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- Delayed, But Not Denied (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , May 02, 2006)
Can Koirala guide his government to a consensus with the Maoists on reaching and preserving peace?
- Too Early To Celebrate, But There's Hope (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, May 02, 2006)
When K Asif’s masterpiece Mughal-e-Azam and Akbar Khan’s damp squib Taj Mahal — An Eternal Love Story were released in Pakistan over the last few days, they marked the first commercial release of Indian films in Pakistan since the 1965 war, if one . . .
- Witness The Spineless (Hindustan Times, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi , May 01, 2006)
I have to hand it to you, Shyan Munshi: you got nerve. But maybe someone should turn you around to check if you got a spine.
- Demat Scam: Time To Take Stock Yet Again (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 01, 2006)
It is just over a decade since the setting up of the automated National Stock Exchange (NSE) led to a paradigm shift in the Indian capital market; and eight years since we opted for dematerialisation of shares.
- Dancing To A Different Tune (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Is dance a viable professional option or just a dreamer's dream? On World Dance Day today, Anand Sankar takes a few steps to find out
- Cbi To Further Probe Iccr Human Trafficking (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Investigations into the alleged human trafficking racket involving the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) have pointed towards a larger game plan, with the Central Bureau of Investigations deciding to examine ...
- Hyderabad On A High (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
R Akhileshwari gives an insider’s view of the city of nawabs and wonders whether the argument that Hyderabad has ‘Bangalored’ Bangalore is nothing but fiction.
- Q&a: 'Bhasha Writers Are Closer To Indian Reality' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 30, 2006)
Krishna Sobti has enriched Hindi fiction with her path-breaking novels like Mitro Marjani and Ai Ladki. Whether it's the theme of Partition or a mother-daughter relationship, Sobti has brought them alive through her strikingly indivi-dual style of . . .
- Corporate Drummers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Vinay Sirsi finds out that banging out African beats can be a truly uplifting experience besides bringing teams together.
- Coming Home To One's World (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Apr 30, 2006)
Gulammohammed Sheikh on sorting out his India through art and the intrusion of politics into a once-insular field.
- Long Live The Raja (Deccan Herald, Deepti Ganapathy, Apr 30, 2006)
Brought out by Harper Collins (India), The Raja is Dead is a historical fiction set in the pre-Independence era when India is about to taste the sweetness of freedom, and the monarchy is on the brink of ruin.
- Signs Of Sunrise (Frontline, P. Sunderarajan , Apr 30, 2006)
Fresh incentives and a series of policy initiatives from the Ministry of Textiles have brightened the growth prospects of the textile industry.
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 30, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million.
- Indonesia Author, Nobel Candidate Pramoedya Dies (Reuters, Jerry Norton, Apr 30, 2006)
Indonesia's best-known author and perennial Nobel candidate Pramoedya Ananta Toer died on Sunday, the family said.
- Voices Of Silence (Statesman, Jagmohan , Apr 30, 2006)
World Monument Day on 18 April gave us an opportunity to grasp the significance of our architectural legacy
- Beyond Pragmatism (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
Defendin himself against critics who accuse him of having sold out to the US, General Musharraf has defended his role in the ongoing War on Terror, saying he is fighting it not on Washington’s behest but because this suits the country’s interests.
- Bush Promises Yokota To Press N. Korea To Return Abductees (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Washington (Kyodo) U.S. President George W. Bush, meeting with the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota at the White House, promised Friday to press North Korea to return abductees and respect human rights.
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 29, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million. In its unholy fervour to achieve physical instead of the spiritual purity, the minorities . . .
- 'Bhasha Writers Are Closer To Indian Reality' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 29, 2006)
Krishna Sobti has enriched Hindi fiction with her path-breaking novels like Mitro Marjani and Ai Ladki. Whether it's the theme of Partition or a mother-daughter relationship, Sobti has brought them alive through her strikingly indivi-dual style of . . .
- Get A Life, Kaavya (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
If there is anything worse than being identified as a cheat, it is attempting to rationalise sharp practice by taking recourse to psycho-babble.
