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Articles 23521 through 23620 of 25647:
- At Bob Jones, Students Learn To Break Bread With Christ And Political Ambition (Indian Express, Elizabeth Crowley, May 10, 2001)
Greenville, S.C.: At Bob Jones University, Tim Keesee uses familiar terms to help teach the practical side of the school’s growing political-science curriculum:
- Strategic Blunder? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 10, 2001)
IT NOW APPEARS that the Government finds `strategic disinvestment' a poor strategy. While there are difficulties, it would be a folly to attribute the Government's relative lack of success to the approach.
- Malta Revisited (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
WITH better means of transport and communication, the globe has shrunk and migration picked up.
- Run-Up To The Summit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
THE countdown has started for the Indo-Pakistan summit but the diplomatic temperature in the two capitals are dramatically different. It is a leisurely pace in New Delhi with only High Commissioner to Pakistan Vijay Nambiar stirring things up a bit.
- Supersonic Development (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
It is rather unusual for the test flight of as advanced and path-breaking a missile as the supersonic PJ-10 to be undertaken in the kind of secrecy that marked the Pokhran explosions.
- The Trouble With Inquiry Commissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
EVER since our independence and the horrific communal riots that accompanied it, there have been two major communal outbursts that have traumatised the nation:
- Conduct Becoming (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 10, 2001)
Come polling time and the Election Commission is at the receiving end of bouquets and brickbats, mostly the latter, from political parties in the fray.
- Road To Universal Banking Is Strewn With Pitfalls (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
THE announcement of ICICI’s results for the past year coincided last week with the RBI’s circulating a list of parameters that financial institutions must take into account in converting themselves into universal banks.
- World Disappearing From View (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, May 10, 2001)
IN a democratic polity, the mainstream Press reflects a country’s pecking order in the world and its ambitions beyond its own borders.
- Trivial Pursuit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
A COMMITTEE headed by Planning Commission member Montek Singh Ahluwalia has spent considerable time, effort and taxpayers’ money to devise a way by which state electricity boards’ dues to central power utilities can be paid off.
- Bring Order On The Border (Indian Express, ANURADHA KUMAR, May 10, 2001)
Indo-Bangladesh disputes should not be allowed to fester.
- Don’t Worry, Forgive And Forget (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, May 10, 2001)
It has now become an oddly familiar sight. Every few days we see visuals of a prominent and wealthy person being led away by the police or being interrogated for some serious transgression or the other.
- While The Congress May Live To Fight Another Day... The Third Front Is Dead (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, May 10, 2001)
Later today — the tenth of May — voters in several states shall march to the booths to elect their representatives. I have no fresh insight to offer on the outcome; I agree with the conventional wisdom that the Left Front shall return to power in Kolkata.
- What The Buddha Says To Bill (Indian Express, Swami Chaitanya Keerti, May 10, 2001)
More on ‘science’ vs ‘religion’.
- A Blueprint For Global Competitiveness (The Economic Times, Arun Kumar Jain, May 10, 2001)
HOW do Indian industries compare with their Chinese counterparts when it comes to global competitiveness?
- The India-U.S. Engagement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2001)
WHILE THE STRATEGIC expectations of India and the U.S. about each other have not yet been delineated by either side in the latest context of the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh's surprise dialogue with the American President.
- From U.S. To Iran: An Indian Rope Trick? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 10, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 8. From the United States to Iran! If the acme of diplomatic skill is about managing irreconcilable contradictions and profitably engaging two nations that are daggers drawn.
- The U.N., Racism And Caste - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , May 10, 2001)
THE WORLD Congress on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will be held in South Africa from August 31 to September 7.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 10, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 10, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 10, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- The Pill Fits The Bill (Hindustan Times, Sumita Mehta, May 10, 2001)
LAST YEAR, India celebrated the birth of its billionth citizen — Baby Astha was born amid the flash of light bulbs and adulation reserved for celebrities.
- Jaswant’s Three Errors (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , May 10, 2001)
‘A DISSENT in a court of last resort is an appeal to the brooding spirit of the law.
- Whistling With Moonlight (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 10, 2001)
FEW PEOPLE would argue the point that the dinosaurs became extinct because they did not have a space programme.
- Eight Per Cent Or Bust (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2001)
Economy needs better governance for higher growth.
- The Bangladesh Border Issue Should Be Handled With Utmost Care (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, May 10, 2001)
No matter who is in power in India, it always takes a disaster of massive proportions to make the authorities concerned sit up and take notice.
