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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 3170:
- Mumbai’S Rudeness Index (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Jul 01, 2006)
That Mumbai has been voted the rudest city in the world by a recent Reader’s Digest study has come as a shock, even insult, to several of the metro’s citizens.
- China’S Tibet Railway Ready To Go (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 01, 2006)
China unveils an engineering marvel this weekend ~ a railway to Tibet that features high-tech systems to stabilise tracks over permafrost and oxygen-enriched cabins to help riders cope with high altitudes.
- Will Standards Improve? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 01, 2006)
The new scheme of studies for classes I to XII notified by the federal education ministry on Thursday indicates that our policymakers have at last begun to focus attention on the school education sector.
- Election Commission Not Under Focus In Chawla Case: Cec (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Jul 01, 2006)
Drawing a fine distinction between the ‘‘individual’’ and ‘‘institution’’, Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami who took charge today said the credibility of the Election Commission had in no way been affected despite the Opposition’s case . . .
- Close Guantanamo? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 30, 2006)
The military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has become the focus of global protests against US human rights violations during the war on terrorism.
- Pakistan, Us To Prevent Smuggling Of Artefacts (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Pakistan and the US are working on a protocol to prevent the smuggling of Pakistani cultural artefacts to US markets, officials said. Secretary Culture Jalil Abbas Jilani, who is in Washington for talks on promoting Pakistani culture in the US, . . .
- Global Village (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 30, 2006)
Roswitha Joshi has encountered several individuals who have transcended the boundaries of nationality, culture and language
- Past Imperfect (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 30, 2006)
Pakistan's failure to inculcate democratic culture in governance has its roots in the circumstances it was created, says Salim Mansur.
- The Power Of Philanthropy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 30, 2006)
The second richest person on the planet closing a deal with the wealthiest is an event the world must take note of. When the `deal' is about the former's plans to pledge the bulk of his $44 billion fortune to a philanthropy foundation run by the . . .
- Dhaka Opposes Oil Exploration Move (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Jun 30, 2006)
Bangladesh has lodged a strong protest against India's move to invite tenders for exploring oil and gas in undemarcated areas in the Bay of Bengal, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia told Parliament on Wednesday.
- Inside Colour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2006)
“Matisse paintings”, writes A.S. Byatt, are “about power. And about sex, hunger, loneliness, and fear”.
- Virtues Of Patience (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 30, 2006)
Who wreak wrath are despised as being worthless; Who patiently forbear are valued as gold. Who wreak wrath have pleasure for a day; Who bear have praise till earth shall pass away.
Tiruvalluvar, The Kural
- Farewell To Arms (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 30, 2006)
Five years after adopting a UN Programme of Action to tackle illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW), representatives of governments and civil society are meeting in Geneva to assess the progress.
- Naga Talks In Top Gear; Deal To Be Clinched In Bangkok (Tribune, Swati Chaturvedi, Jun 29, 2006)
In the words of the Prime Minister’s Principal Interlocutor “From first gear it has now moved into fourth gear”.
- Pictures Of Sacrifice (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jun 29, 2006)
The recent student violence in two universities here (sparked off by false promises about university affiliation and power cuts during World Cup matches), has set off comparisons with the Tiananmen Square movement of 1989 — but only among foreign . . .
- Struggle And Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
Of all the conversations I had in Bastar, the one I might remember longest was with a Muria tribal named Hadmo Ram Poyam.
- Small Is Beautiful (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 29, 2006)
The lead article in the latest issue of Organiser sharply attacks the entry of big business in retail and flays the Left for opposing FDI but welcoming Indian corporates into the sector.
- Imperial Apologists Peddle Poisonous Fairytale (Hindu, Priyamvada Gopal, Jun 29, 2006)
Neocon ideologues are being given free rein by the media to rewrite the history of Britain's empire and whitewash its crimes.
A wilful ignorance of other people's cultures and histories encourages the notion that freedom is intrinsically Western
. . .
