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Articles 26621 through 26693 of 26693:
- Maulana Azad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2001)
According to evidence unearthed by the Director of Archives, Government of West Bengal, Dr Pranab Kumar Chatterjee, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born on 5June, 1888, in Mecca.
- Fishing In Troubled Waters (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 18, 2001)
THE political games being played in the aftermath of the communal riots in Malegaon are more abhorrent than the violence itself. Political parties of all hues are engaged in scoring over each other and if the macabre manipulations lead to a fresh bout.
- Kashmir At The Crossroads (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 18, 2001)
THE fallout of the Taliban's debacle in Afghanistan is bound to have its impact over the next phase of the armed struggle in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Terrorism: Don’t Allow The Momentum To Die (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 18, 2001)
Terrorism has a long antiquity. But it never took such a macabre proportion that it has assumed of late.
- Operation Freedom Abroad, And Assault On Liberties At Home (Indian Express, George Lardner Junior, Nov 18, 2001)
Military tribunals spark fears, on left and right, that Bush is trampling on too many rights.
- Caught In The Quicksand (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 18, 2001)
``NEVER IN the field of human conflict have so many experts of the highest renown been so thoroughly wrong.
- Hindu Exodus From Bangladesh: It’s Economics Again (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Nov 18, 2001)
EARLY last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia promised at a victory rally in Dhaka that her government would rebuild the historic Ramna Kali temple that was razed in the aftermath of the Babri demolition.
- The Gloves Are Off (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 18, 2001)
NEITHER Mr. Jacques Chirac, the conservative President of France, nor his Socialist Prime Minister, Mr. Lionel Jospin, have officially declared they are candidates in the next presidential election in May.
- Darling Of The West (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Nov 18, 2001)
FROM being a nation shunned to a ``frontline'' ally and a coveted guest at the high table in Downing Street, and at Waldorf Astoria across the Atlantic...
- Their Cupboard Is Bare (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Nov 18, 2001)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party has enjoyed an uninterrupted position of power in Uttar Pradesh for the past five years.
- The Most Auspicious Month For Punjabis (Tribune, Khushwant Singh, Nov 18, 2001)
WITH Divali and Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary falling close to each other, even a skeptic may be forgiven for thinking that their closeness may be auspicious. Diwali is the most important Indian festival of the year.
- Gas Sparks In Bangladesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 17, 2001)
IT does not take much time or effort to organise a strike in Bangladesh. In fact, it is done so often that it appears to be a national pastime.
- Maulana Azad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 17, 2001)
According to evidence unearthed by the Director of Archives, Government of West Bengal, Dr Pranab Kumar Chatterjee, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born on 5June, 1888, in Mecca.
- Re-Inventing A Political Buddha (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 17, 2001)
Through some of his dulcet poems Rabindra Nath Tagore brought Buddha and Shivaji closer to every Bengali's heart.
- Giving Readers Good Choices (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Nov 17, 2001)
THE headlines in the newspapers and visuals on the televisions are becoming predictive and depressive at times.
- Classifieds (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Nov 17, 2001)
A newspaper carries two types of advertisements — display and classifieds. The latter are for the needy who is in search of a room or a groom; a jar or a car; a bone or a loan and the former is the cackle of a hen.
- S M Krishna Factor Helps Congress Sweep Local Polls (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Nov 17, 2001)
Electoral battle, the touchstone of a functioning democracy, has ceased to be a venue for a meaningful discourse on policies and priorities with the political establishment reducing the whole process into single agenda:
- The Demand For Autonomy (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Nov 17, 2001)
THOUGH THE Indian state, even as it came into existence, became aware of the potential of pluralism and identities constituting society to articulate itself to demand a political system with an `adequate' power-sharing arrangement.
- The Inherent Contradiction (Hindu, K. Shankar Bajpai , Nov 17, 2001)
THE UNITED States' discussions with our Prime Minister and with Pakistan's leader, which must inevitably be seen together, confirm, at the summit level, the approach its other leaders have been already indicating: with India.
- Converting Dalit Politics, Udit Raj Style (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Nov 17, 2001)
HE IS a civil servant who has not attended office for the past four years.
- The Supreme Text (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 16, 2001)
The time has come to end the agony of the Muslim masses who are torn between the advice of the Imams on being part of an Islamic brotherhood transcending Indian boundaries and the constitutional mandate of subscribing only to an Indian brotherhood.
- Eighty-Seven And Still Batting! (Hindu, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 16, 2001)
Mr. V. R. Krishna Iyer's most outstanding contribution has been that whatever he has given to the law he has also given unstintedly to public life.
- Sikdar A Bangla Bangaru? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
AFTER writing about nothing but Afghanistan since September 11, I turn with some relief to a domestic issue which has been bothering me for some months.
