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Articles 21021 through 21120 of 22438:
- Crisis In Schools (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2004)
Trimester system is a non-starter and students are yet to get text books
- Keeping Outsourcing Blues Out Of Us Election Politics (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Aug 25, 2004)
To remain globally competitive, the American firms willy-nilly will have to outsource their jobs. However, It would be in their interests that this sensitive issue is kept out of electoral politics.
- Living With High Oil Prices (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Aug 23, 2004)
Even at high production levels, the era of cheap oil may be coming to a close. Spiralling fuel prices require that public transport systems be upgraded.
- Fixed Maturity Plans: Managing Interest Rate Risks Through Them (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 23, 2004)
Fixed maturity plans that most fund-houses offer under their umbrella of bond funds have largely gone unnoticed. Or at least, these plans are not as aggressively marketed as the floating-rate bond funds.
- What Lies Beneath (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 23, 2004)
It would be misleading to say that there is a hidden war going on at the top of the Chinese Communist Party, because there is always a secret war going on there.
- Individual Self-Interest Overrides System's Needs (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 23, 2004)
The electrocution of Anish in Bangalore and the deaths of the children in the Kumbakonam fire highlight the severe consequences when public officials fail to do the job they are paid for.
- Making People-To-People Contacts (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Aug 23, 2004)
The candlelight vigil ceremony organised by the Hind-Pak Dosti Manch at the Wagah border on the eve of Independence Day provided the writer an opportunity to interact with politicians, theatre personalities and housewives from Pakistan.
- Resolve The Issues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2004)
It is a matter of serious concern that disaffection within a professional community in Tamil Nadu, caused or complicated by a series of ill-considered acts by the higher judiciary, has snowballed into a State-wide protest, creating law and order
- Nagas Sweet And Sore (Tribune, Tirath Ram, Aug 23, 2004)
IN 1992, I was posted in Mariani, situated on the Border of Nagaland and Assam. One day when I was sitting in my office four or five Naga youths forcibly entered it and demanded a crate of rum failing which I may have to face the consequences.
- The Ruins Of Victory (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Aug 22, 2004)
To travel from Hospet village to Hampi, a distance of a mere 13 kilometres, is to leave behind the prosaic, familiar scenes of rural Karnataka.
- Difference Between East And West (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Aug 22, 2004)
IF I were back in an ink-smelly newspaper office again I would commission a project for the reporters. It is: check what happens, over time, to institutions set up by private persons or groups with the intention of doing something for the public.
- India’S Electoral System, The Finest In The World (Tribune, R. Rathnaswamy, Aug 22, 2004)
Election is one of the important elements of a democracy. The citizens must be able to pursue their interests and realise their goals.
- How Gay Is Their World? (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Aug 22, 2004)
By day he worked for an NGO. But his nights were taken up by raucous gay orgies. And the murder of Pushkin Chandra in New Delhi last week will only reinforce the vicious stereotype about homosexuals.
- Going Great Guns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 21, 2004)
At four, a .22 was his pet possession. Then it became a pricey Perrazi. No prizes for guessing what Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore treasures most today
- Duet Of Life (Deccan Herald, NAVARATNA LAXMAN, Aug 21, 2004)
I have fond memories of my identical twin, whose highs and lows I, quite literally, shared,
- A Reality Check On Tibet (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 21, 2004)
India should have little hesitation in accommodating Chinese sensitivities on Tibet.
- A Hair Of Honour (Tribune, M.S. Kohli, Aug 21, 2004)
Last April I suddenly decided to accompany my younger son, Ravinder, to Islamabad to see the much-publicised cricket match between India and Pakistan. My elder brother too decided to join us.
- A Bright Young Tam Bram Lawyer (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 21, 2004)
Our Tamil brethren have names a yard long and difficult for us poor northerners to pronounce. Of them Brahmins known to us colloquially as Tam Brams also have the sharpest of minds and can outsmart the rest of us, be it in science
- The Sociology Of Suicide (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 21, 2004)
The taking of one’s own life is the most private of acts, but, as the great French sociologist Emile Durkheim pointed out, the incidence of suicide varies widely across societies and historical periods.
