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- Framing Of Anara G. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 08, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir police certainly has much to account for. With forensic experts in Hyderabad declaring that the woman in the pornographic CD is not Anara Gupta, the ‘‘ex Miss Jammu’’ the J&K police have flamboyantly flaunted
- China's Growth Enigma (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 08, 2005)
As is true currently, China's truly remarkable pace of growth for over two decades has been punctuated with concern about bouts of deflation or overheating.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 08, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- Framing Of Anara G. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 08, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir police certainly has much to account for. With forensic experts in Hyderabad declaring that the woman in the pornographic CD is not Anara Gupta, the ‘‘ex Miss Jammu’’ the J&K police have flamboyantly flaunted
- Promises To Keep (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 07, 2005)
In his reply to the debate on the Governor’s address in the Assembly, Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh has painted a rosy picture of the State’s economy and given assurances on a wide range of both urban and rural projects. Yet, most of them seem f
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 07, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books.
- Consensus That Merits An Accolade (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Feb 06, 2005)
After many a winter there has taken place in the realm of foreign policy making in New Delhi something that merits an accolade.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 05, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- The State Of Popular Aspiration (Indian Express, Ajay Gudavarthy, Feb 05, 2005)
The demand for Telengana is paradoxical: it is being made in the name of the deprived but could end up serving only a small privileged group
- Equitable Timing Of Tds Credit (Business Line, R. Anand, Feb 05, 2005)
Tax deduction at source (TDS) as a machinery for collections has gained in prominence over the past decade.
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Seeing (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Feb 05, 2005)
How agonised we are about how people die. How untroubled we are by how they live.
- Fight Dogma With Reason (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 05, 2005)
If the US National Intelligence Council's projections for year 2020 (in its report Mapping the Global Future) are to be believed, the global war on terror is not going all that well.
- Compelling Reasons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2005)
INDIA was constrained to take the decision not to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit at Dhaka which was to begin on February 6.
- India's Nepal Stand Driven By Concern For Maoist Danger (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 04, 2005)
The principal concern driving the Indian Government's policy towards King Gyanendra is not democracy but how his palace putsch is going to affect the Royal Nepal Army's counter-insurgency operations against Maoist rebels.
- Earth Goddess (Indian Express, H.A. ANIL KUMAR, Feb 03, 2005)
Thota Vaikuntam is a farmer-painter. Whatever the given canvas size is, he ensures that the boundaries are ‘marked’ like a farmer ensuring his/her farmland from his/her neighbour.
- Congress Big Dreams (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 03, 2005)
The Congress reached out to friends when the arc lights were trained on the BJP. Back in media glare, it seems unwilling to show the same warmth to them.
- What Will Be American Role? (Pioneer, VK Grover, Feb 03, 2005)
The United Nations Department of Economic and social Affairs (DESA), in a report submitted on January 26, has warned against the dangers of a rapidly falling US Dollar.
- Music Musings (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2005)
The recently concluded annual festival in Chennai is a felicitous reminder that music continues to be a way of life for hundreds of performing artistes and thousands of ordinary people.
- Peer Review Can Work If It Doesn't Simply Scratch (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 02, 2005)
Peer review is much in the news. For instance, Uganda plans to implement African Peer Review Mechanism or APRM of the New Partnership for Africa's Development a.k.a. Nepad.
- Paswan's Laden In Lalu's Bihar (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Feb 02, 2005)
He prefers the name "Laden", as in Osama bin Laden, because "nobody will remember my real name". The other reason why Maulana Meraj Khalid Noor has opted for this nom de guerre is because he looks like Osama bin Laden.
- Route Of Controversy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2005)
THE Union Government’s decision to disburse the “Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas” directly through banks, thereby sidelining the Tamil Nadu Government in the process, violates the federal spirit of the Union.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- Democracy And Its Dirty Secrets (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 02, 2005)
M.K. Dhar’s book Open Secrets: India’s Intelligence unveiled has sent shock waves through the intelligence community and raised questions about the ethics of an intelligence operator revealing all.
- Exit Of A Savant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2005)
Even as a concept the blend of rationalism with spiritualism may sound quite contradictory. But this is precisely what epitomised the persona of Dr Hosur Narasimhaiah who is now just a memory for his innumerable admirers and traducers.
- Help Them March Forward (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Feb 02, 2005)
Poverty and inequality have always been with mankind. Even if inequality, upto a point — measured in terms of income, wealth or power
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Man With A Mission (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Feb 01, 2005)
He was a rare teacher. He may have headed several institutions, from pre-primary to postgraduate. But, he carried his position with the same simplicity as his attire. Dhoti, khaddar shirt and Gandhi cap set in an impudent angle on that head which actually
- Anti-Federal And Breach Of Faith (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2005)
The decision reportedly taken by the Central Government, on the recommendation of the Union Finance Ministry, on a "Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas,"
- Cast About (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
To lay bare in one stroke all the joints that creak within the anomalies and suppressions inherent in India’s culture and polity, it needed only one case.
