'What did I get by giving up militancy?'
Ramesh Menon records the confessions of a Pak-trained militant.
The women in Veerappan's wake
'"What sin have I committed to lead such a miserable life?" That perhaps would be the refrain of the many women whose lives have been blighted by Veerappan,' asks Gita Aravamudan.
How the American press misrepresents India
The American press makes major goof-ups while writing on India and gets away with it without so much as an apology,' says S Gopikrishna.
Life in the jaws of death
Ramesh Menon reports from Kalal, a village on the Indo-Pak border.
How and why China proliferates ballistic missiles to Pakistan
'The emerging nuclear and missile race between India and Pakistan has the potential to damage US-China relations and affect both regional and global stability. Indeed, unraveling the proliferation connection between China and Pakistan remains one of the most important and difficult challenges for global nonproliferation efforts,' say Phil Saunders, Jing-dong Yuan and Gaurav Kampani.
Army suspects Chinese hand behind N-E floods
Army officials suspect that the Peoples Liberation Army of China may have blasted the dam to experiment the impact of flash floods in the sensitive north-east and to study the
damage such a flood may cause on the Indian side.
Kashmir massacres: Night without end? Part III
'Strong-arm tactics are the only tactics that work against those who believe in violence. Unless you can break the back of insurgency with force, you can forget about the return to peace,' says Wing Commander R V Parasnis (retd).
Kashmir massacres: Night without end? Part II
'It is not that I wish to condemn all Kashmiris. All of us have our faults and failings. My point is that we, rest of us Indians, are not villains in every way and the Kashmiris are not all saints, says Wing Commander R V Parasnis (retd).
Kashmir massacres: Night without end? Part I
'In spite of our long experience in tackling insurgencies, we have learnt nothing about dealing with them on a political level,' says Wing Commander R V Parasnis (retd)
Cult for the communal
An obscure ISI-backed religious order is spreading terror and Islam in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In a two-part serial, George Iype investigates.
Fighting for Osho in cyberspace
The first round in the ugly war that is being fought
over Osho's legacy, between the New York-based
Osho International Foundation and the Osho Dhyan
Mandir, New Delhi, has gone the latter's way.
A house for Mr Jagadan
Jagadan had won the battle he waged against
injustice and administrative apathy. Yet, he was a
little sad, a little uncertain, a little scared - will life
ever be normal again for him and his family.
'Let those who have not sinned cast the first stone'
"Let me ask you, can anyone stop prostitution?' Shobha Warrier on what drives women into selling their bodies
Miles to go for a durable peace!
'By far the biggest motivation for the ceasefire appears to be to save the Hizb from the Indian army's relentless offensive. The Hizb has been losing on an average 10 men a day. No insurgent outfit with a strength of not more than 3,000 can take these kind of casualties for much longer than three months without suffering from a loss of morale.'
Who are these women?
'Some take us to the beach, some to lodges, some do it inside the car itself and there are some who just want to talk to us. This world is made of all kinds of people.' Shobha Warrier on what drives women into prostitution
'After being in prostitution for a few years, they find it difficult to leave'
'People squirm, are uncomfortable and even repelled at the word 'prostitute.' Who are these women? Do they poison 'good' men from good families? How do they behave in real life? Are they like all the other women we see in society? What drives these women to sell their bodies? Desperation? Poverty? Exploitation? A craving for sex? Why does society treat them as untouchables? Why doesn't the same society criticise the men who go to these women?' asks Shobha Warrier.
Salahudin's village recalls him with fondness
Salahudin may be the Valley's man of the moment, but for the dishoused Kashmiri Pandit community he is the villain of the piece. "It was the Hizb that killed 23 Kashmiri Pandits in Wadhawa on January 26,1998, how can we forget this massacre? It was the Hizb that sabotaged the ceasefire announced by the JKLF in 1994," burst out a Kashmiri Pandit angrily. "This
government is talking to such a man!"
The Rogues Gallery
'If roguish forces are to be properly disciplined and new threats to international security deterred, the United States and India have to join hands to fight these elements in the undemocratic arc of Asia. The key point to remember is that unconventional threats can never be adequately deterred by conventional means alone,' says Brahma Chellaney.
Rich in resources, Chhattisgarh has a long way to go
It is one of the richest areas as far as natural resources go. It has everything you wanted: Forest wealth. Gold. Coal. Bauxite. Corundum. Dolomite. Carnet. Limestone. Iron. Tin. Alexandrite. Chinaclay. Quartz Silica. Quartzite. Fluorite. And finally, diamonds. Roving Editor Ramesh Menon's fascinating guide to India's newest state.
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