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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 22438:
- Reforming Babudom (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Oct 22, 2004)
Ever EVER since Dr Manmohan Singh’s government took charge, it has focused attention on good governance. A dedicated and dynamic bureaucracy, sensitive to the changing times, is all that is essentially required for good governance.
- Revitalise Rural Credit Thru Nabard (Business Line, V. Jagan Mohan , Oct 22, 2004)
The huge gap in rural credit still exists in spite of a wide rural credit structure. Therefore, the time has come to leverage Nabard's formidable financial strength to revitalise the rural credit structure.
- Tricky Destiny (Deccan Herald, A N SUDARSAN RAO, Oct 21, 2004)
Until now, Fate seems to have decided events in my life, on which I have had little control
- Reforming School Education (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Oct 21, 2004)
There is need to do away with examinations at the school-leaving stage and hold tests for further education
- New Leader With New Ideas? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 21, 2004)
Lal Krishna Advani was the man who first said that the BJP must move away from hindutva, to become a party of governance in order to widen its appeal beyond a core base.
- Making Contract Farming A Success (Tribune, Sharanjit S. Dhillon, Oct 21, 2004)
The Government of India’s National Agricultural Policy envisages that private sector participation will be promoted through contract farming and land leasing arrangements to allow accelerated technology transfer, capital inflow and assured market for...
- It Is A Close Race (Hindu, Bhargavi Shiva, Oct 21, 2004)
With less than two weeks to election day in America, the Bush-Cheney strategy of creating a fear psychosis seems to have had an impact.
- Babes In The Advertising Wood (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 21, 2004)
There was a news item, recently, regarding a case filed against a bottled-drink maker by a child labour activist at Hyderabad, for glorifying child labour.
- Fast-Forwarding Indo-Vietnamese Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 21, 2004)
The historic occasion of the golden jubilee of the Nehru-Ho Chi Minh meeting in Hanoi has provided a valuable opportunity for India and Vietnam to review the whole gamut of bilateral relations so that they can be put on a fast track.
- Nobel And Consistent (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 21, 2004)
During the first fortnight in October, economists all over the world speculate on who are likely to win the Nobel prize.
- Living In The Moment (Deccan Herald, A S IYER, Oct 20, 2004)
One should be able to communicate the pleasure derived from living in ‘The Now’, to others
- Doctors With Dictionaries (Deccan Herald, MARK RICE-OXLEY, Oct 20, 2004)
A lot of South Asian interns, who have come to Britain to work, are finding it difficult to get jobs
- Bush Versus The Nobel Laureates (Hindu, Andrew C. Revkin, Oct 20, 2004)
This year, 48 Nobel laureates dropped all pretence of non-partisanship as they signed a letter endorsing Senator John Kenry for President.
- The New Hindu Growth Rate! (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2004)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Before All Is Lost (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Oct 20, 2004)
It was in the 19th century that a new interest in antiquarianism grew in Europe and pervaded the life and thoughts of great men of letters like Sir Walter Scott and John Ruskin.
- Was The Encounter Stage-Managed? (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Oct 20, 2004)
The death of Koosai Muniasamy Veerappan (65) in an encounter with the Special Task Force of the Tamil Nadu Police last night at Papparapatti village in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu has pulled the curtains on a torturous history of crime which ...
- A Skewed Debate (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 20, 2004)
The Western media cannot pick and choose situations for special "softly, softly" treatment and expect all to toe the line while they themselves show disregard for other people's sensitivities.
- Unshackling Rural Markets - For Authentic Engagement, First (Business Line, R. Gopalakrishnan, Oct 20, 2004)
Corporates should think about rural markets more holistically rather than from a pure consumer marketing viewpoint. There is a crucial role also for the government, which must move to authentic ...
- An Early Awakening (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 20, 2004)
In the days of my youth I was not known for any great accomplishment either in my studies or on the sports field. I did, however, learn the facts of life at an early age though the first time I was faced with one I was terrified.
- Peccadillo Polls (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 20, 2004)
With precisely a fortnight to go before the presidential poll in the United States of America, you might imagine that Americans — at least the
- Top Three States - A Socio-Economic Comparison (Business Line, Jeevan Prakash Mohanty, Oct 20, 2004)
The Assembly election in Maharashtra is crucial for its possible ramifications on national politics. The election is being fought on several issues.
- The Kremlin Consolidates (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 19, 2004)
Vladimir Putin's planned political reforms will strengthen his hold on Russia's restive regions and Parliament.
- Colours That Run In The Us (Business Line, Sharad Varde, Oct 19, 2004)
"HEY, you guys wait for a while. On this side are all Asians. You go to the other section. That is quieter."
- Dressed Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2004)
It must be a strange experience to get beaten up by one’s colleagues for what one has chosen to wear to work. And that too, with umbrellas.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Economic Migration In Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 19, 2004)
While many observers continue to think of cross-border labour migration in terms of the movement of labour from the South to the North, in Asia most of the recent labour movement has been within the continent.
