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Articles 18221 through 18320 of 25647:
- Looks Brown, Thinks White (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
When Dinesh D’Souza recently referred to the terrorists who attacked New York as warriors on a late night television show, it created a furore in the USA.
- Pakistan’s Anti-Osama Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2001)
IN a spectacular diplomatic somersault, the second in three weeks, Pakistan has disowned the Taliban and its honoured guest, Osama bin Laden.
- Crash Of The Airlines (Business Line, Ashwini Phadnis, Oct 06, 2001)
THE SEPTEMBER 11 events have proved to be the proverbial last straw for the aviation industry worldwide.
- Economics: For, By And Of The People? (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Oct 06, 2001)
A SOCIETY is an organic whole, simultaneously active in various spheres, constantly getting transformed.
- Wanted, A United Resolve To Fight Terrorism (The Financial Express, Ashwani Kumar, Oct 06, 2001)
The terrorists’ strike of September 11, 2001, unprecedented in its fanatical savagery, is a turning point in the global endeavour against international terrorism.
- Central Bank Autonomy: Changing Contours In India (The Financial Express, Y. Venugopal Reddy, Oct 06, 2001)
Extracts from Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Y Venugopal Reddy’s speech delivered at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, on October 3, 2001:
- Prepare An Iron-Clad Case Against Pak. Terrorists (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 06, 2001)
I seldom watch Pakistan TV news. It is more biased than Doordarshan's. The other day, I was horrified to listen to Pakistan's reaction to the Jaish-e-Mohammed's attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly building in Srinagar.
- Good Morning, America? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2001)
YOU live an entire half century cowering under the fear of ‘‘third party intervention’’.
- Osama And The Deeds Of Mass Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2001)
A FORCEFUL CASE has been presented by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, against Osama bin Laden, the suspected evil genius behind the atrocities of mass terror that stunned the world on September 11.
- He Never Forgot Obligations Of Nobility (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Oct 06, 2001)
THERE are tragedies that go beyond words. The terrible, untimely death of Madhavrao Scindia is one of them.
- Everest Of The South (Indian Express, George N Netto, Oct 06, 2001)
ONE of Munnar’s claims to fame is a little-known fact.
- Comedy Of Errors (Tribune, P. Lal , Oct 06, 2001)
ERRORS generally lead to trouble. Sometimes, however, they add spice to life. I recount a few such episodes below.
- After The Word, What? (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Oct 06, 2001)
Read various newspaper reports of how the government got egg all over its face in the hijack that never was, and one of the things that strikes you immediately is that of the unlocked cockpit door.
- Privy Purse To Politics (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2001)
Summoning one of Gwalior’s sirdars, Madhavrao Scindia once showed me the swathe of cloth that hung from a peak of the man’s tilted Maratha turban.
- Means Of Transport (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
The flight which killed our maharaja and with him four other journalists has taken the life out of others too.
- Away From Foreign Soil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
Most ministers, Central and state, have their proposals for foreign visits spiked by the prime minister.
- Of Rising Prices, Low Production... (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 06, 2001)
WHAT is the current state of the Indian economy according to the latest available information?
- Sense And Senescence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2001)
Indian politicians should come with a ‘best before’ date.
- Cnn Vs Bbc, Bias Vs Balance (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 06, 2001)
THOSE who have been following both BBC and CNN after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington DC, must have realised why the former is unquestionably the more professional and balanced of the two.
- Hijack Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2001)
AFTER the September 11 World Trade Centre calamity, panic is in the air - literally. Every straying plane appears to be a ticking bomb.
- Learning To Forget (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Oct 06, 2001)
IT IS said about the Bourbon Kings that they forgot nothing and they learnt nothing.
- Schoolbag May Become Lighter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2001)
THE social sciences syllabus, said to have been so far loaded with information, will be made sleeker in the new syllabi for schools, according to India’s apex body that deals with school education.
