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INDIA: Pragmatism Mutes Criticism of Burmese Generals
India's uncharacteristically muted response to the renewed incarceration of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been prompted by the country's own problems with insurgent groups that thrive in its north-eastern states near Burma, say observers here.POLITICS: Pragmatism Mutes India’s Criticism of Burmese Generals
India's uncharacteristically muted response to the renewed incarceration of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been prompted by the country's own problems with insurgent groups that thrive in its north-eastern states near Burma, say observers here.INDIA: Controversial Mosque Not Built over Hindu Temple – Experts
Excavations at the site where a 16th-century mosque was demolished 10 years ago by pro-Hindu politicians reveal that the structure - today a magnet of communal politics - was built over a pre-existing mosque rather a Hindu temple, say Indian historians.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: ‘Protato’ Leaves Bad Taste in Critics’ Mouth
India's plans to develop an indigenously developed, genetically modified (GM) potato are a distorted way of addressing the needs of the poor and hungry in India, environmentalists and food security experts here say.INDIA: U.S. Call to Send Troops to Iraq Draws Protests
The arrival of U.S. military officials next week to discuss the deployment of Indian troops in occupied Iraq is angering peace groups and opposition parties, including some who say this would make India a ''mercenary'' force under Washington.HEALTH-INDIA: No Gov’t Sweat as Thousands Die From Heat Wave
A blistering heat wave sweeping across India over the past three weeks is estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people - deaths that public health experts say were preventable because precious little is being done to save the poor and vulnerable from extreme changes in temperature.POLITICS: India, Pakistan Boost Ties Slowly but Steadily
South Asia's arch rivals India and Pakistan continue to move slowly but steadily toward dialogue, say analysts who point to recent trends that reflect an effort to not let the usual irritants undercut the new, if cautious, warmth in their ties. ''Peace can happen only when there is a opportune moment and we now have a window,'' Prashant Dikshit, deputy director of the prestigious New Delhi-based Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), said in an interview.DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Bribery Scandal Exposes Depths of Corruption
Bribing the taxman is not unknown in India, but the arrest of a senior income tax official this month on charges that he had bribed a federal minister, to secure a plum posting, showed the depths to which institutionalised corruption has sunk.RIGHTS-INDIA: Resistance to Dowry Jolts Society
In one of her better known verses, the late Indian poetess Madhumita Shukla exhorted Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to ''marry (former Pakistani Prime Minister) Benazir Bhutto and bring back Pakistan as dowry''.RIGHTS-INDIA: Resistance to Dowry Jolts Society
In one of her better known verses, the late Indian poetess Madhumita Shukla exhorted Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to ''marry (former Pakistani Prime Minister) Benazir Bhutto and bring back Pakistan as dowry''.POLITICS: India, Pakistan Need Bridge over Himalayan Waters
When Indian and Pakistani members of a commission on the sharing of the Indus waters meet in the Indian capital this week, it will be with the knowledge that the outcome of their talks on sharing glacier-fed waters have a bearing on subcontinental peace.INDIA: Narmada Waters Reach Desert, But More Costs to Come – Critics
As water from the massive Narmada valley project in central India trickled this week into the parched Kutch district, close to the Pakistan border, people danced and sang, oblivious to what critics say are huge social, ecological and other costs incurred along the way.INDIA: ‘Positive Discrimination’ Makes Space for ‘Untouchables’
Mayawati, the chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest state, is making good on an election vow to reserve up to 50 percent of key jobs for 'dalits' or members of the 'untouchable' castes in Hindu social hierarchy.INDIA: Reforms Put in Place as More Judges End up in the Dock
When Indian federal sleuths arrived at the home of civil judge S S Bharadwaj on the weekend to arrest him on corruption charges, he asked to use an upstairs toilet, shimmied down a tree and escaped.DEVELOPMENT: India Braces for Scanty Monsoons, Poor Harvests
After enjoying more than decade of 'normal' monsoons, the weather forecaster's prediction of a wayward monsoon in India this July has sent farmers and business people into a tizzy.ECONOMY-SOUTH ASIA: Trade May Yet Be The Key to Peace
Trade may yet prove to be the cement with which feuding South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan can fix a see-saw relationship that has often erupted into open warfare over the past half a century.ECONOMY-SOUTH ASIA: Trade May Yet Be The Key to Peace
Trade may yet prove to be the cement with which feuding South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan can fix a see-saw relationship that has often erupted into open warfare over the past half a century.SCIENCE-INDIA: Dutch Work on Plant Wealth, 325 Years Old, Revived
Fully 325 years after its publication in Amsterdam, the 132-volume 'Hortus Malabaricus' (Garden of Malabar), a treatise on the medicinal plants of southern Kerala state, has finally been translated from old Latin into English - and unlocked a wealth of information for historians, botanists and medical researchers.INDIA: Pro-Hindu Groups Turn Trident into Political Weapon
The 'trishul' (trident) may have been carried around by the Hindu god Shiva and other gods of the ancient world, but India's political opposition sees danger in supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party carrying the three-pronged item around - especially with elections around the corner.INDIA: Pro-Hindu Groups Turn Trident into Political Weapon
The 'trishul' (trident) may have been carried around by the Hindu god Shiva and other gods of the ancient world, but India's political opposition sees danger in supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party carrying the three-pronged item around - especially with elections around the corner.INDIA: Hindu Fanatics Turn Trident into Political Weapon
The 'trishul' (trident) may have been carried around by the Hindu god Shiva and other gods of the ancient world, but India's political opposition sees danger in supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party carrying the three-pronged item around - especially with elections around the corner.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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