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Articles 25321 through 25420 of 25647:
- Spoken English in schools (Daily Excelsior, Gayatri Kotwal, Feb 19, 2001)
It can be inferred in the words of F G French - "Anyone who can read English can keep in touch with the world without leaving his own house".
- Not quite out of the blue (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 19, 2001)
THE BLOCKING once again of the effort to open the domestic skies to investment by foreign airlines should not surprise anyone not only because old habits are said to die hard but also because the protectionist lobby in domestic civil aviation is still a f
- Driving with circumspection (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 19, 2001)
THE SALE OF any well-run public sector unit will cause plenty of excitement and controversy. Maruti's cannot be expected to be smooth, no matter how considered the Government's decision has been. Since 1992 when the disinvestment programme first took off
- Too little and too late (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Feb 19, 2001)
THE Congress-led Democratic Front government recently launched prosecution against nine police officers who were indicted for their alleged involvement in the post-Ayodhya riots in Mumbai in 1992-93, by the Srikrishna Commission. Among those being prosecu
- Agni II: A boost for defence (Daily Excelsior, Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, Feb 19, 2001)
On 17 January, India success-fully testifired the Agni II thus taking another decisive step towards its stated goal of a credible nuclear deterrence. Although this was the second Agni II test, it was the first time this missile was testified in its final
- Prabhu's blessings over Haryana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 18, 2001)
THE power sector reforms in Haryana which had taken a backseat, is back on the rails. If the state Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, is to be believed, the effort has required divine intervention — well almost.
- Menace called bureaucracy (Tribune, Shyam Ratna Gupta, Feb 18, 2001)
ADDRESSING the annual meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) at the end of 2000 in New Delhi, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee conceded candidly that there was need for a cut in the staff of government departments
- The man who ushered in telecom revolution (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 18, 2001)
GO to remote areas and you will come across bright yellow STD\PCO boxes. Put through a call anywhere you like; within seconds you will be speaking to a desired destination or person. In small towns almost every street has an STD\ISD booth and the governme
- Can the cigarette be stubbed out? (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Feb 18, 2001)
The Centre's proposed anti-tobacco legislation has been a long time coming. But how effective will it be? MUKUND PADMANABHAN, with inputs from SANDEEP DIKSHIT, discusses the burning issue.
- United Nations for the new millennium (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Feb 18, 2001)
MUCH has been said during the last few weeks about the UN and people’s participation. A recent issue of the weekly newsletter published by the UN office in New Delhi dwelt on a number of sectors in which endeavours have been and are being made to persuade
- Transfer has become a profitable industry (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Feb 18, 2001)
THERE was a time when corruption was hidden behind the doors and curtains. To be considered even having a stain on the reputation was a mental torture. One could count the persons of doubtful integrity on one’s fingertips. Now all finger and toe-tips woul
- Himalayan glaciers are melting (Dawn, G. V. Joshi, Feb 18, 2001)
According to the US-based World Watch Institute a di-saster is waiting to happen in the Himalayas.
