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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 25647:
- A Vote For Liberation (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 04, 2005)
The dinner at our house turned violent. The lady, a dear friend of ours, was talking about the elections held in Iraq that day. ‘‘Now that elections have taken place, what do you have to say?’’
- Corporates, Beware The Training Robbery (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Feb 04, 2005)
The word management is generally understood in two different connotations. It is used to denote a group of people in the higher level in the hierarchy who get things done in an organisation.
- Crisis In Nepal (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 04, 2005)
If electoral democracy was suspended in Nepal in 2002, the sacking of Prime Minister Deuba and the assumption of total autocratic powers by the King now have totally buried any semblance of constitutional governance in Nepal.
- Democracy And Accountability (Pioneer, MN Buch, Feb 04, 2005)
India is a democracy in that there is an elected Parliament and there are elected State legislatures to which the councils of ministers at the Centre and in the states are collectively and individually responsible.
- Future Of Indo-Pak Peace Process (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, Feb 04, 2005)
Abelief is rife in Pakistan that the bilateral peace process has stalled. Perhaps hopes that India-Pakistan relations would normalise after Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Musharraf met in Islamabad in January 2004
- From Amritsar To Us Congress (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Feb 04, 2005)
Now a post office in the USA will soon be named after a person from a village that did not even have a school, let alone a post office when he lived there.
- Egs As Investment, Not Welfare (Indian Express, MADAN M. JHA, Feb 03, 2005)
Amartya Sen recently expressed the hope that the diversion of funds for the employment guarantee law should not be at the cost of creating rural infrastructure, including investment in education and health.
- Intending To Outrage (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Feb 03, 2005)
In an earlier column, I began to talk about gender biases in Indian laws, given the background of reports submitted by the task force on women and children and the National Commission for Women
- India And The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2005)
India's Nepal policy just collapsed. Indian policy-makers now need to introspect because Nepal is vital to India's security interests. Nepal should have been a test case for India's ability to cultivate good relations with its neighbours
- Incentivise Crop Diversification (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 03, 2005)
Two areas that need attention in the coming Budget are crop diversification and food subsidy. Far from being mutually exclusive, these two are closely related.
- Gained In Transit (Indian Express, D.C. Pathak, Feb 03, 2005)
The smooth return of George W. Bush to the White House in the face of an Al-Jazeera telecast renewing Osama bin Laden’s threat of further attacks on the US will probably weaken the focus on the debatable issues of intelligence raised on 9/11 as also on th
- Ec Takes It Easy (Pioneer, Amba Charan Vashishth, Feb 03, 2005)
It may be too much to say that the Election Commission is a toothless body. It does have teeth. Occasionally, it also grins. But, of late, the lion in the EC seems to have turned vegetarian.
- Congress Game Plan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2005)
Common sense suggests that no political party fighting three simultaneous elections will want to open up a fourth front. The Congress evidently feels up to the adventure, for it has chosen precisely such a moment to do battle with the Mulayam Singh Govern
- Congress Big Dreams (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 03, 2005)
The Congress reached out to friends when the arc lights were trained on the BJP. Back in media glare, it seems unwilling to show the same warmth to them.
- Budget Season Or Sorrows? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Feb 03, 2005)
The Budget season has begun. It is time to mind and mend our finances and minimise our sorrows. A critical input is provided by the Twelfth Finance Commission which handed over its report a few days ago to the President of India.
- Lest We Forget (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Feb 03, 2005)
In speaking up about the 1984 riots, Amu reminds us of the importance of revisiting past mistakes
- Iraq's Election (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Feb 03, 2005)
Shia Muslims and Kurds have turned out in force for the country’s first elections since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The insurgents have failed in their bid to wreck the elections, though they are unlikely to go away soon
- It Industry — Indian Firm Clicks As Well As Mnc (Business Line, G. B. Prabhat, Feb 03, 2005)
A few years ago, Indian and multinational consulting firms all but ignored each other capitalising on exclusive profit sanctuaries. As the onsite-offshore model assumed gradually began to dominate
- What Will Be American Role? (Pioneer, VK Grover, Feb 03, 2005)
The United Nations Department of Economic and social Affairs (DESA), in a report submitted on January 26, has warned against the dangers of a rapidly falling US Dollar.
