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Articles 19521 through 19620 of 22438:
- No Kidding (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 03, 2005)
The Delhi Government has joined Gujarat and Karnataka in banning students from using mobile phones in schools. This is a move that will be welcomed by all right-thinking individuals who have reason to be concerned about the steady encroachment...
- No Dream Budget, Just A Credible One Please (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Feb 03, 2005)
The political realities of coalition politics does not allow the Finance Minister to be insensitive to the viewpoints of partners and outside supporters to the government.
- Nepalis Want Democracy, Not Monarchy (Hindu, Yogendra Yadav, Feb 03, 2005)
The key to the future of Nepal after the dismissal of the Deuba Government and the imposition of Emergency lies in a question that everyone finds difficult to answer at this stage: how would the Nepali citizen respond to this act of the King?
- Music Musings (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2005)
The recently concluded annual festival in Chennai is a felicitous reminder that music continues to be a way of life for hundreds of performing artistes and thousands of ordinary people.
- Peer Review Can Work If It Doesn't Simply Scratch (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 02, 2005)
Peer review is much in the news. For instance, Uganda plans to implement African Peer Review Mechanism or APRM of the New Partnership for Africa's Development a.k.a. Nepad.
- Paswan's Laden In Lalu's Bihar (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Feb 02, 2005)
He prefers the name "Laden", as in Osama bin Laden, because "nobody will remember my real name". The other reason why Maulana Meraj Khalid Noor has opted for this nom de guerre is because he looks like Osama bin Laden.
- Voyage Through Tsunami Waters (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Feb 02, 2005)
PRIOR to my Pacific voyage from Tamano (Japan) to Santiago. (Chile) my knowledge regarding tsunami harbour waves was limited to books only. But an urge to know more remained.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- When Did Classical Music Die? (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Feb 02, 2005)
When did the music die? And why? It will be 30 years in August since the death of Dmitri Shostakovitch. Next year also marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten.
- Deprived Of A Future (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Feb 02, 2005)
The promise of guaranteeing employment to the poor was made in the common minimum programme of the United Progressive Alliance government in power.
- Social Intelligence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 02, 2005)
In my previous piece, I had referred to the national seminar on Naxalism organised by the Observer Research Foundation on January 28-29. I am reverting to it to mention two particularly noteworthy suggestions made by participants.
- Duping Biharis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 02, 2005)
The Congress's "Sonia blitzkrieg" in Bihar, one would have thought, was aimed at organisational resuscitation. Such revival, it seemed logical to assume, presupposed plainspeak about the lawlessness that is the State's lot-mafia running riot, goons snatch
- Exit Of A Savant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2005)
Even as a concept the blend of rationalism with spiritualism may sound quite contradictory. But this is precisely what epitomised the persona of Dr Hosur Narasimhaiah who is now just a memory for his innumerable admirers and traducers.
- Let The Party Begin (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2005)
If the Congress leadership undertakes the task of organisational renewal, it could begin the larger process of reform of the entire party system.
- Help Them March Forward (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Feb 02, 2005)
Poverty and inequality have always been with mankind. Even if inequality, upto a point — measured in terms of income, wealth or power
- Images And Words (Deccan Herald, SHEREEN P, Feb 02, 2005)
Until the horrible weekend in December, ‘tsunami’ was just another of those words that vaguely meant a natural disaster of some kind, with a Japanese link to it.
- Iraq: No Vote On Clarity (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 02, 2005)
Elections in Iraq have come and gone, bringing more people out to vote than expected and fairly peacefully too. But in a country whose future continues to be more uncertain than ever
- Kislay Kaushik’S Cry (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Feb 02, 2005)
ANY country which takes genuine care of its children would have felt a sense of indignation on what happened in Bihar last week. Placards in hand, in large numbers schoolchildren marched down the streets of Patna and onto Raj Bhawan to demand...
- Three Affirmative Tax Actions (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 02, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, hates being a peripheral nibbler. He chomps his way to the core of economic issues with piercing swiftness.
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Man With A Mission (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Feb 01, 2005)
He was a rare teacher. He may have headed several institutions, from pre-primary to postgraduate. But, he carried his position with the same simplicity as his attire. Dhoti, khaddar shirt and Gandhi cap set in an impudent angle on that head which actually
- No Big Bang (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2005)
Mr Vijay Kelkar is no longer around in North Block. But the two Kelkar task-force reports on direct and indirect taxes and the third one on implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act argued that the roadmap for deficit-reduction
- Working At It (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Feb 01, 2005)
Probably no piece of legislation has attracted more apprehension, cynicism or praise in the recent past than the national rural employment guarantee bill introduced in parliament last December.
- Discovering Ways To A Peaceful World (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Feb 01, 2005)
“It is the small-minded that say: This is mine and this yours. For those endowed with a larger vision, the whole world is but one family.”
- The Geo-Green Alternative (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 31, 2005)
One of the most striking things I’ve found in Europe these past two weeks is the absolute conviction that the Bush team is just itching to invade Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.
