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Articles 23821 through 23920 of 26693:
- India's Poor Bring Back Gandhi Clan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2004)
In a stunning turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accepted defeat Thursday, opening the way for the Congress party to return to power for the first time in eight years.
- A Rivalry That Is Tearing The Country Apart (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 13, 2004)
Competition may be the engine of pluralist politics everywhere but here in Bangladesh, the rivalry between the ruling party and the Opposition is so personalised, intense and venomous that it is poisoning the very lifeblood of democracy.
- In Search Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 13, 2004)
WHILE no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their significance.
- It Is Bush's Turn Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2004)
Democrats have seized upon emerging revelations in the mainstream media to turn the spotlight on Mr. Bush's Vietnam service record.
- Investors, Frogs And Yellowstone Effect (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 13, 2004)
The current firmness in equity prices is akin to the warm glow of pleasure that a frog may feel when water begins to boil. Resistance to the fundamental deterioration through manipulation of technical indicators and through the provision of liquidity ...
- Index Funds Do Not Really Lower Risks (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 13, 2004)
The Pension Fund Regulation and Development Authority (PFRDA) has suggested in its draft proposal that pension funds should only invest in index funds. The reason is that non-index funds run active risk.
- It Is Putin’S War (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 13, 2004)
What would we do without Richard Perle, everybody’s favourite neo-conservative? It was he who came up some years ago with the notion that we must “de-contextualize terrorism”.
- Going Back On A Big Promise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2004)
The planning commission's allocation of Rs.2,020 crores for launching a food-for-work programme in 150 districts marks the first, even if hesitant, step in the implementation of a crucial component of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the...
- Misrepresentation In Uma Bharti Cases (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Sep 13, 2004)
The BJP is twisting the truth about Uma Bharti, who was charged with rioting and murder attempt
- The Roots Of Rage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 13, 2004)
After forty years of insurgency by a few, Manipur is now boiling. The rage is universal, among young and old and especially among women.
- Neutrality As Virtue (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 13, 2004)
Governance has to spring from political enlightenment. Neutrality cannot be a virtue.
- Russia Spars With The West (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 13, 2004)
With looming nuclear terrorism, Mr Bush has to keep hugging Mr Putin as a comrade-in-arms
- Protect Nature (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2004)
The NEP should address serious concerns of environmentalists
- Playing For Pride And Passion (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 13, 2004)
India’s dismal showing in Athens was not surprising. But a sporting boom appears to be round the corner
- The Great Divide (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Sep 12, 2004)
Lyricist Javed Akhtar decries the Beslan massacre. Journalist Sajid Rashid is attacked for his views on hardliners in his community
- An Election Without Issues (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2004)
The coming Maharashtra Assembly elections are being keenly watched for a number of reasons. First, they are the first major electoral battle since the change of Government at the Centre.
- Geelani, Backed By Militants, May Toughen Tactics (Tribune, David Devadas, Sep 12, 2004)
Most analysts described Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s visit to New Delhi last weekend as a tepid success but I fear the truth is that the two nations’ relations have regressed over the past few months.
- Kashmir: Why Not A Jointly Owned Demilitarised Area? (Business Line, Sridhar Jagannathan, Sep 10, 2004)
Kashmir has been very difficult local, regional and global problem, causing three major wars and endless strife between India and Pakistan. Apart from the huge sums spent by both countries there is the loss of
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Farmers' Distress: Causes & Cures (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Sep 10, 2004)
Education, social mobilisation and regulation are necessary to arrest the expansion of the agrarian crisis.
- International Trade And Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Venu , Sep 10, 2004)
Openness to trade is not by itself sufficient to promote growth. Macroeconomic and political stability and other policies are needed as well.
- More Important That A Proposition Be Interesting Than True (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 10, 2004)
Now that the Employees Provident Fund Organisation is thinking about investing in equities, people may be too worried about the safety of their PF monies to think of any hike in interest rates. In the end, we may come
- Small Units Deserve Care (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy’s suggestion at a conference in Chandigarh on Wednesday asking small political parties to align with national parties for purposes of contesting the Lok Sabha elections deserves a close look.
- Small Is Not Beautiful (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy’s suggestion at a conference in Chandigarh on Wednesday asking small political parties to align with national parties for purposes of contesting the Lok Sabha elections deserves a close look.
- Beslan: Lessons For India (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2004)
No terrorist attack in recent times has evoked greater horror, condemnation and revulsion than the attack in the small town of Beslan located in Russia's Caucasian Region, bordering Georgia.
- Anguish Of A Faithful Muslim (Deccan Herald, NASSRINE AZIMI, Sep 09, 2004)
Where do Muslims turn when so many atrocities are committed under the banner of their faith?
- Whiff Of Fresh Air (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2004)
Six years after he was stripped of his Deputy Prime Ministership and tried for corruption and sodomy, Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim has been set free by a 2-1 judgment of the Federal court quashing his conviction in the sodomy case.
