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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 5550:
- Honest Injun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 10, 2001)
Indians have the nasty habit of frowning when they should smile upon something, of pillorying when they should applaud someone.
- Day Of Decision (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2001)
Politics will not be the same after the polls.
- Run-Up To The Summit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
THE countdown has started for the Indo-Pakistan summit but the diplomatic temperature in the two capitals are dramatically different. It is a leisurely pace in New Delhi with only High Commissioner to Pakistan Vijay Nambiar stirring things up a bit.
- Conduct Becoming (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 10, 2001)
Come polling time and the Election Commission is at the receiving end of bouquets and brickbats, mostly the latter, from political parties in the fray.
- The India-U.S. Engagement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2001)
WHILE THE STRATEGIC expectations of India and the U.S. about each other have not yet been delineated by either side in the latest context of the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh's surprise dialogue with the American President.
- From U.S. To Iran: An Indian Rope Trick? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 10, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 8. From the United States to Iran! If the acme of diplomatic skill is about managing irreconcilable contradictions and profitably engaging two nations that are daggers drawn.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 10, 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.
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 10, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- Dumb Charade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 10, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Redefine Reforms (Times of India, M.K. Venu , May 10, 2001)
Plug Holes in the Regulatory System.
- Slowly But Surely (Hindustan Times, J. N. Dixit , May 09, 2001)
NEARLY SIX months have gone by since the most recent “peace initiative” taken by India to deal with the Kashmir problem, beginning with the declaration of unilateral ceasefire by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in November last year.
- Reading The Polls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 09, 2001)
ALL ELECTIONS carry messages, both at the local and the national levels.
- The Theatre’s Fine, But Is The Party Breaking Up? (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, May 09, 2001)
ON SUNDAY last, Ajit Panja, ex-minister of state for external affairs, sang a toppa — a style of singing that became popular in the late 19th and early 20th century in Bengal —
- Small Step To Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 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.
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, May 09, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- From U.S. To Iran: An Indian Rope Trick? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 09, 2001)
From the United States to Iran! If the acme of diplomatic skill is about managing irreconcilable contradictions and profitably engaging two nations that are daggers drawn, India will be demonstrating some of that capability this week.
- General Musharraf’s Self-Coronation (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 09, 2001)
PERHAPS inevitably General Musharraf’s sudden decision to crown himself as his country’s President has got inextricably intermixed with the summit at Agra between him and the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Serious Problems Ahead For The Country (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, May 09, 2001)
The stalemate in Parliament and the chaotic scenes witnessed were unprecedented. The refusal of the NDA government to accept a JPC on the Tehelka scam or refer it to the CBI and the unwillingness of the Congress party to be content with the judicial inqui
- Rites Of Passage (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2001)
Build a consensus on work permits for migrants in Assam.
- Work To Rule (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 09, 2001)
Prime Minister Vajpayee's announcement that the Union government would consider issuing work permits to Bangladeshi immigrants is hopefully an indication that New Delhi will address the issue of regional migration in a humane and rational manner
- Pervez Playback (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 09, 2001)
India and Pakistan may be divided by a common border but their leaders appear to share a common passion. Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf is younger than India's Atal Behari Vajpayee but he has gone on record in an interview to Dubai's Khaleej Times that he pr
- Doubts About Didi (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2001)
A week, the cliche goes, is a long time in politics. It can also often be quite cruelly decisive.
- Mishra Omission (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, May 08, 2001)
NATIONAL Security Advisor (NSA) and Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra was not shown the final version of the Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) press statement on New Delhi’s reaction to US President Bush’s missile defence plans.
- Dismal Message Of The Mini-Poll (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 08, 2001)
EVEN more sensational than the outcome of the Assembly elections in five states is the smooth manner in which Ms Jayalalitha, having swept the polls, swept into the office of Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister.
- Aiadmk Front A'`bundle Of Contradictions': Vajpayee (Hindu, M.R. Venkatesh, May 08, 2001)
The Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, tonight ridiculed the AIADMK-led front for the May 10 Assembly polls as a ``bundle of contradictions'', even while asserting that the DMK- inclusive NDA alliance had emerged as a model for integrating the backward cl
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 08, 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.
- The Migrant Card (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 08, 2001)
THE IDEA of work permits for illegal Bangladeshi immigrants has been under consideration for some time. Among those who favoured it is Union Home Minister L.K. Advani.
