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Articles 20421 through 20520 of 22438:
- The All-Powerful Me (Tribune, Ramesh Luthra, Nov 05, 2004)
Perplexed you seem to be. Scratch your brain to know who I am. Don’t you worry too much, I would love to help you establish my identity. Must have witnessed a mushroom growth of tiny hutments springs over the land which was once a stretch of lush grass.
- Slipped Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 05, 2004)
What distinguishes Indian legislative assemblies is the oscillation of mood. People either sleep or fight. In the interim, they either drone or scream.
- Who Is Afraid Of Social Engineering? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 05, 2004)
How is it that "lowering" standards to make an extra buck is all right, but making allowances for bright though socially deprived pupils becomes "social engineering"?
- This Is Now A Bush Era (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 05, 2004)
Put plainly, the U.S. is moving steadily and solidly to the right.
- A Spot Of Charm (Deccan Herald, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Nov 05, 2004)
I’ve come to believe in the black spot on my finger-nail tip, as much as I’m loathe to leave it
- Convincing Win (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 05, 2004)
Bush’s victory will give him a legitimacy his first term did not have
- Democratic Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2004)
President Hamid Karzai has won his country’s first battle of the ballot, as officially announced by the UN-Afghanistan Electoral Board, but he had to face a tough fight.
- In Their Own Hands (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 05, 2004)
It is customary for election results to be followed by an onrush of belated wisdom. This is particularly so when the outcome defies the profundities of the editorial classes.
- Democracy In The Indian Context (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Nov 05, 2004)
Unless drastic electoral reforms are pursued, our country will continue to have criminal elements at the helm
- Mr. Bush's Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 04, 2004)
The electoral system once again generated much tension and uncertainty before producing a clear winner in the contest for the White House.
- Old Order Changeth (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Nov 04, 2004)
At the rate things are going, today’s future citizen could be tomorrow’s employer
- Protect Christians Of Dalit Origin (Deccan Herald, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Nov 04, 2004)
There is need to legislate a bill to give Christians of SC/ST origin their due rights and privileges
- Summit Time For Manmohan (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 04, 2004)
Two upcoming summits, with the European Union and ASEAN, provide an opportunity for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to improve India's global profile.
- Time To Go On Another Paper Chase (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 04, 2004)
The mid-term appraisal of the tenth five year plan may help assess how far the goals of the NCMP can be realized
- Two Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2004)
The abuse of power is at the heart of rape. Yet, from the point of view of law, this generalization must be able to accommodate a diverse range of scenarios.
- The Laughing Link (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Nov 04, 2004)
When one is feeling just a wee bit lost, lonely and low, then just delving into one’s past and reliving happy moments can well boost the spirit. I find myself doing this all too often.
- Is It A Clash Of Civilisations? (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 04, 2004)
Just after the Cold War ended following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Harvard Professor and former National Security Council member Samuel Huntington alluded to new “fault-lines” in the global order in his writings and in his book “The Clash of ...
- Decelerating Demographic Growth (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Nov 04, 2004)
Global debates about population policy are confusing. One side argues that rising human populations threaten our environment and prosperity.
- Face The Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2004)
The cotton price fall from last year’s Rs 2,800 a quintal to Rs 1,750 or so this season is due to excess production and market manipulation by traders.
- Grounds For Optimism On Growth (The Economic Times, T T RAM MOHAN, Nov 04, 2004)
In its Mid-term Review, the RBI has lowered its forecast for GDP growth for the current year from 6.5-7% to 6-6.5%.
- 'A Market For Eda Tools In India Too' (The Economic Times, KALPANA SHAH, Nov 04, 2004)
Electronic design automation (EDA) shrinks development cycles for the software industry.
- Islam And International Politics — A Clash Of Civilisations? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 03, 2004)
The dilemma that Islam faces today is seen to be in no small measure due to illiberal and intolerant attitude that some of its constituents and those who lead them exhibit through word and action.
- Palestinians Gripped By Fear (Tribune, Donald Macintyre, Nov 03, 2004)
MUSTAFA Abu Shawari did not pause from slapping dough for the traditional qatayef of Ramadan on to the hob outside the Nazareth restaurant in Ramallah as he considered the fate of the sick old man in his bed some 400 yards away.
- Forced Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2004)
Sterilization already carries an ugly historical baggage in India. But in the country’s largest and most populous state, population control has become another means of reinforcing existing forms of social oppression.
- Debate On Censorship (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Nov 03, 2004)
There is need to encourage people to acquire an aesthetic sense that makes censorship irrelevant
- Cracked And Mouldy (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 03, 2004)
By the time this column appears in print, one of the most acrimonious election campaigns in the history of the free world would be over.
- Chautala’S Sops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
FEW can challenge the rationale behind the Haryana Day giveaways Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala announced at Kaithal on Monday, but the timing and the motive were certainly questionable.
- Awaiting Death, He Writes Poems (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Nov 03, 2004)
TEN years ago 40-year-old poet V. Radhakrishnan murdered a gangster in a village in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. The gangster had slaughtered his friend’s cattle and threatened his wife with widowhood.
