, India has been in a
position to declare itself a nuclear weapons power. This is a
...
A nuclear strategy for India - K subrahmanyam
- The Economic Times
- May 28, 1998
>>>India has declared itself a nuclear weapon state after conducting
a series of five nuclear weapon tests. The country has to decide
now the strategy it proposes to adopt. The US generated vast
quantities of strategic literature along with a vast arsenal of
weapons exceeding 30,000 warheads. The Soviet Union had only
...
US targeting Vajpayee regime - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- May 28, 1998
>>>It is not correct to think that those, who are feeling proud and
elated for five nuclear tests, do not understand what nuclear
arsenals means for the fate of humanity at large. It is for that
reason India was the first country to call for the abolition of
all nuclear weapons 40 years ago.
Grit with conciliation - J.N. Dixit
- The Indian Express
- May 28, 1998
>>>Cogitations on whether India should have conducted the recent
nuclear tests are irrelevant to the changed realities of regional
politics and international strategic equations. The points to be
considered are: the implications of India acquiring nuclearweapon status, the nuances of international reactions, how to
o
...
Editors in fear of the Big Brother? - M V Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- May 23, 1998
>>>The word to describe some of the editorials in our national press
is just this: supercilious. Many of our newspapers just cannot
stand up and fight without looking over the shoulder to see
whether Big Brother is watching. Fear of what the United States
might do seems to dictate editorial writers. And they have to
...
Emergence of a world leader - Editorial
- Organiser
- May 24, 1998
>>>International equations have changed since Monday, May 11, 1998.
Earlier, they would be dictated by the Big Nuclear Five. The
nuclear powers, save China, are civilizations of recent origin,
as delineated by Arnold Toynbee, and are yet to achieve the
ideology of universal humanism. China, though an ancient
...
Emergence of a world leader - Editorial
- Organiser
- May 24, 1998
>>>"The nuclear haves must understand that India is also a nuclear
power now. The recent series of N-tests at Pokaran has proved
the country's nuclear capability and its weapon potentiality.
These tests are very much-within our right not only as a nation
but also in relation to international conventions. There is no
...
Should India sign the CTBT? - By Pranab Mukherjee
- The Hindu
- May 26, 1998
>>>AFTER the successful completion of a series of five nuclear tests
at Pokhran, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, claimed
that "India is a nuclear weapon state." In a formal statement
issued at the press conference on May 17, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,
Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Dr. R.
Kanchi Shankaracharya hails India's N-tests - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Organiser
- May 24, 1998
>>>The successful nuclear tests conducted at Pokaran merits a place
among our achievements, said Shri Jayendra Saraswati, the
Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. He congratulated
the scientists and the Prime Minister for the feat.
...
India can no more be treated as a second rate nation - H. V. Seshadri, Sarkaryavah, RSS
- Organiser
- May 24, 1998
>>>Shri H. V. Seshadri,. Sarkaryavah of RSS, in a congratulatory
letter to the Prime Minister, Shri Atal ,Behari Vajpayee, after
the successful nuclear - implosions has said that "all the world
has got a loud and clear message that India can no more be
treated as a second or third rate nation now".
Emergence of a world leader - Editorial
- Organiser
- May 24, 1998
>>>By conducting five nuclear tests, including d thermonuclear
device and two sub-kiloton tests, India has demonstrated her
capability for a weaponised nuclear programme. The tests have
also ensured that India has the computer simulation technology
developed indigenously and seemingly at a much lower cost by
...
Singular historic feat - Usha Tai Chati
- Organiser
- May 24, 1998
>>>Rashtra Sevika Samiti has congratulated the Prime Minister Shri
Atal Behari Vajpayee and the scientists for the successful Ntests at Pokaran. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Samiti's
Pramukh Sanchalika Smt Usha Tai Chati said that this singular
historic feat has aroused the dormant self-respect of the nation.
.
China-Advani face-off splits Left parties - Kamil Zaheer
- The Economic Times
- May 26, 1998
>>>Left parties have taken different stands on China's criticism of
Union home minister L K Advani taking control of the department
of Jammu and Kashmir affairs from the PMO.
The CPI(M) said that the Chinese description of Mr Advani taking
...
Between hy_now and hy not now - R Jagannathan
- The Financial Express
- May 26, 1998
>>>Having failed to break the nation's will, the anti-nuke lobby is
now changing its tune
Post-Pokharan, the critics of India's nuclear policy have been
pushed into a corner. A few fellow pink dailies, after completely
...
Dissembling on duplicity
Politics of Shakti - K Subrahmanyam
- The Times of India
- May 26, 1998
>>>It was Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as foreign minister in the Janata
government in April 1979, who announced in the Lok Sabha that the
Pakistani nuclear programme was not a peaceful one. That
announcement was made a few days before the US invoked the
Symington Amendment against Pakistan on finding that it was
...
Arafat, Mandela, Gorbachev, others chant ande_Mataram - Alokparna Das
- The Observer
- May 23, 1998
>>>To see an emotionally charge Palestinian supremo Yasser Arafat
hailing Mother India with Vande Mataram is touching indeed. And
he is not alone in doing so, there am nine other Nobel laureates
- from across the globe, belonging to various religions - who
join him in chanting this hymn.
