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Articles 21921 through 22020 of 26693:
- The Other Border (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 12, 2005)
The prevailing situation in neighbouring Nepal has not only forced political leaders fearing arrest to take refuge in Uttaranchal but has also had an adverse impact on border trade. Uttaranchal shares a long border of more than 240 km with Nepal and a lar
- 'What Aspect Of Islam Is Supposedly Under Threat?' (OutLook, YOGINDER SIKAND, Feb 12, 2005)
'Is it Islam as a religion of social justice or is it simply the patriarchal order that seeks legitimacy under an 'Islamic' label?
- The Stench Of The Censor (Indian Express, R. K. Murthi, Feb 12, 2005)
Good times do not last forever. Nor does everyone thrive during good times. Take for example, the censor. His golden hour comes when democracy is smothered, freedom of expression stifled and the fear of draconian measures, even for minor aberrations
- Forging The Shield (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Feb 12, 2005)
THE Budget season is on. The Finance Minister is meeting important stakeholders before he decides on the Budget. Going by the past practice, however, he will not meet the Service Chiefs who are directly responsible for external and internal security, and
- Critics Beware Rising Passions (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Feb 12, 2005)
“The very name evokes awe and reverence,” writes Sinjita Gupta, translator and compiler of ten short stories by Rabindranath Tagore in a collection entitled Mystic Moods.
- Dismissal Of Democracy In Goa (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Feb 12, 2005)
Unless the Governor and the Speaker function justly within the powers assigned to them and cooperate with each other, it is difficult to work out successfully the legislative system.
- Disturbing Trend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 12, 2005)
The outbreak of violence in Nagamangala town in Mandya district is a disturbing development. As of now, the police seem to have brought the situation under control, and they should ensure that the trouble does not erupt again in Nagamangala or elsewhere.
- Larger Than All The Rest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 12, 2005)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation often seems to have no more to offer than poverty and politics. But the abrupt cancellation of last weekend’s summit — not directly India’s doing, but the inevitable outcome of Manmohan Singh’s refusal
- Growth Zones (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 12, 2005)
LAST September, on his first visit to Amritsar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a special economic zone (SEZ) for the neglected border city.
- 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.
- Test Of Skill (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 11, 2005)
There are two ways to look at the imbroglio over the elections to the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. Having extended the term of the present council twice, the state government has no option but to hold the elections by March 25
- 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.
- Rethink On Modern Medicine (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Feb 11, 2005)
We often experience a paradox relating to the extraordinary achievements of modern medicine. While it has equipped us with an immense efficiency to cope with physical pain and suffering...
- India Makes A Play For F-16 Fighters (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Feb 11, 2005)
It is now official: India has indicated to the United States that it is interested in purchasing advanced F-16 fighter jets for its air force, a move that has sent frissons throughout the establishments in India
- Reconnecting Across The Atlantic (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 11, 2005)
Does Condoleezza Rice's new, softened tone towards the French indicate a genuine change in the substance of U.S. policy or is it just a tactical response prompted by the difficulties encountered in Iraq?
- The Looming Crisis On Iran (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Feb 11, 2005)
The US seems serious about a regime change in Iran. But any precipitate action would seriously endanger the world energy security. For, Iran will not remain passive if attacked.
- We Don’T Talk Anymore (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Feb 11, 2005)
Angry voices filled television screens. Shared outrage at the abduction of school-going children in Bihar was only broken by the comment from one of the talking heads.
- 'What Aspect Of Islam Is Supposedly Under Threat?' (OutLook, YOGINDER SIKAND, Feb 11, 2005)
'Is it Islam as a religion of social justice or is it simply the patriarchal order that seeks legitimacy under an 'Islamic' label? This slogan is routinely deployed to silence debate and dissent within the community by those who seek to preserve and promo
- Importance Of Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 11, 2005)
In the past week, I’ve received several e-mail notes from Democrats about the Iraq elections, or heard comments from various Democratic lawmakers—always along the following lines
- Baby Elephant Walk (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 11, 2005)
The Nepal crisis has exposed India’s limitations as a major power: We do not offer carrots that are attractive enough for our neighbours to love us; yet our stick is not strong enough for them to fear us
- Courtesy Calls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2005)
So, it is not such a good idea, after all, to count the votes three or four weeks after the polling date. It only means that for so much longer there would be no governance.
- Dithering On Diversification (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Feb 11, 2005)
It was in 1985 Punjab realised that the production of foodgrains in wheat -rice rotation was neither very remunerative in view of the totality of individual and social costs involved in their production nor it was sustainable in the context....
