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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Maya Spells Magic (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, May 12, 2007)
Few had doubted the emergence of BSP as the single largest party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. But no one foresaw such a huge victory for Mayawati.
- New-Face Bsp Racing Ahead In Fractured Uttar Pradesh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of three times chief minister Mayawati was inching towards becoming the single largest outfit in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Friday as counting of the millions of votes got underway in the country's most populous . . . .
- All Eyes On Maya (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, May 11, 2007)
Mayawati has never hidden her distrust for what she terms as “manuvadi” parties. As she famously proclaimed during the 1996 vote of no-confidence against the Vajpayee government, there was nothing to chose between the NDA and UPA — “one is a nagnath . . .
- Globalisation Of Caste : Time To Get A Share (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, May 11, 2007)
The resolution on caste, introduced in the US Congress, will make the world understand the problems in India better.
- Uttar Pradesh Pvt Ltd (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
At the end of this day, the results of Uttar Pradesh’s assembly elections will be known. ‘Caste’ and ‘religion’ are the dominant words used to describe UP’s politics. But, as any reporter on the UP trail will tell you, its politics is also about . . . .
- Indian Voters Fed Up With Caste Politics (Dawn, Jonathan Allen, May 10, 2007)
The final round of polling in India's most populous state began on Tuesday, with voters saying they are tired of feeling their only choice is to vote for people seen as sympathetic to their caste and religion.
- Liberating Panchayat Raj (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 10, 2007)
The passing of the recent amendment to the Panchayat Raj Act, empowering a committee headed by the local legislator to select beneficiaries in case the gram sabha fails to do so, has prompted many NGOs to register their protest.
- Cpm Favours Equal Rights To Madheshis In Nepal (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, May 10, 2007)
Amidst frequent clashes between the Maoists and the Madheshis in Tarai region of Nepal, the CPI(M) has come into open with support to the Madheshis, who are demanding equal rights as other Nepalese.
- Dalits In Pak Turn To Pervez For Help (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, May 10, 2007)
Dalits in Pakistan have written a letter to Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf urging him to take "swift action" to ensure an end to "many forms of untouchability, caste discrimination, human inequality and humiliation" at the hands of . . . .
- Rotten Politics Behind Police Atrocities? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 09, 2007)
It would be unfair to give full marks to ‘rotten politics’ by branding it as the only source of ‘police atrocities’. There are other claimants, too, for making our police so brutal. Our social structure is not democratic at its roots.
- Caste Politics Dominate Indian State Polls (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
The final round of polling in India’s most populous state began on Tuesday, with voters saying they are tired of feeling their only choice is to vote for people seen as sympathetic to their caste and religion.
- Up Chessboard’S Set Up (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2007)
BSP supremo Mayawati is at the pole position as the UP assembly election enters the last lap on Tuesday.
- Dacoits, Film Stars And A Battle (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, May 05, 2007)
Leaders of political parties, independent candidates, celebrities, urban "dacoits" — "Bahubalis" have played their part in adding colour to the assemble elections in Uttar Pradesh.
- Study, Get Rs 20,000, Up Tells Its Girls, But Where Are The Schools? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
In the din of elections in Uttar Pradesh, amid populist promises and desperate wooing of the voters, no one perhaps will speak of an education scheme that is floundering.
- It’S All Maya (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, May 01, 2007)
The BSP’s efforts to woo Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh are part of a painstakingly worked out gameplan. It may be succeeding
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2007)
l It’s a good thing the Punjab elections happened before the wheat harvest came in. Most large farmers in the state are annoyed with the fact that the new Badal government has been unable to either give a bonus for wheat or round up the big moneybags . .
- Mulayam Floundering (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Apr 30, 2007)
As the tortuous seven-phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly election winds to an end, Mulayam Singh Yadav's ship seems to be sinking.
- Elephant March In Allahabad (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 28, 2007)
The BSP's popularity in the region is not just on account of caste.
- Conscience In Democracies (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Apr 27, 2007)
Democracy, as per Abraham Lincoln’s epigram, is government of, for, and by the people. However, since face-to-face participation by the "people" in governance is rarely practicable, democracies evolved the party system, wherein each party . . .
