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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Race For The Pole Position (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Oct 13, 2007)
Five nations are scrambling to lay claim to the huge reservoirs of crude oil beneath the seabed under the Arctic ice. As much as with one another, these nations will have to contend with the indigenous people, the Inuit, who want a say in the matter.
- Middle Income Upper Castes And Obcs On A Par Economically, Says Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The middle income groups among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and ‘others’ (loosely referred to as upper castes) are almost on a par economically.
- Latest Official Survey Puts Obcs At 40% (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Oct 12, 2007)
As it defends OBC reservations in higher education in the Supreme Court, the UPA Government has received another setback with the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for 2005-06 putting the population of other backward classes . . . .
- The Distant Thunder (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Oct 12, 2007)
In Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) Satyajit Ray brought alive, with great sensitivity, the misery inflicted by the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Backward Still (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The 55th round survey (1999-2000) of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been in the news since 2005 when a few scholars and columnists thought they had made a “discovery”.
- The War Against Popular Islam (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 12, 2007)
The highest form of worship, wrote saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, is “to redress the misery of those in distress, to fulfil the needs of the helpless and to feed the hungry.”
- ‘Beeba’ Takes On Bb (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
IN a recent interview to Dawn News, President Pervez Musharraf displayed his growing understanding of Punjabi by mentioning Chaudhry Shujaat Husain very fondly as being ‘beeba’.
- Upa Lives (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Urdu press seems to believe that the UPA government is likely to continue for a while longer.
- 2 Killed In Blast At Ajmer Dargah (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 12, 2007)
Two people were killed and 17 injured on Thursday when a bomb ripped through the dargah of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, a shrine in Rajasthan venerated by Hindus, Muslims and Christians across northern India.
- Muslims Call For Peace With Christians (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying “the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake”.
- Kinetic Theatre (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
THIS is a slim but rich collection of interviews and essays on the drama group of the Students Federation of India.
- Rising Tensions In West Asia (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 11, 2007)
Israel’s aggression against Syria comes in the face of the Bush administration’s supplanting of Syria in place of Iraq in the “axis of evil”.
- Ambedkar's Conversion To Buddhism: An Epic Event (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Practice of Ambedkar's version of Navayana could be a powerful antidote to reigning consumerism, which is debasing life today.
- U.S. Private Security Guards “Kill Two Women” (Hindu, Michael Howard, Oct 11, 2007)
Private security firms in Iraq were under fresh scrutiny on Tuesday after two women died in a hail of bullets, apparently because their car had got too close to a security convoy travelling through central Baghdad.
- Us, Iraqis Probe Civilian Killings (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
US and Iraqi officials on Wednesday were investigating yet another shooting of Iraqi civilians by a heavily armed security firm linked to US government-financed work in Iraq...
- Jerusalem May Be Divided As Part Of Deal (Hindu, Conal Urquhart , Oct 10, 2007)
Israeli Vice-Prime Minister Haim Ramon on Monday said that Israel may be willing to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a future peace agreement.
- Community Service (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
In the last 60 years of Independence, no madrasa, including the great Dar ul Uloom at Deoband, has produced a single scholar, SA Siddiqui, Chairman of the National Commission of Minority Educational Institutions and former Delhi High Court . . . .
- Discrimination In Disaster Relief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2007)
The Asian tsunami and Kashmir earthquake clearly demonstrated that while the hazards themselves do not discriminate between the various cleavages in society, the severity of impacts, and the speed of recovery of various individuals and groups . . . .
- Kiss Of Death (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Oct 08, 2007)
This is a story about violence and unexpected love; dark treachery and the warmth of true friends...
- Fighting Aids, The Gandhian Way (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Inspired by the Bollywood character Munnabhai, a group of Gandhians here launched a campaign against HIV/AIDS by urging people in a "Gandhian style" to keep themselves away from illicit relationship.
- Undiluted Commitment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2007)
An initiative to bring out a European Union declaration on the International Day against the death penalty (October 10) stands aborted, thanks to Poland’s veto.
