A town with a tale to tell Nov 21, 2009
"We'll follow him wherever he goes. We'll go to Tibet only if he goes there," said Yeshe Jamyang, 77, who fled Lhasa along with the Dalai Lama in 1959 and later served in a special force of Tibetans raised by India that saw action in the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the creation of Bangladesh. The Dalai Lama spent 10 days at Bomdi-la during his escape from Tibet. (Asia Times Online)
Bollywood gets political Oct 30, 2009
Following the India-Pakistan war of 1965, the Pakistani government imposed a ban on the distribution and broadcast of Indian films in movie theaters across the country. Despite these efforts, the availability of pirated films has skyrocketed, and Bollywood films have become a mainstay of Pakistani pop culture. (Asia Times Online)
Ghost of former premier haunts India Aug 1, 2009
Various accounts of the week-long summit in Tashkent say that Soviet leader Alexei Kosygin may have arm-twisted both South Asian leaders into formally ending the five-week India-Pakistan war in 1965. The Tashkent pact required both sides to withdraw troops to pre-war frontiers, India to return conquered territories and Pakistan to agree not to wage war in the future to settle disputes. (Asia Times Online)
Mumbai's Surprising Aftermath Jul 22, 2009
Detailed media coverage of Mumbai's bloody carnage was supposed to inflame Indian public passions and ignite a new India-Pakistan War. Events on another battlefield critical to international Islamic jihadists drove the gambit. (Townhall.com)
India up Sir Creek without a paddle Apr 1, 2009
It was in the Rann of Kutch that the 1965 India-Pakistan war began. And it was here that an Indian Air Force MIG-21 shot down a Pakistani surveillance aircraft in August 1999. (Asia Times Online)
Two wars heat up India's elections Feb 19, 2009
Thus it is with the Sri Lanka civil war and the India-Pakistan war of nerves sparked off by last November's terror attack on Mumbai, two separate war fronts joined together only by the fact that they provide context to India's general elections. There's no outright victory in sight in either case - it would be. (Asia Times Online)
