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Articles 26421 through 26520 of 26693:
- A New Sun On The Horizon (Telegraph, Ashok Kapur, Dec 03, 2001)
Japan is a rising and a pivotal force in Asian strategic affairs.
- Polls And Polarisation (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 02, 2001)
Judging from the run-up, the December 5 elections may leave Sri Lanka more polarised than before along political and communal lines.
- Towards That Elusive Understanding (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 02, 2001)
Caution is the buzzword on the Left-sponsored Opposition unity moves.
- Excising The Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
What do the removed portions say? Anita Joshua finds out.
- Excising The Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
What do the removed portions say? Anita Joshua finds out.
- Opposition Langar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2001)
The dinner hosted by senior CPI (M) leader Somnath Chaterjee for the Opposition party leaders in Lok Sabha was the toast of political circles in the past week and for a number of reasons. It is rarely that a CPI (M) leader hosts a dinner.
- Delete And Control - The Parivar's Mantra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Anjali Mody on the changes in the school history syllabus.
- Not Everything’s Fair (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 02, 2001)
The Western powers are in Afghanistan to eliminate terrorism. But they must control Alliance forces.
- Delete And Control - The Parivar's Mantra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Anjali Mody on the changes in the school history syllabus.
- Terrorism As Election Fodder (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 02, 2001)
WITH the crucial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab assemblies and the Mumbai and Delhi Municipal Corporations, fast approaching, the BJP has been on a hyperactive mode searching for issues that can enthuse people to vote for them.
- Benazir Awaits Third Chance (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Dec 02, 2001)
TO judge from the various statements she has made, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto’s views appear to represent the views of the “silent majority” in Pakistan.
- She Is No Longer Hawkish & Not The One To Give Up (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 02, 2001)
CALL it a quirk of destiny but what Gen.Musharraf could not perform, Benazir Bhutto has done and this may be a turning point in her tormented life.
- Situation In Pakistan Doesn’t Seem To Be Hopeless (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Dec 02, 2001)
COME winter and this city witnesses a sudden rise in the number of seminars, an expected spurt in visitors from across the border.
- Resignation Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2001)
DELHI Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has tried to make virtue out of compulsion while securing the resignation of her Cabinet.
- The Ltte's New Dilemma (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL `CAMPAIGN' against terror has caught the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a very awkward posture.
- Radical Salafism (Hindu, Bernard Haykel, Dec 01, 2001)
RADICAL SALAFISM is the ideology of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organisation.
- Rightsizing Government (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2001)
TO encourage the staff to take up self-employment ventures, the Punjab Government has offered to send them on paid leave for at least three years which can be extended to five years. If they fail, they can return to their job with all benefits intact.
- The Ltte's New Dilemma (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL `CAMPAIGN' against terror has caught the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a very awkward posture.
- Nepal: Development Can End Maoism (Indian Express, Aravinda Rao, Dec 01, 2001)
NEPAL’S ruling dispensation has proclaimed an emergency as well as issued the Terrorist and Destructive Activities (Control and Punishment) Ordinance in order to contain the violence in the country.
- A Day In Delhi (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Dec 01, 2001)
LUTYEN'S Delhi is India’s pride. The majestic Presidential Palace. Probably, the biggest in the world.
- Afghanistan Without Taliban Shadow (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 30, 2001)
TIME often comes to the aid of the timid. Whether we like it or not, such has been the case of India.
- As Cricketer And Mp, I Am Angry (Indian Express, Kirti Azad, Nov 30, 2001)
There have been a lot of emotional reactions from the public over the recent cricket imbroglio.
- Textbooks Matter (Indian Express, Ashok R. Chandran, Nov 30, 2001)
The social impact of school history books is significant.
- Point Of Return (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2001)
As a tactic, the Opposition’s refusal to ask questions of Defence Minister George Fernandes during Question Hour in Parliament is spectacular.
- French To Ditch Franc With A Casual Shrug (The Financial Express, Paul Carrel, Nov 30, 2001)
PARIS: When they trade in their francs for euros next year, the French will be giving up more than 600 years of history — and many will simply respond with a Gallic shrug.
- Implications Of The Competition Bill (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Nov 30, 2001)
THE structural adjustment programme under the economic reforms since July 1991 and Indias membership to the WTO have exposed economic agents to domestic and global competition.
- Towards A United Front? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2001)
AFTER HAVING PLUNGED into a battle where both refused to hold back their punches, the leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress(I) seem to be showing signs of realising the compulsion before them.
- Enforce Poto Before It's Too Late (Business Line, B. Raman , Nov 30, 2001)
THE need to provide the police and the counter-terrorism (CT) agencies with adequate powers, if necessary through special legislation.
