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Articles 721 through 820 of 3170:
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - I (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2006)
The dominant world powers historically pushed for globalisation as a means of increasing wealth and influence. Yet those nations fret as the emerging powers of India and China embrace the same strategy.
- Liberals Like Us (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 08, 2006)
No summer has persuaded us to open our minds like this one. Kotha culture remixed by item girls, delivered groin-grind into our family rooms, has taught our men to draw that line between concert and consent.
- Listen To The Voice Within (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Developments in print and communications technology have led to a vast expansion and diversification of media outlets —newspapers, magazines, television channels, radio stations and so on.
- Real Penance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Penance is the spiritual practice described in the scriptures practised by great sages of yore to realise God.
- National Legacy: Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Whether one wants to sing it or not is one's prerogative: Aiyar
- Should Industrial Houses Own Banks? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2006)
Banking today is a serious business. Continuous proactive approach is essential to prevent ‘unexpected surprises’.
- Films Or Paintings, Gandhi A Bestseller (Times of India, Avijit Ghosh, Sep 07, 2006)
Nearly a hundred years after he first unfurled the idea of non-violent resistance as a form of public action in South Africa, the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi continues to spell magic in high art and popular entertainment alike.
- Vande Mataram (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 07, 2006)
"Vande Mataram, sujalam, suphalam, malayajasshitatalam, sasyashyamalaam, mataram, shubhrajyotsana pulakitayaminim, phullakusumita drumadala shobhinim, suhasininm sumadhura . . .
- Wonder Plant (Tribune, Kuldeep Chauhan, Sep 07, 2006)
The Himalayan-friendly sea-buckthorn (SBT), a native wonder plant, has succeeded where vast, expensive, engineering structures and check dams have failed.
- Life After Bugti (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
It was always on the cards that the government of Pakistan would mishandle the situation arising out of the death of Akbar Bugti. When the head of state is dependant upon advice of moderate quality on matters of critical importance, he will not . . .
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 07, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Education For Innovation (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Sep 07, 2006)
If we are to realise our true potential as an innovative nation, we must face the big challenge: how do we encourage creativity and innovation, and integrate them into the very process of teaching/learning.
- Spirituality For Governance (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 07, 2006)
An important teaching of Bahá’u’lláh which is perhaps less known is the loyalty to the government of the country where each member of the Bahá’í community resides.
- South Korean Movie Monster Gobbles Up Box Office (Reuters, Jon Herskovitz, Sep 07, 2006)
A new movie monster has emerged from the waters of South Korea to cause chaos in the streets of Seoul, set a new box office record and raise concern about pollution at U.S. military bases in the country.
- India-China Trade: A Long Road Ahead (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 07, 2006)
Industry and policy makers need to go beyond cheering the numbers for bilateral trade and look to address the underlying fundamentals that are in need of transformation.
- Prospects For Kannur Airport Brighten (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The Centre is willing to make an exception for Kerala in the stipulation that all new airports of the country should have a second runway. An assurance to this effect was given to Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan by Union Minister of State . . .
- First All-Woman Commando Force On Cisf Anvil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
India will soon get its first all-woman elite commando force to protect high-profile women personalities, requiring the recruits to fire five bullets in five seconds. The trainers of the commando force, set up by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF),
- Nation's Pride Or National Disgrace? (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Sep 07, 2006)
Outrageous though it may sound the paternal house of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at Kathalpara in North 24 Parganas where the writer created Vande Mataram was in a state of neglect till 1999.
- Grecian Impressions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Wander through enchanted, poppy-animated landscapes of Greece, steeped in myth, culture and history.
- Transfer In Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court's order that the trial of the 14 people accused in the Srinagar sex scandal case be moved to Chandigarh is just and correct as it protects every citizen's right to a fair trial in a court of law.
- Row Over New Nepal Army Chief (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
A controversial general, who has received both bouquets and brick bats, was named the new chief of Nepal’s army today even as human rights activists sent an SOS to UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, asking him to call for the officer’s ouster.
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 06, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- How They Love To Stereotype Asians (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 06, 2006)
The Molly Campbell case is a family dispute that has sparked off a media frenzy simply because of the religion and ethnicity of those involved.
- Taking Off (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 06, 2006)
Although Delhi didn't quite succeed as a world-class metropolis, its airport could do so in a few years from now — as an international state-of-the-art aerotropolis, the high-tech 21st century term coined for cities built around air travel hubs.
- Magnificence Restored (Hindu, S. MUTHIAH , Sep 06, 2006)
How Chennai's Senate House, a beautiful landmark building in the Indo-Saracenic style, was restored to its original glory.