- India And Nepal's Insurgency (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 08, 2004)
The survival of democracy in Nepal is important to India. But only that country's democratic political leadership can ensure it.
- Changing Face Of The Global Indian (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Sep 08, 2004)
The urban Indian metrosexual is busy carving a niche in the world and moulding himself as a global citizen
- Akali Dal Not Communal (Tribune, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sep 08, 2004)
Kuldip Nayar's recent indictment of the Akali Dal in these columns has hurt me. The Akali Dal is not a communal party. It has always had Hindus, Muslims and Christians as its members.
- A Mega Clean-Up In Us (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Sep 08, 2004)
Utility companies, municipal agencies and, lately, the Department of Environmental Quality in the US act with deep concern for ensuring unpolluted water for the citizens.
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- India By Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- Fear And Smear (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
United States President George W. Bush has apparently decided that he can secure a second term only through a campaign based on fear and smear.
- Art Of Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
Few would dispute Atal Bihari Vajpayee's adroit navigation of the multi-party coalition spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party over six years in office
- Rss And Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2004)
It is too early to predict whether the recent controversies over Arjun Singh's statement, the Savarkar row, and Uma Bharti's arrest will prove beneficial to the RSS.
- Pulling Off The Shuffle (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
The latest comic strip that tells us what the present priorities of the BJP/NDA are, is really quite funny… Atalji taking step after painfully slow step followed by all his sycophantic band of fawning attendants doing the BJP shuffle, looking for a
- River Of Ashes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2004)
Officials ignore directives, act slowly and then deny anything is wrong. This familiar reaction is all too common. The fly ash from a breach in a dyke of the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, Ropar, continues to pollute the Sutlej.
- The Republicans' True Colour (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 07, 2004)
In 2000, the Republicans paraded their diversity. But now the party is showing its true colour -- white.
- Working With The Kid Gloves On (Telegraph, Jyoti Punwani, Sep 07, 2004)
Thanks to the Congress’s half-hearted secularism, the Hindu right is back with a bang
- Terror Strikes In Russia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 06, 2004)
The immediate goal of the Beslan raid was to spread violence beyond Chechnya and set Russia's entire North Caucasus on fire.
- Party Carnivals (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 06, 2004)
FOR sheer drama, spectacle and mass hysteria, it is hard to beat the national conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties in the US that nominate presidential candidates.
- Of Little Import (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 06, 2004)
On Saturday the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, morphed into a dignified, acquisitive politician, if not a statesman, by saying a lot at a press meet stretching over 90 minutes but meaning little.
- More, Please (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
On Saturday, Mr Manmohan Singh gave the first press conference by a prime minister in 12 years. It is understandable that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee should not have cared to face the press.
- Wages Of Town Non-Planning (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 06, 2004)
The panel probing the Kumbakonam school fire tragedy will discover many culprits but almost certainly overlook the worst offence: Poor town planning.
- A Confident Prime Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2004)
BY the very act of agreeing to address an open Press conference – the first by a Prime Minister in more than a decade — Dr Manmohan Singh sent out a clear message that he was very much in the driver’s seat.
- Back To Academics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2004)
Both govt and managements should think of the students for a change
- Headed For An Impasse? (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 06, 2004)
New Delhi should leave Mr Kasuri with no doubt that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India
- Challenges Facing Indian Media (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Sep 05, 2004)
AT home in India there cannot but have been a surge of admiration at the superlative performance of China in the Olympics. Second after the United States with golds only a little less, it was a superb record and this after taking part in all the ...
- Congress, Trinamool Moving Closer? (Hindu, MALABIKA BHATTACHARYA, Sep 05, 2004)
A section of the Congress appears keen on forging links with the party's one-time election ally, Mamata Banerjee, according to reports reaching here.
- Is There A Way Out Of This ‘Dismal Circle’? (Deccan Herald, ASHISH BALLAL, Sep 05, 2004)
Another Olympics, another dismal performance, another dismal result, and another dismal analysis. When will this all stop?
- He Has No Craze For The Kursi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 05, 2004)
A.K. Antony is a rare leader in the weird world of politics. He personifies idealism and probity in public life. But he has to pay a heavy price for his virtues and step down as the Chief Minister of Kerala...
- Firing Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2004)
Keeping a mystery alive is an art. It is an art that has been perfected over the years by politicians and administrators in India. So the Nanavati commission, set up by the Gujarat government to “investigate the course of events that led to the setting on
- Entering The Environment (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 04, 2004)
This article is about an interesting, important, but as yet little-analysed phenomenon in contemporary Indian politics — the entry into the environmental movement of the organized left.
- The Free Power Debate (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 04, 2004)
The Maharashtra Government's decision to supply power free to farmers may create more problems than it will solve.
- Up Tops In Police Custody Deaths (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 04, 2004)
WHEN it comes to suffering, does the name of person or party really matter? It may suggest a pattern of governance but the hurt is no different. I missed the other day the name in the rapidly-moving TV news.
