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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 3170:
- Throw Open The Books, Let's See What Everyone Earns (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Apr 22, 2006)
Trust and social glue are corroded by pay secrecy and the greed-is-good culture. Transparency would change all that.
- The Lost Reformer (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s mettle as prime minister is being severely tested. Recent events have considerably dented his image.
- The Truth About Fraud (Hindu, Martin Mears, Apr 21, 2006)
A play written a century ago airs the issues in the Enron scandal like nothing else.
- Town Within A Temple (Hindu, A. SRIVATHSANA, Apr 21, 2006)
An island formed by the Cauvery and its tributary, Srirangam, is unique in many aspects.
- Today's Editorial: Caste Aside (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 21, 2006)
There is something refreshing about the current assembly polls in Kerala. Previously, election campaigns here revolved around caste and community loyalties and the ways and means to fix them.
- Our Past For Our Future (Indian Express, Jagmohan , Apr 21, 2006)
Fellow citizens, do not touch even one stone...the old buildings, articles, documents; all this is your history, your pride...These words are not those of a sentimental conservationist but of one of the . . .
- When Brand Bangalore Took A Beating (Business Line, Anand Parthasarathy, Apr 21, 2006)
The violent aftermath of the death of an iconic film star may have badly dented Bangalore's claims as most-favoured IT destination. Is it a Silicon Valley or a Silicon Volcano waiting to erupt at the slightest provocation, wonders ANAND PARTHASARATHY.
- Saffron Demography (Times of India, Mohan Rao, Apr 21, 2006)
At a public meeting attended by thousands, the leader of the Madhya Pradesh unit of RSS claimed recently that the Muslim population was increasing at a rapid pace, and that this combined with infiltration of Muslims from Bangladesh portended . . .
- Terror Infrastructure Across Border Intact, Says Army Chief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Even though upbeat at reduced violence levels in Jammu & Kashmir, Army Chief General JJ Singh today expressed deep concern at continuance of infrastructure for training of militants across the border in the northern State.
- Voters Win (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 20, 2006)
Cynics who scoff at the power of the vote must be a self-deluding lot.
- Saffron Demography (Times of India, Mohan Rao, Apr 20, 2006)
At a public meeting attended by thousands, the leader of the Madhya Pradesh unit of RSS claimed recently that the Muslim population was increasing at a rapid pace, and that this combined with infiltration of Muslims from Bangladesh portended doom . . .
- Hectic Lobbying For Assam Cm’S Job (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Congress’ decision not to project any of its leaders as chief ministerial candidate before the Assam election is going to fuel infighting within the party in the event the party emerges as the single largest group once the poll results are out . . .
- 'Indian Market Is Not Overvalued' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 20, 2006)
There is a lot more to Oliver Tant, global managing partner, financial advisory services, at KPMG, than being plain bullish about India.
- "Hydrological Information System Needed" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Soz says accurate data is crucial
The system will be immensely useful for resource planning
Phase-II to be implemented with $104.98 million assistance from IBRD
- For Sustainable Development (Daily Excelsior, Diksha Rajput, Apr 20, 2006)
Environmental protection and tourism are closely linked with each other , as vacations and outdoor recreation require a healthy environment.
- Where National Parties Hold Sway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
In Tamil Nadu's deep south, the influence of Dravidian parties is far from complete
- On Slippery Rock (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Apr 20, 2006)
Despite their near-takeover by the illiberal Left, American universities are more robust than those in other Western countries, says Daniel Pipes
- End Of Day, Size Matters (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Apr 20, 2006)
The very air of JNU is refreshing, though some slogans high up on the red brick walls are a bit too Leftist for my taste. My latest visit to JNU brought me yet another refreshing feeling: Somebody asking me a question called me a "doctor", which I am not.
- West Bengal: Clear Choice (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 19, 2006)
The results in West Bengal are a foregone conclusion; only the margin of victory is to be known.
- A National Authority For Rainfed India (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Apr 19, 2006)
The Government should examine the Parthasarathy Committee report, hold wide-ranging consultations on its key recommendations and act to implement a new consensus on governing rainfed areas.
- Power Corrupts (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 19, 2006)
It is strange that certain things don't seem to change.
- Clearing The Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
Delhi’s durbar culture is used to the rise and fall of individuals and of groups with clout to influence policy and statecraft.
- Indo-Us Bid For Biotech Research (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
A core team with biotechnology experts in the Indo-US high technology cooperation group will decide the modalities of biological material movement within the next three months, sources said.
- Brighter Shade Of Pale (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 19, 2006)
Political makeovers come in different shades. Some makeover artists like Sharad Pawar break away from their mother parties to give rise to new political formations.
- Please, Sir, Can We Bully You? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 19, 2006)
Every morning when David Griffin (not his real name) sets out for his school, he is filled with dread as to what might lie in store for him. But then, you might ask, what is new about it? "Children always hate to go to school. Don't they?"
- How Globalisation Fosters Intolerance (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Apr 18, 2006)
Many now believe that the Western model should be applied everywhere.
