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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 3170:
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 12, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- Sc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
A full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, has allowed kite manufacturing and kite flying from February 25 to March 10 and directed the District Nazims to fix one-day . . .
- Taking God Seriously (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 11, 2006)
I see a perverse saving grace in an Iranian newspaper’s tit-for-tat promise of a contest of Holocaust cartoons.
- An Uneven Battle Against Aids (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Feb 11, 2006)
Doctors continue to fear infection; the infected worry about bleak future
- Life’S Work And Fulfilment (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 11, 2006)
Very few of us get the chance of living our lives in the way so as to give us a sense of fulfilment. The first quarter which we know as brahmacharya is spent in preparing for it: going to school and college (if our parents have the means to educate us).
- Our Primitive Fascination (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Feb 10, 2006)
The story of the demise of Sunder Raj and Pandit Tawiri sounds like something plundered from the pages of a 19th-century adventure novel, except that it really . . .
- ‘Classical Music Needs Sponsors’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar on Thursday urged the corporate sector to come forward to promote classical music.
- A Classic Novel And The Literary View From Below (Hindu, Satya P. Mohanty, Feb 10, 2006)
Fakir Mohan Senapati's classic Oriya novel is a marvel of 19th century literary realism, complex and sophisticated. It seeks to analyse and explain social reality instead of merely holding up a mirror to it.
- Telling Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 10, 2006)
That the Army's recruitment drive in the Valley has drawn an overwhelming response sends a significant message. It puts the harsh economic truth in right perspective.
- From Korea, With Love (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 09, 2006)
The Cold War politics that kept Korea out of India’s radar is in the past now. The two countries have discovered each other and this information has percolated to a few of us, Indians and Koreans, alike.
- Run Up To Iran War? (Daily Times, Manzur Ejaz, Feb 08, 2006)
President Bush briefly touched upon domestic issues in his State of the Union demagoguery. His speechwriters could not find any bright spots of his performance last year.
- Adding Fuel To Raging Fire (Daily Times, Mian Ijaz Ul Hassan, Feb 08, 2006)
The function of a cartoon is to humour and amuse and in the process engage the viewer to reflect upon individual vanities, human trials and foibles, profound or everyday
- Raj Babbar Suspended (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Feb 08, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday suspended its two-time member of Parliament from Agra, Raj Babbar, from the Parliamentary Party on charges of "indiscipline" for his recent public statements against party general secretary Amar Singh.
- An Expanded Role For Radio (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 07, 2006)
Of all the communications technologies that are accessible to the vast majority in the country, radio is pre-eminent. It is portable and relatively inexpensive to access.
- Extraordinary Mission, Extraordinary Auction (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Feb 07, 2006)
The stars of this "Mission Kashmir" will be some of the biggest names in the art world.
- Kannada In Times Of Americanisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The demands and issues raised by the 72nd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana need to be discussed at all cultural forums and the government must muster political courage to resolve seemingly intractable problems, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- On To A Broader Horizon (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
My previous article tried to sketch a framework of geo-strategic and geo-economic concerns that determine the new bearings of the Saudi foreign policy.
- Lost For Ideas (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 06, 2006)
FOR the next few months, the Bofors-armed, Rajnath Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party won’t be enemy number one to the Congress. It will be the CPI(M) and its Leftist comrades.
- Indian Mp Hopes For Visa-Free Travel On Munabao Route (Pakistan Observer, AA Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
Manvinder Singh, a member of Indian parliament and son of former foreign minister Jaswant Singh, on Sunday hoped for a visa-free regime for the peoples of Thar and Rajasthan travelling on the Khokhrapar-Munabao route.
- Towards Corruption Free Society (Daily Excelsior, Tahir Khurshid Raina, Feb 06, 2006)
The change of guards in the State at the political level brought a glaring change in the issues to be addressed by the Government. The new incumbent Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Chief Minister of the State has come up with the slogan of good governance.
- Take The Lead (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 06, 2006)
Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq has talked a lot of sense about the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley. His view especially that his faction of the Hurriyat Conference wants the KPs to go again to their original homes with . . .
