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23 May, 2012
 
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Articles By Prakash Nanda

 

Silent Invasion

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May 2012

In its latest “Annual Report”, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has admitted that checking illegal migration from Bangladesh is a major challenge “considering the porous nature of the international border”. But then,...

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India's Tibet?

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 April 2012

The act of self-immolation by the Tibetan protestor Jamphel Yeshi on March 26 in New Delhi against the visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao has hit the international headlines. In contrast, the suicide by drowning of Dhendup Phunstok, a...

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Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 March 2012

Some years ago, I was in Sri Lankan capital Colombo. On learning that my home state happens to be Odisha despite my Delhi-upbringing, all of a sudden, the general manager of the hotel where I was staying upgraded my booking to an...

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Indo Pak: Limitations of Peace Talks

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 November 2011

One always has a lot of emotional attachment with his or her place of birth. Therefore it is understandable why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a very soft corner for Pakistan. He once had sympathised with Pakistan by describing it as the...

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Nepal Policy A Monumental Blunder?

Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 24 November 2010

Any dispassionate analysis of the current situation in Nepal will deal with some uncomfortable questions. It seems that the Indian government has not dealt with these questions properly. By “facilitating” the virtual...

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Three cheers for AFSPA

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 November 2011

By no stretch of imagination, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah can be considered a competent administrator. His record in office has been pathetic, to say the least. Yet, he does not deserve flaks for his recent comments to...

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The Hina factor

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 July 2011

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna says that he is “satisfied” at the progress achieved during the India-Pakistan dialogue on July 27 at New Delhi. According to him, his talks with the young and beautiful Pakistani foreign...

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Laden and Ladenism

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 May 2011

Osama Bin Laden has been killed by the Americans, though many Pakistanis and Arabs do not believe so in the absence of such “hard evidence” as displaying his dead body or the burying ritual. One can understand the denial, coming as...

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Misreading Pakistan

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 April 2011

The recently revealed WikiLeaks documents mentioned, among others, how the then national security advisor M K Narayanan had indicated once to his American interlocutors, and that too, in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, that...

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Hostages on Sea

Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 March 2011

As I write this, family members and supporters of the six Indian sailors onboard MV Suez, an Egyptian ship, captured by Somali pirates in August 2010, remains uncertain. With the deadline to pay the ransom of four million US dollars expiring on...

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