- Surrogate Emperor And The Have-Nots (Deccan Herald, SURESH HEBLIKAR, Apr 18, 2006)
The riots were an outpouring of the have- nots who saw in Rajkumar an emperor who was their voice. It could also be seen as a simmering discontent.
- The Kota Way Of Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
An ethnographic study of the musical life of Kotas focussing on the interdependencies that link music and ritual
- Museum On Caste (Times of India, RAMA LAKSHMI, Apr 18, 2006)
After 16 years of debate and delay in the US Congress and Senate, the Smithsonian Institution finally announced this January the plan to open a National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- India, Asia In Globalisation Era (Daily Excelsior, Arti Dogra, Apr 18, 2006)
Some people have said the 21st century will be the Asian century while others believe the 21st century will be freedom’s century.
- Heritage Conservation (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Apr 18, 2006)
It was on 18 April 1982 that the celebration of World Heritage Day was suggested on the occasion of a symposium organized by ICOMOS, International council for monuments and sites.
- Mma’S New Move Could Be A Double Game (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 18, 2006)
Circumstances and political expediency might have thrown the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) and other components of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) together with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) but the two . . .
- Swinging It (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 18, 2006)
It’s been a great weekend for Indian sports. Even as Team India wrapped up the one-day series against England in style, golfer Jeev Milkha Singh was swinging his way to glory in Beijing, winning his maiden title in seven years.
- Expatriates Vote For The First Time In Italian Polls (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Apr 18, 2006)
Most expatriates who have made the conscious decision to work and live abroad find themselves trapped in a time warp.
- Productivity Tip No 1: Check Out The Blogs (Deccan Herald, Zachary A. Goldfarb, Apr 18, 2006)
People are beginning to feel overwhelmed.You need to be having conversations with yourself and renegotiating your priorities.
- An Attempt To Make Things Easy For Tourists Planning To Go To Kodagu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
`Discover Coorg' tries to popularise the region as a tourist destination
- Leadership And Communication (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Apr 18, 2006)
The art and science of management requires both leadership and communication skills.
- Right Sum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
At least some mathematics teachers get their calculations right. Heading the list in West Bengal is the teacher of mathematics from Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission College, who has been fighting a lone battle for months over the outrageous . . .
- The End Of Macro-Economic Policy? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Apr 17, 2006)
Macro parameters are insensitive to domestic policy with convergence in the real . . .
- Dangerous Concept Of Nation-State (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 17, 2006)
Serb communist-nationalist and President of the post-1991 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Forests Development In Jammu & Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Dr M P Gupta, Apr 17, 2006)
The nature has endowed the State of Jammu & Kashmir with forest resources, but not much attention has been paid to the promotion, conservation and protection of natural wealth.
- Art (Deccan Herald, Marta Jakimowicz, Apr 17, 2006)
Ditmar Bollaert is a Belgian photographer who has travelled extensively in India, especially the South. His Indian images, which are currently on view at Time & Space (April 7 to 19), probe the manifestations of the spiritual in the raw matter . . .
- Orientalia (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 17, 2006)
Tagore inscribed the Orient into the trajectory of humanism
Telling Tales Amit Chaudhuri Part 2 of a six-part essay. The third part of this essay will appear next sunday
- Chamba Is 1,000 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 17, 2006)
Few towns in the region, let alone Himachal Pradesh, can claim to be as old as Chamba, which is now in the midst of millennium celebrations.
- Bringing Up Mom And Baby (Deccan Herald, VEENA PRADEEP, Apr 16, 2006)
The book takes an objective look at the day-to-day business of bringing up a baby.
- Some Lives Count More Than Others In China (International Herald Tribune, JIM YARDLEY, Apr 15, 2006)
He Qingzhi's teenage daughter, Yuan, and her two friends lived on the same street near the Yangtze River, attended the same middle school and were crushed to death in the same traffic accident late last year.
- Those Who Attacked Supreme Court (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 15, 2006)
The Lahore High Court has issued notices to 19 advisors to the Punjab Chief Minister and Provincial Government asking them to explain under what authority they held the offices.
- Satellite To Take A Closer Look At Nalanda (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Apr 15, 2006)
Research shows that ancient university spread over a wider area
- Virus In The System (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Apr 15, 2006)
How did a ‘gentle’ film star like Rajkumar — best known for playing saints and social reformers — spawn a legion of raving fans in a state and city known for being laid back, accommodating and cosmopolitan?
- The Uncertain Knowledge Edge (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is following V P Singh's ‘disas- trous’ line on reservation
- A Town Where The World Comes To Shop (Hindu, Pallavi Iyer, Apr 15, 2006)
Spread over 2.6 million square metres, the market in Yiwu in southern China's Zhejiang province has 50,000 stalls, selling 400,000 categories of products.
- Remembering Pudumaippithan (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Apr 15, 2006)
In his birth centenary year, Tamil literature lovers all over the world celebrate the master of the short story.
- Chamba Is 1000 Years Old; Weeklong Festivities Begin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni inaugurates weeklong celebrations
- Praful Bidwai: Only The First Step To Change (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Apr 15, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's resignation affirms democratic virtue and should trigger reform of the "office-for-profit" law and a radical rethink in the Congress.
