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Articles 16221 through 16320 of 16899:
- How Soon Can The U.S. Exit Iraq? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 08, 2003)
There might not be similarities between the manner in which the U.S. got involved in Iraq and in Vietnam but there are lessons to be learnt from the latter for any military involvement.
- Caste Calculus Gone Awry (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Dec 07, 2003)
In Rajasthan, the election results announce the arrival of a new order in the BJP.
- After The Vote (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2003)
Is the country ready for a new grammar of political contestation in which the political parties are judged by the voters for their record/promise of delivering on basic issues.
- Sirens Of Change (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
That three women have become chief ministers is a sign of the churning in
Indian politics. The keynote of the elections was change
- Sing A Song To Stree 2003 (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 07, 2003)
From the pink precincts of royal Jaipur,
To the sun-dappled rocks of Jabalpur,
From Gangaur, Bhilwara, Ujjain and Katni,
To the forts, minars and gardens of Dilli.
On the sands of Jodhpur, the forests of Jhabua,
On the banks of the rivers, Yamuna and
- The Great Indian Vote Trick (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 07, 2003)
My most interesting day was the day after the counting — more than the day of the voting or the day of the counting. I have read the tortuous explanations offered by analysts and columnists on the results of the elections in three States and in the Union
- Positive Vote For Governance (Hindu, Sujay Mehdidia, Dec 07, 2003)
The BJP brand of "negative politics" failed to cut ice with the Delhi electorate, writes Sujay Mehdidia.
- A Silent Transformation (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 07, 2003)
The undercurrent against the incumbent Congress Government went unnoticed in Chhattisgarh.
- To Advance Or Not To Advance General Election (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Dec 07, 2003)
Towards the end of 1970, the air was thick with speculation over an early general election. The Prime Minister of the day, Indira Gandhi, strongly denied that she planned premature dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then the leader of..
- Bumpy Roads Overturn Digvijay (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Dec 07, 2003)
The BJP subtly kept aside its Hindutva agenda and built its entire election campaign around the issue of development in Madhya Pradesh.
- Defeated, Cong Takes Comfort In (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 07, 2003)
While the BJP temporarily shed Hindutva in the recent round of Assembly elections for the sake of victory, the Congress seems to have discovered ancient Hindu philosophy in defeat.
- Beware The Core Ideology (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 07, 2003)
Standing in the courtyard of the Indian International Centre in New Delhi one morning in late October, a prominent member of the Congress think tank and an ardent advocate of the free market told me, “The Congress will have shot itself in the foot if ...
- On Saturday Night, Bjp Catches Jogi With His Cash Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
Jaitley plays audio of BJP sting: Jogi offering Rs 20 lakh and more plus letter of support to BJP leaders to get them to defect; Jogi denies it’s his voice, Sonia dumps him
- How The Media Lost Its Money (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 07, 2003)
Introspection. If you were politically interested enough to have remained transfixed by your television set when the results of the assembly elections came out last Thursday you would have heard it a lot. It tripped gaily and recurrently off the tongues..
- A Wake-Up Call For The Congress (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 06, 2003)
NOW that the all-important assembly elections are over and the people having given their verdict, it is time for the Congress to take a good, hard and most importantly an honest look at what exactly went wrong. While drawing vital lessons from its ...
- A Knock At The Door (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 06, 2003)
Congress leaders from Punjab found to their discomfort the new levels of efficiency of the Chhattisgarh police. The leaders, who had gone to campaign for Motilal Vora’s son because of the personal rapport they enjoyed with the senior AICC leader, found...
- Poll Notes Of A Limo Liberal (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 06, 2003)
View from Rajasthan’s ground zero: How Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
- Politics After Reform (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
At last some indication that the benefits of economic reform can actually swing votes
- Party Sick So Hospital Good Place For A Truce? (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 06, 2003)
Leaving partymen to brood on what went wrong in the three states they lost in one day, at least one worried Congress chief minister decided to make a dash to hospital: for the sake of his party’s health and of his own government.
- Mature Verdict (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
IT was a tidal wave that swept the ruling Congress off its official perch in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. That it had no clue about what was in store for the party shows how far it was removed from the common people. It is not that the ...
