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Articles 22021 through 22120 of 22438:
- A Diwali Lamp (Indian Express, Debashis Chatterjee, Oct 16, 2003)
Reflections for Mahalakshmi’s festival
- Sonia's Friends And Foes (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 16, 2003)
Her friends and foes alike refuse to let Sonia Gandhi's natural handicaps define the limits of her leadership
- Senseless Dispute Over Ayodhya (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 15, 2003)
Neither a temple nor a mosque should be built at the disputed site. A university of religions should come up there
- Rome On A Roll As It Rocks To Mother (Indian Express, James Crawford, Oct 15, 2003)
A clapping chorus line of swaying nuns and a rock-and-roll Mother Teresa took Rome by storm this week in a musical to coincide with her beatification, the last step before sainthood.
- Ec Tells Jogi To Stop Giving Out Schoolbags Carrying His Pictures (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 15, 2003)
The Election Commission has cracked the whip on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and has asked him to stop distributing schoolbags with his photograph on them.
- Senseless Dispute Over Ayodhya (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 15, 2003)
Neither a temple nor a mosque should be built at the disputed site. A university of religions should come up there
- Ebcs? Quite Untenable (Indian Express, S. S. Gill, Oct 15, 2003)
When the Mandal Commission submitted its Report in 1980, B.P. Mandal told me, “Mr Gill, I know how much work you have put in as secretary of the Commission. But let me tell you that today we have performed the immersion ceremony of our Report
- Leopards Cross Over From Park To Urban Jungle (Indian Express, Vijay Singh, Oct 15, 2003)
After 10th death, kid in affluent suburb, Mumbai debates loss of forest cover
- Iraq... Where There Are More Questions Than Answers (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 15, 2003)
ONE of the saddest and, perhaps in the long term, the most horrific, aspects of the ouster of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq is the push the country seems to be getting in the direction of religious fundamentalism. About 60 per cent of the country's po
- `One Country, Two Systems' Formula Under Test (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 15, 2003)
AS IF to test the tenacity of its unique "one country, two systems" paradigm, Hong Kong has been constantly buffeted by challenges — economic, political and social ever since its reunification with China in July 1997.
- Market Forces In The Animal Kingdom (Indian Express, Alan C. Miller, Oct 14, 2003)
The US may allow trade in endangered animals if it subsidises conservation projects
- Speeding Up Justice (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Oct 14, 2003)
Reform, reform, reform: that’s the need of the hour if justice is to be done
- Mercy Or Murder? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2003)
In France the medical profession has been calling for some legal framework for the widely practised act of euthanasia.
- Bellwether For 2004? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2003)
THE elections scheduled to be held in November-December for the State assemblies of Chattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan are bound to be keenly watched by psephologists, media pundits and political players for any clues they may ...
- Patents For Peace And Happiness (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 13, 2003)
Indian scientists should be encouraged to assign their patents to a bank to be used for the common good.
- Hayden's Grand Symphony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL Test score is a cricket record that has been celebrated over the years by schoolboy and seasoned critic alike. It is hardly a surprise, then, that the latest champion to conquer that peak, the Australian opener Matthew ...
- ‘we Made Mistakes Like Discouraging Private Sector, We Are Changing Now’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 13, 2003)
You are the only Marxist ruler, if I could call you so, in the whole world. Isn’t it so, and an elected one at that, barring the small government in Tripura
- Presidential Shuttle (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 12, 2003)
It's not just the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who are bitten by the travel bug. President Abdul J. Kalam is also constantly on the move, shuttling between Delhi and other parts of the country
- The Shia-Sunni Equation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
THE EXIT of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime has set off a power struggle among Iraq's two main Muslim sects. The Shias, who form the single largest community in Iraq and constitute 62 per cent of the population, are the chief contenders.
- The Elephant & Panicking Flamingos (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Oct 11, 2003)
Bowling to a teenager who was then just plain Gary Sobers and barely an emerging force in the West Indies side in the mid-1950s was a frightening experience for this writer, a leg-spinner who had his own dreams of glory.