- Textbooks And Communalism (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 30, 2001)
Manipulating textbooks for children is unacceptable. India has suffered enough communalism. Leave textbooks alone.
- A Populist Decision (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2001)
THE Punjab Government has finally decided to scrap octroi from December 1.
- Removing Poverty For Real Human Development (Business Line, P. P. Sangal , Nov 29, 2001)
THE Human Development Report 2001 has highlighted the plight of the rural poor in India.
- Pm And Parivar’s Agenda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 29, 2001)
There is nothing secret about the “secret” of the survival, over the last 44 months, of the fractious and depressingly ineffectual 24-party ruling coalition, grandiosely called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Back To Square One In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
The recrudescence of violence perpetrated by Maoist guerrillas in Nepal that claimed the lives of over 250 people in the last four days.
- Anti-Political Politics (Hindu, Jayadeva Uyangoda, Nov 29, 2001)
LESS THAN two weeks before the December 5 parliamentary polls, Sri Lanka's two main contenders for power - the ruling People's Alliance (PA).
- Move In Step (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
Uncertain futures prompt uncertain noises of friendliness.
- ‘Musharraf Weaker After Kabul’s Fall’ (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 29, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto makes no secret of the fact that she wants to return to Pakistan. And wants desperately to fill the political vacuum there, particularly since General Pervez Musharraf seems to be on a weak wicket.
- Government Vs Business (Business Line, L. Jayarangan, Nov 29, 2001)
VETERAN farm activist, Mr Sharad Joshi, once observed "Politics is big business.
- ‘We Must Give India Mfn Status, But With A New Name’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2001)
An avalanche of interviews has left the former prime minister nursing her throat. But how could she complain!
- Politics And Terror In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT seems to have encouraged the Nepalese Government to take a stern view of the Maoist rebels of the Himalayan kingdom at the present moment.
- Sgpc & Punjab Poll (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
Elections to the Punjab Assembly early next year had a lot to do with the selection of the SGPC executive, including the president, on Tuesday.
- Shed Excess Baggage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
The former chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, complained in public before the last assembly elections that he was not posted with developments on the law and order front in the Midnapore-Hooghly-Bankura belt at an appropriate time.
- Religious Intolerance A La Taliban Will Not Work In Today’s World (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 29, 2001)
Comparisons are odious. Still the defeat of the Taliban may have as much effect on the world, particularly on countries neighbouring Afghanistan, as the September 11 carnage had on America and the West.
- Laloo's Gimmicks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
BY ORCHESTRATING THE public display of mass following and gathering a crowd around the CBI Special Court premises in Ranchi, the RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, has only confirmed his customary brazen behaviour.
- Look Who’s Talking (Indian Express, S. C. N. Jatar, Nov 29, 2001)
If Mani Shankar Aiyar’s description of Arun Shourie as ‘minister for mischief’ (IE, November 27) is taken to its logical end, Rajiv Gandhi should be described as the ‘prime minister for mischief.’
- Talking Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
There can be no meaningful dialogue without an atmosphere of trust.
- Salaries That Are Hard To Swallow (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 29, 2001)
While much of what is happening these days in New Delhi is believed to be influenced by the impending elections in Uttar Pradesh, the news from Lucknow is about a funny legal dilemma suddenly faced by the BJP MLAs.
- The Last Time He Handled Afghanistan, He Quit (Indian Express, William Orme, Nov 28, 2001)
The last time Lakhdar Brahimi had the job of special envoy to Afghanistan, he quit in disgust.
- Women, Left Out In The Cold (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Nov 28, 2001)
Its women’s wing has increased membership by the lakhs. Yet, the CPM’s decision-making body has kept women at arms’s length.
- Will The Benazir Charm Work? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS not going to endear her to Islamabad, but Ms Benazir Bhutto, the ousted and discredited former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is doing a creditable job in New Delhi of walking the tightrope on Indo-Pak relations.
- Pushing The Poto (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 28, 2001)
I THOUGHT we had closed the chapter on the right to stay free.
- Focus Shifts To Nepal (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 28, 2001)
For nearly seven weeks this country's attention has understandably been focussed almost completely on the ongoing war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
- Sonia’s Comfort (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2001)
Sonia Gandhi’s comfort level with CPI(M) leader Somnath Chatterjee is growing with every Parliament session. And she’s not shy of showing it.
- Faith, Reason And Fundamentalism (Hindu, S. S. Gill, Nov 28, 2001)
EVERY RULING class re-writes history in the light of its ideological agenda, and the BJP's ongoing programme to recast the school syllabus for social sciences is no exception.
