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In Kashmir, only the people matter
Kashmir means many things to many people. Located in the heart of Asia, with historical links to both South and Central Asia, Kashmir stands surrounded by Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and India. At present, 35% of the state is Pakistan occupied Kashmir and 17% is Chinese Kashmir. India occupies less than half of the original state ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh in 1947. Kashmir is yet to be understood as a region of more than 10 million people whose lives yearn for a fuller meaning.
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Only God can save Cuba
"Ruins would find me unmoved". Good for Horace, but John Paul II cannot afford to remain unmoved by the ruins of faith. And the ruins of Cuba are more than an essay in the loss of faith. They are the remains of a romance, the inevitable residues of a dead revolution. It is to this wreckage that the Pope comes with the gospel of liberation. A deceptive irony: God's advocate in a godforsaken country. Deceptive because the guest and the host, two ageing revolutionaries, are united by the idea of Utopia.
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The Army slims down
When the largest and most heavily deployed combat arm of the Indian union has to shed manpower in order to keep itself going, it is time to take stock of where the country is heading on national security policies and structures. The Army must be complimented for taking a bold step forward in rationalising its manpower policies.
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From a glut to scarcity
About six months ago, farmers from the onion-growing belt of Nashik had blocked the Mumbai-Agra national highway, demanding remunerative prices for their crop. They had even thrown onions at two State ministers (the guardian minister for Nashik and social welfare minister, Babanrao Gholap, and the Minister of State for Rural Development Tukaram Dighole) to draw the government's attention to their plight.
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