- The Rise Of A Dalit Ki Beti (Deccan Herald, Rajdeep Sardesai, Apr 27, 2007)
In this media age, Mayawati is the ultimate “outsider”. Openly contemptuous of the “manuvadi” media, she will rarely come to a television studio.
- A New Rainbow For Up (Indian Express, Sudha Pai, Apr 26, 2007)
One of the significant features of the ongoing elections in Uttar Pradesh is the attempt by the Bahujan Samaj Party—an avowedly Dalit-based party — to gain the support of the upper castes, particularly the Brahmins, it earlier derided as ‘manuvadi’.
- Congress Vs. Maya In Family Backyard (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 26, 2007)
The Gandhis harp on unity. So does BSP leader Mayawati in the crucial Amethi-Rae Bareli belt.
- Heat And Dust (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 25, 2007)
After three rounds of polling, the verdict in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is anybody's guess.
- Two-Man Army (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 25, 2007)
Veterans Rajnath Singh and Kalyan Singh do it for the BJP with a mix of opposition politics and Hindutva.
- Sarkari Violence (Times of India, Sagari Chhabra, Apr 25, 2007)
Some years ago, I went to Pararia in West Bengal where women had been brutally gangraped by policemen.
- The Somali Untouchables (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2007)
If you think that Dalits (untouchables) exist only in India think again. We have them in Somalia.
- Mandate For Governance (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 24, 2007)
Elected Governments cannot be replaced by NGOs if democracy is to survive in the country.
- Mayawati On Top, Samajwadi Set To Lose, Says Survey (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will finish on top of a hung Uttar Pradesh Assembly with more seats than predicted earlier, pushing the Samajwadi Party to the third place, a survey published on Sunday said.
- The House Of God Is Open To One And All (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Apr 22, 2007)
Like every individual, every tradition has flaws. Every community needs to reform itself constantly. Such reforms have taken place in every community.
- The You In Up (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Apr 22, 2007)
There is at least one thing for which a political journalist would love Uttar Pradesh: for nearly two decades now its voters have worked so consistently, and generously, to justify our caste-based punditry.
- Young Man, No Hurry (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Apr 22, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi may get the Congress some more seats in UP than last time, but that hardly foretells a return of Indira and Rajiv mania.
- Back To School (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2007)
This week, Saturday Special puts Rahul Gandhi under the scanner. The Congress is hoping to rediscover the magic of 1984 by deploying him as its chief vote-catcher in Uttar Pradesh and is wishful of exploding that experience over the nation's . . . .
- Back To School (Pioneer, Tavishi Srivastava, Apr 21, 2007)
This week, Saturday Special puts Rahul Gandhi under the scanner. The Congress is hoping to rediscover the magic of 1984 by deploying him as its chief vote-catcher in Uttar Pradesh and is wishful of exploding that experience over the nation's . ..
- Young Man, No Hurry (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Apr 21, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi may get the Congress some more seats in UP than last time, but that hardly foretells a return of Indira and Rajiv mania
- The You In Up (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Apr 21, 2007)
Voters in India’s largest state may be coming out of their trenches. Celebrate, unless you are the politician who built those trenches
- Dr Ambedkar Needs A World-Class Biographer (Asian Age, K. Natwar Singh, Apr 19, 2007)
On January 26, 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in economic and social life we will have inequality...
- Crossing The Caste Line (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Apr 18, 2007)
Having cast her net far and wide after discarding the BSP's 'Dalits only' agenda, BSP supremo Mayawati hopes to reap a rich electoral harvest in Uttar Pradesh. She is supremely confident she has her sums right. The results are awaited
- Tilting The Balance (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Apr 17, 2007)
The Supreme Court verdict against OBC reservation is based on unsound reasoning and weakens the cause of affirmative action.
- Decisive Vote Is Divided In Rampur, Moradabad (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2007)
The picture regarding the distribution of the Muslim vote in the minority-community heavy districts of Moradabad and Rampur in Western Uttar Pradesh is still unclear but the current trends indicate a division of votes between the SP on the one hand . ..
