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Articles 20921 through 21020 of 22438:
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
- The Republicans' True Colour (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 07, 2004)
In 2000, the Republicans paraded their diversity. But now the party is showing its true colour -- white.
- Working With The Kid Gloves On (Telegraph, Jyoti Punwani, Sep 07, 2004)
Thanks to the Congress’s half-hearted secularism, the Hindu right is back with a bang
- Real Diseases, Weird Cures (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 07, 2004)
Is exercise not better than cutting off your tummy if you are fat? Apparently not, in the consumerist world
- Unforgivable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
There was only one thing to consider when the nightmare began in Middle School No. 1 in Beslan. The extremists had hundreds of children as hostage.
- Terror Strikes In Russia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 06, 2004)
The immediate goal of the Beslan raid was to spread violence beyond Chechnya and set Russia's entire North Caucasus on fire.
- Spare The Children (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2004)
Moscow must learn from the Beslan tragedy and change its stance on the Chechen issue
- More, Please (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
On Saturday, Mr Manmohan Singh gave the first press conference by a prime minister in 12 years. It is understandable that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee should not have cared to face the press.
- Beslan Lessons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2004)
The three-day school hostage drama in Russia came to a heart-rending end on Friday. More than 330 people died — half of them children. At least 700 others were maimed or injured when violence erupted at the school in Beslan, North Ossetia,
- Wages Of Town Non-Planning (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 06, 2004)
The panel probing the Kumbakonam school fire tragedy will discover many culprits but almost certainly overlook the worst offence: Poor town planning.
- Back To Academics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2004)
Both govt and managements should think of the students for a change
- Ghastly Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2004)
THE grisly pictures of naked children with blood oozing out from their tender bodies are going to haunt the victims and survivors of Russia’s hostage crisis and the conscience of the world for all times to come.
- Hardening Postures (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 06, 2004)
A road, the prime minister Manmohan Singh is fond of quoting, is made by walking step by step. However, it is unlikely that India and Pakistan will take any major step forward
- A Matter Of Shame (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2004)
THE Lucknow episode has once again highlighted the irresponsible behaviour of protectors and enforcers of the law.
- Challenges Facing Indian Media (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Sep 05, 2004)
AT home in India there cannot but have been a surge of admiration at the superlative performance of China in the Olympics. Second after the United States with golds only a little less, it was a superb record and this after taking part in all the ...
- Fighting Shadows (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Sep 05, 2004)
In an unforgettable poem, the almost-forgotten genius, Sukumar Ray, spoke of the exploits of Jagai who single-handedly fought the assault of seven Germans.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- What’S The Right Price? (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 05, 2004)
Medicines, says Ram Vilas Paswan, must be affordable to the common man. But imposing a blanket price control has its own hazards
- Is There A Way Out Of This ‘Dismal Circle’? (Deccan Herald, ASHISH BALLAL, Sep 05, 2004)
Another Olympics, another dismal performance, another dismal result, and another dismal analysis. When will this all stop?
- He Has No Craze For The Kursi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 05, 2004)
A.K. Antony is a rare leader in the weird world of politics. He personifies idealism and probity in public life. But he has to pay a heavy price for his virtues and step down as the Chief Minister of Kerala...
- It Costs 32 P.C. Of Gdp For Government To Mess Up Economy (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 04, 2004)
The record of sorts achieved during the latest session of Parliament when the Finance Bill got passed without any discussion is nothing to feel proud of. So, when one finds that William W. Lewis has a chapter titled, "India:
- Hate Breeds Hate And Troublemakers (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
On an average I read two to three books every week. Some I write about in these columns. Some I persuade my friends to read. Others I give away to the kabariwala.
- Game, Set, Match (Tribune, Anjali Majumdar, Sep 04, 2004)
MY stepfather, Kunwar Mahindar Singh, would have liked that: being taken through an archway of tennis racquets held aloft by friends and family bidding him farewell on his last journey.
- City Under Siege (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2004)
Protests should be symbolic rather than shows of strength
- Homilies Won’T Help (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
Teacher's Day, which will be observed in the country on September 5, to mark the birth anniversary of former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, is yet another occasion to focus on the status of teachers today.
- Time To Disco (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2004)
Everything’s new in Saif Ali Khan’s life. New interests, new modelling assignments and new-found fame. So he sees no reason to keep an old wife
- The Benefits Of Doubt (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
Most scriptural writings warn us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of ...
- Space-Age Science Policy (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Sep 04, 2004)
ON May 18, 1974, the first atomic device code named “Smiling Buddha” was tested in Pokhran. As sanctions were imposed upon us, the policy of self-reliance in high-tech Engineering became necessary.
- Putin Had To Choose Between Two Evils (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 04, 2004)
The two-day hostage drama in a children-packed school in North Ossetia came to a bloody end on Friday when Russian commandos stormed the building two days after it was seized by Chechen gunmen.
