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Articles 25021 through 25120 of 25647:
- Barbarism at Bamiyan (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 07, 2001)
Bigoted men are of stunted intelligence. They remain so even if they acquire political power. Mullah Mohammad Omar, supreme leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan, is the newest illustration. He could not appreciate the world’s anguish when he asked his fol
- Hard times (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2001)
REFORMING LABOUR LAWS, a politically sensitive issue that has remained unaddressed in a decade of economic reforms, is now set to occupy centre stage with the Union Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, spelling out the Government's intention to amend two
- Stock Response (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 07, 2001)
Personalities are fascinating, systems are boring. Perhaps that's why every time there's a crisis on the stockmarkets, individuals tend to be the centre of attention. For obvious reasons, the frenzy intensifies if the person in question happens to be a hi
- A FRIENDSHIP IN HOSTAGE (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 07, 2001)
It has been a good week abroad for India. For the first time, for the very first time in several years, India was on top of the news last week in its own right, for reasons of its destiny and standing in the world. And not because of natural disasters, nu
- Congress in sunset zone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 06, 2001)
THERE is a mighty implosion in the West Bengal unit of the Congress. In what has become a continuing process, one more piece, read eight MLAs, broke off and melted in the Trinamool Congress led by the mighty Mamatadi. Another chunk should be travelling in
- Wasted interests (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Mar 06, 2001)
Model Town in North Delhi is a residential colony of affluent businessmen mainly of Old Delhi. There are departmental stores where choicest of 'phoren' goods are available. Grocery can be ordered on phone. There are famous sweet shops, eateries including
- WHAT’S WORK GOT TO DO WITH IT? (Telegraph, SREYASHI DASTIDAR, Mar 06, 2001)
The results of the latest census conducted by government agencies in the largest democracy and the second most populated country in the world will have at least one revelation to make. It will present India as a country where sex workers are non-existent;
- Blow to Congress (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 06, 2001)
The Congress suffered yet another blow on Sunday when eight of its MLAs in West Bengal and three members of the AICC from the State, joined the Trinamool Congress.
- GOT A NEW MASTER (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 06, 2001)
It takes a very brutal society to foster a fear of freedom. Bihar has managed to compel about 600 people to return to some form of bonded labour after they had been freed from that predicament in the early Eighties. This regression is entirely the consequ
- Soldiers of Islam (abad) (The Kashmir Times, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 06, 2001)
When Prime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee visited Lahore nearly two years ago, the banquet in his honour was delayed by three hours. The road leading to the historic Qila, venue of the banquet, had been taken over by the extremists. They were stoning every
- Handling economic bottlenecks Why the budget caused euphoria (Tribune, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 06, 2001)
THE budget has generated something close to euphoria in business, industry and the media. The reaction is fully justified. For four years a succession of shaky governments had pretended that all was well in the economy, when in fact its high growth rates
- Tourism industry in dumps (The Kashmir Times, Brij Bhardwaj, Mar 06, 2001)
Tourism industry is in the dumps. Abandoned by the country’s planners, Finance Minister and all those who matter in the official set up and division in its own ranks along with the low calibre of people at its helm of affairs, it may soon lose much of its
- A haunting spectre (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 06, 2001)
The focus is back on the issue of regional imbalance in the development of Karnataka with the submission of interim report by the D M Nanjundappa Committee set up by the State Government to study the problem. The committee has, among other things, recomme
- Slow motion replay (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 06, 2001)
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha appears to have overcome his infatuation with foreign investors. Instead of waiting for these predators, this Budget seeks to increase domestic investment in infrastructure.
- Economic Survey: A blinkered view (Business Line, Arun Ghosh, Mar 06, 2001)
THE ECONOMIC Survey for 2000-01 is out, giving the Finance Ministry's perception of the economic scenario, and of the problems and issues ahead. The economic scenario -- and the issues thrown up -- as indicated in the Survey, are briefly summed up below.