- Change In Nepal (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Apr 29, 2006)
Within a matter of days, if not hours, Nepal has emerged out of an unprecedented crisis to knock at the doors of a kind of opportunity it has never had before. It is not certain yet that it will be able to sustain the chance till its fruition.
- The Land As He Saw It (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 28, 2006)
Raghuthama Putty, who passed away recently, devoted his entire life to meticulously painting landscapes
- Prescott's Problem (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, Mr John Prescott, has confessed to having had a two-year-old "relationship" with a secretary, Tracey Temple, does not come as a profound surprise. Politicians in Britain, as in most other . . .
- Subsidies That Save (The Economic Times, EDMUND S PHELPS, Apr 28, 2006)
Was France’s recent wave of protests against an amendment that would have increased employers’ freedom to fire young workers a blessing in disguise?
- Graffiti And The Ec (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2006)
Graffito, singular: writing on wall; plural, graffiti. Man has been urged through the ages to read the writing on the wall. Graffiti have thus emerged as an integral part of human civilization.
- `Urbanisation Of Poverty A Big Challenge' (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 28, 2006)
Lindiwe N. Sisulu, South Africa's Minister for Housing, strongly believes that the only way to lift people out of poverty is to give them the asset of a house. Excerpts from an interview in Mumbai recently:
- Strengthening A Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 28, 2006)
The long-standing friendship between India and Uzbekistan was reaffirmed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Tashkent.
- Gender Inequality In Book Awards (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Apr 28, 2006)
The just-announced Orange prize shortlist showcases great talent. "Predictable," was the comment grudgingly given by one bookseller on looking at the list, which includes Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, Hilary Mantel, and Zadie Smith.
- Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Courts Controversy Over Choice Of Secretary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Union Culture Ministry turns down choice of secretary
A. Krishnamurthy chosen to replace K. Satchidanandan
He was selected from among 10 candidates
He is the regional secretary of the akademi in Bangalore
He was investigated by the CBI for . . .
- Guardian Of A Grand Old Form (Hindu, Geetha Srinivasan, Apr 28, 2006)
In his own quiet corner, Hosahalli Keshavamurthy has been propagating the dying tradition of gamaka vachana. He is turning 70
- Spring Time In India (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Baljit Singh (retd), Apr 28, 2006)
Spring manifests in the countryside and the suburbia through two elements, both peaking from mid-March to mid-April.
- From Outlays To Outcomes (Tribune, Amarjeet Sinha, Apr 28, 2006)
While welcoming higher allocations for the social sector in education, health, livelihood/employment, food, and social security guarantees, many have rightly highlighted the urgent need for reforming public systems which deliver these goods.
- Naxal-Hit States Allowed To Raise 9 Police Battalions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Centre today sanctioned the raising of nine more India Reserve Battalions (IRB) comprising 9,000 police personnel for Naxalite-affected states, including Haryana.
- Across Cultures (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Apr 27, 2006)
The book suggests moral tools for a new way of ordering ethics in the face of pressing historical and political challenges.
- Cultural Due Diligence And Takeover Strategy (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Apr 27, 2006)
Continuity in top management is becoming a key element of a successful acquisition . . .
- Fresh Hope For Krishnadevaraya's Capital (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Apr 27, 2006)
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is hoping to get Hampi in Karnataka off the list of UNESCO World Heritage in Danger within a year.
- Pakistan Plumps For Bollywood's Taj Mahal (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 27, 2006)
The Akbar Khan-directed movie, Taj Mahal, became the second Indian film to be released in Pakistan in 41 years when it premiered in Lahore on Wednesday. Hundreds of jubilant fans thronged the theatre.
- Got An Idea ? Pirates Will Steal It (Deccan Herald, John Naughton , Apr 26, 2006)
We hear a lot of guff about China – lumbering giant, colossal market, a billion consumers, next hyperpower, etc. And we see huge western technology companies – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Cisco – willing to abase themselves in any way necessary to . . .
- Medha’S Mistake (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 26, 2006)
“DR Manmohan Singh is a clean, decent, competent leader! For God’s sake give him a chance!” How often have we heard this? But his government does not deliver.
