Mrs. Gandhi has seized the first possible opportunity after her election to the Lok Sabha to make a specific commitment which the Janata leadership should take note of. Since she has done it in her own peculiar style, the point is perhaps not as obvious as it might have been. … Read More
No one can be blamed for being confused by reports regarding the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations on the proposed peace treaty. If one day it appears that the treaty has been more or less finalized, the next day it is said that the talks are deadlocked. Hope gives way to despair which … Read More
If the Ethiopian forces are, indeed, bogged down, as has been reported in some Western newspapers, not only in Eritrea but also in the Ogaden, two conclusions follow. Either the Soviet Union and Cuba are facing a cruel dilemma or they are pursuing a more moderate policy than has been … Read More
It is a pity that Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee has had to postpone his visit to China for health reasons. He himself was eagerly looking forward to it in the hope that his discussions with the Chinese leaders will help accelerate the process of normalization of relations between the two … Read More
The prospect for normalisation of relations between India and China would doubtless be better if Peking were finally to accept that peace in South Asia and the relative freedom of the countries in the region from external interference are contingent on recognition by it and others of India’s pre-eminence. But … Read More
In all probability it is now only a matter of time before Egypt signs what will in effect be a separate peace treaty with Israel. The draft treaty, which has just been negotiated between the two governments in Washington under U.S. auspices, doubtless contains a provision which, according to the … Read More
Neither the dissenters within the Janata Party like Mr. Madhu Limaye nor its worst detractors outside can object to Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s proposed visit to China on terms which the Minister for External Affairs himself has defined. He is, he has said, going there on an exploratory mission and … Read More
The U.P. chief minister has done well to order a judicial inquiry into the recent communal riots in Aligarh and select a former chief justice of the Allahabad High Court to head the commission. He had no choice in the matter. The demand for such a probe was a just … Read More
Since the Janata government is as keen as its predecessor to maintain and develop good relations with other third world countries, it is in a sense not surprising that it is equally keen to promote the non-aligned pool for dissemination of “news” and that it should be trying to “persuade” … Read More
A Chinese official in Urumchi has been quoted having told some western and Japanese journalists that the Soviet Union nibbled away 1,080 sq. miles of his country’s territory along the Sinkiang border between 1972 and last year in addition to the 185 sq. miles of area which it had absorbed … Read More
