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Articles 16721 through 16820 of 25647:
- Manhattan Of The East (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 26, 2001)
Reporting on my previous visit to China in 1995 I began my first despatch with the observation that the only thing red about the Peoples’ Republic was the dash of lipstick every woman on the street sported.
- Lawful Rights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 26, 2001)
These rights are protected by law, not only in Thailand and Singapore, but also in India.
- For The Able Only (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 26, 2001)
The ramps were removed shortly after Hawking’s departure, an insult to two deeply caring individuals.
- Study Your Competitor Before Picking A Fight (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Taliban should have taken a few courses in competitive strategy. They would have avoided the current situation of all their tough talk coming to naught.
- Significance Of Nam Today (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Nov 26, 2001)
NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) almost died recently. The new government of Bangladesh which was to host the next summit of the movement in Dhaka decided that it would not do so.
- Give Them Their Equal Share (Telegraph, AMITAVA BANERJEE, Nov 26, 2001)
Every year ministers and bureaucrats make visits abroad, perform their official tasks, relax on beaches or at tourists spots, and return with little intention of implementing any of the good things they have imbibed to improve life in India.
- Testing Times (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 25, 2001)
THE HISTORY of Pakistan- Afghanistan relations has been marked by several ups and downs.
- Harry At The Movies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 25, 2001)
READING the reviews of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone made me think of a scene in Toy Story in which the two main characters give voice to the conflict at the heart of the story.
- A Divided House (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 25, 2001)
THIS MONTH Europe's already tattered reputation suffered another blow.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 25, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- From Plenty To Penury (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2001)
WHEN PROSPERITY takes the road of profligacy, populism and corruption, the destination clearly is bankruptcy.
- A Dose Of Death? (Hindu, BARUN DASGUPTA, Nov 25, 2001)
THE UNICEF campaign to prevent blindness among children has run into rough weather in Assam. With the help of the State Directorate of Family Welfare, it is implementing a programme of giving five six-monthly doses of Vitamin A as part of its campaign.
- Hotels On A Platter (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Nov 25, 2001)
THE HOSPITALITY industry is not quite the Government's cup of tea. The public sector hotels are notable largely for musty smells, slow service, and cockroaches in the woodwork.
- Selling The Family Silver? (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Nov 25, 2001)
THE PRIVATISATION of public sector companies has always been accompanied by vociferous protests on the ground that the country is selling off valuable ``crown jewels''.
- History Rubbished To Rouble (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Nov 25, 2001)
If vandalising a historic monument and reducing it to rouble, and reducing the rouble to finer dust can increase the space in any part of Jammu city, then why end at the Bibi Chand Kour Samadhi.
- The Packer Punch (Indian Express, Vinay Nayudu, Nov 25, 2001)
Mike Denness’s decisions set off events which now threaten to split the ICC, much like the days of Kerry Packer.
- A Dose Of Death? (Hindu, BARUN DASGUPTA, Nov 25, 2001)
THE UNICEF campaign to prevent blindness among children has run into rough weather in Assam. With the help of the State Directorate of Family Welfare, it is implementing a programme of giving five six-monthly doses of Vitamin A as part of its campaign.
- Next Target: Afghanistan's Women? (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Nov 25, 2001)
It is not easy being a woman; it is far less so in a fundamentalist Islamic society which, in the name of religion, smothers a woman's right to celebrate her existence.
- Let's Not Turn The Clock Back (Pioneer, Syed Ali Mehdi, Nov 25, 2001)
October 1, 2001. The world was expecting a strike on terrorism by the international coalition in response to WTC and Pentagon.
- Probe Land Grabbing Cases (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 25, 2001)
In a state where encroachment upon the government land has been colossus and some of the unearthed cases of such land grabbing have been hushed up the report that the investigation into the Budgam land scam is almost complete should come as a small relief
- One Land, Too Many Players (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 25, 2001)
HISTORY HAS a habit of repeating itself, lest we forget. Bonn was born as the capital of West Germany after the victors of World War II carved Germany into smaller, less-menacing bits.