- Mediaeval Way To Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
TODAY Pakistan is in the grip of a war of succession between the army and the politicians.
- Muslims’ Quota Not Based On Religion: Ap (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh government today contended before the Supreme Court that the law providing 4 per cent reservation to Muslims in professional and educational institutions was not on religious lines but based on careful identification of Socially and . . . .
- Mayawati In Modiland (Indian Express, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Oct 06, 2007)
This essay is an exercise in speculation. Such an act is necessary because sometimes one needs to dream beyond the empirical because an empiricist view of politics is often limiting.
- Celebrating Wanderlust (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Travel is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy today. And the potential of the industry in India is just about being tapped. Opportunities are enormous for youth in this sector and to emphasise that Srinivas College of Hotel Management . . .
- Islam Is A Great Religion That Preaches Peace: Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
US President George W Bush said that he believes "Islam is a great religion that preaches peace". The president said the last thing he wants to be is a president during wartime and added the war against terror is not a struggle against the muslim . . .
- Quota For Muslims Not Religion Based: Ap To Sc (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh government today contended before the Supreme Court that the law providing four per cent reservation to Muslims in professional and educational institutions was not on religious lines but based on careful identification . . . . .
- A Curse Comes True (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 05, 2007)
Nepal's Maoists are working hard to fulfil Gorakhnath's bleak prediction about the Shah dynasty
- Bandh: Admk Files Contempt Plea In Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Despite the DMK-ruling combine in Tamil Nadu claiming that the Supreme Court order restraining it from proceeding with the bandh on October 1 was complied with, the AIADMK on Thursday filed a contempt petition against the ruling party in the apex court.
- Señor C (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Oct 05, 2007)
The structure is polyphonic — a tribute to Bach, “the spiritual father”; the plot secretly reworks James and recalls Kawabata; and the implied master-allusion is to Nabokov.
- Religion As A Force For Good (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
The Burmese monks' protests against the military junta prove the merit in religion.
- Vietnam To Iraq, The Same Old Story (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Oct 05, 2007)
In March 1966 when I first arrived here, to cover Indira Gandhi’s first official visit to the United States as Prime Minister, the main issue in the United States was Vietnam.
- This Pope’S A Real Cat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 05, 2007)
The story of Pope Benedict XVI's life, from his birth in Germany to his election as pontiff, is told through the eyes of Chico the cat in a new children's book.
- The Real Movers & Shakers Of Belief (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 05, 2007)
The Shakers of New England, USA, are an intensely spiritual Christian sect founded in 1747 which practices, among other things, communal living.
- Selective Atheism (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 04, 2007)
BR. haran’s article, ‘Selective atheism of Karunanidhi’ is an Hindutva critique of Dravidian politics.
- A Bit Of Faith In Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2007)
It has become fashionable in certain smart circles to regard atheism as a sign of superior education, of highly evolved civilisation, of enlightenment. Recent best-sellers by Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and others suggest that religious faith . . . .
- Prime Minister Who Would Be King (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Oct 04, 2007)
G.P. koirala was arguably the most powerful prime minister the country ever had, going by the powers vested in him.
- Not Just An Urban Phenomenon (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Ethnographic account of the emergence of Hindu nationalism in a tribal community in Chhattisgarh
- A Tangled Web Of Questions And Tensions (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 03, 2007)
Even the most fervent partisans of a united Belgium feel that if the latest crisis born out of the June 10 legislative polls drags on for much longer, it could lead to a split in the country.
- Nudge Burma's Junta To Reform (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 03, 2007)
India has to do more for democracy and human rights in Burma, so says everybody.
- Gambling For Public Funds (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 01, 2007)
Unfortunately, when you are close to a subject such as gambling, you are never too far from a moral slippery slope. The moral issues become stark when we see the impact of it among the poor who can ill-afford to spend their money gambling but seem . . . .
