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Articles 19821 through 19920 of 22438:
- More Phones At Cheaper Rates (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Jan 06, 2005)
The Communications and IT Ministry and the private industry are now convinced that the total telephone subscriptions can rise from the October 2004 level of 90 million to 250 million by 2007 with 60 million of it in the rural areas against 13 million now.
- Sex And Sensibility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 06, 2005)
The report that, according to a recent survey, one in every five women defines herself as beautiful and is confident enough to describe herself as sexy, deserves more than passing attention.
- Lip Service (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Teachers must look dull: that alone would convey the misery of their profession. The impulse behind the circular for teachers in Bonhooghly Girls’ High School could have had no other source but this belief.
- The Magic Formula For 2005 (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 06, 2005)
If only the last week of 2004 was a dream, a nightmare that one would wake up from to find a comfortable, unchanged normalcy.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Women In Islam (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Jan 06, 2005)
The denial of minority rights has largely been blamed for the backwardness of the Muslim society. Their religious conservatism and obscurantist approach are regarded as some of the other factors.
- Streamline Aid Efforts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 06, 2005)
The tsunami disaster has brought in its wake some ugly facets of humanity to the fore. Even as philanthropists, volunteers, NGOs and aid agencies have been rushing to help survivors of the tragedy,
- ‘We Showed That An Indian Firm With Aspirations (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 06, 2005)
Grandson of legendary entrepreneur TVS Sundaram Iyengar, Venu Srinivasan famously spent eight hours a day of his school summer vacations working as a garage mechanic. Today, in a market once dominated by Bajaj Auto, TVS stands tall. Talking ...
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- Colonisation Of The English Language (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 06, 2005)
Recently, I was in West Bengal, a state known for its elevated culture, its immense sensitivity to the literary heritage of Bengali, and its extraordinary achievements. But then, I also experienced a deep-rooted anxiety prevailing over the entire state.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Govindacharya Plans Awareness Programme (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 06, 2005)
Soon after coming to power in 1998 the Bharatiya Janata Party gave up its "swadeshi" economic policy and embraced globalisation, foreign direct investment and all that goes with the World Trade Organisation regime.
- Farewell To Arms (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 06, 2005)
Mahmoud Abbas is all set to succeed Yasser Arafat as rais of the Palestinian Authority but he has never thought much of his leader’s mantle. He has no use for the olive green military fatigues Arafat always wore
- Homeless And Alone (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jan 06, 2005)
It is more than a week since the killer tsunami struck many nations of Asia. Indonesia, the worst hit, Sri Lanka, India (including Andaman Islands) Thailand Myanmar Malaysia and even Kenya and Somalia were affected.
- Us Slips In Luring The Best (Deccan Herald, SAM DILLON, Jan 05, 2005)
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world’s best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalisation.
- Orphaned Hopes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2005)
EACH and every human life is precious. But when untimely death comes to a child, it hurts all the more. And yet, children have been the worst sufferers in the tsunami calamity of December 26.
- The Tsunami Relief Effort (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Jan 05, 2005)
A question many of us ask is: Does India need outside help in a disaster? Technically I would say no. We have the expertise, certainly.
- A Wave To Drown The Tsunami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 05, 2005)
Amid the deep gloom of tsunami devastation, as one watched the almost surreal scenes of thousands of dead and lakhs rendered homeless or reduced to penury, there were a few silver linings too.
- Deaths On Roads (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2005)
ON the first day of Road Safety Week, 14 girls lost their lives on a cold foggy morning at Khamanon, Fatehgarh Sahib, in Punjab.
- In Fond Memory (Deccan Herald, SANDHYA VASUDEV, Jan 05, 2005)
She would respond to any name we tiny siblings would call her. She was ‘Paachi’ to my elder sister, ‘Chappi’ to my brother, ‘Achhi’ to my small sister and ‘Nakmi’ to me, until we were able enough to address her by her dignified name ‘Lakshmi’.
- It Is For Us (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2005)
The National Road Safety Week has been inaugurated with symbolic fanfare. The objective of the Safety Week (January 3 to 9) is to raise awareness of the dangers on the road and how to be safe, and to encourage all road users to take care.
- Rao, The Prophet Of Boom (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Jan 04, 2005)
The ups and downs in former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's political career reminds us of an age-old truth - that destiny plays a crucial role in the lives of individuals and nations.
- Nreg Bill: Fine-Tuning Will Make It Work Better (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill goes beyond describing a set of employment generating schemes, and goes into the nitty-gritty, listing the broad responsibilities of the officials at the district, block and panchayat levels.
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Nature Of Man (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
As devastated areas struggle to face life after tsunami, stories of how animals, with the benefit of prior awareness, survived, and helped humans to do so, are surfacing along with those of miraculous escapes
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- Lov La And Other Puzzles (Telegraph, CHANDRIMA S. BHATTACHARYA, Jan 04, 2005)
It must be a new code. Its bearers are mostly young, hip and female and are being sighted all over.
