Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Southern States Update; August 29, 2007.

The People's War Group of Naxalites based in Andhra Pradesh is increasingly turning to the LTTE once again in what experts view as mutual interest.
M Rama Rao, Indian Naxalites and Tigers cozying up again, Asian Tribune, August 28, 2007.

In the 21st Century War is always possible and that too a Nuclear or Missile war, when Pakistan, India and China have nuclear weapons and missiles. Sri Lanka is guaranteed to be a recepient of the wayward missile in this century, as well as all the nuclear waste and radiation polluting the water, air and land. But who cares or does India care?
Jayantha Gnanakone, Singhala Fools and Tamil Nadu Nuclear facility, Siber News, August 26, 2007.

The operative word is ‘yet’. There is a clutch of ‘ifs’ before a Third Front government can stake claim to power. One, they need to have the numbers. Two, the Left has to be clear about what it wants to do with the numbers. Three, the Congress has to want to support them in realising their ambition.
Aditi Phadnis, Weekend Special: A Left Prime Minister? Business Standard, August 25, 2007.

Also See:
A Ganesh Nadar, 'We don't need Reliance', Rediff News, August 24, 2007.

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