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[1] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:12 am Subject: Arunachal MP slams UPA on Tibet issue Arunachal MP slams UPA on Tibet issue Khiren Rijiju, MP from Arunachal Prdaesh addressing the media people in a press meet about the recent development in the China, Tibet at Guwahati Circuit House in Guwahati on March 26. (UB Photos) Guwahati March 26: Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh Kiren Rijiju has condemned the UPA government’s stand on the Tibet issue and said that he and 48 other MPs of the Lok Sabha sent a memorandum to the international community like the UN and the EU seeking to exert pressure on the Chinese government to stop the violence in Tibet. “We have been bullied by the Chinese government since ages and India is behaving like a small tiny nation,” said Rijiju who is currently in Assam while adding that India should take a strong stand as the crisis in Tibet is not the internal issue of China or Tibet. “I on behalf of the party convinced 48 MPs of the Lok Sabha and sent an appeal to the UN, the EU and other international communities seeking that international pressure should be exerted on China so that the crisis in Tibet could be stopped,” said Rijiju who is also heading the All India Parliamentarian Forum on Tibet. “Our party also believes that the country should have normal relations with China particularly when our economy is growing. But it is a fact that we are affected by the crisis. Dalai Lama is in Dharamsala and there are thousands of Tibetans living in India. We want them to go back to Tibet safely,” said Rijiju. The BJP MP came to Assam as the party has assigned him to strengthen the party’s base in three Lok Sabha seats —Guwahati, Karimganj and Silchar ahead of the next Lok Sabhapolls. “The Lok Sabha polls could be any time. The BJP is ready for the polls. I have visited the places — Guwahati, Karimganj and Silchar and could sense that the people of Assam are now feeling that time have come to give a chance to the BJP,” said the MP while adding that precaution would be taken to avoid the miscalculations of last Lok Sabha Polls. “The Congress government in Assam has not taken up any effort on the issue of infiltration. The state government is responsible for everything and this time they (Congress government) would not have the opportunity to blame the Centre as the same party is leading the UPA coalition,” he said. The BJP has always done well in Lok Sabha polls and the party had in the past won 290 seats more than one time. “We are sure to do well in the next Lok Sabha polls as well and we have started the preparations early,” he added. ---------- [2] From: "Sukla Sen" <sukla.sen@gmail.com Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:11 am Subject: Dangerous Outlaws! http://www.indianexpress.com/story/289239.html *Not by chance* ** julioribeiro *Posted online: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 2302 hrs IST * These are hard times for the 'encounter' specialists. A leading practitioner was shot dead by his own clandestine business partner in Gurgaon on the outskirts of Delhi. Three of his counterparts in Mumbai are under suspension for possessing assets disproportionate to their incomes or for deaths in custody. Another is under a cloud in the Khwaja Yunus disappearance case. In better days, they were the darlings of the urban middle class in whose perception they assumed larger-than-life proportions. Popular Hindi cinema even went to the extent of glorifying their exploits on screen. All this adulation made them reckless, leading them later to the inevitable denouement. The same public that once looked up to them for deliverance from the dreaded world of extortionists and contract killers now understood that they had turned into criminals in uniform. The same police leadership — that out of desperation leaned heavily on these specialists for relief from the public pressure at its inability to subjugate the underworld — now tried to distance itself from these men. Take the case of Daya Nayak, an Udipi restaurant worker, who was recruited as a sub-inspector of police and posted to Mumbai. His derring-do soon earned him a slot among the encounter specialists. Name and fame followed. The film fraternity, equating money and fame with status, began inviting him to dinner parties, where the commissioner of police was also a guest. This misplaced egalitarianism emboldened Naik to accuse his boss of corruption when he himself was caught for acquiring assets totally disproportionate to his known sources of income. This only shows that these specialists soon outgrow their boots. It is now an accepted fact that encounter specialists get to know the movements of underworld operatives from rival gangs, who make use of the specialists to eliminate competition. It is also suspected that complaints of extortion increase when specialists head special units meant for curbing this specific crime! While discussing corruption with this writer some time in 1988, the commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, Sir Peter Imbert (later Lord Imbert), confided that Scotland Yard too