Hollywood contamination - Rizwan Salim
- The Hindustan Times
- May 24, 1998
>>>Hollywood's screenplay writers and directors, producers and
financiers have a genius for spreading evil, dehumanising men and
women.
Their superior expertise is most apparent in their attempts to
...
An open letter to President Clinton - M V Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- May 20, 1998
>>>Dear Mr President, I saw you on television, looking the very
picture of suppressed fury giving vent to your anger at India for
daring to explode three nuclear devices. India, you said, should
immediately sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) without
any preconditions. There was menace in your voice. You presented
...
The steeling of India - Swapan Dasgupta
- India Today
- June 1, 1998
>>>Ten days after the sand has settled in the Pokhran test range,
one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the fear of
international sanctions exists only in the mind. The mind of
those Indians who tenaciously believe it is the destiny of the
effete to inherit the world's leftover crumbs. The 90 per cent or
...
Self-interest is the name of the game - Varsha Bhosle
- The Sunday Observer
- May 24-30, 1998
>>>The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the
enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him: not
on the chance of his not attacking but rather on the fact that
u)e have made our position unassailable.
...
Dream! Convert the dreams into thought, action - John F Burns
- The Times of India
- May 26, 1998
>>>Among the Indian scientists who successfully detonated five
nuclear tests in the northwestern desert none seemed more visibly
delighted by the acclaim waiting in New Delhi than A P J Abdul
Kalam. An impish, shaggy-haired bachelor, Mr Kalam is widely
regarded as the central figure in India's drive to join the small
...
Self-interest is the name of the game - Varsha Bhosle
- The Sunday Observer
- May 24-30, 1998
>>>The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the
enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him: not
on the chance of his not attacking but rather on the fact that
u)e have made our position unassailable.
...
J&K affairs return Home to Advani - Ajay Suri
- The Indian Express
- May 24, 1998
>>>A one-line declaration by Rashtrapati Bhavan giving charge of the
Jammu & Kashmir cell to the Union Home Ministry this morning
finally put an end to the speculation on who actually controlled
Kashmir affairs from New Delhi: L K Advani or Prime Minister Atal
Behari Vajpayee.
Sanctions will not have impact on industry or economy. Alternative finance available - Olga Tellis
- The Sunday Observer
- May 24-30, 1998
>>>The way business and industry have rushed forward in support of
the government after the five nuclear tests is charming. They
have been running up facsimile, telephone, and Speed Post bills
trying to convince the world of business of India's peaceful
intentions.
I applaud your PM on N-tests: Gere - Sabina Sehgal Saikia
- The Times of India
- May 23, 1998
>>>While applauding the Indian government for conducting the recent
nuclear tests at Pokhran, Hollywood actor and Tibet activist
Richard Gere says that he is confident that the U.S. economic
sanctions being imposed against the country would not succeed.
...
Natwar to open Cong innings on nuke - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- May 23, 1998
>>>In what appears to be a fresh snub at the leader of the
Opposition, Sharad Pawar, the Congress leadership has decided to
field party MP from Rajasthan and former external affairs
minister K Natwar Singh as opening speaker in the debate on the
nuclear issue in Parliament next week.
Advani intransigent - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Indian Express
- May 24, 1998
>>>China today criticised the decision to put Advani in charge of
Jammu and Kashmir. "it is expected to cast a new shadow over the
Kashmir issue, the major dispute between India and Pakistan in
the past more than five decades, after Advani took charge of the
Kashmir affairs," the official Xinhua news agency commented. The
...
Of lingering prejudices and communalism - M.V. Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- May 7, 1998
>>>There is, according to the well-known columnist and author,
Khushwant Singh, a "deep-rooted and widespread prejudice that
many non-Muslims harbour in their breasts against Islam and
Muslims" which he considers is a matter "of deep anguish". In a
recent column he wrote: "Every effort to disabuse the minds of
...
Slandering religion - M V Kamath
- Mid-Day
- May 21, 1998
>>>A persistent memory of a day, some 70-odd years ago, when I went
to the weekly market in my small town only to get upset over a
minor incident. Even as I was walking past a line of vegetable
hawkers I saw a Christian padre addressing a bunch of people who
were standing idly by.
Caste-based census will compound past blunders - Ghanshyam Shah
- The Times of India
- May 22, 1998
>>>Caste in India cannot be wished away. At the same time, the dream
of a casteless social order cannot be given up. Efforts should be
made to weaken the caste structure based on pollution and purity,
and the oppression experienced by those who have - been at the
bottom of the caste hierarchy. There is no grand path to attain
...
Sita is the centre of consciousness - Sandhya Jain
- The Pioneer
- May 14, 1998
>>>It is an irony that as the secular condemnation of the ransacking
of Maqbool Fida Husain's Mumbai residence reaches a crescendo,
saner voices in the Muslim community are being edged out of the
debate. As self-styled liberals and defenders of artistic
freedom jostle for centrespace in what could have been an
...
Show solidarity to beat sanctions - Jay Bhattacharjee
- The Times of India
- May 21, 1998
>>>A few years back, a tiny Asian country forced President Clinton
to cut a sorrier-than-usual picture. This was when Singapore
stuck to its guns and turned down Clinton's plea that an American
teenager should not be punished after being convicted for
offences committed there.
What India did was right for Indians - Andrew Mack
- The Asian Age
- May 21, 1998
>>>India's five nuclear tests have generated predictable global
outrage, but are they really the huge threat to global security
that critics claim?
