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Articles 2721 through 2820 of 3170:
- Another Quiver (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
A cold-hearted villain is on a blood trail for masterpieces in Jeffrey Archer’s latest novel.
- Looking Beyond The Backwaters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
FEW articles of mine have provoked such a storm of a reaction from Keralites as my piece on Kerala's women ("Kalyanikutty's Kerala", Magazine, November 6, 2005).
- Maximum Autonomy Will Be The Best Option (Deccan Herald, Dr Niranjanaradhya V P, Jan 29, 2006)
"Unfortunately, bureaucracy has no faith in teachers. we have failed to recognise the talents of our teachers"
- Short Of Enchanting (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Jan 29, 2006)
Manmohan Desai is one director in the history of Indian mainstream cinema who trod his own path, making blockbuster after blockbuster with top stars of his time and almost single-handedly perfecting the madcap, illogical storytelling style that Hindi ....
- All In A Day’S Work (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 28, 2006)
Very few of us get the chance of living our lives the way that gives us a sense of fulfilment.
- R-Day Parade: Out Of Step? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 28, 2006)
I don't know if you have noticed but over the last four years or so, the run-up to the Republic Day parade is always marked by a certain amount of disgruntled muttering. This year has been no exception.
- Reshaping The Muslim World’S Destiny (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jan 28, 2006)
Much has appeared in these columns, including some very thought-provoking pieces, on the outcome of the OIC’s extraordinary summit at Makkah last December.
- Extending The Idea Of India (Indian Express, AMBA PANDE, Jan 27, 2006)
Naushad has been pardoned. His eye will not be gouged out by the government of Saudi Arabia. The news, bringing relief to the family and the nation, also brings forth the larger issue of welfare of migrant labourers and India’s policy . . .
- Who Paid For Their Flights, Resort, Stay? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 27, 2006)
Once the political dust kicked up by the son of the son of the soil settles down, a simple question that the JD(S) and the BJP might like to answer is: who paid for the travel, boarding, lodging, entertainment and other expenses of the MLAs?
- Umbilical Connectivity And Societal Change (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 26, 2006)
What the more fortunate among us have to do is to provide the leadership to bring about a transformation in India's 600,000 villages.
- Survey On Ancient Manuscripts To Be Carried Out From Feb. 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
People asked to provide credible information `It is our responsibility to preserve them for the benefit of the future generation'
- How To Become A Millionaire Academic (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 26, 2006)
Until recently, there was a bit of snobbery attached to academics "stooping down" to make money. But these inhibitions are now disappearing.
- A Centre For Culture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
Indiranagar in Bangalore is one of the most happening localities of Bangalore and “Purandara Bhavana”, the Centre for Performing Arts established by Indira Nagar Sangeetha Sabha is the nerve centre of cultural events.
- Google Also Ogles (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2006)
Governments often want to violate privacy. But so do ultra-cool tech firms we all so admire
- Saudi King Signs Four Accords With Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
A day after arriving in India on a four-day landmark visit, the Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz today signed four accords, including one on combating terrorism, with New Delhi after talks with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
- The Depths Of A Garden (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Jan 26, 2006)
It is a summer’s night. In the glimmering darkness of a rococo garden, a girl is desperately looking for something on the ground. As she searches for this lost object, she sings a ravishingly beautiful cavatina, for what she has lost appears . . .
- World Book Fair To Begin In Delhi Tomorrow (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 26, 2006)
Nine-day 17th World Book Fair will begin here on Friday in which the largest ever group of Pakistani publishers will participate.
- Bow To The Left (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Jan 25, 2006)
It was all there for the world to see. At the Congress plenary session at Hyderabad, politicians — both young and elderly — clamoured obsequiously for Rahul Gandhi, ...
- Meeting Agricultural Challenges (Daily Excelsior, Dr K S Khokhar, Jan 25, 2006)
Agriculture continues to be backbone of the Indian economy. About 65 percent of Indian population is still dependent on agriculture. Agriculture contribute significantly to National GDP (22%).
- Irrelevant Debate (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 25, 2006)
Social activism vs artistic insights
The best consolation that Maneka Gandhi can draw in her campaign for animal rights is the moral support from an angry outburst by the Dalai Lama at this year’s Kalachakra in Andhra Pradesh dedicated to peace and . . .
