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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 5550:
- Legitimising Coercion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2001)
THE SETTING UP of an `Ayodhya cell' in the Prime Minister's Office, ostensibly to monitor the `negotiations' that are supposed to be on at the instance of Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is clearly in the context of the Sangh Parivar's impatience.
- A Question Of Autonomy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 27, 2001)
ISSUES RELATING to the World Trade Organisation are not the only ones that matter for Indian economic policy-making; for that would imply that the blame for all that is wrong at home has to be placed at the door of the WTO.
- Fallout Of Afghan Confrontation (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 26, 2001)
THE USA's battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage.
- The Killer Instinct Can Kill Too (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2001)
Twenty years ago, it was very fashionable to talk of us Indians as having no ‘killer instinct’.
- Between Reality And Rhetoric (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf has been under tremendous pressure since he extended his cooperation for the US-led coalition's military campaign against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden.
- The Elusive Spirit Of Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2001)
THE SPIRALLING RHETORIC on the India-Pakistan front shows how intense are the hard feelings that the Governments on both sides seem inclined to let fly at each other like some uncontrollable sparks.
- Think Positive, Mr. Vajpayee! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2001)
AS THE Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, prepares to travel to Russia and the United States, he needs to get the country out of the crabby mood it has slipped into so soon after September 11.
- Afghan Operations: A Marshall Plan? (Business Line, S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Oct 25, 2001)
"We are also looking forward to strengthening our cooperation on a full range of bilateral and regional issues.
- Bombastic Bombardments (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2001)
Tired old threats continue to pass off for foreign policy.
- ‘Young’ Hearts, Creaking Joints (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 24, 2001)
For a brief moment there, Ambika Soni and Kamalnath forgot that they weren’t so young any more.
- Has India Been Sidelined? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 24, 2001)
Has India been sidelined in the new global situation after September 11? Yes, if one were to go by circumstantial factors.
- Democracy As Pursuit Of Power (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Oct 24, 2001)
AS FAR as sheer political cynicism, obscene indifference to the fate of the people of India, manipulation of sentiments.
- Bjp Turns 50 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2001)
Even for a party, it is how well, not how long, one lives.
- Party, Government And The Gap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2001)
IT WAS A simple programmatical mix-up which provoked the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to bemoan the growing distance between his party and his Government at the BJP's national council meet, held to celebrate 50 years of its existence.
- Middle Class Backlash Against Vajpayee (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 23, 2001)
‘VINASHAKALE viparita buddhi’ has been a quote nauseatingly used by disgruntled politicians to snipe at each other.
- Dilli’s Gang Of Four (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2001)
Why is the NDA government scared of the media?
- 50 Years Of Bjp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2001)
ACTUALLY it is not half a century of the BJP, which was born only in 1980 after its expulsion from the crumbling Janata Party.
- Golden Voices (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2001)
Golden jubilee celebrations are expected to be joyous occasions.
- Biological Weapons: New-Age Terrorism (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Oct 22, 2001)
AMIDST the American pounding of Afghanistan, the world is gradually waking up to the threat of an unprecedented terrorist attack, which leaves behind tremendous political and scientific implications.
- A Sign Of Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 22, 2001)
THE VAJPAYEE ADMINISTRATION seems to have recognised the need for continued restraint in dealing with Pakistan in the present international climate of rising sentiments against the politics of terrorism.
- Agreeing To Disagree (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 22, 2001)
IT WILL be pointless to pretend that there is no dissonance between India and the U.S. arising from the post-September 11 situation, especially the current operations against international terrorism.
- The Heart Of The Matter (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2001)
One skilled politician, biding his time in forced retirement and expending his bile on fellow and much younger politicians is Sikandar Bakht, friend of the prime minister and the writer of a recent letter to him.
- Fundamentalist Danger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2001)
It is a measure of the desperation being perceived by the sangh parivar in Uttar Pradesh that it has chosen to rake up the Ayodhya issue in the run-up to the assembly polls.
- Plumbing New Depths (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 21, 2001)
STRANGELY, THE Government has chosen to defend the re-induction of Mr. George Fernandes as Defence Minister not by stating that the move was right, but by pointing out that the Opposition parties had no right to criticise.
- No Mandir, No Muslims: The ‘Rin Effect’ Catches Up With Bjp (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 20, 2001)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal deserves gratitude for solving a political non-riddle, once again. That he, and his outfit, don’t chart their own path.
- Falling Growth Trends In Economy, Agriculture (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 20, 2001)
AN important indicator of economic development is the sequential trend in the growth rate of the economy.