- Thackeray Muses, And Muses Again (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 31, 2005)
On the eve of his 78th birthday, while his Sainiks planned cricket matches and cultural celebrations, Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray decided to spring a surprise.
- Step I: Acknowledge The Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2005)
Deep crisis” are the two words Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi used to sum up the Muslim world on Thursday...
- Stealing Food (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
Human depravity can sometimes take the most astonishing forms. Mr Achintya Mukherjee is the district inspector of schools in Cooch Behar. He has also been selling foodgrain meant for the schoolchildren’s mid-day meals in the local market for the last thre
- Bihar, Now (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 31, 2005)
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agree to take Bihar as well.” So static is the big picture of the state that news agencies are known to recycle old picture
- Little To Mourn For (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 31, 2005)
After two weeks of dithering and delay, the Chin-ese Communist Party permitted a low-key memorial ceremony for the disgraced former premier, Zhao Ziyang, at Beijing’s Babaoshan cemetery for communist heroes this Saturday.
- Commerce & Crisis Hit Wayanad Students (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 30, 2005)
At age five, Anushree is the youngest commuter on the bus. The Class I student spends 12 hours a week this way. That too, crossing the State border twice each day.
- Right To Negative Vote (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 30, 2005)
Looking at India's fractured polity and the quality of persons picked up for state and parliamentary elections, I tend to endorse the support extended by the Election Commission to the petition filed before the Supreme Court
- Held To Ransom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 30, 2005)
Outrages in Laluland are par for the course. Or so one thought. With five schoolchildren kidnapped in eight days and a sixth gone missing in nine, the scandal is a gargantuan first
- "Global World Needs Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 30, 2005)
The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President Ricardo Lagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan of The Hindu about the anti-neoliberal mood in Latin America, the trial of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the nee d for a world that...
- Goodbye Un...For Now...? (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 30, 2005)
I spent two years with the United Nations and the time has flown. When the days were passing by, they appeared moving at a snail’s pace, for I missed my home. But now when I look back the days are going and gone! But ....only for now ...
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- Growth With Social Justice, His Credo (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 30, 2005)
THE “Young Turk” has grown old but the “fire of life” has not dimmed in him. His first reaction to conferment of Padma Vibhushan award sums up his personality: “This honour, though for an individual, is dedicated to all my friends”.
- Badlands Of Bihar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
With three Bihar school children suspected to have been abducted and a fourth reported missing, the State is once again in the news for a wrong reason
- A New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE disinvestment policy the UPA government unfolded on Thursday is in sharp contrast to what the BJP-led NDA regime had followed.
- A Singh For All Seasons (Times of India, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jan 29, 2005)
For more than twenty years, Vijay Singh, a journalist, author and film-maker based in Paris, has moulded French perceptions about India through articles in leading left-wing newspapers
- Towards A Global Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
For the last 40 years, only the Pacific Ocean has had a tsunami warning system. However, after the tsunami of all tsunamis — the monster of December 26, 2004
- Till Elections, Foxes Will Let Poultry Live (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
Even as the US mourns its `deadliest day' in the land that Saddam bequeathed to Bush, the world watches if Uncle Sam's election gamble in Iraq will pay off. But that may matter little to our netas who are busy
- Desperate Measures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
They are skipping lunch. They are giving chase to top politicians. They boycotted Republic Day celebrations. Their parents have been inducted for sit-ins. Bihar’s students have put the state on notice. It began with a protest against the kidnapping ...
- No People’S War (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The abduction of 700 students and 45 school teachers by Maoists in Nepal indicates how far the rebels have moved away from articulating and defending the interests of the Nepalese people.
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- Let The World Not Lose Interest Too Fast (Indian Express, SANDHYA VENKATESWARAN , Jan 29, 2005)
After the tsunami, that the world has come together around issues beyond economic, to issues around human concern, suggests that there is, after all, a human face to globalisation.
- Go Ahead Now. Divest (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
The setting up of the National Investment Fund by the Cabinet is welcome. Proceeds from all disinvestment after April 1, 2005, would go into the corpus which would be managed by public sector fund managers.
- A New World Order? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 29, 2005)
What now appears to be the case is that George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden have become rival fanatics
- India Connection (Deccan Herald, P RAJESHWAR, Jan 28, 2005)
Settling down in a foreign place can always be difficult — especially if one is used to the comforts of home. ‘Adjusting’ as we like to call it is not necessarily a chore or pain
- Killing Of Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The ruthless killing of Allahabad MLA Raju Pal of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and of Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra of the Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh typify the rising cult of political and faction-ridden violence today.
- Routine Pledge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
Election manifestos in India read like fairy tales. Since competitive populism is the name of the game, the parties try to outdo each other in promising the moon.
- Lawlessness In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2005)
With the third student going missing in Patna in the last one week, and the police reaching no breakthrough in any of the three cases, the law and order situation in Bihar has only gone from bad to worse.
- Taking The Lead (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 28, 2005)
In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami that devastated communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there has been a spirited debate over India’s disaster management capabilities.
