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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 7145:
- Whither Clarity? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2005)
The scenario on the Naxalite problem front in the State is threatening to turn grimmer than ever and the key reason for this is the muddled thinking on the part of the powers that be and their ham-handed approach to the issue.
- Cpi(m) Puts Centre On Notice (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Feb 14, 2005)
The recently-concluded 21st State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal gave notice to the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre on the continuing "absence of evidence" of implementation
- Between India And 21st Century, A Deep Valley (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 13, 2005)
When was the last time you read about Kashmir in this column? The truth is I cannot remember when I last mentioned the K word in this space because columns need to be read to survive and I find, increasingly
- Can The King Save The Monarchy? (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Feb 13, 2005)
It’s an old palace ploy, they say. By pitting noble notions of democracy against the crime of insurgency, Nepal’s King Gyanendra is simply flexing the muscles of his own sovereignty.
- Behind New Europe's Facade (Hindu, Neil Clark, Feb 12, 2005)
Neo-liberalism has delivered unemployment and lower living standards for the majority in eastern Europe. But opposition is growing.
- India, As Seen By Maoists (Associated Press, B. Raman , Feb 12, 2005)
As Nepal goes through a serious political crisis in the wake of the coup staged on February 1 by King Gyanendra with the backing of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA), which is increasingly
- King's Gambit (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Feb 12, 2005)
Initial condemnation of the coup in Nepal from India was strong and unambiguous, but of late a policy rethink seems in the works.
- On Strikes As A Weapon (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 12, 2005)
In recent months, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, has made it clear that he will brook no opposition in the implementation of his one-point programme — rapid economic development (or resurgence) of the State.
- Kingly Faith (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 11, 2005)
“We’re going to come down on those guys like a ton of bricks,” President Bill Clinton swore that fateful morning in May 1998 on being told that India had exploded a nuclear device in the Rajasthan desert.
- What A Way To Begin (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Feb 11, 2005)
Chinese New Year 2005 — the Year of the Rooster — began two days ago. The entire country is on the move — or so it seems. More than 145 million people are expected to travel
- Confusing Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 11, 2005)
The Chief Minister, Mr N Dharam Singh’s statement on Wednesday that the confusion over not handing over the bodies of two slain Naxalites to the Citizens Initiative for Peace (CIP) was due to a ‘communication gap’
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 10, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Lessons In Geography (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Feb 10, 2005)
Vladimir Putin says that Russia backs India’s bid for a permanent seat in the Security Council. “Mapping the Global Future”, the final report of the US National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project....
- From Buddha, A Durga (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2005)
Though Gorkhaland National Liberation Front supremo Subhash Ghising isn’t softening his stand yet about elections in the hills, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee gave him an ‘‘interesting’’ parting gift towards the end of their meeting in Writers’ Bu
- Concerns For The World (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Feb 10, 2005)
George W Bush was sworn in on January 20. While a large section of conservatives of America celebrated his second term and the speech he made on that occasion, at the same time several parts of the world expressed its own fears about his taking over as pr
- Rewarding Stf (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 09, 2005)
THE grievance expressed in the Legislative Assembly by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, about the Centre's rejection of the State Government's recommendations in regard to some senior police officers belonging to the Special Task Force ...
- Another Dream Budget? (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 09, 2005)
WHEN Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets up to present the Union Budget for 2005-06 in the Lok Sabha on the last day of February, his fourth budget in the last nine years, he will have to confront certain classic dilemmas faced by all Finance Ministers.
- Fdi Cap Raised In Telecom — The Quake In The Coalition (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 09, 2005)
Right from the formation of the Government, there has been mishandling on both sides of what might be termed `cohabitation' between the UPA and the Left.
- Waffle Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 09, 2005)
The Centre will shine the light on the causes before it looks for the remedies and in turn the Naxalites are sure to realise there can be no development without peace.
- The Coup In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 08, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's proposal for a unified command to tackle the Naxalite menace is timely, though the idea itself is not new.
- An Unending Farce (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 08, 2005)
What emerges pointedly from the death of two persons in an alleged encounter between the police and Naxalites near Sringeri on Sunday is how this problem persists in the Malnad region of Karnataka and the glaring inadequacies in the approach of the govern
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Feb 07, 2005)
There is trouble in India’s neighbourhood and Dr Manmohan Singh and his government may have to spend time and effort to decide what exactly to do in the evolving solution which is certainly not to its liking.
- Year Of Physics (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 07, 2005)
The UN has declared 2005 as the World Year of Physics in commemoration of the first path-breaking paper published by Albert Einstein in 1905 on the electro-dynamics of moving bodies.
- Agent Orange From The Ocean (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Feb 07, 2005)
In Vietnam the enemy was often unseen; unseen that is to those who were reporting a war that at that stage wasn’t really a war but a battle of attrition.