- The Takeover In Nepal (Hindu, Kanak Mani Dixit, Feb 03, 2005)
It would have been a much more popular and realistic move for King Gyanendra to have brought the bickering parties together at this critical juncture.
- The King Of A Jungle (Indian Express, ARAVINDA R DEO, Feb 03, 2005)
In a country beset with massive poverty the Maoists of Nepal represent mass resentment against economic exclusion. Will Gyanendra be able to address Nepal’s immense problems?
- The Baton Awaits (OutLook, S. ANAND, Feb 03, 2005)
The man Jayendra Saraswati identified as the new Shankaracharya of the Kanchi math has virtually disappeared. Till recently, the 54-year-old chartered accountant based in Mumbai was known as Thyagarajan.
- Straws Of Hope (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2005)
The level of voter participation in the civic elections in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) provides yet another indication of the changed popular mood in the State, which was first visible during the Assembly elections of October, 2002.
- Presentation Kills If You Don't Know How To Do One (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 03, 2005)
A common taunt is to denigrate accountants as lacking in presentation skills when compared to MBAs. It is easy to take sides on the issue; but rather than curse the bleak image
- Many A Slip (Tribune, Ashwini Bhatnagar, Feb 03, 2005)
Elections come and go, but the memory of a few lingers on. It was the summer of 1990 and the second phase of the Lok Sabha poll was conducted after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
- No Dream Budget, Just A Credible One Please (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Feb 03, 2005)
The political realities of coalition politics does not allow the Finance Minister to be insensitive to the viewpoints of partners and outside supporters to the government.
- Music Musings (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2005)
The recently concluded annual festival in Chennai is a felicitous reminder that music continues to be a way of life for hundreds of performing artistes and thousands of ordinary people.
- May We See Peer Reviews Of Our Cas On The Net? (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 03, 2005)
Peer stands for Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Quite apt from an auditing angle, one may say, talking of peer review of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) that caused tremors in a profession never used to any questioni
- Weak National Security System (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Feb 03, 2005)
It took just three weeks and several rounds of consultations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with security experts to confirm Mr M.K. Narayan as the National Security Adviser (NSA).
- Notes From Haryana’S Election Scene (Indian Express, RAJINDER CHAUDHARY, Feb 03, 2005)
During the last elections (’99-’00), I had the (mis)fortune of being on poll duty four times: for elections to Parliament, to the Haryana assembly, to panchayats and to municipal bodies. It was a great learning experience.
- Peer Review Can Work If It Doesn't Simply Scratch (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 02, 2005)
Peer review is much in the news. For instance, Uganda plans to implement African Peer Review Mechanism or APRM of the New Partnership for Africa's Development a.k.a. Nepad.
- Paswan's Laden In Lalu's Bihar (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Feb 02, 2005)
He prefers the name "Laden", as in Osama bin Laden, because "nobody will remember my real name". The other reason why Maulana Meraj Khalid Noor has opted for this nom de guerre is because he looks like Osama bin Laden.
- Of Aya Rams And Gaya Rams (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2005)
The tiny state of Goa, no stranger to political flux and uncertainty, has been plunged into yet another crisis with the emergence of doubts about whether the Manohar Parrikar Government continues to enjoy a majority.
- Not Quite Cricket (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2005)
The ruckus that broke out in Allahabad on Republic Day after the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal caught senior police officials completely off-guard. First, police did the unthinkable by cremating the MLA’s body without even informing his family
- Rise Of Shias In The Arab World (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 02, 2005)
The American-ordered tensely-awaited first countrywide multiparty election in Iraq in half a century, did go through on Sunday despite the insurgents’ attempts to disrupt it.
- Voyage Through Tsunami Waters (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Feb 02, 2005)
PRIOR to my Pacific voyage from Tamano (Japan) to Santiago. (Chile) my knowledge regarding tsunami harbour waves was limited to books only. But an urge to know more remained.
- Making Sense Of Sonia's Bihar Campaign (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Feb 02, 2005)
The Congress president Sonia Gandhi's two-day campaign in Bihar in the constituencies going to the polls on February 1 was indeed impressive in terms of mass participation and popular enthusiasm but questions about the real import of the campaign remain.