- Which Way Will Political India Go? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
THE IMPORTANCE OF the Assembly elections in five States — Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chhattisgarh — scheduled for November-December 2003 stretches beyond the immediate. This is the final round of Assembly polls ...
- Policing The Net? Not Possible (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Oct 11, 2003)
Come October 14 and you will be unable to chat in MSN messenger, Microsoft’s chat services. Many in India and in some 30 odd countries will find this harsh. Microsoft claims that the reason for the move is to reduce the criminal solicitation of children..
- An Nri Family Gets Faith Amid Its Grief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
Death Row for man who killed Sikh in post-9/11 hate crime
- Ncert Denies With Straight Face, Advani Says Chief Told Me Only 3 Lines Are ‘similar’ (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Oct 11, 2003)
After a meeting with NCERT director J S Rajput whose authors are accused of plagiarising parts of a Class XII textbook on world history, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today that ‘‘it can happen that thoughts are expressed in a similar fashion.’’
- The Use And Misuse Of Pota (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 10, 2003)
The curious case of the Union Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources, M. Kannappan, should have woken the country to the problems being created by the use and misuse of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) but it evidently has
- At Big B B-Day, Look Who’s Company (Indian Express, Shradha Sukumaran, Oct 10, 2003)
ABCL’s new avatar AB Corp headed by ex-IAF officer
- Arnie, The Son-In-Law Of Camelot (Indian Express, Elizabeth Mehren, Oct 10, 2003)
At a family conclave, the largely Democrat Kennedys resolved to help Republican Schwarzenegger
- A Neighbour’S Paranoia (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Oct 10, 2003)
Pakistan’s search for parity with India is leading it up a blind alley
- For Us Author, It’S A Copy But In Ncert It’S A ‘tally’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
It’s plagiarism, I don’t like it one bit’
- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Look East Policy: Phase Two (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 09, 2003)
Phase two of the Look East policy will help break out of the political confines of the subcontinent that have severely limited India's strategic options.
- A First-Time Stain On A Fair Name (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
If it outraged Delhi that four from the President’s Body Guards (PBG) had been held for the rape of a college student, officers and ranks, retired and serving, were stunned as word spread
- Arnie Swaggers In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Does the Californian result symbolise the best of democracy? Or the worst?
- Making Services Work For Poor (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 09, 2003)
Broad improvements in human welfare will not happen till poor people receive wider access to affordable services in health, education, water, sanitation and electricity, warns WDR 2004. Rightly concluding that no one size fits all, it describes eight, and
- Copy Caught, Ncert Has A Textbook Solution: We Will Reprint (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 08, 2003)
The NCERT today made no mention of what punitive action, if any, will be taken against the authors of the Class XII world history textbook who evidently plagiarised from a book by four US authors as exposed in The Indian Express yesterday.
- Candid Candidates (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2003)
The more we know them, the better our ability to use our votes wisely
- Under The Saffron (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2003)
NCERT textbooks scandal: it’s the quality of education that matters, not its colour
- `Strength Of Indo-British Ties Lies In People-To-People Link' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Oct 08, 2003)
SIR ROB YOUNG, British High Commissioner to India since January 1999, returns to the UK after four tumultuous years when powerful events gripped the world stage. As he says, the last few months of his assignment have been spent in defending his government
- Bobby Ready To Change Diapers And Louisiana (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Oct 08, 2003)
In-laws ecstatic: how whizkid is expecting his 2nd kid and the top job
- Louisiana’s Great Indian Hope Trick (Indian Express, Lee Hockstader, Oct 07, 2003)
Bobby Jindal is a deeply religious Republican whizkid. Can he save a whole American state
- Ncert: Rewriting Indian History, Xeroxing World History (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 07, 2003)
New textbook lifts para after para from well-known US book; chief Rajput says if there’s any fault, tell us, not the media
- Secularism Is In Luck Now (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Oct 07, 2003)
If Mulayam succeeds in Uttar Pradesh, he could trigger a national alliance
- 100 Per Cent Reservations Anyone? (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Oct 06, 2003)
The move of the BJP-led NDA government towards legislating a separate quota for the economically backward among the “forward” castes by amending the Constitution represents one step forward, two backwards.