- Survey On Ancient Manuscripts To Be Carried Out From February 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
People asked to provide to credible information
Proper preservation of manuscripts
NSS unit volunteers to gather information
They will be trained in implementing awareness campaigns
- Iaea Stance On Iran (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jan 25, 2006)
As the momentum builds for the International Atomic Energy Agency board meeting on Feb 2, Mr ElBaradei, its director-general, has given the western campaign something of a setback by making it quite clear that he would not advance the date . . .
- Biodynamic Farming In Krishna District (Hindu, G.V.Ramana Rao, Jan 25, 2006)
They do not use chemical fertilizers. Pesticides are anathema to them. All the inputs needed for cultivation are available in the farm. They wait for the right planetary positions to spray solutions developed from organic materials for the . . .
- Is Delhi The Face Of India? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
I love my country just like all of you do, and i take pride in living in Delhi, the national capital. But of late i feel a bit hurt, coz of some sorry incidents but even more by the way media has taken those incidents.
- "The Bird On The Book Does Mean Something" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Jan 24, 2006)
Penguin's chief executive on the future of the book publishing industry and his company's plans for India and elsewhere.
- Demand-Side Constraints In Ssi Credit (Business Line, B. L. Chandak, Jan 24, 2006)
Supply-Side constraints affecting credit to small-scale industries (SSIs) have been extensively deliberated by various expert committees. However, of late, besides supply-side impediments, demand-side constraints too are affecting credit growth to the ...
- When Will Eu Denuclearize? (Dawn, Syed Sikander Mehdi, Jan 24, 2006)
THERE is no nuclear bomb on Iranian soil. Even the worst foes of the Islamic Republic agree that Iran does not have a bomb.
- Criminals Who Got Away (Dawn, Ljiljana Smajlovic, Jan 24, 2006)
The West blames the East, the East blames circumstances. Meanwhile, Europe’s two most-wanted men — indicted Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic — have for the last 10 years freely roamed impoverished Bosnia-Herzegovina and . . .
- Chirac’S Indiscretion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
Iran has reacted strongly to President Jacques Chirac’s unfortunate statement about using nuclear weapons.
- Saga Of A Progressive And Pioneering Educationist (Hindu, MALATHI RANGARAJAN, Jan 24, 2006)
Biography of a woman, who is in a class of her own, offered as a tribute on the occasion of her 80th birthday
- Youth, Confidence, Creativity To The Fore At `Bridging Cultures' (Hindu, Sudhish Kamath, Jan 24, 2006)
Films on subjects ranging from puppets to female infanticide were screened at the daylong film festival Short films and documentaries were screened at the film festival
- N-Capping Fears Unreal (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 24, 2006)
One of the bogeys raised by those who want to mire India in the status quo of technology thraldom and prevent the Indo-US agreement on exceptionalisation from the NPT to go through is that this is an attempt to cap our credible minimum nuclear deterrent.
- Congress & Gandhis (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The sighting of Rahul Gandhi as a “beacon of hope” at the AICC conclave has to be viewed in context.
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2006)
Onus as much on UPA allies as on Congress
The Congress party’s call to its partners in the ruling United Progressive Alliance at the Centre that the responsibility for the success of the Manmohan Singh government rests as much on them as . . .
- Return Of Raja Bhaiya (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 24, 2006)
The re-induction of controversial Independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, into the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has proved once again that politicians are more bothered about their vote banks than the cause of preventing criminals . . .
- World Economic Forum Honours Shabana Azmi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Noted actress Shabana Azmi has been selected for the prestigious 'CRYSTAL' award by the World Economic Forum for her "outstanding excellence" in the field of art.
- Cong (I) To Work For Single Party Rule: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
In a subtle message towards working for a single-party rule, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today told partymen that coalition does not mean abdication of party-building but admitted that there was "no magic wand" to revive the party in North India,
- Development Of Doda (Daily Excelsior, Prof P R Khajuria, Jan 24, 2006)
The sprawling Doda sub-region with its peculiar geophysical characteristics and unique socio-cultural scenario; with its centuries old known history that almost runs parallel to the history of Kashmir valley,
- Spread Message Of Peace, Non-Violence: President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
The hills of Vindhyagiri and Chandragiri in the ancient town of Shravanabelagola resounded with chants of "Bhagawan Bahubali ki jai" as President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Mayawati At It Again (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 23, 2006)
Behanji Mayawati celebrated her birthday as usual with a big tamasha, laddoos and, of course, collection of funds with coupons for all to fill in their donations to the Bahujan Samajwadi Party leader.