- Will India Ever Have A Buffet? (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 29, 2006)
This week had two significant landmarks in the evolution of capitalism.
- Let The Best Get A Chance (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Jun 29, 2006)
Instead of quotas, there should be broad-based supportive inputs for the weaker sections beyond considerations of caste . . .
- Emergence Of Soulless Sirens (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 29, 2006)
In a world where infamy is better than obscurity, grabbing media attention through vulgarity is a big temptation, writes Anuradha Dutt.
- How To Choose Governors With Spine (Indian Express, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Jun 28, 2006)
We in India, true to the humanist tryst with our Republic, elect our legislators and our ministers who form the Cabinet, which makes final decisions to rule the state.
- Performance Key To Pay (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 28, 2006)
The pay commission must reward performance and punish corruption in civil services
- "We Have To Reconstruct Our Society" (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 28, 2006)
Afghanistan's Urban Development Minister on the challenges his country faces.
- 'Sacrilege' At Sabarimala Temple (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
In a startling disclosure, Kannada actress of yesteryear Jayamala has admitted that she had entered the shreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) at the Sabarimala Temple in 1987 and touched the Lord Ayyappa idol, against the traditions of the famed temple.
- Europeans: More Equal Than Others? (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Jun 28, 2006)
Let me state my position on capital punishment at the outset: I am unequi- vocally opposed to it on a number of counts.
- Is It Ok...To Use A Cell Phone? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 28, 2006)
In just two years the number of people using cell phones across the globe has increased from one to two billion.
Among the concerns are constant exposure to the electromagnetic fields generated by cell phones and their base stations
- Mark Down (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 28, 2006)
Anita got 100 per cent marks for mathematics in the CBSE +2 examination, while scoring an aggregate of over 90 per cent.
- Form Without Substance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was stressing the obvious when he said that Pakistan had all the essential elements of democracy.
- All For Yakshagana (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Uppala Krishna Master would teach at a school during the day and perform Yakshagana for a selected audience at night. Malar Jayaram Rai gets the artist to talk about his love for the art form.
- Diverse Canvas Of The Land And Its People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A must for understanding the North-Eastern States of India
- Of Tigers And Tribals (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
The prime minister’s task force that was established to find innovative ways to protect the Bengal tiger in its natural habitat has failed miserably.
- The Traditional Art Form Of Kerala (Hindu, S. A. K. DURGA, Jun 27, 2006)
This book is a detailed account of the performance of the shadow puppet theatre of Kerala.
- Falsifying History (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 27, 2006)
Attempts to colour the culture and religion of ancient Israel in Islamic hues will make future negotiations over Jerusalem more difficult, says Daniel Pipes
- Eu Call To Sign Anti-Torture Convention (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The European Union ~ which has been harshly critical of US prisoner abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and the detention centre for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, urged all nations today to sign a global convention against torture and . . .
- Imposing Democracy By The West (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
President Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has questioned the rationale behind imposing democracy on the developing world especially in the Muslim countries of Asia, Middle East and North Africa by the West and said ‘we know what democracy is’.
- Officials Were Spotted In Sabeena's Net In 2002, Politicians In 2004 (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 27, 2006)
Whether former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had hushed up Sabeena's 'sex racket' in 2004 or not is a matter of investigation but the involvement of his Ministers, first spotted by CID of J&K Police, had been established, rather alarmingly.
- Theft In Leh! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 27, 2006)
If one shuffles through old files of this or other newspapers one will hardly come across any unpleasant report of theft, dacoity or murder in the trans-Himalayan territory of Leh.
- The Intelligent Aam Lady’S Guide To Inflation (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 26, 2006)
I worked with the government for the first time in December, 1974. Food prices were rising by a fifth and energy prices had gone out of the window.
- Two Channels, Two Themes: Dilli, Dilli (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jun 26, 2006)
One is Aaj Tak. The other is Dilli Aaj Tak. The first is a Hindi national news channel (which means it tells you that the price of tomatoes in the country . . .
