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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- 10 To Go (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Melting glaciers. Eroding monuments. Vanishing beaches. Starving polar bears. There seems to be no escape from global warming horror stories;
- Obama’S Loud-Mouthing (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 03, 2007)
MR Barack Obama, a Democratic presidential hopeful, has joined the chorus of voices demanding or threatening American military action in Pakistan’s tribal region. Since Mr Obama could perhaps be in the White House one . . . .
- Pollution Threatens Himalayan Glaciers (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 02, 2007)
Research shows that large clouds of pollution over south and east Asia could be contributing to the heating of the lower atmosphere.
- Tibetans Target Editor For Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
Tibetan students in Chennai today held a peaceful demonstration against editor of a major English language newspaper protesting against what they called was a series of “misleading articles” and countered it with a statement on the reality . . . . .
- Heavy Flooding In Northeastern India Kills 11 (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
The army has sent troops to India's remote northeast where monsoon-triggered floods have killed 11 people, displaced more than four million others and caused dozens of rare rhinos to flee for higher ground, authorities said Monday.
- Floods Displace Millions In India, B’Desh (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
Millions of people were forced to flee their homes in northeast India and Bangladesh as the death toll rose from raging floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
- Our Own Shangri-La (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Imagine yourself at a height of 18,000 feet on a rocky ledge overhanging a precipice.
- Take The Peace Talks To A New Level (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
The time has come for some creative diplomacy to end the stasis that has marked the long-running Naga peace process — and take it to the next level.
- 13 Killed In Floods, Landslides In N-E (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
At least 13 people were killed and more than 750,000 were displaced in flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Assam and Meghalaya, officials said on Saturday.
- Chained Exhibit Of Democracy (OutLook, Malavika Karlekar, Jul 23, 2007)
A patient, painstaking recreation of the tensile strength of Suu Kyi's story, leavened with admiration
- A Toast To The Victor (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 23, 2007)
It is arrogance, or sheer stupidity. Or worse still, a combination of both, laced with complete indifference to public opinion.
- A Toast To The Victor (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 21, 2007)
It is arrogance, or sheer stupidity. Or worse still, a combination of both, laced with complete indifference to public opinion.
- India-China Border Issue (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 20, 2007)
The Chinese seem to be either testing the waters or ratcheting up the dispute over either the whole of Arunachal Pradesh or part of it with their recent pronouncements on the subject, starting with the statement of the Chinese Ambassador to . . . .
- Tibetan Images (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
Tibet, like the rest of China, is on a roll. It offers rapid frame alternations of the new and the old, the modern and the traditional in a heady mixture of sensory experiences.
- Future Tibet (Frontline, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2007)
TEN years from now, a visitor to Tibet is likely to find it transformed into a region of middling prosperity.
- India's History Held Captive (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jul 18, 2007)
India will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its Independence next month. It will be an occasion to rejoice because India has done tremendously well in recent years.
- Israelis Hold Vigil Over Hiker's Body (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
For the friends of Israeli backpacker Dror Sheck, his death was only the beginning of the tragedy.
- Looking For An Excuse (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Jul 16, 2007)
EDUSAT, a good satellite, is being called a 'turkey' though the end-user's inertia is to blame for its gross under-utilisation
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 14, 2007)
A controversy rocked Parliament on 8 May, when two BJP MPs from Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Tapir Gao and Mr Kiren Rijiju alleged that a fresh Chinese intrusion had taken place in Arunachal Pradesh and that the Chinese army had occupied a large tract . . . .
- ‘India’S Look-East Policy Must First Look At North-East’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 13, 2007)
The June 21-25 visit to Agartala, Guwahati and Shillong by the Minister of Commerce of Thailand, Mr Krirk-krai Jirapaet, along with a high-level business delegation, has sparked a lot of interest for mutual cooperation between Thailand and some . . . .
- Print Pick (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Jul 10, 2007)
This month at indiaplaza.com
As you can imagine, very interesting reading. Tully’s style is vintage BBC in many ways, characteristically, a mix of solid factual analysis combined with well-crafted story-telling.
