That's the unambiguous message that India needs to send to Pakistan. Sadly, the government has not shown the will, determination, or inclination, to take hard measures to retaliate appropriately, when its citizens are killed abroad in the line of dut

BY G. Parthasarathy 13 July 2008

How long will the Americans continue to tolerate cross-border attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan? For all practical purposes, the Durand Line no longer exists as a manageable international border...

BY G. Parthasarathy 2 June 2008

Blithely ignoring accusations of terrorism by all three neigbours with whom it shares land borders, Pakistan exudes optimism on J&K, while India, like America, talks co-operation--reduced to venting off frustrations by delivering alarmist speec

BY G. Parthasarathy 25 February 2007

By equating India and Pakistan as "victims of terrorism" in Havana, India has seriously undermined what has been its consistent stand that Pakistan should end terrorist violence unconditionally.

BY G. Parthasarathy 24 September 2006

National security and foreign policy are being influenced by considerations of domestic vote banks. Establishing 'secular credentials' does not mean ignoring the ISI's role in radicalizing Indian Muslim youths, or the root-causes - Ayodhya 1992 and G

BY G. Parthasarathy 20 July 2006

Beyond the references to a shared destiny and nostalgia about cooperation in 1971, there was pretty little to show as a concrete achievement during the Bangladesh PM's visit.

BY G. Parthasarathy 27 March 2006

The Bush Administration recognizes that while India is a stable democracy whose economy is growing rapidly, Pakistan remains an unstable country lacking a democratic infrastructure. It is for India to take advantage of its own strengths and potentia

BY G. Parthasarathy 23 February 2006

We should repay Pakistan in kind for acts of terrorism it perpetrates on our soil. India has to apply pressures on Pakistan diplomatically and covertly that compel General Musharraf to change his ways.

BY G. Parthasarathy 3 November 2005

Gohar Ayub Khan evidently has three objectives in mind: to discredit the highly respected Indian army, to restore the "image" of his dictator father and, of course, sensationalism gets more money for writers.

BY G. Parthasarathy 1 June 2005

There is a discernible thaw, the Cricket is on, the visitors are here, but it remains to be seen how the military establishment in Pakistan acts in coming months on its policies of wanting to 'weaken India from within' and 'bleeding India with a thou

BY G. Parthasarathy 7 March 2005