had a problem, mainly with the special squads. This can be understood when one considers that these men, who are specially chosen for their daring and extraordinary initiative, enjoy a measure of freedom that is denied to their colleagues. Their unconventional hours of work and the risks they take give them some form of licence, which is most often misused. An 'encounter' would normally connote an unexpected meeting of two people or groups of people, usually adversaries. Can there be specialists who specialise in unexpected confrontations? Hardly likely. The term 'encounter specialists', therefore, is a misnomer that doesn't sound right but assuages the fears of the urban middle class. Encounter specialists came to prominence in the big metropolitan cities of Mumbai and Delhi in the last decade or two. The principal reason for their rise was the increasing inability of the judicial system to punish and put away desperate criminals owing allegiance to the underworld. The length of time taken for cases to come up for hearing in the court, together with the increasing corruption in the investigation, prosecution and trial machinery, as well as in the prison administration, had taken its inevitable toll. The criminal underworld thrives when the political class and the police join hands to allow it space for its activities in exchange for money and muscle. The public, the middle class in particular, feels threatened when extortions or kidnappings and abductions become common and when gangland murders increase. In this scenario, enters the encounter specialist with his macho image and the guns under his belt. He is a junior officer, a sub-inspector or an inspector, with a little more dash and courage and bravado than other colleagues of his. A desperate leadership unwittingly leans on him to rid itself of public condemnation and criticism for not being able to tackle the criminals. Basically, a leadership that encourages the specialists has opted for short cuts when in fact it should have tackled the real problem of corruption and connivance and lobbied for quicker dispensation of justice. The inroads of corruption in the higher echelons of leadership have contributed in no small measure to the steady deterioration of the security climate not only in the big cities but also in smaller cities and towns. When the leadership of the police is corrupt, the contagion spreads rapidly. There is more emphasis on earning quick and easy money than on preventing or detecting crime. Lawlessness proliferates, the underworld spreads its tentacles and the public is naturally alarmed. Since sincere and professional policing has been temporarily shelved, other remedies have to be found to pacify the people. Thus, the encounter specialist saves a corrupt administration of many blushes. If the phenomenon of the encounter specialist is to be eliminated, the judicial system needs to be put back on rails. A change is already noticeable in the higher judiciary after the Jessica Lal case. Quicker and firmer decisions have ensured a measure of fear that was absent, particularly among the moneyed classes. Now, it is the turn of the police to change. The rule of law must be upheld, and no interference with the investigation of crime should be tolerated, however important or influential the culprit. For this, the standard of professionalism needs to be raised. The corrupt and inefficient should not be allowed to rise to the top and in any case they should not be entrusted with cutting-edge jobs involving public interaction. Station house officers should be held accountable for crime and criminals in their jurisdiction. Under no circumstances should they be allowed to shift the onus of responsibility to specialists, who will not be required if everyone down the line does his or her expected duty. *The writer is a former director general of Punjab Police * *express@expressindia.com* ------------ [3] From: "Sukla Sen" <sukla.sen@gmail.com Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:05 am Subject: Indo-US Nuclear Deal: An Update *I/III*. http://www.indianexpress.com/story/288895.html RSP, Bloc target big brothers for softening n-deal stand CITHARA PAUL Posted online: Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 0008 hrs IST New Delhi, March 26 Even as External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is back after buying some more time to "arrive at a consensus" on Indo-US nuclear deal issues, fissures appear in the Left with the RSP and Forward Bloc (FB) accusing big brothers — the CPI(M) and CPI — of "softening" their stand on the issue and seeking an explanation. *II/III*. http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php? id=1600774&navname=The%20Asian%2\ 0Age%20&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/theasianage/opinion/theasianage.