Pessimists are correct to note the high probability that Pakistan
...
Back to earth - Suzanne Goldenberg
- Mid-Day
- May 20, 1998
>>>Wide, straight roads, covered sewers, tidy houses with separate
toilet and bath, and a guaranteed private water supply: such is
the stuff suburban dreams are made of amid the choking chaos of a
modem Indian or Pakistani city.
...
Now, VHP plans mandir in Pokhran - Ashutosh Mishra
- The Pioneer
- May 18, 1998
>>>Hindu Sadhus and religious leaders, in a bid to 'immortalise' the
recent nuclear tests at Pokhran, are planning to set up a hakti
peeth (seat of divine power) near the blasts' site.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad working president Ashok Singhal said on
...
Towards making India invincible - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- May 21, 1998
>>>I distinctly remember articles and booklets making fun of RSS
shakhas, saying that m this age of nuclear bombs what can RSS
volunteers do, dressed as they are m half pants and wielding
lathis. It goes without saying that RSS cannot produce nuclear
weapons in shakhas or anywhere else, but RSS branches can
...
Testing time for the world - Ramesh Thakur
- The Asian Age
- May 21, 1998
>>>The nuclear tests carried out by India are regrettable,
disappointing and wrong - but they are also understandable. They
demonstrated an underestimated level of nuclear sophistication,
an unexpected strength of political will and an unsuspected
ability to evade advance detection.
Why we need a change - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Sunday Observer
- May 17-23, 1998
>>>Does India require a presidential form of government and
subsequent constitutional review? The old debate came alive when
the BJP-led coalition proposed both in its National Agenda for
Governance. And now Union Home Minister L K Advani has added a
new dimension to the issue by forcefully favouring the idea in a
...
BJP wants Govt to get tough against ak misadventures - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- May 20, 1998
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday trained its guns on
Pakistan and urged the Government to take a tough stand against
it by sending a message across that India will not take "anymore
misadventures by Pakistan lying low."
...
When a giant wakes up - P P Bala Chandran
- The Observer
- May 20, 1998
>>>Why should India's five nuclear explosions cause more global
tremors and diplomatic radioactivity than America's 1500 or
Russia's 700 or even China's 45 explosions? The answer lies not
so much in colour blindness or discriminatory mind-set of the socalled super powers as in the collective DNA of our civilisation,
,
...
Indian-Americans are learning to be heard in Washington - Robert S. Greenberger
- The Indian Express
- May 20, 1998
>>>The audience for President Clinton's fund-raiser in September
1996 at the Mayflower Hotel here was somewhat unusual for such an
event: a group of prominent Indian-Americans. Mr. Clinton lauded
the ethnic group's achievements, and the promise of U. S. -India
relations. And he vowed to focus more on South Asia if re-
...
Admit India to nuke club: UK peers - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- May 20, 1998
>>>Some members of the British House of Lords have urged their
government to recognise India as the sixth global nuclear power,
saying that the present outcry over country carrying out nuclear
tests, though justified, were negative as the West had constantly
turned a blind eye to security concerns of world's largest
...
New it's_Japan's turn to decry invasion of foreign capital - Jathon Sapsford
- The Indian Express
- May 20, 1998
>>>There's a foreign invasion underway here, and it's getting really
scary to some. Just look at the headlines. "Foreign Companies Hit
the Beaches, Occupy the Country," declares Kinyu Business, a
Japanese financial journal. "American Capital Runs Roughshod Over
Japan," blares Gendai magazine. Proclaims the usually sober
...
Advani tells Pakistan to roll back its ant-India policy - Sabina Inderjit
- The Times of India
- May 19, 1998
>>>In its first warning to Pakistan after declaring itself as a
nuclear weapons state, India on Monday said: "Islamabad should
realise the change in the geo-strategic situation in the region
and the world. It must roll back its anti-India policy
especially with regard to Kashmir. Any other course will be
...
Why the Buddha smiled - T.V.R. Shenoy
- The Indian Express
- May 20, 1998
>>>Five centuries before the Christian era the powerful and
ambitious Ajatasatru attacked the Licchavi confederacy led by
Vaisali. Hearing of this conflict between his Magadhan disciples
and his Sakya kinsmen, the Buddha sighed that perfect peace would
never come until all the nations of the earth were equally
...
Advani asks Pakistan to roll back anti-India policy - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- May 19, 1998
>>>Union Home Minister L K Advani on Monday warned Pakistan to
either adhere to a common pursuit of peace and prosperity in the
Indian subcontinent or be prepared for "costly" consequences.
"Islamabad should realise the change in the geo-strategic
...
We detonated 3 bombs by pulling one trigger - Srinivas Laxman
- The Times of India
- May 19, 1998
>>>The office of Rajgopal Chidambaram, chairperson of the Atomic
Energy Commission, at the Old Yacht Club here, is inundated with
congratulatory messages for his crucial role in the recent
implosions of five nuclear bombs. The unassuming Mr Chidambaram
returned to Mumbai on Monday after participating in a series of
...
American policy is the height of hypocrisy - Zbigniew Brzezinski
- The Times of India
- May 16, 1998
>>>India's nuclear weapons tests are a double embarrassment for the
United States: they highlight the fact that US anti-proliferation
efforts are a failure, and they signal a truly consequential
intelligence scandal.