- The Indescribable Beauty Of Tawang (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh has all the ugly trappings of a small hill station - loud Hindi music, street side food stalls, STD booths and Sumo taxis. But step out of the main street and the beauty of the place is surreal, writes N S Vinodh.
- ‘My Words Were Sensationalised...’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2007)
In Seema Chishti’s article ‘Frayed icon’ (IE, July 3), she states: “But most damagingly Bachchan stood up at a function last year, and said he was keen that his son gets married soon, and produces a ‘son’ so he could become a ‘dada’”.
- China Called Nehru Two-Faced (Asian Age, Govind Talwalkar, Jul 06, 2007)
The Chinese view of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru varied from time to time and depended on the status of the border dispute.
- The Politics Of Tibet: A 2007 Reality Check (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 05, 2007)
The Dalai Lama, who turns 72 on July 5, has suffered some health setbacks over the past few years.
- Along The River’S Edge (Telegraph, Barun De, Jul 04, 2007)
Jubilees in various multiples of the years of their occurrence seem to be the only public occasions when stirring events, or great people, attract popular historical interest. This is a pity.
- India Has Its Own 'Soft Power' - Buddhism (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
As the Sino-Indian battle for influence in East and Southeast Asia intensifies, India is backing its political and economic diplomacy with soft-power diplomacy.
- Tibet In The Time Of High Economic Growth (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 03, 2007)
Unprecedented economic growth, rises in living standards, education, infrastructure development, job creation, central government subsidies, and political policies implementing the autonomy mandated in the Chinese Constitution are . . . .
- In The Land Of The Gods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Here the Gods, the godly and the dead are at peace. Dharamsala, comfortably aloof from the grime of the plains at a cool 1,250 m above sea-level and a touch away from the Himalayas, is bliss in summer.
- Belligerence Renewed (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 02, 2007)
As the 45th anniversary of the Chinese attack on India nears, disturbing signs flow from across the Himalayas
- China In An Accommodating Mood (Tribune, RICHARD HOLBROOKE , Jun 30, 2007)
BEIJING – Three seemingly unrelated events may not constitute a trend. But they certainly deserve attention when they shed light on the relationship between the United States and China, which is fast becoming the most important bilateral . . . .
- Words And Deeds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2007)
It’s not often that Lee Kuan Yew, who has known every major Indian politician since Jawaharlal Nehru, admits to being “impressed” by a visitor from New Delhi.
- Too Many People, Too Few Surnames (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 30, 2007)
Eighty-five per cent of China’s 1.3 billion people share just 100 family names.
- Belligerence Renewed (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 30, 2007)
As the 45th anniversary of the Chinese attack on India nears, disturbing signs flow from across the Himalayas
- These Talks About Inscrutable Talks (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 29, 2007)
If China’s toughening stance on Arunachal Pradesh has surprised New Delhi and stalled the boundary negotiations, which began amidst great expectations in 2003, India must brace itself for another equally disconcerting development.
- Highway To Mt Everest: The Height Of Avarice (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 29, 2007)
In mountaineering terms, a new highway is built on Everest every year new ropes and ladders fixed all the way to the summit allow an ever-increasing number of climbers with an ever-decreasing average level of skill and experience a chance to reach . . .
- Awareness About Ones Roots Will Help Preserve Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 28, 2007)
Namgyal Lhamo, an exponent of Tibetan Opera music, speaks to Utpal Borpujari of Deccan Herald in the backdrop of the recent release of The Enchanted Land and Pure, her new albums, in India.
- China Aims For Bigger Share Of South Asia's Water Lifeline (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jun 27, 2007)
Sharpening Asian competition over energy resources, driven in part by high growth rates in gross domestic product and in part by mercantilist attempts to lock up supplies, has obscured another danger:
- What Went Wrong? (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 27, 2007)
After the 'Himalayan Blunder' of 1962, many people thought the political leadership of India had learnt its lesson vis-à-vis China.
- Microchip Shawls To Save Wildlife (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
The government of Jammu and Kashmir in India has started a new scheme in which microchip tags are used for all registered Tibetan antelope products.
- Fair Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 26, 2007)
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which is responsible for the development of strategic roads along India’s borders with China and Pakistan, has recently been rocked by personnel management problems.