- Rising Costs Of Transport (Tribune, Ravinder N. Batta, Oct 19, 2004)
WHILE the importance of transport in a growing economy cannot be overstated, there are related costs that need to be kept in view by policy-makers. Such costs are usually external to those who make use of transport and are often unaccounted for.
- All Eyes On The Carnival (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Oct 19, 2004)
Whoever is the next president, certain trends in the US will favour India
- Getting The Cream For Civil Services (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 18, 2004)
If the quality of Indian administration is to improve, staff selection must be pushed down, even beyond the Hota panel suggestion, to the school level. Like the khoa test of dairymen, it will force colleges and
- No Alternative To Reforms (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 18, 2004)
The Left has always been a marginal force in India. Given the belief that its ideology has a special appeal for the poor, it can seem odd that the Left has never made much headway in this country, except at a regional level such as other non-Left
- Mid-Term Appraisal Of Plan Targets (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 18, 2004)
The Mid-Term Appraisal presents the Planning Commission an opportunity to tackle certain problems head-on.
- Hungry To Bed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2004)
Does it at all make sense to talk of the “rights” of a hungry child in India? For most of their legal childhood, children have no voice in the Indian political system, and children from disadvantaged families are twice removed from the democratic process.
- Derrida's Derring-Do (Deccan Herald, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2004)
Although Jacques Derrida (who recently died) is hailed by Western scholars for having performed a philosophical derring-do by propounding his theory of deconstruction, the fascination for the mysteries of words is as old as civilisation itself.
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- A Meeting With Satyajit Ray (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Oct 18, 2004)
When I read a comprehensive article about Satyajit Ray in The Tribune written in a nostalgic vein, I suddenly recalled my visit to Calcutta 17-18 years ago. I could be wrong about some dates and places, for my fading memory in old age sometimes gives me a
- Connecting Rural India (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 18, 2004)
The task of taking the benefits of the Internet and the space age to the country's 600,000 villages can be achieved by bringing about synergy between technology and public policy.
- John Kerry For President (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
This is The New York Times' editorial endorsement of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, for the American presidency.
- Sweet Sadness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 18, 2004)
Within the space of a fortnight, two front-ranking French citizens have shuffled off their mortal coils.
- Trivialities To The Fore (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 18, 2004)
Weird are the ways of New Delhi. At a time when the country faces many grave problems, the nation's capital — especially the antiseptic area where politics, bureaucracy, the media
- War, Peace And The People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2004)
When the representatives of the Andhra Pradesh Government and Maoist leaders sat across the table in Hyderabad on October 15 to discuss peace, it was in recognition of the truth that they had to respect the people's wishes.
- Death Of A Hero (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Oct 17, 2004)
Before a phenomenon called Garfield Sobers emerged on the cricket scene, most cricket lovers would have named Keith Miller as the greatest all-rounder the game had ever seen.
- On A Losing Streak (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Oct 17, 2004)
India's scorecard of 105 for 6 at draw of stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against Australia may have seen strong men weep in their cups.
- Khushwant’S Updated Volumes On Sikh History (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Oct 17, 2004)
Foremost, the two updated volumes of the “History of the Sikhs” (Oxford University Press) by Khushwant Singh have just hit the stands. The earlier edition had events and happenings till about 1984.
- Hot Falls & Shahrukh Khan (The Economic Times, RAGHUKRISHNAN, Oct 17, 2004)
One day, they will have a warm waterfall and I will stand under it for hours.
- Bush, Blair Should Find New Epithets To Flog (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 17, 2004)
WHAT a raft of elections we’ve just had — and all apparently to solidify democracy. For most of them even Lithuania perhaps America and Britain take the credit — making the world, they say, a “safer place”, clearing the air of the pollution emitted ...
- Stalemate In The Northeast (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Oct 16, 2004)
As things stand, there simply is no ground for any kind of talks or even talks about talks with ULFA.
- Narrow Outlook On Broadband (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2004)
The Broadband policy announced on Thursday, is a disappointment, coming as it does after much expectations were raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations on the subject.
- No Forecasts Will Shake This Govt (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
In one of his speeches delivered during the election campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a dig at the Opposition for pinning its faith in forecasts made by astrologers and resorting to tantric practices in the hope of coming back to
- Legality Of Iraq War Does Matter (Hindu, Robin Cook, Oct 16, 2004)
It can only be a matter of time before the invasion of Iraq is challenged in court.
- Broadband And Bottlenecks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
Broadband connects over 120 million Internet users worldwide to an online universe of rich content.