- Forward Defence (Hindustan Times, Brahma Chellaney , May 08, 2001)
THE VAJPAYEE government continues to confound its supporters and critics.
- For Community Grain Banks (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , May 07, 2001)
ON APRIL 24, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, released the Food Insecurity Atlas of Rural India prepared jointly by the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and the United Nations World Food Programme.
- New Delhi’s Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 07, 2001)
IN an unprecedented diplomatic decision India has asked Pakistan to treat the Agra summit as a non-event and revert back to the substance and spirit of the Shimla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.
- All Dressed Up But.. (Hindustan Times, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, May 07, 2001)
FOR THE ebullient Mamata Banerjee, the middle of the road might prove to be a very dead end.
- Paradise Of Insider Information (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 07, 2001)
This mockery of a JPC can hardly do justice to investigating guilty FIIs.
- Indo-Us Ties In The Bush Era (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, May 07, 2001)
There was a time when, in the wake of Jaswant Singh-Strobe Talbot honeymoon.
- Din, Dust And Vanishing Decorum (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2001)
The political class resorting to abusive language and disruptionist behaviour is perhaps inevitable given the larger phenomenon of criminalisation of politics...
- Assam’s Lost Decade (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 06, 2001)
A ‘people’s movement’ that became a cruel joke.
- Marketing The American Anti-Missile Shield (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, May 06, 2001)
THEY may well be singing “God Bless America” and “Star Spangled Banner” at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- What About The Common Man? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2001)
It is not the leaders but the people who have been making the sacrifices, says Neena Vyas.
- Fence The Borders (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, May 06, 2001)
The unprovoked adventurism of the Bangladesh Rifles in Meghalaya has kicked off a national debate.
- Din, Dust And Vanishing Decorum (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2001)
The political class resorting to abusive language and disruptionist behaviour is perhaps inevitable given the larger phenomenon of criminalisation of politics...
- Assam’s Lost Decade (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 05, 2001)
A ‘people’s movement’ that became a cruel joke.
- When Silence Is Not Golden! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2001)
PAKISTAN has not only been waging a proxy war against India, it has also been engaged in a concerted propaganda offensive.
- Kashmir At Breakfast, Lunch And Dinner (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, May 05, 2001)
EVERY visit by a Pakistani ruler to India has its interesting and ironic moments. The visit of the author of Kargil, Gen Pervez Musharraf, was no exception. The lunch hosted by Prime Minister Vajpayee on July 15 had its own interesting facets.
- Elections In Tamil Nadu Turn Into A Farce (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, May 05, 2001)
THE Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK) party came to power in Tamil Nadu in 1967 dethroning the Congress which had a 20-year run in the state. The Congress has not been able to recapture power there since then.
- Lessons From Ranjit Singh (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, May 05, 2001)
THERE COMES a time in a man’s life when he sheds all his ambitions and is unconcerned with the consequences of what he says. He speaks his mind.
- Cease Fire, Discuss Land: Naga Rebels (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2001)
The second part of a discussion with Sanjoy Hazarika, NSCN (I-M) leaders Muivah and Swu discuss why defining the Naga territory is crucial for peace.
- Indo-Us Relations In The Bush Era (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, May 05, 2001)
Promising early signs amidst surprisingly early foreign-policy activism.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 05, 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 05, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- In Search Of Peace (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, May 04, 2001)
The taxi took longer than expected to reach the agreed location in Bangkok.
- Pacific Blues (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 04, 2001)
The US-China face-off.
- Arroyo As Filipina Indira (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 04, 2001)
She is small, like a sparrow, but has a surprisingly firm grip when shaking your hand.
- Playing Second Fiddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2001)
INDIA'S UNCRITICAL ACCLAMATION of the new strategic `vision' of the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, has only underlined the Vajpayee administration's all too eager willingness to jettison the right to strategic autonomy,
- Two To Tango (Times of India, Sanjoy Hazarika, May 04, 2001)
In Step with the Naga Peace Process.
- Bureaucrat Of A Special Breed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2001)
CERTAIN people have an uncanny knack of doing things. They are doers, and nothing else.
- Bureaucrat Of A Special Breed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2001)
CERTAIN people have an uncanny knack of doing things. They are doers, and nothing else.