- V-DAY (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 18, 2001)
V-Day should normally connote Victory Day. 'V' invariably stands for Victory and it is indicated with two fingers making V shape. Be it the election rally during run up to the trial at the husting or speech for showing gratitude to the electors, V contras
- Are you from the land of Kamasutra? (Tribune, Sonoo Singh, Feb 18, 2001)
STRANGE are the ties that bind me to my fellow-country men (even those I do not know) while living in a foreign land. Of course, while in the UK, it is rather unlikely that you won’t see a turban-wallah crossing the road or an Asian woman crushed along si
- Along with holding talks with Pakistan, India must engage with political formations in Kashmir Enter the tunnel (Daily Excelsior, Karan Singh, Feb 18, 2001)
The recent condemnable and bar-baric massacre of Sikhs in the Valley and of Bakerwals in Jammu is yet another grim reminder, if one were needed, of the terrible and tragic situation that has prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy began almost 12 y
- Ayodhya benchmark (Pioneer, Kamal Kant Gouri , Feb 17, 2001)
Jana Krishnamurty is the vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the hot favourite for presidentship of the party last year. However, his name got struck off at the last moment to make way for Mr Bangaru Laxman. Mr Krishnamurty has since slip
- HEADING FOR JEHAD (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 17, 2001)
Highly interesting reports continue to emanate from Pakistan that provide an indication of that country heading for jehad by the fundamentalist terrorist outfits. One is reminded of the famous adage which says, ''Those who live by the sword also perish by
- Surveyors of small things (Pioneer, Asit Chandra Chandra, Feb 17, 2001)
My dear Jamaadar: Some time back I penned a middle in the columns of this newspaper. You were the subject and I wrote of how I receive a solitary Diwali greetings telegram every year from Abdul Aziz Bade Saheb Jamaadar - an uncommon person with an uncommo
- Is Kashmir back to square one? (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayaz, Feb 17, 2001)
SRINAGAR, Feb 16: When Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced Government of India’s unilateral ceasefire with Kashmiri militants on November 18 last year, people in the Valley heaved a sigh of relief indeed. With over a decade of the experience of
- Keep militants on the run in J&K (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 17, 2001)
Over the past years, many "solutions" to the Kashmir problem have emerged from time to time: a US-sponsored "way forward" that led nowhere; the pressure tactic of an "autonomy report"; "Track II Diplomacy" and a great deal of meddling by entirely well-int
- Rendezvous with an asteroid (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2001)
THE LANDING OF a spacecraft on Eros, an asteroid in deep space, is truly a magnificent achievement for more than one reason. Launched by the Applied Physics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, the spacecraft Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR),
- HEADING FOR JEHAD (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 17, 2001)
Highly interesting reports continue to emanate from Pakistan that provide an indication of that country heading for jehad by the fundamentalist terrorist outfits. One is reminded of the famous adage which says, ''Those who live by the sword also perish by
- Hurriyat leadership have change their stance (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 17, 2001)
The peaceniks, the trackers of the 2nd and 3rd varieties, are all agreed that the Vajpayee government must take the Musharraf regime at its word and gift-wrap the Hurriyat team and have it delivered in Islamabad for Pakistan to tell us how exactly to come
- Valentinian love- A cultural conundrum (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Feb 17, 2001)
Coming after a furore over the elite-friendly beauty pageants, the protests against Valentine Day celebrations this year have the society birds all up in the arms. Settled derogations like 'culture policing', 'puritans to fore', with an occasional 'fascis
- Failure in Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 17, 2001)
THERE ARE two purposes behind the unilateral ceasefire which is being observed by the security forces in Kashmir. One is to expose with greater clarity the real perpetrators of violence in the Valley. The other is to provide a feeling of reassurance to th
- Saints, too, for the ‘wealth’ of shastriya sangeet (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Feb 17, 2001)
Spirituality and music have come, developed and matured together since the beginning of time and it is not possible to think of the one without the other or to separate the one from the other.
- Benazir may be right (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2001)
MS Benazir Bhutto has spoken of the possibility of the growth of a “parallel army” in Pakistan with remarkable clarity. What she has said should not be taken as the ranting of a frustrated politician. She is living in self-imposed exile in Dubai/London af
- Great expectations (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 17, 2001)
T. C. A. Ramanujam looks at the pre-Budget pulls and pressures on the Finance Minister
- T-90 tank deal with Russia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2001)
AS expected, Defence Ministry spokesmen are singing a paean to the T-90 tanks which the country is acquiring from Russia at a cost of more than $ 600 million. This fulthroated praise will hopefully camouflage the odour of controversy caused by the allegat
- Benazir’s appeal: a tough job for S.C (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Feb 17, 2001)
When the Pakistan’s Supreme Court begins hearing the appeal filed by Ms Benazir Bhutto on February 26, it will have in its hand a tough job. One of the brother judges who pandered to the wishes of the then Prime Minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif, and sentenced th
- Rising capital-output ratios -- Implications for industrial growth rates (Business Line, P R Brahmananda , Feb 17, 2001)