- Hindu Gods In Hindi Cinema (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Oct 01, 2007)
Indian cinema is probably the most analysed, dissected and diagonised aspect of the country's values and culture. Rachel Dwyer, the author of this excellent work, refers to some three hundred odd books and articles on the subject which shows the . . . .
- Missing Link To Mystery Of Tsar's Children (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
There is a "high degree of probability" that bone fragments found recently near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg are those of a daughter and son of the last Tsar, forensics experts said Friday.
- Hindus, Muslims In Uk Get Protection (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Incitement to religious hatred will become a criminal offence in England and Wales with the commencement of a new Act from Monday that will extend the protection to Hindus, Muslims and Christians, hitherto enjoyed by only Sikhs and Jews.
- Fundamental Judgments (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 01, 2007)
No, the Allahabad high court judge did not make the statement he made, in casual fashion, at a seminar or a university debate.
- Preferences And Prejudices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Newspapers, in the classical definition, are purveyors of news and views. “All the news that is fit to print” and “Facts are sacred, comment is free” are antediluvian concepts now.
- Angst Of A Community (Indian Express, Dominic Emmanuel, Oct 01, 2007)
Every day brings news of attacks on Christians from one or other part of the country.
- India Needs A Stable Burma (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 01, 2007)
It's an awkward time to be presiding over neighbourhood relations. Writing in Saturday's Guardian, Aung Zaw, a Burmese exile and Editor of the Thailand-based Irrawady magazine, proffered a view that is certain to make Indians squirm.
- Play Of Green And Pink (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Interestingly, Chunkankadai in Kanyakumari district finds mention in few odd travel pamphlets for an old church, an engineering college in a picturesque setting and miles of lotus ponds.
- A Country Up For Sale... (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Sep 29, 2007)
POLITICIANS and journalists may engage in cold-hearted debate over the possible break-up of Belgium but many ordinary citizens are filled with dismay over the increasingly acrimonious sparring among angry Flemish and French-speaking political . . . .
- Salute To The Coffee House (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Sep 29, 2007)
Surfing the internet, I came across an essay by a Swedish writer on the social significance of my favourite stimulant.
- Muslims Must Work For Peace: Vatican (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Vatican urged Muslims on Friday to reject violence, work with Christians for peace and to teach their young ones to love and respect all people and not become "cultural or religious blocs opposed to one another."
- Let’S Wish Them Well (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 29, 2007)
I was speaking with some NRI friends who were chuckling away with glee at the discomfiture prevailing currently in Pakistan, discomfiture that doesn’t get addressed by Pervez Musharraf being allowed to contest presidential elections.
- Rotten System, Bad Governance (Pioneer, RN Chawla, Sep 29, 2007)
This has reference to article, "Broken windows" (September 17), by Jagmohan.
- Cold War's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 29, 2007)
AROUND the time of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in January 2007, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote an article on the causes of the Cold War.
- The Rebellion, Warts And All (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 28, 2007)
WHEN my grandfather, a priest of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, passed away while he was in his forties, the burden of supporting his mother, two brothers and an unmarried sister suddenly fell on my father’s slender shoulders.
- Briton Visits India Mutiny Grave (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
A member of a group of Britons seeking to pay tribute to those who died in an 1857 Indian revolt has defied protesters to see his ancestor's grave.
- Pakistan On The Brink Again (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 28, 2007)
Two decisions to be made today may decide which way Pakistan is likely to go in the days to come.
- When The Monks March (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 28, 2007)
The passive, otherworldly image of Buddhism can be misleading.
- Leaving Many Things To Imagination (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2007)
One of Freuds key beliefs was that there is no sharp division between the psychologically healthy and the unwell.
- Hiv-Infected Condoms Sent To Kill Africans (Deccan Herald, Chris McGreal, Sep 28, 2007)
The Catholic church has resisted pressure to amend its opposition to the use of condoms despite the AIDS pandemic. Archbishop Chimoio told the BBC that abstinence was the best way to fight HIV/AIDS...
