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- Rights Violation In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2005)
Realising its mandate to defend the human rights of all people in South Asia, the South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)
- The Dough Is In The Land, Not The Bread (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 05, 2005)
Five years after privatisation, Modern Food assets are being stripped.
- Britain In Labour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2005)
A neologism derived from Indian politics seems poised as the most acceptable explanation for developments in British politics.
- Second Childhood (Deccan Herald, Olivia Thomas , May 05, 2005)
Growing old has its own advantages, what with relatives going out of their way to pamper you
- Egg On Face (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2005)
The State Government has ended up looking foolish in the BMIC case
- Cosseted By The Cauvery (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, May 05, 2005)
A weekend in Coorg in an airconditioned tent is the perfect getaway for the stressed City dweller.
- Junctions And Roadblocks In Arab Politics (Hindu, Raja Mohan, May 05, 2005)
Dhaka : In a happy diplomatic accident, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will have the rare opportunity this week to interact with both the women who dominate the political landscape in Bangladesh
- Safe Roads And Sane Cities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
If an illustration were needed to demonstrate that John Galbraith's famous characterisation of India as a "functioning anarchy" still applies, it would be the roads and traffic.
- Three Words Still Mean Divorce (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade. Here are details of a few of the instances, as compiled by the World Association of Newspapers to mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3:
- Self-Interest And After (Telegraph, Deb Mukharji, May 05, 2005)
For the past week there have been statements, comments and speculation on India’s policy towards Nepal
- Nuclear Double Standards (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2005)
Non-weapons states accuse nuclear powers of double standards.
- Fali Nariman’S Bill (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, May 04, 2005)
It is indeed surprising why the Manmohan Singh government has not yet adopted noted jurist and distinguished Rajya Sabha member Fali S. Nariman’s Bill on judicial statistics.
- Gaza Dreams Of Life After The Israelis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2005)
For All The political strength that United States President George W. Bush gained at the end of the last electoral cycle, there are enough signs that the early months of his second term will not be trouble-free.
- Yale, India, And The Failure Of The `Global University' (Hindu, Ajay Gandhi, May 04, 2005)
Yale, through its historical amnesia about its roots in colonialism and slavery, its unethical investment policies and demeaning work culture, abrogates the responsibility it claims to bear as a global university.
- Romania & Bulgaria Take The First Steps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2005)
Romania and Bulgaria recently signed an accession treaty that should pave the way — subject to ratification by their respective Parliaments and the 25 member states
- The New Taxes And Compliance Questions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has addressed the obvious glitches in the two controversial tax proposals of the latest budget — the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT)
- Historic Handshake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2005)
A historic visit by Taiwanese Opposition leader, Lien Chan, to the People’s Republic of China, could signal the start of a new phase in Taiwan’s engagement with mainland China
- Himachal Pradesh Shows The Way (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, May 04, 2005)
Women had to bear the brunt as men tried to beat the ban on those with more than two children contesting panchayat elections. Now the State has rescinded this norm
- A Mixed Blessing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2005)
He swears he has always played by the book. And that’s why businessman-turned-film producer Jagdish Sodha finds himself in a spot
- Australia's Economic And Strategic Options (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 04, 2005)
THE Government has over the years been wooing non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest India. Dual citizenship for NRIs is being contemplated, and 16 countries have agreed to this idea. However, this year's Budget has been harsh on NRIs.
- Science And The Tower Of Babel (Deccan Herald, B M Hegde, May 04, 2005)
Science has created a language barrier between the various sub-specialists, that they don’t talk anymore
- Blair Scare (Business Line, G. D. Agrawal, May 04, 2005)
G. D. Agrawal on the need to rationalise the dividend distribution regime
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, presented in 1997 what many call a dream Budget.
- Concept Of A Corporate Religion (Business Line, R. Devarajan, May 04, 2005)
IN THE current commercial milieu, it is not only products which compete with one another, but also concepts that come into play. Companies must be able to portray and project their philosophy
- Relations With Neighbours — Dialogue With Discretion (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 04, 2005)
India has realised it should develop a coherent policy of regional and global economic integration if its voice is to be heard in the councils of the world. But its flip-flops on Nepal and failure to join issue with Bangladesh on crucial matters have
- Why There Should Be A Hope In Hell (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 04, 2005)
The success of Bhalki, a village in Bengal, shows that it is possible to follow a model of governance which is not Western, writes Bhaskar Ghose
- Rice: Towards Enhancing Yield In Rain-Fed Areas (Business Line, Jaya Raj , May 04, 2005)
IN SPITE of the impressive gains achieved in overall food production in recent years, the food scenario in India remains a cause of concern with respect to production and consumption. Even a marginal dip in foodgrains output for one year can lead to . . .
