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The sight of the General in tears may have confounded many. But the chatteratti had a new topic to talk about. Is the new army chief a metro-sexual man, they wondered, one who could fight as well as cry without any qualms.
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| Indian Army chief rejects 'hudna' |
| 2005-06-10 |
| The Indian Army does not plan a ceasefire with militants in Jammu and Kashmir but is ready to encourage them to give up arms, said Indian Army chief Gen JJ Singh on Thursday. "There is no such idea," said Singh when asked by reporters about the possibility of a ceasefire in Kashmir. "The army is ready to help those Kashmiri youth who want to shun violence," he said. There have been persistent calls for a truce with militants by Kashmir state politicians following progress in an 18-month old peace process between India and Pakistan. The Indian Army entered a ceasefire with militant groups in July 2000 that lasted two weeks. The army followed the aborted agreement with a unilateral halt to operations in November 2000 that lasted six months. In November 2004, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a unilateral withdrawal of several thousand troops from Kashmir. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Link The sight of the General in tears may have confounded many. But the chatteratti had a new topic to talk about. Is the new army chief a metro-sexual man, they wondered, one who could fight as well as cry without any qualms. |
| Posted by: john 2005-06-10 18:54 |
| #6 Isn't that the guy who played Capt. Nemo in "The League of Extraordinaty Gentlemen?" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2005-06-10 12:46 |
| #5 Tweaker |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-06-10 09:57 |
| #4 Not the way I brew it ... ;-) |
| Posted by: too true 2005-06-10 09:43 |
| #3 Agreed, john. It's a bit too wild about the eyes to have imbibed mere tea. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-06-10 07:36 |
#2 Tea or coffee drinker? |
| Posted by: john 2005-06-10 06:59 |
| #1 "Hudna? Are you insane? We know better. Now sod off. It's time for tea." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-10 01:20 |