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Cross-border warmth
Written by The Indian Express   
Saturday, 16 October 2004

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Cross-border warmth

If only governments could learn from their peoples

 

HARINDER S. SIKKA

 
I was apprehensive when I was invited to participate in the Kirloskar Golf Cup at Lahore this month. Yet I looked forward to visiting Pakistan for the sake of my mother who wished to visit the country of her birth. It was also a God sent opportunity for both of us to visit the holy gurudwaras at Nankana Sahib and Panja Sahib.

 

 

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Competition good for quality
Written by BUSINESS STANDARD   
Wednesday, 03 September 2003
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WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2003 NEW DELHI 
 

5TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

TOWARDS CANCUN 03

 

MINDSPEAK

HS Sikka, senior president, Nicholas Piramal

 

Competition good for quality 

 

 

 
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Mufti hits a hole-in-one
Written by The Indian Express   
Thursday, 22 May 2003

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Mufti hits a hole-in-one

 

It’s only a beginning but peace-through-golf is a clever idea

Harinder S. Sikka

 

Hundreds of tiny white missiles were fired in Srinagar this weekend. And mostly by foreigners, many of them visiting J&K’s capital for the first time. No one, fortunately, got hurt. Instead, local Kashmiris got a taste of power golf!

 

The diplomats and heads of MNCs who took part in J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed unique peace initiative through golf went back reasonably convinced that the valley was no longer reverberating to the sound of guns. It was also apparent that all the participants were mesmerised, both by the scenic beauty of Srinagar and that of what is possibly one of the best golf courses in the world: The Royal Spring Golf Course. Surrounded by dense jungle on either side, it was a treat to watch jackals, deer and other wildlife crossing the fairways at will.

 

 

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Dirty money, dirtier politic
Written by The Indian EXPRESS   
Wednesday, 12 June 2002
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12, 2002
 

Dirty money, dirtier politic

 

HARINDER SIKKA

 

PAKISTAN has been suc­cessful in waging a proxy war on the Indian soil on three fronts. Firstly, through regu­lar influx of terrorism, it has forced almost the entire Indian military to be on the highest state of alert, si­multaneously engaging the police and Para-military forces like never before. Secondly, through kidnap­pings, ransoms and well-planned riots, it is damaging our country's sec­ular image. Thirdly, by pumping enormous sums of fake currency, it is raising the levels of parallel econ­omy to unprecedented proportions that could cause a near crippling blow to the Indian economy.

 
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Betrayal by the betrayed?
Written by The Indian EXPRESS   
Sunday, 04 March 2001
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Betrayal by the betrayed?

 Vishnu Bhagwat's latest book inflicts

serious damage on the Indian Navy

by LT COMMANDER (RETD) HARINDER SIKKA

ImageTHE book is indeed titled correctly. It' a betrayal-right from the word go. Firstly. Mr Vishnu Bhag­wat addreses himself as an Admi­ral. a title he can no longer use after the sacking as per the Supreme Court direc­tive. The venom spewing 400-paged book. not entirely based on truth. is a rather painful reminder of Mr Bhagwat's infa­mous writ petition of the 1990s that had run into over 400 pages. On both occa­sions. starting from the prime minister down the line. Mr Bhagwat has faulted the entire system. But what is even more dis­turbing is the timing of the book's release, On one side there was a fleet of 80 war­ships from 25 different countries lined up for the president's review. On the other side was Mr Bhagwat standing at the. Nari­man Point distributing his book freely to anyone who even remotely looked for­eigner.

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