SOME months ago, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, talked about attaining a 9 per cent growth rate for the economy. The Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has been continuously talking about reaching a steady growth rate of 9 per cent per ann
- Road to Yangon (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 17, 2001)
ON HIS arrival at Yangon on Wednesday, the Foreign Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, (as reported) ``stoutly defended India's credentials on democracy but advocated an all-encompassing `political and economic engagement' with Myanmar keeping the `national inter
- Disaster management in India Time to shed crisis-reactive approach (Tribune, S. Subramanyan , Feb 17, 2001)
The recent earthquake in Gujarat has once again exposed our inability to effectively respond to disasters. In the past also, we were found wanting when calamities like the Bhopal gas tragedy, Bombay bomb blasts, Latur earthquake etc struck. In recorded hi
- Improving ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2001)
While the Vajpayee Government continues to mull over the desirability of opening up to the military dispensation in Pakistan, there is faster movement on the eastern front. New Delhi has made a decisive break from its decades-old neglect of Myanmar, thoug
- Generally flawed line of response (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Feb 17, 2001)
For a reasonable man that he would like to be seen as, General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan says that he is willing to go halfway in the effort to resolve the Kashmir issue. That is to say, and reasonably too, that Prime Minister Vajpayee must tread down
- Not WTO-compatible (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 17, 2001)
THOUGH ALL QUANTITATIVE restrictions (QRs) on fertiliser imports are slated to go from April 1, the Government still continues to grope for a suitable policy response. Unfortunately, even the recommendations, now submitted by the Gokak Committee set up to
- Price stability and resilient euro (Business Line, M. B. Mohandas, Feb 16, 2001)
In the recent past, there have been worries worldover among academics, bankers and policy-makers about the sliding euro, especially when it touched an all-time low of 0.83 to the dollar. Since its launch, fears have been aired in the media about the euro'
- Spin doctors of Tamil politics (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharna, Feb 16, 2001)
By withdrawing both his ministers from the Union Cabinet and his party's support to the National Democratic Alliance Government in Delhi, the Pattali Makkal Katchi founder, Dr. S. Ramadoss, has fired the first salvo of the Tamil Nadu Assembly electoral ba
- Politicised rows (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2001)
The decision on releasing 1.5 TMC of water from the Ujani reservoir by the Maharashtra Government to the Bhima river, which has become dry, may be of some help in dousing the flames of passion sought to be kindled among the farmers and the people in the r
- Budget bit by bit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2001)
IT is fine to shed the ultra secrecy about budget-making. Successive Finance Ministers from Mr Pranab Mukherjee onwards have done it by consulting different interest groups and hiking administrative prices weeks before the D-Day. To that extent what Mr Ya
- V-Day vandalism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2001)
IT would be instructive to find out whether the police has taken any action against the Shiv Sainiks in Delhi and Chandigarh for creating public disorder on the occasion of Valentine's Day. They may have indulged in similar acts of vandalism elsewhere als
- A maverick politician forever (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2001)
Mr Subhas Ghising is the most maverick of India’s maverick politicians. He was not known until the late eighties but then his advocacy of violence and his army background gave him the right credentials to the top spot.
- 'NC supports peace but want an end to killings’ (Daily Excelsior, Excelsior Correspondent, Feb 16, 2001)
JAMMU, Feb 15: Without opposing Prime Minister’s unilateral cease-fire, Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today called for a pro-active approach in dealing with Pakistan-sponsored militants saying that was the only alternative to stop civilians’ killings.
- Repeated extension of ceasefire Consequences of a unilateral decision (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Feb 16, 2001)
The recent killing of Sikhs, the murder of 15 civilians in Salohi village, the attack on a police control room and numerous other actions of Fidayeen since the cessation of the operations against terrorists in J and K have cast doubts on the wisdom in the
- The learning curve (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 16, 2001)
THE LITANY of statistics underlining the challenges facing the country in the field of education and human resource development is indeed staggering. But, despite the efforts of successive Governments to formulate a number of schemes to achieve universali
- World should now wake to face Islamic terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Avinash Shirodkar, Feb 16, 2001)
Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet's testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Intelligence on February 7, amply reflects the tenuous state of affairs in a world increasingly held hostage by fundamentalist terrorist organisatio
- IMPROVING BANGALORE’S TRANSPORT SYSTEM Options and priorities (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2001)
THE rapid growth of the population of Bangalore, currently estimated at about six million, and the even faster growth of economy, coupled with excellent weather and the most hospitable people, have led to a large inflow of technical population and entrepr
- New Delhi, too, recognised Kashmiri saint’s stature (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Feb 16, 2001)
Whatever the degree of an individual Kashmiri’s faith, the fact remains that the life of most Kashmiris is dominated by the presence of a saint somewhere at the back of his or her mind, whose aid is invoked whenever the uncertainties of life threaten".
