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Kargil As They Saw It

A collection of opinion columns and essays from India, Pakistan and USA: from security experts, sportsmen, newspaper editors to analysts and experts.

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June 14, 1999

SATISH NAMBIAR

The Road Ahead
The situation in Kargil could prove a turning point in our relations with Pakistan, and the manner in which we deal the proxy war in J&K

June 21, 1999

NAJAM SETHI

The Truth Will Out
My sin was that The Friday Times has never minced words, and Sharif can't stomach criticism.

July 5, 1999

AJIT BHATTACHARJEA

The Nuke's Blunted Edge
As feared, nuclear parity has negated the Indian armed forces' superiority in conventional arms over Pakistan

July 12, 1999

AJAY JADEJA

Nationalism Comes First
We cannot, let our Jawans die in Pakistani shelling and yet happily play cricket with them as if nothing were wrong

July 19, 1999
C.P. BHAMBRI
Super-Patriot Games
Self-styled guardians of nationalism are whipping up a frenzy, endangering the country's grounding in sanity

July 26, 1999

RAJA MENON

The Nuclear Calculus
By not making its policies clear India has allowed Pakistan to needle it

SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI

Kargil's New Legacy
Kargil has strengthened bonds between Hindus and Muslim in India. This is likely to usher in a new era of national unity

B.G. VERGHESE

Iron Hands, Soft Gloves
Any dialogue on the LoC or J&K, while not losing sight of Pakistan's deceptions, must also aim for pragmatic solutions

IMTIAZ ALAM

Talking About Talks
Why can't Kashmir be demilitarised, with the issue frozen for a decade and infiltration and repression stopped?

August 2, 1999

MICHAEL KREPON

Not A Time To Sulk
India will lose the support it has won to keep Kashmir bilateral if it is lackadaisical about talks with Pakistan.

October 10, 1999


LT. GEN. MOTI DAR

Missed Opportunity
India erred in not crossing the LoC, writes Lt Gen Moti Dar in his essay in Guns and Yellow Roses. A former vice-chief of army staff, he saw action in '71 and was also brigade major at Kargil in '67-70.

Dec 27, 1999


DUNU ROY

Life Is Cheap

Kargil and the cyclone stand out in recent memory. We celebrated one, dared the other. A few profited from both.

March 8, 2001

DILIP D'SOUZA

At Home With The Bodies
Perversity of every kind is an ancient tradition in war, and our war in Kashmir is no exception.

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