Ashok K. Mehta - Himal Southasian

Opening old wounds

A Decade of Confrontation: Sri Lanka and India in the 1980s by John Gooneratne Stamford Lake Publication Sri Lanka, 2000 Sri Lanka's side of the story on the

By Ashok K. Mehta

/ 1 Nov 2000

Long view from new Delhi

However earnest her intention to end the 17-year-old ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, President Chandrika Kumaratunga´s strategy of "war for peace" has backfired. Armed with a huge

By Ashok K. Mehta

/ 1 Jun 2000

Intrusions, infiltrations and Surinder Singh

Much after the fighting in Kargil had ended, came press reports that the intrusions happened because the warnings of the Kargil sector Brigade Commander Surinder Singh had been ignored by

By Ashok K. Mehta

/ 30 Sep 1999

General in the labyrinth

The Betrayal Of East Pakistan by Lt Gen. A.A.K. Niazi reviewed by Ashok K. Mehta For old warriors, the 1971 war is not yet over. Before 1971, India

By Ashok K. Mehta

/ 1 Nov 1998