- Lessons From Doha (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Nov 25, 2001)
The Union Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran, on his return from Doha ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation has underlined in particular two courses of action to be followed in the future.
- War Against Terror: The Public Opinion Conundrum (Tribune, Sreeram Chaulia, Nov 25, 2001)
There is a fundamental contradiction in the renewed love fest that the present war against terrorism has contrived between the United States and its old Cold War ally, Pakistan.
- Mingling Of Hinduism And Islam (Tribune, Asghar Ali Engineer , Nov 25, 2001)
Dara Shikoh has made seminal contribution to the composite culture of India. He was appointed heir apparent by Shah Jahan and had he become emperor of India it would have certainly made much difference to religio-cultural scene in India.
- Ambedkar And Partition (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 25, 2001)
According to Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu and an Indian, the greatest in many generations, and he was proud of being a Hindu and an Indian.
- Chomsky And The American Political Fraud (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Nov 25, 2001)
“War on Afghanistan constitutes a greater terrorist act than the September 11 attacks”.
- Why Bush Wouldn't Condemn Pakistan (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Nov 25, 2001)
If you were one of those who watched President Mush (Musharraf) trying to steal the show from President Bush when the two went centre-stage at their New York Press conference.
- Tandoori Nights (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Nov 25, 2001)
As the Grand Trunk Express pulled out of the platform that autumn evening, both men seemed to be fighting back tears when they waved to each other through the coach window.
- A Ray Of Hope For The Victims Of Oppression (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 25, 2001)
The Irish poet and Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney presented a vintage, out of print, book — “The Golden Bough”— to Mary Robinson hours before she left Dublin for New York to take up her new assignment as UN High Commissioner.
- The Unkindest Cut (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 25, 2001)
International cricket has escaped the severe blow it would have suffered had India refused to play against South Africa at Centurion Park, Johannesburg, from Friday.
- Walk The Talk, Mr Naik (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2001)
RIGHT around now, perhaps, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik is busy finalising the list of his achievements for the annual appraisal report he submits to his constituency.
- Problems That The Army Faces (Tribune, S. S. Sandhu, Nov 24, 2001)
There are two main problems which armies all over the world have always faced and have never been able to find satisfactory solutions to.
- Composite Culture: Then & Now (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 24, 2001)
Indian politicians are masters at taking a fine idea and making it sound like nothing more than empty words.
- Tandoori Nights (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Nov 24, 2001)
As the Grand Trunk Express pulled out of the platform that autumn evening, both men seemed to be fighting back tears when they waved to each other through the coach window.
- Rising Pitch, Silly Point (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2001)
IF we were to listen to Navjot Singh Sidhu, I wouldn’t be writing the column this week and you, in any case, wouldn’t have been reading it.
- Let's Not Turn The Clock Back (Pioneer, Syed Ali Mehdi, Nov 24, 2001)
October 1, 2001. The world was expecting a strike on terrorism by the international coalition in response to WTC and Pentagon.
- Nri Adopts Historic Sanghol Village (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2001)
The historical Sanghol village has been adopted by a United Kingdom-based NRI entrepreneur, Dr Diljit Rana, to be developed into a place of learning and a model village on the lines of the garden village concept in Britain.
- Ambedkar And Partition (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 24, 2001)
According to Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu and an Indian, the greatest in many generations, and he was proud of being a Hindu and an Indian.
- Through The Mists Of Munnar (Indian Express, George N Netto, Nov 24, 2001)
A RAMSHACKLE little settlement drowsing on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border 7,000 feet above sea level, Top Station has seen the evolution of Munnar into one of South India’s premier tea-growing centres right from the 1870s.
- A Collective Failure (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2001)
Consecutive cotton crop failure for the third year in Punjab and Haryana because of the American Bollworm has not moved any government in either of the states or the one at the Centre to take any remedial action.
- Numbed By Numbers (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Nov 24, 2001)
Those of you with a kindly heart, listen to my tale of woe. In the 916th draw of the Himachal Pradesh Grand Baisakhi lottery, I was chiselled out of a Nizamesque tenner by just two digits.
