I am again forced to join issue with Irfan Ahmed and respond to his Response "The inescapable circularity of spytalk" (August 2001, p. 46). Mr Ahmed's
Irfan Ahmed's pontification on journalistic principles (Response, June 2001) is not backed by exposure of new facts or points of analysis. His dismissive attitude towards the bombings must
Perspective 1
According to one view, the new year's blasts in a Dhaka park and the killings of paramilitary along the Indo-Bangla border were part of a design
When Luit Deuri surrendered with 300 rebels on 13 August, little did anyone realise his disclosures would unsettle basic perceptions. The former "G2" of the United
Half a century ago, India was partitioned. With the Muslim League violently pressing its demand, the Congress saw the inevitability, and agreed. One proposed, the other accepted. Partition, then, became
Back in December 1995, when a huge load of arms was air-dropped over Purulia district of West Bengal, it created a sensation that reverberated in the Indian media for months.
"If Bhutan tries to throw out the rebels, it gets involved in what essentially are India's problems. If it shies away from action, it risks the wrath
"Mao and Chou En-lai were great leaders. Your Nehru was not."
The year was 1966. The Cultural Revolution was at its peak, and both the Naxalbari upris-ing as
