Apr 20, 2003: Thanks to USA, But Hurry Up And Get Out  
 
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS  Saag
I have expatiated on the subject and on the need for courageous action for hours and hours before the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), during my tenure. But for what purpose, when nobody in New Delhi understands, tries to understand and....

School Children Are Hungry In India Dr P Maiti
"Fifty per cent of the world's hungry live in five countries: India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Pakistan and Indonesia. Though we have heard these facts many times over, most of us can neither fathom the sufferings of the underprivileged, nor can we grasp the difficulties faced by millions of such people, barely clinging on to their lives.


Letter to N.H. Representatives from Balawaristan Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairman, BNF
Unlike Indian part of J & K and PoK, the 2 million indigenous people of Balawaristan (Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan) have no right to access the Justice. Neither we have any High Court nor we have been given the right to appeal in any Pakistan High Court or Supreme Court against Human Rights violation or death sentences

Thanks to USA, But Hurry Up And Get Out  Wash Post
Less than 10 days after the fall of Saddam Hussein, thousands of Iraqis marched in downtown Baghdad on Friday to demand a rapid U.S. troop withdrawal and prominent opposition leader said he expects Americans to relinquish govt functions in weeks.

Boom-time For Indian Aerospace?  EcoTimes
HAL has produced a total of 23 types of aircraft, of which 11 are Indian designs. Dhruv, the multi-role, multi-mission medium range helicopter, has no rival in its class from anywhere else in the world just now. So is the Light Combat Aircraft(LCA).

The Source of Bias against Hindus George T.
This article was written as a response to the many reports of an obvious bias exercised by various "secular" agencies against Hindus, the recent instance being the half-hearted response of the Amnesty International when many Hindus were murdered in cold blood in Kashmir.

Mission of missed martyrdom  Telegraph
Martyrdom doesn"t come easy to some. A group of six left for Iraq to lay down their lives for Islam and for peace, carrying their shrouds — as human shields against Tomahawks. They have come back alive, unscathed and heartbroken.

Nixon and Deng to "blame" for Sars outbreak   Straitstimes
THE two people most to blame for the current worldwide Sars scare are Richard Nixon and Deng Xiaoping - the first, for his diplomatic opening of China, and the second, for his economic opening. If this sounds facetious, consider this:.....

Richie Rich! Schools make million off affluent parents   Ndtv
Latest trend in education is the hugely expensive international schools that offer the "O" and "A" level examinations or the International Baccalaureate. These schools are conspicuous by magnificent structures, sprawling lawns, swimming pools

Are Indians embarrassed about their success stories?  Sulekha
Christopher Wood"s India report, “The tortoise and the hare”, released last month, said: “Indians at the national level remain hopeless at public relations. Indians like to talk about national failures, not successes.”

Saddam Son"s Palace an Orgy of Excess  Foxnews
Judging by the playboy lifestyle Saddam Hussein"s son Odai apparently lived in his huge palace, the everyday miseries of life in Iraq weren"t exactly the most pressing concern on his mind.

INDIA: ON THE SUPERPOWER HIGHWAY   HTimes
It is heartening to learn that India"s economy is in the same league as that of the US, China and Japan. For the second time, it has been ranked the world"s fourth-biggest economy by the World Bank"s purchasing power parity (PPP) index.

Combating the Ideology of Radical Islam  DanielPipes
Nowadays, Americans are likely to hear one of three replies to the question, "Who is the enemy?" The first reply—"terrorists" -- is the Bush administration"s response, which insists that there is no connection between Islam and terrorism.

India to ride outsourcing boom   HTimes
A seismic shift of labour from the West to India has been predicted in the near future. A Stanley Morgan report estimates that the shift would create almost four million jobs and steer the Indian economy to a trillion-dollar level.

YES, all four wars  Rediff
Varsha Bhosle : Last week, one "Robert Price" posted a response : tall, fair, tight-assed, Punjabi/Pathan Pakis who are superior to Hindus and have therefore won all wars over the past 5,000 years and, especially, the last four,....

How CIA picked and groomed Saddam Hussein  HTimes
US forces may now be searching high and low for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein but American intelligence operatives used him as their instrument for more than 40 years, according to former US intelligence officials and diplomats.

IGNITING STRATEGIC MINDSETS IN INDIANS  Saag
Threats to India"s security have arisen because India all along has been apologetic to the acquisition of military power and has shied away from using military power to protect her national security interests. India needs the WILL to use power.

Journalism on the cheap  IExpress
Is the media accountable? This anguished question of Chief Justice V.N. Khare should not go unnoticed. The chief justice of India is disturbed because no media person has come forward to substantiate the story linking judges to the "Mysore sex scandal"

Mr Prime Minister, please walk the talk   Rediff
A two-year-old baby is lying in his bed trying to sleep. Mother is telling him stories about his father, who is a soldier and has decided to give his life for his country....Suddenly, bullets start raining on the mother from all directions.