- Prerogative And Propriety (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 24, 2001)
THE reinduction of Mr George Fernandes in the Union Cabinet has raised a furore.
- Next Target: Afghanistan's Women? (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Nov 24, 2001)
It is not easy being a woman; it is far less so in a fundamentalist Islamic society which, in the name of religion, smothers a woman's right to celebrate her existence.
- The Unkindest Cut (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 24, 2001)
International cricket has escaped the severe blow it would have suffered had India refused to play against South Africa at Centurion Park, Johannesburg, from Friday.
- Trading Illusions (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 24, 2001)
MUCH LIKE the characters in the Japanese film classic, Rashomon, there have been as many verdicts delivered on the Doha conference of the World Trade Organisation as there were participating governments.
- Capital Account Convertibility -- Necessary To Save The Savers? (Business Line, S. K. Shanthi, Nov 24, 2001)
CAPITAL account convertibility means that the people of a country can invest in foreign assets, financial or otherwise.
- Paying The Ultimate Price On The Road To Kabul (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2001)
ON THE night before he was shot to death along the lawless road to Kabul, news photographer Aziz Haidari stayed almost as busy helping his colleagues as he did doing his own work.
- ‘Bt’en In The Race? (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Nov 24, 2001)
INDIAN scientists have been trying to develop superior strains of genetically altered cotton for the past two years, much before Bt cotton hit the headlines.
- Why Bush Wouldn't Condemn Pakistan (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Nov 24, 2001)
If you were one of those who watched President Mush (Musharraf) trying to steal the show from President Bush when the two went centre-stage at their New York Press conference.
- Where Is The World Economy Headed? (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Nov 24, 2001)
THE US, accounting for 28.5 per cent of the world's gross output, compared with Japan at 13.5 per cent and Germany at 7.0 per cent.
- Men In Flannels & Men In Suits (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2001)
THE ESSENCE OF sport is the willingness to counter challenges within a set of mutually agreed-upon rules, the ability to face up to uncertainties and the courage to accept all decisions - just or unjust - in one's stride.
- ‘Supachai Will Spend More Of His Time With The Oecd’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 24, 2001)
Pascal Lamy gives one last look to a somewhat unflattering piece on him in The Financial Express.
- Beijing Could Shine As Asia Biotech Star, Says Sg Sec (The Financial Express, Amy Tan, Nov 24, 2001)
SINGAPORE: China could well become Asia’s brightest biotechnology star but the region first needs to develop its venture capitalists’ market to support the fledgling industry, the Singapore arm of SG Securities says.
- Education Bill Needs A Relook If It’s To Serve Desired Purpose (The Financial Express, Shikha Chadha, Nov 24, 2001)
India tops the world in having the highest number of illiterates. Recent estimates point out that the number of children below 15 years joining the labour force varies from 17.4 million to 44 million.
- Wanted In Pakistan, Someone To Bell The Cat (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 24, 2001)
THE turn of events in Afghanistan over the past two weeks is being described as a strategic debacle for Pakistan.
- What Has Dalmiya Done? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2001)
President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Jagmohan Dalmiya has only himself to blame for the mess he has created.
- Do Our Sacrifices Count, Ask Dogras (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Nov 23, 2001)
THEY acceded the single-largest composite state — having boundaries with China and Afghanistan — to India 55 years ago, but the Dogras have been fighting a battle for recognition of own language for 10 years.
- A Matter Of Time (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 23, 2001)
Mankind's most intrepid journey to trace the pristine condition of the universe-the moment at which everything we know as the natural cosmos took birth-began a little more than a decade ago.
- Travails Of An Intellectual (Indian Express, Atul Chaturvedi, Nov 23, 2001)
FRANCE has a problem with its writers and intellectuals — there are simply too many of them.
- Among The Believers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 23, 2001)
Does my Makkah-Madina affiliation irritate some of my Hindu friends?
- Play By The Rules (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Nov 23, 2001)
Professional cricket has become as much of a blood sport as modern football.
