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width="65%" valign="top"> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="WIDTH: 311px"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE31Df03.html "><strong>Vajpayee bets his last shirt on Kashmir</strong></a><br>Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee claims that it is all or nothing for him in a last-ditch effort to break the Kashmir impasse: either he succeeds, or he quits. If he's to keep his job, he could do worse than dust off the "elements of a settlement" drawn up 40 years ago. - <b>Sultan Shahin</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(May 30, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE31Df02.html "><strong>Kashmir's dirty little secret</strong></a><br>Militants in the Kashmir Valley are relatively well paid for the deeds that they do, while extortion is a good money spinner. Throw in the lucre to be made from informing, diverting government funds or fleecing soldiers, and business is not too bad for some in this troubled region. - <b>Sudha Ramachandran</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(May 30, '03)</font><br><br><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/bestofbe4[1].gif" border="0"><br><br><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE30Df01.html"><strong>The third force in the Kashmir equation</strong></a><br><img hspace="3" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//South_Asia/images/gul,-hameed.gif" align="left" vspace="5" border="0">Theories abound about how to settle the protracted Kashmir dispute, with the one advocating a division of the territory disputed by India and Pakistan along religious grounds gaining renewed credence. But there could be an unseen hand pushing its own agenda, former director-general of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, Lieutenant-General Hameed Gul, warns <b>Syed Saleem Shahzad <font color="#999999" size="1"> (May 29, '03)</font></b><br><br> <a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE29Df05.html"><strong>Pakistan weighs trade options with India</strong></a><br> It makes sound economic sense for India and Pakistan to resume full trading relations. Unfortunately, common sense has seldom been a driver of political events in South Asia, which is why traders are still cautious over the latest peace initiative in the region. - <strong>Nadeem Malik</strong> <font color="#999999" size="1">(May 28, '03)</font><br> <br> <font color="#000000">   <img hspace="0" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE29Df04.html">Bridge over Himalayan waters</a> </font> <br> <br> <strong> COMMENTARY<br> </strong></font><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE28Df02.html"><strong>Reassessing the 'war on terror'</strong></a><br> Apologists for terrorists consistently undermine effective counter-terrorism initiatives on the argument that these will provoke "retaliation" of a greater virulence against soft targets. But not only do these views falsify the ground reality of declining trends in terrorism, they fail to correctly reflect the mood among the vast majority of the people, especially in South Asia. <font color="#999999" size="1"> (May 27, '03)<br> <br> <a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE28Df01.html "><font size="2"><strong>Indian news channels make a splash</strong></font></a><br> <font color="#000000" size="2">Advertisers are rubbing their hands in anticipation of the 45 new news channels due to be introduced in India by the end of the year, while the debutants relish the prospect of taking on fading giants such as Star and Zee, even though the "old boys' still have a few tricks up their sleeves to protect their turf. - <b>Raju Bist</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(May 27, '03)</font></font> </font> <br> <br> <a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE27Df01.html"><strong>US adds power to India's Israeli links</strong></a><br> The United State's decision to allow Israel to sell its Phalcon air-borne reconnaissance system to India in a deal worth some US$1 billion is further indication of the growing nexus between the three countries, and a development that should have both China and Pakistan taking careful note. - <b>Jim Lobe <font color="#999999" size="1"> (May 26, '03)</font></b><br> <font color="#000000" size="2"> <br> <a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE27Df02.html"><font size="2"><strong>Lessons from MIT's failed Indian experiment</strong> </font></a> <br> <font size="2">While the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will play no further part in a groundbreaking project to address India's backwardness in inventing and creating technology for its domestic needs, the collapse of the joint venture should serve as a lesson for others. - </font><strong><font size="2">Indrajit Basu <font color="#999999" size="1">(May 26, '03)</font> <br> </font></strong> <br> </font><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE24Df09.html "><strong>India rediscovers <em>kama</em><br> </strong></a><img hspace="3" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/india-sex-small.gif" align="left" vspace="3" border="0"> Despite traditions to the contrary dating back many hundreds of years,  India turned prudish about sex, especially of the extramarital sort. This is changing, though, as recent surveys indicate that women are leading a return to  <em>kama</em> (sensual pleasure). - <b>Sultan Shahin</b>  <font color="#999999" size="1"> (May 23, '03)</font><br> <br> <a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE24Df02.html"><strong>Nepal on top of the world</strong></a><br> Politicians have stopped squabbling, Maoist rebels are behaving themselves and demonstrators have put aside their placards as Nepalis unite for a week of celebrations that will culminate on May 29 with a grand gathering of mountaineers to mark the first ascent of Everest 50 years ago. And the government is also keen to use the occasion to show that there is more to Nepal than big mountains. - <b>Dhruba Adhikary <font color="#999999" size="1">(May 23, '03)</font></b><br> <br> <a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE23Df02.html "><strong>Delhi: Fighting militancy with militancy?</strong></a><br> The recent arrest in Pakistan of a man once associated with the al-Zulfiqar Organization - an outfit that previously had links to Indian intelligence - has raised concern in Islamabad that Delhi could be preparing to give Pakistan a dose of its own medicine. - <b>Syed Saleem Shahzad</b> <font color="#999999" size="1"> (May 22, '03)</font><br> <br></font></font> </font> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p>  </p> </td> <td width="35%" valign="top"><font size="3"><strong><font color="darkorange"> <center><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/search.asp"><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/search-2.gif" border="0"></a></center> <div align="left"> <img height="5" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></div> <table class="" id="table1" style="WIDTH: 183px; HEIGHT: 225px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="183" align="center" border="3"> <tr> <td class="" valign="top" bordercolor="midnightblue" align="left" bgcolor="navajowhite" height="0"><font color="black"><font size="2"><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE27Df07.html"><strong> <img hspace="3" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/images/window2.gif" align="left" vspace="3" border="0"></strong></a></font><font size="2"><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE27Df07.html"><strong>Sikhs rally to new English temple</strong></a><br> A sparkling new Sikh temple in Southall, the biggest in Europe, has made a powerful impression on Sikhs in England, observes <b>Jonathan P Dyson</b>, and serves as an example for similar communities in other countries.<div align="left"> <img height="5" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></div> <center><img style="WIDTH: 160px; HEIGHT: 64px" height="68" hspace="0" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/Sikh-temple-thumb.gif" width="170" border="0"></center> </font></font> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="left"> <img height="5" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></div> <div align="center"> <table style="WIDTH: 181px; HEIGHT: 516px" bordercolor="#ff9900" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="181" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="middle" bgcolor="#fdf0c6"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td><img height="5" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="1"></td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><img height="22" src="/web/20030602073855im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/bin_sa.gif" width="174"> </div> <div align="center"></div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="174" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#999999"><font color="#000000"> <p><br><a href="/web/20030602073855/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE31Df01.html "><strong><font size="2">Global manufacturers test Indian waters</font> </strong></a><br><font size="2">Multinational companies are increasingly exploring India as a manufacturing base for their global products, drawn in the first instance by competitive costs. 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