- Corruption Propels Naxilism (Daily Excelsior, Ravindra Shukla, Apr 26, 2006)
The Naxalite affected tribal areas of Chhattisgarh are very backward. The tribal population lives on the verge of starvation.
- Activists Battle To Save 600-Yr-Old Goa Temple (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Apr 26, 2006)
The Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG) has moved the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court to stop the ongoing demolition of the pre-Portuguese Mallikarjuna temple in Sristhal, Canacona, South Goa.
- Words And Deeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 26, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah have spoken more or less on similar lines at two different functions on the same day.
- Can Our Brains Think In The Digital Age? (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Apr 26, 2006)
Recently, neurobiologist Susan Greenfield asked a question in the House of Lords that affects all of us, yet which I have never heard discussed by mainstream politicians: is technology changing our brains?
- Ceramic Magic (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 26, 2006)
G. Reghu's ceramic sculptures display a façade of innocence, simplicity and playfulness and are characterised by great detail
- New Thrust In Indo-Pak Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Apr 26, 2006)
There were reports that Omar Sharif, is a standup a Pakistani comedian will be directing a Bollywood film. Next month, breaking barriers- political, commercial and psychological-Pakistani cinemas will show three Indian films, including the 1960 . . .
- Desperation Amidst Prosperity (Tribune, Balvinder, Apr 26, 2006)
A spate of suicides by quite a number of Punjab farmers has been reported of late.
At a recently held discussion on the agricultural crisis in Punjab, Mr H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune group of papers, who chaired the symposium, rightly expre
- Courtly Intrigues (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s leadership style is proving costly for the Congress
- Plea To Create Textile Development Fund (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
To protect handloom, powerloom sectors
It will help undertake activities such as market research, competitive pricing, formulation of distribution systems and market-linking
Centres should be opened throughout the country
- Coming Home To Malnad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Kuvempu’s house that has been converted into a museum as well as the Kuvempu Centenary Memorial Building are fitting tributes to one of the greatest cultural personalities of our times, writes Vidya Maria Joseph.
- In Search Of A Sustainable Lifestyle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Prasanna’s Desi Jeevana Paddati is both a critique of modern lifestyle and an attempt to evolve an alternative, sustainable lifestyle, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- Lifting The Film (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 25, 2006)
Symbolic connections are always thrilling, and they become more so when layers of symbolism are uncovered. Perhaps that is part of the satisfaction generated by the screening of Mughal-e-Azam in Pakistan, where Indian films have been banned for years.
- Why Museum Pieces Should Not Be Repatriated (Hindu, Philip Hensher , Apr 25, 2006)
Some may be stolen, but as long as they are cared for, why give them back?
- Pakistan Cool To Reel Diplomacy (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 25, 2006)
As India takes the cinematic route to give a push to Indo-Pak ties, the Pakistan government appears cool to the peace effort.
- Assam Assembly (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 25, 2006)
A group show at the Chitrakala Parishath features works in acrylic, watercolour and mixed media
- Origin And Traditions Of Classical Music (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Apr 25, 2006)
The 14 edifying essays that comprise this book written by stalwarts of music were first commissioned by the then chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Narayana Menon, in the mid-1980s when India was in the throes of international festivals.
- Pakistan Woos Indian Bpo Staff (Times of India, Hemali Chhapia, Apr 25, 2006)
In a sign of how ties between two hostile neighbours have eased, Indian BPO workers are being wooed by Pakistani firms who want to set up call centres in their country but do not have adequate managerial staff to train young employees.
- Taj Mahal Premier In Pak Tomorrow (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Apr 25, 2006)
While Mughal-e-Azam becomes the first Indian film to be premiered in Pakistan yesterday on April 26, Akbar Khan-directed “Taj Mahal” will become the first Indian film to be commercially released across the border.
- Learning And Doing (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Apr 25, 2006)
Asked to give a presentation to a venerable think tank in Delhi on national security, and batting at number 5, I talked on energy, water, employment, growth and our global destiny.