- Thackeray Muses, And Muses Again (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 31, 2005)
On the eve of his 78th birthday, while his Sainiks planned cricket matches and cultural celebrations, Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray decided to spring a surprise.
- Bihar, Now (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 31, 2005)
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agree to take Bihar as well.” So static is the big picture of the state that news agencies are known to recycle old picture
- Charter For World Citizens (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 31, 2005)
On Republic Day last week, victims of a building collapse in Ahmedabad prepared to move back into their new homes four full years after the Gujarat earthquake that caused large scale devastation in the state.
- Bihar As Eternal Subsidiser Of National Elite (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
Bihar is possibly the only state in the country where bipolar politics has not taken root, inspite of one and half decades of Laloo Prasad’s rule.
- The Price Of Contempt (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jan 29, 2005)
The murmurs in political circles about the need to downgrade the prime minister's office (PMO) are likely to die down with the appointment of Mr M K Narayanan as the national security adviser.
- The End Of Truth (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 29, 2005)
The timing and manner in which the judge, U.C. Banerjee, disclosed the interim findings of his inquiry into the burning of the train at Godhra have done grave harm to the cause of truth.
- The Drag Of A Vat On Freefall (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Jan 29, 2005)
There is general belief amongst many economists that tax should be neutral. In theory a tax is neutral if it does not distort the free play of market.
- India's Us-Pakistan Suspicions Deepen (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jan 29, 2005)
Two facts emerged in the space of a few days last week that have made India deeply suspicious of Washington's intentions in the region. One, US secretary of state-designate Condoleezza Rice told senators that the administration of President George W Bush
- `Open To All Interests, Subject To None' (Hindu, M.J. Akbar, Jan 29, 2005)
It might be of some comfort to contemporary newspaper owners to realise that the first newspaper, a weekly called Hickey's Bengal Gazette had a second name, the Calcutta General Advertiser. It was published on January 29, 1780
- Intelligence Agencies In The Dock (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 28, 2005)
SUCH things keep happening in other democracies where insiders of the intelligence establishment have been writing, for decades, books exposing the misdeeds, excesses and “dirty tricks” of the secret intelligence agencies with virtual impunity.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 28, 2005)
If the extremist violence continues in Nepal and economic development remains on the back-seat, India may be faced with a situation of growing Maoist violence in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, coupled with a large influx of Nepalese nationals.
- Killing Of Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The ruthless killing of Allahabad MLA Raju Pal of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and of Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra of the Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh typify the rising cult of political and faction-ridden violence today.
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- Politics Of Murder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 28, 2005)
Events this week reminded us that Indian politics has the potential of degenerating from noisy theatre into violent gang warfare. Two MLAs in states as diverse as Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were brutally gunned down in broad daylight over the ...
- Compass Needle On West Asia (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 28, 2005)
The appointment of Chinmoy Gharekhan as special envoy to West Asia has come at a time when the Arabs were beginning to wonder if New Delhi has any views on the extraordinary events taking place in that part of the world.
- Spreading Maoist Menace (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady.
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- Centrally Bungled Investigations: The Absurd Cbi (Indian Express, K N Bhat, Jan 27, 2005)
Not many believe that Veerappan was killed in an encounter as narrated by the police. Sensational crimes are handled by a few police officers handpicked by the bosses. Their major specialization is in fabricating fantastic stories and leaking them to the
- Slow And Steady Can't Win The Race (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Jan 26, 2005)
The world's biggest passenger plane ever built, an Airbus A380 has rolled out of the Airbus Industries factory in Toulose, France.
- Challenges In 2005 (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jan 26, 2005)
Inequality and poverty (amidst plenty) are the two biggest ongoing challenges before mankind. How is the situation today? Without going into detailed numbers, you can visualise the extent of inequality across nations by an analogy or an image.
- Andhra Pradesh's Cult Of Violence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2005)
The Grisly killing, in broad daylight and in the party office, of the Telugu Desam Party MLA, Paritala Ravi, by a yet-to-be identified gang calls attention yet again to the cult of violence and faction-ridden politics in Andhra Pradesh.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Telegraph, G Parthasarathy, Jan 26, 2005)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady. In early December 2004 Mr Deuba announced at the World Buddhist Summit at Lord Buddha’s birthplace
- She Knew The Risks (Indian Express, JOSEPH A. ARROYO, Jan 25, 2005)
I read Mahesh Bhatt and Kabir Bedi and other film personalities on Parveen Babi’s sudden death. They recapture true images of her unique personality.
- The Republic And The World (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 25, 2005)
As the nation celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Republic, the external environment has never been as favourable to independent India as it is today. Yet the nation’s foreign policy discourse is troubled by tentativeness.
- Wisdom Of The Weak Dollar (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 25, 2005)
For the US, the best possible way to knock down internal wages is to embrace a weak dollar. Also, it heals the American economy and vitalises the developing economies
- ‘I Have Freed State From Political Terror... (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 25, 2005)
Creation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state four years back was a dream come true for its population of 2.8 crore—predominantly tribals.