- Aircraft Mishaps And Training (Deccan Herald, B K PANDEY, Nov 03, 2004)
Air force pilots must be taught to cope with unfamiliar and unpredictable situations to prevent accidents
- Change In Myanmar (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Nov 03, 2004)
Khin Nyunt's sacking as Prime Minister was the fallout of a power struggle in Myanmar's ruling military junta.
- One School, Two Badges! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2004)
Long before a man called Narendra Modi and his politics gripped Gujarat, the mindset on which communalists thrive was becoming increasingly pervasive in the state of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Tailored For The Corporates? (Hindu, Ajay Gudavarthy, Nov 02, 2004)
How do we reconcile the need to study for jobs with an academic and genuinely inquisitive learning?
- A Retrospective View (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 02, 2004)
The Rajyotsava awards have been devalued by the current practice of inviting applications for them
- Doctoring The Health Chart (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Nov 02, 2004)
The failure of its family planning programme exposes the Samajwadi Party’s lack of commitment to UP’s development
- Will The War Lovers Win? (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 01, 2004)
The US presidential election will decide how the world will react to terrorism in the future
- Speak A Common Tongue (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 01, 2004)
Most of the world thought that this battle ended about 50 years ago, when America emerged as the new superpower and its language became the normal medium of communication.
- Unemployment: The Seven Sins Of Perception (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 01, 2004)
Listing the seven problems of perception vis-à-vis the unemployment scene in the country, and suggesting a seven-point solution, P. V. Indiresan says that the aim must be to create employment over a wide range of the economy and for all person s, not ...
- The Case For Kerry (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2004)
The London-based Guardian newspaper sets out the case for John Kerry to be elected as the next President of the United States.
- Altruism And Economic Behaviour (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 01, 2004)
A sign I see in a local grocery store encourages me to buy bananas at a higher price because it is a `fair trade' product. Similar signs are also found near the shelves selling some brands of coffee.
- Challenge Lies In Changing The Mindset (Tribune, Shamsher S. Mehta, Nov 01, 2004)
We have inherited a system of education, which invariably generates an expectation in the mind of the parent and the child of a white collar occupation. What we require instead is a system that produces a multi-collar workforce.
- Lost In The Mayhem (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Nov 01, 2004)
The crossing at Bansdroni is heard to have driven a homeguard to nervous breakdown
- School Curriculum Should Be More Student-Friendly: Ncert Chief (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2004)
Prof Krishna Kumar, the new Director of the National Council for Educational Research and Training, is an expert in his own right.
- The Crucial Amendment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2004)
If neither George W. Bush nor John Kerry comes through convincingly, November 2004 could make November 2000 look like a high school picnic.
- Senior Citizens Deserve A Safety Net (Tribune, Punam Khaira Sidhu, Oct 31, 2004)
The world is going white. A demographic restructuring of the world populace is underway. United Nations estimates put the number of those aged 60 plus at 600 million, i.e. 10 per cent of the world population.
- Can Kerry Carry The Day? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 31, 2004)
With two days to go for the American presidential election, it has become a race too close to call
- Feasts Of Colour, Bangs And Razzmataz (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 31, 2004)
1984” wasn’t just George Orwell’s novel’s famous title, it was also the year of Bob Geldof’s Ethiopia Rock Concert. What was almost unmanageable in that pop concert was not the millions in currencies that rolled in, often flooding the 200 lines set up for
- Managing The Economic Affairs (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 30, 2004)
The mantle of the Secretary in the Finance Ministry in charge of economic affairs has fallen on the the Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, Dr Rakesh Mohan, with considerable experience earlier as Advisor to the Finance Minister.
- New Agenda For The Bjp (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 30, 2004)
As a one-time admirer and supporter of L K Advani, I welcome his return to the helm of affairs of the BJP, which he took from near-nothing to ruling the country.
- Sealed With A Kiss (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 30, 2004)
Some three years ago, I took the liberty of greeting the daughter of the then Pakistan high commissioner, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, with a kiss.
- The Varna Of Efficiency (The Economic Times, SUKHADEO THORAT, Oct 30, 2004)
Among the several reasons, the absence of discrimination in recruitments in the private sector and the possible adverse impact of reservation/affirmative
- Making India World’S ‘Skill Capital’ (Tribune, Shamsher S. Mehta, Oct 30, 2004)
India is the IT hub of the world and the preferred choice of back office operations. Our capital markets are attractive and there is macroeconomic stability. We are grain surplus, our forex reserves are $ 120.6 bn, we have a robust manufacturing and
- From Blunder To Blunder (Deccan Herald, B SOMASHEKHAR, Oct 30, 2004)
The state government went wrong in delaying the decision-making at every stage, which left students in a quandary
- Rape In The Nation’S Capital (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Oct 29, 2004)
THE recent rapes of a 15-year-old blind girl and a 13-year-old domestic help have once again ignited a heated debate involving the safety of women in the nation’s Capital.
- Safety Above All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2004)
Recent Data on savings and capital formation confirm that households in this country prefer to play safe when they invest in financial assets.
