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Pakistan and the Hizb
THE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT'S announcement that it has banned the activities of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen should, on the face of it, be hardly surprising since it follows the American decision to declare the outfit a terrorist organisation. But the ...
Monsoon mystery
AFTER THE WORST drought in 15 years in 2002, which engulfed nearly one-third of the country's total area and was caused by a 19 per cent below normal rainfall, excitement over reports from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) about the ...


Leader Page Articles
The madrassas in India
By Mushirul Hasan

Though conservative in outlook, the madrassas in India stand opposite to fundamentalist Islam and contribute to a rather pluralist attitude among their students.
Politics and the rule of law
By Ajay K. Mehra

The trishul, talwar and lathi have unfortunately emerged as bizarre symbols in Indian politics and queer tools of ethnic mobilisation in an atmosphere of highly competitive party politics.


News Analysis
Make the victims shed the fear
By Kuldip Nayar

I am surprised over the sterile debate on Justice T. Nanavati's reported observation that the evidence tendered before him on the Gujarat riots did not indicate any serious lapse on the part of the police or the administration. Whether he should ...


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