- “Word” And The “Bureaucrat” (Tribune, Avay Shukla, Nov 16, 2001)
BUREAUCRATS have long been derided as literary Philistines who are barely able to string two words together, or condemned as windbags with a special form of oral flatulence where words are emitted in thunderous fashion without any accompanying substance.
- Us Generosity Or Bid To ‘Neutralise’ Pakistan’s Nuke Programme? (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Nov 16, 2001)
The ongoing war is not intended to capture Osama bin Laden alone. In fact, what the US is most scared about is the nuclear material—not just the bomb, but all types of fissile material.
- Poto : An Assult On Democracy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 16, 2001)
ACRONYMS ARE dangerous. POTO (the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance), is one such acronym being marketed as a panacea to fight terrorism in India for the next five years.
- Why Vajpayee, Musharraf Should Bite Into Afghan Pie (Indian Express, Rajinder Puri, Nov 16, 2001)
MY reaction to President Bush’s declaration of war against terrorism was that America could win battles but lose the war if it fights only terrorists.
- Hostile Witnesses (Business Line, Timeri Murari, Nov 16, 2001)
As there seems to be a countless number of 'hostile witnesses' wandering around our judicial system today, I thought I'd better find out a bit more about this tribe.
- The ‘Secular’ Side (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2001)
A lot is known of bin Laden’s rich Saudi ties.
- Global Tobacco Control Policies Needed For A Smoke-Free World (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mehta, Nov 15, 2001)
Cigarette smoking is considered one of the most harmful of all health hazards.
- Shotgun’s Double Play (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 15, 2001)
WHAT’s common between L.K. Advani and Sonia Gandhi? Shatrughan Sinha, it seems. On Monday, the filmstar politician went straight from the Home Minister’s pre-Diwali tea party and warm embrace into an evening of wooing the Congress president.
- Squandermania In Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2001)
An announcement a day keeps Rajnath Singh hopeful.
- Unconstitutional Tenets (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 15, 2001)
Talking about the Afghan invasion of India in 1919 and the attitude of Indian Muslim leaders to this and other related issues.
- Crisis Of Hindu Bengalis (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Nov 15, 2001)
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's call for imposition of Jaziya on the Hindu Bengalis (as reported in the Bangla daily, Sangbad) typifies the phrase:
- The ‘Secular’ Side (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 14, 2001)
NAJWA Ghanem’s family is terribly worried about her safety. Not only is the mother of 11 living in the Taliban-controlled section of Afghanistan.
- Enhanced Competition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 14, 2001)
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India (TRAI) has done well in recommending the opening up of international long distance telephony service in the country.
- Politics Before Independence (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Nov 14, 2001)
IT was at the all-India Congress session held at Wardha on January 15, 1942, that Mahatma Gandhi designated Jawaharlal Nehru as his heir.
- Crisis Of Hindu Bengalis (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Nov 14, 2001)
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's call for imposition of Jaziya on the Hindu Bengalis (as reported in the Bangla daily, Sangbad) typifies the phrase:
- Unconstitutional Tenets (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 14, 2001)
Talking about the Afghan invasion of India in 1919 and the attitude of Indian Muslim leaders to this and other related issues.
- Shotgun’s Double Play (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 14, 2001)
WHAT’s common between L.K. Advani and Sonia Gandhi? Shatrughan Sinha, it seems.
- Quieter Divali (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 14, 2001)
IF all goes well, Divali will be a little easier on one's ears and lungs this year than on previous occasions. Normally, there is brisk sale of crackers right from Dasehra but that is not the case this time.
- Rout Of The Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 14, 2001)
A RAGTAG ARMY of radical Islamic students, who seized control of most of Afghanistan five years ago and set in motion an immensely harmful chain reaction in the volatile regions of Central and South Asia, is on the run.
- Did I Pass Or Fail? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 14, 2001)
Edward said points out how, in the global panorama of cultures, not all peoples are endowed with the equal right to narration and representation.
- Code For Mps, Mlas (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 14, 2001)
THE entire country will welcome the initiative taken by the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr G. M. C. Balayogi, to convene a high-level conference of leaders of political parties, presiding officers of State Assemblies and the chief whips.
- The Indian Muslims Trial By Fire (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 14, 2001)
SOON after the bombing of Afghanistan began, one of the favourite topics for the Indian media was splitting the Indian Muslim population into what hacks loved to call fundamentalists and moderates.
- Gen’s Ramzan Problem (Indian Express, Megan K. Stack, Nov 13, 2001)
He has brought it up in Paris and Turkey, Britain and the United States. The beleaguered president keeps on asking, even though Western leaders repeatedly have dismissed his plea.
- Poto War Strengthens Advani (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 13, 2001)
MOVES among an influential section of the RSS parivar for a Hindutva-based alternative strategy for the BJP were discussed at length last week.
