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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 5550:
- Looking The Other Way (Telegraph, ZIA HAQ, May 28, 2001)
The proof of democracy lies not in voting, but in the results the ballots produce.
- Poverty Is Good Business (The Financial Express, Ravi Kapoor, May 28, 2001)
What if there were no poor people in India? Well, there would be many to mourn the thriving poverty sector. The mourners would include politicians of various ideological persuasions, countless bureaucrats, representatives of myriad philanthropic agencies
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 27, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile.
- Swadeshi Gives Way To The Reforms Juggernaut (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 27, 2001)
It is becoming clear that the Vajpayee Government will go ahead with its reforms agenda. All that the SJM, the BMS and the RSS can do is raise a shindy, reports Neena Vyas.
- There's A Path To Peace (Times of India, Beena Sarwar, May 27, 2001)
PAKISTANI painter Salima Hashmi laughingly recalls an art seminar she participated in, hosted by a Japanese organisation, where the hosts apprehensively eyed her and the Indian delegate, wondering when hostilities would break out.
- Islamabad Signals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
The significance of general Musharraf's exclusive interview to this paper cannot be overstated, containing as it does refreshing new departures from earlier Pakistani formulations.
- Small Step To Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 27, 2001)
The tremendous attention that the forthcoming Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Pervez Musharraf summit meeting has attracted is reflective of the growing constituency for peace in India and Pakistan.
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 27, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile.
- On Changing The Course Of History (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, May 27, 2001)
A World Bank report says that South Asia is the poorest region of the world. It was the richest for two thousand years. Who is responsible for its present debacle? Pakistan.
- Two Steps Backward (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
There are distressing signs that India and Pakistan are both upping the ante ahead of the forthcoming summit between general Musharraf and prime minister Vajpayee.
- Preparing For Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 27, 2001)
BOTH India and Pakistan are making the right moves to ensure that the mood even after the July 14 Agra Summit remains that of love and bonhomie.
- The Elusive Extra Mile To Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 27, 2001)
A `POSITIVE' SPIN preferred by India to explain the slow collapse of the Agra summit.
- Unmollified Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 26, 2001)
IN its desperate search for a quick fix, the Centre has taken one half-step to muddy the Manipur situation.
- A Primer On Religion And Politics From Koizumi, Bush (Indian Express, S. Gurumurthi , May 26, 2001)
THE West is stunned. Almost the first act of Junichiro Koizumi, the newly elected Prime Minister of Japan was to announce that he would officially worship at the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo, on August 15.
- Paying The Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 26, 2001)
THE DEMANDS OF coalition politics are understandable. But why should governance go for a toss?
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 26, 2001)
The assembly elections for the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Pondicherry have caused great joy within the Congress.
- Dumb Charade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 26, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Subcontinental Reality (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 26, 2001)
Economic development, not bigotry, can bring peace.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 26, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Dogfight Over Privatisation (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, May 26, 2001)
IN retrospect, it was too good to be true, the surrender too abject to be real. After his dogged resistance to privatising Air-India, suddenly aviation minister Sharad Yadav appeared to give in.
- A Bold Turnaround (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 26, 2001)
Resuming the bus ride to Pakistan.
- Will: Going Round In Loops (Business Line, H. Kaushal , May 26, 2001)
NEVER has a telecom issue kicked up so much dust as the case of limited mobility through wireless-in-local-loop (WiLL).
- A Reversal Of Tactics With Pakistan (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, May 26, 2001)
Let us cut out the spin both sides are putting on it and look dispassionately at the main features of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s sudden and dramatic initiative to invite Pakistan’s military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, for talks in Delhi.
- For Whom The Bell Tolls (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, May 26, 2001)
PROVERBIALLY public memory may be short but it is not as short as blundering or bumbling or defaulting governments would like to believe. It is even less so if the blundering and bumbling happens again and again.
- Sustaining The Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 26, 2001)
WHATEVER THE outcome of the Agra summit, it has provided a precious byproduct in the domestic context - activation of the national consensus on foreign policy.
- Poverty Of Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 26, 2001)
THE central point is: to what extent should political parties base their policies and actions on firm ideological considerations, which at once would rule out expediency -- of every sort -- as an acceptable yardstick?