- Parliament Under Suspension (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Sep 04, 2004)
Abstaining from political action in Parliament will result in anarchy and chaos and the Opposition stands to lose more than anyone else.
- Crucial Afghan Presidential Poll (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 03, 2004)
The Afghan Presidential elections are fixed for October 9, 2004. It was earlier postponed twice and it is hoped that this time the security situation in the country would not be so badly disruptive as to call for yet another postponement.
- How `Adequate' Is Basel Ii (Business Line, P. S. Iyer, Sep 03, 2004)
THE Bank for International Settlements has, for over the last decade and a half, been grappling with the issue of how much capital a bank should have.
- Children As Hostages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
The Chechen separatists who took 400 people, including 200 schoolchildren, as hostages on Wednesday in Beslan town in the volatile republic of North Ossetia might have succeeded in re-focusing the world attention on the crisis in Russia's rebel state ...
- Ap's Changing Power Equations (Business Line, Ch. Prashanth Reddy , Sep 03, 2004)
WHAT are the implications of supplying power free of cost to all farmers? Earlier, it was thought that it would only mean that the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, would have to provide for an additional subsidy of Rs 400 crore
- Befitting Package (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
The occasion was grand and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a package to match. The 400th Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Granth Sahib saw the first Sikh Prime Minister of the country in an expansive mood, who went out of his way to fulfil the wishes and
- Wrong Moment (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2004)
A messy affair is kind to no one. The entire sequence of events from the serving of the arrest warrant on Ms Uma Bharti, then chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, by the Congress-led government of Karnataka, headed by Mr Dharam Singh
- Would President Chirac Refuse To Meet Dr Manmohan Singh? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement, on Wednesday, that he was "hopeful of a positive outcome" for turban-wearing Sikhs in France is welcome.
- Will Bush Jr Be A One-Termer? (Deccan Herald, MANAS CHANDRASHEKAR, Sep 03, 2004)
The Bush-Kerry contest is so close that events between now and November could decide the result
- Who's Afraid Of Michael Moore? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2004)
Large numbers of people, many of them in positions of great power, from the looks of it. Recently the Saudi Arabian Government began an advertising blitz in 19 American cities that
- The Olympics According To Zeus (Tribune, Vikramdeep Johal, Sep 03, 2004)
The Olympics are over, and it’s time for a roundup. Many journalists would be doing that, making extravagant use of Greek phrases, but even all of them put together cannot match my experience, objectivity and vocabulary.
- Govt's 100 Days In Office — More Promises Than Performance (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 02, 2004)
The other day, my son's friend, a Plus-2 student, was lamenting over the fall of the Indian rupee. "The BJP government had taken it all the way up to Rs 43.5 vis-à-vis the dollar and there were indications it would up to Rs 40.
- Fragmented Society And Athens 2004 (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 02, 2004)
As long as apathy, corruption and selfishness plague our society, we cannot hope to succeed in any collective effort
- Benchmark Rate — Fact Or Fiction? (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 02, 2004)
There have been elaborate discussions on different interest rates, giving the impression that they were, in fact, the benchmark. For instance, the auction rate on government bonds, the repo rate, the `corridor', and the prime-lending rate of banks.
- Abdication In The Name Of Delegation (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Sep 02, 2004)
The Concept Paper symbolises a new high in delegated legislation
- When Parliament Is Paralysed (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 02, 2004)
IT is a small mercy that in the deepening darkness caused by the almost total paralysis of Parliament because of highly inflamed but wholly meaningless confrontation between the government and the BJP-led Opposition some minor shafts of light have begun
- Unwriting History (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 01, 2004)
Arjun Singh may be looking for a vaccine to detoxify education, but the infection is already too widespread
- The Centre Must Hold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 01, 2004)
The Manmohan Singh Government should not allow itself to be swept off its feet by the frivolous public discourse.
- Portents Of Civil War (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 01, 2004)
As Khaleda Zia cosies up to fundamentalists, secular nationalism is the target in the turbulent politics of Bangladesh
- Present Continuous (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Sep 01, 2004)
A bold and challenging voice has emerged in the past few years: that of a section of the Dalit intelligentsia, most well-known among whom is Chandra Bhan Prasad.
- Rooting Out Jehadi Terrorism — A New Look For Us Intelligence? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 01, 2004)
The bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission, recently submitted its report to the US President, Mr George W. Bush.
- Spillover Of Nepal’S Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2004)
THERE are some reports that the Maoist problem in Nepal is threatening to spill over into the bordering districts of India. The firing incident in Julaghat in Uttaranchal's Pithoragarh district on Saturday, in which a two-year-old girl was injured serious
- Party Hopping (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2004)
For many Indian politicians any party is good enough as long as it helps them stay in power. The caretaker chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Gegong Apang, is an old hand at switching parties in order to cling to power.
- This Is Paradise? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2004)
For all his talk of political reform, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has once again demonstrated a reluctance to loosen his absolute grip over the Maldives.
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