- Pm Gets His Fixer Back (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 20, 2001)
THE re-induction of Mr George Fernandes and Mr Harin Pathak into the Vajpayee Ministry must have been absolutely essential to the Prime Minister.
- ‘The Heavens Wouldn’t Have Fallen If George Had Waited’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2001)
Shatrughan Sinha joined the BJP when he was at the peak of his film career.
- Death Before Birth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2001)
India’s telecom thrust suffers with Sankhya Vahini’s end.
- Balancing The Indo-U.S. Engagement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2001)
A CHARM OFFENSIVE by the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, during his brief visit to South Asia at this critical moment seems to have pleased India's leaders as also Pakistan's military-political establishment.
- Threat To Success (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2001)
Life and history are both great levellers. Mr Colin Powell, the secretary of state, United States of America, must be realizing this much to his chagrin.
- The Self-Reliance Mantra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Atal Bihari Vajpayee recently admitted that there is some disappointment in India that the US is not as sensitive to Indian concerns on terrorism as we had expected.
- Powell's Visit A Plus For Pakistan (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 19, 2001)
IT is tempting to ask whether it would have made any difference to the impressions of the US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powell, if he, like the former US President, Mr Bill Clinton, had gone to Pakistan after visiting India first.
- Brazen Defiance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2001)
BY STAGING A forced entry of its activists, led by Mr. Ashok Singhal, into the prohibited area of the disputed site at Ayodhya on Wednesday in defiance of the court-ordained curbs.
- Privatising Rural Prosperity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 19, 2001)
AFTER NEARLY FIVE decades of state mandated development planning, vast sections of the population, especially those in the rural areas, continue to lead a life of abject poverty.
- Tada By Another Name (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
There is no substitute to meticulous policing.
- Loss Of Leverage For India (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 18, 2001)
It was a painful experience - during a recent visit abroad, especially the four weeks in the U.K. after September 11 - to find India almost completely missing in the media focus on terrorism or the debates on diverse issues arising out of it.
- Powell Comes And Goes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
India can’t expect others to fight its battles.
- Pervez Musharraf’s Next Year (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 18, 2001)
ON October 12, when the ongoing U.S.-led bombing of the Taliban in Afghanistan was in its fifth day, Pakistan’s military ruler and self-appointed President, General Pervez Musharraf, celebrated the second anniversary of his coup.
- Strategic Partner (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2001)
The secretary of state of the United States of America, Mr Colin Powell has performed a balancing act during his visits to India and Pakistan.
- Both Judge And Jury (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Commission of Inquiry? Call it De-commission of Inquiry.
- India And Pakistan Should Stop Playing Politics On The Hoof (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 17, 2001)
This is the worst of times. This is also the best of times. Both New Delhi and Islamabad should utilise the opportunity to come closer.
- Border Skirmish Or Tension? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2001)
THERE is more to the Indian shelling across the border in two sectors across the Kashmir valley than meets the eye. It could be a routine local affair, an assertive commander repaying Pakistan firing in kind.
- Need For Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2001)
THE INTENSIVE SHELLING of some Pakistani military positions by the Indian Army on Monday night has exposed the fragility of the Vajpayee administration's strategic thinking on the Kashmir issue in the present volatile international situation.
- Global Coalition Later, Home Front Now (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 17, 2001)
THE latest statement from the Osama bin Laden network, the al Qaeda which has not been refuted puts on record what the rest of Indians had suspected and Kashmiris had always known.
- One Grand Conspiracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2001)
THE ENGLISH language does not provide us with a word that would do for ``murder of republican virtues''.
- 'Restoration Of King George' (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2001)
As a subject of heated discussion, it has overtaken the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell's visit to the sub-continent, the latest fashion show in the capital and even the newest romance in Bollywood.
- Still Under A Cloud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2001)
THE RE-INDUCTION OF Mr. George Fernandes as the Defence Minister, without waiting for the findings of the Venkataswami Commission currently going into the defence purchases-related Tehelka expose.
- Fatted Calf (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2001)
The return of the prodigal is not always a story with a happy ending.
- George Wins His Own War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
EVERYONE knew that Mr George Fernandes was extremely restless since he resigned as Defence Minister in the wake of scandalous revelations of the Tehelka tapes.
- Outright Mischief (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Al-Qaeda’s reference to Kashmir is a self-serving exercise.
- Al-Qaida's Threat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
THE warning issued by Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida outfit to America not to back "Hindus against Muslims" in Kashmir needs careful scrutiny. It is actually meant to raise the communal temperature in India.
