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September 11, 2006
5 Years On: Scarred and scared
'We continue to look over our shoulders fearfully every day, wondering when and where the next strike will come from.'

January 09, 2006
Harnessing the power of the NRI
'This is a latent power which, if properly exercised, could determine the pace of India's growth.'

December 15, 2005
Religion is not opium, it's cyanide
'More people have probably been killed in the name of religion than by disease, pestilence and natural disasters put together.'

September 21, 2005
Has the peace process forgotten the Pandits?
'Tell Pakistan we will discuss the issue only after those forced to leave due to Pakistan-sponsored militancy are readmitted to their homes.'
August 26, 2005
Who needs secularism?
'Show me a 'secular' person, and I'll show you a liar.'
August 23, 2005
The Bangladesh Threat
The mushrooming radicalism may pose a grave threat to India.
July 20, 2005
Water as a weapon
'Should we play upon Pakistan's intense insecurity on this issue of water, and leverage it to our advantage?'
April 01, 2005
Why is the US indulging Pakistan?
'What I hear Washington saying is, both India and Pakistan can have our military hardware as we laugh our way to the bank.'
December 02, 2004
Cut off the gas, we cut off the water
'Let us sign a deal where any threat of disruption of the gas pipeline allows India to renege on the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan.'
October 14, 2004
Musharraf's credibility factor
'Here is a man who has been humiliated thrice in war by India. What has happened over the past five years to make him willing to forgive and forget?'
September 23, 2004
Can we ever be friends with Pakistan?
'Why can't these votaries of concessions understand the basic fact that making any concessions would be buttressing the Pakistani position that terrorism works? Is that the message we want to send out?'
July 14, 2004
It's not Kashmir, it's Bangladesh, silly!
'An Indian official told me the military and the Pakistani establishment are still smarting over the dismemberment of Pakistan in 1971, and want retribution,' says Ramananda Sengupta.

January 19, 2004
Peace process: What's different?
'The incremental approach initiated by India and finally accepted by Pakistan ensures that ties in other areas of common interest, particularly trade and people to people contact, are finally delinked from the Kashmir issue.'
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