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Articles 19921 through 20020 of 22438:
- Reporting From Blogosphere (Indian Express, JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec 30, 2004)
For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs. The so-called blogosphere, with its personal journals published on the Web
- The Holiday Party (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 30, 2004)
Meeting Salman Rushdie on his brief visit to India earlier this month, I was struck by his almost childlike delight in becoming part of the extended Palghat Brahmin fraternity, courtesy his marriage to Padma Lakshmi.
- Hope Floats Where All Else Drowns (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 30, 2004)
The Iraq war is no more important in the global scheme of things than poverty or climate change.
- Caring Has No Religion (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Dec 30, 2004)
Rahmatullah is a tired man. He and his nephew have just returned to their masjid after burying an unknown Christian man, identifiable by the black thread with the little cross around the neck.
- Main Language (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2004)
One of the worst, and the least commented upon, impact of the growing influence of the sangh parivar is its association with Sanskrit. The scriptures to which the parivar alludes to are all written in Sanskrit.
- The Carol Singers (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Dec 30, 2004)
The previous week I had, what was perhaps, the most beautiful experience of my life. I was watching “Robin Hood, the Prince of Thieves,” waiting for the Bryan Adams number to come on.
- India’S Flawed Approach (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Dec 30, 2004)
Not just economic policy but political friendship with the US and other nations, is crucial for economic growth
- Jinnah In Memory (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 30, 2004)
Qaid-e-Azam Jinnah, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru will always be remembered, though for different reasons. Jinnah is the only leader who single-handedly created a new country for Muslims.
- Kalam Calls For Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2004)
The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, called for a tsunami warning system along the entire Indian coastline on the lines of the one in the 27 Pacific nations, safeguarding them from distant source tsunamis.
- Kashmir Conference In Kathmandu (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 30, 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."
- More Cbms For Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2004)
Pakistani students and senior citizens could not ask for more from India. As part of its policy of concentrating on confidence-building measures for improving relations with its western neighbour
- More Staying Power (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Dec 29, 2004)
Bikram Keshari Deo is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member from Kalahandi, where this member of the royalty has a sprawling house. When he was a member of the Orissa legislative assembly six years ago
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
- Toast To Platinum (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Dec 29, 2004)
The stentorian voice said ‘sweetheart’ in such a manner that I didn’t know whether it was a term of endearment or admonition.
- Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 29, 2004)
Joining the international tsunami warning system will help, but even so there will be much that has to be done within the country.
- Was It A Human Failure? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 29, 2004)
Whether it is natural disasters or medical emergencies... it is precious minutes that make the difference between life and death. In the recent tsunami catastrophe, those precious minutes were squandered away by ignorant bliss resulting in the loss thousa
- We Failed To Stitch In Time, But... (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Dec 29, 2004)
A gatt derogation will finally lapse as the world rings out the MFA (Multi Fibre Arrangement) on January 1. It will free the $360-billion global textiles and apparel
- Sex And Sensibility (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 29, 2004)
Although at one level it was a case of adolescent indiscretion, the afterlife of the MMS clip case captures many anxieties about the social transformation that sections of Indian society are undergoing.
- Coping With Depression (Hindu, Nick Johnstone, Dec 29, 2004)
'Depressed' describes a debilitating illness. It is not a word to idly bandy about.
- How Times Change (Tribune, Yana Bey, Dec 29, 2004)
Every December, as Christmas draws near, I cannot but help mourn the passing of the grace that once marked traditional celebrations in our cities and towns.
- Great Indian Sexcapade (Indian Express, G.J.V. PRASAD, Dec 28, 2004)
It is with amusement and concern that I have been forced to follow the brouhaha over and investigation into the MMS sex scandal. When it all began I was outraged by the boy’s “ungentlemanly
- Earth And Sea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2004)
Few disasters in living memory have achieved in scale of intensity and spread the devastation in seven countries caused by the rubbing of the Indian Ocean and Eurasian tectonic plates off the Sumatran coast.
- Dirty Tricks? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 28, 2004)
On the face of it, the action of the authorities of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar in lodging an FIR against Mr George Fernandes last Saturday under Sections 170 and 171(B) of the Indian Penal Code
- Baptised, But Boundary Remains (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 28, 2004)
The gutter inspectors are out, revelling in the discomfort of devout Hindus, telling us exactly what's wrong with us. To begin with, it's the Brahmins and the caste system, a euphemism for the fact that we're still a predominantly Hindu society.
- The Principal (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Dec 28, 2004)
I reached Lahore, by bus or train, I do not remember, took a tonga and dashed off to S.N. Das Gupta College. I cannot recall where it was. Perhaps Nisbet Road. There, on the verandah of the college, I met this man, somewhat short-statured, polite, simple
- The Tired Old Subsidies Debate (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 28, 2004)
Once again, the Finance Ministry has prepared a document which proposes that the Central Government cut explicit and implicit subsidies, without adequate attention to the possible negative implications.