- ‘Chanting Easier Than Words’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Feb 06, 2006)
In the mid-1980s, a young monk from Arunachal Pradesh joined the Drepung Loseling monastery in Mundgod in Karnataka. Very soon he caught the attention of the monastery’s Principal Chant Master who asked him to join the chanting group.
- Spirit Of Saraswati (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Feb 06, 2006)
Today we covered our books with paper — it’s Saraswati’s day, you know.
- Public-Private Partnership Needed To Help Weaker Sections: Ficci President (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Feb 05, 2006)
WHILE opposing the government’s move to introduce reservation in the private sector, . . .
- Promoting The Reading Habit (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Feb 05, 2006)
Book buying is not common. Prices are too high for most people. Publishers are cautious, and most of them are reluctant to publish serious books. Normally, they will print no more than a 1,000 copies of any title, and often only 500, . . .
- Of Graven Images (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Feb 05, 2006)
It is a fallacy of our narcissistic age to expect images of what supreme leaders of thought may have looked like; their teachings and deeds are unaffected by our erroneous expectations
- Love In The Holy See (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2006)
In the beginning was the word”, it could also have begun with love. “God is Love” is the central message of the Book of Revelations in the New Testament. Pope Benedict XVI returns to this theme in his first encyclical.
- Advertising Often Doesn't Work (Daily Excelsior, Prakash Nath, Feb 05, 2006)
In this age of market economy you can sell your products with the help of advertising, which was earlier considered as wasteful expenditure.
- Kalam Mission Is To Get Nurses Their Due (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 05, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam now has a new mission that will ensure that the profession of nursing will not only get its due respect but also nurses will be empowered to attain positions of power in medical profession. Driven by his mission, . . .
- America Unplugged (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Feb 05, 2006)
IN today's globalised climate, the former colonies have ended up as the neo-colonial empire of the United States, complicit in global give and take, economic hegemony, and . . .
- "India Will Not Be The Same Without Salesians" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
He heads an organisation that is dedicated to serving the youth. Which explains the rather youthful demeanour of this respected leader of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rector Major Pascual Chavez, who is in India for the centenary of the community's presenc
- Capturing Life In All Its Hues (Hindu, LAKSHMI KANNAN, Feb 05, 2006)
In her poem, "Of Magic and Men", Shanta Acharya writes about the wave of "miracles" that swept across Hindus all over the world, when deities "drank milk" that was lovingly given by the devotees. It received a kind of media coverage that lulled . . .
- No Comparison (Hindu, Suchitra Behal, Feb 05, 2006)
She may be media savvy but even the normally unfazed ANOUSHKA SHANKAR has her moments.
- Kbd: Not Without Consensus (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 04, 2006)
President Musharraf’s address to the nation on January 17, 2005, that called for the construction of Bhasha dam seems to have diverted an imminent national crisis in the inter-provincial and centre-province relationships.
- My Father’S Last Testament (Tribune, Inder Vidya Vachaspati, Feb 04, 2006)
We the two sons of Swami Shraddhanand were in the first batch of students when Gurukul Kangri was established by our father. There was still one year for our graduation.
- A Raise, By All Means (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2006)
Government staff have pathetic salaries, few rewards for merit. Sixth Pay Commission should change both
- Read The World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2006)
The classics, it would seem, are what the old want the young to read. Why? Because these works have survived the passage of time; they can be enjoyed by anybody living anywhere in the world (knowledge of English or a European language being taken . . .
- Hands And Heads (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 04, 2006)
Gandhi, Nandy and Bhatt: three critiques of modern science
Shelley once claimed that poets were “the unacknowledged legislators of the world”. In the decades and centuries since he said this, it has been scientists rather than poets who have . . .
- Go, Fly A Kite (Indian Express, Rajnish Wattas, Feb 04, 2006)
I think little boys and kites have a special bond. And thankfully not even the TV-computer onslaught has been able to snap it. No wonder, even Chandigarh the planned, modern city — unlike traditional walled cities — had some kites on its skies . . .
- Kalam Salaams Filipino Nursing (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 04, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam suggested that India could take a leaf out of the Filipino nursing education book that enables nursing graduates to become rural doctors.
