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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Real Gandhi (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 11, 2007)
The Organiser is agitated over Sonia Gandhi representing India at the UN.
- Time To Break The Silence (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
IT is time the silence was broken on the issue of child domestic labour in Pakistan. Attiqa, a 10-year-old, has been tortured viciously by her employer, a well-off contractor in Badami Bagh. Her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair were chopped off. . .
- Nwfp: ‘Liberation’ After Mma? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 11, 2007)
A terrorist strike on Tuesday in Peshawar’s CD Market in Nishtarabad damaged 20 shops and wounded 25 innocent people, five of them seriously.
- 18.6 K, And Counting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 11, 2007)
Political uncertainty doesn’t seem to be bothering the market any more.
- Ragging And Its Remedies (Hindu, Valson Thampu , Oct 11, 2007)
Ragging is an anti-academic pestilence. A recent incident at St. Stephen’s College was something else, an offence of a different kind that led to swift disciplinary action.
- Occupation’S Sleazy Underbelly (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2007)
Two recent incidents in which Iraqi civilians were killed by guards working for private security firms have brought into focus the problems created by outsourcing governmental functions to contractors.
- Rahul Plans Publicity Material For Cong (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 11, 2007)
Having succeeded in buying time for the Lok Sabha polls, which appears to be imminent, going by the gung-ho in the UPA Government over the nuke deal, the Congress has now set its sights on publicising the Government’s achievements in a big way.
- The Mystical Act Of Crossing The Border (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 10, 2007)
Celebrated Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski, who died in January, had a self-confessed talent for air-dropping into war zones and hitching rides to drive through burning roadblocks “where they say no white man can come back alive.”
- A Testament To Pakistani Art (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2007)
THE nation now has its first purpose built National Art Gallery (NAG), a befitting gift on its 60th anniversary.
- The Mysterious Burmese Junta (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
These are supposed to be humbling times for foreign policy analysts – chaos in Iraq having made it harder to cast the United States as omnipotent, omniscient and self-actualising.
- High-Level Meeting Reviews Arrangements (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Senior police and civil officers met here today to review arrangements for the Navratra festival in Katra town.
- Q&a: 'Our Customers Are Impulsive Buyers' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Archies Limited has come a long way since it was set up in 1979 to sell songbooks and posters.
- Is The Nuclear Power Option Safe For India? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The country is well equipped, both in terms of regulatory mechanisms and manpower, to exploit nuclear power safely and efficiently.
- Pak Interim Setup After Nov. 15 (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
An interim set-up comprising non-political figures would be formed soon after November 15 to hold free and fair general elections, Pakistan’s information minister said.
- Stars Are Witness To Lord Ram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
By denying the authenticity of the Ramayan, the 'secularists' have not only hurt Hindu sentiments, but also rebuffed history.
- The Icon And The Ad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
It is perhaps the most reproduced, recycled and ripped off image of the 20th Century: Che Guevara, his eyes framed by heavy brows, a single-starred beret pulled over his unruly hair, stares out of the shot with glowering intensity.
- Challenges Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2007)
It is 15 years since the international community has been observing October 10 as World Mental Health Day.
- Jd(s) Rebel Seeks Probe Into Projects (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Oct 10, 2007)
A former Janata Dal (Secular) leader, PGR Sindhia, who has fallen out with party leader and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, met Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Tuesday and sought investigations into all projects cleared by the . . .
- Finance And The Real Economy (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 09, 2007)
At a time when reports of losses resulting from the subprime crisis are on the rise, a paradoxical surge in global stock markets is inducing an element of complacency.
- History Recalled Atop The Hill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Madurai is synonymous with the renowned and Centuries-old Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. So much so that many other places of historical value have remained overshadowed.
- Is The Nuclear Power Option Safe For India? (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 09, 2007)
The country is well equipped, both in terms of regulatory mechanisms and manpower, to exploit nuclear power safely and efficiently.
- Italy Resorts To Telethon To Protect Antiquities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2007)
Weighed down by the burden of restoring and protecting hundreds of crumbling archaeological and cultural sites, the cash-strapped Italian government has resorted to a direct appeal to Italians for contributions through a three-day TV telethon.
- Iaf Displays Prowess (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The Indian Air Force will continue to enhance cooperation with other air forces to sharpen talons and assimilate ‘best practices’, the air chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said today.
- The Art Market In India Reframes Itself For The 21st Century (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
For an uninitiated Westerner, making your way to one of this city's new art galleries can be a disorienting study in contrasts.
- A Heritage In Transition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Marg Publications has a distinctive reputation in nurturing Indian art scholarship that is also accessible to the layperson, and the current volume follows this commendable furrow with elegant panache.
- Time To Cool Off The Debate On Warming (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
We must adopt a balanced, pragmatic and cost-effective approach to reduce global warming.
- When Winter Comes (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 09, 2007)
Time was, in the 30s and early 40s of the last century such a thing as the “Delhi season”.