- Suicide Terrorism (Hindu, Suba Chandran, Oct 06, 2001)
WITH THE recent attacks on the United States, one aspect of terrorism - suicide terrorism - has assumed importance. Suicide terrorism should not be seen just as the work of a maniac or a bunch of maniacs.
- Mockable Hijack (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2001)
It’s been a month-long crash course for aviation and terrorism experts. September 11 proved that to launch a missile attack, you don’t require missiles, kitchen knives aboard a civilian aircraft will do fine.
- Politics Sans Values (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2001)
THE EXIT OF Mr. Keshubhai Patel as Chief Minister of Gujarat (for the second time now) is yet another instance of the BJP's claims of being a party with a different political culture getting eroded.
- Real Ideals (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 05, 2001)
IN ALL religions, there is a gulf of difference between the ideal and the real.
- Sights And Sounds Of The World (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 05, 2001)
Khushwant Singh’s Sights and Sounds Of the World is an entertaining collection of travel writing from this 87-year old writer who describes himself as having lost his “lust for travel and the good things in life”.
- Handled With Much Finesse (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 05, 2001)
All through the period when P.V. Narasimha Rao struggled to change the course of India’s relations with the Islamic countries by building a partnership with Iran.
- Thus Far And No Farther (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 05, 2001)
AMIDST new-found global determination to fight terrorism the official Indian voice tends to be marginalised, notwithstanding the fact that this country, as pointed out in my last column.
- Goodbye, Good Monsoon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2001)
WHAT promises to be the Agriculture Ministry’s gain is the Food Ministry’s grin. The monsoon has been proficient this year and, barring a few subdivisions in west Madhya Pradesh, evenly spread.
- Terror: Concentrated And Unexpected (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Oct 05, 2001)
NO other tragedy in recent times has evoked a reaction of this magnitude as the terror attacks in Washington and New York did, though there have been bigger catastrophes caused by nature and man.
- Current Account Situation Worrisome (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, Oct 05, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest data show a capital account surplus in the first quarter to June 2001.
- From Dummy To Mummy (Indian Express, I.M. Sahai, Oct 05, 2001)
WITH the induction of O. Paneerselvan as the new, ‘‘stopgap’’ chief minister of Tamil Nadu, the spotlight has again moved to political heads who were ‘remote-controlled’ like a ventriloquist’s dummy.
- Apartheid In The Mind (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2001)
It seemed inconceivable three weeks ago, but today, one can actually applaud the restraint Washington has demonstrated in the aftermath of September 11.
- Steel Is Flat (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2001)
IF EVEN ON the eve of the busy season the steel industry is looking for sops from the Centre, instead of bracing itself for higher production, it is a sure sign of its helplessness.
- Raising Fii Investment Limits May Not Help (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Oct 05, 2001)
At a time when our economy needed help to combat the growth recession (see article “Fighting slowdown requires bold strategies”, September 4).
- Indian Ocean Rim Group: A Watered Down Version (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Oct 05, 2001)
THE IOR-ARC (Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation), of which India is a member, was formed in March 1997 after a round of meetings called the Mauritius Initiative.
- Copy Cats (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Oct 05, 2001)
THERE is always some grim humour when a tragedy happens. After Princess Diana's death, the Internet was overheated with black humour.
- Downgrading Respect For Accuracy And Truth (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 05, 2001)
TEHELKA dot com has won applause in India and the world for its daring piece of investigative journalism.
- War Drums In The West, Peace Pipe In North-East (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, Oct 05, 2001)
AS war clouds gather to our North West, and hostile armies, terrorists and anti-terrorist forces confront each other, India’s eastern borders sound strangely subdued, even peaceful.
- The World Must Unite To Kill Terrorism (Business Line, Aravind Sitaraman, Oct 05, 2001)
WITH terrorism going global, it is important that its principal victims, the United States, India, Israel, and other democratic nations, pro-actively co-operate and collaborate to pre-empt and challenge this new destructive anti-democratic force.
