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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5733)	8/20/1999 10:54:00 AM
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The Vajpayee Wave: India Today-Insight Opinion poll The results of an exclusive India Today-Insight poll indicate the ascendency of the BJP. india-today.com Who supports Whom? Vajpayee Sonia Men 56 23 Women 43 29 Upper Castes 61 19 OBC 56 25 SC/ST 38 29 Muslims 21 40 Illiterates 33 30 High School 61 22 Graduate 68 31 (All figures in per cent)

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5733)	8/20/1999 11:21:00 AM
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Andrah Pradesh: Naidu Beats Anti-Incumbency (Outlook-CMS poll) outlookindia.com

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5733)	8/20/1999 1:09:00 PM
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Mohan G-8 Nations pissed off at India - Ooooh They are pissing in the wind. And the wind is blwoing in their face. ratan

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5733)	8/20/1999 1:09:00 PM
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Virtues of Restraint (Time of India Editorial) In the nuclear world there are doves and hawks, and then there are also ostriches. Even though the US and China know that they cannot roll back India's nuclear weapons capability, they continue to insist that New Delhi get back in line, give up its nuclear weapons and delivery systems and sign the Non-proliferation Treaty. The release of India's draft nuclear doctrine has provided Washington and Beijing with another excuse to repeat their tired nostrums about how nuclear weapons will not contribute to security in South Asia. If only they did not use nuclear weapons to contribute to their own security, their professions of concern might have carried more weight. If India's nuclear capability is a necessary evil -- with the emphasis firmly on evil -- the blame for this lies with the five `official' nuclear weapon states which sought to legitimise in perpetuity their monopoly over the most horrendous weapon of mass destruction know to humankind. However, the fact that the US and China have been only too predictable in their response to the draft nuclear doctrine is no reason for India to be equally predictable in its own reaction. The big five may well have individually reconciled themselves to India's demonstration of its nuclear capability but they are still a long way away from figuring out how to incorporate India and Pakistan into the discriminatory nuclear order. Even as it sticks to its policy of restraint and transparency, therefore, New Delhi can afford to be patient with the US, China and other nuclear weapon states. While the draft doctrine authored by the National Security Advisory Board has already stimulated a tentative discussion inside the country, it is clear that the debate is going to be a highly politicised one. The BJP has welcomed the draft doctrine while the Congress and the Communists have denounced it. To the extent the caretaker government has blatantly sought to use the NSAB's document to bolster the election-eve profile of the BJP-led alliance, some amount of criticism is bound to stick. Whether with the Pokhran II tests or Operation Vijay, the BJP has eagerly seizer every military achievement to further its own political agenda. The same is now true of the nuclear doctrine. While the NSAB did a commendable job in producing a well-thought out document, the timing and manner of its release by the government bore all the hallmarks of a carefully staged political event. Thus, the Vajpayee government decided that rather then experts, a spokesperson of the PMO, whose knowledge of the intricacies of nuclear doctrine is not particularly exhaustive, should field questions at the document's release, even though this meant some of the answers given were misleading, inaccurate and even unintentionally funny. There is much in the draft nuclear doctrine that is contentious and it is essential that there be a balanced and focused debate. Instead of boasting about our capability to produce neutron bombs and miniaturised warheads, restraint and maturity should be the order of the day. Nuclear arms are not gifts to be unwrapped by the electorate at the hustings; they are deadly and demand respect, responsibility and introspection from those who deign to bear them. timesofindia.com