- How Playboy Can Score In India (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Jan 22, 2006)
Despite strict obscenity laws, stricter religious mores and a fanatical element that regularly pickets and threatens to blow up movie theaters running risque movies, Playboy Enterprises is considering an Indian version of its magazine.
- Kostova’S Top Ten For A Winter Night (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Elizabeth Kostova, author of ‘The Historian’ chooses her favourite books to cuddle with on a dark evening.
- R-Day Parade: Out Of Step? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 22, 2006)
I don't know if you have noticed but over the last four years or so, the run-up to the Republic Day parade is always marked by a certain amount of disgruntled muttering. This year has been no exception.
- India’S Beethoven (Deccan Herald, Ronita Torcato, Jan 22, 2006)
Beethoven composed great music though afflicted by deafness. Seventy-one-year-old Kolkata based Anglo Indian author Vernon Thomas continues to write reams despite being blind.
- Pakistanis May See Indian ‘Sohni Mahiwal’ On Big Screen (Daily Times, Shoaib Ahmed, Jan 22, 2006)
Federal Film Censor Board passes film despite a recent govt statement ruling out screening of Indian films in Pakistan until settlement of all political issues with India
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- Travel And Tourism Fair Begins In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The fair has over 100 participants from India, Egypt, Nepal
- Change Education System To Protect Literature: Bhyrappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
'Awards or accolades do not matter to writers'
Literature is a perennial achievement and is a pursuit of truth. To protect art, literature, culture, tradition and language, it is essential to change the education system, writer S.L. Bhyrappa said . . .
- With An Enemy Like This (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
Formally handing over charge in Mumbai this New Year’s eve, outgoing BJP president Lal Krishna Advani had said he was confident that Rajnath Singh “will preside over the party’s growth to newer heights” and the “bad patch” faced by the BJP in 2005 would..
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 21, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Beyond Sensationalism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 21, 2006)
Feminism is not content with women serving liquor in hotels. It strives for realisation of their full potential
- Horse Tale (Indian Express, SATISH K. SHARMA, Jan 21, 2006)
At the National Police Academy, shields and cups are awarded to trainee officers for excellence in different parts of training. Any obvious chase for such honours was derided by fellow trainees as an early sign of careerism. I found one cup . . .
- Cultural Depletion Through Western Imports (Tribune, Rana Nayar, Jan 21, 2006)
During a literary meet I once attended, someone popped up this rather uneasy question in an equally unexpected manner: what is it that ails Punjabi literature? All kinds of plausible and implausible answers were put forth, ranging from the lack . . .
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 21, 2006)
The inflexibility of Indian labour laws is a dampener. If you can hire, you can fire too. But here, the cost of compensation is too high. — Mr Goh Chok Tong, former Prime Minister of Singapore, at the CII Partnership Summit in Kolkata.
- Centre Can Consider Corporatising The Iims (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jan 21, 2006)
If the previous government’s move against the hike in fee was lambasted as being hawkish, intrusive and much more, the stand of the current government on IIM Bangalore’s move for an offshore facility has met a similar fate.
- Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 21, 2006)
WHAT is the future for an economic system that is not an efficient producer of goods and services in the globalized economy?
- ‘The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar To Paisley’: A Many Splendoured Thing (Daily Times, Mariam Mushtaq, Jan 21, 2006)
Sherry Rehman, politician cum author, holds Lahoris spellbound
Friday evening was one of those rare occasions in Lahore when the intelligentsia and the glitterati of the city came together under one roof.
- Hundreds Of Musicians Pay Homage To Thyagaraja (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
They render pancharathna kritis in chorus at the samadhi in Thiruvaiyaru
Hundreds of musicians paid homage to saint composer Thyagaraja by rendering his pancharathna kritis in chorus at the 159th Thyagaraja Aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur . . .
- God And Gowda (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2006)
Politics is too fluid for the glue of secularism to always hold.
