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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 25647:
- Ozone In Peril (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
By all accounts, the first-ever strategic dialogue between India and China was more in the nature of a sharing of views and concerns on important issues facing them and the world, than anything else.
- Qualified Gains Against Terror (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 23, 2005)
Kathmandu is usually immersed in rumours. Last week these were mixed with damp, chill weather, bandhs over hike in petroleum prices, abduction of 14 Indian Army Gurkha soldiers on leave
- Rss Has Highest Stake In Jharkhand (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 23, 2005)
Of the three States going to the polls next month, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has the highest stake in Jharkhand.
- Second Coming (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Muslim society's 'castelessness' is often held up as a positive contrast to caste-ridden Hindu society. Yet the reality is that Muslims are also stratified in terms of caste.
- Securing Social Security Us View (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 23, 2005)
President George W. Bush has promised that social security reform will be a domestic priority over the next four years.
- Why Can’T Bjp Have More Faith In Hinduism? (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Jan 23, 2005)
I wish the BJP would not inflate Benny Hinn into an Yamaraj of Hinduism. I can understand their compulsions, though.
- The Truth About Godhra (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 23, 2005)
Three years after 59 train passengers, most of them VHP members and sympathisers or their family members, perished in a fire on board coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, a coherent picture is finally emerging of what actually happened ...
- Time To Restore The Majesty Of Vice-Chancellors (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, Jan 23, 2005)
Gone are the days when the enigmatic presence of the vice-chancellor made a university the vital hub of academic, research and policy formulating activities
- Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Unique Story Not Yet Fully Told (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 23, 2005)
Without any loss of time — and also without fanfare — the committee appointed to oversee the celebrations of Lal Bahadur Shastri's centenary, headed by the Prime Minister
- Brain Behind Tsunami Warning System (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 23, 2005)
Years back, T.S. Murthy, also known as Tad Murthy, left his home state Andhra Pradesh for pastures new, not knowing what lay in store for him. Like him, many youthful talents left India at that time for better future.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudl
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Inevitable Triangle (Pioneer, MG Kapahy, Jan 23, 2005)
I agree with the editorial, "Sindh against" (January 5), that the petition in the Supreme Court for replacing the word Sind in our national anthem with Kashmir is both trivial and ludicrous.
- Democracy A Bad Word In Bihar (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 23, 2005)
Who will, in Bhagalpur, save the dolphins, those wonderfully intelligent water-animals of the Ganga? And save the polluted Ganga as well? Reports say that people are catching the dolphins and eating them up.
- Aids: Facing The Second Wave (OutLook, PRAMIT MITRA, Jan 23, 2005)
Eighteen years after the first AIDS diagnosis in the country, India has entered a critical period in its fight against the disease. And the country's strategy in combating the pandemic in the coming years will hold lessons not only for other
- Caste In Injustice (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 23, 2005)
The rhetoric of ‘social justice’ conceals all manner of ills: pandering to sectional interests, appeasing of labour aristocracies, subsidising of dying PSUs and most crucially, robbing of the Indian state of talent by arguing against all forms of merit.
- Disasters, Tsunami And George Bush (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Jan 23, 2005)
Was Tsunami, the giant killer wave, actually an act of God? But even if some disasters cannot be predicted it is important to categorise disasters so that disaster management can be more effective.
- First Volley (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2005)
She had wanted to see how hard Serena Williams hit the ball. Sania Mirza managed to do not only that, but she also hit back for a long enough while for Williams to feel that it had not been a “walk in the park”
- Glimpse Of Possibility (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jan 23, 2005)
Shama Futehally and I spoke of many things in the years we knew each other, but I don’t recall any conversation about E.M. Forster. Yet now, after her death, when I search for words
- India's Forgotten Army (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jan 23, 2005)
I had planned to go to Orissa last winter but things didn't quite work out.
- The Value Of Restraint (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jan 22, 2005)
Often there are surprises in India-Pakistan relations. Until a couple of years ago absence of firing along the Line of Control (LoC) made news. Last week, India, however, was taken by surprise when the news flashed that mortar shelling had taken place fro
- Mega-Cities Face Mega Disasters (Tribune, David McNeill, Jan 22, 2005)
Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world’s teeming “mega-cities” and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe, a UN expert on emergency relief has warned.
- Mumbai's Demolition Marathon (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 22, 2005)
While the Government can have a tough policy on structures built illegally on public lands, it cannot have the same attitude towards the people living in those structures
- No Smooth Sailing (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 22, 2005)
Most observers of the Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where ‘miscreants’ have succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Parties In U.S., Despair Elsewhere (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jan 22, 2005)
Inauguration does not do justice to the exuberant celebrations of this week. Coronation would come closer. Washington ended Thursday with nine official balls.