- In The Grip Of 'Islamophobia' (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Nov 13, 2001)
The Germans have an apt word for it-schadenfruede-which means a sense of gloating over someone else's misery and misfortune.
- Century Of Resistance (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 13, 2001)
Past experience shows that they (religious beliefs and social attitudes of Hindus and Muslims) are too irreconcilable and too incompatible to permit Hindus and Muslims ever forming a single nation.
- The Heat Is On (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 13, 2001)
Reports of increasing levels of global warming-the last few years towards the turn of the millennium have been recorded as the warmest ever in recent history-make it imperative for earth's residents to take action necessary to save the planet.
- Bloodshed In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 13, 2001)
Sandhya Jain's article 'What about atrocities on Bangla Hindus?'
- A Licence To Kill (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Nov 13, 2001)
If hills have been denuded, you can plant trees. But how do you save a city scarred forever.
- K-Word, Again And Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 13, 2001)
Little tangible gains for Musharraf from his US visit.
- Bjp New Face An Old Rss Hand (Indian Express, Darshan Desai, Nov 13, 2001)
Remember the anti-Christian propaganda in Dangs in 1998. Or the elopement cases in Bardoli in Gujarat and Randhikpur in the Panchmahals that took on a communal hue. Or the Bible-burning incident in Rajkot.
- ‘Without Sanjay’s Version, Lies Kept Building Upon Lies’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 12, 2001)
The other bahu of the Gandhi household, Minister of State for Culture and Animal Welfare, Maneka Gandhi, is triumphant after she won the libel suit against Harper Collins.
- Electoral Ballet In Uttar Pradesh (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Nov 12, 2001)
UTTAR PRADESH is gearing up for assembly elections early next year. A war of words has already begun between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP.
- No, Mr Rushdie, It Is Not About Islam (Tribune, Davinder P. S. Sandhu, Nov 12, 2001)
SALMAN Rushdie has written that the terror trauma the world is facing is about Islam.
- Lessons From Christianity (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 12, 2001)
The process of modernism began in Christianity long before the Hindus got into the act.
- Missing In Action (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 12, 2001)
You require a perspective longer than a telescope and extraordinary reservoirs of patience to sit through this. Otherwise, you’re likely to feel enraged, frustrated, even humiliated.
- Why Are Bjp’s Allies Like Lambs? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 12, 2001)
The BJP is behaving as if it is running a one-party government.
- Saddled With An Ally's Brashness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 11, 2001)
ON THE face of it, the idea that two of the world's most powerful countries with mindboggling communication resources should be seen to be losing the propaganda war.
- They Have Only Their Chains To Lose (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 11, 2001)
ALMOST every day there is a story about some unspeakable atrocity committed on a person because he or she is a Dalit.
- India Is Us Friend In Need And Deed (Indian Express, Bill Richardson, Nov 11, 2001)
WITH each passing day, the US military action in Afghanistan puts greater focus on America’s allies in South Asia.
- Iran Keeps All Its Options (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Nov 11, 2001)
THEY HAVE more reason to hate the Taliban than almost anyone else, they are allied with arguably the most competent anti- Taliban commander in the field and they have a lot to gain from the collapse of the Taliban.
- Myanmar: The Core Of India’s ‘Look East’ Policy (Tribune, Ashok Kapur, Nov 11, 2001)
FOLLOWING its independence in 1948, Myanmar had a policy of neutralism and isolationism up to the 1980s but when the Myanmar military disallowed Sui Kyi to assume power following the 1990 elections, the country’s external stance changed.
- Blanking Out Of Afghanistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 11, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky teaches Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- Statutory Effect On Hindus (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 11, 2001)
Let us now examine some Hindu scriptural injunctions and see whether they yielded to the will of our Constitution and if they did, what remains of them after they passed through our constitutional sieve.
- History Of Conflict (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 11, 2001)
Hagia Sophia was built as a Christian Cathedral between AD 532 and 537 by the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justin I at Constantinople, now Istanbul (Turkey).
- They Have Only Their Chains To Lose (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 11, 2001)
ALMOST every day there is a story about some unspeakable atrocity committed on a person because he or she is a Dalit.
- Convert The Landed (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Nov 11, 2001)
``The social order prescribed by the `Purusha Sukta' has never been questioned by anyone except Buddha.
- Is Bjp Really Going The Congress Way? (Pioneer, C P Bhambhri, Nov 11, 2001)
A very important public meeting was held at Jaipur on October 14, 2001 to celebrate 75 years of the RSS.
- Blanking Out Of Afghanistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky teaches Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- Melancholy But Mirthful (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Nov 10, 2001)
MISERY and sorrow are inseparable in day-to-day living. If we revel in gloom and doom, then we see nothing but gloom and doom.
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