\ php&homeurl=http://publication.samachar.com Nuclear politics Delhi Diary S. Viswam External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee's White House interaction with US President Bush has neither improved the prospects of a conclusion to the India-US nuclear deal nor caused it a setback. It has only helped reinforce the stalemate that existed before the minister's first bilateral visit to Washington. *III*. Nucleonics Week (27-Mar-08) Indian leaders working to reach accord with leftists on nuclear deal India's ruling coalition is searching for a "meeting ground" with domestic critics of a proposed nuclear deal, the country's foreign affairs minister said March 25, but he declined to estimate the time that would be required to reach agreement. -------------- [4] From: Bhaskar Menon-undiplomatic times <Papamenon@aol.com Date: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:29 am Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Knowledge management: Lessons From the Two Indian Epics.. Very interesting piece. Where is it from? Bhaskar Menon http://undiplomatictimes.blogspot.com Knowledge Management: Some Lessons from Two Indian Epics In both the great epics of India , Ram ayana and Mahabharata, war ends not with celebration of victory but with transmission of knowledge. In the Ram ayana, Ravan lies mortally wounded on the battlefield and the monkeys are celebrating their victory, when Ram turns to his brother, Lakshman, and says, "While Ravan was a brute, he was also a great scholar. Go to him quickly and request him to share whatever knowledge he can" ----------- [5] This Is Not Our War: New Pakistani Leadership Tells US By Abdus Sattar Ghazali http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali280308.htm In the past, President (General) Musharraf, who was also Chief of Army Staff till November 28, 2007, was able to implement an unpopular policy of Pakistan army's operations in FATA and Swat but the new political leadership has to respond to the aspirations of the people who see the army operations quite differently. This was the message strongly conveyed to Negroponte by the political leadership emerging in the aftermath of last month's elections Another Pugwash On Kashmir By Kashoo Tawseef http://www.countercurrents.org/tawseef280308.htm Pugwash, the globally known non-profitable organization is holding a two-day seminar on 29-30 March at Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, to discuss problems of regional stability, consider initiatives that should be taken in order to promote peace and cooperation in South Asian region and make possible recommendations to the respective governments ------------ [6] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:24 pm Subject: China snubs India in Lhasa, shameless China takes foreign diplomats to Lhasa, ignores India Raghavendra in Beijing March 28, 2008 19:16 IST Apparently unhappy over New Delhi's handling of the Tibet issue, China on Friday chose not to invite any Indian diplomat in the tour of foreign envoys to riot-scarred Lhasa, amid intensified global pressure to stop the crackdown on Tibetans and open a dialogue with the Dalai Lama. In a hurriedly arranged visit, China escorted a group of foreign diplomats to Lhasa to showcase its version of the goings on in the Tibetan capital. The Indian embassy did not receive any invitation, sources said. Diplomats from 15 countries, including the United States, Britain, Russia, France, Japan , Tanzania, Brazil , Singapore, Spain, Canada , Italy were reportedly among those taken to Lhasa, where the most vicious protests against China in two decades left at least 20 dead and 700 injured. China, which has been sensitive on the Tibet issue, had summoned Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao to Foreign Office past midnight last week to convey concerns over storming of its Embassy in New Delhi by a group of Tibetan protesters. The visit was part of China's stepped up damage control exercise and came a day after a team of foreign journalists were taken to the Tibetan capital, where they witnessed an angry outburst by monks, who said the government was "telling lies". With China's image being badly bruised ahead of the Beijing Olympics, European Union foreign ministers debated whether they should boycott the August 8 opening ceremony. Several eastern European leaders, including from Czech, Poland and Estonia, have already said that they will keep away though none of them is calling it a boycott. The US, which has been pressing China to hold talks with the Dalai Lama, welcomed the Chinese step, but said it was not enough. "We see this as a step in the right direction, but it's not a substitute for the ability of our diplomats, as well as others, to travel not only to Lhasa, but into the surrounding area specifically," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. President George W Bush talked on phone with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Wednesday, pressing on the need for substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama. China has accused the Dalai Lama, leader of the Tibetan government in exile in India, of masterminding the unrest aimed at sabotaging the Beijing Olympics. The 72-year exiled Nobel laureate has vehemently denied the charge. Tibetan groups claimed that the three main monasteries in Lhasa were cut off by authorities and monks were forced to live without food, water or electricity since the protests erupted. |
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