- Voting at 18 gave minority Govts (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Feb 16, 2001)
Ever since Rajiv Gandhi made the eighteen-year-old into a voter in the general elections of 1989, there has been no majority Government in Delhi. Are these two facts related?
- Telecom infrastructure -- Biggest bottleneck to media growth (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Feb 16, 2001)
THE dividing line between the print and electronic media is fast disappearing, with newspapers and magazines becoming available on the World Wide Web, and books readable from CD-ROMs. The advantages of a paperless working environment, the difficulties of
- Reaching out to a neighbour (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2001)
CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION is the objective spelt out by the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, as he dedicated this week a new road-link aimed at enhancing friendship between the peoples of India and Myanmar. It requires no smart political erudi
- Budget portents (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS ARE that the Union Budget for 2001-2002 will involve a hefty mobilisation of tax revenue particularly in the sombre background of devastation caused by the Gujarat earthquake. The magnitude of loss of property due to the quake has been ``g
- British vs Indian! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 16, 2001)
MORE and more, people in villages are judging the performance of the government by the access to, and the quality of, basic services they feel they are entitled to get. For them, the primary responsibility of elected representatives at whatever level -- p
- Concern over spate of suicides (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Feb 15, 2001)
The spate of suicides committed by teenaged students of residential colleges of Andhra Pradesh unable to bear the stress of competing and succeeding in studies has set off shock waves in all sections of society. Last Friday, K Suma Reddy, a 16-year old st
- Muddling through Maruti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2001)
THE government wants to get out of Maruti Udyog Limited and, as is its wont, has opted for the most cumbersome and roundabout route. It will first prevail on the Japanese equal equity holder, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), to agree to a rights issue oste
- Tamil leaders turn to God (Tribune, Papri Sriraman, Feb 15, 2001)
CHENNAI: With Assembly elections due in three months, the top rivals in Tamil politics, Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and former Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha of the All-India Anna DMK (AIADMK) are turning to t
- The Self and the other (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Feb 15, 2001)
The Self in its generalised form means aggregation or configuration of soul, mind and body, with different thinkers singling out, or giving priority to, one or the other constituent of selfhood. Plato identified the Self with soul, while Descartes took it
- Food for thought (Tribune, Suchita Malik, Feb 15, 2001)
MOTHERS face a peculiar problem! No, it is not the studies of their children or their unit tests or the generation gap this time. It is not even finding a suitable tutor or the right tuition group for their children. Nor it has anything to do with the chi
- Doubts about review (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 15, 2001)
IRRESPECTIVE OF the subject matter, it has become almost routine for a commission dealing with it to get an extension. In fact, the customary one-year deadline that is initially set is probably something of a bureaucratic norm, which is rarely taken serio
- Political utility of Dalits (Pioneer, Vivek Kumar, Feb 15, 2001)
The appointment of two Dalits, Mr Ajit Jogi and Mr Babu Lal Marandi as the chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand respectively amply proves the point that self-assertion of the Dalits in Indian society is a socio-political reality.
- Working for welfare in South Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Feb 15, 2001)
When the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was set up in 1985 to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia, its leaders pledged to expand economic, scientific, social, cultural and technical cooperation.
- Speed governor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 15, 2001)
In many ways, Maruti Udyog Limited was a test case for the Government's disinvestment policy. It was to set the trend for the "big ticket" reforms that have not been forthcoming so far.