- Dealing With An Untrustworthy King (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, May 03, 2005)
It is difficult to understand why India has welcomed the lifting of the Emergency by King Gyanendra as a “first step” towards democracy when people are still being arrested,
- Politics Minus Value (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 03, 2005)
The Congress as the leader in the UPA coalition, killing itself and its inmates by non-stop backbiting and betrayal, is encouraging the bureaucrats to run amuck and mislead as well as misgovern. . .
- China And India — Musings On Recent Economic History (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, May 03, 2005)
The Chinese model of development has stood it in good stead, with agriculture first getting transformed and growing rapidly, creating the funds and manpower surpluses for fuelling industrial growth, notably in the small and medium industrial sector.
- Why Unbundle Pseb? (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 03, 2005)
Privatising or unbundling public sector enterprises/ boards in India/Punjab should be seen as a part of the policy shift made in July, 1991.
- Trade Facilitation: A Paramount Need (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , May 03, 2005)
Signalling the shift to a new paradigm of export-optimism, the annual supplement to the five-year foreign trade policy hiked the export target from $80 billion to $92 billion for 2005-06.
- Presidents Face Hard Work In Moscow (Hindu, Alexander Konovalov, May 03, 2005)
Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush have a range of sticky issues to sort out at their upcoming summit.
- Epf Mismatch (Business Line, S. Venu , May 03, 2005)
Responsible global capitalism is a system comprising individuals, private commercial corporations, NGOs, governments and supranational agencies
- Goa Beyond Tourists And Those Clichés (Hindu, K. GopiNathan , May 03, 2005)
Maria Aurora Couto's book, Goa — A Daughter's Story, looks beyond the sunny beaches and wild parties
- Of Lost Childhood (Hindu, Geeta Ramaseshan , May 03, 2005)
Despite the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 that prohibits marriages below the age of 18 in the case of girls and 21 in the case of boys the
- Paradigm Shift (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, May 03, 2005)
A thoughtful and provocative examination of the stratum of thought and belief that underlies the intolerant hyper-nationalism of the Hindu Right
- Confusion In Indian Policy (Tribune, S. D. Muni , May 03, 2005)
India has almost blinked to the King of Nepal on the question of arms supply. These supplies were put on hold on February 1, 2005, following King Gyanendra’s coup against the democratic system and leadership.
- `We Will Turn Zero-Debt By 2005-06 End' (Business Line, Nithya Subramanian , May 03, 2005)
I do not think Max India has any business to have debt, as it is the holding company. By the end of 2005-2006, we will become a zero-debt company.
- Remembering Them On Press Freedom Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade.
- Cautious Optimism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2005)
The Prime Minister’s announcement on Wednesday to scrap the controversial Press Note 18 (PN 18) and replace it with a more liberal set of conditions, is the right step to create an investment-friendly climate in the country.
- Monetary Policy: Transparent And Responsible (Business Line, R. Devarajan, May 03, 2005)
Management as an art and a science has been defined as "getting things done by other people".
- Patent Law : Whither The Incentive To Innovate (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , May 03, 2005)
There can be no better way of safeguarding national interest than creating an environment in which innovations can happen.
- Who Owns Groundwater? (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, May 03, 2005)
Water should be held in public trust for the benefit of society at large.
- Religions As Works Of Art (Hindu, Dylan Evans, May 03, 2005)
Not believing in God is no excuse for being virulently anti-religious or naively pro-science.
- A Gut Punch To The Middle (Hindu, Paul Krugman, May 03, 2005)
BY NOW, every journalist should know that you have to carefully check out any scheme coming from the White House.
- India And Bangladesh Must Talk It Out (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
The killing of a Border Security Force officer by the Bangladesh Rifles on the Tripura border is a reminder that India's relations with its eastern neighbour demand urgent attention.
- Further Reflections On The Credit Policy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 02, 2005)
At First sight, the latest Credit Policy seems a "do-nothing" statement, leaving the crucial bank rate and cash reserve ratio unchanged.
- Why Panic About What Vat Will Do To Prices (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, May 02, 2005)
A changeover to VAT does not result in any sustained increase in the price level. In most of the cases, it had caused a one-time initial rise in prices, which is reported to be happening in the States which switched to VAT on April 1.
- Globalisation Requires Local Citizenship Behaviour Too (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 02, 2005)
As local communities in developing countries rush to attract factories to their neighbourhoods in the name of globalisation. . . ,
- Right To Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2005)
The presentation of the birth certificate at the time of seeking admission for a child in a government school was made compulsory to inculcate the habit of registering the birth of a child among the parents.
- Towards ‘larger Freedom’ (Tribune, Kofi Annan , May 02, 2005)
Over the decades, India has made an enormous contribution to the United Nations, through the efforts of its government, and the work of Indian scholars, soldiers and international civil servants.
- Bandung To Jakarta: Afro-Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, May 02, 2005)
To make the nation's apex legislature totally dysfunctional is a remedy infinitely worse than the disease it is supposed to cure.
