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Articles 22621 through 22720 of 26693:
- Demolition Myths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
It was a nerve-racking selection process that culminated in Vilasrao Deshmukh becoming chief minister of Maharashtra again. Intrigue and factional jockeying carried well into the evening hours of the day his name was announced as leader of the Congress-NC
- But What Is Not (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2004)
Ms Zahira Sheikh has come to represent almost everything that is wrong with India’s polity. The courtroom drama manifests barely a fraction of the conflicting and destructive forces
- Bigger Council (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 27, 2004)
The report of a high-level panel appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General has recommended wide-ranging reforms in the functioning of the UN system, including an expansion of the Security Council
- Home And Heart (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2004)
With the welcome revocation of her suspension from the BJP, the process of Ms Uma Bharati's in-house rehabilitation has begun. Hearteningly, her comeback has taken place with a quiet dignity that contrasts with the tempestuous way she had fallen from grac
- Why The Meek Must Inherit (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 27, 2004)
Slums might be urban eyesores. In reality, however, they reflect on the acute myopia that afflicts the powerful sections of society. The draconian Rent Control Act, for example, is supposedly meant to protect the "welfare of the poor".
- The Reformer In Rao (Tribune, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 27, 2004)
History will judge Narasimha Rao’s premiership more positively than his own party which had isolated him. When one looks back to examine the moment when liberalisation became a fact rather than a catchword, it was 1991 when Rao took over the reins.
- The Ideology Of Numbers (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 27, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- The Halo Effect (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 27, 2004)
There is a kind of halo effect around the European Union. Even though the EU doesn’t actively push its values on its neighbours, the mere fact that a majority ...
- Mps Failing In Their Duties, Says Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2004)
The Citizens Report on Governance and Development 2004 has criticised elected representatives for failing to perform their duties that was increasingly reflected in the rapid decline of democracy in the country.
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 26, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- Pervez Musharraf Under Pressure (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Dec 26, 2004)
Pakistan is living through turbulent times and, General Musharraf, its self-styled President, is under tremendous pressure. The United States-led anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan has shaken Pakistan’s polity like no other event in its troubled ...
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- Democracy With A Difference (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 26, 2004)
WITH its red soil, distant low hills,smiling tribal faces crowding the weekly haats, Bankura district in West Bengal is easy on the eyes. Next door is Midnapore, the largest district in the state but very different.
- ‘Not Just A Tarnish On Bangalore But Shame On All Of India’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards. Here we present some very angry, disappointed and agitated voices
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- My Letters To Laloo Prasad Yadav (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Dec 25, 2004)
Somewhere in my house is hidden a letter published in now the defunct Illustrated Weekly of India in the early 1990s. Titled No Magic Wand, it defended Laloo Prasad Yadav whom the Weekly’s Patna correspondent had attacked for lapses in the early phase of
- Lover Of Obscurity (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 25, 2004)
P.V. Narasimha Rao made a revealing complaint and an intriguing request at our last meeting two years ago.
- Doon-Sday Scenario (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Dec 25, 2004)
Open spaces in the Doon valley are soon going to be a thing of the past, with work on the ‘Greater Doon’ project in the south of Dehra Dun progressing at a very fast rate.
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Dec 25, 2004)
Twelve years ago, the Babri Masjid was demolished by the forces of Hindutva because they wanted to expand their political base. The tragedy at Ayodhya raises certain crucial matters.
- Tragedy As Farce (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2004)
The latest episode of the Zaheera Sheikh prime-time features her own erstwhile champions turning on her. What has, doubtless inadvertently, been exposed by the Tehelka "exposé" is the collective ire ...
- This Matter Of Plastic (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 25, 2004)
In the classic movie, The Graduate, the young Dustin Hoffman is advised to get into plastic, the surest way to conquer the world. Well, Dustin, you may have ignored that advice, but India and Indians have not.
- Tackling The Maoists (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 25, 2004)
The success of any counter-revolutionary strategy depends on the right mix of policies aimed at reducing the relevance of revolutionary politics to even a small segment of society.
- Such A Short Exile (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2004)
A month and few days is short banishment by most standards. On November 10, Uma Bharati was suspended from primary membership of the BJP; her suspension is revoked by the party president on December 24.
- Still Talking About Membership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
While the Agreement between Turkey and the European Union (EU) to begin membership talks on October 3, 2005 is significant, the negotiations are likely to be prolonged and arduous.
- Not Consenting Adults? (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 25, 2004)
Finally, the intimate nature of the BJP’s relationship with the Samajwadi Party is out in the open. But the chumminess is not a new flavour, it has existed all through and was amply manifested on plenty of occasions during the NDA rule.
- With Fear And Favour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2004)
The year breezing out will perhaps inevitably be remembered for the great political transformation. The Lok Sabha elections attested once again India’s abiding allegiance to democracy
- The Crusade For Monoculture (Asia Times, Chanakya Sen, Dec 25, 2004)
The prophet-provocateur of international relations, Samuel P Huntington, is back to rattle some bones with a combative teaser on American identity.