- Imf Bouquets And Brickbats (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 11, 2005)
No longer is India the kind of IMF borrower it was in the early 1990s, when it had to agree to a structural adjustment programme to tide over the worst-ever balance of payments crisis the country faced
- Goa Mess Only A Symbol (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 11, 2005)
What has gone on in Goa over the last few days is a shame not only on that tiny and notoriously unstable state but also on the country as a whole, especially on its political class.
- New Dawn With Kyoto (Hindu, Michael Meacher, Feb 10, 2005)
THERE IS a widespread view that with George W. Bush now ensconced in his second term in the White House, and with his sights fixed on his so-called "war on terror," the rest of the world's agenda has, for the time being at least, been hijacked.
- Norms? Only Susegado! (Indian Express, UDAY BHEMBRE, Feb 10, 2005)
Several things have been tarnishing the otherwise fair image of Goa; but nothing causes irreparable damage like the greed for power of politicians who have neither love for democracy nor respect for the Constitution.
- Pure Gold (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 10, 2005)
On her first day in office, within hours of moving from the White House to her new job as America’s secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice rang up Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, and discussed....
- 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.
- Trespassers Are Rewarded (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Feb 10, 2005)
In Bihar, as elsewhere, politicians are looking beyond their traditional support bases for political survival
- Tensions In The Gulf (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 10, 2005)
The United States Congress passed the Iraq Liberation Act on October 31, 1998. The Act proclaimed: “It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergen
- 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....
- A Carnival Of Greed (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Feb 10, 2005)
Democracy in Goa has indeed been murdered. L K Advani got it right when he said so but, like all things Advani, he spoke only half a truth. For not only should he have blamed Governor S C Jamir for what has happened in Goa
- Aids And Society (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Feb 10, 2005)
When the US forces descended on Afghanistan to wage a war against terrorism, hounding Osama bin Laden and his henchmen, massive public support to this military option for peace ensued back home reflecting the shattered and devastated collective psyche of
- Business Only, No Fun At All (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Feb 10, 2005)
Not even a month old, NDTV Profit is already trying to live up to its name. It has, it claims, beaten the leader CNBC TV-18 “with a market share of 57.9 per cent compared to CNBC’s 42.1 per cent in the all day parts in the C&S 4+ all India market”.
- Intelligence Needs A New Order (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Feb 10, 2005)
Intelligence bashing has become a worldwide sport. For erring politicians and bureaucracies what could be a better scapegoat than one which is prevented from rising to its own defense by custom, tradition or law!
- 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
- Handshake, At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 10, 2005)
The Sharm al-Sheikh meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas marks the beginning of a historic attempt for peace in the troubled region.
- 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
- Iraqi Voters Raise Bush’S Morale (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Feb 09, 2005)
The Iraqi voters came out on the polling day to brave bombs and bullets and exercised their right in an election riddled with flaws. Of course, the imperfections of any system presided over by the United States do not get much publicity.
- Pils Beyond The Sugar Coat (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 09, 2005)
After the MMS scandal that hit the mobile phones, we now have the apex court frowning upon unsolicited calls. Thus, in response to a public interest litigation, or PIL, filed by Harsh Pathak
- Problem Solving, The Kolithad Way (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Feb 09, 2005)
Between the towns of Rajkot and Junagadh, off the road from Gondal in Saurashtra, is the large-ish village of Kolithad. It is the usual developed village in this region known for its progressive agriculture and great farmers.
- Growing And Yet Green (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 09, 2005)
If many theorists are convinced that economic growth is impossible without making compromises on environmental policy, those who hold a counterview can draw support from the recently ...
- 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.
- Tough New Policy For Entry Into Uk (Tribune, Andrew Grice, Feb 09, 2005)
LOW-skilled workers will find it much harder to enter Britain under a tough new immigration policy announced by the Government on Monday.
- 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.
- Defeating The Anti-Defection Law (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Feb 09, 2005)
The decision of the Congress to reward two former Bharatiya Janata Party legislators with ministerial berths in the newly-installed Pratapsinh Rane Government in Goa is perhaps the first calculated move by a political party to circumvent...
- Coup Disgrace (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 09, 2005)
Even as the Indian government was busy expressing concern over King Gyanendra’s undemocratic Kathmandu coup, Goa governor S C Jamir administered one himself, ably aided by the Speaker of the House.
- Cash For Class At Oxbridge (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 09, 2005)
Plans by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to cut down undergraduate places for domestic students and increase the intake of foreign candidates who pay more have stirred a controversry.
- Business Process Re-Engineering: (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Feb 09, 2005)
ORGANISATIONAL development is a continuous process. But the pace of change has increased manifold. In a volatile global world, organisations enhance competitive advantage through business process re-engineering (BPR) by radically redesigning selected...
- A Simple ‘Sorry’ Will Do (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 09, 2005)
It is quite in order to apologise. I remember, I remember. I remember the pessimistic prophecies of large sections of the media in the US and Britain. “The US will get stuck in a quagmire in Afghanistan.