- Russia Bolsters Role In West Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, May 02, 2005)
President Putin has shown that despite its limited resources Moscow will not let Washington define the political landscape of West Asia.
- Whither Newspapers? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 02, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on why taxing NRIs is not a good idea
THE Government has over the years been wooing non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest India.
- It Is Not An Easy Alternative (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, May 02, 2005)
Thanks to the numbers game, there has never been a genuine Indian third alternative. If the United Progressive Alliance Government goes, the allies will be worse off.
- Armed Security Or Human Security? (Deccan Herald, Sylvia Borren, May 02, 2005)
The Millennium Development Goals can be met if we approach them in a rights-based and gender-based way
- Little Beyond Platitudes (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Junichiro Koizumi's maiden visit to India has not broken any new ground in any direction.
- Building On Heritage (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , May 02, 2005)
As far as India is concerned, China has warmed up over the years, even modifying its stand on Kashmir
- Aid, Rewards Or Returns? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 02, 2005)
Aid programmes provide lucrative careers to bureaucrats and benefits to the organisers but offer little to the poor. It would be better to have a system of performance-based rewards
- Rising Sun On Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2005)
The two countries should look forward to strengthening their bilateral trade...
- Cooperating For The Right Purposes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
India and Japan appear to be placing undue emphasis on their common quest for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council
- Discrimination Against Dalits (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, May 02, 2005)
The appointment of two U.N. Special Rapporteurs could strengthen the struggle to end caste-based discrimination.
- India's Bill Gates (US News & World Report, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 02, 2005)
If you were the richest man in India, what kind of car would you buy? Wipro Ltd. Chairman Azim Premji is the richest man in India--worth something over $8 billion--so there was some interest in what Premji would do when he recently gave up his 1996 Ford E
- The Snake Of Dreams (Deccan Herald, Tarun Cherian , May 01, 2005)
The book almost succeeds in being a parable for our times; almost succeeds in being a dream that helps people live.
- Creating His Own Muse (Hindu, Nacy Adajana, May 01, 2005)
The body, as represented in D. Ebenezer Sunder Singh's paintings, has homed itself in many avatars. A review of his works that were on display in New Delhi recently
- Celebrating Protest (Hindu, RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU , May 01, 2005)
Namdeo Dhasal was a pioneering poet, who inspired an entirely different literary imagination.
- Versatile Pioneer (Hindu, SELINE AUGUSTINE, May 01, 2005)
Through this biography Sita Anantha Raman reclaims a humanist space for Madhaviah,
- The Magnetism Of Pranic Healing (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, May 01, 2005)
Whether it opens up spiritual experiences, reduces stress, improves interpersonal relationships or awakens the hidden potential in one, Pranic healing could just be what you need, writes Sushma Mohan.
- Kingdom Of The Thunder Dragon (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, May 01, 2005)
Beautiful, serene and untouched by time, Bhutan with its simple-minded and hard-working people has M Bhaktavatsala wishing that this Shangri-la can stay uncontaminated.
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, May 01, 2005)
At readings by Indian writers in English, two related questions, or some version of them, will invariably be asked by a member of the audience,
- Towards Speedy Justice (Tribune, Santokh Singh Sahi, May 01, 2005)
It is a pity that India has failed in its constitutional guarantee of ensuring speedy, accessible and accountable justice to its citizens.
- Sad Move A Big Step Forward (Tribune, S. S. Dhanoa, May 01, 2005)
The Shiromani Akal Dal (Badal) has opened its doors to Hindus. One is not aware if the decision was ad hoc, dictated by electoral expediency by the demography of Punjab or there has been a genuine shift in the Akali thinking.
- Dancing In Controversy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 01, 2005)
India’s precious heritage of music, drama and dance is one which we must cherish and develop.
- ‘Jung’Le Book (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , May 01, 2005)
A collection of the author’s memorable experiences in the land of rhinos and bisons.
- Boat-Ride On The Ganga (Hindu, TULSI BADRINATH , May 01, 2005)
`It is a sensitive situation,' said the guide, little aware of the irony wrought by his words. For next to him were scholars meeting in Varanasi t
- A Shocking Absence Of Outrage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2005)
The gruesome attack on a woman engaged in a campaign against child marriage in Madhya Pradesh is a reminder that despite claims to being on the threshold of developed nation status, India has not been free from the worst forms of social . . .
- Local Communities Must Protect Tigers: Task Force (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Kerala approach stands as a model for all tiger reserves where Project Tiger shows excellent results
- Sethusamudram Gets The Green Signal (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Apr 30, 2005)
The Centre has cleared the proposal to dredge a ship channel across the Palk Straits, an idea conceived 150 years ago
- Afghans On U.S. Project Shot Dead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Man claiming to have abducted Italian aid worker in Afghanistan issues death threat
- "Pakistan Can Play Effective Role In West Asia" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 30, 2005)
"Palestinian leadership standing firm with Israel for restoring peace in West Asia"
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