Nanda WickramasingheOngoing fighting initiated by the Sri Lankan military against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is creating a social catastrophe. More than 160,000 people have been displaced since

Yoginder SikandIn both radical Islamist as well as Hindutva discourse, Islam and Indian nationalism are seen as w0 holly compatible. Radical Islamists consider nationalism as an ‘idol’, demanding the loyalt

Walden BelloBeirut - The bittersweet mood in Beirut on this day when the ceasefire took effect was perhaps best expressed by Rahul, a taxi driver, who tells me, “We won, but at what cost? So many people displ

M K Bhadrakumar One of the significant contributions to the “war on terror” by Britain’s home secretary David Blunkett before his abrupt departure from the Tony Blair cabinet last year was his statem

Siddharth VaradarajanWHEN ISRAEL attacked Lebanon a month ago, it had two stated and two unstated military objectives. The stated objectives were the unconditional release of two of its soldiers captured by Hiz

David Shoshani'Following the prerequisite described in the last article come the three phases that lead to TrueLove. The first one is ‘the processing phase’, the second one is ‘the releasing phase’ and

Satya Sagar  15th August 2006 marks yet another Independence Day for the modern Indian nation. Fifty nine years ago this day Pandit Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister, famously declared the new bo

Uri AvneryToday, the war entered its fifth week. Hard to believe: our mighty army has now been fighting for 29 days against a “gang” and “terrorist organization”, as the military commanders like to desc

Praful BidwaiA crass and hysterical nationalism is taking hold among a section of the Indian middle class in response to the Mumbai blasts. This nationalism is paranoid. It considers India uniquely vulnerable t

Jonathan CookIf there were any remaining illusions about the purpose of Israel’s war against Lebanon, the draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a “cessation of major hostilities” pu

Robert Freeman  Few issues in American history - perhaps only slavery itself - are as charged as the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. Was it necessary? Merely posing the question provokes indignation

Peter WattA few years ago, the sanctimonious Tony Blair lectured us on the new era of “humanitarian” intervention. Now we would be “fighting not for territory but for values,” he proclaimed. The governm

John Paul LederachI propose the following definition:Conflict transformation is to envision and respondto the ebb and flow of social conflictas life-giving opportunitiesfor creating constructive change processe

Jeremy SeabrookBy 2005, there were 83,000 dollar millionaires in India. The country showed, after South Korea, the highest annual increase in millionaires (a 20 per cent leap over 2004). In the United States, a

Girish MishraFor quite some months, the prices of goods and services, especially of mass consumption, have been increasing relentlessly. On July 3, the prices of petroleum products were increased by 25 to 30 pe

Akang AoThe contemporary Naga is indebted to pay tons of requiem and sacred gratitude posthumously to our yesteryear freedom fighters for their political wisdom and sagacity whilst mooting our civil, political

David ShoshaniIn one of our previous articles we have mentioned, somewhat in a poetic fashion, the four tools to find TrueLove. Those four simple and clear instructions would undoubtedly bring TrueLove if follo

Subcommander Marcos“This is the tree of the free.The bread tree, the arrow tree,the fist tree, the fire tree.It is being drowned in the tumultuous watersOf our nocturnal age,But its staff balancesIts tumbling

T V R ShenoyI am writing this from Oxford, where I have just been a neutral, but silent, observer to a heated discussion on whether Cressida Dick should be prosecuted. ‘Cressida who?’ you ask, and I cheerfu

Lynda BrayerBy using the “War on Terror” and “security” to justify a broad range of initiatives that compromise civil rights and liberties, the Bush administration is relying on the oldest and least rat