- George Must Wait (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2001)
If he is a defence minister, we are a banana republic.
- Sharing Of Distress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2001)
THE BLAND `DIRECTIVE' the Cauvery River Authority issued to Karnataka after its October 10 meeting - that it ``ensure inflows at Mettur as stipulated by the Tribunal'' in its interim order - has obviously not come up to the expectations of Tamil Nadu.
- Attention Cvc (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2001)
INDIA'S political structure and the governing class in more than half-a-century of Independence have become masters in getting round every system and institution meant to call them to account.
- A Crisis In Direction (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 15, 2001)
The Congress is slowly picking up the pieces after the untimely and tragic demise of Madhavrao Scindia.
- Wages Of A Subaltern Policy (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Oct 15, 2001)
IT is just a matter of time before the awesome lethality of America’s war machine turns much of Afghanistan into rubble, many of its people into dust and most of Taliban into history.
- Where Are All The Maulanas? (Indian Express, Tarun Vijay, Oct 14, 2001)
The psyche war began the day President Bush addressed the senate.
- A Scuttled Initiative (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2001)
IT was a bold and profoundly significant initiative by a Chief Minister but his party high command scuttled it, and it is a pity.
- Brave Old Words (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2001)
SILENCE is golden. And when it is made an element of state policy, particularly for dealing with sensitive issues like the security of the country, it often proves more precious than real gold.
- Jayaprakash Narayan Symbolised Humanity (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 13, 2001)
“QUIT India Movement” launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942, was only making halting progress in the initial months despite Mahatma's mass following and the efforts of the Congress to make it a massive movement.
- Musharraf Finds English Press Helpful (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Oct 13, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY it is the US bombing of Afghanistan and the consequent protests in several cities that continues to dominate the mainline newspapers in Pakistan.
- Right Place, Right Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2001)
Wordsmith Laloo Prasad Yadav recognises a member of his word-weavers’ ilk when he spots one.
- After The Taliban (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
INDIA has good reason to be concerned about what shape a new post-Taliban regime will take.
- Policy Of National Interest (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2001)
NATIONAL interest can change a countrys policy. This is how the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has defended his decision to support America.
- Soft State, Soft Economy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2001)
Lack of coherence to blame for sluggish growth.
- Address Kashmir's Alienation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2001)
EVER SINCE THE United States proclaimed its intention to mount a global `war' on terrorism in ``all its forms'', as a response to the September 11 carnage, India has been investing considerable energy in getting the Governments worldwide.
- New Politico-Strategic Equations (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 12, 2001)
WHAT will be the fallout of Afghan developments in the light of the changing politico-strategic setting in India's neighbourhood? What will be the nature of new alignments in the region?
- Vijay Goel Comes A Long Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2001)
As the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr Vijay Goel has come a long way.
- Out Of Tune (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2001)
It was a common assumption that utopian ideas had made an exit from the Congress after Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi withdrew from the party’s affairs.
- Beyond Rhetoric (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2001)
Electoral politics is not necessarily a dependable guide to a government’s diplomatic priorities.
- Links In The Terror Chain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 11, 2001)
The sooner Jaish-e-Mohammed is termed terrorist, the better.
- Re-Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 11, 2001)
ABOUT THREE weeks ago the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, in defending his decision to support American military action against Afghanistan, called on India to lay off Pakistan.
- Colin Powell's Visit (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Oct 10, 2001)
WHAT IS the purpose behind the visit of the American Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, to India and Pakistan at this stage?
- Can Pakistan Survive? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2001)
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the ones less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
- General Balancing Act (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2001)
It requires great gumption and a healthy appetite for theatre to preside over Pakistan’s political destiny at the present moment, with Afghanistan being pounded to the ground next door.
- Vajpayee Govt. Soft On Terrorism? (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Oct 09, 2001)
In 1991, when Mr. Chandra Shekhar was Prime Minister, and I was a Minister in his Cabinet, the U.S. had wanted India's airport facilities for the Gulf War operations.
- Air Raid On Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2001)
IT is war and this time in the immediate neighbourhood of India. There may be fallouts, unpredictable and totally unacceptable to this country.
- American Strategy Against Terrorism (Tribune, Ashok Kapur, Oct 09, 2001)
IS the American campaign only against Osama bin Laden and the hardline Taliban?
- India And Bush’s Osama War (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 09, 2001)
IT is nearly a month since the Osama terrorists hurt American pride on that Black Tuesday.
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