- Saffron Blues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2001)
EVER SINCE the BJP came to power and Acharya Murli Manohar Joshi assumed charge of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, liberal apprehension about the potential saffronisation of our educational institutions has touched a new high.
- Friends And Neighbours (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , May 03, 2001)
Bangladesh mustn’t take our tolerance threshold for granted.
- Baa Baa Black Sheep (Hindustan Times, Vinod Mehta, May 03, 2001)
Press freedom is too important to be left to journalists. — William Durr, Columbia Journalism Review.
- A Side Story (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, May 02, 2001)
The US ambassador’s office recently found itself in an unprecedented diplomatic predicament which nearly landed it in the crossfire between 10 Janpath and Race Course Road.
- And They Just Bounce Back (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, May 02, 2001)
LAST week, when Prime Minister Vajpayee finally decided to get rid of his ex-bureaucrat and officer on special duty Nandu Singh in the wake of damning charges, he decided to kick him up as member, Planning Commission.
- India, Dhaka Have A Long Way To Go To Develop Mutual Trust (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 02, 2001)
I thought I would ask Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, a key figure in the liberation of Bangladesh, how he felt about the spilling of blood at the border.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 02, 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 02, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- In The Shadow Of Taj (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2001)
THE Taj spirit pervaded the second day of the Indo-Pak summit on Sunday. The day started on a highly hopeful note.
- The Advani-Geelani Duet (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 02, 2001)
WE ARE periodically invited to believe that Mr. Lal Krishna Advani is the only true deshbakht in the Vajpayee Government, which is otherwise teeming with weaklings who have no sense of national pride or honour of mother India.
- Mellowed Mamata (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 02, 2001)
After Trinamool's not-entirely-unexpected humble showing in the West Bengal assembly elections, the interesting question was always going to be when, and not whether, Mamta Banerjee might want to return to the NDA fold.
- Regression Of The Indian Polity (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, May 01, 2001)
THE bitter form of leave-taking of the parliamentary session was an appropriate setting for the election campaigns for four assemblies and a Union Territory. For if winning power or trying to gain it is the sole objective of the leaders and their parties.
- A Convenient Memory (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, May 01, 2001)
The unctuous hypocrisy of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Ties Hot And Sour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
MANY could feel the steadily souring relations between Prime Minister Vajpayee and Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi. But on Friday they saw and heard angry words and rising temper.
- Helpful, If Not Hopeful (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
DAY One of President Pervez Musharraf’s visit has breathed some life into the summit meeting.
- Riding The Chariot Again? (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 30, 2001)
THERE IS more to L.K. Advani’s subtle change of emphasis on the tehelka.com exposé than what meets the eye.
- A Major Setback (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2001)
THE ALL PARTY Hurriyat Conference's `no' to the offer of talks on the Kashmir problem, not totally unexpected though, is a major setback to the ``dialogue'' process initiated by the Centre over three weeks ago.
- Dealing With Bangladesh (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Apr 29, 2001)
THAT there is at last a forward movement of sorts on resolving the India-Bangladesh border dispute is welcome.
- Changing Rules For Andhra’s Prasad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Atal Behari Vajpayee appears to have nullified the game plan of the hawks in the BJP to get one of their protagonists as the next Cabinet Secretary.
- India’s Lurching Democracy (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Apr 29, 2001)
THE compromise that Atal Behari Vajpayee and Sonia Gandhi worked out for allowing Parliament to discuss the Budget does not absolve the Congress leadership of blame for disrupting Parliament’s functioning.
- The Budget In Jeopardy (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Apr 28, 2001)
It has taken less than three months for the “dream” part of Yashwant Sinha’s budget for the current year to dissolve into thin air.
- A Nation Of Shysters (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 28, 2001)
A PUNE newspaper published the finding of the Madhav Godbole Committee that Enron’s Dabhol power plant overcharged the Maharashtra State Electricity Board by Rs 930 crore in a year.
- Pakistan's Interest (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 28, 2001)
To interpret Pakistan's first-ever defence budget cut as a meaningful gesture before the forthcoming summit in India would be to stretch the point.
- Thackeray's False Imagery (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2001)
MR. BAL THACKERAY has once again challenged and contradicted the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Seeds Of Distress (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Apr 27, 2001)
AS THE process of choosing India’s next ambassador to the WTO gets under way, there is evidence of a turf battle between the IAS and the IFS for the post.
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