- Sufi Saints And Culture (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Jun 26, 2006)
One castle and a hundred doors, and window numberless
- Businesses In A Merger Need To Make Sense Together (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jun 26, 2006)
A full-page advertisement, in the form of an article, in a newspaper gave a lot of good advice about mergers.
- Inviting Invites (Deccan Herald, SNEHLATHA BALIGA, Jun 26, 2006)
Invites for functions these days are so attractive that it's hard to discard them
- Rs.8.65-Crore Scheme Proposed For Horticulture Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Centre's assistance sought under National Horticulture Mission
- Expert Panel To Review Entrance Test System In Kerala: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
N. Ram calls for an end to the practice of collecting capitation fee
- Ignore The Youth At Your Peril (Deccan Herald, Gary Younge, Jun 26, 2006)
Recently, as Hispanics throughout the US took to the streets to protest punitive immigration legislation, the Spanish teacher Hilda Sotelo was called into the principal's office at Austin high school, in El Paso.
- Blood On Water Again (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 26, 2006)
“The moratorium [on whaling], which was clearly intended as a temporary measure, is no longer necessary,”
- Sex Scandal Haunts Tiwari Govt (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Jun 26, 2006)
After the unwed mother episode, yet another sex scandal has reared its ugly head in Uttaranchal much to the inconvenience of the Congress government.
- Kumar Suresh Singh (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Kumar Suresh Singh's stewardship of the People of India project yielded an excellent anthropological profile of the country.
- Mumbaikars Rude? #@$! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 25, 2006)
$#@! Mumbai’s the rudest city in the world? Well, the Reader’s Digest survey of 35 cities in the world that has found amchi Mumbai to be lacking in politesse can stick a free gift with a year’s subscription up its office ventilator shaft!
- Freeing Up Free Will (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 25, 2006)
There are those rare cases in which the judiciary startles us with its lucidity and supremely level-headed judgment. One such pleasantly surprising moment came this week when the Andhra Pradesh High . . .
- I Want To Break Free (Times of India, BINDU CHAWLA, Jun 25, 2006)
It is the enfant terrible of all the arts. Whenever it emerges on the scene, abstract art, also called the avant garde, uncomfortably subverts all the styles of art preceding it
- Charity Beyond Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 25, 2006)
Charity hardly ever begins at home. Charity begins with the self. It is an extension of the ego:
- The Heart Of Stillness (Hindu, S. RANGARAJAN, Jun 25, 2006)
The 16th and 17th centuries, dominated by Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer, saw the emergence of a very different art form, the still life. How did this come about?
- Turn It On (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 25, 2006)
One of the biggest failings of this government is its inaction on the disinvestment front. Once seen as the cornerstone of reforms, disinvestment has fallen off the agenda.
- Beauty In Stone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A visit to the French cathedrals leaves one wondering at the artistry and engineering skills that were pooled to create these spiritual abodes.
- Are The Best Entering Into Medical Colleges ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 25, 2006)
Are the best entering into medical colleges ? With the admission season in progress, this question once again crops up....as it does annually year after year but remains conveniently unaddressed.
- I Want To Break Free (Times of India, BINDU CHAWLA, Jun 24, 2006)
It is the enfant terrible of all the arts. Whenever it emerges on the scene, abstract art, also called the avant garde, uncomfortably subverts all the styles of art preceding it.
- Suspension Of Sindh Legislators (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2006)
Speaker of the Sindh Assembly has suspended membership of the PML lawmaker Eshwar Lal, who was at the centre of the controversy and trouble that the House has been witnessing during the last two days, for the whole session while membership of four . . .
- Mumbaikars Rude? #@$! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 24, 2006)
$#@! Mumbai’s the rudest city in the world? Well, the Reader’s Digest survey of 35 cities in the world that has found amchi Mumbai to be lacking in politesse can stick a free gift with a year’s subscription up its office ventilator shaft!
- Freeing Up Free Will (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 24, 2006)
There are those rare cases in which the judiciary startles us with its lucidity and supremely level-headed judgment. One such pleasantly surprising moment came this week when the Andhra Pradesh High . . .
