In a sense, 1983 has also been the year of Indira Gandhi in India. She has continued to dominate the national scene as she has done in one way or another since she came to the office of Prime Minister in 1966, the period of her so-called political wilderness not … Read More
It is not particularly useful to pose the question whether Mrs. Gandhi has used the Congress session in Calcutta, the first for over a decade, to launch her party’s campaign for elections to the Lok Sabha. For, it is pointless to speculate on the date of the poll. Since we … Read More
The ruling Congress party has returned to its attack on Dr. Farooq Abdullah at its Calcutta session. Some of its leaders have even called for placing Jammu and Kashmir under President’s rule. It is possible to take the view that Mrs. Gandhi has not authorized this wild talk but it … Read More
Such is the paucity of information coming out of Pakistan that it is difficult to say for sure whether the movement for restoration of democracy has in fact been called off. And if it has been called off, who took the decision, when, where and why. AP has quoted Malik … Read More
No great harm will be done to Indo-Pakistani relations if their foreign secretaries do not meet to resume the so-called political dialogue. The ties are in a poor shape and nothing much can be done to improve them at this point of time. Not to beat about the bush, this … Read More
It is not particularly surprising that the debate on the proposed new world information order touched off by the recent NAMEDIA conference should by and large run along the familiar cold war lines. For, despite the country’s policy of non-alignment, many of us have bought categories of thought which serve … Read More
An interested citizen reading reports on the Namedia conference in New Delhi in the last three days would be wondering whether a number of Indian journalists not known to be radicals have also joined in the campaign against the western media, especially the three leading western agencies, and, indeed, against … Read More
So finally the deployment of Cruise and Pershing-II missiles in Western Europe has begun. This represents a major political triumph for the Reagan administration and its West European supporters and a defeat for the Soviet Union and the anti-nuclear movement, especially in West Germany and Britain where it has been … Read More
It is hardly necessary for us to join in the condemnation of the desecration of the 500-year-old Jagannath temple near Amritsar in Punjab. Every Indian with the good of the country at heart will condemn this act of vandalism and sacrilege. But it is not only necessary but urgent that … Read More
It is understandable that MPs should often depend on newspaper reports for information. They do not possess independent sources which can collect and investigate facts for them. But it is rather surprising that so serious -minded a member as Mr. Madhu Dandavate should charge the finance minister with having misled … Read More