- Winner All The Way (Telegraph, Amitabh Mattoo, Jan 04, 2005)
India’s foreign policy and strategic community has never been short of talent. But there are few, in recent years
- A Diplomat And A Gentleman (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2005)
In most regional initiatives in South Asia, in crucial negotiations with China, through the sensitive post-Soviet years in Afghanistan, behind tough-talking, no-nonsense deliberations with Pakistan, stood the rock-like presence of J N ‘Mani’ Dixit.
- Legitimising Discrimination (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 04, 2005)
While piloting the Minority Educational Institutions Bill in the Rajya Sabha on December 21, the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Mr Arjun Singh, is reported to have observed that the NDA Government had
- A Copybook Diplomat (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jan 04, 2005)
A Quintessential diplomat, Jyotindra Nath Dixit, headed the national brains-trust in its formulation of security, foreign policy and strategic relations with the rest of the world.
- A Knowledge Hub (Telegraph, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Jan 04, 2005)
At the golden jubilee celebrations of Jadavpur University, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, stressed the importance of academic research
- Autonomy Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2005)
The dismal scenario prevailing in the sphere of higher education in the State is summed up by the disclosure made by Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor M S Thimmappa that more than 150 teaching posts, including those of 70 professors, are lying vacant a
- From It Inc To Pharma Inc (Business Line, C. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
If the 1990s belonged to information technology , the 21st century belongs to the pharmaceutical industry that is accelerating India's knowledge revolution.
- Freedom To See (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 04, 2005)
Extremist politics often has an absurd side to it and the absurdity tends to show itself in unexpected ways. That perhaps explains why the Maoists of Nepal should suddenly ban the screening of Hindi films from India in that country.
- Feminism In The Time Of Mms (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 04, 2005)
Anybody who keeps asking — and there are many who do — why feminists oppose beauty contests should watch two film clips currently in circulation.
- An Exercise In Make-Believe (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2005)
The Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation has done it again. In its second report, the body — set up under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Guaranteeing Employment: A Palliative? (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Jan 03, 2005)
Let us not kid ourselves: an employment generation programme is a palliative and not a means for poverty eradication.
- For A Memorial To Partition (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jan 03, 2005)
WHAT do the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Foundation, both located in New York, possibly have in common with a proposed memorial that I have in mind for our own country, commemorating
- Blunkett's Exit (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2005)
The closing months of 2004 saw the British Home Secretary (same as Home Minister), Mr David Blunkett, and his private office, embroiled in a heated and unsavoury controversy in Parliament and the media over the
- Beyond This Place (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 03, 2005)
Visiting Karachi, Islamabad or Muree, my preconceptions about the role of fundamentalism in Pakistan, of only burqa-clad women, hostility to India and Indians
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- Whine And Dine (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 03, 2005)
Ahso! A survey conducted by Japan’s ministry of education has revealed that more than 50% of the students interviewed did not know how to use chopsticks correctly.
- Against Letters (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 03, 2005)
A literacy drive on a war footing may sound commendable, but might, quite comically, fall on its face. That is what has happened in the village of Birsingha, the birthplace of Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
- Why Didn’T They Tilt At Windmills? (Indian Express, H.R. SURI, Jan 03, 2005)
Apropos of the news report, ‘Watershed’ (IE, December 26), while technology devised by the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO) — a voluntary organisation for generating electricity thorough watermills
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- The Net For India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 03, 2005)
The newly liberalised norms for registration of `.in' Internet domain names that came into effect on January 1, 2005 represent another welcome step forward in India's quest for a national identity in cyberspace
- The `Do-Good To Feel-Good' Factor (Business Line, Yashashree Gurjar, Jan 03, 2005)
From philanthropy to social responsibility — it is a long road. And it has taken several decades to traverse from "helping" to "empowering" people.
- Should We Use Millions, Not Lakhs? (The Economic Times, VIKRAM MURARKA, Jan 03, 2005)
While acknowledging that people need to know how to convert figures in lakhs and crores to millions and billions and vice versa, we also have to acknowledge
- Seeking The Hand Of God In The Waters (Indian Express, JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, Jan 03, 2005)
Let's turn to history. The date: Nov. 1, 1755. The time: past 9 am on All Saints’ Day, a Catholic holiday. The scene: Lisbon, the devoutly Catholic capital of the devoutly Catholic Portuguese empire, shook — first a big earthquake
- A Coach And A Gentleman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 03, 2005)
Olympian Balkrishan Singh dominated sports both as a sports person and as a coach. He won two Olympic golds and a silver, and his accomplishment on field included
- A Wave Of Indifference (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2005)
What a devastating, heartrending way for the year 2004 to end. A week since the tsunami hit and the death toll still rises and we still reel from the shock of nature’s brutal reminder that with all our technology and our scientific discoveries we are noth
- The Power Of P-5s (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 02, 2005)
It was an evening of purity, simplicity, and integrity. I was invited to be a speaker at the annual function of the Chinmaya Mission in Washington. Interestingly, it was a case of "cause and effect".