...
We are now equivalent to any nuclear weapons state - Gayatri Ramanathan
- The Sunday Observer
- May 17-23, 1998
>>>Dr P K Iyengar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission,
uses one of the architects of the first Pokhran explosion in
1974. Since then Dr Iyengar has been an ardent advocate of
further testing. He spoke to Gayatri Ramanathan on a wide range
of issues following last Monday's and Wednesday's tests.
Signs of a strong govt. at the centre - Tavleen Singh
- The Afternoon Despatch & Courier
- May 18, 1998
>>>The day after the nuclear tests, the stock market in Mumbai
crashed and there should have been the usual nervousness in
business circles. There was not. Some of India's most respected
captains of industry were at a gathering that I was invited at
and there was general euphoria.
Counter-curbs if U.S. blocks funds - M.D. Nalpat
- The Times of India
- May 19, 1998
>>>High-level policy circles in New Delhi say that commerce minister
R.K. Hegde's remarks on Sunday that "India should not impose
counter-measures on the United States" were his personal views.
They compared this 'Hegde doctrine' to the security doctrine of
P.V. Narasimha Rao who had declined to permit the Indian security
...
Sanctioning Hypocrisy - Editorial
- The Times of India
- May 19, 1998
>>>The divisions among the G-8 on the sanctions to be imposed on
India following the nuclear tests at Pokhran were roughly on
predictable lines. The more mature European nations, Britain,
France and Russia, have learnt from their past experiences on
sanctions and concluded that they do not work. The US and
...
India joins issue with U.S. officials - Prakash Nanda
- The Times of India
- May 19, 1998
>>>After a week of restraining itself over the Clinton
administration's allegations against India for its nuclear
explosions, New Delhi on Monday joined issue with Washington by
saying that some of the key officials in Washington were
spreading heer lies'.
CII takes up cudgels for nuclear India abroad
Nukes or firecrackers? - Neeraj Kaushal
- The Economic Times
- May 19, 1998
>>>There is a flippant side to the American reaction to the five
smiles of the Buddha. Some Americans are asking: Did the Indian
government test five nukes or just exploded firecrackers?
Seismometers set up around the world to track earthquakes and
atomic blasts did not get any signal from four of the five tests.
Blast as slamic bid to kill Advani: Singhal
H-bomb yield was between 43 and 45 kilotons: BARC chief - Times of India News Service
- The Times of India
- May 19, 1998
>>>Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) director Anil Kakodkar said
here on Monday that the yield of the thermonuclear device
(hydrogen bomb) which was detonated at Pokhran last week was
determined keeping in view the safety of the nearby villages.
...
A Feared Scenario Around the Corner - R. Jeffrey Smith
- Washington Post
- May 14, 1998
>>>Preventing Nuclear Strike Capability Has Been a U.S. Goal for
Subcontinent
For much of the past decade, U.S. policy toward the Asian
subcontinent has been quietly consumed by one major ambition: to
...
The euphoria and after - Inder Malhotra
- The Hindu
- May 13, 1998
>>>Returning home on Sunday, May 10. after a fortnight's absence
overseas. was an experience rather like getting back to the
showing of a bad Bollywood film after the interval. The scenario
had not moved at all. The scene was as dismal - full of
uncertainty and apprehension - as one had left it. The stock
...
India adopts a take-it-or-leave-it policy towards foreign - Anita Katyal
- The Times of India
- May 15, 1998
>>>An unfazed Indian government appears to have adopted a carrot and
stick policy to counter the adverse international reactions to
its decision to conduct nuclear tests.
On the one hand, it plans to approve pending foreign investments
...
The H(indutva)-bomb - Varsha Bhosle
- Rediff on the Net
- May 15, 1998
>>>Frankly, Rediff has covered the H(indutva)-bomb so allencompassingly that I'm convinced the darn editor wants to
make us columnists redundant. It may seem an useless exercise
for this notorious jingoist to add her militant mite to the
coverage at this late stage (besides, my w-i-i-de Lucifer-grin
n
...
India enters Big League with 2 more N-tests
Majestic entry into nuclear club - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- May 14, 1998
>>>Nuclear tests in Pokhran of western Rajasthan on May 11, 1998,
have clearly demonstrated to the world that India has the proven
deterrent weapon capability. The noted defence expert, K
Subrahmanyam, wrote "by conducting three underground nuclear
tests simultaneously, India has formally joined the club of five
...
A surfeit of double standards - Rajesh Mahapatra
- The Observer
- May 15, 1998
>>>A day the Pokhran nuclear tests, Pramod Mahajan. the political
advisor to the Prime Minister, told newsmen that if sanctions
were imposed, any country would have to survive on its inner
strength and that India had "enough inner strength" to withstand
sanctions from any country. On this score, one cannot agree more
...
I don understand why there is such a big turmoil - Sunil Narula
- Outlook
- May 18, 1998
>>>Defence minister George Fernandes is unfazed by the brouhaha over
his statements. Excerpts from an interview to Sunil Narula after
his return from the Andamans:
You say what you expressed about China were your personal views.
We watched as they put test gear underground... - Robert Windrem
- The Indian Express
- May 14, 1998
>>>Despite a $27 billion budget and a galaxy of spy satellites, US
intelligence agencies failed to detect India's preparation for
the nuclear blasts. Why? US officials are blaming it on a leak to
New York Times.
