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Articles 22421 through 22520 of 26693:
- Roots To Riches (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 11, 2005)
Nobody is quite ready to go all the way. But the right sort of gestures have to be made. This, more or less, is the official Indian attitude to dual citizenship. It is a combination of slightly forced liberalism
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- The Foreign Policy Hand (Indian Express, Mukund B. Kunte, Jan 11, 2005)
To engage a changing world, argued the late J.N. Dixit in these columns, India needs a flexible foreign policy. He went on to steer our foreign and security policy with an unshakeable faith in India’s unrealised potential.
- The Loneliness Of Laloo Prasad (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Jan 11, 2005)
As the Bihar elections near, the war of attrition between contending political formations has begun. Laloo Prasad Yadav, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal has ruled the state for the last 15 years
- Ways To Keep White Elephants Alive (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Jan 11, 2005)
If the left is serious about saving the PSUs, it has to comply with the prescribed corporate management practices
- Indo-Pak Talks Going Nowhere (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 11, 2005)
Over a year has elapsed after the much-publicised January 6, 2004 accord between Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf, to resume 1997’s structured, eight-point Indo-Pakistan dialogue for normalising relations between
- The Politics Of Prognosis (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Jan 11, 2005)
We all know by now, how and why the tsunami happened. The monstrosity is over for the time being, or so we hope. The disaster was something we would have loved to have had foreknowledge about
- The Spellbinding Beauty Of Aihole (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2005)
Aihole is a quiet village, about 146 kms from Hampi and 483 kms from Bangalore. As we drove up from Pattadakkal, we saw all the usual signs of rural life in progress: bright eyed children in long skirts and cholis with pigtails looped up in coloured ribbo
- An Opening (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 11, 2005)
Mahmoud Abbas’ decisive victory in the Palestinian presidential election portends well for the revival of the peace process. A co-founder of the al-Fatah and one of the main architects of the 1993 Oslo Accord
- Arafat To Abbas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2005)
THE victory of former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in the Palestinian presidential election has been on expected lines. He had no formidable challenger in this crucial battle of the ballot.
- Delivering On Doha's Promise (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Jan 11, 2005)
THE Doha trade round was supposed to be finished by now. When the world's trade ministers launched the global trade talks in November 2001
- Feed The Soil, Not The Crop (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jan 11, 2005)
OUR green revolution that signified high yielding varieties, widespread use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides as well as far greater reliance on tractors and other mechanised farm implements presented an imposing paraphernalia which...
- First Success (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 11, 2005)
A comparatively peaceful election, conducted in the midst of uncertainty, violence and strife, is a rare achievement. For the Palestinians, it is a turning of sorts, given that the last presidential election was in 1996.
- Advantage Upa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
The countdown has begun for elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana, and what better evidence of this than the hectic behind-the-scenes bargaining for seats by the major political players.
- Real Crisis Management (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 10, 2005)
Emergency is the time for action, not for deliberation. A Crisis Management Committee is needed not to decide what orders should be issued during the emergency but to decide what should be done in the future to handle such crises better.
- North Block Bonanza (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Resuscitating The Nsc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 10, 2005)
THE task before the Prime Minister in selecting the next National Security Adviser is first to determine whether he wants the National Security Council to function with the NSA as its Secretary or to continue with the existing system without the council e
- What’S In A Name? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2005)
No more doodles of wilting flowers on writing pads, no more fits of versifying or bouts of sulking in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee, the newly installed minister of coal and mines, is back among the soundbites in the Capital
- Set Sugar Free (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2005)
Alarm bells have begun to ring over the soaring sugar prices, in the cash and futures markets. The Centre is upset because of the potentially bitter political ramification.
- The Last Of The Ics Greats (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 10, 2005)
My guru in the civil service is no more. K.B. Lall passed away on January 8, at the age of 88. It marks the end of an era, for he was the last of the ICS Greats.
- The Vaj And Shaf Show (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Ambani Struggle: Camouflages Flare Up (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 10, 2005)
The battle between the Ambani brothers has moved from thevicious and entertaining to the bizarre. December 28, the birth anniversary of the Reliance group patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani
- Musharraf: From Gen To President (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 10, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf should be pleased as punch. In one month, he has had two brushes with death and lived to tell the tale.
- Access To Power Provides Influence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 10, 2005)
Mr. George Bush will be sworn in on January 20 for his second term of office as President of the US. The inaugural festivities will include several lunches and dinners in the days preceding the inauguration, the actual swearing-in function, and a parade.