- Do Not Ignore The God Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2006)
Most of us feel bored at some point of time everyday and we feel that we have to entertain ourselves to remove this boredom either through phone calls, meeting friends, watching movies or just hanging around in crowded places.
- A Politician With Old World Charm (Tribune, Nandana Reddy, Sep 06, 2006)
Only a few people in one’s life leave an indelible mark, like a dye on fabric. M. S. Appa Rao, or MS to friends even 40 years younger, was one such.
- Ball With The Wild (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Sep 06, 2006)
Dinkum bloke. The moment the news of the crocodile hunter’s death flashed on the ticker, I remembered a group of ragtag Australians I’d met at Corbett.
- Integrating Business (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Sep 05, 2006)
For ages companies have been talking piously about treating every customer as an individual; about building lifetime loyalty with each one of them; and about customising products.
- More Equal Than Others (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
At our airports now there is a separate check-in counter for 'Parliamentarians', ostensibly to make life easier for 'ordinary' passengers.
- What Fails Us From Becoming Good Teachers (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Vishiesh Verma, Sep 05, 2006)
At the time when the very edifice of the profession of university and college teaching is caught in the eye of the storm, adrift and tossed like a toy, one can't help reminicening over the question, "What fails us from becoming good teachers?"
- Advantage Agassi (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 05, 2006)
Andre Agassi couldn’t have hoped for a more remarkable last hurrah. Nobody seemed to care if he had just lost his last match, as multiple standing ovations rang down the curtains on his 21-year career at the US Open on Sunday.
- Why Blame Britain? (Pioneer, Asad Amin, Sep 05, 2006)
No provocation is big enough to justify killings and whoever supports the slaying of innocents is a coward. The theory of retribution is humbug, says Asad Amin
- A Journey Within (Hindu, ATHREYA, Sep 05, 2006)
For artist Sumana Chowdhury, the physical landscape is as inspiring as the psychological refrains.
- Drug Therapy Centre Opened For Hiv Positives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Now HIV and AIDS patients need not go to other places for Anti Retro Viral drug therapy as treatment for the diseases is being provided and drugs are being supplied free of cost at the government general hospital, according to Collector M. Subrahmanyam.
- Culture Of Percentage (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 04, 2006)
Bihar has proved that corruption leads to fragmentation of society and is the number one social evil, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Gandhi, A Second Coming (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Sep 04, 2006)
A 100 years after he conceived the satyagraha, a breed of neo-Gandhians goes beyond the khadi and charkha to coopt Bapu in whole new ways.
- Learning Experience (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 04, 2006)
Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it... or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it.
- India Matters (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 04, 2006)
The monsoon session of the Lok Sabha concluded far from proudly, with something approaching fisticuffs. Nothing warranted or can ever justify such disgraceful conduct.
- Anomie In Ujjain (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who remember bloody episodes of student politics across Indian universities during the 1970s and 1980s may be forgiven for thinking that the gruesome killing of Prof Sabharwal in Ujjain is not so much a marker of a new crisis of . . .
- Voice For Consumer: E-Mailing Bottled Time (Deccan Herald, Victoria Shannon, Sep 04, 2006)
Looking ahead, will the Internet and e-mail-ability become a kind of additional human organ?
- Focus On Medical, Heritage Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Private investment in tourism sector to be encouraged
- Redressing Balochistan’S Grievances (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Sep 04, 2006)
“I have spilt blood? I had to; I shall perhaps shed more, but without anger, and quite simply, because blood-letting is a component of (my) political medicine...I am not a man like other men and the laws of morality or custom cannot be applied to me.
- Conquering The World (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 02, 2006)
Scenes of prayer in the Kaaba, and of course of the Hajj in Makkah, witnessed over television are an inspiring sight.
- Tackling Terrorism (Tribune, Prakash Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
Let those who want to hurt us by inflicting a thousand cuts remember - no one can break our will or unity. No one can make India kneel.”
- Don't Need Censorship (Times of India, Mahesh Bhatt, Sep 02, 2006)
There comes a moment in the life of a nation when it has to decide whether it is going to be led by fears of alarmists or by the values of its founding fathers, who fought and died for its most prized value — that of free speech.
- Flights To Leh Being Increased To Promote Tourism: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Trying to put the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on the international tourism map, the State Government is taking slew of measures to develop the connectivity and infrastructure to the untapped scenic region of mountain passes.
- Voyage Of Sugarcane (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Sep 02, 2006)
In the early days, India was believed to be the country where sugarcane originated, as the oldest reports of extraction of sugar were found there.
- Why You Shouldn't Look For Superhumans In Avatars (Times of India, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Sep 02, 2006)
Life is incomplete without union with God. It is quite natural that a matured mind and a receptive heart strive for this union.