- India Needs Reform Plan Instead Of A Mere Resource Plan (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2001)
Five decades of planning show alarming gaps in social attainment.
- Smaller Fish Are Coping Better With The Slump (The Financial Express, P. N. Vijay, May 10, 2001)
Housewives rejoice, industry panics and politicians get squeezed.
- Creating Consumers (Business Line, K. Ramesh, May 10, 2001)
CREATING new consumers and not merely protecting them is relevant today.
- Non-Institutional Credit Agencies -- From Frying Pan Into Fire (Business Line, S. Radhakrishnan, May 10, 2001)
THERE IS a Chinese saying that many little things done in many little places by many little people will change the face of the world.
- My Precious Father Lived Dangerously (Times of India, Ingrid Newkirk, May 10, 2001)
MY father has died. On my desk are his medals from World War II and a photograph of him as a boy, playing with one of the many dogs he rescued and loved.
- A Shoddy Start? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , May 10, 2001)
WHEN was the last time you bought batteries? The last three/four times that I went to buy pencil cells for my daughter's toys, I have ended up with the ones made in China.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 10, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Redefine Reforms (Times of India, M.K. Venu , May 10, 2001)
Plug Holes in the Regulatory System.
- Tomorrow's Agenda (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 10, 2001)
What next for the accountancy profession? Roger Adams examines the challenges that the discipline will face.
- An Indecent Proposal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2001)
TOO often Punjabi pop songs border on vulgarity. Families watching such singers on TV feel uncomfortable.
- Market Solution To A Market Situation (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , May 09, 2001)
I ALWAYS believed that I was the original author of the concept of `India' vs. `Bharat' syndrome.
- Clueless In Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2001)
Caste comes to the fore in a waveless election.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Slowly But Surely (Hindustan Times, J. N. Dixit , May 09, 2001)
NEARLY SIX months have gone by since the most recent “peace initiative” taken by India to deal with the Kashmir problem, beginning with the declaration of unilateral ceasefire by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in November last year.
- Reading The Polls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 09, 2001)
ALL ELECTIONS carry messages, both at the local and the national levels.
- Let’s Start With Campaign Finance Reform (The Economic Times, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 09, 2001)
FOR a few fleeting days after the Tehelka revelations, our somnolent political class actually raised some hopes of reform.
- The Swooning It Sector (The Economic Times, G. Anandalingam, May 09, 2001)
THE INFORMATION technology sector seems to be swooning across the globe.
- It’s The Crude Oil Of The 21st Century (The Economic Times, Rahul Kumar, May 09, 2001)
GIVEN the key role that microelectronics plays in information technology, it is widely viewed as the key driver of the economic fortunes of nations in the future. So, just how important is microelectronics and where does India stand in this field?
- The Theatre’s Fine, But Is The Party Breaking Up? (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, May 09, 2001)
ON SUNDAY last, Ajit Panja, ex-minister of state for external affairs, sang a toppa — a style of singing that became popular in the late 19th and early 20th century in Bengal —
- Science Fiction Omnibus (Hindustan Times, Imtiaz Ahmad, May 09, 2001)
THERE CANNOT be anything more academically preposterous than the attempt by UGC chairman Hari Gautam to suggest that astrology is a science in the same sense as sociology or political science.
- Jpc Ahoy! Shoot The Regulator? (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, May 09, 2001)
No, strengthen the law and facilitate cleaner markets.
- Too Many Books, Too Much Hype (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, May 09, 2001)
“Globalization had become unavoidable,” a critic said recently, “because the nation-state had become too small for the big problems of life and too big for the small problems of life.”
- Psus: From One Sideshow To Another (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, May 09, 2001)
WHILE evaluating the real options delivered by the 2001-02 Budget to the economy, the authors had stated that privatisation of public sector units was a very valuable real option not exercised in the initial years of economic reform.
- Pakistan Chided, But Spared (Business Line, B. Raman , May 09, 2001)
It was in 1991 that New Delhi, on the advice of Mr N. Narasimhan, the then head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
- A Scientist Turned Technocrat (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, May 09, 2001)
IN India, research-driven companies are very few.
- Always Against The Grain (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, May 09, 2001)
Michel Foucault, Parisian philosopher, died of AIDs in June 1984 at the age of 57. In 1983, when there were no symptoms of the illness that killed him, he had written that he wanted no posthumous publications. One doesn’t know if this letter was the resul
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, May 09, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 09, 2001)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India, that the will of the people can be exercised freely to elect their representatives, some of whom will lead them to a better life
- From U.S. To Iran: An Indian Rope Trick? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 09, 2001)
From the United States to Iran! If the acme of diplomatic skill is about managing irreconcilable contradictions and profitably engaging two nations that are daggers drawn, India will be demonstrating some of that capability this week.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution.
