COVER STORY
Briefing
One step forward, two backward
The international community looks the other way as President Musharraf introduces sweeping electoral reforms in order to tighten his grip on ...
WAR AND GAMES
India and Pakistan maintain their military build-up and political postures even as international pressure grows to de-escalate the situation. A ...
FROM THE FRONT
A report on the mood and movement along a stretch of the Line of Control in the strategic heights of the Jammu region. AHEAD of ...
Working for a thaw
The intense diplomatic efforts are yet to bring about a real reduction in the tension on the border, though an element of moderation is evident ...
Verification woes
The Biological Weapons Convention is left in disarray after the U.S. volte-face on the verification protocol at the Review Conference.
QUEST FOR A QUEEN
A team of archaeologists excavates the site of an ancient temple in Yemen seeking to find any trail of the Queen of Sheba. THE ...
The immortal iron outlaw
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey; Faber & Faber, London, 2001; pages 352, £16.99 (hardback). ON November ...
Intelligent posers
Intelligence: Past, Present and Future by B. Raman; Lancer Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi; pages 416, Rs.695 (hardback).
Military common sense
The Defence Makeover: 10 Myths that Shape India's Image by Pravin Sawhney; Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2002; pages 460, Rs.695.
Diplomacy, the inside story
Beyond Autonomy: Roots of India's Foreign Policy by A.K. Damodaran; Somaiya Publications, 2000; pages 246, Rs.350. FOR fifty-five years, ...
Policy and perspective
A critique of the Science and Technology Policy-2001. FOR the last three months, the draft of a new science and technology ...
Blaming the dispenser
The Assam Human Rights Commission indicts the State government for the vitamin A-related deaths of 23 children in November. THE ...
Physiology of CN-VII
BELL'S palsy affects the seventh cranial nerve, or CN-VII, and causes facial muscles to weaken or become paralysed. Originating in the ...
Understanding a palsy
Bell's palsy, a facial affliction caused by nerve damage, remains a physically and psychologically challenging experience for its victims.
Judgment reserved
As the Supreme Court concludes its hearings in the contempt case against writer Arundhati Roy and decides to deliver its judgment on March 6, ...
Access denied
ON January 15, when the Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices G.B. Pattanaik and R.P. Sethi began the day's hearings on the contempt ...
A development debate
An international conference in Kolkata discusses issues of agrarian reforms and rural development in the context of globalisation.
The Dalit cause
The Madhya Pradesh government organises a conference in Bhopal to discuss the problems faced by Dalits and releases a document that demands a ...
For safety at sea
At a regional workshop in Chennai, experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation and delegates from Bay of Bengal Programme member-countries ...
A source of strength
N. BALAKRISHNAN TO all of us at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Professor Satish Dhawan was a towering personality, an extremely ...
The terror trail in Kolkata
PRAVEEN SWAMI in New Delhi KOLKATA was enveloped in thick fog when four gunmen on two motorcycles appeared at the gate of the ...
A change in the mood
There are clear signs that a large section of Pakistani society wants an end to the conflict and a new beginning in the country's relations ...
The jehadi connection
THE jehad is going truly global. When the Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead two Dutch nationals in Srinagar on January 13, it faced ...
Machinations in Kashmir
Despite President Pervez Musharraf's professed seriousness about de-escalating the levels of violence, the ground realities in terror-torn ...
Visitors and messages
The visits of senior Bush administration officials to New Delhi help bring down the tension on the border, but the moves of the U.S. are also ...
Of war-mongering and accountability
By moving to take on the government of Pakistan, the BJP-led regime is pursuing a policy based on the BJP's agenda rather than one in the ...
Disappearing act
It is highly unlikely that Pakistan will ever hand over Dawood Ibrahim or his accomplices to India, as there is the danger of its own hand ...
Dawood Ibrahim fact sheet
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE GROUP IN KARACHI A 239, Block 13C, Gulshan-e-Iqbal 25, Rufi Cottage, Block 13D, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Ahmadi Apartments, ...