- Teachers Now And Then (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jan 22, 2005)
Quite a good few of our educational establishments, especially those run by the government, used to regard the Oxbridge colleges as the role model worthy of being followed to as great an extent as possible.
- Liberating The Prisoners (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
A mother of three, with another in her womb, is convicted for being an accomplice with her paramour in the murder of her husband.
- The Need For Common Minimum Conduct (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 22, 2005)
A leader must adhere to codes of conduct and behaviour. Winning votes through immoral means strikes a body blow to democracy. The tragedy is that today a Palkhivala would probably never be able to win elections. Excerpts from the Nani Palkhivala Memorial
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- Tracking Two Faces Of Power (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Jan 22, 2005)
On a train journey from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh to New Delhi, one encountered several forms of power, and its exercise. In one case, it was bureaucratic power, power that emanates from the higher echelons of India’s public service.
- When Reopening Turns Revolting (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 22, 2005)
Every Finance Act brings in a spate of amendments to the law and some of these have retrospective effect. Completed cases are reopened on the basis of such retrospective legislation. Is this fair?
- The Embedded Host (Deccan Herald, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Jan 22, 2005)
Of late, I have been so regularly lying to my parents that my conscience does not even take notice of it any more. But one day, in just a span of three hours, I had fibbed thrice, and that was too much, even by my standards.
- Bush Raises The Banner (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2005)
Most second-term presidents in America tend to bask in the glory of their re-election and gently fade into the night. But not George W. Bush, who has unveiled a radical agenda for America and the world.
- A Touch Of Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2005)
Which way will the verdict swing in the elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana? Up until a fortnight ago, the answer seemed self-evident:
- After Disaster People Don't Give Up, But Bounce Back (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 22, 2005)
In Mumbai, a woman rents out her comfortable apartment and moves out to a shack beneath a bridge, despite the risk of flooding and fire in the new place. Why so?
- From Aryana To Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
Aryana was the original name of Afghanistan. If I was to draw up a list of the most unfortunate nations of the world, Afghanistan would be on the top. I went there three times over 30 years ago to do a booklet on the work of UN agencies
- Bush Declares War For Freedom (Tribune, K. Subramanyam, Jan 22, 2005)
Even those who dislike President George Bush have to admit that his second inaugural speech is one of the finest delivered on similar occasions. It is a declaration of war on those who oppose democracy and freedom.
- Four More Years (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 22, 2005)
US President George W Bush has started his second term in office on a belligerent note. His inaugural address has been described as the most combative speech to be delivered by an American president in 50 years.
- Game For More (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The importance of being Sania Mirza goes beyond what she gained or lost yesterday. It’s about changing the attitude to women’s tennis in India
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- The Wonder Drug (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Jan 21, 2005)
It was 1976. We were taking part in a high-level Army exercise in Punjab. Some staff officer with a spiteful sense of humour had codenamed the exercise ‘Summer Holiday’. While there was plenty of summer, but holiday?
- Pharma Sector — No Side-Effects Of Patent Regime (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 21, 2005)
India's pharma industry is one of the most cost-effective manufacturers of generic drugs, and the overall outlook is encouraging.
- Selection Of World Bank's Chief — Time To End Western `Carve-Up' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
Wheels (within wheels) have begun moving in the industrial countries, especially the US, by way of setting the machinery in motion to install a person of their choice in the place of the current World Bank President
- Stir In Jd(s) (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
It may not be possible to set much store by the suspension of four Janata Dal (Secular) members from the party in view of the fact that the internal squabbles have been an inseparable part of this particular political entity.
- Party At Crosspurpose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 21, 2005)
India and Pakistan seem determined to restart the cross-border bus from Munabao in Rajasthan to Khokhrapar in Sind, what with talks slated for the first week of March. Come summer, both Hindus and Muslims will get
- The Task Facing Mahmoud Abbas (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Jan 21, 2005)
The attack by Palestinian gunmen on Gaza's Karni crossing last Thursday, in which six Israelis died, and Israel's response seem wearingly familiar.
- The Thaw And The Talks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2005)
The sign on this road should read: curves ahead, drive with caution. When Union Home Minister L.K. Advani sits down to talk to the Hurriyat Conference faction led by Abbas Ansari tomorrow, it will mark a historic moment in this country’s
- Towards An Oasis Of Peace (Telegraph, TUMPA MUKHERJEE, Jan 21, 2005)
So underworld dons like Aftab Ansari, Sheikh Vinod, Gabbar and Hatkata Dilip have been prevented from using their mobile phones and are secure in their jails. Will that decrease the crime rate in Calcutta? No.