- Paradise Lost (Deccan Herald, TANUSHREE PODDER, Sep 04, 2004)
Two full days without cable television brought life back to town. But it was short-lived...
- Crucial Afghan Presidential Poll (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 03, 2004)
The Afghan Presidential elections are fixed for October 9, 2004. It was earlier postponed twice and it is hoped that this time the security situation in the country would not be so badly disruptive as to call for yet another postponement.
- Olympics In Ammathi (Deccan Herald, PRABHU HARLE, Sep 03, 2004)
Listening to the commentary around a transistor radio, we kept our hopes alive till the end
- Children As Hostages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
The Chechen separatists who took 400 people, including 200 schoolchildren, as hostages on Wednesday in Beslan town in the volatile republic of North Ossetia might have succeeded in re-focusing the world attention on the crisis in Russia's rebel state ...
- Blow For Equality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 03, 2004)
The J&K Bill, if passed, would have denied women their fundamental rights as citizens
- Russia Gains Global Support (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 03, 2004)
Moscow has welcomed the strong show of support that the United Nations Security Council demonstrated over the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Russia that have killed over 100 people.
- The Also-Ran Nation (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 03, 2004)
The 28th Olympic Games are now ended. In the battle for gold medals, China has almost drawn level with the United States of America, although in the tally of medals in all categories, it has lagged behind God’s Own Country.
- Should Death Penalty Die? (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 03, 2004)
Dhananjoy Chatterjee died on the gallows leaving behind one worthwhile bequest — an intense debate whether it was not time India too joined the majority of the countries of the world in abolishing capital punishment. Dhananjoy’s case opened the widest ...
- Captive Audience (Deccan Herald, N Narasimhan, Sep 02, 2004)
Politicians are some of the best teachers of how exactly you should not speak in public
- Science Of Choices To Tame Numbers And Noises (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2004)
What do you call "the firms and institutions that together make it possible for money to make the world go round"?
- One Hundred Days Of Solitude (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 02, 2004)
If the BJP has not reconciled itself to being in the Opposition, the Congress too sometimes gives the impression of not reconciling itself to the fact that it is now in power.
- Unwriting History (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 01, 2004)
Arjun Singh may be looking for a vaccine to detoxify education, but the infection is already too widespread
- Faltering Bush Plays Terror Card (Hindu, Paul Harris, Aug 30, 2004)
A year ago, George W. Bush was expected to be invincible; instead he is fighting for his political future.
- Between War And Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2004)
A silver lining actually emphasises the density of dark clouds. And so it has been for India at the Olympics, where but for a lone No 2 spot in trap shooting, we are far down in the list of honours.
- At Last, I Know (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 30, 2004)
The year was 1970. Like most students of that time, I used to go to college five kilometres away on a cycle. Motorcycles and cars were a luxury which only a select few enjoyed.
- Wishes Are Not Medals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2004)
A silver lining actually emphasises the density of dark clouds. And so it has been for India at the Olympics, where but for a lone No 2 spot in trap shooting, we are far down in the list of honours.
- Budget, Service Tax And All That (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 30, 2004)
Even as the new Government completed its first 100 days in office, the abrupt end to the Budget session with the Opposition not finding enough `political space' to play its legitimate role...
- Unproductive Confrontations (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Aug 30, 2004)
Politics in India is on the simmer again but not over substantive issues of governance. The polity is getting unnecessarily confrontational, with no one sure of how the system would get out of this unproductive face-off
- Neglect Of Alternative Medicine (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Aug 30, 2004)
The only Government Ayurvedic College in Punjab is situated a stone’s throw from the residence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in Patiala. The Chief Minister visits it to cast his vote.
- Planning For The Future (Hindu, Ashok Parthasarathi, Aug 30, 2004)
Public investment needs to be raised sharply on improving infrastructure in the rural areas in a labour-intensive manner.
- When Kashmiris’ Faith Extends Explicitly To The Supernatural (Tribune, David Devadas, Aug 29, 2004)
A few weeks ago, a Kashmiri friend took me to a shop off the high profile Residency Road in Srinagar. It was a curio shop that sold artifacts as well as jewellery. A grey-haired gentleman in an old fashioned suit sat at the far end of the shop and my ...
- When Power Brokers Rule The Roost In Varsity Campuses (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, Aug 29, 2004)
While the universities replicate the universe of knowledge and wisdom, our universities have also come to epitomise the subtleties and intricacies of complex political processes.
- They Wanted To Create Another August 15 (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Aug 29, 2004)
Twenty-nine years after Sheikh Mujib’s assassination, his daughter survived the seventh attempt on her life.
- Lessons To Be Learnt On Hostage Crises (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
We should have learnt a few lessons on how to deal with people when some of our fellow countrymen or women are abducted and held as hostages by their kidnappers.
- Trampling Upon Truth (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
There are things in life which we accept as gospel truths without ever questioning their veracity. Two such are that truth always triumphs (satyamev jayate) and honesty is the best policy.