- The Politics Of Language (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Apr 25, 2006)
The orgy of violence unleashed by his fans in Bangalore following news of the sudden demise of Kannada superstar Raj Kumar earlier this month, once again drew attention to that southern alchemy of cinema and politics and revived the debate . . .
- Money’S Rolling In, But What Of The Game? (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Apr 25, 2006)
Mike Atherton calls Lalit Modi the most important administrator in world cricket today.
- On India Inc Job Quotas, An Affirmative Lesson From South Africa (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
As facts lose out to rhetoric in the debate over quotas in the private sector, New Delhi and India Inc should perhaps take a look at the example of South Africa.
- Radiating Peace All Around Us (Pioneer, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Apr 24, 2006)
Whether a culture or a religion is used to divide people, it is not good. We need to unite the world, the hearts and the minds! Where is it that we can all unite?
- President’S Resolve (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
It was good to see General Musharraf highlight the need for free and fair elections and ask the people not to vote for corrupt elements. Addressing a students’ convention in Islamabad on . . .
- American Empire-I (Statesman, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Apr 24, 2006)
Susan Sontag spoke for many Left-wing intellectuals when she excoriated American culture as “inorganic, dead, coercive, authoritarian” and insisted that what America “deserves” is to have its wealth “taken away” by the so-called Third World.
- Bjp’S Mr Possible (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 24, 2006)
If politics is the art of the possible, Pramod Mahajan is a powerful exemplifier of that definition.
- Is What Is White Still Right? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 24, 2006)
Even as Dr Ahluwalia started to answer, one British reporter said, “That’s typical of the way that Indians behave.”
- Unlocking Creativity In Young Minds (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Apr 24, 2006)
Agastya attempts to raise the skill and creative potential of the poor. lt is committed to the Indian dream.
- Mughal-E-Azam Screened In Lahore, Taj Mahal’S Next (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Apr 24, 2006)
The official screening of the two Bollywood films — Mughal-e-Azam and Taj Mahal in Lahore and Karachi this week — will be yet another milestone in the journey to normalise relations between the two estranged neighbours.
- Art And The Auction House (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 24, 2006)
Despite the current euphoria, India struggles to emerge as a true superpower. A key reason is the nation's developmental vision lacks originality from within. India has underutilised and virtually destroyed its artistic and cultural heritage . . .
- Ride To Reform (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 24, 2006)
Politics can be a great leveller. Today’s protesters become tomorrow’s conformists.
- Cross-Cultural Encounters Entail Risk Of Aids (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
With a huge growth in tourism — Varanasi received 3.45 lakh foreign tourists in 2005 and Goa gets about 3 lakh firang visitors each season — the number of cross-cultural encounters too are likely to rise.
- The Greatest Indians (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 23, 2006)
Indian classical musicians seek, and some of them achieve, perfection.
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 23, 2006)
India's morality stormtroopers were steamed up last week in response to two incidents of "wardrobe malfunction" at the Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai.
- Squaring The Circle (Hindu, GEETA DOCTOR, Apr 23, 2006)
The Ramanujan-Hardy story finds a new equation with a film on their relationship.
- So Many Shades (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Drawing with coloured pencils is not a spontaneous art and Jay Varma is a master of this medium.
- Mother’S Milk (Deccan Herald, VEENA PRADEEP, Apr 23, 2006)
Even though all new mothers know breast milk is ideal for their babies many of them find it difficult to cope with the act of breast feeding.
- Bringing Up Mom And Baby (Deccan Herald, VEENA PRADEEP, Apr 23, 2006)
The book takes an objective look at the day-to-day business of bringing up a baby.
- Stones Come Alive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
The town of Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh gets its name from the Khajur trees growing in abundance there, writes Ambuja Narayan.
- Hair Style Revolution (Deccan Herald, D A SAIT, Apr 22, 2006)
From shining head to the silvery cascade, hair style has undergone a transformation
- Help! I'm Drowning In Words (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
What happens to a reader in the book boom era, asks BAGESHREE S. on the eve of World Book Day
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