...
Probe demand - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - India Today
- May 18, 1998
>>>When the Kerala Police busted the VIP-linked sex racket in
Kozhikode eight months ago, it was widely believed that those
involved in the case would be put behind bars. But with the
investigation proceeding slowly, the state Women's Commission has
decided to request the CPI(M)-led LDF Government to hand over the
...
Chidambaram had advised UF against going nuclear - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- May 15, 1998
>>>The United Front government under both Mr Deve Gowda and Mr I K
Gujral was under pressure to conduct nuclear tests only to be
prevented by the grim economic picture painted by the then
finance minister, Mr P Chidambaram, about the possible impact.
...
Chequered past - LAC
- India Today
- May 18, 1998
>>>The Indian Army's defeat by the Chinese in the border war of 1962
was a national humiliation, never mind the culpability of Nehru
and his advisers in mishandling the situation. The nation reacted
with an unprecedented surge of patriotism. The restructuring and
expansion of the armed forces fortuitously helped in blocking
...
India's Nuclear Irresponsibility - Editorial
- Washington Post
- May 13, 1998
>>>India's Nuclear weapons tests assault the controlled nuclear
universe the United States has been trying to build for 50 years.
In this scheme, a handful of nuclear powers would ensure that
others did not join the club, nor lose for not joining. It worked
pretty well. Three other states -- India, Pakistan, Israel -- had
...
US analysts caught sleeping - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- May 14, 1998
>>>One of America's 25-billion Dollar constellation of satellites
did spot preparation for India's nuclear tests on Monday, six
hours before the event, but the CIA did not issue an alert, The
Washington Post reported today quoting "several sources." The
reason for the failure was that the analysts responsible for
...
US analysts caught sleeping - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- May 14, 1998
>>>One of America's 25-billion Dollar constellation of satellites
did spot preparation for India's nuclear tests on Monday, six
hours before the event, but the CIA did not issue an alert, The
Washington Post reported today quoting "several sources." The
reason for the failure was that the analysts responsible for
...
Jyoti Basu's remarks expose myth of unity in left camp - Utpal Chatterjee
- The Times of India
- May 14, 1998
>>>That efforts to bring about unity within the Left Front before
the forthcoming panchayat elections have finally failed has
become evident not only from the strong remarks made by state
chief minister Jyoti Basu about the RSP at the start of his
election campaign but also from the equally strong reaction from
...
NRIs donate to counter sanctions - Mahendra Ved
- The Times of India
- May 14, 1998
>>>Anticipating an appeal from the Indian government, several
overseas organisations of non-resident Indians have already begun
to collect funds to tide over the sanctions from the world
community in the wake of the series of nuclear tests conducted
this week.
Nuke tests don call for downgrade, says S&P chief - Tamal Bandyopadhyay & Anirban Nag
- The Financial Express
- May 14, 1998
>>>"THE fundamentals of the Indian economy are strong enough to be
able to withstand any pressure arising out of economic
sanctions... The sanctions will not have any long-term impact,"
said Standard & Poor's president and chief rating officer Leo C
O'Neill, who was in Mumbai to attend Crisil's board. S&P has a
...
No consensus on exercising nuclear option, says Left
Shell-shocked but hopeful: Europe's mixed Nuclear reaction
BJP's nukes hit Congress hard - Vijay Simha
- The Indian Express
- May 13, 1998
>>>The Pokhran nuclear tests seem to have claimed an unexpected
victim in the Capital's political circles: the Congress. The
county main Opposition party is racking its brains without a clue
on how to tackle the fallout.
...
Pokhran II and After - K Subrahmanyam
- The Times of India
- May 14, 1998
>>>India has conducted its nuclear tests and has become a nuclear
weapon state. It is at this stage futile to discuss why these
tests were carried out at this time and what were the underlying
motivations of the ruling party. It is also clear that while the
tests were carried out under the orders of the BJP government,
...
India as a superpower is absurd assumption: Helms - Ramesh Chandran
- The Times of India
- May 15, 1998
>>>"As long as there is breath in me, I will never support the
lifting of the Glenn Amendment sanctions on India unless they
abandon all nuclear ambitions," thundered Senator Jesse Helms on
Thursday.
...
Nuclear tests were not for political mileage - Kushabhao Thakre
- The Times of India
- May 15, 1998
>>>He is a quintessential pracharak. The man who joined the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1938, has neither occupied an
official position nor contested elections. For this bachelor the
party has long been the home. Despite his soft, simple exterior,
Kushabhao Thakre has always been considered the real power behind
...
Can we stop conversions? (Part II of II) - Ashok Chowgule
- The Sunday Times
- May 10, 1998
>>>In the context of religion, this question must be rephrased as
'Should we stop conversions?' The plain answer would be that we
should not, provided the conversions are genuine and the person
concerned has changed his or her religion out of the conviction
that it offers a better personal spiritual path. Any conversion
...
Comment on Nuclear Test - Milind Gadgil
- The Sunday Times
- Tuesday May 12, 1998
>>>Pune, May 11- Senior defence experts today unequivocally welcomed
the news of the pokhran implosions and opined that the step was
in the best interests of the country and actually should have
been taken much earlier.
...
