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Editorials
The demarche and stark choices
THE DASTARDLY ATTACK on the Parliament House and the venomous challenge from the terrorists understandably has compelled New Delhi to deliver a demarche to Pakistan about those who are suspected to have masterminded the evil plot. The External ... More


A matter of rights
BY CALLING FOR a focus on the human rights of the weaker sections, the President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, has made a timely intervention in the country's social discourse. It is rather convenient to discover instances of violation of human rights ... More

Leader Page Articles
Breeding little hawks
By Javed Jabbar

Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put. More


Understanding Indian Muslims
By Balraj Puri

Cultural heritage and political aspirations of a community are as much a factor in influencing its behaviour as its theological beliefs. More

News Analysis
DIPLOMATIC NOTEBOOK
Managing the `nuclear flashpoint'
By C. Raja Mohan

NEW DELHI, DEC. 16. Indian analysts of foreign affairs used to bristle every time a visiting American scholar or policy-maker mentioned the phrase that Kashmir is a ``nuclear flashpoint.'' Not any more; since the Kargil crisis in 1999, the ... More

Letters to the Editor

  • Need for cooperation
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  • Of parties and Iftars
  • A violent trail
  • Diplomatic battle
  • Vulnerable
  • March and yatras

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