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A retrograde signal
THE DETENTION OF Kashmiri separatist leaders — including the Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Abdul Ghani Bhat, and the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) leader, Shabir Shah — reflects the arbitrariness and confusion which mark officially ...
Nation building and anti-terrorism
THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT on Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, and the tremors that it set off globally have once again drawn attention to the extreme fragility of the current dispensation in that war-ravaged country. This bold attack, which ...


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A flawed strategy
By Navnita Chadha Behera

If there is a high voter turnout and the elections are generally seen to be `free and fair', the Hurriyat runs the risk of being completely marginalised in the international arena.
Observer or activist?
By Hasan Suroor

To oppose media activism on the ground that journalists should confine themselves to doing what they are trained to do is to ignore their social responsibility as any other citizen.


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