- Shooting The Messenger (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 09, 2007)
It is indeed strange that in this age of transparency and accountability, an anachronistic law like the Official Secrets Act is used by Government to harass a distinguished soldier and fellow citizen who has done his country proud by . . . .. .
- Wizard Of Forbes (Indian Express, Manjeet Kripalani, Oct 09, 2007)
James Walker Michaels, the former editor of Forbes magazine, died. He was 86. With him, an era has come to a close.
- Why Paro Won’T Ditch You! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The months of October and November are an ideal time to visit Bhutan, our beautiful and pristine neighbour.
- Failure, Raw & Hurting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
All Intelligence agencies are paranoid about secrecy. Retired spooks are actively discouraged from writing colourful memoirs and speaking to the media. In 1977, the British Government deported Philip Agee, an American writer with . . . . .
- Look Immediate East (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
For the past weeks, many of us who have travelled to Burma and respect the history and culture of that country and its wonderfully sensitive people, have been deeply concerned by the rush of tragic news of shootings and indiscriminate . . . .
- Blessings Of The Dirty Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2007)
Industrial farming has held out as its main selling point the allure of freedom: Two per cent of the population would be able to feed everyone. The rest could do as we pleased.
- Not In The Spitting-Game (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
When it comes to male versus female, in any part of the country, it is always the woman who has to, time and again,fend off the demeaning stares, eve teasing and general disrespect.
- Kiss Of Death (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Oct 08, 2007)
This is a story about violence and unexpected love; dark treachery and the warmth of true friends...
- How Wagner Has Inspired Film (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Countless movies have taken inspiration from this most cinematic of composers. But how well has film served him?
- The Spirit Of Singapore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
For the discerning world voyager, Singapore is a unique city brimming with state-of-the-art modernity and an interesting blend of culture, tradition and architecture.
- Soft Hands (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 08, 2007)
Politics prefers soft hands. Why have Indian politicians suddenly started playing with knuckledusters? Democracy functions best when handled gently.
- Infants Do Not Suit Adults (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 08, 2007)
Last night I was shaking like a lily. Shaking, i.e., not like the world’s greatest fast bowler, but like the wallflower I’ve always been under pressure.
- Return To Traditional Farming (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
In my neighborhood of Southwest Virginia, backyard gardens are as common as satellite dishes.
- Uk Police Recover Da Vinci Painting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Police in the United Kingdom claimed to have solved the country's biggest art heist by arresting four people and recovering a stolen 30-million-pound Leonardo da Vinci painting.
- France’S Fast Moving Leader (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
TALKING about The Age of Turbulence, the recently published book of memoirs by the Wizard of Fed, former US Federal Reserve Board chief Alan Greenspan, would probably be too much economy-speak for a restful morning.
- Errors And Prejudice (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Oct 06, 2007)
For the Commissioner to revise any order of the Assessing Officer, the phrase “prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue” has to be read in conjunction with an erroneous order passed by the Assessing Officer.
- Musharraf’S Stamp On The Security Apparatus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2007)
The pakistani military hierarchy has undergone a major reshuffle, with the old guard of Vice Chief Hayat and chairman, joint chiefs, Ehsan ul Haq, being replaced by Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Tariq Majid respectively.
- Images That Hold The World In Our Head (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Oct 06, 2007)
How heartening it is to find that some of the best stories being told in book releases for the festival holidays are told through photographs! A string of recent books affirm the American critic Susan Sontag’s seminal critique on photography:
- History's Lessons Not Learned (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Oct 06, 2007)
Michael Wood's six-part documentary, recently telecast by BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of India's independence, is a triumph of television. Camera and narrative, themes and events, have been woven into a seamless robe of the story-teller's art.
- Family First, Nation Later (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Oct 05, 2007)
More by coincidence than design, the Congress, by making Mr Rahul Gandhi the general secretary of the party, has tried to capitalise on the increasingly recognised global success of India's youth power. But no one with a sense of history has . . . .
- Pm Warns Against Vigilante Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Acknowledging that internal security was one of the key challenges for the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the police and law enforcement agencies need to go “far beyond conventional responses” in facing terrorist threats.
- World’S First Novel Up For Grabs In Online Auction (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
THE WORLD’S first novel is under the hammer in the one-thousandth year of its birth.
- Kalam Goes To 'Freedom Centre' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
On Thursday, Kalam was back at Central Institute on Mental Retardation (CIMR) on his third visit, this time as ex-President, to attend a demonstration by inmates of the newly launched Freedom Centre at Kovalam.
- Good Intelligence Prevents Major Calamities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Much depends on the type of leadership and work culture of our intelligence agencies. Until and unless they build up the ethos and pride of an elite organisation, their performance will remain substandard.
- Internal Security Cause For Concern: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon the police to reach out to citizens and address their needs and expectations.
- Mean Streets (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 05, 2007)
Road rage never seems to be outside the headlines for long, particularly in Delhi.
- Whose Game Is It? (Dawn, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Oct 05, 2007)
SEPTEMBER 29 has been marked as another dark day in Pakistan’s history. It was a day when the state’s coercion was used against innocent journalists and lawyers.