- Dalit Groups Join Hands In Ls Seat Quota Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2007)
Demand for reservation in Belgaum constituency
Dalits will lose one Lok Sabha seat if Chikkodi is reserved for general category
Samiti threatens to field its own candidates in every assembly segment
- Index Of Equity In West Bengal (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
A recent study shows that West Bengal is a leader with respect to redistribution of land to Dalit and Adivasi households.
- Electoral Confusion In Up (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 14, 2007)
A SHORT visit to Lucknow, even after one-fourth of the polling is over, does not clear the electoral confusion that prevails in UP.
- Proven Success (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Apr 13, 2007)
Political parties in Tamil Nadu, which has a century-old tradition of reservation, unanimously oppose the stay.
- Territory Test For Butterfly Ajit (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Apr 13, 2007)
Ajit Singh faces the tough job of holding on to his Jat support base when western Uttar Pradesh votes tomorrow.
- Casteist Violence Flares Up In M’Rashtra Again (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
Curfew was imposed in Jalna on Tuesday as violence erupted after people discovered that a statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had been desecrated four days ahead of his birth anniversary, on April 14
- The Year Of The Elephant (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Apr 11, 2007)
Way back in 1985, Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh witnessed a Lok Sabha by-election with three players, each of whom symbolized a different strand of north Indian politics.
- Grab This Opportunity (Times of India, Yogendra Yadav, Apr 10, 2007)
The supporters and the opponents of the OBC reservations in higher education seem to be united in how they read the latest order of the Supreme Court.
- Grappling With The New Realities Of U.P. (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 10, 2007)
The millennium has brought new dynamics into play in the State. Previous social bases are up for grabs as newly empowered forces turn conventional wisdom on its head.
- Health Workers Told To Work For Hiv-Free Society (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
Rural health workers should work to ensure that no person becomes a victim of HIV and no baby is born with the virus by the end of 2007 in Krishna district, Collector Navin Mittal has said.Inaugurating the second round of training for Asha Mitra . . .
- Caste Is The Key In Hindi Heartland (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
"Yeh apna samajwad hai (this is our socialism)," says Kashi Prasad, quickly quelling this journalist's curiosity over the photographs mounted on the walls of his posh restaurant in the upmarket Gomtinagar area. Different photos show him with Mulayam . . .
- ‘Every Indians’ Party: Sonia Woos Voters Ahead Of Polls (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
Ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi appealed to voters in India’s largest state to stand by the party of “every Indian” ahead of month-long local polls set to begin Saturday.
- An Inconvenient Truth (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2007)
So, predictably, the politicians will hide behind the pretence of consensus. An all-party meeting will be ordered and the Supreme Court will be unanimously denounced for its decision to put a hold on OBC quotas.
- Breathe Life Into The Sachar Report (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 06, 2007)
The statements and actions of the Central government following the Sachar Committee Report gives the impression that Muslims can hope for a better future. This is important, given that nearly 15 per cent of country’s population has faced . . .
- The Developmental Challenge In Rural India (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Apr 04, 2007)
This is essentially about helping the rural sector realise its own potential by using the gains of modern science and technology and industrial development.
- Look Beyond Quotas (Times of India, ABUSALEH SHARIFF, Apr 03, 2007)
The prime minister's high level committee (HLC) report on the status of Muslims highlights their under-representation in various sectors of the economy and structures of governance.
- Quota For Women, Pota-Like Law (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party will reinforce a POTA-like law and SIMI would be banned in Uttar Pradesh, if voted to power this Assembly elections.
- Poll Fever In Up (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Apr 02, 2007)
The election campaign in Uttar Pradesh is building up with the ruling Samajwadi Party being the first to jump into the fray.
- In A Time Wrap (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 01, 2007)
The novel touches on many contemporary political movements with a sub-text of Maoist landscape.
- The Orthodox Tambrams (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 31, 2007)
In contemporary parlance Tamil Brahmins are known as Tambrams. Among the Hindu sub-castes they enjoy the reputation of being the brightest as well as the most orthodox in conforming to Vedic traditions...