When the mullahs fell silent
WHEN representatives of the international media camped in Islamabad for a ring-side view of the developments in Afghanistan in the wake ...
Imparting prejudice
By introducing a new history syllabus that glorifies ancient India and de-emphasises the medieval period, the NCERT continues to promote the ...
Zhu Rongji in India
The Chinese Prime Minister calls for renewed efforts to expand economic, scientific and political ties between India and China.
A presidential message
President K.R. Narayanan makes one of his characteristic calls to the conscience of the nation on the eve of Republic Day. AS ...
National honour and controversy
JUST under 100 persons have been selected this year for the Padma awards, announced on the eve of Republic Day, in recognition of their ...
The significance of Agni-I
With a range of 700 km and the ability to carry nuclear warheads, Agni-I adds more teeth to India's deterrence posture. THE ...
Diplomacy, the inside story
Beyond Autonomy: Roots of India's Foreign Policy by A.K. Damodaran; Somaiya Publications, 2000; pages 246, Rs.350. FOR fifty-five years, ...
A bitter pill
The uniformly hostile reactions in the country, especially in Tamil Nadu, to the LTTE's request that India allow Anton Balasingham to relocate ...
Another chance for peace
Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremasinghe government eases restrictions on LTTE-held areas, and even hints at withdrawing the ban on the terrorist ...
One more President
Change of leadership fails to resolve the economic crisis in Argentina and quell the public anger against the neo-liberal policies of the ...
Vengeance and war
The moral halo that the U.S. donned in the aftermath of September 11 has been shattered, more so after the outrage over the ill-treatment of ...
A revival package
The $4.5-billion aid promised by donor-states at the Tokyo Conference, though inadequate, will enable the war-ravaged Afghanistan to start the process of reconstruction.
Policy and perspective
A critique of the Science and Technology Policy-2001. FOR the last three months, the draft of a new science and technology ...
Physiology of CN-VII
BELL'S palsy affects the seventh cranial nerve, or CN-VII, and causes facial muscles to weaken or become paralysed. Originating in the ...
Understanding a palsy
Bell's palsy, a facial affliction caused by nerve damage, remains a physically and psychologically challenging experience for its victims.
Judgment reserved
As the Supreme Court concludes its hearings in the contempt case against writer Arundhati Roy and decides to deliver its judgment on March 6, ...
Access denied
ON January 15, when the Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices G.B. Pattanaik and R.P. Sethi began the day's hearings on the contempt ...
A development debate
An international conference in Kolkata discusses issues of agrarian reforms and rural development in the context of globalisation.
A source of strength
N. BALAKRISHNAN TO all of us at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Professor Satish Dhawan was a towering personality, an extremely ...
A pioneer scientist
On Satish Dhawan. INDIANS are very proud of the 'constellation' of more than a dozen of the country's satellites in orbit, a feat ...
A trailblazer
T.M. Chidambara Ragunathan, 1923-2001. FEW modern Tamil writers have excelled in literary criticism, still an evolving genre in ...
Crushed labour
Already trapped in a cycle of debt, migrant workers who depend on Maharashtra's sugarcane belt for their livelihood face the threat of being ...
The crisis of the IPS
ONE read with interest R. K. Raghavan' s rapid appraisal of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in Frontline (December 21, 2001). Following ...
The Ayodhya game
The government's decision to consider the VHP's demands relating to its temple construction programme brings the issue to the fore.
Wooing the tribal people
THE 'Hindu Sangam' sponsored by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Jhabua on January 17 was described by its organisers as a huge ...
A racket in Karnataka
This time the racket has been unearthed in Mandya, but the trade is evidently widespread. SEVEN years after the Bangalore police ...
Recruitments restrained
THE Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh has been firmly restrained by the Supreme Court from making any appointments ...
Acid test for BJP
As the Assembly elections approach, the Bharatiya Janata Party faces heavy odds. UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister Rajnath Singh ...