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UPA compromising Indian nationality

it is obvious the Centre has consented to compromise nationality. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should explain if the entrenched complicity with the demographic invasion from Bangladesh is the template for his quest for open borders with our western neighbour, and if New Delhi is determined to disregard the communal and civilisational challenges posed by the Assam crisis.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

Identification, not identity

If there was a larger message in these elections, it is that Indian politics, whether national or state level, is about the identification of leaders and parties with the people and their aspirations; not the cynical exploitation of identity.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

Indo-Pak Relations: Congress continues to kneel

One can cite innumerable instances to prove that the Congress-led UPA at the centre has been pursing a policy that has all the potential of enabling Pakistan to accomplish what it had hitherto failed to achieve.

Author : Hari Om More

J&K: Jhelum (not Chenab) Solution

The UPA in both its first and second incarnations has continued this tradition of covert diplomacy ? adding ?quiet talks? with separatists to its repertoire

Author : Sandhya Jain More

Remove AFSPA demand triggered by Interlocutors report

On perusing the report, the Centre quietly dropped plans to make copies officially available to political parties in the State; informed sources said the report had many �dangerous� and �divisive� recommendations.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

FDI in Retail- Back to Champaran

Thus they can, Champaran-style, force farmers to switch from food to cash crops, and by dictating the fertilizer or pesticide, ruin the fertility of the fields.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

FBI-ISI-Fai and the UPA

Islamabad covertly funnelled over $4 million to Fai�s Kashmiri American Council over two decades, to influence American and international opinion against India�s claim to Kashmir.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

Nation Abandoned

The sad truth is that Islamic Jihadi terrorism, which has secessionists, separatists and terrorists from the valley in the forefront, has been getting overt and covert support from the political class, so-called liberal brigade, foreign-funded fellow travelers, and complicit sections of the media.

Author : Sandhya Jain & Nancy Kaul More

Ramlila Maidan

The Congress-led UPA government lost both honour and legitimacy when, in the dead of night of 4�5 June, it sent armed policemen to invade and assault unarmed, sleeping, anti-corruption protestors at Ramlila Maidan in the capital, led by the celebrated Yogi, Swami Ramdev.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

End of the road for azadi?

Even as serious differences emerge among Kashmiri separatists, there are disturbing signals that hitherto marginalized leaders and groups may be brewing a new confrontation with the Indian nation.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

Caste or Convert

The grant of Scheduled Caste status to converts amounts to the formal introduction of the caste system in Islam/Christianity.

Author : Sandhya Jain More

Rama His Historicity, Mandir and Setu

Was Rama a figment of the imagination of a poet called Valmiki, or is there any evidence to suggest that he may have been a historical figure?

Author : Sandhya Jain More

J & K: Retreating from brinkmanship?

Given the secrecy with which New Delhi operates, it is impossible to say where the collaborators in reopening the State�s Accession to India fell out amongst themselves.

Author : Sandhya Jain More