- Draft Cpi(m) Resolution On Third Alternative (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Feb 07, 2005)
The need to consolidate the secular and democratic forces through a sustained campaign across the country with an eye on forging a third alternative is one of the
- His Works Portray The Harsh Realities Of Life (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 06, 2005)
When noted Hindi literatteur Vishnu Prabhakar landed at Rashtrapati Bhavan to attend the customary At home on the Republic Day, he was not aware of the multi-tier security ring around the imposing building and strict protocol.
- Not That Simple (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Feb 05, 2005)
The search for a viable national alternative to the Congress goes back more than fifty years, to the first general elections of 1952.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 05, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Trust Betrayed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2005)
At the end of the first phase of polling in Bihar and Jharkhand and the completion of the election process in Haryana, the irony is underlined.
- Voters’ Day In Haryana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2005)
The high voter turnout in Thursday’s Assembly elections in Haryana is commendable. The fact that the overall voting percentage exceeded 65 per cent is an eloquent tribute to the wisdom and maturity of the electorate.
- The Secret Code (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Feb 04, 2005)
IT was the first social function in my diplomatic assignment. We sat next to each other at a dinner-dance evening in the Hilton, Paris. True to her communist mode she wore a long-sleeved loose jacket with high neck.
- Consensus In Democracy (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Feb 04, 2005)
Answering questions in the Lok Sabha on the External Affairs Minister’s reported observations in Seoul, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently affirmed his government’s commitment to “continuity and consensus in foreign and defence policies”.
- Spoiling The Show (Telegraph, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Feb 04, 2005)
Now that the left has its way with the provident fund issue, will it stop being a hindrance to governance? Unlikely. Only a few days back, at the central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),
- Crisis In Nepal (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 04, 2005)
If electoral democracy was suspended in Nepal in 2002, the sacking of Prime Minister Deuba and the assumption of total autocratic powers by the King now have totally buried any semblance of constitutional governance in Nepal.
- India's Nepal Stand Driven By Concern For Maoist Danger (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 04, 2005)
The principal concern driving the Indian Government's policy towards King Gyanendra is not democracy but how his palace putsch is going to affect the Royal Nepal Army's counter-insurgency operations against Maoist rebels.
- The King Of A Jungle (Indian Express, ARAVINDA R DEO, Feb 03, 2005)
In a country beset with massive poverty the Maoists of Nepal represent mass resentment against economic exclusion. Will Gyanendra be able to address Nepal’s immense problems?
- Weak National Security System (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Feb 03, 2005)
It took just three weeks and several rounds of consultations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with security experts to confirm Mr M.K. Narayan as the National Security Adviser (NSA).
- Social Intelligence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 02, 2005)
In my previous piece, I had referred to the national seminar on Naxalism organised by the Observer Research Foundation on January 28-29. I am reverting to it to mention two particularly noteworthy suggestions made by participants.
- Duping Biharis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 02, 2005)
The Congress's "Sonia blitzkrieg" in Bihar, one would have thought, was aimed at organisational resuscitation. Such revival, it seemed logical to assume, presupposed plainspeak about the lawlessness that is the State's lot-mafia running riot, goons snatch
- Kislay Kaushik’S Cry (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Feb 02, 2005)
ANY country which takes genuine care of its children would have felt a sense of indignation on what happened in Bihar last week. Placards in hand, in large numbers schoolchildren marched down the streets of Patna and onto Raj Bhawan to demand...
- Those Unreliable, Moody Communists (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Jan 31, 2005)
Many breakfasts later, the Left is still acting as if they are the Opposition rather than allies of the Manmohan Singh Government
- Little To Mourn For (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 31, 2005)
After two weeks of dithering and delay, the Chin-ese Communist Party permitted a low-key memorial ceremony for the disgraced former premier, Zhao Ziyang, at Beijing’s Babaoshan cemetery for communist heroes this Saturday.
- Failure To Ensure Democracy And Regional Harmony ... (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 30, 2005)
AS the Government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- Badlands Of Bihar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
With three Bihar school children suspected to have been abducted and a fourth reported missing, the State is once again in the news for a wrong reason
- Extradition Treaty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE India-Nepal extradition treaty, signed recently, marks the beginning of a new phase in the relations between the two countries.
- Regional Harmony Lacking (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Jan 29, 2005)
As the government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for J&K state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 28, 2005)
If the extremist violence continues in Nepal and economic development remains on the back-seat, India may be faced with a situation of growing Maoist violence in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, coupled with a large influx of Nepalese nationals.
- Across Troubled Waters (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 28, 2005)
So, for the second time in seven months, China’s hostages are back safe and sound from Iraq, but, like the Indian hostages who went through the same ordeal in September, their happiness is not unmixed with worry.
- The Left's Myopia On Capital (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 27, 2005)
Marx would certainly have termed the current draft political resolutions of the CPI and CPI(M) 'Poverty of Politics'.
- Social Justice Lost In Translation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 27, 2005)
With barely a week left for the Bihar assembly elections, the carnival showcasing every political trick or treat is inching towards its denouement.
- Spreading Maoist Menace (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady.
