It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of Nehru’s role in the rise of modern and, therefore, secular India. Measured by any yardstick, it has been critical. Nehru was supremely qualified to play this role. He was a truly modern man, almost European in his outlook. He genuinely believed that … Read More
India and Pakistan have at long last agreed to set up a machinery whereby they can, if they wish, promote bilateral cooperation in specific field such as trade, scientific and cultural exchange and tourism. The joint commission, which New Delhi proposed and Islamabad has accepted, will provide such a machinery. … Read More
Mrs. Gandhi is caught in a pincer; the opposition parties in Andhra, Karnataka and Tripura, especially Mr. NT Ramarao’s Telugu Desam, being one arm of the pincer and the dissidents in the Congress (I) being the other. The dissidents may not have concerted their moves with the opposition parties and … Read More
Elsewhere on this page we carry an article outlining, among other things, the general Pakistani view on the two-nation theory which the Muslim League in united India had formulated to justify its demand for partition. This discussion exposes, on the one hand, the fear and the calculation which compel the … Read More
Ghulam Siddiq Miraki is the highest-ranking Afghan official to have defected to the rebels with their headquarters in Peshawar. He was one of the four deputies to the chief of the Soviet-trained intelligence agency known as Khad and held the rank of lieutenant-general. Western diplomats in Pakistan, who closely follow … Read More
Some Muslim MPs led by Syed Shahabuddin are playing with fire. It is not yet too late for them to give up the dangerous course they have taken. But it may soon be. To begin with, the MPs in question should recognise and accept that they do not hold their … Read More
Even before Mr AR Antulay came out publicly in support of the Congress (I) dissidents in Maharashtra last Saturday, it was widely assumed that he was supporting them from behind the scene. But there was not much verifiable evidence in support of this assumption. It was based on deduction. Mr … Read More
It is difficult for us to say whether President Zia-ul-Haq genuinely believes what he has said in Washington about the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan or whether he is pretending to go along with the Reagan administration’s propaganda line in order to extract the maximum aid out of it. His … Read More
Having defined the framework in which India, in my opinion, thinks and operates, it is hardly necessary for me to take up the second question I have been asked to try and answer. Even so I propose to speak at some length on the issue of India’s relations with the … Read More
We are often told that we are the pre-eminent power in South-West Asia and that we therefore, play a role in these regions which is consistent with our power and size. Some of us came to accept this proposition in the wake of our victory over Pakistan in 1971, which … Read More