- Powers To Be Misused (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 28, 2004)
The CBI seems to be losing its veneer of being a non-partisan investigating body and is increasingly coming across as an arm of whichever is the party in power.
- Seers And Scoundrels (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 27, 2004)
Why cavil at the phenomenon of their existence — godmen and godwomen are an integral part of the landscape. They are our heritage; they define the current milieu too.
- Revolutionaries Of Another Kind (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 27, 2004)
Hugo Chavez has done much to improve the lot of poor Venezuelans but, in the process, he has also gathered many enemies
- Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2004)
Mr Manmohan Singh has realized that the project of liberalization that he initiated in his finance minister avatar cannot remain confined to the economy.
- Lingua Fracas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
THERE are many milestones in the popularisation of Hindi language that may be recalled with a glow of pride. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee speaking in Hindi in the United Nations is, of course
- Is Nothing Sacred? (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Dec 27, 2004)
This season, the so-called “true believers” went on the offensive against the “secularists” in America
- The Global Local Way To Go (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 27, 2004)
The prime minister has reportedly asked for a gender-equitable legislative regime and an exercise is underway to put all existing laws under the gender scanner.
- Assault On Hinduism (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 27, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- The Institutions Of Education (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Dec 26, 2004)
The crisis of education was in part created by the collapse of those institutions that had neither the democratic nor the professional autonomy to sustain themselves against government directives. This has to be corrected. Such a correction should be ...
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- Democracy With A Difference (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 26, 2004)
WITH its red soil, distant low hills,smiling tribal faces crowding the weekly haats, Bankura district in West Bengal is easy on the eyes. Next door is Midnapore, the largest district in the state but very different.
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 26, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- An Unrepentant Communist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 26, 2004)
Eric Hobsbawm has been, perhaps, the most important historian of the 20th century, having lived through the epoch-making years, standing, as if, at each turning point of history.
- ‘Not Just A Tarnish On Bangalore But Shame On All Of India’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards. Here we present some very angry, disappointed and agitated voices
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- Minors In Major Mess (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 25, 2004)
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) scandal involving schoolchildren from New Delhi has driven home a point or two about the changing moral values in urban India.
- Lover Of Obscurity (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 25, 2004)
P.V. Narasimha Rao made a revealing complaint and an intriguing request at our last meeting two years ago.
- Licence To Shoot (Indian Express, PAVAN DUGGAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Only in effectively regulating the use of hidden cameras lies the way ahead for a vibrant IT economy like ours
- Khaps Fail To Keep Pace With Change (Tribune, S.S. Boora, Dec 25, 2004)
The recent judgments by the clan-based khaps in Haryana in certain matrimonial matters have raised a storm for being insensitive to the dignity and prestige of women.
- Girl, Interrupted (Indian Express, Shyamola Khanna, Dec 25, 2004)
I tried very hard. I even threatened to get them arrested if they contemplated getting their little girl married. I was actually beginning to believe that I had made a dent in their psyche
- The Reformer And Sage (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 25, 2004)
Even as fulsome praise has been lavished on P. V. Narashima Rao for his evangelical zeal in the pursuit of economic reforms when India was close to bankruptcy in the early 1990s
- The Dice Man (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2004)
Uncertainty is at the root of excitement. Human beings have added to this excitement by putting money on uncertainty. Gambling originates from this impulse.
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 25, 2004)
The terrors of technology are everywhere being manifest in the most extraordinary forms. An entire nation has been taken by storm at the spectacle of a couple of schoolchildren who chose to record their "extracurricular activities"...
- When It's Society In The Boardroom (The Economic Times, Rushi C Bakshi, Dec 25, 2004)
Simply put, social sector comprises activities with primary focus to “make a better society” as against the traditionally understood for-profit activities.
- Work Is Worship (Indian Express, SIDDHARTHA AGARWAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Not only will the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provide employment to the poor but will also boost rural welfare
- Pv’S Predilections (Tribune, Ashwini Bhatnagar, Dec 25, 2004)
I THOUGHT that it wasn’t such a good idea but my senior colleague said that the beer at the Delhi Press club could wait. He said emotionally that he owed this one to the “old man packing his bags to return to his hometown.”
- The Crusade For Monoculture (Asia Times, Chanakya Sen, Dec 25, 2004)
The prophet-provocateur of international relations, Samuel P Huntington, is back to rattle some bones with a combative teaser on American identity.
- South Korea, A Culture In Transition (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 24, 2004)
South korea is a country in a hurry. Having mastered engineering, it is in a hurry to learn English. The new generation could not care less about the psychological scar left by the Japanese occupation that lasted 35 years.
- Product Patents: Far From Public Good? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 24, 2004)
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor.