- No Space For Bsp In Gujarat (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 28, 2007)
On September 16 was held a public meeting in Vadodara where Ms Mayawati inaugurated the arrival of the BSP in Gujarat.
- Final Divine Revelation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
THERE has been a common perception among the adherents of other faiths that the Holy Quran is merely a book of rituals for Muslims, seemingly due to some mis-persuasions, misconceptions or misconstructions.
- Confident State (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2007)
THE election of Abdullah Gul as the new President has opened a new chapter in Turkish politics. Gul, who until recently was the Foreign Minister, won the election despite the undisguised hostility of the Army, which views itself as the sole guardian . . .
- Insensitive, Sour (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2007)
Just how devastatingly divisive diverse interpretations of history can prove is exemplified by the entirely avoidable controversy surrounding the visit of a group of descendents of Britishers killed in the uprising of 1857.
- The Women Behind Men (Deccan Herald, Gail Collins, Sep 27, 2007)
Daisy Bates had to march with the wives. When the US observes the 50th anniversary of the Little Rock school desegregation there will undoubtedly be a great deal said about Bates, who was head of a NAACP chapter.
- Support Burma’S Cry For Democracy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
IT is hard to believe the extraordinary courage of tens of thousands of Burmese people, led by Buddhist monks, who continue to protest peacefully across Burma against the savage, bestial regime which terrorises its people.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2007)
Just how devastatingly divisive diverse interpretations of history can prove is exemplified by the entirely avoidable controversy surrounding the visit of a group of descendents of Britishers killed in the uprising of 1857.
- India Canal Plan Runs Into Hindu God (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
When Swami Vigyananand speaks of the canal-dredging project in the narrow strait between India and Sri Lanka, his voice rises in anger.
- No Russian Pakistan (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Sep 26, 2007)
A part of Russia that is predominantly Muslim prospers happily without asking for a separate land
- Upa Hesitant, Bjp Hostile To Sachar Committee Recommendations: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Blaming the UPA for its “hesitant and tokenist” approach in implementing the recommendations of the Sachar Committee report, the CPI(M) on Monday said immediate steps should be taken in the fields of education and credit disbursal . . . . .
- Double Standard In Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2007)
Two hundred thousand Palestinian children began school in the Gaza Strip in September without a full complement of textbooks. Why?
- Bristol Remembers Rammohun Roy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
In keeping with tradition of over 170 years, the city of Bristol on Sunday paid tributes to the legacy of Indian social reformer Raja Rammohun Roy who visited England in the 19th century and died here on September 27, 1833.
- An Amoral Code (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 25, 2007)
WHEN a coalition begins to melt, its partners subtly, if not silently, begin to shift their public agenda from common concern to individual need. The debate over the bridge built by Lord Ram between the Tamil coast and Sri Lanka is hardly new.
- Colourful Canyon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Bryce Canyon National Park is situated in the American state of Utah. We were so fascinated by the pictures of the park that we decided to visit it.
- Prosecute These Atheist Bullies (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Sep 25, 2007)
Despite the alacrity with which it went into damage control mode on the awful averments made by the Union Government in its first affidavit on Ram Setu, the Congress is finding it difficult to put a lid on the controversy because of the . . . .
- Sinister Obsession (Deccan Herald, David McKie, Sep 24, 2007)
There seem to be more lefthanded batsmen at the top of the game than in the population generally.
- Making Of A Fundamentalist (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Sep 24, 2007)
Mohsin Hamid describes the crumbling world of a 'modern-day janissary', and how America, post 9/11, makes a 'fundamentalist' of the latter.
- Voyage Of Discovery (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Sep 24, 2007)
This book is about the religious dilemmas a Muslim woman faces.
- Bridge Over Troubled Debate (Indian Express, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Sep 24, 2007)
The debate over the Sethusamudram project has gone completely off the rails. The debate thus needs to be brought back to good sense and relevance.
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