- A dam delayed is (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 06, 2001)
THOSE who swear by the "better late than never" philosophy can rejoice at the long-delayed completion of the Ranjit Sagar Dam. But to those who think that such an inordinate delay is inexcusable in any project, more so in the case of a vital hydroelectric
- Budget: It's all in the implementation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 06, 2001)
THE Budget does indicate a few important initiatives on financial sector reform. One of the most important is the reduction in the rates of interest offered on National Savings. The RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, has followed up the Finance Minister's deci
- Ceasefire is fine, but more needed (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Mar 06, 2001)
This is apropos of the article, 'Disengage for peace in Kashmir'(February 21) by Wilson John. Since he wrote it, the unilateral ceasefire has been extended by another three months. But his arguments continue to be valid. The insurgency in Kashmir has now
- Banishing terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 06, 2001)
The United Kingdom's decision to impose a ban on as many as 21 terrorist organisations has understandably caused panic among all shades of terrorists.
- Bhajan Lal’s show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 06, 2001)
HARYANA Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala should ring up Mr Bhajan Lal and thank him for organising a rally at Bhiwani on Sunday which exposed the sharp division within the Congress. The original purpose was to expose the misrule of Mr Chautala. Instead
- Urgent need for reforms (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Mar 06, 2001)
The gap between precept and practice among the policy-makers and administrators of the electrical power sphere is becoming too glaring to be missed of late in Karnataka and probably elsewhere. A case in point is the willing to strike but afraid to wound a
- Budget 2001-02: Who pays for reform? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Mar 06, 2001)
OVER the last week, television viewers have been subjected to judgments of Budget 2001-02 by a host of experts, who have declared it a dream Budget, rating it anywhere between seven and 10 on a scale of 10.
- OLD HAT (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 06, 2001)
After the collapse of world communism a spectre haunts all left manifestos. This is the spectre of confusion. Thus it is not surprising to find this particular attribute writ large over the poll election manifesto released by the Left Front in West Bengal
- Ghost of Babri comes back to haunt (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Mar 06, 2001)
Acharya Giriraj Kishore must be going through mixed emotions today. At one level, he must be gloating, because the Taliban have confirmed what he always knew: that all Muslims are uncouth and unkempt fanatics with an inclination towards barbarianism.
- Budget: What the fine-print says (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 05, 2001)
MR SINHA'S latest Budget has received plaudits all around. But, a few days later, let us look at the fine print. One hopes it will not meet the fate of the dream Budget of Mr P Chidambaram. In actual implementation, Mr P Chidambaram had met problems and p
- Act immediately (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 05, 2001)
Two daring ambushes in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) last Thursday and Friday respectively have once again underlined the futility of persisting with the Government's unilateral ceasefire in the State. The one last Thursday was directed against a convoy of the Ra
- Dialogue of the Deaf (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Mar 05, 2001)
BEGINNING February 26, the government had 90 days in which to reveal the first stage of its Kashmir policy. With the ceasefire in place, each day that passes without any follow-up is a precious day wasted because if the Vajpayee gamble fails, as seems inc
- The Buddha Smiles (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 05, 2001)
The Buddha would have been amused at the headlines describing the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statue by the Taliban. The Buddha cannot be blasted nor can he be bombarded. To mistake the likeness of the Buddha made by human hands and not to take part
- X-files of history (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 05, 2001)
IN A recent book, What If?, several historians have examined the various imponderables of their discipline, such as what might have happened if the Athenians had not defeated the Persians in 480 B.C., described as “perhaps the single most important day in
- BoJ and Asian markets -- Approaching a climax (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Mar 05, 2001)
The Nasdaq sell-off has been affecting markets the world over. With Japan hurtling towards its next financial crisis, one hopes that not too many foreign banks have exposure to Japanese banks. It may well be possible that events reach a climax sooner rath
- An opportunity in Fiji (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2001)
NOT UNOFTEN HAS judicial intervention restored parliamentary democracy but the latest instance in Fiji, the Pacific island grouping, is all the more heartening and welcome because it can result in the redress of a terrible wrong done to large sections who
- THE FEEL GOOD FACTOR (Telegraph, WILIMA WADHWA, Mar 05, 2001)
Yashwant Sinha has finally delivered in his fourth budget. He has presented an extremely credible budget while maintaining continuity with his previous ones. Since 1991, when the reform process started, the budget has been serving two purposes. First, it