- Mughal-E-Azam In Pak Visa Row (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The premiere of the all-colour Mughal-e-Azam in Karachi on Saturday, which was to be attended by 25 Bollywood personalities, was postponed at the last minute. The official reason given by the Pakistani side was the cancellation of the next . . .
- Turn It On (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
One of the biggest failings of this government is its inaction on the disinvestment front. Once seen as the cornerstone of reforms, disinvestment has fallen off the agenda.
- We Are A Rude People (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Jun 24, 2006)
So Reader's Digest thinks Mumbai is the rudest city in the world. The magazine need not have gone through such a tiresome process of surveys and interviews to reach that conclusion. Indians are rude, uncivil and thoughtless.
- Einstein Revisited (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 24, 2006)
Simplicity was the guiding principle of life for the physicist. And his quotes often revealed it.
- Jinnah And Haroon (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 24, 2006)
Mohammad Ali Jinnah's papers confirm his reputation as an incorruptible politican.
- A Tale Of Two Democracies (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Jun 23, 2006)
If the American concept of liberty bears the indelible imprint of the Wild West, the Indian variant has been shaped by its colonial past.
- Strike Fast And Hard (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jun 23, 2006)
Exercise Sanghe Shakti, held over one week in Punjab in May 2006, was designed to test the Indian Army’s new concept for offensive operations in the plains.
- The Other Gods Of The South (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Power has alternated in Tamil Nadu for almost forty years between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, two parties that share the same ideological roots.
- Images On Water (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Across the Mystic Shore can be termed a novel on the nature of love. The lives of the protagonists become a search to discover whether love necessarily entails the need to possess, whether it is synonymous with desire or if it is possible to love . . .
- My True Name Is A Growl (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Jun 23, 2006)
Horatio finally gets a chance to tell his side of the story in “Horatio’s Version”. Chicken Little becomes a tale of global warming in “Chicken Little Goes Too Far”.
- U.S. Lags In Role Of Women In Politics (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
For all the talk about Hillary Rodham Clinton and Condoleezza Rice battling for the presidency in 2008, the closest a woman has come to the Oval Office is actress Geena Davis, star of the recently canceled TV series ``Commander in Chief.''
- Hidden Abuses (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2006)
In the last week or two, the will-he-stay, will-he-go question hanging over the head of the British prime minister has metamorphosed into the will-he-play Wayne Rooney drama.
- Life And Letters (Tribune, Sanjeev Gaur, Jun 22, 2006)
Letters are half-meetings. This is the beautiful thought of great Asadullh Khan Ghalib, more famous as Mirza Ghalib.
- Indian Art To Make Waves On The Shores Of Europe (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Jun 22, 2006)
Over 1,900 Indian art pieces, giving a peek into the country's art, history and civilisation, will soon join an "exclusive" international treasure trove in the heart of Paris.
- Relevance Of Mahabharata (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 22, 2006)
A time of transition for a nation is a time of normlessness, which the French social philosopher Emile Durkheim called a time of anomie.
- Prints And Imprints (Hindu, ATHREYA, Jun 22, 2006)
An exhibition by two printmakers trained in Santiniketan offers nicely done but uneven works
- Middle India Under Siege (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jun 21, 2006)
Middle India is under siege along a long-neglected, exploited, underserved, ill-governed, poorly connected poverty belt of forest and hill country covering contiguous areas in nine states “from Pashupati to Tirupati”.
- 1st Team From China For Us War Games (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
China has sent its first-ever delegation to observe US war games in the Pacific Ocean, hailing the invitation to attend as an important part of military-to-military exchanges.
- One Lakh Aids Patients To Get Art Drugs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The government will roll out ART (anti-retroviral therapy) drugs for one lakh AIDS patients by July 15. Speaking to The Tribune on the eve of a three-day consultation with the Indian Network for People Living with HIV AIDS, the NACO Director- . . .
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