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Editorials
A defensive offer of truce?
THE LIBERATION TIGERS of Tamil Eelam seem to have taken tactical cognisance of the present international discourse against the politics of terrorism. The moral tone of this discourse is often modulated by the mundane realpolitik considerations of ... More


Poll fever and rhetoric
WITH ONLY A couple of months left before parties plunge into campaign mode in three States - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttaranchal - where Assembly elections are due before March 2002, partisan political considerations alone have come to guide ... More

Leader Page Articles
The India-Sri Lanka equation
By V. Suryanarayan

Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention. More


The ANC-SACP alliance
By M. S. Prabhakara

A telling indication of the continued political importance of the South African Communist Party is the hostility its alliance with the ANC generates in the right wing. More

News Analysis
Decking up for SAARC summit
By C. Raja Mohan

KATHMANDU, DEC. 20. As the sound of war drums gets louder in New Delhi and Islamabad, all you can hear in Nepal's capital is men working through the night to give it a rapid facelift. The verbal confrontation between India and Pakistan casts a ... More

Letters to the Editor

  • Stop petty politics
  • Show restraint
  • Approach the U.N.
  • Accept Pak. offer
  • Bogey of escalation
  • Clergy are to blame

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