- Quick On The Draw (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 23, 2001)
The arrival of an Indian diplomatic mission in Kabul on Wednesday was truly a historic event. It symbolised, as few other things have, the total change of scene that has taken place in Afghanistan.
- Defence Forces Deserve Izzat In Society (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Nov 23, 2001)
The Services of yore were known for eschewing profligacy and ostentation. Their institutions exuded awe-inspiring elegance, dignity and simplicity.
- Seminal Lesson On Indian Ocean (Pioneer, Ranjit B Rai and P K Jain, Nov 23, 2001)
This second opinion is sparked by the one-day seminar held at the USI on November 17 on the very relevant subject of the "Indian Ocean Rim-Strategic and Geo Political Aspects"
- Potshot At Poto (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 23, 2001)
Why are the political parties playing the POTO game?
- Reviving Afghan Relations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2001)
INDIA'S decision to station in the Afghan capital medical and paramedical personnel and set up a liaison office can be considered a good beginning to reconstruct its Afghan policy.
- Genetically Modified Plants -- Biological Intervention, The Answer (Business Line, Ashok Chaudhury, Nov 23, 2001)
GENETICALLY modified (GM) or transgenic plants will play an important role in Indian agriculture.
- Risk-Based Supervision Of Banks (Business Line, P. P. Pathrose, Nov 23, 2001)
THE banking system, over the past ten years, has changed dramatically. Advances in technology, closer relations among economies, liberalisation, deregulation, and so on, have made banking far more complex.
- A New Call For West Asia Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2001)
A CANDID ADVOCACY of a ``viable Palestinian state'' may have enhanced the credentials of the U.S. as a self-styled honest broker in West Asia at this psychologically salient moment.
- Discourse On Wheel (Pioneer, Mohinder Singh, Nov 23, 2001)
This car is a virgin. It won't go all the way. Do not touch. I'm not that sort of car. Not too close.
- Reclaiming 23 Lost Years (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 23, 2001)
IT’S difficult to know where to begin when it comes to chronicling the immediate past of Afghanistan’s women, just as it is difficult to know where to stop when it comes to fathoming the future.
- Jaya Plays Poto (Indian Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 23, 2001)
IN the murky politics that is being played out in Tamil Nadu, the latest weapon in the armoury of the irrepressible AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa to get the better of her arch-rival M. Karunanidhi is the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto).
- Why A Challenge For Some Is Pain For Others (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2001)
A person’s ability to cope with stress may help doctors predict their risk of heart and vascular diseases, a Finnish study has found.
- It Is A Question Of Decorum In Parliament (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 23, 2001)
EVEN as a high-level conference on "Discipline and decorum in Parliament and State Legislatures" is slated for the weekend in the Capital.
- Search For A Suitable Head For Sebi Gets Tough (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Nov 23, 2001)
Here's a golden chance for all those who love challenges and controversies, are adept at walking the tight-rope doing a fine balancing act between the strong corporate lobby and a status quo-loving finance ministry.
- Informal Sector: A Dilemma Between Removal And Revival (The Financial Express, Siddartha Mitra, Nov 23, 2001)
There have been several attempts to control the size of the informal sector through licensing or physical controls. The cycle rickshaw sector in Delhi has been the object of one such attempt. The policy has clearly failed.
- On To Iraq, Say Us Hawks (Indian Express, Ronald Brownstein, Nov 23, 2001)
With Taliban falling, Bush is being urged to extend war to a serious bid to topple Saddam.
- Fiction As Fact? (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Nov 23, 2001)
QUITE some time ago, I wrote a novel, The Oblivion Tapes. A few friends, mostly Americans, advised me against writing it.
- Malegaon And Manipulation (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Nov 23, 2001)
MARATHI-SPEAKING HINDU and Urdu- speaking Muslim school children in Malegaon, Maharashtra, may soon become `pen friends'.
- India-Pakistan Talks: Yes, No, Maybe (Hindu, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 23, 2001)
WITH THE Northern Alliance's dramatic gains in the ground war in Afghanistan, India must turn its attention to relations with Pakistan.
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