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Current Issue: March 2009

What kind of a coalition in 2009?
Will it be a Congress-led or BJP-led coalition after the April-May Lok Sabha polls? Or will it be neither? Prediction is difficult. But the electoral scene is bristling with bizarre prospects that could floor the best of analysts. Veteran politico-economic analyst KUMARESH CHAKRAVARTY seeks to see through the blurred scene. In just over a month's time, the great Indian electoral Juggernaut will start rolling. It will be a long festival of colours and cacophony that will be seen and heard around the country of a billion plus people. What is the economic cost of the colossal democratic exercise and what are the issues before the electorate? Veteran journalist MAHENDRA VED tries to find out. Ideally, the country needs 100 honest, selfless and dedicated MPs each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. In a country of one billion plus people, it would not be difficult to find that many, argues ASHIS BOSE more...

TALIBAN ISLAM
Sharia law is ISI's bomb for South Asia : Abdul Hamid Khan
Abdul Hamid Khan, chairman of the Balawaristan National Front (BNF), fled Pakistan in May 1999 and took political asylum in Brussels. He was under threat from ISI. In his letter to UN and Security Council members on October 4, 1998, he had exposed ISI intrigues with the Taliban to invade Balawaristan and then Jammu and Kashmir. Khan is still facing sedition charges in the Kangaroo Court of Gilgit. He spoke to R C GANJOO about the alarming situation in Pakistan. more...

MIDDLE EAST SCENARIO
Time for moderates to assert
Moderate forces within the Middle East in general and Palestine in particular have to assert and prevent Hamas and its foreign collaborators from paralysing the process of peace. They have a lot of leverage against militants in the wake of the recent Israeli offensives, says JAGDISH N SINGH more...

FRANKLY SPEAKING
Talibanised Swat spells disaster
The shocking developments in Swat totally expose the policies the U.S. as well as India have followed in banking on the Pakistan establishment in its fight against the Taliban in the region. Any unchallenged march by Taliban extremists would pose a big challenge to Democratic India as well, warns HARI JAISINGH more...

BUSINESS OF CRICKET
IPL : Is glamour, gold wearing thin?
Are the protagonists of IPL's second edition making a huge gamble? "Yes," says veteran sportswriter K R WADHWANEY, citing a variety of reasons that include global meltdown, dip in ad revenue and, above all, the possible decline in spectator interest more...

REVIVING HOCKEY
Punjab Gold Cup Hockey augurs well for future of the game
The four-nation Punjab Gold Cup at Chandigarh was a heartening success. If the Indian team winning the second place was a pleasant surprise, equally encouraging was the spectator response. The matches at the Sector 42 Stadium were well attended, and on the final day not a seat was empty in the 30,000 capacity floodlit facility, writes veteran sports journalist K DATTA more...

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