- What's Been Earned By The Unearned (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 21, 2004)
DAY traders and futures and options (F&O) operators have almost been let off from the proposed securities transactions tax (STT).
- Focus On Education (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2004)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's call to step up the national expenditure on education from 4 per cent to 6 or 7 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product and, among other things, go in for a ...
- Is Indian Tiger Catching Up With Chinese Dragon? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 20, 2004)
The Chinese never say no to a business proposition. And if they agree to do something, they usually complete the task. On the other hand, when Indians agree to do something, they do not always finish the job.
- Catch Them Young (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2004)
ON the face of it, the Union Government's proposal to introduce a new recruitment system for civil services with a view to catching the country's future administrators young and training them for a specialised cadre deserves appreciation.
- Future Of The Commodity Futures Market (Business Line, A. S. Jeyakumar, Aug 20, 2004)
The Indian commodity futures market has had a long and chequered history. Despite the huge potential, this market has not performed as expected.
- After The Red Fort Speech (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 19, 2004)
IN the eyes of most people, barring incorrigible cynics, Dr Manmohan Singh’s maiden speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day was both worthy of the great national event and typical of the man delivering it.
- Faith Redeemed (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Aug 19, 2004)
All that was required to raise her IQ scores, was to identify the right areas for therapy
- Gender Imbalance In West Bengal (Tribune, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 19, 2004)
The recent West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 focuses on two major public initiatives that have characterised the state in the past 26 years: land reforms and decentralisation.
- There Are No Good Assassins (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Aug 19, 2004)
Only the poor and the illiterate are given capital punishment. The rich get away with milder sentences for similar crimes
- Us Turning A Blind Eye To Nukes (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Power, Aug 19, 2004)
The Bush administration might be reacting too late to an emergent nuclear programme in Saudi Arabia
- Let Democracy Not Fail The Poor (Hindu, Amarjeet Sinha, Aug 19, 2004)
The real challenge of making democracy work lies in letting the poorest households determine the course of their lives.
- Vote For Bad Or Terrible? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Aug 18, 2004)
Those who insist Ralph Nader supporters should vote John Kerry are holding back U.S. democratisation.
- Peace In Parliament (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2004)
THE Lok Sabha reopened in an unusual manner on Monday after a three-week recess. It actually conducted business peacefully!
- Portrayal Of Conviction (Tribune, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Aug 18, 2004)
THOSE who lived in Lahore during the pre-partition days felt nostalgic on witnessing the coverage which the media gave to the city at the time of the cricket matches.
- Revolution In A Shopping Mall (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 18, 2004)
Physical pain, or the fear of it, does not help a child learn better. Corporal punishment in schools is often a perversion disguised as pedagogy.
- Plans For A Town (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Aug 18, 2004)
Gujarat received its first World Heritage Site nomination this year when UNESCO declared Champaner one of India’s best preserved examples of an authentic medieval city
- The Stuff Of Life: Crick's Legacy (Business Line, Vanitha Srinivasan, Aug 18, 2004)
LAST month, Francis Crick, who helped discover the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), died of colon cancer in San Diego, US.
- Go Arjun, Go (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2004)
The RSS-Arjun Singh battle should embolden the liberal community to rediscover its voice and its faith in Nehruvian values.
- Fear And Pain (Tribune, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 18, 2004)
Physical pain, or the fear of it, does not help a child learn better. Corporal punishment in schools is often a perversion disguised as pedagogy.
- Cowardly Attack (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2004)
The explosion that killed 16 children in Assam on Independence Day must rank as one of the most barbaric among the countless atrocities committed by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
- Challenges Before Indian Polity (Tribune, Zoya Hasan, Aug 18, 2004)
The overall argument advocated here has been framed by the idea that the 2004 verdict is a mandate for tolerance, secularism, and inclusiveness delivered by a discerning electorate.