Can we stop conversions? (Part I of II) - Valson Thampu
- The Sunday Times
- May 10, 1998
>>>Referring to the mandir issue recently, the Shankaracharya of
Kanchi admonished politicians for "raking up a dead issue" ever
so often. But then he went on to do precisely what he did not
want the politicians to do. He 'raked up' the non-issue of
religious conversion, and called for legislation against it.
A stop forward - Editorial
- The Observer
- May 11, 1998
>>>The first meeting of the coordination committee of the BJP-led
ruling coalition on Saturday came as a pleasant surprise. Given
the unreconciled agenda of some member-parties and the acerbic
equation prevailing between quite a few of its leading lights,
many had apprehended the proceedings to be marked more by heat
...
Bishop buried amidst clashes and burning of shops - PTI
- Maharashtra Herald, Pune
- May 11, 1998
>>>Several houses and shops belonging to Christians were burnt down
by extremist Muslims as more than 20,000 Christians took part in
the funeral of Bishop John Joseph and vowed to fight for the
abolition of controversial blasphemy law in Pakistani city of
Faisalabad.
Al Umma planned to kill Advani - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- May 12, 1998
>>>The Tamil Nadu government today admitted for the first time that
Al Umma extremists had planned to assassinate BJP leader L K
Advani at a public meeting in Coimbatore on February 14 last and
that three' suicide bombers were present at the site on that day.
...
Politics of ecular_reductionism - Diwakar
- The Economic Times
- May 10, 1998
>>>Of the various qualities that have become the hallmark of our
politicians, candour is certainly not one. They have perfected
the art of doublespeak. Yet, when in distress or anger they
cannot keep from blurting out the truth, even if unwittingly.
Last week, senior leaders of UF displayed their vulnerability to
...
How and sour George - Swapan Dasgupta
- India Today
- May 18, 1998
>>>By the Night of May 4, the day China accused George Fernandes of
having "seriously sabotaged the favourable atmosphere for
improving bilateral relations", Delhi's grapevine was thick with
"reliable information" that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was looking for a new defence minister. The next day, the patent
...
Nuke tests a logical culmination, says Congress - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- May 12, 1998
>>>Putting aside political compulsions, the Congress today welcomed
the successful testing of three nuclear devices by scientists at
the underground testing facility at Pokharan today.
Taken by surprise at the announcement made by Prime Minister Atal
...
Gunpoint bargaining? - Debashis Basu
- The Economic Times
- May 13, 1998
>>>The BJP government has just gone ballistic. What will be the
economic fallout? Scaremongers talk of economic sanctions,
blacklisting, slowdown in foreign investment, etc. All this is
nonsense. One, India's attractiveness as an investment
destination has not reduced a bit. Two, morality and instant
...
Overwhelming majority supports N-tests
India's N-tests put Big 5 in the dock, expose their hypocrisy - L.K. Sharma
- The Times of India
- May 13, 1998
>>>The bomb has been tested. In the coming days, it will be the
turn of India's nerves.
As an early campaigner for universal nuclear disarmament, India
way note that where its words over the years failed, its Pokhran
...
N-tests baffle CIA officials - Ramesh Chandran
- The Times of India
- May 13, 1998
>>>U.S. administration officials are still pondering over why the
World's greatest intelligence network failed to detect activity
in Pokhran prior to the nuclear tests. When questions were posed
to the Central Intelligence Agency, its official spokesman
refused to comment. However, John Pike, a technical intelligence
...
The day after - Editorial
- The Times of India
- May 13, 1998
>>>Once the haze of euphoria induced by India's recent nuclear tests
lifts, one might begin to see the outlines of the reasons behind
the BJP-led government's dramatic decision as also its precise
timing. After all, Monday's tests only brought into the open a
recessed capability the world knew India already possessed. While
...
PM attends defence meeting to review strategy - Dinesh Kumar
- The Times of India
- May 13, 1998
>>>A day after the testing, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
carried out a comprehensive defence review when he took the
unprecedented step of attending defence minister Fernandes'
weekly meeting at the latter's South Block office here on
Tuesday.
India will convince nations - Prakash Nanda
- The Times of India
- May 13, 1998
>>>India on Tuesday was hopeful that the "adverse reactions",
including the decision by Australia and New Zealand to recall
their respective high commissioners "for consultations",
following Monday's three nuclear explosions could be contained.
"We are watching the situation closely. Let us see what happens.
I do not believe that the BJP is communal - Bharati Bhargava
- The Times of India
- May 8, 1998
>>>Steel tycoon Swaraj Paul, the Lord Paul of Marylebone, 67, who
symbolises the success of Asian entrepreneurial skills overseas,
has been in the news lately in India and Britain.
With the Bofors payoffs case still hogging public attention here,
...
Now she eclipses the PM - T.V.R. Shenoy
- The Indian Express
- May 9, 1998
>>>Atithi devo bhava' - most Indians are familiar with the concept.
Would someone now care to provide an Italian translation?
Between them, Sonia Gandhi's media managers and the External
Affairs Ministry have succeeded in amusing/irritating several
...
The essence of Hinduism is spiritual freedom - N. S. Rajaram
- The Hindu
- April 28, 1998
>>>If there is one feature that stands above all others in Hinduism
it is pluralism: there is no one chosen path and no one chosen
people. As a result, there is no division of the world into
mutually exclusive camps of believers and non-believers. All
paths of spiritual exploration are valid, and there are no such
...