- To Call Or Not To Call (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 06, 2003)
IT IS not easy to get consumers to unite. Non-violent boycotts and protests are few and far between when it comes to consumer products. Even when there is a group of activists not afraid to tear down posters or resort to arson, there will always be enough
- Govt Plans Tools Of The Trade For Std 9 Students (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 06, 2003)
Vocational schooling to meet the expected rise in numbers at secondary level
- Bobby Jindal One Step Away From Us Poll History (Indian Express, Scott Gold, Oct 06, 2003)
Touting Republican values, he defies Indian label and is favourite in the race
- Express Launches Initiative For Conservation Of Water (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2003)
As a part of the ongoing series of activities to commemorate its visionary founder’s birth centenary on April 18, 2004, The Indian Express Group has launched a major public initiative in water resources conservation and management under the Ram Nath ...
- Class Apart (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 05, 2003)
Govt’s alternate schools flavour of season even in ‘Naxal-ruled’ villages
- Mission Kashmir For Literacy Drive Comes 15 Years Late (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 04, 2003)
For the first time in 15 years of the National Literacy Mission, the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government have come together to implement the scheme of adult education in the state. After preliminary rounds of meetings with a very enthusiastic ...
- Schools, Colleges Closed As Landslides Continue (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Oct 04, 2003)
With landslides hitting Uttarkashi for the 10th consecutive day today, nearly one-fourth of the population has been evacuated. As a precautionary measure, the Gangotri National Highway has been closed to pilgrims and the district administration directed..
- Reserved: Upper-Caste Vote (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2003)
Constitution to be amended for quota for ‘economically backward’
- Knowledge-Hungry Yes, Food-Hungry No (Business Line, Kala S. Sridhar, Oct 03, 2003)
AT A panel discussion at IIM-Lucknow, Jean Dreze pointed to a paradox of Indian media and/or mindset. Newspapers and magazines are full of articles on such issues as nuclear war, globalisation and even cricket, but it is rare to see writings on as basic..
- Ban On Strikes: A Judicial Excess? (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 02, 2003)
Within socially sensitive bounds and liberal legal limits, the right to strike has a permissible home in Indian jurisprudence.
- A Tale Of Two Ministries (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Oct 02, 2003)
Advani and Joshi fiddle their way through their tenures
- Where_core_competence_soars (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Oct 01, 2003)
With its ability to understand user needs in a niche market, quick absorption of technological capabilities, and focus on cost competitiveness, the Brazilian aircraft maker, Embraer, has become a model for success of emerging market companies in high ...
- State's Role In Basic Servics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2003)
Governments cannot, citing a lack of resources or poor administrative capabilities, hand over basic services in large part or in full to the market.
- A Town Sitting On A Powder Keg (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 30, 2003)
Sri Lanka's most volatile spot in the ethnically mixed eastern region, Muttur, about 15 km south of Trincomalee, symbolises all that can go wrong with the fragile peace process.
- To Islamabad Via Washington (Indian Express, V A Pai Panandiker, Sep 29, 2003)
Like it or not, march to peace with Pak will require US ‘vehicle’
- Because Food Matters (Indian Express, Bharat Dogra, Sep 29, 2003)
The solution is out there. So why are we still poisoning ourselves?
- For Liberty's Sake, Pota Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2003)
Political India must wake up to the truth that the only use of POTA can be its misuse.
- Silent Treatment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Sep 27, 2003)
Now the court case has complicated matters at a time when the BJP was considering using Ayodhya as a political plank in the coming elections. But if it does so, the lawlessness underlined by the court will come into focus.
- Cancun Is A Victory For Al-Qaida (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Sep 26, 2003)
World terrorism and world trade are perversely linked. When western protectionism hurts a Pakistani farmer, his son goes to the neighbourhood madarsa
- Blair Faces Hard Labour (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 26, 2003)
The Labour party's own rank and file is in revolt against the Prime Minister, Tony Blair's policies.