- Feeble Response To Governance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
Accidents of history often become intrinsic to the culture and thinking of a people. India secured its freedom through a process of non-violent confrontation with the British, and this has enormously encouraged a popular psyche that tends to . . .
- Durrani Speaks Language Of Violence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has warned the Opposition that it will become irrelevant for Pakistani politics if it continues to follow the tactics of strikes, boycotts and movements. Addressing a news conference . . .
- God Of Small Things (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 02, 2006)
On August 27, 2006 that very Herculean industry lost one of its unique offspring. Affectionately called Hrishida by millions of fans in and outside the country, the man who redefined faith and hope became a star in the sky.
- The Only Disability In Life Is A Bad Attitude (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 02, 2006)
"No promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the ground of his disability... "
- 'Today's Child Is Tomorrow's Citizen' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
The 7th International Children's Festival of Performing Arts is on in the capital.
- Ba Pass, Otherwise Fail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 02, 2006)
A lot of hand-wringing on thuggish student politics has followed the murder of a professor in Ujjain. Student politicians have been asked to behave better.
- Islam In China: No Longer Insulated (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 02, 2006)
Greater orthodoxy amongst Chinese Muslims is on the rise. Nonetheless, they retain unique characteristics.
- Hrishida, Goodbye (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2006)
When Hrishikesh Mukherjee died at 84 in Mumbai last week it was a legend (in his lifetime) that had passed away.
- As If In A Bad Dream (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
Is India in the throes of a nightmare? Is the horror we witness day in and day out for real or is it a mirage? Whatever it is, one thing is for sure, it is unacceptable.
- Healthy Societies May Not Be God Given (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 01, 2006)
Religious leaders belonging to different religions actually have one thing in common (besides of course their belief in God) and that is, they think atheists are a corrupting influence on society.
- Battles Within Before The Big Fight (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 01, 2006)
Just eight months before the French Presidential elections, the question of who will be the final candidate is still not clear: neither among the socialists nor among the conservatives.
- A Comprehensive Overview (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- Corporate Design (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The growing trend of corporate bigwigs entering Parliament has become a matter of serious discussion.
- The Grey Shade Of Life (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 01, 2006)
Can brands and advertising dare explore this side.
- Urdu & Secularism (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 01, 2006)
A clutch of new books focus on the progressive nationalist tradition of Urdu poetry.
- Tales The Dead Tell (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The book under review goes beyond headstones; it is an invaluable source of historical information accessible to scholars.
- Indians Who Disgrace India (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2006)
From swatting flies to crushing protesters under tanks, the Chinese Government holds a world record in disciplining people.
- Aids Treatment: Court Pulls Up Health Ministry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
It has failed to achieve target to provide ART to HIV positive patients'
- Home Truths, From Above (Business Standard, Barun Roy, Aug 31, 2006)
The 'view' from Google Earth and Wikimapia shows exactly how Seoul and Pudong have changed for the better, while Kolkata remains the same as ever.
- Autumn Of Hinduism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
The other day, I was deeply disturbed to see on quite a few television-channels idols of some Hindu gods and goddesses drinking milk. Showing the clips repeatedly and allowing a number of eyewitnesses to appear on the screen and affirm genuineness . . .
- Freedom Of Speech — And Action (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
Speakers at a Karachi University seminar on promoting the “culture of discussion” were of the opinion that freedom of speech is a basic requisite of a democratic society.
- Rights, Development And Security (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
The latest edition of the much-valued report on Human Development in South Asia was launched in Islamabad the other day.
- Need For A Healing Touch (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The JUI component of the MMA has been soft pedalling the opposition compared with the Jamaat-e-Islami and the ARD that have now come out in the open to launch a country wide movement against the president and his military-led government.
- Mr Clean Emerges Cleaner (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2006)
Opposition's no-trust motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz fell through on the floor of the National Assembly after intense day long debate on Tuesday.
- Japan: Imperial Baggage (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi touches a raw nerve by making another visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
- Bugti Was Not Taller Than Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2006)
Ispr DG Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan has said that it may take four to five days to retrieve the body of Akbar Bugti from the cave in Kohlu area.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Rbi Rings Alarm Bells On Govt’S Sez Policy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
With the mushrooming of special economic zones across the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cautioned the government on the revenue implications that could arise from such zones.
- Ministries Can’T Build (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The numbers are scary enough — 66 per cent jump in cost, thanks to Central government project delays, as reported by this newspaper on Wednesday. But the actual numbers are scarier.
- 13th Man Charged In Terror Plot (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
A 13th suspect was charged on Wednesday with conspiring to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners, British police said. Nabeel Hussain, 22, was also charged with helping in a plan to smuggle explosives aboard the planes and . . .
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
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