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Editorials
No truck with the LTTE
THE STRENUOUS ATTEMPT by or on behalf of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to secure a new foothold within India's territory for the ostensible purposes of a ``direct dialogue'' with Sri Lanka is neither innocuous nor simply ... More


A distant dream
THE KATHMANDU SUMMIT of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) saw yet another pledge to work towards a free trade area. However, it is highly unlikely that the heads of government of South Asia honestly believe that even a ... More

Leader Page Articles
The opportunity in Kashmir
By Harish Khare

It is now for the Hurriyat Conference leaders to prove their democratic credentials in a democratic contest (the Assembly elections due in seven months) under the watchful international eye. More


An agenda for cultural action - I
By K. N. Panikkar

Cultural action is an intervention in daily life, directed to the transformation of social consciousness... Its main agenda is to bring the individual, who is increasingly being alienated, into the social fold. More

News Analysis
Slipshod Indian diplomacy
By Inder Malhotra

Handshakes - or lack of them - have been leaving their imprint on diplomacy long before the SAARC summit at Kathmandu. The story begins with the first Geneva Conference on Indo-China in 1954 at which Zhou Enlai, as accomplished a diplomatist as ... More


Despondency before and after
By K.K. Katyal

On the face of it, bracketing Agra and Kathmandu may not be proper, but there is a connecting link because of which a comparative analysis is in order. True, Agra was the venue of a pre-arranged summit between India and Pakistan while the ... More

Letters to the Editor

  • Rebuild the Masjid
  • Colonial mindset
  • Late by 55 years
  • A silver lining
  • Crossing the LoC
  • The Partition debate
  • Gandhi and Jinnah

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