- Unwanted Businesswomen (Indian Express, PAMELA YOUNG, Jan 28, 2005)
When I told my mother last spring that I was leaving the US to live in an Indian village for a year, she did what only mothers do best –worry.
- President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The President’s address on the eve of Republic Day this year was predominantly devoted to one subject: employment generation.
- Divided By Diversity (Indian Express, Balraj Puri, Jan 28, 2005)
Among the internal causes that contributed to or accentuated the problems the state of Jammu and Kashmir is faced with, most were inherent in its over centralised unitary form of Constitution which has in-built provisions for tensions
- Beginning Of A Rediscovery (Tribune, Sreedhara Bhasin, Jan 28, 2005)
I have returned to India after living in the USA for 15 years. Chandigarh has been my new home for the past six months — a city that I never knew before. India, after so many years, seems like an enormous vase of smoking potpourri.
- Parenting: Importance Of Talk (Hindu, Joanna Moorhead, Jan 27, 2005)
The most important thing you can do for your children is to talk to them, even when they are too young to answer back.
- President Plain Speak (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 27, 2005)
There is little doubt that the President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, spoke from considerable personal knowledge when he said that brows of the country's youth are increasingly lined with worry as the spectre of unemployment stares them in their face.
- A Report Card That Doesn't Impress (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Jan 27, 2005)
In theory corporate governance came as a fashion to soon become a fad and now a passion. It however appears that in India the approach which the Government has taken to instil good governance practices is
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- An Uncertain Wait (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 27, 2005)
Turkey has a long way to go before qualifying itself for EU membership. It has to bring itself in line with the democratic and institutional principles that govern European nations.
- Eu With Israel (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Jan 27, 2005)
While a raging debate over Turkey's admission in the European Union is on, has somebody thought about the possible inclusion of Israel in the EU?
- 'Corporate Governance Ups Co Value' (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jan 27, 2005)
Prof Bernard S Black, University of Texas, School of Law, has been an adviser on company and securities law and corporate governance in several countries including Indonesia, Korea and Russia.
- Raw Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 26, 2005)
Persons with disabilities have always got a raw deal, even in fields where they can perform as well as normal persons. The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities
- We, The People Of India... (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 26, 2005)
There is a case to be made for Republic Day carrying at least as much reverence and mystique as Independence Day. It would be foolish to underestimate the importance
- Publishing, Us Style (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Jan 26, 2005)
I thought writing a book was very difficult. But what is more difficult is to market the book you have written. I had a sample of this in the US recently.
- The Other Pervez From Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
It's easy to forget that Karachi-born Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) is a nuclear physicist when he hops around the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research auditorium switching off bulbs to screen his documentary Crossing the Lines-Kashmir
- Unsafe For Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 26, 2005)
CHILDREN are usually the first to be released by hijackers of aircraft. It is a basic courtesy extended to the vulnerable, who cannot defend themselves.
- What’S He Been Reading? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 26, 2005)
The interval between the swearing-in of an American president and his “State of the Union” address is a period of limited activity in Washington.
- Oxford To Compete With Us Rivals (Telegraph, Richard Garner, Jan 26, 2005)
Oxford University is to cut the number of UK students it recruits and woo more young people from overseas to combat a financial crisis. The decision, announced in a Green Paper on its future published on Monday (Jan 24), will provoke an outcry
- Not By More Cross-Subsidy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 26, 2005)
The government should go ahead and regulate fees and admissions to private professional colleges. When demand outstrips the supply by far, killer profits are the norm.
- Challenges In 2005 (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jan 26, 2005)
Inequality and poverty (amidst plenty) are the two biggest ongoing challenges before mankind. How is the situation today? Without going into detailed numbers, you can visualise the extent of inequality across nations by an analogy or an image.
- Come On, India. Think Global (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 26, 2005)
We are not a very globally savvy people. The finance minister’s announcement at the sidelines of a microfinance meeting that he had been invited to the next G-8 meet got tucked away in newspapers.
- Instant Injustice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 26, 2005)
It was an encounter that lasted more than two hours. The Punjab policemen, when attacked, opened fire from their AK-47s and SLRs, and shot dead the alleged assailant.
- Hundreds Die In Temple Stampede (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Jan 26, 2005)
More than 200 Hindu pilgrims, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede and fire while visiting a temple in western India on Tuesday, authorities said.
- No Home To Call One’S Own (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 25, 2005)
Over a thousand people in Orissa have been asked to “quit India”, but the decision smells of double standards
- She Knew The Risks (Indian Express, JOSEPH A. ARROYO, Jan 25, 2005)
I read Mahesh Bhatt and Kabir Bedi and other film personalities on Parveen Babi’s sudden death. They recapture true images of her unique personality.
- The Afghan Story (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 25, 2005)
There was a time, not too long ago, when Afghanistan made front pages. Taliban, Bamian, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharief had become almost household words in India
- Iraq's Flawed Election (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 25, 2005)
The upcoming election in Iraq is unlikely to lead to the formation of a truly representative national assembly.
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