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'This rapid and strong Indian reaction was obviously not expected by the Pakistanis'
'The Committee has not come across any assessment at operational levels that would justify the conclusion that the Lahore summit had caused the Indian decision-makers to lower their guard.' rediff.com presents the executive summary of the Kargil Review Committee report.
Back to the Future in Hyderabad
Anvar Alikhan views a CD-ROM on his native city and gets an attack of nostalgia.
'The Pakistani establishment has a long and consistent history of misreading India's will'
'The Pakistani intruders operated on the assumption that the intrusions would be under counter attack for only a few days and thereafter some sort of cease-fire would enable them to stay on the heights.' rediff.com presents the executive summary of the Kargil Review Committee Report.
'One of the best kept secrets of the 1990s was the emergence of the Indian economy into a free market'
'The full potential of our growing engagement with South Asia can be realized only if that region addresses some of the tough issues including: proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and regional and social conflict,' says Karl F Inderfurth.
They who might modify the Constitution
Brief sketches of the members of 11-member Constitution Review Commission.
'Our fascination with India remains strong today'
'India is a very intense, dynamic, and in almost every respect a successful democracy. This should make the US and India natural allies and indeed it is quite unnatural that our two countries have for too long seemed at odds on many international issues,' says Karl F Inderfurth.
The question, 'should Bill Clinton visit Pakistan,' is the wrong one
'Pakistan is an important enough country that Bill Clinton should HAVE visited long ago; perhaps a few months after a visit to India. All of this should have taken place in 1994 or 1995 at the latest,' says Professor Stephen P Cohen.
Extortion is big business in the northeast
The funds enable them to finance the visits of their leaders abroad, purchase sophisticated arms and communication equipment and run the organisation. Of course, most of them term the process as "tax collection."
India may not be China, but neither is it an insignificant 'Third World' state
'India has been neglected by American policymakers, but correcting that error should not mean neglecting Pakistan, which is not only nuclear-armed, but by 2002 will be the world's sixth largest state, and perhaps once again its fourth largest democracy,' says Professor Stephen P Cohen.
America's engagement in the Kashmir dispute needs to be raised several notches
'What makes Kashmir such a difficult issue is that it is not only about contested territory and populations but because it also touches upon competing national identities: India as a secular state, Pakistan as an Islamic one,' says Professor Stephen P Cohen.
Both India and Pakistan have demonstrated an ability to resist outside pressures perceived as inimical to their vital interests
'Washington's policy-makers need a better understanding of both the opportunities for and the limitations on American power in the area.' Professor Stephen P Cohen on the need for a fresh look at US policies in South Asia.
By winning a gallantry award a soldier becomes part of his regimental history
'Only the man who inspired his comrades and men, who led from the front and who overcame heavy odds, gets recommended for a gallantry award.' Colonel John Taylor (retd) on awards for the armed forces.
The End of an American Dream
Despite the crimes he has been charged with in the United States of America, Lakireddy Bali Reddy is
God in Velvadam. In a three-part serial, Associate Editor George Iype reports from the village in Andhra Pradesh the NRI hailed from.
'It's like banning a book before it's even written'
Actress Nandita Das, in a first person account, recalls her association with Deepa Mehta and regrets the protests over Water.
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