- What’S He Been Reading? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 26, 2005)
The interval between the swearing-in of an American president and his “State of the Union” address is a period of limited activity in Washington.
- Andhra Pradesh's Cult Of Violence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2005)
The Grisly killing, in broad daylight and in the party office, of the Telugu Desam Party MLA, Paritala Ravi, by a yet-to-be identified gang calls attention yet again to the cult of violence and faction-ridden politics in Andhra Pradesh.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Telegraph, G Parthasarathy, Jan 26, 2005)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady. In early December 2004 Mr Deuba announced at the World Buddhist Summit at Lord Buddha’s birthplace
- The Afghan Story (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 25, 2005)
There was a time, not too long ago, when Afghanistan made front pages. Taliban, Bamian, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharief had become almost household words in India
- ‘I Have Freed State From Political Terror... (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 25, 2005)
Creation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state four years back was a dream come true for its population of 2.8 crore—predominantly tribals.
- ‘Change Must Touch Common Indian’ (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jan 25, 2005)
AS ideas crowd his mind and momentous events about the journey of the Indian Republic fill his imagination, words, soft and chiselled, come in a slow measure. Former President K.R. Narayanan, a diplomat, a trained yogi and a man of great learning...
- Best Option (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Buying peace may be the best option in some situations. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has done the right thing by preferring peace to a confrontation with Mr Subash Ghisingh.
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- The Enemy Within (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 24, 2005)
Seymour Hersh’s New Yorker article about American forces carrying out reconnaissance missions in Iran to locate hidden Iranian nuclear facilities (presumably in order to destroy them all in a surprise attack) may be “riddled with errors,”
- Caste In Injustice (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 23, 2005)
The rhetoric of ‘social justice’ conceals all manner of ills: pandering to sectional interests, appeasing of labour aristocracies, subsidising of dying PSUs and most crucially, robbing of the Indian state of talent by arguing against all forms of merit.
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Liberating The Prisoners (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
A mother of three, with another in her womb, is convicted for being an accomplice with her paramour in the murder of her husband.
- A Reassessment Of Netaji Bose (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Jan 21, 2005)
A big change has come about in the attitude of political parties towards Netaji Subhas Bose and the role he played in the nationalist movement. It was not many years ago that the Congress as the ruling party at the Centre fought shy in giving
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Say Chak De Phatte To That (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jan 20, 2005)
This past month I have been pumping the accelerator up and down the Grand Trunk Road to Chandigarh and beyond, to Ludhiana, taking in the sights and smells of a rich countryside
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Failure Of Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2005)
The unprecedented peace in Andhra Pradesh, of the last eight months, is in danger of being shattered, if not already shattered with the police killing 11 Naxalites in a series of encounters since January 6 and Naxalites killing three persons in retaliatio
- Price Of Naivete (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
Naxalites of Andhra Pradesh have done what those familiar with their ways and not vulnerable to illusions, always knew they would: Walk out of the peace talks with the State Government at a moment of their choosing.
- A New Resolve On Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2005)
Speaking in Kolkata, the Prime Minister sent a bold message to the allies to be partners in progress in creating a caring economy.
- Taking Advantage Of Public Generosity (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 19, 2005)
AS non-resident Indians dig deep into their pockets to help the tsunami victims, there is a heightened concern that sectarian groups are exploiting the tragedy for their own divisive goals.
- Setback In Andhra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2005)
THE decision by the CPI (Maoist) and Janshakti — the two main Naxalite groups in Andhra Pradesh — to withdraw from the three-month-old peace talks initiated by the state government is unfortunate.
- India Struggles To Carve Out New U.N. Role (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
India's self-reliance in the tsunami disaster has shown the new face of an emerging regional power that wants to punch its weight in the United Nations — with help from Canada — says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Criminals In Bihar Elections (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jan 17, 2005)
EVEN as elections to the Bihar Assembly are fast approaching, the Patna High Court’s attempt to check the criminals’ menace in the elections is commendable. Criminalisation of politics has assumed alarming proportions.
- Mrinal Da Gets Due Recognition (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 16, 2005)
Mrinal Sen is 81 but the "fire of life" never dims in him. Only a couple of years ago he produced his latest film "Aamar Bhushan". Also he published his autobiography, "Always being born", only last year.
- Upa Govt Can’T Take Left For Granted, Says Abani Roy (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jan 16, 2005)
The economic decisions of the UPA government have evoked much criticism from the Left parties, who have been crying foul. Statements by the government indicate that it would go ahead with the reform process and the concerns of the Left are being ignored.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Jan 16, 2005)
Congress plus or minus Laloo. Paswan alone. BJP plus JD(U). Or whatever else works. It’s the season of shifting electoral alignments in Bihar.
- Portrait Of A Revolutionary As A Young Woman (Indian Express, MADHU TREHAN, Jan 15, 2005)
Pentimento — in art, the reappearance in an oil painting of original elements of drawing or painting that the artist tried to obliterate by over painting. If the covering pigment becomes transparent
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