- India Court Suspends Quota System (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2007)
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday suspended a government program to reserve spots for lower-caste students at the top medical, engineering and professional schools in the country, a plan that has repeatedly prompted protests.
- Sc Move Bound To Face Political Opposition (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 30, 2007)
The Supreme Court has shown courage in staying the government’s decision to reserve 27% of seats in central government educational institutions, including IITs and IIMs.
- No Clear Winner In Up (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Mar 30, 2007)
Though it is premature to predict the results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, a fractured mandate is quite likely
- Caste Market (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 30, 2007)
In UP's caste market, SP and BSP were niche products. The former aggressively wooed Yadavs while the latter positioned itself as a party of Dalits.
- Soon, Govt Will Have Data On Obcs (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Mar 30, 2007)
Government may soon overcome the hurdle of lack of credible data on the size of OBC population — the chief reason cited by SC to stay the implementation of OBC quota in Central educational institutions.
- Caste Terror In Haryana Village (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Mar 29, 2007)
AT Saalwan, the largest village in Haryana's Karnal district, an eerie calm prevails. The government school for girls, in the south of the village where Dalits' houses are also located, has been converted into a police cantonment with the Deputy . . .
- Bjp Describes U.P. Poll Survey As `Trash' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
`Survey has cast serious doubts about its own predictions'
Ground realities changing in the State
`BJP is gaining ground'
- Sachar Sequel: New Panel For Muslim, Christian Sc Quotas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2007)
The Ranganath Misra Commission is likely to recommend that religion should be delinked from caste while deciding the Scheduled-Caste status.
- Uniformity Is A Right (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Mar 27, 2007)
The foremost duty of a nationalist party is to insist on a Uniform Civil Code which is the cornerstone of any democratic state, says Prafull Goradia.
- Holding The Centre (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Mar 17, 2007)
For the past decade and more, the Republic of India has faced a strong threat from right-wing extremism.
- Up Must Dump Parochialism (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Mar 17, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh has historically cast a gigantic shadow over national politics since Independence by virtue of its size, population and the number of Parliamentary constituencies it represents, even after Uttarakhand was carved out of the State in 2000.
- A Dalit Temple's Encounter With Official India (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Mar 15, 2007)
The NCSC was set up especially to deliver speedy justice to the Scheduled Castes, a body mandated by law to protect the constitutional rights guaranteed to Dalits. Yet its officers are not above displaying caste prejudices.
- Bihari Bashing For Raj Raj (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Mar 15, 2007)
When Raj Thackeray broke away from the Shiv Sena a year ago, following differences with his cousin and executive president of the party, Uddhav Thackeray, he pretended to have undergone a metamorphosis.
- Maya’S Mantra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 15, 2007)
The BSP’s list of candidates for the UP Assembly elections shows that it no longer wants to be known as the party of the Dalits and the OBCs.
- Local Writ Large (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Mar 15, 2007)
With Governor T.V. Rajeshwar’s notification on Tuesday kickstarting the seven-phased electoral process for the fifteenth assembly in Uttar Pradesh, the air is thick with curiosities about the poll outcome.
- Human Rights In India (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Mar 15, 2007)
A significant contribution to the human rights debate in the Indian context.
- Mayawati Bets On Brahmin-Dalit Card For U.P. Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
Upper castes and OBCs dominate list of party candidates for UP elections
- A System Against Dalits (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Mar 14, 2007)
Bibipur is a metaphor. Locally it is a symbol of unrelieved Dalit suffering in Haryana. Nationally it is about the staggering insensitivity of the state machinery to a community grievously wronged by history.
- Paying The Price In Punjab (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
In the Punjab elections, the Akalis, in alliance with the BJP, reap the `benefits' of the Congress government's wrong policies.
- End Divisive Policies (Times of India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mar 13, 2007)
In a world full of conflicts and crime it's becoming increasingly challenging to bring about a unity of mind and hearts, to invoke people's faith in the human values of compassion and cooperation.
- Congress Needs To Change Itself (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 13, 2007)
The Congress is suffering a mid-life crisis. This is not merely because it lost two of the three recent state assembly elections — the results were largely on predicted lines — but because at the midway point of its stint as leader of the coalition . . .
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