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Raghunathan said that he hopes both parties go to the negotiating table But, he added. Gandhi is unlikely to be able to overcome his emotional hatred of the Sikh extremists...
Gandhi was shot and killed in New Delhi early yesterday by some of her own Sikh bodyguards. (For more on the assasination, see page four...
Carman called the assassination "a violent reaction to a violent event," referring to the storming of the holy Sikh Golden Temple of Amritsar by government troops in June...
That event was the latest incident in hundreds of years of antagonism in India between the Sikh minority and the dominant Hindu population...
Yalman noted that the army may play a crucial role in the coming months. When the army raided the Golden Temple, a number of Sikh soldiers refused to fight, choosing to join the extremists instead. Rajiv may have to contend with similar desertions if he decides to crack down on the Sikhs, Yalman said...