Canadian academicians are all praise for Vajpayee - Ajit Jain
- India Abroad
- April 3, 1998
>>>Canadian academics last week expressed concern about the longterm stability of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government
in India while at the same time praising the leadership qualities
of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
...
Touch me not - M V Kamath
- Mid-day
- May 7, 1998
>>>The other day Shiv Sainiks broke up a concert organised in Mumbai
at which Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali was to be the star
performer. They barged into the hall, shouted slogans, disrupted
the performance and made themselves thoroughly obnoxious. The
liberal press in the country was in a tizzy. How could such a
...
The new saffron hope - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- May 7, 1998
>>>BJP national council (NC) session at Gandhi Nagar this week was
an exercise in conserving its distinct organisational character
as well as enlarging its constituency in terms of geographical
regions and communities hitherto untouched or uninfluenced. The
timing of the was important for three reasons. First, the
...
Seize the opening - Editorial
- The Observer
- May 7, 1998
>>>Is the South Block listening? The king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye
Wangchuk, has bemoaned that 'the infiltration of extremists from
Assam is a matter of serious concern'. The forcible use of a
country's territory as a 'safe haven' by extremists from another
country is an intolerable situation. This is all the more so,
...
Gulam Ali Par Gussa Aata Hai - Ashok Row Kavi
- Metro Beat
- May 5, 1998
>>>If anyone of you wishes to read the height of hypocrisy, you must
read the great Yusuf Khan, alias Dilip Kumar, in the Indian
Express May 2 issue. In a piece titled incere Apologies, Khan
Saheb our very own Khan Saheb protests against the Sena
disruption of Gulam Ali's concert at the Juhu Centaur last
...
Divide and Rue - M N Srinivas
- The Times of India
- May 7, 1998
>>>The enumeration of castes and tribes in the decennial census is
not a mere numerical exercise for it affects the nature and
functioning of the enumerated groups.
British administrators learnt this truth the hard way after
...
When Mahatma Gandhi flayed haznavi-Ghauri fixation - V. P. Bhatia
- Organiser
- May 3, 1998
>>>In his speech at his daily prayer-meeting on December 25, 1947,
four months after independence, Mahatma Gandhi referred to a
verse published in the official Urdu Magazine of Aligarh Muslim
University in which great resentment was expressed over the talk
of the rebuilding of Somnath Temple after the annexation of
...
Delving into Dharma - Sandhya Jain
- The Times of India
- May 6, 1998
>>>We are currently witnessing a spate of writings voicing
misgivings about the Bharatiya Janata Party's hidden agenda, and
rejoicing that the compulsions of coalition politics have forced
it to shelve contentious issues, notably the construction of a
new temple at Ayodhya, abolition of Article 370 conferring
...
Christian revivalism in Russia - Shyam Khosla
- Organiser
- May 3, 1998
>>>A magnificent church, Christ the Saviour, has come up close to
the famous Red Square in the heart of Moscow at the site of a
demolished church. Locals are fond of taking their guests,
particularly foreign ones, to show round the artistically built
building. Mayor of Moscow, one is informed, took the initiative
...
Husain's goddesses and social contract - P P Bala Chandran
- The Observer
- May 6, 1998
>>>Husain thrives as much in other people's intolerance as in his
genius to generate such intolerance.
Long before Jean Jacques Rousseau gave it a name, humanity had
entered into a social contract within itself for the general well-
...
New Government policy on Prasar Bharati - Venugopalan
- Organiser
- May 3, 1998
>>>Venugopalan recently interviewed the Union Minister of State for
Information and Broadcasting, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
During the past about one month of your working in the Ministry,
what drawbacks came to your notice? And what are your priorities?
...
Break the containment - Editorial
- The Observer
- May 5, 1998
>>>Defence minister George Fernandes has rightly acknowledged that
China is India's main threat. In doing so he has parted with the
unfortunate tradition of soft-pedalling Beijing's role in
heightening India's insecurity. A nuclear China, which is in
occupation of large chunks of Indian territory, is all the more
...
From a Hindu past to a different future (and a response) - V. M. Tarkunde
- The Asian Age
- May 1, 1998
>>>There are two facts about the present political situation which
should determine the attitude of those who are committed to the
principles of secular democracy towards the present BJP-led
government. The two facts, taken together, support the view that
an attitude of responsive cooperation, instead of one of
...
Clarity begins at home - Sudip Chaudhuri
- The Telegraph
- April 24, 1998
>>>The swadeshi thrust to the economic policy as proposed in the
national agenda for governance presented by the Bharatiya Janata
Party and its alliance partners has evoked strong reaction from
certain quarters in India and abroad. It is being stated that
swadeshi does not make any economic sense. That it is basically
...
Geneva rights caucus exposes Pak terrorist activities in J & K - Man Mohan
- The Times of India
- April 25, 1998
>>>Pakistan is getting exposed at international human rights
platforms for its terrorist and mercenary activities in Jammu and
Kashmir, according to an Indian delegation on its return from
Geneva.
...
Limits of pragmatism - Editorial
- The Observer
- May 2, 1998
>>>Prim Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has turned the tables on his
antagonists. He has denied his opponents the chance to make
political capital out of what might have been an embarrassing
situation by effectively persuading Sukh Ram to resign from the
Prem Singh Dhumal ministry in Himachal Pradesh. This is no mean
...