- Fate of Fiji’s ethnic Indian farmers (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 05, 2001)
FOR a man in the eye of the storm, Mr Mahendra Chaudhry has a genial and placid air that belies the steel in him. On May 19 last year, he and his Cabinet were held hostage by Mr George Speight, who earned newspaper headlines around the world, precisely a
- Welcome news (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 05, 2001)
The prospect of peace in the North-East is a welcome piece of news for the nation. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Union Home Minister LK Advani must be congratulated for the bold initiative that promises to bring peace to a region that has too lo
- Why Seattle is not Bhuj (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 05, 2001)
THE tremors which rocked Seattle in Canada and parts of the USA did not attract the attention they deserved in post-Bhuj India. For the domestic media any accident, caused by nature or man, which does not result in deaths and large-scale destruction is no
- HURRIYAT IN A CHANGING ROLE But a big test lies ahead (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Mar 05, 2001)
From the time when the Hurriyat began to show an interest in taking a delegation to Pakistan a couple of years ago, it has been caught in a game invented by Pakistan. Until lately, the Hurriyat had failed to see that in this game it would be a pawn, not a
- Healing the nation (Pioneer, Valson Thampu , Mar 05, 2001)
Spirituality is meant to be a healing influence on individuals and societies alike. The spiritual task is not only to help and heal a few persons here and there, but also to transform societies and nations so as to help fulfil their glorious destiny. Jesu
- Fleeting look (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Mar 05, 2001)
The real significance of the International Fleet Review (IFR) held off Mumbai seems to have got lost in the colour and pageantry accompanying the event. The gathering of ships belonging to 19 navies from around the world is being seen as an extra lavish p
- Burgeoning population a drag on growth (Business Line, S. V. Sista, Mar 05, 2001)
WHEN Aastha, India's billionth baby, was born at half-past midnight on May 11, 2000 the event was celebrated as a record of sorts. But was it really a moment of triumph? Many people, only too aware of the falling standard of living, appeared hesitantly ha
- Hurriyat in a changing role Formidable challenges lie ahead (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Mar 05, 2001)
FROM the time when the Hurriyat began to show an interest in taking a delegation to Pakistan a couple of years ago, it has been caught in a game invented by Pakistan. Until lately, the Hurriyat had failed to see that in this game it would be a pawn, not a
- THE DON MEETS THE TIDE (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Mar 04, 2001)
While on his final tour of England in 1948, Don Bradman received an amazing epistle. The unique thing about the letter was the envelope and the address. The envelope had a picture of Bradman showing only his eyes and the baggy cricket cap he always wore i
- Of stormtroopers and beardless wonders (Pioneer, ADNI, Mar 04, 2001)
What is happening in the name of jihad inside Pakistan and Afghanistan is deliberate perversion of childhood
- Politics of Islam in Pakistan (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Mar 04, 2001)
In Pakistan, the execution of a Sunni fanatic, Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Sipah-e-Sahaba activist who murdered an Iranian (Shia) diplomat, Sadiq Ganji, in March 1990, sparked sectarian violence in Hangu in the North West Frontier Province. Gun battles ensued be
- Dam and the prophet (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Mar 04, 2001)
Environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna has for long been spearheading the campaign against the Tehri Dam. Slated to be the highest dam in Asia at 260.5 metres, the project, which has been dogged by controversy since its clearance by the Planning Commission i
- A SHATTERED VISAGE (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 04, 2001)
It is barbarism on a mythic scale. The colossal Buddhas in the Bamiyan valley — northwest of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul — now confront, with the sublime helplessness of beautiful things, a fundamentalism that violently upsets the distinction between med
- Vandalising a sacred heritage (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 04, 2001)
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas was a deliberate act of vandalism by the Taliban to provoke the international community, says B. MURALIDHAR REDDY.
- Journalist-politician — to be or not to be (Tribune, Surinder Kumar Singla, Mar 04, 2001)
BACKING out of a job that one chooses to do voluntarily has to have some cogent reasoning and a convincing logic. In this context, the resignation of Mr Barjinder Singh, a newspaper man, from Parliament is an instance that offers us an insight into the ps
- Cultural identity and Islamic nations (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Mar 04, 2001)
PAKISTAN and Afghanistan seem to be the rare non-Arab Islamic countries which do not have their own mythologies in addition to the Arabian-Judaic mythology of Islam. Their own mythologies in addition to the Arabian-Judaic mythology might have provided the
- Moral police vs sex crazy advertising (Tribune, V GANGADHAR, Mar 04, 2001)
WHAT does an average buyer look for in a scooter or motorbike? Reliability, fuel efficiency, speed and good design. He does not visualise the motorbike as a young woman and run his hands over the machine as though in a prolonged foreplay.