- Equal Opportunity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 25, 2005)
Trust Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to undo a wrong in his typically modest way. In ordering three per cent of civil service jobs to be “reserved” for people with physical disability, Mr Singh has corrected a grave injustice without
- A Glimpse Of The Lost Grandeur (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2005)
The legends may compare Balligavi to Lord Indra’s Amaravathi or Lord Kubera’s Alakavathi but reality is quite disappointing. Both the village and the temple are in ruins and not what it used to be
- Small Wonder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 24, 2005)
It was impossible not to feel charmed by the manner in which Sania Mirza went down to six-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams in the Australian Open. The score line of 6-1, 6-4 does not reflect the full story of the tennis encounter
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- The Not-So General Elections (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 24, 2005)
Let me stick my neck out and predict three new trends in the 2004 campaign. One, that this election, more than any in our memory, will be fought on issues of economy and governance.
- The Tired, Retired Admiral (Indian Express, Rajiv Shukla, Jan 24, 2005)
Some facts stare you in the face. Take the Admiral Gorshkov. It’s old, retired, straight from the junkyard. Yet this ship will be commissioned in the Indian navy in mid-2008, after a payment of $ 1.5 billion (Rs 7,000 crore). Why? Only Defence Ministry of
- Well Done, Sania (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2005)
SANIA MIRZA won handsomely, even as she was defeated by former world champion Serena Williams at the Australian Opens. The 18-year-old Hyderabadi, capitalising on a wildcard entry, had already become the first Indian woman to have reached this far in a Gr
- Entrance Tests Must Make An Exit (Indian Express, S.C. BHARGAVA, Jan 24, 2005)
The recent leakage of the CAT and other entrance papers makes it clear that there is something seriously amiss with the whole system of entrance examinations.
- Second Coming (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Muslim society's 'castelessness' is often held up as a positive contrast to caste-ridden Hindu society. Yet the reality is that Muslims are also stratified in terms of caste.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Unique Story Not Yet Fully Told (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 23, 2005)
Without any loss of time — and also without fanfare — the committee appointed to oversee the celebrations of Lal Bahadur Shastri's centenary, headed by the Prime Minister
- Brain Behind Tsunami Warning System (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 23, 2005)
Years back, T.S. Murthy, also known as Tad Murthy, left his home state Andhra Pradesh for pastures new, not knowing what lay in store for him. Like him, many youthful talents left India at that time for better future.
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Game For More (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The importance of being Sania Mirza goes beyond what she gained or lost yesterday. It’s about changing the attitude to women’s tennis in India
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- Pharma Sector — No Side-Effects Of Patent Regime (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 21, 2005)
India's pharma industry is one of the most cost-effective manufacturers of generic drugs, and the overall outlook is encouraging.
- Talking Down Portfolio Flows (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2005)
There are bound to be different answers to the question whether the Reserve Bank of India Governor's recent statements on portfolio flows into the stock markets were inappropriately timed.
- Under A Cloud (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 21, 2005)
Peace talks always have a cloud hanging over them. The collapse of the negotiations between the Andhra Pradesh government and the Maoists is, therefore, not entirely unexpected.
- Why Reserves Are Not Resources (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 21, 2005)
Large economies having a vigorous interface with the global economy may require large foreign currency reserves to act as stored energy that smoothen the transmission of resource power to drive the growth engine.
- Need For A Mangrove Wall (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jan 21, 2005)
Natural disasters are tragedies for the poor. But for the rich and influential, it is an opportunity — a god-sent opportunity to make more money. The killer tsunami waves that ravaged through the southern coastline open up one such great avenue.
- Money To Burn? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 21, 2005)
If a country’s prosperity is defined in terms of the foreign exchange assets it holds, India had never had it so good. Foreign exchange holdings at this moment exceed $ 130 billion.
- Mercantile Accounting Is No Mathematical Model (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 20, 2005)
Facts of the TCI Finance case make interesting reading. The company incurred expenditure for conducting legal proceedings against defaulting debtors and claimed the outlay as business expenditure.
- Moderating Claims (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
The hearts of India's petro product consumers expand when, in the interregnum between the announcements of price hikes, the media reports "another" oil find followed by "another" one on gas.
- Say Chak De Phatte To That (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jan 20, 2005)
This past month I have been pumping the accelerator up and down the Grand Trunk Road to Chandigarh and beyond, to Ludhiana, taking in the sights and smells of a rich countryside
- Advanced Education Stumbling Along (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 20, 2005)
Advanced education is in poor shape partly because of the perception that in a country with a large number of poor, the state should focus on primary and secondary education.
- Failure Of Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2005)
The unprecedented peace in Andhra Pradesh, of the last eight months, is in danger of being shattered, if not already shattered with the police killing 11 Naxalites in a series of encounters since January 6 and Naxalites killing three persons in retaliatio
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