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Articles 5521 through 5550 of 5550:
- Elusive consensus (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 22, 2001)
THE PATH OF economic reforms in the country may resemble true love in that it has not run a smooth course, till now. But that is where the similarity ends.
- Woes of Bengal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 22, 2001)
THE RESENTMENT expressed by the human rights commission in West Bengal over its national counterpart’s move to investigate the latest spate of murder and mayhem in the state is only the latest twist in an increasingly depressing sequence of events.
- Criminals in politics (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 22, 2001)
WITH his penchant for plain speaking, the President, Mr K. R. Narayanan, while forcefully exhorting political parties to refrain from nominating persons with criminal backgrounds as their candidates for elections, asks: ``Is this too much to expect?'' Yes
- Political stability and fixed terms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2001)
ON THE FACE of it, the Prime Minister's strong pitch for a fixed tenure for Parliament and State legislatures may seem like a mere reiteration of his Government's view. After all, the NDA's election manifesto promised measures for introducing a fixed term
- Border thaw (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Jan 22, 2001)
The new year has begun with a high-profile visit from China that heralds a new movement in the bilateral ties, putting behind the chill of the post-Pokhran period. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, which is the
- Platform: Rewrite history at the LoC (Hindustan Times, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Jan 22, 2001)
ATAL BIHARI Vajpayee seems determined to find a solution to the Kashmir crisis. With tact and sincerity on his side, he might mark his name in history. The Prime Minister’s Musings from Kumarakom contain the following significant paragraph on Kashmir: “In
- Ethnic identities and political deadlock in J&K (Daily Excelsior, Hari Om, Jan 22, 2001)
A number of leading social scientists, political analysts and jurists like Bhikhu Parkh, Bhabani Sengupta, Prem Shanker Jha, Kuldip Nayar, A M Khusro, B G Verghese, Praful Bidwai, Ajit Bhattacharjea and A G Noorani, have put forth solutions which, accordi
- People will turn to the Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 22, 2001)
CONGRESS spokesperson and youthful leader from Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan observes that the Congress will reposition itself on economic reforms as the party has learnt from its past mistakes. He acknowledges that the Congress is weak in both Tamil Nadu
- Watch out for the Test (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jan 21, 2001)
Common sense question : is it possible to navigate through the difficult route between Delhi and Islamabad without a road map?
- A high stakes game - the prize, peace (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 21, 2001)
The strategic question is whether the Indian state can find the political resourcefulness and administrative resilience not to allow itself to be provoked into calling off the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir, writes HARISH KHARE.
- Confusion over Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Dr.Jitendra Singh, Jan 21, 2001)
On the one hand, the Hurriyat Conference leaders are publicly expressing their keenness to travel to Pakistan with the ostensible objective of holding parleys with the separatists across the border. On the other hand, observers feel that each of the Hurri
- VAJPAYEE'S SUBMISSION KASHMIR Government’s initiatives raise disturbing questions (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Jan 20, 2001)
IT is typical of the growing trivialisation of the purpose and functions of the media that the selective release of the Prime Minister’s Musings from Kumarakom has provoked more comment than the contents of the disquisition, particularly and most disturbi
- FIXED TENURE (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 20, 2001)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee's advocacy of fixed tenure of five years for Lok Sabha and State assemblies has advantages as also disadvantages when compared to the prevailing system. He justifies such tenure for ensuring 'good governance'. He should have ad
- Paying price for peace-initiative in J&K (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 20, 2001)
These are crazy times indeed. We are talking of peace when the hounds of war are closing in. And the hounds, we are asked to believed, are uncontrollable and that they can be controlled only on their terms. A suicide attack by Lashkar-e-Toiba on Srinagar
- Chinese activities along LAC trigger whispers (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Jan 20, 2001)
China has, for obvious political and strategic reasons, placed India under a discreet watch. And India, too, is monitoring all that is happening across the borders with China. The number of binoculars, used by the border guards of the two countries, is sa