- Route Of Controversy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2005)
THE Union Government’s decision to disburse the “Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas” directly through banks, thereby sidelining the Tamil Nadu Government in the process, violates the federal spirit of the Union.
- The Last Temptation Of Padma (Indian Express, SUMIT CHAKRAVARTTY, Feb 02, 2005)
With historian Professor Romila Thapar turning down the Padma Bhushan award conferred on her on Republic Day this year, the controversy over the acceptance or non-acceptance of these civilian awards announced by the state on such an occasion has once more
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- When Did Classical Music Die? (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Feb 02, 2005)
When did the music die? And why? It will be 30 years in August since the death of Dmitri Shostakovitch. Next year also marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten.
- Make It Less Taxing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2005)
No law, least of all a tax legislation, is unchangeable especially in a civil society which has found its moorings in a democratic system of governance. But the amendments to the Income-Tax Act
- Deprived Of A Future (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Feb 02, 2005)
The promise of guaranteeing employment to the poor was made in the common minimum programme of the United Progressive Alliance government in power.
- Same-Sex Marriages Against Our Ethos (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Feb 02, 2005)
THE Bill on same-sex marriages slated for introduction in Canada shortly raises some disturbing questions on the necessity, legality and morality of the measure.
- Social Intelligence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 02, 2005)
In my previous piece, I had referred to the national seminar on Naxalism organised by the Observer Research Foundation on January 28-29. I am reverting to it to mention two particularly noteworthy suggestions made by participants.
- Ballot Over Bullet (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2005)
Iraq witnessed its first multi-party elections in half a century on Sunday, under US security arrangements, which inspired a 60 per cent voter turn out despite the shadow of terrorist violence.
- Benny Hinn And Dog-Girl Wedding (Deccan Herald, REUBEN DAVID, Feb 02, 2005)
I am appalled as an Indian to read of my country so deeply lost in mindless religious barbarism. While BJP leaders and Hindu seers rant and rave against a Christian prayer gathering
- Condoleezza’S Choices (Indian Express, WALTER ANDERSEN, Feb 02, 2005)
George W. Bush was sworn in as president in 2001 with no intention of focusing on foreign policy. The second inauguration of George W. Bush on January 20 was quite the reverse.
- Let The Party Begin (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2005)
If the Congress leadership undertakes the task of organisational renewal, it could begin the larger process of reform of the entire party system.
- Help Them March Forward (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Feb 02, 2005)
Poverty and inequality have always been with mankind. Even if inequality, upto a point — measured in terms of income, wealth or power
- Iraq, After The Polls (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2005)
As a democracy India cannot but appreciate the surprising success of Sunday’s elections in Iraq. India’s own electoral experience suggests that giving people a say always helps change the ground situation and create space for political institutions.
- Iraq: No Vote On Clarity (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 02, 2005)
Elections in Iraq have come and gone, bringing more people out to vote than expected and fairly peacefully too. But in a country whose future continues to be more uncertain than ever
- Kislay Kaushik’S Cry (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Feb 02, 2005)
ANY country which takes genuine care of its children would have felt a sense of indignation on what happened in Bihar last week. Placards in hand, in large numbers schoolchildren marched down the streets of Patna and onto Raj Bhawan to demand...
- Labour Party’S Prospects In Polls (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Feb 02, 2005)
WILL the ruling Labour Party have a smooth sailing at the next general elections? Most political pundits think yes. All public opinion polls suggest defeat for the Opposition Tory Party and a definite victory, possibly a landslide one, for the ruling Labo
- Three Affirmative Tax Actions (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 02, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, hates being a peripheral nibbler. He chomps his way to the core of economic issues with piercing swiftness.
- Song Of The Sufi (Indian Express, K.K. Khullar, Feb 01, 2005)
Sufism in Sind was an indigenous movement which absorbed in itself the finest of Islam and Hinduism, thereby laying the foundation of what is termed the composite culture of India
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Integrating Economies Into Growth (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Feb 01, 2005)
Dhaka will be hosting the 13th summit of Saarc towards the end of the week. The Islamabad summit last year adopted a landmark framework agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta).
- Local Triumph (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2005)
The large turnout in the civic polls in Jammu and Kashmir suggests that there is a widespread urge for peace and stability among the people. These elections come after a gap of 27 years, and have been postponed several times in the past few years.
