Articles

China’s principle stand over Kashmir Indo-Sino visa issue proving a prinking pain

Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:46

By Zaheerul Hassan
China refused to issue visa to a very high level Indian Defence delegation since one of the top commanders Lt-Gen B S Jaswal was General Officer Commander of Northeran Area. It is notable here that General V K Singh, the Army chief ...

Pakistan: Meeting the flood devastations

Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:58

Dr. Raja Muhammad Khan
Following the October-2005 earthquake, the nation has once again been confronted with a natural calamity; the monsoon floods. Unlike previous history of floods in Pakistan, this time the flood has affected all areas from extreme...

TAR's commendable efforts on wetland conservation

Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:19

By Binju Sitaula
TAR has been making tremendous effort to conserve Lhalu wetland, which is considered the oxygen reservoir of Tibet.
Apart from tremendous development achieved in economic and social sector within short span of time, the Tibet Au...

Thorny neighbours stonewalling history

Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:18

By M K Bhadrakumar
Our small neighbours like Sri Lanka, Nepal or Bangladesh disagree with our strategic community’s perceptions regarding China.
The Sri Lankans are ace practitioners of diplomacy. The sheer coincidence is breathtaking that they...

Towards splendid isolation

Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:03

By Kanchan Gupta

In the past, any discussion on India-Nepal relations with friends in the political establishment and the bureaucracy and professional colleagues in Kathmandu would elicit animated reaction. There were those who would gush over I...

Simply Tibet Autonomous Region

Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:57

By Punjita Pradhan (recently on a visit to Tibet)

The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is located at the Southwestern part of China and borders with India, Nepal, Myanmar, and Bhutan. The region, which is a plateau, is located at over 4,000 meters ...

Is your MP underpaid?

Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:42

I was a MP not very long ago. I loved those six years. Everyone called me sir, not because of my age but because I was a MP. And even though I never travelled anywhere by train during those years, I reveled in the fact that I could have gone anywhere I lik...

Kashmir's cry for 'freedom'

Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:40

By Soutik Biswas |

It is yesterday once more in Kashmir. From the time I have flown into the valley on Monday, Srinagar has resembled a ghost town, bringing back memories of a visit two years ago. The only signs of life are tetchy security forces mann...