- That Imperious Lady (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., Feb 04, 2006)
The grand old empress in Cubbon Park turns 100, reports PRASHANTH G.N.
- Globalisation `Is Now Officially Dead' (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 04, 2006)
John Ralston Saul traces the rise, plateau and fall of globalisation in The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World, and explains why it is officially dead. On a similar theme, A Fair Globalisation: Creating Opportunities for Al l, . . .
- Abstract Art Finds A Niche (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Abstract art is rich and creative with varying styles, techniques and temper in resonating visual language
- Pints Of Epiphany (Hindu, RAKESH MEHAR, Feb 03, 2006)
A Pinter Sketch, a dramatised reading of eight of Harold Pinter's most famous sketches, made a tremendous impact with a minimal setting but superb comic timing
- Pakistan, Islam And Indian Media Stereotypes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
“[T]he limited support that radical Islamist groups enjoy in Pakistan reflects less a fierce commitment to their ultimate agenda of strict Islamist rule than a protest against the system which, ironically, has abetted such groups for its own ...
- Drawing The Line (Dawn, Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui, Feb 02, 2006)
In promulgating your esoteric cogitation are you aware of your platitudinous ponderosity?” Youthful stirrings in the exciting transition from school to college in Pakistan prompted us to pose this question to classmates who were not so proficient in ....
- Surajkund Festival Opens; Nation's Rich Heritage On Display (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Tourism has key role in economic development: Ambika Soni
Stating that tourism played an important part in the economic development of the country, Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni on Wednesday said both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
- Expounding Indian Heritage, Culture (Deccan Herald, Geetha Srinivasan, Feb 02, 2006)
Vishva Spandana, a value-based programme to create an awareness of the comprehensive nature of Indian culture and heritage is being organised jointly by Sri Bhagavan Mahaveer Jain College (SBMJC) and Human Networking Academy (HNA) at the College . . .
- Fight Of Fancy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 02, 2006)
Playing hardball can take on various forms. The Left’s preferred version happens to be the one that’s wrapped in a fervent demand for social justice.
- West Picks A Losing Battle (Deccan Herald, Simon Jenkins, Feb 02, 2006)
Washington’s kneejerk belligerence ignores Iran’s influence and the need for engagement
- Resolving Iran Issue Diplomatically (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 02, 2006)
The permanent members of the UN Security Council have agreed that the IAEA should report to the world body this week on what Iran must do to cooperate with the agency.
- Rites Of Spring (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 02, 2006)
It’s Basant Panchami today and while everyone who can will rush out for an eyeful of blooming yellow mustard in Punjab and Haryana, rustic Rajasthanis will wear yellow turbans or veils and maidaani Indians flourish yellow saris and handkerchiefs.
- Institutional Excesses, Elite Deadlock (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 01, 2006)
A democratic constitutional arrangement is predicated on mutual respect among various institutions. We appear to be entering a phase where the assumption is the elected representatives cannot be trusted with the public interest.
- Stage Set For Spiritual Gala (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A sprawling stage spread over 3.5 acres designed on the lines of Hampi architecture. A seating capacity of over 5,000 with a 3,800-member orchestra playing in the background and 25 lakh people training their eyes on the stage.
- Meet The New Woman On Screen (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Feb 01, 2006)
Those who reduce the feminist struggle to either/or certitudes just don’t get it. Feminism is not about pitting one woman against another, be it the professional against the domestic, or the salwar-kameez clad against the one in jeans.
- India, Sri Lanka Join Hands In Agriculture Research (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Plan includes training of Sri Lankan scientists, exchange visits of experts
ICAR and SLCARP to collaborate in hybrid seed production technology
13 Indian scientists to attend programmes
- Importance Of Bioethics (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 01, 2006)
On January 21-22, the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Culture (Cbec) of SIUT held a joint conference with Unesco in Karachi on “bioethics education” that should provide food for thought for educationists as well as parents. When doctors speak about ....
- Prevention Is Better Than Cure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Women Power (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Feb 01, 2006)
Harshini Kanekar is like any other neighbourhood young girl. What makes her special, however, is that she is the first woman to have opted for and successfully selected to become a fire engineer. Harshini would be the first woman fireman . . .