- The Judeo Episode And After (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Dec 05, 2003)
UNTIL the advent of Mr Dilip Singh Judeo, erstwhile Minister of State for Forests and Environment, most simple people thought corruption was something to be viewed with abhorrence. No longer. None other than the Deputy Prime Minister has urged that it be
- Saffron Smiles (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
The saffron flag flies high in three of the four states that went to the polls on Monday. The victories of the Bharatiya Janata Party are convincing and pregnant with messages for the BJP, the Congress and the overall political scenario in northern India.
- Saffron Sweep (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
THE LOTUS HAS flowered again, and spectacularly so, in three of the four Congress(I)-ruled States that went to the polls on December 1. The victory must be that much sweeter for the Bharatiya Janata Party because in all the States it was directly pitted..
- 10 Years And Sonia Poster Boy Crumples (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Dec 05, 2003)
Digvijay:I am not sure if she will see me, he says on Sonia appointment
- Will The Bjp Hasten The Elections? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 05, 2003)
There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at a flood, leads onto fortune
- The Disconnected Hand (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
This may not be a semi-final for general elections but the Congress is quiet and stranded
- New Voter, New Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
Now it should remain true to intimations of a more moderate, responsive party
- The Food Of Paradise (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Dec 05, 2003)
IN his travel diary entitled “Delhi — Chunking”, the author K.P.S. Menon (who was India’s first ambassador to China in 1947) narrates an interesting incident regarding not China, but the delicious Bengali sweet, the rasgulla.
- Advantage Bjp, In Alliance Prospects (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 05, 2003)
By winning in three States out of the four, which went to the polls, the BJP has gained an edge over the Congress in prospects of alliance with regional parties for the Lok Sabha elections.
- Team Bjp Burnt The Midnight Oil, The Sphinx A Candle At Only One End (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 05, 2003)
From Big Guns booming to small fry working, from choppers to market surveys, Jaitley & Mahajan had the back-end right up
- A Brutal Blow To Congress Ambitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
WHILE CONFOUNDING MOST poll pundits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has surprised itself by wresting three out of the four Hindi-belt States decisively from its chief adversary. Contrary to popular expectation, the BJP scored an emphatic win in ...
- Bjp Has 3-Course Cong Lunch (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 05, 2003)
As news of its humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections started coming in today, India’s Grand Old Party seemed caught in a daze—handing out tired excuses of ‘‘anti-incumbency’’ (when till yesterday it claimed pro-incumbency was its winning card), its
- Divisions Over Emissions (Hindu, Andrew C. Revkin, Dec 05, 2003)
The Kyoto Protocol has been dealt a blow by Russia's threat not to ratify it.
- Left And Laloo Ring An Alarm Bell: Cong Should Think Or Sink (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 05, 2003)
As the Congress spent the day in mourning, its allies started the process of introspection on its behalf. There is only one refrain emanating from their ranks and that is to exhort the Congress to ‘‘do a lot of rethinking’’ and aggressively go in for ...
- Our Stock Is Bluechip So No Hurry To Sell, Says Bjp (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 05, 2003)
With good news pouring in every minute from Bhopal, Jaipur and Raipur, BJP spirits soared and leaders, putting behind the rout in Delhi, prepared to strike at their principal adversary, the Congress. By evening, when the picture was clear as day, the ...
- Cong Stars Revolve Around Their Own Sons (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 05, 2003)
Dynastic politics is not new to the Congress. But once more, the party may have been eclipsed on many seats because its stars revolved around own sons.
- The Rainmaker Cometh (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 05, 2003)
Pramod Mahajan and Arun Jaitley have brought to the BJP campaign a new alchemy and have delivered.
- Words Without Meanings (Telegraph, Abhijit Mukherjee, Dec 05, 2003)
The most important weapons in the armour of politicians on their election campaigns are words. Of words are made promises, meant to be forgotten soon after the elections. In Chhattisgarh, the Congress’s Ajit Jogi pleaded that he was a “jogi who was asking
- Flavour Of The Times (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 04, 2003)
Incompetence and delays mark the working of key institutions
- Dmk Enjoying Competitive Attention From Two Rivals (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 04, 2003)
The same day (Tuesday) the BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, came calling on the DMK chief in Chennai, the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, visited the DMK parliamentary party office in New Delhi to pay homage to the late Union Minister, Murasoli Maran
- The Incumbency Factor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
THE VICTORY OF the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the Mizoram Assembly elections, giving the party a second successive term in office, has shown that anti-incumbency may be an overused rule of thumb by politicians and pundits. The MNF's last ...