The political convulsions in Karnataka underline, yet again, the apparent foolhardiness of ordering Indian politics around the secular-communal faultline. For one, in a country as diverse
- Remember Dabhol? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 20, 2006)
A gentleman, whose identity better remain undisclosed, had spent a term in one of the houses of parliament.
- Consolidation In The Air (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 20, 2006)
The buyout of Sahara Airlines by Jet Airways signifies the beginning of a consolidation phase in the country's domestic aviation industry, putting behind the virtual frenzy over the past couple of years that saw the number of airlines doubling from . . .
- Lost Art Of The Narrative (Hindu, Catherine Gander, Jan 19, 2006)
A short story is not a quick fix. It demands interpretation, as Ang Lee's western has shown.
- ‘‘With The Resources It Has, Us Is Still Quite Ignorant Of Other Cultures’’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2006)
This March, the illustrious Asia Society, headquartered in New York, will open its first India centre in Mumbai. On the same day, March 18, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will give the keynote address at its 16th Asian Corporate Conference in the city.
- Dead Man Uploading (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 19, 2006)
Playing dead has been an interesting, although risky, manoeuvre when it comes to carrying out insurance scams and dodging creditors.
- A Cornered General Could Not Do Much (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
President of Pakistan had to face a tough time on screen with a journalist from India. Reasons many. Saleem Kaloo reviews Musharraf’s interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN
- Protection Of Forests (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Jan 19, 2006)
Like varieties of culture, custom and creed, India is vested with a variety of forests extending from the Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in North South and from Assam to the desert of Rajasthan in the East-West. These forests occur in different . . .
- Have A Brisk Walk (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Jan 18, 2006)
A walk every day is enough to keep us healthy, but, as a culture, do we like the idea?
- Manuscript Documentation To Begin In February (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Documentation of manuscripts, antiques, palm leaf, birch barks, hand-made paper and cloth in Dharmapuri district would be taken up in the first week of February.
- Unhealthy Health (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Even as Medical Science has made strides, diseases continue to mock at our peripheral health care system which by any standards could be described as primitive one.
- Rs. 407 Crore Anti-Erosion Works To Protect Dibrugarh: Manmohan (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 18, 2006)
Calls for improving road, rail and air connectivity in the northeast
Unveils Rs. 3,000 crore augmentation project at North Eastern Coalfields at Margherita
Shilpgram will become cultural gateway in east
- ``Caste An Imperfect Indicator For Quota'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suggests merit scholarship system
Public sector educational institutions have failed to emerge as centres of excellence
Calls for a more "invasive and inquisitive" democratic culture
- Even Aussies Start Behaving! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 18, 2006)
The unipolar world of Aussie-dominated cricket is in for an unexpected makeover.
- The West Has Picked A Fight With Iran That It Cannot Win (Guardian (UK), Simon Jenkins, Jan 18, 2006)
Never pick a fight you know you cannot win. Or so I was told. Pick an argument if you must, but not a fight. Nothing I have read or heard in recent weeks suggests that fighting Iran over its nuclear enrichment programme makes any sense at all.
- The Infinite Justice & Wisdom Of Ms Roy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy is a self-described “independent mobile republic”, which is a wonderful thing to be in these days of wireless telephony.
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- Door-To-Door Survey Of Tamil Manuscripts From February 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Union Ministry of Culture had granted Rs.20 lakh for tracing them: Bharathidasan University Vice-Chancellor
- Nitish Kumar Woos Nris (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Jan 17, 2006)
It was more a drive for image makeover than immediate investment by NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar when he attended the just-concluded three-day “Prabashi Bharatiya Sammelan” (NRI conclave) in Hyderabad between January 7 and 9.
- Perils Of Unchecked Power (Dawn, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Jan 17, 2006)
The recent controversy over warrantless national security telephone taps, coupled with Martin Luther King’s birthday, remind me of my time in the Department of Justice in the 1960s.
- Travelling From Beauty To Beauty (Greater Kashmir, R. K. BHARATII, Jan 16, 2006)
Here you see the paradise on earth in light of ancient memoirs, records and travelogues, reviews
R. K. BHARATII
- Women Behind Bars! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 16, 2006)
The Delhi High Court has struck one blow for equality, and one for tradition, in permitting women to serve liquor in bars.
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