- P V Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 24, 2004)
Through the highs and lows of P V Narasimha Rao’s political life ran the line of history which shapes men into institutions and totems of change.
- Nostrum For Parliament? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 24, 2004)
The winter session of parliament is duly over. It was not as full of near-mayhem as the previous sessions had been. That is not however saying much. Marginal issues continued to receive precedence over substantive ones, and verbal
- Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 24, 2004)
We are mute mute witnesses to witnesses turning hostile, and truth getting baked in the process. We may never come to terms with what witnesses say at different points of time
- Thoughtless Excess (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 24, 2004)
In his novel Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens made Mr Bumble say "Law is a' ass" (invariably misquoted as "an ass"). At the hands of those enforcing it, law often becomes more of a' ass
- Time To Call The Hunger Helpline (The Economic Times, VEENA S RAO, Dec 24, 2004)
A silent epidemic of malnutrition rages in India that despite it's gigantic proportions is yet to receive cognizance and priority attention from social scientists, economists and policy makers
- Tele-Marauding (Deccan Herald, VEENA PRADEEP, Dec 24, 2004)
Sometimes, it’s the simplest of questions that stumps you. Take my four-year-old’s for instance. Every morning, he wants to know why he has to go to school.
- A Breakthrough (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Dec 24, 2004)
Only with complete autonomy can the Prasar Bharati function as a truly competent public broadcaster
- A Ghost Election For Iraq (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 24, 2004)
The only Indian journalist to have visited Iraq in recent weeks, Mohammad Ahmad Kuzmi, has just returned with fascinating insights.
- A New Blueprint On Subsidies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 24, 2004)
The National Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), in general, and the first Budget of the Government by the Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram, in particular
- Islands In The Sun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 24, 2004)
The Maldives President, Abdul Gayoom, seems to regard Indian policies towards his regime as a protective political insurance. The time may have come to clear this misconception.
- Child’S Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2004)
Repetition strengthens. There can be no other logic except this belief behind the recently proposed prevention of child marriage bill, 2004, because laws for the “prevention” and “restraint” of child marriages have been in force in their various incarnati
- Many Manifestations Of Man (Tribune, S.S. Bhatti, Dec 23, 2004)
If unmarried, woman is called the weaker sex. But when marital, she suddenly becomes the better half. Man, who ties the nuptial knot, is rudely divested of his pre-maritial social prestige and instantly reduced to worse (or bitter) half.
- Lower Education (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 23, 2004)
The Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2004 provides a reality check for all those dreams of India turning into the world's knowledge capital.
- Major Fraud (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
FEW would shed tears for Major Surinder Singh, who has been dismissed from the Army and sentenced to undergo three years’ rigorous imprisonment.
- A Bill Of Her Own? (Indian Express, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendments are inadequate.
- A Cosmopolitan Culture Going Nuts (Indian Express, SUJATA SRINIVASAN, Dec 23, 2004)
America can outsource jobs to Bangalore but it’s wrong to screen Hollywood films here! Such hypocrisy has few parallels
- Question Marks. Lots (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 23, 2004)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004, as currently envisaged, is vulnerable to objections from many angles. On the one hand, critics suggest that it is woefully inadequate.
- Some Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Dec 23, 2004)
Despite being perceived as a failure, Orissa’s power sector reforms hold possibilities for the Centre and other states
- Rite Of Rights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 23, 2004)
The proposed employment guarantee bill has an obvious economic angle. What is being ignored in the debate is another equally important aspect, that of rights.
- Property Helps Mothers, Children (Tribune, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The following is an excerpt from the report "UNICEF in India":
The development of human capabilities in childhood rests greatly on the ability of the family and of the State to ensure that children are free from deprivation.
- Responsible Global Capitalism — Beyond The Market Construct (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 22, 2004)
Responsible global capitalism is a system comprising individuals, private commercial corporations, NGOs, governments and supranational agencies.
- Monstrous Killers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 22, 2004)
It is shocking that a gargantuan tipper should have been allowed to pass in front of a college, and that it should have run over a 19-year-old student, killing her on the spot.
- Net Value (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 22, 2004)
The Baazee.com controversy provides a revealing index of prevailing social values. Louder howls of protest greeted the arrest of the portal's CEO Avnish Bajaj than the reported on-line auction of a clip featuring sex-that too, between two Delhi Public Sch
- Mediator’S Plight (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Dec 22, 2004)
When I was in college, I used to be hopelessly tongue-tied. Because I could think up nothing to talk to my fellow students, I wrapped myself in silence all the time, thus making a virtue of necessity.
- Hidden Costs Of Comparative Advantage (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Dec 22, 2004)
The principle of comparative advantage works well in an ideal world where trade incurs no human or environmental costs. But in the real world, where someone has to bear every cost, global trade draws passionate grassroots opposition.
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