- 'It's A Globally Competitive Industry' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Apr 15, 2006)
The packaging in India is a Rs 65,000 crore industry and pharma packaging constitutes a large a chunk worth Rs 25,000 crore. Hindalco, Flex Art foils and Ess Dee Aluminium are the three leading players in the Pharma Packaging space.
- The British Sleepwalk Into A Police State (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Apr 15, 2006)
What is being implemented is a calculated, meticulous, and ruthless project to criminalise legitimate political dissent.
- Working On A Bandh Day (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 14, 2006)
Some years ago, there was this vivid photograph published in a newspaper of children playing cricket on a main road in Kolkata where the vehicular traffic had stopped for the nonce because of a bandh.
- Baisakhi- Birth Of Khalsa (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Apr 14, 2006)
On the festival of Baisakhi people from all walks of life meet in festive mood on the 1st day of Baisakhi Associated with the harvest of Rabi Crop., Baisakhi is celebrated with fun and frolic in Northern India particularly in Punjab.
- Sad And Alert Lines (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2006)
His life and times (CIMA, price not mentioned) reproduces the artist’s recent works on paper, with dry pastels, pen and ink, together with some earlier paintings.
- Winnable Reforms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2006)
Buddha can afford to smile
- India Willing To Settle Kashmir Along Loc’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 14, 2006)
A French academic has said that India is willing to accept the Line of Control, as it stands today, as the permanent dividing line between the two Kashmirs. He also believes that a pragmatic compromise around a soft border is possible.
- Maruti Udyog: Pleasant Drive (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Apr 14, 2006)
Maruti-Suzuki deal will ensure greater transparency in operations
- Seminar On Ragas (Hindu, M. SURYA PRASAD, Apr 14, 2006)
An interesting symposium was held on the melakarta ragas at the Indian Institute of World Culture recently.
- New Mantra For Prosperity (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Apr 14, 2006)
Nano-technology can significantly contribute to the food and energy security of developing countries
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 13, 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.
- Beware Of Plastic Money ! (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Apr 13, 2006)
Three fastest growing segments of Indian economy characterise the new "superpower" India - mobile phones automobiles, and credit cards.
- Belated Explanation By Paf (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 13, 2006)
The controversy over decision of the Pakistan Air Force about growing beards by the serving personnel keeps on re-surfacing with regular interval but the PR department of the force has not thought it appropriate to clarify the situation.
- The Emotional Clash Of Civilisations (The Financial Express, DOMINIQUE MOISI, Apr 13, 2006)
The actual conflict lies between the European culture of fear and the Muslim one of humiliation
- While Dealing With America... (Pioneer, C UDAY BHASKAR, Apr 13, 2006)
India must hardsell its ethical conduct post-Pokhran to make US Congress recognise a friend, says C Uday Bhaskar
- Election Sans Commotion (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Apr 13, 2006)
Having witnessed most elections in West Bengal since the first one under the present Constitution in 1952, this writer finds the forthcoming Assembly poll a rather strange phenomenon.
- The Marxist Sleight Of Hand (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 13, 2006)
Enter the land of world famous Baluchari sarees, Dokra art and teracotta temples, all that has given Bankura district its present name and fame
- Chinese Launch 'Clean Www' Mission (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
China's central news websites have backed a proposal for the eradication of pornographic and violent Internet content and vowed to promote the building of a socialist harmonious society.
- Art And The Controversy (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Apr 12, 2006)
Sunil Gangopadhyay and MF Husain must know that right to freedom of speech and expression is not unconditional, says Anuradha Dutt
- Future Frock Shocks? (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Apr 12, 2006)
The Real Fashion Week is just over without any wardrobe mishaps, but what does the Mumbai frock shock tell the design jocks? Call it the nipple effect of global fashion — ooh, we have our own wardrobe malfunction.
- An Alternative To Being A Couch Potato (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 12, 2006)
How is IPTV better than the traditional telly? You can see programmes of your choice, at the pace you want to, by controlling the stream through pause, fast and rewind options.
- No Difference Between Naxalism, Terrorism: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
"Naxals frustrated with `Salwa Judum'; anti-naxal movement not halted"
- Kumaraswamy Promises Support For Uplift Of Muslims In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Announces proposal to have a member from the community in the KPSC
- Sick Of Information? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 11, 2006)
Information is power. It can be irrelevant absurdity, too. And if the various questions with the chief information officer’s office are anything to go by, then one could easily claim that the Right to Information Act is allowing people to traverse . . .
- Fir Against Husain, Nafisa For 'Bharat Mata' Painting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Delhi Police has registered a case against painter MF Husain for depicting "Bharat Mata" in an obscene manner in one of his paintings, which was to be auctioned to fund rehabilitation work in earthquake-hit Kashmir. The case was registered at the . . .
- A Different Historical Trajectory (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 11, 2006)
This concluding part of the review focusses on Sanjay Subrahmanyam's main contributions to a better understanding of the complex historical processes
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