- Caesar's Wife (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 18, 2004)
IT WAS frankly surprising to find a number of civil society organisations joining the National Advisory Council (NAC) constituted, with Ms Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson enjoying the status of a Union Cabinet Minister ...
- Independent Interpretation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2004)
DRY days are no longer dry, thanks to an "independent," though confusing, interpretation of the law. This Independence Day, those who needed to imbibe the spirits
- Free To Kill (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 17, 2004)
Those who trade in terror can only be enemies of freedom. There is thus a dark symbolism in the Assamese rebels once again drenching an Independence Day celebration in blood.
- Making A Martyr Of A Rapist (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Aug 17, 2004)
Rather than conduct a debate on the ethical necessity of capital punishment, the media took to sensationalism
- Dual Careers As An Option (Hindu, Marley Obi, Aug 17, 2004)
There are difficulties to be overcome, but dual careers can provide the best of both worlds
- Remembering A Governor (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Aug 17, 2004)
Looking through the amber sunsets of nostalgia, I have cogent reminiscences of some people, places and events. I remember my stint as ADC to Governor Mr B.N. Chakravorty. Certain episodes stand out.
- A Question Of Identity (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 17, 2004)
In Britain there is now a new "class" of Asians and blacks, almost as xenophobic and intolerant as the white racists who once intimidated their parents and grandparents.
- Bridge Of Hope (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 17, 2004)
There is an obvious, but all too often neglected, difference between the making of promises and the keeping of them. Mr Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, emphasized the need to keep promises in his maiden Independence Day speech.
- Reservations About Reservation (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Aug 16, 2004)
The manner in which reservation has been conceptualised and implemented by the Indian state is sadly wanting.
- The Coming Global Recession In 2005 (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Aug 16, 2004)
A recession may be looming especially with the unprecedented rise in world oil prices, which have historically presaged every recession in America.
- Baby Boomers And Genxers (Deccan Herald, RICK SMITH, Aug 16, 2004)
Generation what? New challenges for younger investors: for GenXers, the watchword is caution
- Challenge Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 16, 2004)
That Manmohan Singh would not waste an occasion as important as the Independence Day address to the nation on empty promises and perfunctory announcements was obvious
- Stock Taking (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2004)
Our democracy is vibrant as is evident from the concerns of PMs of different persuasions
- In Good Spirit (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Aug 16, 2004)
It was the summer of 1991. We had been in France only a few months and decided to beach-bathe on the Mediterranean. We booked ourselves a gite — an outhouse —in a small mountain village close to the coast.
- More Than Just Manorama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2004)
A lesser man would have become cynical by now but not C. Upendra. An indefatigable casualty of the Indian legal expedient known as the `Commission of Inquiry', he is now heading his 10th judicial commission
- Nandita: A Bright & Articulate Artist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 15, 2004)
Ghoom Tanna” , a short video film by Salman Ahmed, Pakistan’s noted song-writer and lead guitarist, manifests the urge of the people of India and Pakistan to open a new chapter of harmony and prosperity in the sub-continent.
- The Insurgents And Their Moves (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2004)
An estimated 19 insurgent groups that are active in Manipur to varying degrees. Of these, the most important Meitei outfits are the People's Liberation Army (PLA), United National Liberation ...
- We Won’T Force Centre To Follow Left Agenda, Says Karat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2004)
When the CPM decided to support the Congress-led coalition government from outside, there were apprehensions that the UPA government would not last its full term.
- A New Tryst With Destiny (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Aug 15, 2004)
Yesterday, August 14, a function was held in Delhi to mark the release of new editions of Jawaharlal Nehru’s three books, An Autobiography, Glimpses of World History and The Discovery of India.
- Pm Goes His Way, Traffic Its Way (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 14, 2004)
Till a few months back, each time the former PM’s cavalcade of cars passed along our road, the police stopped all other traffic. It did not matter if children reached school late or an ambulance got held up.