- America's Passing Paranoia? (Hindu, Raju Rajagopal, Oct 05, 2001)
Remember the momentary panic over a fifth missing plane as we watched the unfolding horror on Sept. 11, and our collective sigh of relief when it turned out to be a false alarm?
- Martyrdom, The Prize For Taking One’s Life (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Oct 05, 2001)
It’s not just religious ‘zealots’ who are blowing themselves and their targets up; even the aetheist LTTE has chosen the suicide militancy route.
- India, Luckily, Left Out Of Great Game (Tribune, Arundhati Roy, Oct 05, 2001)
IN America there has been rough talk of bombing Afghanistan back to the stone age.
- Remembering Madhavrao Scindia (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2001)
I grieve at the passing of Madhavrao Scindia.
- The Milch Cow Of Higher Education (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Oct 05, 2001)
PERHAPS NO set of students in India were as luckless as those who joined the distance education sector some years ago.
- Governors, Politicians, Courts (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 05, 2001)
THE TAMIL Nadu case on Ms. Jayalalithaa's appointment as Chief Minister confronts many hidden issues in the Constitution.
- Where The State And The People Complement Each Other (The Financial Express, Kavita Kakani, Oct 05, 2001)
Scandinavia, the northern part of Europe, consists of three countries— Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
- Shoo Public Investment And Woo Fdi In Vain (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 05, 2001)
The government is reported to be exploring a strategy to quadruple annual foreign direct investment (FDI), currently in the $2-3 billion range.
- A Comedy Of Errors (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2001)
IT WAS NOT just the 52 on board flight CD- 7444 but the whole nation that was held captive, for a few agonising hours, to an infantile hoax.
- The Algebra Of Infinite Justice (Tribune, Arundhati Roy, Oct 04, 2001)
IN the aftermath of the unconscionable September 11 suicide attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, an American newscaster said: Good and evil rarely manifest themselves as clearly as they did last Tuesday.
- Rule By Proxy In Tamil Nadu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2001)
MR O. Paneerselvam’s assumption of office as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on September 21 following the Supreme Court judgement quashing the appointment of Ms Jayalalitha by the then Governor, Mrs Fathima Beevi.
- The U.N. And Afghanistan (Hindu, K. Santhanam, Oct 04, 2001)
SERIOUS CONSIDERATION is needed to involve the U.N. more deeply in Afghanistan.
- Look How Osama Builds His Brand; Time We Hired An Ad Agency Spin Doctors, Dead Or Alive (Indian Express, Ratna Rajiah, Oct 04, 2001)
Pachaas pachaas kos door gaun mein jab bachcha rota hai toh ma kehti hai ke soja...soja nahin to Gabbar aajayega.
- Disinvestment Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2001)
DISINVESTMENT plans of the BJP-led alliance government are jinxed if one is superstitious.
- Cheshire Cat Grin (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 04, 2001)
In September, the International Monetary Fund scaled down growth forecasts in World Economic Outlook, compared to projections made in April.
- The Black Sheep In Black Robes (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 04, 2001)
DURING the 50 years since the Constitution came into force, we have seen a lot of officers and ministers being thrown out of their jobs on the charge of corruption or for misusing their powers.
- Will Terrorists Have The Last Laugh? (Business Line, B. Raman , Oct 04, 2001)
WILL the world's terrorists have the last laugh?
- Waiting For The War (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Oct 04, 2001)
The American administration did not lose a minute in declaring a war on international terrorism after three suicide squads of pilot-hijackers rammed three flying Boeings into two buildings.
- Us Action Against Osama And Taliban (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 04, 2001)
THREE weeks after the infamous September 11 slaughter the future scenario is less clear than it seemed to be in the immediate aftermath of the ghastly terrorist outrage against the USA.