- VAJPAYEE'S SUBMISSION KASHMIR Government’s initiatives raise disturbing questions (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Jan 20, 2001)
IT is typical of the growing trivialisation of the purpose and functions of the media that the selective release of the Prime Minister’s Musings from Kumarakom has provoked more comment than the contents of the disquisition, particularly and most disturbi
- It pays to act tough (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2001)
THE reaction of the global community to India's test-firing of the 2000 kilometre-range Agni II missile on Wednesday has followed a predictable pattern. The genuine peaceniks, which includes Japan and with a bit of reservation even Australia, have valid r
- Which way is the ceasefire going? (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Jan 20, 2001)
New Delhi's unilateral ceasefire offer in Jammu and Kashmir is into its sixth week but there is not a shred of evidence from across the border to suggest that Gen Pervez Musharraf and his military junta give the thoughtful consideration the offer deserves
- Congress Party & sycophancy (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jan 20, 2001)
LET’S start with a small riddle. I shall give you a few lines from an advertisement in the Indian Express of January 12, 2001 and you will have to guess who they could have been written in praise of. You have thirty seconds, your time starts now: “Future
- Militancy back in J & K (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2001)
DARK clouds have gathered over the peace process horizon in the Kashmir valley. Prime Minister Vajpayee leads those who doubt the intentions of the Hurriyat and Pakistan and question the very wisdom of persisting with the nearly two-month old cease-combat
- Line of Communication (Pioneer, Maharajakrishna Rasgotra, Jan 19, 2001)
General Parvez Musharraf has been asking for resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue ever since he took over power in October, 1999.
- CRIMINALISATION OF POLITICS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 19, 2001)
All the big-wigs who spoke during Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Election Commission are unanimous that criminalisation of politics poses greatest threat to our democratic dispensation. President K R Narayanan strongly advocates that criminals must be den
- A good and a bad idea (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 19, 2001)
A commendable idea and a pernicious one — neither fresh from the baker’s oven — were aired at the golden jubilee function of the Election Commission. President K.R. Narayanan rightly reminded the country that the entry of criminal elements into legislativ
- Why bureaucracy loves globalisation (Tribune, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 19, 2001)
THERE are two ways that India can grab the opportunities of globalisation. First is to tone up the bureaucracy, use our own wealth to create infrastructure and push Indian businesses to face global competition. Economic reforms are here understood as glob
- SAY 'NO' TO CRIMINALS IN POLITICS Time for all-round reforms in public life (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 19, 2001)
THE Election Commission of India, which is celebrating its golden jubilee, has grown both in importance and public esteem. It has already begun to shine by contrast in the wake of the US presidential poll trauma. It showed once again that the Indian elect
- MP as a tenure job (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2001)
ELECTION time is when contentious issues crop up and conflicting arguments and solutions fill the air. This democratic spirit entered the impressive function to mark the 50th anniversary of the Election Commission. President Narayanan wanted all parties t
- Systemic reforms (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2001)
The proposition that the Indian Constitution be amended to guarantee Parliament a full five-year term has been doing the rounds since the irresponsible no-confidence motion that brought down the last Vajpayee Government in 1999. Prime Minister Atal Bihari
- PM’s cease-fire and CM’s panchayat elections (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Jan 19, 2001)
The readers may have noted that the ongoing cease-fire in Jammu & Kashmir, till recently, was being described as Prime Minister Vajpayee’s cease-fire offer. However, after his return from Vietnam and Indonesia there seems to be a rethinking over the very
- Surplus foodgrains -- Fodder for hunger (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 19, 2001)
AT THE height of the Soviet Union's glory, Prime Minister A. N. Kosygin received the then Foreign Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, at Moscow.
- Line of Communication (Pioneer, Maharajakrishna Rasgotra, Jan 19, 2001)
General Parvez Musharraf has been asking for resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue ever since he took over power in October, 1999.
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