- Doing Justice To A Great Moment (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 10, 2005)
Dowry is regarded as an evil and its practice today is penalised. It was not so in the past. In 1665, the island of Bombay, then a little fishing village, changed hands as a dowry from the King of Portugal to Charles II
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- India Should Spare More Personnel ... (Hindu, SUJATA SRINIVASAN, Jan 10, 2005)
"I think the very presence of a woman officer reduces violence ... She is a symbol of peace, life, dignity, and reconciliation ..
- More Than A Turf (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2005)
Forging political alliances can be as tricky as running them. The seat-sharing arrangement that the Congress has struck with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for the coming assembly elections in Jharkhand has the right mix of self-interest and the spirit of ...
- Rjd Got Its Share In Jharkhand, Says Harikesh Bahadur (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 09, 2005)
Soft-spoken and friendly, Harikesh Bahadur is among the most accessible Congress leaders in the AICC office. A member of the Congress Working Committee
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- Sonia Gets Friendly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2005)
When Manmohan Singh went to Chennai to seal a ‘‘new relationship of trust and confidence’’ between Sonia’s Congress and Karunanidhi’s DMK. Will Congress watchers and political commentators look back at this moment as a significant milestone in the career
- Seating Tight On Alliances (Indian Express, MUKESH BHARDWAJ, Jan 08, 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
- No Closed Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department’s (RDPD) recommendation that dalits be appointed as priests in temples is a welcome move and needs to be implemented with earnestness.
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 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. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- Two Cheers For Ganguly (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Bengalis have long felt a sense of victimhood, of somehow being denied or deprived by the rest of India.
- Wave Of Compassion Or New Tide? (Hindu, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 08, 2005)
A US-backed peace initiative in South Asia began more than a year ago. Apart from several confidence-building measures, several new ideas were floated in an attempt to resolve the half-century Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
- Will Nda Stay Or Fade Away? (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 08, 2005)
THE BJP-led NDA’s rule came to an end in May 2004 but will the NDA as a political entity survive or fade away ? Since the NDA was formed in 1998 for capturing power by the BJP and some of its ideological allies, the loss of an instrument of governance ...
- Death Of The Holiest River (Indian Express, SURESHWAR D SINHA, Jan 08, 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
- Plane Truths (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 07, 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.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 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.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 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.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 07, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudly
- Vote In Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 07, 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.
- What Will Be Left? (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Jan 07, 2005)
A tsunami of human solidarity is sweeping across the surface of the globe in response to the physical tsunami that has ravaged the shores of the Indian Ocean. Every day brings a staggering upward estimate of deaths — and of aid donations.
- Needed, A Strategy (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 07, 2005)
Apropos KPS Gill's article, "What is India's grand strategy?" (The Pioneer, December 11), India's "grand strategy" should begin with its national aspirations. Since the country has no desire to conquer alien territory, its foreign policy would be essentia
- Need To Break Business-Politics Nexus (Tribune, Arvind Bhandari, Jan 07, 2005)
Bangaru Laxman and Jaya Jaitly, former presidents of the BJP and the Samata Party respectively, against whom cases have been registered by the CBI for taking bribes as alleged in the Tehelka sting operation, should be investigated and prosecuted. The law
- Casting For Gain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2005)
In many parts of India, caste groups masquerade as political parties. Elections, therefore, become battles on caste rather than on political lines.
- Great Budget Expectations — Buoyant Mood, Congenial Setting (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2005)
With all systems go, powered by an enthusing confluence of favourable factors, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, must be a happy man ready to make Budget.
- Help Not Wanted (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Asia's tsunami has had an unlikely fallout: The bruised ego of the world's rich nations. The West's comfort level with less developed parts of the globe hits high water mark whenever the latter can be kept on dole.
- Preventing Political Tsunami (Pioneer, VK Grover, Jan 06, 2005)
As one sits down to put pen to paper, one cannot shake away the images of grief and the colossal tragedy which struck on the 26th of December.
- Public Institutions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Although it is widely if not universally endorsed and admired, democracy as a political system is still on trial in many parts of the world.
- Knowledge At Risk If You're Asking What's Var (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 06, 2005)
Accountants know debits and credits as much as the palm of their hands. But Moorad Choudhry's Structured Credit Products, from Wiley (www.wiley.com) belongs to a different league.
- When Public Servants Are Corrupt (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 06, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- How To Get Back The Missing Teeth (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 06, 2005)
Only by joining or allying with the Congress can Mamata Banerjee save herself from political irrelevance
- America Has A Moral Obligation To (Gulf News, Colin L. Powell, Jan 06, 2005)
Now that George W. Bush has a mandate for a second term, he intends to pursue his goals for economic development with the same determination that made possible the liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- In A Cleft Stick (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2005)
The United States thought that many of the problems it has encountered in its illegal occupation of Iraq would be solved once an elected government was installed in Baghdad.