Religion is often a smokescreen for political oppression - L K Sharma
- The Times of India
- May 1, 1998
>>>It is a book of stories," writer VS Naipaul announces in the
preface of his new travelogue, Beyond Belief, during an interview
with L K Sharma in London. The writer keeps emphasising this
point. Soon one knows why. A journalist from India rings up to
know his opinion on Pakistan. am not an analyst. It is for the
...
Ayodhya tops world archaeology agenda - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Asian Age
- May 3, 1998
>>>Hindutva sympathisers are set to dominate proceedings of the
World Archaeology Congress in Croatia, beginning on Sunday, which
is to discuss among its topics the demolition of Babri Masjid,
its historical perspective and archaeological evidence.
...
Unarmed & dangerous, scrap dealer sees Remo & Co in the dock - Prasannakumar Keskar
- The Indian Express
- May 3, 1998
>>>When Shakil Rajabhai Shaikh, a 28-year-old from Dehu Road who
sold scrap, sued Bollywood bigwigs, including Super Cassettes
Industries Ltd, pop star Remo Fernandes and lyricist Anand Bakshi
for using obscene words in the title song of the Hindi film
Aflatoon, many mocked him because they thought the would miss his
...
Why are we defensive about Tibet? - Prakash Nanda
- The Times of India
- May 1, 1998
>>>Despite taking effective control of Tibet nearly 40 years ago,
China is so paranoid about the Dalai Lama and his supporters that
it seeks reassurance from India whenever the dignitaries of the
two countries meet. And on every occasion, India says that it
recognises Tibet as an integral part of China and that the Dalai
...
Minorities continue to lead dismal life in Pak - Karachi
- The Observer (New Delhi)
- April 28, 1998
>>>Most member of the minority communities, especially Hindus, in
the Islamic state of Pakistan continue to lead a dismal life as
they are denied basic rights and face constant persecution by the
administration.
...
Hired guns - Harinder Baweja
- India Today
- May 4, 1998
>>>They came armed with terror. Not with automatic Chinese assault
rifles but clubs and axes. The nearest police post from Prankote
village in Udhampur-a tiny hamlet perched at a height of 6,700 ftwas at least 30 km away. An arduous two-day trek through rugged
terrain, just the kind mountain guerillas thrive in. And they
y
...
In pursuit of MR - Harish Gupta
- India Today
- May 4, 1998
>>>Like any good Sicilian, Ottavio Quattrocchi is a cautious manunhurried, deliberate and not prone to impulsive action. So when
the former Delhi representative of Snamprogetti, the Italian
fertiliser and petro-sector company, recently moved a petition
before the Delhi High Court seeking the revocation of a nonon-
...
A rude awakening - Venu Menon
- Outlook
- May 4, 1998
>>>With the Central government's concern over the spread of
terrorism in Kerala, a clutch of local Islamic organisations have
come under close scrutiny. Chief minister E.K. Nayanar, while
contesting Union home minister L.K. Advani's claims on the scale
of their activity, admitted that terrorist groups have been
...
Awaiting the Shakeout - Ranjit Bhushan
- Outlook
- May 4, 1998
>>>Given the sheer size of restructuring involved, the Congress has
rarely attempted anything like it. First the task force headed by
P.A. Sangma to literally redesign the AICC. Then four party
committees set up to analyse why the party fared so badly in UP,
Bihar, West Bengal, Karnataka, Orissa and Tamil Nadu in the Lok
...
BJP uses Barnala to tap DMK for support - Political Bureau
- The Business Standard
- April 28, 1998
>>>Surjit Singh Barnala, Union minister for food and civil supplies,
has emerged as the key player in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
government's contingency plan to make up for potential loss of
support of the unpredictable AIADMK leader, J Jayalalitha.
...
The essence of intolerance - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer (New Delhi)
- March 30, 1998
>>>Islamic fundamentalist mindset is manifested in various forms.
Ethnic cleansing of Hindus in J&K Is the latest chapter of the
brutalities perpetrated by the paragons of Islamic expansionists.
Hatred for kafirs, resulting in treating the microscopic minority
of Hindus like slaves even today in Pakistan, is yet another
...
Anderson foresees brothers of saffron drifting apart
Vajpayee's pilgrimage turns out to be an event - K V Lakshmana
- The Observer (New Delhi)
- April 28, 1998
>>>The BJP and the Akali Dal flags swayed in unison symbolising the
alliance and the Hindu-Sikh amity which it promoted to emerge
successful in general elections and welcome Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee on his first pilgrimage to the Golden Temple on
Monday, after assuming office last month.
Advani for Shia-Sunni rapprochement - Shahid Abbas
- The Observer (New Delhi)
- April 28, 1998
>>>The Union Home Minister L K Advani is showing keen interest in
bringing about a rapprochement between the Shia and Sunni sects
of the Muslim community in the wake of the decades-old
differences on the question of bringing out zadari processions
in Lucknow.
Scholar's appeal to Muslims - Statesman News Service
- The Statesman
- April 29, 1998
>>>Muslim scholar and president of the Muslim Personal Law Board,
Maulana Ali Hasan Naqvi (Ali Mian), has appealed to his community
to boycott singing of Vande Mataram.
He made this appeal at the state conference of the Din-e-Talimi
...
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