- Party at President’s house raises eyebrows (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 04, 2001)
CAN a visiting dignitary hold a private function in Rashtrapati Bhavan? Well, the unprecedented happened on January 27 when King Mohammad VI of Morocco held a function to honour Indians who had contributed in promoting bilateral ties. Apparently the high-
- A dream analyst’s ‘Psychology of Love’ (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Mar 04, 2001)
WHERE do we begin? With the release of Rashna Imhasly Gandhy’s book “The psychology of Love” (Roli Books and Namita Gokhale Editions) or with the dos lined up for the International Women’s Day or else with the visit of vineyard owner Marquis de Roussy de
- Balco: reason loses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2001)
IT was rhetoric versus rhetoric in what passed off as the Balco debate and truth and analysis fled the surcharged Parliament. The opposition smelt a big scam in the deal with Sterlite but had nothing to go by other than its deep suspicion and an eagerness
- Barbaric Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2001)
THE ANARCHIC OUTRAGE by the barbaric Taliban `rulers' of Afghanistan in seeking to obliterate the country's ancient cultural heritage, in the name of religious rectitude, is a crude affront to basic civilisational decency. It is also a self- incriminating
- It’s Enron again (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 03, 2001)
EVERY TIME one comes across anything to do with Enron’s Dabhol Power Corporation, alarm bells set ringing. The multinational has already cleaned out the Maharashtra government’s treasury. Now it is the turn of the Enron Oil and Gas India Limited to make a
- Homeric nods in the Economic Survey (Business Line, P R Brahmananda , Mar 03, 2001)
The Economic Survey for 2001-02 analyses and highlights three positive factors in the prevailing economic situation _ the 20 per cent annual rate in exports in dollar terms; the moderate improvement in real gross capital formation ratio to real GDP at mar
- Short-term euphoria? (Business Line, Ashok Dasgupta , Mar 03, 2001)
IN his fourth attempt, the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has achieved the impossible, pleasing all, at least those who matter.
- Is Budget necessary? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 03, 2001)
THE question may appear preposterous, but -- to ask a counter-question -- if the people of the country can be bothered with the issue of a fixed five-year term for every Lok Sabha, is it so surprising if one enquires whether an annual Union Budget is at a
- Budget: A reality check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Mar 03, 2001)
UG793>Mr Sinha has, undoubtedly, earned the goodwill of a larger and vocal constituency, especially industry, which wrested the best out of him, despite the constraints of the economic situation. But the true test of his bold moves on the labour front; do
- Barbaric Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2001)
THE ANARCHIC OUTRAGE by the barbaric Taliban `rulers' of Afghanistan in seeking to obliterate the country's ancient cultural heritage, in the name of religious rectitude, is a crude affront to basic civilisational decency. It is also a self- incriminating
- Jalan does his bit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 03, 2001)
IF THE TIMBRELS and drums are still playing in the financial market, give it to the RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, for promptly trimming the Bank Rate from 7.50 per cent to 7 per cent. The State Bank of India has not reacted yet, but other bankers have for
- One-dimensional Budget exercise Breathtaking agenda of marketisation (Tribune, Kamal Nayan Kabra, Mar 03, 2001)
THIS first year of the millennium also marks a decade of liberalisation. Ten years ago a watershed in India’s policy processes and regime inaugurated a new era, confidently promising a high watermark economic performance. A unique quirk of India’s emergin
- Reading ’tween lies? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 03, 2001)
The undeclared feud between the elected functionaries and bureaucrats in the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) seems to have come to a head with BMP Commissioner Shantanu Consul going on leave. The action is described as a protest against the unruly behav
- Going up in smoke (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2001)
I am not a smoker, but I am fully aware of the hazards of smoking or of consuming tobacco-related products, like gutka. I have had friends who have died from cancer of the lungs, mouth and throat because they have been heavy smokers. I know somebody who,
- AVOIDABLE CRISIS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 03, 2001)
Either side of Banihal has remained exposed to virtually man-made crisis during the last few days. A closer look shows that apt handling and foresightedness could have helped avert all such serious situations that disturbed life like never before. The lif
- Cease-fire continues to be one-sided (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 03, 2001)