- Message From Mizoram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
Before poll trends from the Hindi heartland come in, here’s good news from the Northeast
- The Prime Ministerial Palace (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 04, 2003)
The seat of power is shifting from South Block to Race Course Road. After years of debate, RCR is finally being customised as an exclusive high-security residence-cum-office complex for the prime minister. All six bungalows on the street have been ...
- State Of Progress (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
A surprise in the first result of the series of assembly elections in five states can be unnerving for all parties. Mizoram was not a battleground for the two national parties fighting it out in the other four states. Still, if it is the morning that ...
- Coping With Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
IT is scary. At least 40 million people are reportedly infected with the HIV virus today —most of them in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Some 4.5 million AIDS patients live in India alone; China’s figures are equally disturbing. Anti-AIDS programmes have
- Badals Under Cloud (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
The onus is on Amarinder Singh to ensure the case is not seen as a personal vendetta
- To Nda Delight, Mnf Retains Its Hold, Congress Is Lonely Again (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 03, 2003)
Demolishing the theory that the anti-incumbency factor would shut it out, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), led by chief minister and former insurgent leader Zoramthanga, today secured a simple majority in a House of 40 to retain power in Mizoram.
- Elections: Does Market Know Better? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 03, 2003)
Exit polls give Madhya Pradesh to the BJP and Delhi to the Congress(I), and suggest a BJP upset in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. But does the share market know different, from the way it has been going up? Rasheeda Bhagat looks at the post-electio n scene.
- Wanted, A New Safma Patron (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 03, 2003)
BJP ideologue K.R. Malkani, who died recently, will surely be missed by many but none more so than the Pakistan-headquartered South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), which recently organised the successful visit of Indian MPs (self-led by Laloo Prasad
- The Philosophy Of Privatisation In China (Business Line, S. Majumder , Dec 03, 2003)
While China's privatisation exercise met with quick success despite Communist rule, India's is wobbling, hamstrung by parliamentary democracy.
- Vote For Stability (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
MIZORAM can look forward to enjoying political stability for five years with the Mizo National Front (MNF) getting a clear majority in the 40-member Assembly. The results show that the people are, by and large, satisfied with the performance of the MNF...
- Undying Interest (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Dec 03, 2003)
Murasoli Maran’s contribution to Indian politics is best understood in the context of his larger concern with state autonomy
- Cultural Diplomacy By Iccr (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 03, 2003)
AS the 4th Indo-European Union Summit was approaching, the Ministry of External Affairs received reports that some members of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, at the behest of Islamabad, were thinking of meeting European Ambassadors for focussing on the
- The Moment Of Radicals At Harvard (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Dec 02, 2003)
OF all the Ivy League universities, Harvard, at the top of the table, enjoys a very special kind of reputation for several reasons, one of which is that it was established in Cambridge, Massachusets, as the first university that could match the standards
- All Fired Up For Winter Session, Cong Feels Cold (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 02, 2003)
Party in a huddle, explores strategy if verdict is hung in 2 states
- Almost Free (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
Wonder ceases with familiarity. But any objective observer would be forced to grant that the massive scale of the electoral exercise in India is cause for some amazement. Even when the polling is limited to assembly elections in five states, the manpower,
- Tempestuous Winter Session Ahead (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 02, 2003)
With election results coming in and such issues as the Judev tape episode and the stamp-paper scam on hand, the winter session of Parliament may see much polemics and politicking rather than democratic discussion and deliberations. The fate over 50 Bills,
- Free And Fair (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
THE stray incidents of violence reported from some areas do not detract from the fact that Monday's elections to four state assemblies were peaceful. The Election Commission has every reason to pat itself on the back for the arrangements it made. It ...
- Polling Time (Telegraph, Vijaya Kumar, Dec 02, 2003)
The high point of the assembly elections is the realization of the Bharatiya Janata Party that it is not possible to come to power piggyback on Hindutva alone. So it has decided to shift gear and take up “development” as its focus. Arun Jaitley, master...