- Young Turk (Indian Express, RAKESH ROCKY, Feb 09, 2005)
While the National Conference (NC) didn’t do well in villages in Kashmir in the local body polls, in Srinagar, it left the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) smarting, bagging 41 seats.
- 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.
- Politics Of ‘Criminal’ Cases (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 08, 2005)
It is not at all a heartening feature to see the Leader of the Opposition at the receiving end and more so considering the healthy convention which confers the status of a shadow chief minister on the one who adorns the first but one seat on the first row
- Telecom: Beyond The Fdi Cap Hike (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 08, 2005)
With the latest sectoral cap of FDI hike, though laced with riders, only foreign equity firms with deep pockets may want to bet on domestic telecom companies
- 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.
- Where Is India's Democracy Dividend? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 08, 2005)
"These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you're making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice."
- A Guilty Past In Africa (Hindu, Ian Black, Feb 08, 2005)
Poor old leopold II. The King of the Belgians underwent one of the shortest political rehabilitations on record last week, hoisted back on to his plinth
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 08, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- Goa Heads For Political Instability (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Feb 08, 2005)
Barely has a new government led by the Congress taken office in Goa when ambitious MLAs from the party are threatening to topple the fledgling Pratapsingh Rane government.
- Seating Tight On Alliances (Indian Express, MUKESH BHARDWAJ, Feb 07, 2005)
Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s INLD may be the ruling party, but it doesn’t seem to have many friends. When the BJP supported him in making Tarlochan Singh the minorities commission chairman
- 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.
- Us And Iraq: Who Owes Whom? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 07, 2005)
It is intriguing that nobody seems to have worked out how much the US and its allies owe the people of Iraq for having caused, according to none other than the United Nations, the deaths of several hundred thousand Iraqis through the imposition...
- Transcending Rural, Urban Boundaries (Deccan Herald, SANGEETHA PURUSHOTHAMAN, Feb 07, 2005)
The peri urban interface (PUI) is a rapidly expanding, dynamic space of interaction that surrounds all our cities and lies between the rural and the urban.
- Controlling Mr. Bush (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 07, 2005)
George W. Bush appears determined to carry the adventurism that characterised his first four years in office into the second term.
- Ukraine Democratically Moves West (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 07, 2005)
People with time to count report that the US President, Mr George Bush, mentioned `freedom,' `free' and `liberty' 49 times in his inaugural address to the nation on January 20, when he took the oath of office for his second term.
- Death Of The Holiest River (Indian Express, SURESHWAR D SINHA, Feb 07, 2005)
Alarmed by various reports that all was not well in the Bhagirathi basin, members of a group of five NGOs led by Paani Morcha surveyed the area recently. The group of 25 volunteers, including myself, went up the Bhagirathi
- 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
- Euro Versus Bharat Norms (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Feb 07, 2005)
The recent news that Maruti Udyog has rolled out Euro-III compliant cars is a welcome sign that the automobile industry is catching up with the global standards.
- How About This Dream Budget? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 07, 2005)
This is the season for dream Budgets. Joining the bandwagon, I present one of my own, which, unlike what most people suggest will make money for the government and yet offer better service to citizens.
- Modi Retreats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 07, 2005)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had rightly come under severe criticism for his ill-advised move of cancelling a government holiday on Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary.
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 07, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books.
- Vote In Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 06, 2005)
Each day we get closer to the Iraqi elections, more voices are suggesting that they be postponed. This is a tough call, but I hope the elections go ahead as scheduled on January 30.
- Consensus That Merits An Accolade (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Feb 06, 2005)
After many a winter there has taken place in the realm of foreign policy making in New Delhi something that merits an accolade.
- Plane Truths (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Feb 06, 2005)
The state government’s two aircraft—a five-seater plane and a four-seater twin-engine helicopter—have become the bone of contention between Chief Minister Raman Singh and Governor Lt Gen (retd) K M Seth.
- The Pin Code In Northeast (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Feb 05, 2005)
Operation Pin Code, as reported in The Pioneer (January 15), would be much easier for Pakistan to accomplish than either Operation Topac or Al Badr.
- 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.
- Pakistan: What Lies Ahead? (Tribune, Stephen Philip Cohen, Feb 05, 2005)
Twenty years ago Pakistan was spoken of as the next major middle income country. Recently it was thought to be on the verge of collapse or rogue status, although there are signs that the downward trend in some areas is halted
- Poor Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 05, 2005)
India’s decision to abstain from the 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) in Dhaka next week is an ill-considered one.
- Proceed With Care (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2005)
It was only to be expected that, re-elected with a convincing majority, President George W. Bush would pursue his known domestic and foreign agendas with renewed vigour and confidence.
- 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.
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