- Shadow On The Palace (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Oct 04, 2001)
It was a balmy morning in the early summer of 1996. But the political temperature had already begun soaring in Gwalior’s palace.
- Making A Killing Post-Wtc (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Oct 04, 2001)
IF terrorism had found a captive audience, corporate houses were going in for the kill. After September 11, corporate houses loosened their purse strings and upped their ad spend on Indian news channels.
- Bangladesh Will Be Another Front, Unless Taliban Is Smashed (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 04, 2001)
Will the smashing victory of Ms Khaleda Zia eventually boil down to an alliance of India-baiters smacking their lips in Bangladesh and Pakistan? The question has repercussions on our polito-economic, and diplomatic interests on our eastern front.
- The Road To Doha Is Paved With Imponderables (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 04, 2001)
URUGUAY 1986, Seattle 1999 and now Doha 2001.
- Panchayat Raj In Karnataka - Ii (Hindu, M. Y. Ghorpade, Oct 04, 2001)
THE BASIC principles which should govern administrative decentralisation are well established.
- When Death Is The Weapon, And Message (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Oct 04, 2001)
The world and the Valley are looking the most gruesome side of militancy in the face.
- Replacing Taliban: Mixing Diplomacy With Force (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 04, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 3. Many in India who were expecting to see a full blown American war in Afghanistan on CNN and BBC are disappointed.
- Allies In The Anti-Terrorism War? (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Oct 04, 2001)
India's External Affairs Minister visited Washington earlier this week to hold discussions with the American National Security Adviser, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, State Department officials, Senators and Congressmen.
- Petroleum Sector Reforms -- Progress And Prospects (Business Line, A. R. Sihag, Oct 04, 2001)
THE MARCH 31, 2002, deadline of dismantling the Administered pricing mechanism for petro-products is now quite near and the question being asked is whether the Government is prepared for this final step.
- Fall Of The Coconut (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Oct 04, 2001)
THE price of coconuts has crashed, shattering Kerala's fragile coconut economy.
- Na Squirrel’s Story (Indian Express, V. E. Venkataramani, Oct 04, 2001)
MEN, in general, are not altruistic and in their every endeavour, whether it is to embellish their skill, expand their domain or render assistance, a veiled tinge of selfishness is apparent.
- Keshubhai’s Delayed Exit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2001)
OUT-going Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel should count himself lucky that he survived for so long in spite of being an incompetent administrator, crisis-manager and policy-maker.
- Cartoon Redeems Media Honour (Tribune, Surjit Hans, Oct 03, 2001)
THE coverage of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York by our papers was apocalyptic.
- Wto Talks: Draft Draws Fire From Poorer States (The Financial Express, Robert Evans, Oct 03, 2001)
Developing countries have voiced disappointment over an outline plan from World Trade Organisation (WTO) officials aimed at getting new global trade liberalisation talks launched later this year.
- Plunge In Exports (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2001)
EXPORTS have been rising, sometimes briskly and sometimes sluggishly, since the liberalisation year of 1991-92. Not any more if official information is anything to go by.
- The Chief Of Defence Staff Idea (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Oct 03, 2001)
THE Group Of Ministers approved the setting up of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) some time ago.
- The Indian Connection (Telegraph, SUGATO HAZRA, Oct 03, 2001)
Convergence, to an Indian in the villages, is something that applies to the rich living in big cities.
- His Madam’s Voice: Scindia Vs Pilot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 03, 2001)
IT may be a cold war, fought almost entirely behind the scenes but Congress circles never seem to get tired talking about it, although they do so in hushed tones:
- Three Presidents And A Terrorist (Tribune, Amardeep S. Dahiya, Oct 03, 2001)
IT’S a strange world they say and a violent and unpredictable one as well.
- Panchayat Raj In Karnataka - I (Hindu, M. Y. Ghorpade, Oct 03, 2001)
FOR CENTURIES, India has had the experience of gram panchayats but they were based on traditional values, male dominated and caste ridden.
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