- After Tigers, Leopards Are In Poachers' Line Of Fire (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
After slaughtering all tigers, poachers are now targeting leopards in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. Worse, the game of denial that the forest department indulged in during the tiger debacle is still continuing.
- Bid To Contain India (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 26, 2007)
Despite all the positive spins put out by the Government, the Sino-Indian border talks are moving nowhere. Beijing continues to insist that there can be no agreement until New Delhi agrees to transfer at least Tawang, if not all of Arunachal . . . .
- Third Republic (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 25, 2007)
Marking the 18th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Tiananmen, at the Brown University in Rhode Island, US, the first Congress of the China Democratic Party convened on June 4.
- Tawang Rebuffs China, Says 'We Are Indians' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
India and China have been locked in endless border talks for 22 years and yet Chinese claims to Tawang have popped up repeatedly.
- Sojourn In The Paradise Of Sun (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
The shacks seemed to shrink behind the sandy dunes as groups of skimpily decked couples trooped into the makeshift restaurant-cum-beer bar.
- “India Can Do More To Secure Suu Kyi’S Release” (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 25, 2007)
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is addressing “a general plea” to China and India to “contribute to the process of an early solution to the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi,” Myanmar’s celebrated democracy campaigner. Myanmar is . ..
- At Home In Coorg (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
It was the picture of a small bungalow on the internet, nestled amidst tall trees, far from the maddening crowd that decided the matter for us.
- The Tibetan Reality (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 25, 2007)
There are certain political realities that confront you the moment you enter Tibet. And these are away from what is politically right or wrong.
- India’S Security And Himalayan Ecosystem Under Threat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2007)
The presidential race seems to have overtaken the security threat to India following the construction of a metalled jeepable road up to the base camp of Everest by China (20 June).
- Encounter With Giants (Pioneer, K P Bhanumathy, Jun 25, 2007)
What will you do when a man of the stature of Jawaharlal Nehru "grips you from behind with a hard shake" and smiles. You would probably grow up idolising that person, remaining in the awe of the incident forever.
- Refugees In Their Own Country (Pioneer, Hari Om, Jun 23, 2007)
The refugees from Pakistan, all Hindus, are the most ill-treated community in Jammu & Kashmir. All their efforts during the past 60 years to secure citizenship rights have failed to move the authorities in the State and at the Centre.
- Ghatam’S Link To Sanskrit Literature (Hindu, V. BALASUBRAMANIAN, Jun 22, 2007)
Relentless work has fetched Ghatam Karthik a doctorate.
- Assault On Everest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2007)
China has generated serious anxieties among environmentalists with the announcement of its plans to construct a metalled road to the Mount Everest base camp.
- China, India, Us: Who Is Accommodating Whom? (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jun 22, 2007)
An East European joke during the Soviet era went as follows: a Pole at prayer was suddenly visited by God and promised fulfilment of any wish.
- China To Build Highway To Everest Base Camp (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 21, 2007)
Less than a year after the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, China confirmed plans for construction of yet another engineering feat: a 110-km black-topped tarmac road to the Everest base camp.
- Buddhism New Obstacle Between India, China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
India and China are engaged in a competition for soft power supremacy in Asia - the battlefield is ownership of one of the world's oldest religions, Buddhism.
- India Urged To Help Tibetan Refugees Get Jobs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
Tibetan refugees living in the hills of this picturesque region in central India since 1963 have urged New Delhi to amend rules to allow their younger generation to join public and private sector jobs.
- China To Go Ahead With Highway To Mt Everest: Official (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
Despite concerns from environmentalists, China today said it would press ahead with the construction of a 110-km-long highway in Tibet to Mt Everest and would not also rule out building hotels in future in the fragile Himalayan region.
- Water Woes (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 21, 2007)
Pollution aggravates China's natural water scarcity, and climate change threatens to aggravate it.
- India In A Fix As China Plans Road To Everest (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
In an obvious attempt to stun the world at the time of the Olympics, China announced on Tuesday that it was building a metalled road to the Mount Everest base camp, raising howls of protests from environment activists and generating muted security . . .
