| Vol 10 Issue 32 February 03-09 |
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| Democracy cannot be exported |
President Bush and his cohorts wanted to bring democracy to the Middle East by invading Iraq in 2002 but failed because the ..
By Barrister Harun ur Rashid |
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Politics has never been so vicious
- Maulana Mohiuddin Khan |
A 12-party alliance of Islamic and like-minded parties was recently formed, with veteran politician and Editor of the monthly Madina Maulana Mohiuddin Khan as its Convenor. He speaks to PROBE about the aims and objectives of the alliance.
Interviewed by ANWAR PARVEZ HALIM |
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| Taliban and the Future of Afghanistan |
It is such a bitter irony that at a time when the entire Muslim world is reveling in the Arab Spring and the buzzword everywhere is ....
by Mehdi Rezaie |
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| Fault lines show up |
Sectarian violence breaks out after the U.S. troops leave, and the government sees a plot to balkanise the country.
by JOHN CHERIAN |
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| India's insurgencies |
From a textbook perspective, the authors survey the several kinds of armed conflicts in the country.
by RUMINA SETHI |
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| Presidential system |
Can we ignore inclusive and proportional characters of the post?
by PROF. BIRENDRA P. MISHRA |
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| Good Night Good Morning |
This film can reach out to the young, urban, upwardly mobile, but lonely, disconnected souls living anywhere in the world, not just India.
by NAMRATA JOSHI |
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| More than language |
| February is here and with it comes the realisation of how important language is our lives. It is a matter of significance that February 21 is not longer just Language Day at home, but has officially been declared International Languages Day by the United Nations. |
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| Killing fields |
And the killing continues. Our roads and highways have become virtual killing fields. Ministers have made speeches, organisations have held human chains and the media has protested, but the killing continues. What is to be done?
The obvious answers are there and have been mulled over time and again -- stringent punishment for the killer drivers, ensuring the drivers are qualified to take the vehicles to the streets, implementation of traffic rules, etc. |
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| Government-Opposition face-off |
As the opposition mounts its movement against the government, the government comes down hard on the opposition...where will this end?
by Badiul Alam |
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| Parliamentarians don't set foot in the parliament library |
The innumerable books in the parliamentary library lie unused as most of the lawmakers have no interest in reading and reference
by SHAFIQ RAHMAN |
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| Two decades of Gono Forum |
Founded in 1992, Gono Forum has been twenty years in the political field. In these past 20 years, Gono Forum has only held its council four times in total. And in all this ....
A PROBE report |
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| 12-Party Alliance unhappy with Amini |
Maulana Abdul Latif Nizami, Secretary General of Islami Oikya Jote, has joined the 12-Party alliance of like-minded Islamic parties. President of Islami Oikya Jote, Mufti Fazlul Huq Amini, remains silent on this issue ....
by PARVEZ HALIM |
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| Shadow of the gun |
The insurgents' “ban” on Congress participation in the elections is likely to help the opposition alliance and the Naga parties.
by SUSHANTA TALUKDAR |
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| Democracy and deception |
IN his classic The Art of War written 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu advised military commanders thus: “In war, practise dissimulation and you will succeed.”
by Irfan Husain |
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| Is the Jaffna Tamil leadership fit to handle increased powers? |
In April 2008 when the Security Forces were inching their way up the western coast and advancing towards the Madhu Church — a sanctuary .....
by H.L.D. Mahindapala |
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| Remittance to Bhutan |
Bhutan needs more remittance, probably more than anything in the past. Remittance helps to back up and sustain the general spending in daily life. Bhutan is not a ....
by Buddha M Dhakal |
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| THE DAVOS PLATFORM |
The feudal mindset is conditioned to accept defeat militarily, never in sports and/or politics. The sportsmen’s spirit rhetoric that the British .....
By IKRAM SEHGAL |
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