- The Road Ahead For Bjp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 29, 2004)
It is back to basics for the BJP. If losing the Lok Sabha elections was the first major shock, its inability to oust the Congress-NCP regime in Maharashtra has been the last straw on the camel's back for the party ...
- Managing Schools (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2004)
Quickly learning lessons from the terrible tragedy at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu last July when 90 young students of the Sri Krishna Primary School perished in a fire accident, both the Central and State Governments
- Star Performance (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Oct 28, 2004)
Treating MGR helped me find my life’s calling, but not the compensation promised
- Round And Round They Go, Endlessly (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Oct 28, 2004)
The Centre needs to tackle the issue of integration — the main demand of the NSCN(I-M) — if there is to be lasting peace
- Death To The Defiant (Tribune, Rajesh Sinha, Oct 28, 2004)
This is the tragic story of two youngsters in love who ran away to be together; they also ran away from the hostile reaction their relationship was likely to provoke in their village — Shahadpur in Dausa district, Rajasthan.
- Enhancing Food Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 28, 2004)
Space technology can help double the country’s foodgrain production to meet the increase in demand
- The Return Of Birbal (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Oct 27, 2004)
I was in Chandigarh recently. My nephew Abeer who has just stepped into Punjab Engineering College (PEC) asked me a question, “Mamaji, if somebody asks you how many birds are there in Shimla, what will your reply be?” I told him a witty one from ‘Akbar-Bi
- Before The Die Is Cast (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Oct 27, 2004)
“It’s hard work, you know.” That is not George Bush referring to his role in the Iraq war, although he used the phrase, ad infinitum, during his pre-poll debates.
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 26, 2004)
Employment generation schemes can create conditions for much higher levels of economic activity and therefore growth, especially in the rural areas.
- Chaos, Murder And Mayhem In Iraq (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Oct 26, 2004)
Kidnapping and killing is a daily reality in Iraq, but in the West the atrocities go unrecorded and the dead are unnamed.
- Original Manager (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 25, 2004)
The man who gave professional management (and management education) the standing it has enjoyed for so many years died last month at the age of 93.
- Towards A Photo Finish (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 25, 2004)
Surveys of public opinion in the United States done recently show that on an average President George W. Bush retains a slight edge over the Democratic challenger John Kerry with less than ten days to go before the elections.
- Sikh Turban And French Law (Tribune, Subhash C. Jain, Oct 25, 2004)
THE objective of any law has to be the welfare of people. It is not an empty exercise and is meant to fill a gap in law. No law can aim at bringing about only
- Close Race Between Bush And Kerry (Deccan Herald, MANAS CHANDRASHEKAR, Oct 25, 2004)
While the question of jobs is likely to hurt Bush’s chances, Kerry appears to be faltering on Iraq
- Big Is Beautiful (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Oct 25, 2004)
If we accept cars as part of our basic needs, we should take the scratches that come with them
- No Dearth Of Enthusiasm Or Aspiration For Young Cricketers (Tribune, David Devadas, Oct 24, 2004)
HOW times change. Many of Kashmir’s young boys are all agog about the Ranji Trophy match between Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir that is to be played in Srinagar on November 16.
- Social Chemistry And Gender Did The Trick (Hindu, Rajeshwari Deshpande, Oct 24, 2004)
If the victory of the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party is somewhat surprising, more surprising is the social chemistry of that victory.
- Acknowledgements (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
This special report is based on a cross-section survey conducted 24 hours after voting was over.
- Ashwani Has Many Firsts To His Credit (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 24, 2004)
Aswani kumar is a young and budding leader from Punjab. He has many firsts to his credit. He is the first Congressman from Punjab who has been elected unopposed twice consecutively to the Rajya Sabha from the state.
- Man With A Golden Gun (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2004)
In the latest battle between good and evil, Veerappan was clearly Ravana. And STF chief K. Vijayakumar is — at least for the moment — Rama
- Punjab’S Progress (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Oct 23, 2004)
The spectrum of regional inequalities in India is a very wide one with Punjab and Bihar having per capita incomes of Rs 25, 048 and Rs 5,466 respectively at the opposite ends.
- Smells From The Kitchen (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 23, 2004)
There is so much emphasis on what one should eat or drink in our religious traditions which have neither logic nor any bearing on health.
- Collapse Of A Flyover (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2004)
While Panipat badly needs a flyover on the Sher Shah Suri Marg cutting through the city, the one it had on the road to Rohtak collapsed suddenly on Thursday morning.
- Bhakra Dam: An Engineering Monument (Tribune, Narinder Sharma, Oct 22, 2004)
The world-famous concrete monument, Bhakra Dam, is a prized possession of India. It is a reservoir of prizes and surprises. The Bhakra Dam, standing 740 ft from its foundation, is the highest dam in Asia and the second largest in the world.
- Petty And Grand (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 22, 2004)
What is common to Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Russia, Tanzania and India? They have all been perceived as equally corrupt in the public sector.
- Rights Before Welfare (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 22, 2004)
NHRC wants rights approach to tackling the inhuman practice of untouchability
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