- Many Turns To The Truth (Telegraph, Sayantani Biswas, Dec 02, 2003)
When the West Bengal municipal (amendment) bill, 2003, was passed in the assembly way back in July to legalize water taxes in all urban areas, there was a faint apprehension that it would run into trouble. Charging user costs to a consumer is a perfectly
- Challenging Times For Free Trade (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 01, 2003)
TRADE ministers from 34 countries in the North and South American continents initiated a process, on November 20, that will create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Now that the speeches have been made and the flags waved, the ministers will leave
- All Set For Round One (Business Line, Rup Lal Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
EVERY THING is set for the electoral battle in five States, including four in the Hindi heartland. The Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram assume special significance as their outcome is likely to set the stage
- Himachal Politics Has Its Cricketers Clean Bowled (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
If the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) was to conduct a coaching camp today for its players, the venue would probably be either Patiala in Punjab or Panchkula in Haryana. Not Una, Bilaspur or Mandi, all Himachal towns possessing cricket ground
- Poll-Itics 2003 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
If this is only the semi-finals, let’s hope we survive the finals
- Need For Democratic Restraint (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
THE ELECTION COMMISSION has a duty to ensure that there exists a level electoral battlefield. One of the important objectives of the Model Code of Conduct is to see that parties in power, whether at the Centre or in a State, do not misuse their ...
- Waiting Game In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
WHILE THE CRISIS is far from over for the A.K. Antony Government in Kerala, the Congress faction led by the former Chief Minister, K. Karunakaran, seems to have lost momentum in its toppling game. Mr. Karunakaran's plan of action involved meeting ...
- It’s Voters' Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
TODAY is the day when the dirty tricks departments of most political parties will go on overdrive to influence the electoral verdict in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. However, it is unlikely that the Election Commission is going to be
- Two Parties, Two Pyramids (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 01, 2003)
This round of assembly elections has brought into sharp focus the leadership dilemmas of both the Congress and the BJP. The Congress has a galaxy of new contenders at the state level, but there are hardly any leaders besides Sonia Gandhi who have come ...
- Out Of Sync (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 30, 2003)
Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy would no doubt like to inform the folks back in Bihar that he is going places in New Delhi. Perhaps that is why he instructed the Airports Authority of India, which participated in the recent Trade Fair at ...
- Jogi Versus Jogi (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 30, 2003)
The Congress party’s national slogan is ‘‘Congress ka haath, garibon ke saath’’, but in Chhattisgarh it has been given a new twist. In towns, kasbas and villages, posters show Ajit Jogi smiling down a renewed slogan ‘‘Congress ka haath, vikas ke saath’’.
- Gold Run (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 30, 2003)
If gold prices in India have soared past Rs 6,000/10 gm, it is not exactly an Indian wedding phenomenon. The world gold market is looking extremely buoyant. In fact, the octogenarian market forecaster, Richard Russell, is so bullish that wrote in his ...
- Govt As Your Delivery Boy (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 30, 2003)
When this piece is published, the dust and din of the election campaign would have settled in the States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in the Union of Territory of Delhi. Tomorrow (December 1) is the day of the poll. Mizoram went to...
- Unabashed Graft (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 29, 2003)
For both TIME and NEWSWEEK, the acceptance of corruption was the bigger story. Are the incessant scandals making the Indian people more cynical? Or does public cynicism stem from the reaction of India’s political class to the scandals?
- A Five-Point Deprogramme (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2003)
From cue cards etched in stone to de-hyping Saarc: rough primer on how to build on the current ceasefire
- 'Sharing Sovereignty Is Hell Of An Enterprise': Chris Patten (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Nov 29, 2003)
AS THE European Union's Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten has been closely engaged with the difficult task of evolving a common foreign and security policy for the Union. Mr. Patten has served as a member of the European Commission since
- Why Poll Talk In Alwar Refers To The Asian Development Bank (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 29, 2003)
In the land where Ashok Gehlot scored his biggest victory in the run-up to these elections by arresting Pravin Togadia, drains and pipelines are the only thing that anybody is interested in. Trishuls and Togadia just don’t matter, much to the ...
- Steel Tariffs: Pitting Us Against Half The World (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 28, 2003)
For developing countries such as India and Brazil, the steel sector is pivotal to growth. If it slumps due to the vicissitudes of international trade, these countries would be seriously hurt.
- In Fast-Track City, Old-World Khurana Runs A Solitary Race (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
If elections are won on favours and pavement-thumping activism, then the BJP’s candidate for chief minister of Delhi, Madan Lal Khurana, should be well ahead of his rival, Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Didi Kept On Hold So She Turns In Phones (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 28, 2003)
PM reminder: no dial tone
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