- Beware The Dragon (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 20, 2007)
The Dalai Lama’s exhortation not to isolate China is sensible advice, because China is a non-conformist power which can do anything when isolated.
- Chasing Safety And Freedom In Alien Lands (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jun 20, 2007)
Sixty years after Indian independence, the occasion of World Refugees Day on 20 June is a reminder of the turbulent birth of the of three South Asian states - India and Pakistan in 1947, and Bangladesh in 1971 – and the large flows of refugees that . . .
- Third Republic (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 20, 2007)
Marking the 18th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Tiananmen, at the Brown University in Rhode Island, US, the first Congress of the China Democratic Party convened on June 4. About 50 expatriate . . .
- India Rebuffs Beijing On Disputed Border (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2007)
India has told China that it will not part with portions of the state of Arunachal Pradesh to settle a decades-old border dispute, the Indian foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, was quoted as saying Sunday.
- Remembering Ramachandra Gandhi (Deccan Herald, Devaki Jain , Jun 19, 2007)
The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari, who passed away on June 13, was a loving soul who quietly isolated himself, but was always open to affection.
- No J-K Demilitarisation: Antony (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2007)
Defence Minister A K Antony today reiterated his stand that there would be no demilitarisation or troop reduction in Jammu and Kashmir, but said that the two committees constituted by the Centre were assessing the situation about the reconfiguration . ..
- Lady By The Lake (New Indian Express, Shankar Acharya, Jun 18, 2007)
Justin Wintle has written the best biography yet of Aung San Suu Kyi, the beautiful, charismatic and increasingly isolated (through prolonged incarceration) leader of the democracy movement in Burma (aka Myanmar).
- India Firm On Populated Areas In Border Row With China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
India has told China it cannot part with populated areas to settle a decades-old border row, the Indian foreign minister was reported as saying on Sunday.
- Threat From Northern Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 18, 2007)
The Northern Areas (Gilgit and Baltistan) under Pakistan’s control are a dark corner of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Man Kings Trusted (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 16, 2007)
It was Kalimpong’s flamboyant and enigmatic European Kazini who mentioned Dawa Tsering, screaming “He’s pure Chinese!” When Lyonpo Dawa (the inseparable prefix meant minister in Dzongkha, Bhutan’s language of the dzong) invited me to breakfast in . . . .
- Grovelling Before China (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 15, 2007)
A friend of mine from a neighbouring country recently remarked: "India is behaving like a regional bully." My friend was alluding to comments about our policies towards Sri Lanka by National Security Adviser MK Narayanan.
- Twists In The Great Game (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Jun 15, 2007)
In the summer of 1997, as I recall, Gen JFR Jacob of Bangladesh war fame, was on one of his visits to London; time hung heavy, so I took him to see my old friend, the late Gerald Segal, then head of the Asia Pacific desk at the Institute of . . . .
- Sri Lanka’S Defence Needs (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 14, 2007)
A friend of mine from a neighbouring country recently remarked: “India is behaving like a regional bully.”
- Grovelling Before China (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 14, 2007)
A friend of mine from a neighbouring country recently remarked: "India is behaving like a regional bully." My friend was alluding to comments about our policies towards Sri Lanka by National Security Adviser MK Narayanan.
- India, Growling And Grovelling (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 14, 2007)
Is New Delhi talking tough with Sri Lanka and being meek with China?
- It's Olympics Time, Rain Can Wait (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 14, 2007)
A country where the weather is thought to be too important to be left to the caprice of god or nature, China has come a long way in its rainmaking programme.
- Taiwan Acts Tough On Visas For 2 Archers From Sikkim, India Calls Off Its Tour (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
India has called off a tour by its junior archers to Taiwan for an international tournament there after the Taiwan Trade and Cultural office here denied visa to two archers from Sikkim, demanding additional proof of nationality, apart from their . ..
- Tawang Not China's (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jun 12, 2007)
The Dalai Lama says Tawang was never a part of Tibet. But China now craftily claims it was.
- Aussie Leaders Avoid Lama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
The storm over snubbing of Dalai Lama, observers feel, is likely to adversely affect the politicians standing in the election this year as it is being seen as another act of bowing down to the Chinese agenda.
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