Having flushed out the terrorists from the Golden Temple, the government faces a dilemma to which there can be no neat solution. If it is legitimately keen to ensure that the Khalistanis are not able to use the temple complex as a sanctuary and fortify it, for the third time, … Read More
Pakistan has denied the New York Times report that it has tested an indigenously designed missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and hitting Delhi and Bombay and Pentagon in Washington has reinforced this denial. But that cannot quite settle the issues raised by the report. To begin with, the … Read More
The Congress leadership has been too clever by half. There is no other way to describe its handling of the forthcoming by-election in Allahabad. It created the impression that it might field Mr Amitabh Bachchan in order to oblige Mr V.P. Singh first to canvass support for himself in the … Read More
Even while the clean-up operation by the security forces was on in the Golden Temple complex, it had become obvious that the terrorists would strike with even greater ferocity wherever they can at vulnerable sections of society. No group in Punjab is more vulnerable than the poor immigrant workers from … Read More
In securing the surrender of the terrorists in the Golden Temple, the Indian state has won a major victory in the cause of the country’s unity and integrity. Those who have made this victory possible deserve the nation’s gratitude. The foremost among them are the men and officers of the … Read More
In the context of developments in our Punjab, it is difficult to think of anything more ridiculous, indeed insulting, than the agreement which the Union Home secretary has signed with his Pakistani counterpart on joint patrolling of some sectors of the border. Implicit in this agreement is the belief that … Read More
The security forces in Punjab must be commended for the way they are trying to deal with the terrorists in the Golden Temple complex. They may well manage to make it impossible for the militants to build fortifications in and around the complex without entering it. Indeed, it appears that … Read More
We are not quite back to the pre-Operation Bluestar situation in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar yet. For one thing, the complex has not been fortified in the way it had been in 1984. For another, there is no Bhindranwale presiding over the build-up. But it cannot be denied … Read More
Since Mr Nehru sent a plane to rescue Indonesian leaders fighting a war of national liberation against the Dutch in 1947, independent India has not made so daring a move as in inviting President Najibullah Khan in the wake of the Soviet decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Implicit … Read More
