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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 3170:
- Do Not Look (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2006)
In a democracy, policemen should not have to enter art galleries unless they like looking at pictures.
- Enervating Israel's Neighbourhood (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon is only one episode in the long battle started more than six decades ago between the band of mountebanks and political usurpers put together by industrial nations of the West and the members of one of the most . . .
- Life-Saving Knowledge (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Aug 10, 2006)
With her latest work, acclaimed children’s writer Manorama Jafa has made a priceless offering to the nation. Known for charting a new course in the field of children’s literature, the veteran writer has made a daring departure this time around – . . .
- Kudos For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A rather unexpected recipient of some praise — albeit left-handed — in the pages of Organiser is CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. It appears in a long article on the government’s “total isolation” over the nuclear deal issue.
- Prerequisite For Economic Growth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
As public and professional services, police and business must play a more proactive role together than they have so far, says Arun Chawla.
- A Principled Stand (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The MQM, which is a coalition partner in the federal and provincial government of Sindh took a "democratic" step which few political parties of Pakistan ever had the courage to take, when its ministers resigned en bloc both in Sindh and at the centre.
- Basohli's Bad Luck (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
Despite its idyllic location, school of painting and pashmina shawl industry Basohli in Kathua district is very rarely in the news. Its proximity to the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has not earned for it any additional value.
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- The Romance Of Words (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Aug 09, 2006)
My romance with words started at an early age, but it’s not till lately that it became for not only an expression of my deepest thoughts, dreams and disputations, but also a distinctive form of nirvana.
- N Korean Leader Disappears From Public View (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hasn’t appeared in public since his country test-fired missiles that drew international condemnation, leading to speculation of a possible sense of crisis inside the reclusive nation.
- Some Unreliable Sources (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
It was a small item on the international pages, barely meriting a second glance: A Norwegian journalist, Bjoern Benkow, had admitted to fabricating interviews with Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey.
- Now A Development Agenda For Wipo (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
The decision of member-countries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), acting through its Provisional Committee, to refer the issue of a Development Agenda for this United Nations-affiliated body to its General Assembly in September . .
- Portrait Of The Goddess As Sonia (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Aug 09, 2006)
Goddess Durga has descended in Kanpur a full month and a half before she is due. In the avatar of Sonia Gandhi.
A cloth banner with a figure of the goddess as Sonia has been blowin’ in the wind at Phoolbag over the past two days. Full with the . . .
- 'Natwar's Suspension Attempt To Save Sonia' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday night described the Congress decision to suspend Natwar Singh from the primary membership of the party as an attempt to defend Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from charges that she had sent a letter through him to Iraqi authorities . . .
- Hung Up (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 09, 2006)
Mumbai's moral police are at it again, hauling up a group of artists displaying at the Jehangir Art Gallery because an irate viewer felt that the exhibits, which included nude male and female mannequins, were too erotic to be displayed.
- A Statue For The Mittals (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Aug 09, 2006)
This 67-year-old artist has won several national and international awards for his achievements in the field of stone carving.
- Indo-Us To Hunt Terrorists In Pakistan! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Statement of the US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher that some of the (terrorist) groups that have designs against India still have pieces in Pakistan is, in our view, both astonishing and highly condemnable.
- Cong Suspended Natwar To Save Sonia: Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The BJP on Wednesday said the Congress had suspended former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh just to save its president Sonia Gandhi, who is also allegedly involved in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam.
- Will Pakistan Ever Stop Its Terror Tap? (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Aug 09, 2006)
Pakistan stands fully exposed. It has flaunted its insidious role of sponsoring genocide of common people in India.
- Bjp: Natwar's Suspension Attempt To Save Sonia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The BJP tonight described the Congress decision to suspend Natwar Singh from the primary membership of the party as an attempt to defend Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from charges that she had sent a letter through him to Iraqi authorities . . .
- Waiting For The General's Story (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
There is already a buzz about Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be-released autobiography,In the Line of Fire.
- Preserving Rare Books (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
As if it wasn’t bad enough to lament the lack of public libraries in Karachi, the news that 20,000 rare books of the Central Archaeological Reference Library are under threat is indicative of how little importance is given to preserving our heritage.
