| | The Hindu : More than a duel |
 | | Now, however, some post-summit pronouncements appear to suggest that the Agra exercise was conducted not to deal with problems affecting the daily life of millions, but merely to find one or two mutually acceptable phrases; that the negotiation was editorial, not political, and the aim was phrase-making, not peacemaking. |
 | | Or was Agra only an unavoidable but harmless response by India and Pakistan to the urgings of the international community, a response that would change nothing but suggest a concern for peace, and require nothing more than the playing for the nth time of stale records? |
 | | The pre-summit battle for the Agra agenda seemed waged between some who wanted Kashmir to fill all of the agenda and others who wanted Kashmir wiped clean off the agenda, both sides implying that listing Kashmir plus other subjects would be an absurdity. |
| www.hinduonnet.com /2001/07/28/stories/05282523.htm (1291 words) |