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The terrorist writing on the Indian wall
Information on terrorist related activity is often what largely comes from post-facto investigations of terrorist events. The intelligence failures of today arise from the fact that the early indicators of terrorism in the making remain largely beyond the reach of the existing organisation and methods of the security agencies. More

Reforming the police
In a democracy the police have to be part of civil society and accountable to it. Essential to the principle of accountability is the existence of a machinery for redress of grievances against the police. More
Large dams and the twin towers
THE HORROR of WTC's twin towers falling down on September 11 has changed the perspective of many countries in many fields. Among other things a reappraisal of what is vulnerable and what is not has commenced. In the October 20 issue of The Hindu, it is reported that France has drawn up a list for special precautions being taken and that list includes large dams, large in the French context. More
A warning or an example?
THE STORY of Ekalavya is well known. Ekalavya was a young hunter who wished to train as a warrior under Drona, the best-known guru in this field at the time. Drona rejected him as a disciple on account of his low birth, whereupon he acquired the skills himself through rigorous practice, after installing a replica of Drona. In modern parlance, one might say that Ekalavya was an autodidact and Drona taught him in absentia. More


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