- Please Change The Topic (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 31, 2006)
Having bad-mouthed Sonia Gandhi for decades, having been personal and superficial in the public political discourse, having projected irrelevant issues on the national agenda, having been unable to debate and find solutions to the real problems . . .
- Minister's Concern Over Destruction Of Mangroves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Sujanapal's book released
"Maranam Kathukidakkunna Kandalkadukal" ("Mangroves on deathbed"), a book that eloquently expresses the concern and deep distress of Forest Minister A. Sujanapal over the environmental degradation of mangrove vegetation, . . .
- Losing Touch (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jan 31, 2006)
Last weeek we received by courier a parcel from my son and daughter in law, gifts from their holiday in Thailand. What thrilled me more than the presents was a single page handwritten letter. I had forgotten my son’s handwriting and there it was, . ..
- Towards A New Society-Nature Model (Business Line, Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Jan 31, 2006)
Attainment of higher economic growth rate on a sustainable basis presupposes a clearer understanding of the sensitive links between economic activities and the natural environment.
- 7 New Ministers In Union Cabinet — Aiyar Loses Petroleum To Murli Deora; Shinde Gets Power (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jan 30, 2006)
LEAVING the four pillars of his Cabinet - Finance, Home, Defence, and Law - untouched, and retaining the External Affairs portfolio, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today did the first major reshuffle and expansion of his Council of Ministers.
- The Holy Grail Of Connectivity (The Economic Times, S SRINIVASAN, Jan 30, 2006)
Recently an expert lamented the restrictive practices by some cell phone operators resulting in lack of connectivity among some of them. He pleaded for connectivity through a neutral exchange to which all service providers should connect.
- That Golden Voice (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Jan 30, 2006)
AT the time of marriage, most girls like to take along the belongings that have sentimental value for them.
- Cabinet Mark Ii (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first major expansion and reshuffle of the Union Cabinet since he assumed office in 2004 is a shrewd exercise calculated to send out multiple messages.
- All About Love (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 30, 2006)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
- Waiting For The Messiah (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2006)
The UP Congress is still fighting shy of wooing the backward castes, hoping to be saved by the first family,
- Shinde, Antulay, Soz Inducted In Ministry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion and reshuffle of his ministry by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who stripped Mani Shankar Aiyar of...
- Three Maharashtra Heavyweights In Union Cabinet (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion
- Irritating Thorn Of Democracy (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 30, 2006)
PAKISTAN has one leg shorter than the other; it leans on imports to keep itself upright.
- Aiyar & Fernandes: What Went Wrong (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Jan 30, 2006)
Two interesting factors in the major restructuring of the Union Council of Ministers are that senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes was reduced to being a minister without portfolio and the stripping off Mani Shankar Aiyar of his high profile petroleum..
- Peaceful Rise, In Three Steps (Indian Express, C. RAJAMOHAN, Jan 30, 2006)
While the Indian leaders merely rule, the Chinese tend to reign.
- Antulay, Shinde In Union Cabinet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
18 new faces, Shibu Soren re-inducted, three elevated to Cabinet rank..
- Cabinet-Council Of Ministers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
22 Ministers take oath in UPA government expansion New Delhi, Jan 29 (UNI) The following is the new list of Council of Ministers of the Manmohan Singh government after today's expansion-cum-reshuffle:
- An Unedifying Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 30, 2006)
A key to understanding a government's overall direction and policy thrust is the composition of its Council of Ministers.
- Five Old-New Faces In The Union Cabinet (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 30, 2006)
A look at the Congress veterans who have been inducted into the Government.
- Pm To Expand Cabinet Today (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Jan 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undertake the long awaited expansion-cum-reshuffle of his Cabinet here tomorrow to fill the gaps in the Council of Ministers and provide proper representation to the states left out thus far.
- Some Other Attributes Of A Successful Teacher (Hindu, Y. KRISHNAIAH, Jan 29, 2006)
This refers to the article "The attributes of a successful teacher" (Open Page, January 1) by Purnendu Ghosh. Here I attempt to add some more attributes that a teacher should possess to do full justice to the noble calling, i.e. teaching profession.
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