- Running Out Of Options (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Dec 24, 2004)
In this era of high tech election strategies — of course side by side with good old “yatras” — I am reminded of how Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Iron Man of India and home minister in Nehru’s first cabinet
- Product Patents: Far From Public Good? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 24, 2004)
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor.
- Nostrum For Parliament? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 24, 2004)
The winter session of parliament is duly over. It was not as full of near-mayhem as the previous sessions had been. That is not however saying much. Marginal issues continued to receive precedence over substantive ones, and verbal
- Narasimha Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2004)
Pamalaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao, who left for hereafter at the age of 83, will be remembered mainly for two significant achievements.
- Rao: The Astute (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2004)
Of all of India’s prime ministers, P.V. Narasimha Rao has left the most paradoxical legacy. He assumed office in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis. Rajiv Gandhi had just been assassinated, the Indian economy was on the verge of a fiscal meltdo
- The Outsider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2004)
India’s first prime minister was born great and his daughter achieved greatness, but P.V. Narasimha Rao, who died yesterday, had greatness thrust upon him as prime minister.
- Turkey, European Union And Cyprus (Hindu, R. Kannan, Dec 24, 2004)
The question of normalisation between Turkey and Cyprus has a goal post now -- October 3, 2005. Both sides could avail themselves of this moment and turn it into a win-win situation.
- A Breakthrough (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Dec 24, 2004)
Only with complete autonomy can the Prasar Bharati function as a truly competent public broadcaster
- Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
President Abdul Kalam, on a visit to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, called for a second Green Revolution. This is bound to raise the question: was the first Green Revolution a success? The dominant view is: yes, it was.
- Letter Of Intent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2004)
Evidently, the UPA sets little store by investigative and judicial processes. That seems the ugly conclusion to be drawn from the fact that the PMO, no less, stands accused of trying to turn the country's premier investigative agency into a creature of th
- A Ghost Election For Iraq (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 24, 2004)
The only Indian journalist to have visited Iraq in recent weeks, Mohammad Ahmad Kuzmi, has just returned with fascinating insights.
- A New Blueprint On Subsidies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 24, 2004)
The National Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), in general, and the first Budget of the Government by the Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram, in particular
- Blossoming Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first state visit to India could not have come at a better time. India's `Look East' policy is firmly in place. Its ties with the
- Islands In The Sun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 24, 2004)
The Maldives President, Abdul Gayoom, seems to regard Indian policies towards his regime as a protective political insurance. The time may have come to clear this misconception.
- From Political Sanyas To Pm's Chair (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 24, 2004)
P. V. Narasimha Rao had all but taken political sanyas in the summer of 1991. A visibly tired and disappointed Rao met journalists outside the Andhra Bhavan after a function to celebrate the Telugu New Year day, Ugadi, in mid-April that year.
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Judiciary Under Trial By Sensation (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Dec 24, 2004)
Now the news media is agog with the new Tehelka expose on Zaheera Sheikh, the super character in the Best Bakery episode. It has been made out that Zaheera accepted a huge ransom of Rs 18 lakh from BJP bigwigs in Vadodara to commit testimonial somersaults
- Global Warming And Us Stance (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Dec 23, 2004)
America appears to see politics in the action to control global warming but is the threat imagined?
- Can Over-Confidence Trip Lalu Prasad? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 23, 2004)
It is early days yet but the irrepressible chief of the Rashtriya Janata Party and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has given the nation a taste of the fireworks it can expect from the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held in three phases early next year.
- Mob Violence And Right To Artistic Expression (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
The decision taken by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to cancel further performances of the play Behzti can only be described as a capitulation to mob rule. Stuart Rogers, the executive director of the theatre....
- Zardari Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
Mr asif Ali zardari, husband of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is the victim of his belief that he can get a deal clinched with President Pervez Musharraf on his own terms.
- Third Front: A Non-Starter (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 23, 2004)
The third front idea promotes a certain kind of unappetising political leaders and seeks to reward their equally unhealthy impulses and interests.
- The Fever Of Militancy (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 23, 2004)
One question that everybody in Assam is asking since last week is: Is ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua really ill? People have started doubting this after different local newspapers published different stories while trying to analyse
- Ukraine's Orange Christmas (The Economic Times, YULIYA TYMOSHENKO, Dec 23, 2004)
That Ukrainians will vote for their freedom this Christmas season is a coincidence of true perfection.
- Unending Unrest In Nepal (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Dec 23, 2004)
During his 10-day visit to India, beginning today, King Gyanendra will mainly meet the new Congress leadership and seek their advice and consultation on how to break the protracted political deadlock in his country.
- Question Marks. Lots (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 23, 2004)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004, as currently envisaged, is vulnerable to objections from many angles. On the one hand, critics suggest that it is woefully inadequate.