- Act One, Part Two (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2001)
The 1986 act for maintenance of divorced Muslim women was passed amidst the storm that followed the Shah Bano judgement. Called the Muslim Women’s (Protection of Rights at Divorce) Act 1986 (MWA).
- The U.N., Racism And Caste - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , May 09, 2001)
THE WORLD Congress on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will be held in South Africa from August 31 to September 7, marking the culmination of the International Year of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Hurriyat Wants A Role It Doesn’t Have The Strength To Play (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 09, 2001)
SOME eight years ago, I received a call from a top central government official. He said a person by the name of Yasin Malik was on fast unto death and had requested a meeting with me.
- All Quiet On The Asian Front (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2001)
Missile defence is back on the boil in Asia, thanks to U.S. President George W. Bush.
- General Musharraf’s Self-Coronation (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 09, 2001)
PERHAPS inevitably General Musharraf’s sudden decision to crown himself as his country’s President has got inextricably intermixed with the summit at Agra between him and the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Serious Problems Ahead For The Country (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, May 09, 2001)
The stalemate in Parliament and the chaotic scenes witnessed were unprecedented. The refusal of the NDA government to accept a JPC on the Tehelka scam or refer it to the CBI and the unwillingness of the Congress party to be content with the judicial inqui
- Tax Administration Needs To Be Re-Engineered (The Financial Express, Ashok Kumar Bal, May 09, 2001)
The fiscal situation offers a formidable challenge to policy makers and economic administrators.
- Heil Fuhrer Jayalalitha! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2001)
IN this ancient land of the most populous democracy, there is a dark area of pure despotism.
- Way To Buddhahood (Times of India, Yin-shun, May 09, 2001)
Having wished to become human and having become human,
One should cultivate the Dharma of the Divine Vehicle without wanting to be a divine being.
- Horrorscope (Times of India, R. Srinivasan, May 09, 2001)
I got up an hour before sunrise on that eventful day, which also happened to be the last day of the 20th century. My doorbell rang and I opened the door.
- Not So Kind Hearts And Coronets (Telegraph, David Cannadine, May 09, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- The Islamic Concept Of Reincarnation (Times of India, Sultan Shahin, May 09, 2001)
THAT reincarnation is a Hindu belief is well known. But it is not as well known that belief in reincarnation is central to Islam as well.
- The Pink Buddha Of Kolkata (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, May 09, 2001)
Former finance minister of West Bengal, Ashok Mitra, once quipped, ‘‘I am communist, not a bhadralok.’’
- Band-Aids Are No Cure (Indian Express, Surjit S. Bhalla, May 09, 2001)
For market’s sake! Let banks do the banking.
- Perking Up That Cup Of Coffee (Indian Express, Tara Sinha, May 09, 2001)
There’s a new brew simmering in the ‘on premise’ drinks sector.
- New Spin On Spider Silk (Business Line, R. Sundaram , May 08, 2001)
MAHATMA Gandhi made goat's milk famous in a land of holy cows.
- A Leaf Out Of The Hawala Diary (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, May 08, 2001)
IT’S been a decade (May 3, 1991) since the sensational Jain Hawala corruption case unravelled with raids on the residence, office and farmhouse of ‘‘diary-keeper’’ S.K.Jain.
- Tamil Nadu’s Record Of Decisive Verdicts May Go For A Toss (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, May 08, 2001)
POLITICAL uncertainty has always been anathema to the people of Tamil Nadu.
- Good Riddance For The Markets (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, May 08, 2001)
The time has finally come to write an obituary of badla which had the broker-controlled stock markets in India in a virtual stranglehold.
- Doubts About Didi (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2001)
A week, the cliche goes, is a long time in politics. It can also often be quite cruelly decisive.
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, May 08, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- A Gentle Way With Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, May 08, 2001)
A week before he died at 95, news of his precarious health began appearing in all our national dailies.
- Welfare Spending Should Focus On Pensions, Old Age Care (The Financial Express, P. C. Gupta, May 08, 2001)
The pension scheme is structured for the benefit of the unorganised sector.
- Mishra Omission (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, May 08, 2001)
NATIONAL Security Advisor (NSA) and Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra was not shown the final version of the Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) press statement on New Delhi’s reaction to US President Bush’s missile defence plans.
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