- Pro And Active (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2004)
Mohammed Fazal is far from dumb. In fact, Maharashtra’s governor has shot his mouth off on matters ranging from police transfers to mahurats at Raj Bhavan
- Natural Proclivities (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Aug 14, 2004)
Reading Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s response (“A guru and his followers”, The Telegraph, August 8) to my two-part article has left me feeling more puzzled and less enlightened than before.
- Mythologies Of Modernity (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Aug 14, 2004)
In the magical world of fashion, pleasure seems to be unbounded but one can smell psychic disorder and death
- The Alma Mater (Deccan Herald, KALPANA M NAGHNOOR, Aug 14, 2004)
It is that period during your school days that shapes your values and what you finally become
- Indelible And Lucid (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 14, 2004)
Our Tamil brethren have names a yard long and difficult for us, poor northerners, to pronounce. Of them, Brahmins known to us colloquially as Tam Brams, also have the sharpest of minds and can outsmart the rest of us, be it in science
- The Unnamed Are Unchallenged (Business Line, S. Muralidharan, Aug 14, 2004)
THE Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 has been in the statute book for well over a decade and a half now.
- Appeasing All The Way (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 14, 2004)
The latest proposal of the Congress-led UPA Government to constitute two minorities commissions is yet another act of Muslim appeasement. The Congress has most often been pro-Muslim rather than pro-Indian.
- Fragrance Of Roses From A Pakistani Village For Some Inner Peace (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 14, 2004)
On city roads, patriotism has been peaking this week, with one more Independence Day only a day away. Beggars at traffic signals are not asking for charity but vending the tricolour...
- Ensuring Nutrition (Hindu, C. Gopalan, Aug 14, 2004)
What we need is not merely a Second Green Revolution but a food and agricultural policy with a nutrition orientation.
- Ensuring Nutrition (Hindu, C. Gopalan, Aug 14, 2004)
What we need is not merely a Second Green Revolution but a food and agricultural policy with a nutrition orientation.
- Venezuela's Vote (Hindu, Selma James, Aug 14, 2004)
Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, has achieved a level of grassroots participation most politicians can only dream of.
- Is China Worth Emulating? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 13, 2004)
China has not been successful in attracting "huge" amounts of foreign investment as is being claimed. The real growth rate may be less than India's. Poverty and unemployment are rising again after some initial improvement.
- The `Best Hope' In South Asia (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 13, 2004)
Despite a profoundly questionable American effort to prop up an unpopular and disingenuous regime in Pakistan, India should doggedly focus on the pursuit of its own interests.
- Un And Internet Governance (Deccan Herald, SHASHI THAROOR, Aug 13, 2004)
One year ago, on the eve of the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, some in the media expressed concern that the Summit would push to limit freedom of the press.
- Ban Zimbabwe, It’S The Only Way (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Aug 12, 2004)
Not since South Africa was banned from international cricket for its apartheid policy has the International Cricket Council been presented with the kind of clear-cut moral choice to be made in Zimbabwe.
- Now And Then (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Aug 12, 2004)
Comparing the present with the past is a useful hobby, especially when experience is on your side
- Bridge Too Far (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2004)
This is one bridge-built over the Yamuna and linking Allahabad with Naini on National Highway No 27-the Samajwadi Party has burnt with the Congress.
- Need For Compact Ministries In State (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Aug 12, 2004)
Backroom bargaining and the politics of accommodation make for jumbo-sized ministries in the State
- Law Of The Averages (Deccan Herald, A V SRINIVAS, Aug 12, 2004)
In our family, those who do not get past the high benchmark of intelligence are at once declared ‘average’
- Governor Sets Social Agenda (Tribune, Swati Vashishtha, Aug 12, 2004)
The recent political showdown between the Congress and the BJP over the sacking of four Governors has sparked a national debate. While carefully choosing to keep himself from commenting on the issue, Governor of Uttranchal Sudershan Agarwal has a ...
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