- Gourmet’s Nemesis? (The Economic Times, Bhavdeep Bhatt, May 26, 2001)
THE WTO Secretariat’s Annual Report 2001, released on May 24 admits a ``global economic slowdown’’.
- An Evasive Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 26, 2001)
INDIAN AGRICULTURE, WITH all its inherited structural constraints, should continue to be insulated from the logic of market forces.
- A Biased Document (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 26, 2001)
AN OFFICIAL report on national security is expected to be a neutral document in political terms.
- Managing A Summit 'Sub-Plot' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 26, 2001)
WITHOUT MUCH ADO, Pakistan's President and Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, succeeded in engaging the Islamabad-friendly leaders of the All Party Hurriyat Conference on the eve of the ongoing Agra summit.
- Kashmir Flip-Flop (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 25, 2001)
ALL GOVERNMENTS work in mysterious ways. So it is not surprising that no political analyst of consequence had predicted the nature of the government’s astonishing new Kashmir initiative.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 25, 2001)
The assembly elections for the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Pondicherry have caused great joy within the Congress.
- Attaboy, Godbole (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
AFTER an initial fit of pique directed at NCP boss Sharad Pawar, Madhav Godbole has decided to stay on with the committee that will renegotiate the deal that the Dabhol Power Company has with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.
- Why Is It Centre Versus State? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, May 25, 2001)
IN THE first three decades since Independence, elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies were held simultaneously.
- One Country, Polls Apart (Hindustan Times, Mohit Sen, May 25, 2001)
THE RESULTS of the recently held assembly elections have not been a surprise. With some variations in the magnitude of the shift in votes and seats, the winners and losers are the expected ones.
- The Tamil Nadu Verdict (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , May 25, 2001)
THE DUST is slowly settling on the election battle in Tamil Nadu.
- Generally Speaking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2001)
Indo-Pak talks must not end up as talks about talks.
- A Welcome Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2001)
DRAMATIC INVITATION to Pakistan's Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, for parleys is welcome and is reflective of the Vajpayee administration's apparent decision to think afresh about ways to address the widening estrangement on the bilateral front.
- Era Of The Econocrats (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 25, 2001)
Big picture development economists yield field to sector specialists in government.
- Ascent Of Advani (Indian Express, Harish Gupta, May 25, 2001)
EVER since the lunch that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with Home Minister L K Advani at his Pandara Road residence, things have never been the same. Advani seems to have considerably cheered up.
- Invite Musharraf But No Cricket (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 25, 2001)
EYEBROWS may be raised that neither the hurried response to the NMD project nor issuing an invitation to General Pervez Musharraf and calling off the cease-fire in Kashmir has been preceded by a sufficient debate.
- Musharraf Visit Must Be Used Constructively (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 25, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MAY 24. It is a long jump by India to have decided to invite the Pakistan Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, here for talks with the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee.
- Linking India, Pak Through Music (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 24, 2001)
MUSIC and poetry transcend the barriers of caste, creed and religion and cut across divide between people.
- Peace And Prosperity In The Pipeline? (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, May 24, 2001)
REPORTS indicate that among the important subjects for discussion between Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when they meet in July will be the pipeline to be laid for bringing Iranian gas to India.
- Us Search For Strategic Primacy: Bush Missile Defence (Tribune, Bharat Wariavwalla, May 24, 2001)
STRATEGIC primacy is what the USA under George Bush Jr. aspires to. In his speech before the national Defence College on May 1 he sketched a hazy design of American primacy.
- Correcting Impressions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
The talk about the Vajpayee Government being dictated by US interests with regard to the dialogue with Pakistan did not last long as the Prime Minister himself dispelled the impression.
- Sermons And Sneers From Mahathir (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, May 24, 2001)
It is sad that Mr Vajpayee’s trip to Malaysia will be remembered as a fiasco only because of the failed attempt to bring back Ottavio Quattrocchi.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 24, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Dumb Charade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- The Cds Appointment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2001)
THE APPOINTMENT OF the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has been marred by unfortunate controversy.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women: Ms Sonia Gandhi, Ms J. Jayalalitha and Ms Mamata Banerjee.
- Vajpayee’s Dialogue With Pakistan (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 24, 2001)
WILL the forthcoming dialogue between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s Chief Executive Pervez Musharraf be different from such exercises in the past?