- Selective Atheism (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 04, 2007)
BR. haran’s article, ‘Selective atheism of Karunanidhi’ is an Hindutva critique of Dravidian politics.
- United National Party’S Special Statement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The United National Party believes that long-lasting peace is possible only through a negotiated political solution based on a credible power-sharing proposal acceptable to all communities.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 04, 2007)
Incontrovertibly now, Kolkata’s Police Commissioner, Prasun Mukherjee, is under a cloud in the Rizwan-ur Rehman-Priyanka Todi matter.
- Adieu Arundhati (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 04, 2007)
That Arundhati, the 75-year-old female elephant with a fractured foot in Rajaji National Park, is now dead will bring sadness to many hearts. Thousands of animal lovers in this country and around the world were affected by the pathos of this lovable . . .
- Moral Ambiguity Of “Deal” Making (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 04, 2007)
According to Sheikh Rashid, the railways minister, President General Pervez Musharraf’s government has decided to withdraw the corruption and misuse of power cases against “all those in public life” who have neither been tried nor convicted by the courts.
- Asia On Fast Forward? (Indian Express, Ruchir Sharma, Oct 03, 2007)
In economic and financial circles, the mere mention of Asia these days typically conjures up images of booming growth, surging consumer spending, rapidly modernising cities and buzzing entrepreneurial energy.
- Is It Contempt? (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Oct 03, 2007)
The editorial in People’s Democracy deals with the subject of contempt in the context of Delhi High Court holding four Mid Day journalists guilty of contempt of court.
- Unshaken It Stands (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Down-To-Earth Sunita Floors Fans (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Tuesday morning saw Sunita Williams at Bluebells International School, engaging with students in an interactive session. Children from Sanskriti and from Modern School were also present.
- Al Qaeda In The Ascendant (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- When Myths Compete (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
It is tempting to read Karunanidhi’s remarks on Ram and the Ramayana as a return to DMK’s rationalist origins.
- How To Make Poverty Sexy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
WITH everyone’s attention focussed on General Musharraf’s re-election it seems silly to bring to your notice the rather dull issue of Pakistan’s progress on the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- God’S Accessibility Religion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The Supreme Being who is difficult to envision even by the sages with intense penance deigns to make Himself accessible (Saulabhya) to His devotees.
- “Mahatma’S Message More Important Today” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
“Mahatma Gandhi’s message is more important today than ever before because nations across the world are grappling with the threat of conflict, violence and terrorism.
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
In India, as elsewhere in many parts of the world, a number of communities practise different forms of nature worship. One such significant tradition is that of providing protection to patches of forests dedicated to deities and/or ancestral spirits.
- Human Rights Commissions In India (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Oct 03, 2007)
It is nearly 15 years since the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established in India through the adoption of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, by Parliament.
- In Jews, Indian-Americans See A Role Model In Activism (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
When Anil Godhwani and his brother, Gautam, looked into creating a community center for Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, they turned to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as a model.
- The Changing Indian Woman (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 03, 2007)
One of the finest panel discussions that formed part of the Incredible India@60 campaign in New York, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Tourism and seven other ministries, was the one titled ‘Women and Global Leadership’.
- Mired In A Vortex Of Terror & Drugs (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Oct 01, 2007)
HOWEVER phrased, President Hamid Karzai’s tenure has been a disquieting litany of half-truths, plain untruths, failures, missed opportunities and dithering on hot-button issues such as the Taliban-led insurgency, unprecedented poppy cultivation . . . .
- Hindu Gods In Hindi Cinema (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Oct 01, 2007)
Indian cinema is probably the most analysed, dissected and diagonised aspect of the country's values and culture. Rachel Dwyer, the author of this excellent work, refers to some three hundred odd books and articles on the subject which shows the . . . .
- The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of... (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Oct 01, 2007)
Dreams are a guide to our unconscious self and not necessarily a reflection of our repressed mind or our 'collective unconscious'.
- Elders Deserve A Better Deal (Deccan Herald, D B N Murthy , Oct 01, 2007)
Like every year, October 1 will be observed as World Elders Day. One wonders whether there is anything to celebrate, given the apathy shown by the society and the government towards problems of the elderly.
- The 'Wild' And The Beautiful! (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Oct 01, 2007)
In this book the reader will find interesting research based purely on observation.
- Un Envoy Meets Suu Kyi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari today met detained Myanmar Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi but had yet to hold talks with the head of the junta on ending a bloody crackdown on protests against 45 years of military rule.
- Other People (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2007)
The promotion of mass culture can be a tricky business. If rousing the people’s passions is central to it, devious or insensitive minds can turn it to horribly wrong uses.
- Q&a: 'Storytelling Can Make A Difference In Conflict' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 01, 2007)
Sarah Kyankya is a writer- publisher at Fountain Publications, Kampala, Uganda's largest publishing house. She was in New Delhi recently representing the Writers and Illustrators Association of Uganda at the International Conference on Storytelling.
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