- Snakes Alive! (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2003)
HRD Minister Paswan is free to do his own thing — but within the confines of his home
- Will The Real Indian Investor Stand Up? (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Sep 25, 2003)
SOUTH Indians, normally considered to be risk averse when it comes to investing, have thrown a surprise by piping the people of Western region to emerge as the largest investing group in capital market related investments.
- Birthday Party Thoughts (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Sep 25, 2003)
Most Indians were gratified to hear that J.M. Lyngdoh had been awarded the Magsaysay Prize. But should that mean that the (doubtless overworked) Chief Election Commissioner should rest on his laurels, ignoring his primary responsibility — namely the duty
- The Importance Of Taking Notes (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Sep 25, 2003)
D R Karan Singh was to preside over a book release function and I had contributed one of the chapters of this book. I attend his lectures whenever I get the invitation. Sometimes, even otherwise. His articulation, the wide canvas of his scholarship ...
- Dogmas Prevail Over Pragmatism (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Sep 25, 2003)
If economic efficiency is achieved, there will be more than enough money for the uplift of the downtrodden
- Health Ministry Gets Sc’s Strong Dose: Don’t Mess With Mci (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 24, 2003)
The Supreme Court today sent a clear signal to the Union Health Ministry not to mess with the Medical Council of India, the independent regulatory body which the apex court itself cleaned up.
- He Sells Sea Shells Out Of Museum (Indian Express, Vijay Singh, Sep 24, 2003)
This little private marine museum tucked away in a corner of Diu used to be known for its collection of corals and rare sea shells. Last week, wildlife authorities raided the building to uncover a huge business in the smuggling of exotic marine species
- Trimming Staff In Bengal? Buddhadeb Speaks The Unspeakable (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Sep 24, 2003)
Nervousness grips state’s pampered employees as Chief Minister orders ‘optimum’ use of 9-lakh workforce
- Charged And Discharged (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 23, 2003)
Though no doubt the discharge of Mr L. K. Advani must have come as a relief, the Special CBI court's decision not to let off the other prominent leaders of the Sangh Parivar must be nothing short of embarrassing for the party especially with elections ...
- To Help You Choose, Govt To Rank Private Colleges (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Sep 23, 2003)
HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi may be now keeping his entire department in limbo but days before he resigned, he took a far-reaching decision: the Government will grade and rank all licensed private engineering and management colleges across the country
- Making Public Schooling Work (Business Line, Kala S. Sridhar, Sep 23, 2003)
If it is shortage of resources that hampers the setting up of primary schools, local governments must be allowed to link the taxes residents pay for financing schools as a public service with the standard of education.
- The Political Case For Reform (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 23, 2003)
The Supreme Court has done well in reminding us that the politics of reform and the reform of politics are two sides of the same coin.
- Challenging Times Ahead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2003)
THERE IS A new man at the helm of the Indian Space Research Organisation. G. Madhavan Nair takes over an organisation that has earned itself a reputation for delivering on its promises. From small beginnings in the early 1960s launching imported ...
- Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 22, 2003)
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 saw a unique seminar organised by the Madras School of Economics to discuss the World Bank's recent report on "India: Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty". Chaired by eminent economist Dr Raja Chelliah, the seminar was attended by a ...
- Politicians And Real Issues (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 22, 2003)
Politicians believe that they will prosper forever by targeting outdated issues such as reservation. What they have not realised is that election gimmicks yield fruit only once. However, they are not solely to blame. Those who parade as pro-poor intellect
- Brickbats For The Bouquets (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Sep 21, 2003)
Chennai subscribers continue to be troubled by the local cable operators' reluctance to play by the rules..
- No Fair Trial As Accused Are Aiadmk Men, Says Victim’s Father (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2003)
The Madras High Court has scrapped the ongoing trial in the Dharmapuri bus burning case, in which three women students of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University were burnt to death, and ordered a fresh one.
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