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W ith just weeks left to step down from the White House, US President George W. Bush is facing unexpected damages from America’s uneasy ex-enemies, Russia and China. While Russia dampened the President’s dreams of enjoying a military victory for his ally in the “new eastern Europe,” Georgia, China killed the joy of witnessing US monopoly in the worldís largest track and field game show. Russia should be thankful to Georgia. If Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had not dared to bomb South Ossetia, how could Russia have been able to make known the entire world that Russia has been risen from its own ashes. And Phoenix-like Russia is the nightmare American President George W. Bush has to carry back home when he leaves White House in September. Chinese muscle power comes only secondary. The Bush administration ordered an inquiry into the game debacle of US athletes in Beijing Olympics. But nothing could be done against the military mileage that Russia has...

B orders burn. That’s what history speaks. And that’s what going on in contemporary world scenario. Ethnic divide, religious sentiments, political motives, separatist movements could make any border vulnerable to attacks. At the most beautiful, the so-called Paradise on Earth, the Jammu and Kashmir state in India, all these factors come together making it the most restive place in the world. As beauty brings unwanted attention, this place is always doomed to boil, despite its freezing temperature. As in the pre-independence period, the region is facing continuous security threat even in the post-independence scenario. Kashmir is particular to India as a border state. The neighbouring country Pakistan, too wants a share of Kashmir. The geographical positioning as well as religious sentiments of the place makes two nations vie for its possession. But now the issue has risen beyond border politics. At present Kashmir is burning over a land row. It began when the peace ...

I f just for three votes a government decides to name an airport in the name of a small party leader’s father, why can’t we also try our luck in politics? This question might have propped up in the minds of every Indian and those who heard about the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) offer to Ajit Singh, the leader of Rashtriya Lok Dal. Many a time, Indian psyche has been put into this “irresistible pressure” of joining politics. But they know it’s a platform where angels fear to tread in, but only the most “intelligent” can survive. July 17 will be an unforgettable day in the life of Ajit Singh. Congress swooped down to Ajit Singh’s demand of naming Amausi airport in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state in the name of his late father and former prime minister Chaudhari Charan Singh. However, it is not difficult to understand the realpolitik behind this political charity of Congress party. Congress is simply paying back to Ajit Singh for what th...