April 5, 2008

Difficult Times

Statement on Taslima Nasreen’s Departure from India

SAILENDRA NATH GHOSH
– Taslima’s Ouster : Genesis of Capitulation and Birth of a Frankenstein

KUNAL GHOSH
– Rival Faiths in Tibet : Buddhism and Communism

AMITAVA MUKHERJEE
– India’s Relations with Myanmar, Bangladesh : What Price Democracy?

A Paradise Derailed
7 April 2008, by M R Narayan Swamy

[(BOOK REVIEW)]
Sri Lanka: A Land in Search of Itself by Mohan K. Tikku; National Book Trust, India; pages 158; Rs 50.
This is a gem of a book. Only a journalist with perspective and empathy could have condensed so well the tumultuous history of Sri Lanka in so few pages. Tikku, who spent many years in Colombo coinciding with the times Indian troops battled the LTTE in Sri Lanka, has missed nothing. And he has not minced words either. Tikku is clear what he feels has gone wrong with an (…)
Political Implications of India-US Cooperation on Missile Defence
7 April 2008, by Neha Kumar

The visit of Robert Gates, Secretary of Defence of the United States, to India on February 27, 2008 was another step forward by both the countries to strengthen their strategic relationship. The main aim of the visit was to discuss arms procurement and India’s plans to buy 126 multi-role combat fighter jets which will cost approximately $ 10.6 billion. The other main issue discussed was to have a joint missile defence system although discussions on this issue are at an early stage. Robert (…)