- Tourism Agreement Likely With Gujarat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Both States offer special circuits for tourists of varied segments
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
Mehta’s book has the silent intrusiveness, the busyness and ubiquity, the voraciousness of a book of pictures, as well as the largesse that prose gives. But Mehta doesn’t stand at the crossroads in which Singh found himself when confronted with . . .
- American Hot Dogs In India, As Popular As Outsourcing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Hot dogs, the American street food has started giving hunger pangs to many a young Indian, as food experts say "they gel well with the BPO and mall culture".
- Withering ‘Kali’ Of Kashmir? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Sometimes certain songs have lyrics that turn out to be nearly prophetic. Superhit "Junglee" readily comes to mind in this behalf. Saira Bano playing a Kashmiri belle had moved the millions while portraying Lata . . .
- The Forked Tongue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
When it comes to gift of the gab, you just can’t beat a Bajaj, especially if the first name happens to be Rahul. The independent Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra sure knows how to keep his PR and business in water-tight compartments.
- Fighting External And Internal Enemies (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Aug 08, 2006)
All political and social organisations should review their policies in the interest of the nation to keep India ahead, says Asheesh Shah.
- Harsh Home-Truths (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
For far too long have far too many politicians in Jammu and Kashmir secured their popularity by playing the “army card”. Mehbooba Mufti made a fine art of it.
- Woman And Child As Merchandise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
Biswajit Ghosh and Ananda Mohan Kar
The problem of trafficking against women and children in India is now an important social issue. It refers to the movement of men, women and children from one place to another through force, coercion or . . .
- Quality And Price — The Basic Factors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
An action plan to reduce the cost of doing business is stated to have been finalised by the ministry of industries and production, something urgently needed to make the economy globally competitive.
- Party Time (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 07, 2006)
Delhi is back with a bang. The Page 3 regulars, designers, socialites and wannabes are back to partying big time.
- Kerala Education Act: A Model For The Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Consensus in matters such as education is desirable, but not always possible. That, however, should not impede society from advancing towards social justice and equality. The government's duty is to pave the way for it.
- The Train Over River Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Before the Chinese thought of building a rail line to connect Quinhai, province in the southwest of China, to Lhasa, the idea would have been fantasy.
- Landslides And Deforestation (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 07, 2006)
Over 110 people have died in the earthquake-hit areas of NWFP and Kashmir since heavy monsoon rains hit the region in recent days.
- Us Coffee Giant Starbucks To Enter India In 2007 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Coffee connoisseurs can look forward to a new brew in their cups soon, with US-based coffee retail giant Starbucks Corporation set to open its outlets in India in 2007.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Too Much Detail! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The author writes in colloquial ‘gangster rap’ which takes the focus away from the story and leaves the reader word weary.
- Politics Of The Right Of Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 06, 2006)
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in an interview with Outlook correspondent Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, said that though Indo-Pakistan relations are moving in the right direction, but the "core issue" of Kashmir has to be settled first. When asked . . .
- Cbr Thanks Taxpayers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 06, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has, in an advertisement splashed in newspapers, thanked the taxpayers for making the record revenue collection of Rs 710.8 billion possible during the year 2005-06.
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- One More ‘Dazzler’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
All the three main foreign trade targets — export, import and trade deficit — announced for the current year on Monday appear to be largely unrealistic.
- Cliches At 22 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Terrorist, John Updike’s new novel, is set in a declining factory town in New Jersey ironically named New Prospect.
- Israel: Time Running Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Time is running out for Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon following the completion of a draft UN Security Council resolution on a cessation of hostilities, an Israeli cabinet minister said today.
- When The New Rescues The Old (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Getty Villa, once dismissed as Roman Disneyland, gets a new lease of life through renovation marked by restraint and conceptual clarity.
- The Taliban’S War On Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 05, 2006)
The international community must establish a secure environment for Afghanistan’s teachers, who are risk everything to educate their children.
- Tourism Fete A Big Draw In Kolli Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Take concerted efforts with officials to stop felling of trees, Minister tells people
- Goodness: Only Way Of Life (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Aug 05, 2006)
Goodness should be the substratum on which life is built. Being good is important, but being good alone does not lead to success. To be successful, one should also be smart.
- Happiness Indices Must Be Discounted (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
A recent study that has received global attention seems to conclude that money can buy happiness and probably falls short of asking: “Does happiness buy money at all?”
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- Nehru's Legacy In Foreign Affairs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
The volume contains material that throws light on the culture of prevarication that has marked the handling of foreign affairs.