- A Promising Future For Korea’s Positive Investment Strategy In India (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 27, 2001)
In ancient times, Korean knowledge of, and linkages with, India were based on Buddhism, which travelled to Korea via China and directly. Other than that, contacts were few.
- Mischief In The Northeast (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 27, 2001)
Arun Shourie, Minister for the Northeast, took such umbrage at my describing him as ‘minister for mischief’ that he stormed into the Lok Sabha last week denouncing me for ‘calumny’.
- Two Cultures And A Half (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Nov 27, 2001)
The distinction between faith and science is quite old. It extends back to medieval scholars who had agreed upon the fact that both were valid sources of knowledge.
- A Sorry Reflection (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Nov 27, 2001)
The choice of glass, sometimes smoked or black, in construction which has become so widespread in Bangalore, has its own perils.
- Communalising Crafts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
THE NDA government, accused of Talibanising education, has exposed itself to another serious charge.
- Behind “Wonderful Fiction” (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Nov 27, 2001)
IT may be an indication of the loss of perspective in national politics but I find it remarkable.
- What The Cbse Wanted Deleted From History Textbooks For Grades Vi, Vii & Xi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 27, 2001)
Religion influenced the formation of social classes in India in a peculiar way.
- Nepal Rocks Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 27, 2001)
Maoist insurgency is a pointer to deep popular disquiet.
- Playing Foul (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
Scoring debating points cannot be a priority for governments and political parties when extremist challenges threaten civil society.
- Memories Of Away (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Nov 27, 2001)
Every traveller makes much of his holiday journey, whether good, bad or indifferent, but underestimates the two aspects that complete the experience — the anticipation and the aftermath.
- List Of Don’ts For Mps, Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
IT reads like instructions on good behaviour for children in a preparatory school along with the nature of punishment for violation.
- Whither Transgenic Agriculture? (Hindu, Carine Pionetti, Nov 27, 2001)
THE CASE of Bt cotton has led to several surprises and rebounds lately: first, in June, when Mahyco was denied the authorisation to commercialise its transgenic cotton hybrid in India.
- ‘Syllabus Changes Were Approved By Cms And Education Ministers’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 27, 2001)
From the very beginning, the misinformed trio of Macaulay, Marx and Madarsas has tried to gain control over educational institutions and the media.
- Scenes By The Well (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
Nobody envies the speaker of the Lok Sabha.
- Is This Cricket? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
Between them, the ICC and BBCI have dug holes into the cricket pitch which would do the Shiv Sena proud. At such a time, they might like to consider solutions to the current crisis from two unlikely sources.
- Mr Chomsky And The Left World (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Nov 26, 2001)
If Noam Chomsky was not there, what would have been the fate of India’s professional dissenters?
- Strong Case For Enhancing India-Eu Relations (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 26, 2001)
The outcome of the second India-EU summit (in New Delhi last week) should take care of the criticism that the relationship between them lacks direction.
- A Missed Opportunity (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Nov 26, 2001)
DESPITE THE heightened global talk about human rights, the inaugural South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) convention held in New Delhi on November 11 and 12 went virtually unnoticed.
- India And Pak. In The New Scenario (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Nov 26, 2001)
THE LAUNCHING of the global campaign against terrorism by an international coalition led by the United States has already resulted in a reordering of the foreign policies of major powers.
- The Sanctity Of Food (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 26, 2001)
Fasting has such exalted status in all organised religions that it makes a born skeptic like me wonder if it’s all that it’s cracked up to be.
- Medical Corruption Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
When the president of a body, that is cranked out to be the central regulator of the medical profession in the country, is himself discovered to be corrupt, it says something about the state of the profession today.
- First Impressions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 26, 2001)
A new government may not redeem its pledges in six months, but it is a long enough time to make the first impressions.
- A Matter Of Priority (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Fiscal Responsibility and Managament Bill 2000, which had been referred to a parliamentary standing committee.
- Watch Out For This Poto-Hole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
By definition no law can ever be perfect or complete. Nor can it anticipate every situation.
- Manhattan Of The East (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 26, 2001)
Reporting on my previous visit to China in 1995 I began my first despatch with the observation that the only thing red about the Peoples’ Republic was the dash of lipstick every woman on the street sported.
- Quickfix History (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 26, 2001)
HISTORY changes every time the government changes in New Delhi. So it has this month when the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) ordered the NCERT, and through it the CBSE.
- Education As Antidote To Terrorism (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
The war against terrorism will be a protracted affair. For educationists too, terrorism represents a challenge.
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