- Under A Cloud (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 21, 2005)
Peace talks always have a cloud hanging over them. The collapse of the negotiations between the Andhra Pradesh government and the Maoists is, therefore, not entirely unexpected.
- Unnatural Sexuality Versus Natural Justice (Indian Express, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 21, 2005)
Is it natural to be normal? This is the fearsome question that lies unrecognised at the heart of the furore around the issue of Section 377 of the IPC.
- What State The Vat? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2005)
The white paper on the Value Added Tax, released by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, does no doubt offer some insights into the legislative framework on the proposed system of
- Why Reserves Are Not Resources (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 21, 2005)
Large economies having a vigorous interface with the global economy may require large foreign currency reserves to act as stored energy that smoothen the transmission of resource power to drive the growth engine.
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 21, 2005)
If the schemes are illusory, the National Employment Guarantee will end up being neither national, nor providing sufficient employment, nor being a guarantee.
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Dr Joshi And His Strange Loves (Indian Express, Shubh Saumya, Jan 21, 2005)
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi speaks these days like a class warrior. His campaign to belittle and bully IITs and IIMs would make a Marxist proud.
- A Reassessment Of Netaji Bose (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Jan 21, 2005)
A big change has come about in the attitude of political parties towards Netaji Subhas Bose and the role he played in the nationalist movement. It was not many years ago that the Congress as the ruling party at the Centre fought shy in giving
- Need For A Mangrove Wall (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jan 21, 2005)
Natural disasters are tragedies for the poor. But for the rich and influential, it is an opportunity — a god-sent opportunity to make more money. The killer tsunami waves that ravaged through the southern coastline open up one such great avenue.
- Nris Caught In Legal Tangles (Tribune, Shubha Singh, Jan 21, 2005)
As the overseas Indian community grows larger and maintains close links with the homeland, an increasing number of Indians in India and abroad have begun facing legal complications with regard to family matters.
- `Wherever Sorrow Is, Relief Would Be' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2005)
THE tsunami toll has crossed two lakh. Almost in every nook of the world, there are efforts to mobilise resources for the relief of the affected people, reminding one of a line in the New Testament: "Every man according to his ability, determined to send
- No Symbolism Please, They Are French (Indian Express, Ayesha Chawla, Jan 21, 2005)
On January 17 as hundreds of Sikhs, Muslims and Jews took to the streets of London to protest, it became evident that people are not willing to give up their religious identities which are as important to them today as
- Money To Burn? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 21, 2005)
If a country’s prosperity is defined in terms of the foreign exchange assets it holds, India had never had it so good. Foreign exchange holdings at this moment exceed $ 130 billion.
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- What’S The Line? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2005)
What is this government’s official line on homosexuality? Many Indians, whatever their sexual orientation, might wish to have a clear answer to this question with increasing urgency.
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2005)
It is rare, but it happens. When everything in a much-worn process is done just right, the result becomes a model of how the process should be conducted all the time.
- Keys To The Mind (Indian Express, VESSANTARA, Jan 20, 2005)
The female deities in Buddhism express the qualities of Enlightenment through a tremendous range of appearance and archetypes. The mature and beautiful Prajnaparamita, whose body is a galaxy of golden Buddhas
- Many Different Paths To Prosperity (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Jan 20, 2005)
Every year, the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation bring out a book called The Index of Economic Freedom, the centrepiece of which is an index ranking countries
- Interim Report On Godhra Incident (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 20, 2005)
One can find fault with the timing of the release of the interim report of the Justice U. C. Banerjee Committee and the BJP can heap all the accusations it wishes on the Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- Technically Speaking... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
Pakistan, it appears, has made up its mind to seek World Bank intervention over the Baglihar project issue. While it is within its rights to do so, it may not be the wisest of moves.
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
- Will We See A New Bush? (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Jan 20, 2005)
Previous occupants of the White House have sometimes used their second term differently, replacing a narrow agenda with one that seeks to serve the longer term national interest.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- Tp Audits Have Been A Learning Experience (The Economic Times, Srinivasa Rao, Jan 20, 2005)
Recent global surveys indicate that transfer pricing (TP) is the most important international tax issue that MNCs face.
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- A Time For Newer Things (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 20, 2005)
Forgive the lowly literary devices, but it really was another sign of the times. Last week, the employees of the Times group in Mumbai bid good-bye to Pradeep Guha, the president of the organization
- Advanced Education Stumbling Along (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 20, 2005)
Advanced education is in poor shape partly because of the perception that in a country with a large number of poor, the state should focus on primary and secondary education.
- Protector Of The Democratic Citizen (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 20, 2005)
At the height of Emergency, when the Opposition was in jail, the Government pushed through the notorious 42nd amendment, sought to widen the ambit of Article 31(C) and to substantially curb individual freedom.
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