- Citizen actions vital (Deccan Herald, AMAL RAY, Feb 15, 2001)
IT is no news that the government machinery virtually collapsed on the onset of the earthquake in Gujarat and could be moved into action only after much damage had been done. It is no news again that highrise buildings collapsed and their occupants died a
- Elusive remedy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2001)
The commendable feature of the workshop on infrastructure development in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region conducted at Gulbarga on Tuesday is that it has turned the searchlight on the issue of regional imbalance in the development of the State. This is not,
- A new ‘remedy’ for uprooted Kashmiri Pandits (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Feb 15, 2001)
Mr Philip Simpfendorfer, an Australian researcher, has, following his study of Kashmir’s cultural and spiritual heritage, thrown up a new ‘remedy’ for uprooted Kashmiri Pandits. Every Kashmiri family in exile, he has sought to prescribe, should possess tw
- Empowering women in agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 15, 2001)
THE WOMEN'S Bill has been put off once more, reflecting once again, not an empathy, but an indifference, albeit bordering on a latent hostility. There has been much talk of empowering women, but, by and large, the thrust has been confined to the endless s
- The Maruti imbroglio (Business Line, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 15, 2001)
EVEN as the BJP-led NDA Government is committed to being completely transparent in the ongoing process of disinvestment of the Centre's equity in various enterprises, the sell-off strategy approved by the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment (CCD) in respec
- For a Dabhol relief fund? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Feb 15, 2001)
IMAGINE this. You are running a company and sign a long-term contract with a supplier. You guarantee the supplier you will buy at least 90 per cent of everything he produces. In case you fail to buy up to 90 per cent of the supplier's plant capacity then
- The maiden's plunge (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 15, 2001)
The report that a young Malaysian woman survived with only bruises a 1.5-kilometre fall in her maiden sky-diving effort, will not surprise many in India.
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 -- Much bluff and bluster? (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Feb 15, 2001)
THE COMPANY law legislation has been cautiously progressive, attempting to carry all interests with it to the extent possible. The Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999 introduced, in the Lok Sabha on December 23, 1999, has been modified to ensure its g
- Tragic Republic (Pioneer, Sumer Kaul, Feb 15, 2001)
The way the survivors of the quake-destroyed towns and villages of Gujarat have begun to rebuild their lives is a heart-warming testimony to the indestructible human spirit.
- Defining a security dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2001)
THE SENSITIVE PROCESS of outlining a substantive framework for the incremental security dialogue between India and China seems to be gathering pace. Positive indeed were the indications at the conclusion of the latest round of such parleys which are still
- India's communist moment in blind alley (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Feb 15, 2001)
Two years before Partition on August 13, 1945, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote to the leader of the British Communist Party, Rajni Palma Dutt, complaining that "it pains me to see the gulf that has arisen between the Congress and Communists in India". He further e
- Millennial bug (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Feb 15, 2001)
We have now completed the first year of the new millennium. Some contend that the real thing would start in the year 2001.
- SAARC: regional diplomacy Need for new formulations (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 15, 2001)
When the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was set up in 1985 to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia, its leaders pledged to expand economic, scientific, social, cultural and technical cooperation. They also agreed to w
- Sonia's working committee (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2001)
MRS Sonia Gandhi's recasting of the Congress Working Committee has once again proved that one can inherit the mantle of political responsibility through marriage, but not the family's genes which made Indira Gandhi an exceptionally successful leader. In a
- Way of all talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2001)
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) nominated by Ms Sonia Gandhi holds few surprises.
- Open and shut case (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2001)
There is bound to be jubilation at the BJP headquarters following the reprieve granted by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court to the party's top leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
- The reprieve and what it means (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2001)
THE FIRST THING to note about the judicial reprieve earned by Mr. L.K. Advani, Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Ms. Uma Bharti and some other heavyweights in the Sangh Parivar is that it deals purely with the procedural aspect of the trial. The Allahabad High Cou
- Indian Muslims : The new awakening (Daily Excelsior, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Feb 14, 2001)
Today, a new class of enlightened Muslims has emerged out of the Babri Masjid imbroglio. Cajoled by the politicians and the communalist tendencies, they had suffered a lot but have come out of it now. Bursting with enthusiasm and a will to challenge the o
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