- Allies In Lalooland (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
With political parties gearing up in right earnest for the coming assembly elections in Bihar, the first round of the contest is between partners within the UPA and the NDA.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Growth Pangs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 06, 2005)
If India were political Utopia, Lord Meghnad Desai's recipe for accelerated growth-the BJP and the Congress joining hands to form a 'grand coalition'-may have clicked.
- Farewell To Arms (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 06, 2005)
Mahmoud Abbas is all set to succeed Yasser Arafat as rais of the Palestinian Authority but he has never thought much of his leader’s mantle. He has no use for the olive green military fatigues Arafat always wore
- Ega: Needed, A Govt Guarantee Act (Indian Express, Zoya Hasan, Jan 06, 2005)
In the past few months, there has been considerable discussion on the Employment Guarantee Act (EGA). Assuring the basic needs of the vulnerable has come to the forefront after a decade of identity politics that pushed livelihood issues into the backgroun
- Political Realities And Double Speak (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jan 05, 2005)
What drives political parties to speak in two voices when it comes to execution of hard economic decisions and what implication does it have in implementing such decisions?
- The Tsunami Relief Effort (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Jan 05, 2005)
A question many of us ask is: Does India need outside help in a disaster? Technically I would say no. We have the expertise, certainly.
- A Wave To Drown The Tsunami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 05, 2005)
Amid the deep gloom of tsunami devastation, as one watched the almost surreal scenes of thousands of dead and lakhs rendered homeless or reduced to penury, there were a few silver linings too.
- Agent Of Change (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 05, 2005)
P.V. Narasimha Rao’s manner of leaving had all the hallmarks of his long, tempestuous political life. He left on the eve of the 80th birthday of the man he called his life-long friend and adversary
- Ec’S New Guidelines (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2005)
MONDAY’s meeting of the Election Commission with over 800 observers assumes special significance in the context of its concerted efforts to make the ensuing elections in Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand free and fair.
- Fuel For Thought (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2005)
The road map for cleaner fuel — and, by implication, for cleaner air — will have to be redrawn with oil refiners declaring they are unable to meet the deadline for the supply of petrol and diesel that matches the required standards.
- Rebels, Not Criminals (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 04, 2005)
I have gone through the gist of talks between the government of Andhra Pradesh and the Naxalite groups in the state. The two sides were proceeding well and the ceasefire was holding firm.
- Rao, The Prophet Of Boom (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Jan 04, 2005)
The ups and downs in former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's political career reminds us of an age-old truth - that destiny plays a crucial role in the lives of individuals and nations.
- Uncertain Certainties (Gulf News, M.J. Akbar, Jan 04, 2005)
It is natural: in the first week of January every right-thinking Indian wants to know what will happen in the coming year.
- Ukrainian Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 04, 2005)
Viktor Yanuk Ovich's decision to resign as the Prime Minister of Ukraine after his defeat in the repeat presidential election brings the political uncertainty in the former Soviet republic a step closer to resolution.
- Turkey’S Quest For Eu Membership (Deccan Herald, RAJEN HARSHE, Jan 04, 2005)
A historic agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey in December has paved the way for the opening of talks on the eventual accession of Turkey to the EU as a full-fledged member.
- Tsunami: Distorted Priorities (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 04, 2005)
IT is a telling commentary on the United States’ focus on war, rather than peace, that it should have taken President George W. Bush several days publicly to react to the tsunami tragedy that engulfed India and other countries in South and South-East
- Legitimising Discrimination (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 04, 2005)
While piloting the Minority Educational Institutions Bill in the Rajya Sabha on December 21, the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Mr Arjun Singh, is reported to have observed that the NDA Government had
- A Copybook Diplomat (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jan 04, 2005)
A Quintessential diplomat, Jyotindra Nath Dixit, headed the national brains-trust in its formulation of security, foreign policy and strategic relations with the rest of the world.
- Allied Assault (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
The Congress made its bed with Bihar's ruling RJD. But it has difficulty lying on it each time seat-sharing becomes a prestige issue.
- Bank Reforms: More Threat Than Promise (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 04, 2005)
PSU banks are forced to operate within the frame-work of conflicting pulls and pressures within govt
- Information: An Inviolable Right (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, Jan 04, 2005)
Despite the fact that there are serious attempts to muzzle the right to information by the ruling elite and powerful vested interests through the tabling of an ineffective Bill, the tide of civil resistance cannot be stemmed for long
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