- Children’S Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 28, 2004)
Sometimes, newspapers come up with bizarre juxtapositions. Last week, the top story in a Bengali daily was about the nearly fatal consequences of four children in Bankura trying to play out Dhananjoy Chatterjee’s hanging.
- Clinging To Identity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 28, 2004)
In the Fifties when Britain had National Service, my friends joked about the soldier who tried to get out of Sunday church service by professing Islam.
- First Professional Manager Of India (Tribune, Irfan Khan, Aug 28, 2004)
Prakash Tandon passed away in Pune last week at the age of 93, missing the century. Without doubt the most celebrated Indian professional manager of the 20th century and arguably the most renowned Chairman of Hindustan Lever so far, he is an icon of ...
- Unlucky Bhutanese Refugees (Tribune, H. Bula Devi, Aug 27, 2004)
Refugees are not born; they are created. It is a man-made situation and humanity perhaps takes a toll when a man is called a refugee in his own land.
- The Missing Birds (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Aug 27, 2004)
There was a myth that I had grown up with which said that no bird ever came near a eucalyptus tree. This myth was shattered when I came to live in Mohali.
- Gentlemen And Patriots (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 27, 2004)
From all accounts, the Union petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, is both a happy and troubled man these days.
- Climb Every Wall (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 27, 2004)
Olympic fever has gripped China. Prime-time viewing is now the Athens Show. Go shopping in the evenings and all you see are the Olympics.
- To Conserve Land, Go High Rise (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 27, 2004)
India stands first for its people and then its land. Idealistically speaking, land (with the rivers and mountains inclusive) is a precious resource that all the people of India possess collectively.
- Reservation In The Private Sector (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 27, 2004)
Reservation in the private sector could stoke hope and optimism. At its worst, it will be a placebo — which is most useful in the treatment of economic disorders and ironies.
- Poetry Loses A Major Presence (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 27, 2004)
Arun Kolatkar sculpted poetry out of language with the chisels of surprise and epiphany.
- How China Keeps Defying The Doomsayers (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 27, 2004)
Signs of extraordinary growth dazzle tourists, especially Indians, visiting China. They are stupefied when their buses move smoothly on interminable highways, criss-crossed by winding flyovers.
- Improving Standards Of Governance (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Aug 27, 2004)
THE Central Government is considering a proposal to select aspiring IAS and allied services candidates after the 12th standard with a view to catching them young for a career in the civil service.
- A Taxing Strike (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 26, 2004)
To appease the striking transporters, there is an ominous proposal from the Finance Ministry to shift their service tax liability on to consignors, thus turning the whole concept of service tax on its head.
- Unsafe In Himachal Pradesh (Tribune, Pratibha Chauhan, Aug 26, 2004)
THE recent acid attack on a 19-year-old Shimla girl has served another reminder of the rising incidence of crime against women in Himachal Pradesh.
- To Write A Good Opinion, You Need The Right Mental Attitude (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2004)
Finished product of an audit is an opinion, clean or qualified, adverse or disclaimer. There is a standard lingo for opinions that is spoon-fed to CAs, and one can churn opinions year after year from a boilerplate file stored in
- The Due Process Clause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
The importation of the "due process clause," consciously deleted at the time of framing the Constitution, has led to a decisive supremacy of the judiciary over all other branches of Government.
- Don't Confuse Capabilities With Activities (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2004)
About three months ago, Infosys announced that its human resource value stood at beyond Rs 20,000 crore, growing by almost 100 per cent over a year.
- Depression Deaths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 26, 2004)
Youngsters showing signs of depression should be given professional attention
- Hubli Histrionics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
The mega sound effects surrounding the surrender of Uma Bharti before a Hubli court were not unexpected given the Bharatiya Janata Party's talent for making a production of the smallest event.
- Dialogue With Pakistan (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2004)
When Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee met Gen Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad during the SAARC Summit in January this year, India agreed to the resumption of the dialogue with Pakistan following a categorical commitment by the General that he would not allow any ...
- Uma Gives Bjp A New Political Tool (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2004)
The Uma Bharti episode regarding the national flag may seem like yet another scene in the political theatre of the absurd but at its core lies something more serious.
- Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 25, 2004)
Lack of political will has adversely affected the promotion of people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan.
- Sand, Sun And Safety (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Aug 25, 2004)
When I returned from Phuket, Thailand, last week, I fell into a deep depression just wondering how long we will take to get our country cleaned. Phuket, a popular sun-and-sand destination for the world, has beautiful clean beaches
- Unique Space For A Relinquisher (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 25, 2004)
By giving up power, Sonia now commands enormous power with which she can initiate a massive social reform
- Innovative Edge (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 25, 2004)
IT IS a truism that corporates can survive in the era of global competition and advances in technology only by constantly renewing themselves and presenting to the customers and stakeholders convincing evidence of striving for the best standards of ...
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