- Discover The Dragon (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 05, 2006)
I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
John Lennon
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- India: Empowerment Via The Kitchen (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Can the tedious task of making rotis (Indian bread) help in fighting discrimination? Amita Khaparde, a Dalit, believes so. "Especially if those rotis stand for self-respect and social acceptance for a class of marginalised women." She says, "Dalit . . .
- Kurukshetra To Be Included In List Of Heritage Sites (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Keeping in view the archaeological and religious significance of Kurukshetra, the Haryana Government has decided to get it included in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO and develop this place of antiquity as tourist destination of . . .
- Primacy Of Democracy In Pakistan (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Aug 05, 2006)
“man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What makes it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
- Parmar: Proud Pahari And Able Leader (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Aug 05, 2006)
Fondly remembered as the architect of Himachal for his feat in earning Himachal full statehood on January 25, 1971, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar was a personality to reckon with.
- Greed And Growth (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Aug 05, 2006)
Forty years ago China was turned upside down because Mao Zedong felt that his Party was ignoring him, treating him like a “dead parent at a funeral.”
- Speaking In A Forked Tongue (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
As people create language, so the language of a particular community constitutes its identity.
- Rajasthan To Showcase Economic Progress At Trade Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Focus would be on recent findings of huge oil reserves in Barmer: Industries Minister
- Silent Partitions (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
The divisions caused by decades of communal strife are partly responsible for the terror in Mumbai.
- Combat Fatigues To Corporate Warriors (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Generals in the armed forces, including vice-chief of army staff Lieutenant General S. Pattabhiraman, are enrolling themselves in management schools for corporate jobs after a new law that paves the way for them to don business suits after years . . .
- Art At Altitudes, Beauty Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Are the Chinese authorities giving a major push to Track II contacts too, as the talks at the official level are making incremental progress?
- Mapping Thoughts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
An exhibition brings together five artists from Bengal
- If Saarc Is To Move Ahead (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 03, 2006)
Saarc seems to have its priorities wrong. It is expanding without paying sufficient attention to its first duty - to turn the idea of regional cooperation among the South Asian nations into a reality.
- Oh Ye, Have You No Sense (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2006)
Today's world is marked by issues of dissension, bigotary, injustice, extremism, separatism etc., rendering the globe into a complicated place.
- Tale To Remember (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 03, 2006)
It should not surprise anyone that a group of Kashmiri militants has surrendered to the Army.
- Illogical, Illegal And Ill-Fated (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 03, 2006)
Continuing with her theme on the pangs of birth of a new Middle East the US Secretary of State aboard her plane en route to Asia tried to downplay the expectations of a quick fix in Lebanon or the Middle East.
- Ideology Or Humanitarianism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 03, 2006)
Authorities in the North West Frontier Province are reportedly drawing up a code of conduct for non-governmental organisations working towards quake relief.
- Changing With Times (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Aug 03, 2006)
Challenges in the form of liberalisation and global competition have steeled the units' resolve to surge ahead.
- The North-East Mosaic (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Aug 03, 2006)
The foremost feature of the social order of the North-Eastern region is its plurality.
- Institutional Inertia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library’s decline shows why political involvement and scholarship don’t mix
- Another Low Called Qana (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 03, 2006)
Over the years, philosophers have tried to evolve rules for the conduct of war .
- Children's World (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 02, 2006)
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
- Challenges Of Consumerism (News International, Tayyeba Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
In today's technological boom, where inventions consistently outdo one another, it is difficult to keep pace.
- A Storm Hits Brick Lane (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2006)
Monica Ali’s Brick Lane is a fine novel...After Bengalis in Tower Hamlets succeeded in moving the filming of the book away from their back yard because they object to the picture it paints of their neighbourhood, Brick Lane joined a depressing . . .
- Aliens On Home Turf (Telegraph, Nilosree Biswas, Aug 02, 2006)
The colonial rulers had decided to create a promenade parallel to the Hooghly during the raj.
- Saving India's Extincting Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Aug 02, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us, and definitely God will be unhappy at our activities of merciless and wanton destruction of this . . .
- Yakshagana Finds Place In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Deeply appreciating the efforts to popularise ‘Yakshagana’ in places outside Karnataka, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has said that public interest in such art forms could be sustained only if people were provided a proper platform to . . .
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