- Business Cycle Is `Alive And Well' And Winning Nobel Too (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2004)
Business cycles attracted attention this week because Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott won this year's Nobel economics prize for their `highly innovative' analysis of economic policy and the driving forces behind
- Of Names And Name-Calling (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Oct 16, 2004)
By using animal names for human beings in a derogatory manner, we are degrading these life forms too
- Good Times, Bad Times (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
I discovered at the cost of considerable time and trouble that writing about the immediate past is more difficult and hazardous than writing about the hoary past.
- In Thename Of The Father (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2004)
These are trying times for Uddhav Thackeray. Despite his parent’s blessings, it’s today’s Maharashtra Assembly election results that will define his true position in the Shiv Sena
- Wows For Mr Biswas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
Senior Left leaders, who disdain globalisation, should learn from Mr Kanti Biswas, the Marxist education minister of West Bengal. Mr Biswas’ recent request to ...
- Birmingham Track Ii (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Oct 15, 2004)
THE Track II wallahs are way ahead of politicians and officials pursuing the composite dialogue and CBMs. Barring the complex core issue for Pakistan — Kashmir — and the less interactable but linked problem for India of cross-border terrorism
- Back On The Roll, Mr Fm? (The Economic Times, YASHWANT SINHA, Oct 15, 2004)
It was a little over two months ago, that finance minister P Chidambaram presented the UPA government's first Budget on July 8, 2004.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- Moments To Cherish (Deccan Herald, S R MUKUND, Oct 15, 2004)
It is those small pleasures, however mundane, that make life worth living
- Historic Process (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
The willingness of the govt and the PW to work out their problems is a step forward
- Women And Elections In Afghanistan (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Oct 14, 2004)
The United States and Britain used the oppression of Afghan women to justify their intervention. That is not how it is seen on the ground.
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- Signs Of A Recovery (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 14, 2004)
At long last, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook is cautiously optimistic about the prospects of the global economy
- Saarc Writers Conference (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Oct 14, 2004)
The focus of this literary meet was on that irregular triangle that forms the central peninsula of Southern Asia. Here nestle the seven sibling countries in close togetherness yet with a distinct cultural identity.
- Lying Comes Naturally To Human Beings (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
Accounting is a profession that earns its bread from `truth'. Who else plugs `true and fair' in their finished product with as much finesse as we manage to?
- Just Two (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2004)
Can “national interest” override private choice? It can, in Haryana and in a few other Indian states. The Supreme Court has now upheld the Haryana assembly’s legal competence to enact a law that could disqualify a member of the municipality if he or ...
- Simplify The Tree Act (Deccan Herald, C S VEDANT, Oct 14, 2004)
Simpler norms need to be devised for determining private tree ownership, to protect individual and State interests
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- George Bush, You Are Fired (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Oct 14, 2004)
Bob Botfeld is a computer systems engineer who gave up his cushy job in a New York firm six months ago, to devote all his energies to “the most important election” of his 50-something life.
- Is India Facing Argentina-Like Debt Crisis?: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 13, 2004)
Communist. Socialist. Pro-poor. That India's five-month old government has been called these names and worse should spook bond investors. These are, after all, people who tend to panic over politicians who spend ever-increasing amounts of . . .
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- Us Report Opens Old Wounds (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 13, 2004)
Sanctions hurt the poor and empower the targeted state, bringing the latter a new source of personal wealth
- Donkey Work (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2004)
Three hundred donkeys and 5,000 mobile phones. These were the essentials, together with Russian jeeps, helicopters and a cargo plane, that the UN had to organize for the Afghan elections.
- Ig-Nobel Record (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2004)
Leaving aside the Peace prize, as per the information available up to 2000, 631 Nobel prizes have been awarded, of which the US (242) has been the largest recipient with one prize for a million population ...
- Learning To Speak Like The Masters (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2004)
Public schools, out of fashion in Britain, are striking fresh root in Asia, where they continue to be viewed with much appreciation and awe
- Nobel Prize Winner Celebrates It With Omelette (Tribune, Alister Bull, Oct 13, 2004)
Edward Prescott, this year’s joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on so-called time-inconsistency was a victim of the clock when the Oslo committee called with the good news on Monday.
- Quotas For Companies (Telegraph, André Béteille, Oct 12, 2004)
By creating expectations about reservations in the private sector, the Congress has raised the stakes in competitive populism to new heights.
- Multilateral Funding — Whither The Management Consultant? (Business Line, Suvendu Bose, Oct 12, 2004)
Given the right environment, management consultants will indeed be seen to play a key role in putting India firmly on a sustainable growth path and in actively supporting its march to achieving developed country status by 2020.
- Minorities And Backwardness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2004)
The election commission has shown over-the-top zeal in objecting to the timing of the Union Cabinet's September 29 decision to set up a special commission for the "socially and economically" backward among religious and linguistic minorities.
- Why India Must Invest In Intellect (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 12, 2004)
India's competitiveness will, in the final analysis, depend on how well the human resource compares with the best in the world. But none of India's over 200 universities and 2,400 colleges figures in the top 200 rankings.
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