Top Article: The League Of One Nov 13, 2009
Kargil wasn't a far-away memory. The resilience and the will to fight were what we most wanted to see in our icons. (India Times, India)
Squatters invade 249 heritage sites Oct 12, 2009
Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad Barabati Fort, Cuttack Samudragupta's Fort, Allahabad Shey Palace, Ladakh Danteswari Temple, Dantewada Rock-cut sculpture of Maitreya, Kargil Asafi Mosque, Lucknow. Topics. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Will the Kargil battle be a subject for popular cinema? Aug 12, 2009
Will the Kargil battle be a subject for popular cinema ... Will the Kargil battle be a subject for popular cinema ... Key in the word Kargil, hit the search button and the name throws up quite an impressive number of pages. (India Times)
Obama's South Asia challenges Jul 18, 2009
Page last updated at 12:40 GMT, Monday, 10 November 2008. Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid says US President-elect Barack Obama will face some of his trickiest foreign policy challenges in South Asia. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Maximizing minimum nuclear deterrence Jun 4, 2009
According to an exclusive report published in India Abroad the National Security Board's final report recommended that "India should consider withdrawing from this commitment as other nuclear weapons have not accepted this policy. Further, the no-first-use policy is compromised by stating that in the event of an attack by chemical or biological weapons, India will retaliate with nuclear weapons. From the time of the India-Pakistan Kargil war of 1999, there has been the distinct dark shadow of... (Asia Times Online)
Apocalypse Not May 20, 2009
The same logic has apparently operated in the Indo-Pakistani relationship, the Kargil conflict of 1999 notwithstanding. There is good evidence to suggest that the containment of these crises was the result of both sides stepping back from the brink of conflict for fear of unleashing a nuclear nightmare. (The American Conservative)
Hillary trashes 30 years of US policy on Pak May 20, 2009
Incidentally, Hillary Clinton visited Pakistan in 1995 as First Lady, at a time when US policy was, in her view, "incoherent." As President, her husband persuaded Pakistan to back down from its suicidal confrontation with India on Kashmir during the Kargil War in 1999, and later visited Islamabad in 2000 after General Musharraf took power after a coup to oust Nawaz Sharief. The Secretary of State said President Obama's new approach toward Pakistan "is qualitatively different than anything that... (India Times, India)
The general struts his stuff in India Mar 12, 2009
"In such circumstances, a Kargil-like incident can occur," Musharraf said, though he added that the two countries should sort issues "with seriousness and in a sensible manner and not create war hysteria" ... Indeed, India has reason to distrust the man who was the chief architect of the brief Kargil war in 1999 between the two neighbors ... Yet, the 65-year-old general, in India to deliver a lecture on the invitation of a news magazine, used TV time and other occasions to speak about Kashmir,... (Asia Times Online)
COMMENT: A Matter Of Honour Feb 25, 2009
Many died in the wars of 1965, 1971 and, most recently, in Kargil in 1999. They continue to fall in the ongoing war against terrorists and insurgents. (India Times, India)
Air power to fight guerrilla war Feb 13, 2009
Classic examples were the Vietnam conflict, the Indian peace keeping and enforcement operations in Sri Lanka, the Kargil Operation and the Lebanon war of 2006. Air power formed the primary tool for escalation and at places like Kargil and probably Sri Lanka, the much-needed catalyst for conflict resolution, too. (Sify.com, India)