- He Made His Mark In English Writing (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 02, 2005)
"English is the most widely spoken language in the world and it has gone beyond just being a link language in India," says Upmanyu Chatterjee. Even French, so proud of their language, speak English now.
- Education For All Not On The Right Track (Tribune, Seema Sengupta, Jan 02, 2005)
A recently released UNESCO report on “Education For All” has highlighted India’s dismal performance in achieving the stated objective by 2015 AD.
- Decline Of Values (Plain Dealer, Taneesha Kulshreshtha, Jan 02, 2005)
The DPS MMS case has hogged front-page space for some days now. It has had the school principals, parents and the moral brigade collectively clucking their tongues.
- A Tale Of Two Indias (OutLook, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 02, 2005)
2004 was, by any standards, a remarkable year for the Indian economy. On January 1, ’04, the headlines screamed about India becoming the fastest growing economy in the world.
- Early Warning System Didn’T Help In 1999 Orissa Cyclone (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 02, 2005)
Five minutes after the earthquake off Sumatra, seismologists in at least 20 Indian stations should have known about it.
- Lessons Of History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 01, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on
- Indo-Pak Ties Need To Be Warmer (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 01, 2005)
Ali Nawaz Memon is worried about visiting India. Frantically leafing through the pages of his well-travelled passport the former World Bank official pauses to scrutinise his recently acquired Indian visa.
- Figuring The Tsunami (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
As the world rallies to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, comparisons may help illustrate the force of the tidal waves and the resulting enormity of the crisis:
• The earthquake that caused the tidal waves measured 9.
- Decline Of Values (Pioneer, Taneesha Kulshreshtha, Jan 01, 2005)
The DPS MMS case has hogged front-page space for some days now. It has had the school principals, parents and the moral brigade collectively clucking their tongues.
- 2004: A Watershed In Our History (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
The year 2004 ushered in changes important enough to be recorded in the history of our country. With the defeat of the parties belonging to the Sangh Parivar in the General Election in May, the danger of India losing its secular character and becoming a H
- Our Planet, And Our Duty (Indian Express, BOB HERBERT, Jan 01, 2005)
One moment the kids were laughing and skylarking on the beach, yelling and chasing one another, sweating in the warm bright sun. The next moment they were gone.
- Teaching Lore (Deccan Herald, PRABHU HARLE, Jan 01, 2005)
In the early ’70’s, the Government middle school in Pollibetta, a very small town in Coorg, had some of the finest teachers — Kaveramma, Poovamma, Devamma and a host of others
- The Generation Ex (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jan 01, 2005)
The migration of Indian minds to the west, particularly to the United States, came in three broad streams.
- The Disaster Of Calamity Discussions (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2004)
Currently, the most confusing word for our leaders is `calamity'. On one side, the PM prays, as in King Henry VI, "free my country from calamity," and says that the recent tsunami "is a national calamity"...
- Satanic Verses To Behzti (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 31, 2004)
You cannot threaten to kill someone or force a ban simply because you do not like what is written.
- Slavery: Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 31, 2004)
Lincoln’s approach to slavery raises not only certain ethical questions but also many parallels in today’s context
- Through A Glass, Brightly (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 31, 2004)
Today is a special day for our company, for all of us directly associated with it and, I hope, also for those who have come here to join in as we celebrate its 50th founding day.
- Time To Be Merry (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 31, 2004)
“Merry Xmas!” All foreigners received this greeting from English-knowing Chinese last week — here most assume foreigners to be American. Xmas has been a major event in China’s cities for some time.
- A Few Image Problems (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 31, 2004)
Nature's fury that killed a hundred thousand people, perhaps many more, washed away settlements, lives and livelihood also enriched all languages save Japanese with one terrible word for unstoppable wrath: tsunami.
- 2004: In Transit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
The more things change, the more they don't remain the same. That is the anti-climactic moral of 2004, whose end makes its beginning unrecognisable.
- Crossed Wires (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Dec 31, 2004)
Whenever I had to give my telephone number to any one, I’d say, “Four, double four.” The recipient would say, “You mean, triple four?” If I started with ‘triple four’, they would write three and then make a correction.
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- In The Name Of Allah (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 31, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- Creating A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2004)
If there were doubts before, the tsunami of December 26, 2004 has swept them away. Over 100,000 people in a number of Asian countries have been killed by the monstrous waves, millions
- Subsidies And The Poor (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2004)
The Finance Ministry has once again agonised over the mounting level of subsidies paid out by the Central Government — over what is to be done to target them more sharply at the poor
- Nagapattinam Burns Its Dead (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 30, 2004)
Cormorants hovered overhead and the stench of death hung in the air, as Armymen and hundreds of volunteers dug out hundreds of bodies from under ....
- Nicobar Village Leaves Behind A Graveyard, From Past & Present (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 30, 2004)
If and when anyone from the local administration or any relief agency travels 6 km from the deluge-struck IAF base here, as The Indian Express did today
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