- Manipur And The Nda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 23, 2001)
THE EXIT OF the Radhabinod Koijam Ministry in Manipur may not have attracted such nationwide attention, as it has now, in the normal scheme of things.
- Post-Verdict, Introspection Is The Need Of The Hour For Bjp (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 23, 2001)
WHATEVER the BJP may say in defence, it has to admit that it has been decimated in the recent state elections. True, the party has had no base at these places.
- Apex Court Shows The Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2001)
Law is said to be an ass. There is some substance in this observation. Since interpretation of legal provisions is not only a matter of detail but also of manipulation, those familiar with the system do often make an ass of law.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 23, 2001)
The assembly elections for the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Pondicherry have caused great joy within the Congress.
- What They Can Agree On (Hindu, Zia Mian, M. V. Ramana & Hui Zhang , May 23, 2001)
IN AGRA, the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, can agree on many issues that would build mutual trust, which is much-needed given the dismal relationship between the two countries.
- Midas Gone Wrong (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 23, 2001)
AS BJP leaders return from Mussoorie after agonising over the recent Assembly elections, they could ask themselves the question: what is the reason that the state parties touched by the ‘blossoming lotus’ came to grief?
- Grains Of Truth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2001)
Paradox after paradox. That's what you encounter when you survey the food sector in India.
- Post-Wto Farming (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 23, 2001)
Farmers can’t remain oblivious of the world market.
- It’s Not Just Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
WHEN Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the first time he coined the highly evocative expression "the dharma of coalition politics".
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 22, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Diplomacy Of Cross-Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
DIPLOMACY is a fine art of balancing what is conveyed and what is not conveyed.
- Jehad Is Bad Foreign Policy, Tell Pak (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, May 22, 2001)
DOES a military dictator stop being a military dictator if he declares himself President? Don’t bother answering that, its meant to be a rhetorical question. Suffice it to say that the ways of Pakistan are different to ours and that is that.
- Signs Of New Thinking In Press (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, May 22, 2001)
SANER voices in Pakistan are asserting and urging anyone who cares to listen to end the five-decade long Indo-Pak conflict on Kashmir.
- Dumb Charade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Law And Winding Road (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , May 22, 2001)
THE JAYALALITHA case is best understood on a plain reading of the law and the Supreme Court's rulings. Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, lays down disqualification "for being chosen as, and for being a member" of any legislature.
- Winners Are Often Losers (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 22, 2001)
But will these two women get the message?
- Distraught Labour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 21, 2001)
Convince the workers that reforms are in their interest.
- Mnc Mandarins Run Nda Sarkar (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 21, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Vajpayee is jubilant that poverty in the country has declined. He sees this as a vindication of the economic reforms pursued by his government. But he fails to mention that the same reforms have failed to produce economic growth.
- What Happened To Question No. 15? (Indian Express, Archna Jain, May 21, 2001)
What happened to Question No. 15? The disability figures in Census 2001 reflect enumerators’ bias.
- Towards Transparency (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 21, 2001)
Institutionalise the system of declaration of assets.
- Cii, Assocham Cut Up Over Denial Of Representation (The Financial Express, Anoop Saxena, May 21, 2001)
If you are somebody and are treated as a nobody, you tend to get very upset.
- The Right Noise (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 21, 2001)
But deeds speak louder than words.
- Obstacle Race (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 21, 2001)
AS A declaration of intent, there was nothing unusual about Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s determination to push ahead with economic reforms, as expressed before the Indian Labour Conference last Saturday.
- Labour Of Mistrust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 21, 2001)
IT is now out in the open, the growing bitterness between the BJP-led NDA government and the RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh. It was on full view on the first day of the two-day Indian Labour Conference on Friday.
- Appointment Of Election Commissioners (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, May 21, 2001)
The independence and integrity of the Election Commission are of paramount importance for ensuring a free and fair election.
- The Grand Bargain At Agra (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 21, 2001)
WHAT WOULD it take to call the Indo-Pakistan talks at Agra a success? Depending on your perspective, the answer could be very little or a lot.
- `New Bjp' And `New Left' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 21, 2001)
EVERYONE seems to be talking about a `new' this party or `new' that party these days.
- Palmed Off? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 21, 2001)
THE MUCH-HYPED visit of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to Malaysia seems to have achieved little by way of positive result on the political agenda.
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