- Rally Go Round (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 23, 2004)
Each time elections loom on the horizon, Bihar's overlord activates his model code of misconduct. In 1991, the Patna parliamentary poll was countermanded. In 1995's...
- Parliament On Television (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Dec 23, 2004)
Fully televised proceedings hold great promise of giving basic issues that are normally ignored by the entertainment-driven media the importance they really deserve.
- Manmohan’S Call (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 23, 2004)
The UPA govt must use the parliamentary forum to spell out its stand on Laloo Prasad Yadav
- None Does Offend (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 22, 2004)
There was a time when the world strove to be civilized. That meant that such qualities as truth, honesty, compassion, and all that we call “good” were considered not just desirable in themselves
- Not Too Late (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 22, 2004)
What goes around finally does come around, even if it takes years. With a court in Chile ordering the house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet, President of the country between 1973 and 1990
- Notes For Votes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2004)
RAILWAY Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has jested his way out of many tight situations. Perhaps that is what makes him over-confident that he can make light of his on-the-camera distribution of notes to voters as well.
- Private Sector Reservation — Make Haste Cautiously (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 22, 2004)
Reservation in the private sector is a hot topic today. The Government could think of reservation in the farm sector, which is also private. There is an acute shortage of labour in many parts.
- Trouble Ahead For World Media (Deccan Herald, JOHANN P FRITZ, Dec 22, 2004)
A major problem for next year’s World Information Summit may be press censorship and repression
- Sasural Party (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 22, 2004)
The BJP never tires of calling the RJD a Sasural party—Sadhu, Subhash, Rabri and Laloo party. The first two are the brothers of the Chief Minister and not quite brotherly towards each other.
- Cashing In (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2004)
How politicians thrive on a votes-for-cash strategy is one of the worst kept secrets of Indian democracy. But only someone like Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav can brazenly pretend that there is nothing wrong about it
- Closing The Digital Divide (Indian Express, Analysis, Dec 22, 2004)
People of South Asia send out this message: while seeking the dazzling fruits of globalisation, don’t forget the poor
- Course Correction For Dubya (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2004)
Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts. They provide the least awkward moment at which to replace or reshuffle key advisers.
- Hidden Costs Of Comparative Advantage (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Dec 22, 2004)
The principle of comparative advantage works well in an ideal world where trade incurs no human or environmental costs. But in the real world, where someone has to bear every cost, global trade draws passionate grassroots opposition.
- It’S Bijli, Sadak, Pani. But Can Laloo Do The Rewrite? (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 22, 2004)
Lok Sabha polls may be just six months old, but Laloo Yadav is facing a vastly different situation. For once, he has to fight an election on a positive agenda, and he isn’t as invincible as he appears
- Laloo As Thermostat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2004)
There are few things more dangerous for democracy than politicians who acquire a sense of impunity. Laloo Prasad Yadav’s attempts to distribute hundred rupee notes may not be monetarily or politically significant.
- Laloo’S Lapse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 22, 2004)
The Election Commission can expect the task of holding free and fair elections in the three states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana to be an enormous challenge. In anticipation of the many difficulties it is likely to face in conducting
- End Of A Great Innings (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Dec 22, 2004)
The first captain to lead India to a test victory, Vijay Hazare was probably the greatest batsman the country has produced
- Promises To Fulfil (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Dec 21, 2004)
The 58th birthday celebrations of the Congress president and chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, Sonia Gandhi, found her partymen in a more festive mood than at any time since the end of the Eighties.
- Free Trade And Environment (Deccan Herald, Sachin Chaturvedi, Dec 21, 2004)
New Delhi has suddenly signed a spurt of free trade agreements (FTAs) with several regional countries. This refers to bilateral free trade agreements with Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand that are already in place, besides others with Singapore ....
- Stealing A March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The opening of the new underground corridor of the Delhi Metro system from Delhi University to Kashmere Gate is yet another feather in the cap of the authorities concerned.
- Tussle For The Crown (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 21, 2004)
Although Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have outmanoeuvred Jacques Chirac within France's ruling party for the moment, the President is not without a few aces of his own.
- Laloo’S Lantern, Congress Heat (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 21, 2004)
The Bihar poll juggernaut is poised to roll again. For the Congress, the elections pose a dilemma. The Grand Old Party does not know quite what to do with Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
Even the most active of institutions may miss something just below its nose. The higher judiciary in India today is in one of its most active phases, directing its attention to issues ranging from pollution to bandhs to the right to food
- A New Low Of Public Morality (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 21, 2004)
The question is moral, not legal,’’ said Mahatma Gandhi when a Punjab Congress leader, Sardul Singh Kaeshwar, argued that he was not legally bound to return a sum of Rs 500 since the loan was time-barred.
- Can't Middle Class Pay For Lpg? Cut Subsidies, And Also Taxes (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated
- Desperation In West Asia (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
in recent times has West Asia been as confused and uncertain about the future. America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq have been traumatic events while the threat of violence and terrorism is fuelled by the injustice of continuing Israeli occupation of
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