- Fierce Battle For Haryana Assembly (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Feb 01, 2005)
AS Haryana is all set for the Assembly elections on February 3, the ruling Indian National Lok Dal of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and the Opposition Congress are engaged in a fierce fight to control the political destiny of the state for the next f
- Straight From The Heart (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Feb 01, 2005)
THERE was a certain elemental roughness and rawness about the audience. The atmosphere of the place was of peaceful anarchy — dilapidated buses, no toilet facilities, and tough looking people with sullen expressions going about in a slovenly and aimless
- Using Real Options To Manage Risk (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Feb 01, 2005)
By looking at strategic decisions in terms of real options and then using information from financial markets to value these options, risk can be better assessed.
- Working At It (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Feb 01, 2005)
Probably no piece of legislation has attracted more apprehension, cynicism or praise in the recent past than the national rural employment guarantee bill introduced in parliament last December.
- Pay As You Go Along (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 01, 2005)
The recently presented white paper on VAT seems to clear all doubts regarding the subject
- Horses Are Left Out (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
The splendid Beating the Retreat happened last Saturday at the spectacular Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. Sadly, Doordarshan had their worst cameraman filming this event.
- Discovering Ways To A Peaceful World (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Feb 01, 2005)
“It is the small-minded that say: This is mine and this yours. For those endowed with a larger vision, the whole world is but one family.”
- Can Congress Turn The Corner? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 01, 2005)
“He came, he saw and he conferred.” This should be the slightly modified version
of the Shakespearean quote as regards the just concluded Bangalore mission of Mr A K Antony, AICC(I) General Secretary in charge of Karnataka affairs.
- Bite The Ballot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2005)
The turnout in J&K’s civic polls could be the beginning of a new compact with normalcy
- At The Cutting Edge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
Proving all apprehensions wrong, Jammu and Kashmir voters have cast their ballot in large numbers in the first phase of civic polls in Baramulla and Kupwara, held after a gap of 27 years.
- Arms And Votes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
Despite the shadow of arms and uncertainty looming large over Iraq, over 60 per cent of the 14 million voters defied insurgents’ bullets to opt for democracy.
- Anti-Federal And Breach Of Faith (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2005)
The decision reportedly taken by the Central Government, on the recommendation of the Union Finance Ministry, on a "Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas,"
- Another False Dawn (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2005)
While the result of the election held in Iraq on January 30 will not be finally known for some more days to come, those who conducted the exercise sought to portray it as a turning point.
- An Election To Anoint An Occupation (Hindu, Salim Lone, Feb 01, 2005)
Had an election like the one just conducted in Iraq been held in Zimbabwe, the West would have denounced it.
- Al-Jazeera For Sale (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
QATAR'S tentative decision to look for buyers for its famed pan-Arab Arabic language 24-hour television channel Al-Jazeera under intense American pressure is an indication of the Bush administration’s high stake in it.
- Achtung! Here Be Demons! (OutLook, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2005)
The recent violations of the more than a year-long ceasefire along the LOC by Pak army and its allegations of violations by the Indian security forces appear for now as isolated incidents, but it is best seen in conjunction with pressures faced ...
- In Pursuit Of Energy Security (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Feb 01, 2005)
For ensuring energy security, all options for diversification of our fuel basket need to be pursued vigorously. This also means the process of inter-fuel substitution in industrial processes must begin now.
- Cast About (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
To lay bare in one stroke all the joints that creak within the anomalies and suppressions inherent in India’s culture and polity, it needed only one case.
- Mutthu Taandavar (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 31, 2005)
In 1560, in the Tamil town of Seergazhi, a son was born to a family of temple musicians. It was a resonant old year in history: Akbar had literally thrown off his regent, Bairam Khan, and assumed full power; the Roman Catholic church was
- The Great Game In Central Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jan 31, 2005)
The American encouragement of velvet revolutions in the former Soviet republics poses a threat to peace and stability in Central Asia.
- Stealing Food (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
Human depravity can sometimes take the most astonishing forms. Mr Achintya Mukherjee is the district inspector of schools in Cooch Behar. He has also been selling foodgrain meant for the schoolchildren’s mid-day meals in the local market for the last thre
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