Uday Bhaskar Quotations

Unless there's a consensus on both sides, the implementation of the statements on relief will hit a cul-de-sac. The only institution that provides aid is the army, and if that is not allowed, then the offer is self-defeating.

Six policemen have been injured. Additional policemen have been deployed on the streets to maintain law and order.

I do not recollect in the public domain such an explicit commitment to nuke China. I'm sure it will have antennae up in China.

I don't think it poses a security threat.

We now have a better appreciation of the linkages in such terror attacks and a better assessment of how to articulate it in public.

Though there has been no dramatic breakthrough on Kashmir, both sides are reaching for, and plucking, the low-hanging fruit of the peace tree,

There is a symbolism in the attack. It seems to be an attempt to sow discord when civil society on both sides is showing greater compassion.

The real significance is that it marks the end of the isolation that India had to live with. The outcome in terms of energy needs is miles away.

There is a certain element of risk for a step like this.

This is a major proposal - it can't be implemented overnight. There has to be coordination, mechanisms for screening people who come across.

There's a lot of dash in the announcements, but if they have to be meaningful they have to be negotiated away from the glare of the media at the bilateral level,

It moves in the direction that we are hoping it will take, but there may be no agreement yet on doctrine and strategy about no first use or nuclear parity. It is modest but encouraging.

Everybody is very angry just now, but emotions should not deflect the framework,

The message to Khaleda Zia should be that it is in your own interest to crack down on Islamic militants.

I'm cautiously optimistic there is enough resilience to carry dialogue forward.

In principal, having carrier capability is desirable and ditto for nuclear propulsion. An aircraft carrier is all about presence and adds to the navy's capability.

The hike is modest and marks a standstill kind of a situation and it just about caters to inflation.