The three-month extension of the cease-fire beginning Tues day last, whatever its worth, has turned out to be anything but a cease-fire. The cease-fire, as was known from day one, continues to be one-sided. It's the Indian Security Forces who must observe
- 'Only stones'? Sure, Mullaji? Confident?? (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Mar 03, 2001)
By Gawd! How the things, pespectives, appreciations change! The descendant of the people who carved out those stupendous figures of Lord Buddha... nay, carved whole mountains into stupefying sculptures, says that those specimens of stone carvings in the B
- March towards progress of Indian women (Daily Excelsior, Ajit Jamwal, Mar 03, 2001)
In the year 1956, Rita Faria a dusky Bengali beauty was India's first international beauty queen. Since that we had a lean drought for nearly four decades, before our young girls started sweeping the international beauty contests. 1990 ushered in the era
- BEG TO DIFFER (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 02, 2001)
The new age census has collided dramatically with its own best intentions. After gaining plaudits for the much publicized intention of listing disabled people for the first time, its movers and shakers are tying themselves up into sailor’s knots over the
- Future perfect (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Mar 02, 2001)
At the time of South Africa's transition to multi-racial democracy in 1993-94, there was little ambiguity in the Indian foreign policy establishment about the future of bilateral relations between the two countries after a four-decade long period of no of
- Communalists corner Laloo (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 02, 2001)
RASHTRIYA Janata Dal President Laloo Prasad Yadav could never have imagined that he would be accused of being anti-minorities by a section of the Muslim members of his party in Bihar. It is not exactly a case of the Muslims having turned against him befor
- Fragrant memories in little bottles (Daily Excelsior, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 02, 2001)
Gulab Singh Johrimal's shop situated in Old Delhi's Shahjahanabadi Dariba in Chandni Chowk is one of the few in the country upholding the tradition of gundhis (perfumers). Founded during the reign of Akbar Shah II in 1816, the shop happens to be the oldes
- Clamp down on terror (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 02, 2001)
BRITAIN’S DECISION to implement its legislation to outlaw terrorist organisations has not come a day too soon. It is not difficult to figure out what a difference it would have made to the killings in Punjab and Kashmir if murderous outfits such as the Ba
- A LABOURED STEP (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 02, 2001)
A statement of intent is not necessarily a guarantee that the intentions will become reality. But such a statement can be read as a sign of the way in which the government’s mind is working. Thus Mr Yashwant Sinha’s tentative steps in the Union budget to
- HEDGEHOGS INTO FOXES (Telegraph, RUKUN ADVANI, Mar 02, 2001)
Economic history is a technical field and monographs within the area are not exactly my cup of tea. Some years ago, however, I read an excellent work of this genre titled Artisans and Industrialisation. The author, Tirthankar Roy, was attempting to demons
- Keeping fingers on the nation’s pulse (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 02, 2001)
ONE learns from experience. That is the way open to most people. And the only way to recall our experience is to record it. But if people are not used to recording their experience or to remembering it, they are bound to repeat their follies and suffer. T
- Did life come from space ? (Daily Excelsior, G.V. JOSHI, Mar 02, 2001)
The origin of life on Earth is perhaps the most fundamental and at the same time, the least understood biological problem. It is central to many scientific and philosophical questions and to any consideration of extraterrestrial life.
- No resource allocation for women-specific schemes (Business Line, Preeti Mehra, Mar 02, 2001)
IT was a mixed reaction to the Finance Minister's 2001 Budget from the ``second sex''. While on the one hand women were of the opinion that there has been tokenism in provisions made for them, a section were pleased that it is a pragmatic budget and not a
- CENTRAL BUDGET (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 02, 2001)
Although much has been talked about budget likely to be very harsh, Yashwant Sinha has succeeded in the balancing act. The very fact that Sensex shot by hefty 177 points in a single day shows the budget to be highly industry friendly. The capital market a
- An aircraft's lightness of being (Pioneer, P.K. Vasudeva, Mar 02, 2001)
The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and 80 other organisations, which have been working for its manufacture since it conception in 1983 flew its maiden flight successfully on January 4, 2001.
- Checks and encounters (Pioneer, Chanchal Sarkar, Mar 02, 2001)
Much of Gaya (one of the oldest of British districts and still carrying traces of the irrigation system of the Magadh Empire) is a battleground where a continuous war is being fought out by a number of organisations like the MCC (Marxist Communist Centre)
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