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- Notes From Haryana’S Election Scene (Indian Express, RAJINDER CHAUDHARY, Feb 03, 2005)
During the last elections (’99-’00), I had the (mis)fortune of being on poll duty four times: for elections to Parliament, to the Haryana assembly, to panchayats and to municipal bodies. It was a great learning experience.
- Paswan's Laden In Lalu's Bihar (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Feb 02, 2005)
He prefers the name "Laden", as in Osama bin Laden, because "nobody will remember my real name". The other reason why Maulana Meraj Khalid Noor has opted for this nom de guerre is because he looks like Osama bin Laden.
- Not Quite Cricket (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2005)
The ruckus that broke out in Allahabad on Republic Day after the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal caught senior police officials completely off-guard. First, police did the unthinkable by cremating the MLA’s body without even informing his family
- Rise Of Shias In The Arab World (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 02, 2005)
The American-ordered tensely-awaited first countrywide multiparty election in Iraq in half a century, did go through on Sunday despite the insurgents’ attempts to disrupt it.
- Making Sense Of Sonia's Bihar Campaign (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Feb 02, 2005)
The Congress president Sonia Gandhi's two-day campaign in Bihar in the constituencies going to the polls on February 1 was indeed impressive in terms of mass participation and popular enthusiasm but questions about the real import of the campaign remain.
- Why I Say Yes To The No (Indian Express, SAMEER KUMAR, Feb 02, 2005)
I disagree with your contentions expressed in the editorial, ‘Nay Fever’ (IE, Jan 26). You have stated that “middle class dissatisfaction with politics should not be confused with dissatisfaction in general”.
- Route Of Controversy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2005)
THE Union Government’s decision to disburse the “Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas” directly through banks, thereby sidelining the Tamil Nadu Government in the process, violates the federal spirit of the Union.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- When Did Classical Music Die? (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Feb 02, 2005)
When did the music die? And why? It will be 30 years in August since the death of Dmitri Shostakovitch. Next year also marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten.
- Deprived Of A Future (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Feb 02, 2005)
The promise of guaranteeing employment to the poor was made in the common minimum programme of the United Progressive Alliance government in power.
- Same-Sex Marriages Against Our Ethos (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Feb 02, 2005)
THE Bill on same-sex marriages slated for introduction in Canada shortly raises some disturbing questions on the necessity, legality and morality of the measure.
- Fresh Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2005)
THE Nepalese crisis has deepened further with King Gyanendra sacking the government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday.
- Social Intelligence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 02, 2005)
In my previous piece, I had referred to the national seminar on Naxalism organised by the Observer Research Foundation on January 28-29. I am reverting to it to mention two particularly noteworthy suggestions made by participants.
- A King-Sized Dilemma (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2005)
By dismissing the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepal’s King Gyanendra has added yet another chapter in the tragically repetitive pattern of Nepali politics; a pattern where the monarch appoints a prime minister only to dismiss him with
- Benny Hinn And Dog-Girl Wedding (Deccan Herald, REUBEN DAVID, Feb 02, 2005)
I am appalled as an Indian to read of my country so deeply lost in mindless religious barbarism. While BJP leaders and Hindu seers rant and rave against a Christian prayer gathering
- Condoleezza’S Choices (Indian Express, WALTER ANDERSEN, Feb 02, 2005)
George W. Bush was sworn in as president in 2001 with no intention of focusing on foreign policy. The second inauguration of George W. Bush on January 20 was quite the reverse.
- Let The Party Begin (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2005)
If the Congress leadership undertakes the task of organisational renewal, it could begin the larger process of reform of the entire party system.
- Help Them March Forward (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Feb 02, 2005)
Poverty and inequality have always been with mankind. Even if inequality, upto a point — measured in terms of income, wealth or power
- Images And Words (Deccan Herald, SHEREEN P, Feb 02, 2005)
Until the horrible weekend in December, ‘tsunami’ was just another of those words that vaguely meant a natural disaster of some kind, with a Japanese link to it.
- Iraq: No Vote On Clarity (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 02, 2005)
Elections in Iraq have come and gone, bringing more people out to vote than expected and fairly peacefully too. But in a country whose future continues to be more uncertain than ever
- Labour Party’S Prospects In Polls (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Feb 02, 2005)
WILL the ruling Labour Party have a smooth sailing at the next general elections? Most political pundits think yes. All public opinion polls suggest defeat for the Opposition Tory Party and a definite victory, possibly a landslide one, for the ruling Labo
- Drastic Steps (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2005)
Monarchs are not the best defenders of democracies. By dismissing the government and assuming all powers for three years, Nepal’s King Gyanendra has not only dealt a deadly blow to the country’s fledgling democracy but also put the monarchy itself under a
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Integrating Economies Into Growth (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Feb 01, 2005)
Dhaka will be hosting the 13th summit of Saarc towards the end of the week. The Islamabad summit last year adopted a landmark framework agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta).
- Man With A Mission (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Feb 01, 2005)
He was a rare teacher. He may have headed several institutions, from pre-primary to postgraduate. But, he carried his position with the same simplicity as his attire. Dhoti, khaddar shirt and Gandhi cap set in an impudent angle on that head which actually
- No Big Bang (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2005)
Mr Vijay Kelkar is no longer around in North Block. But the two Kelkar task-force reports on direct and indirect taxes and the third one on implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act argued that the roadmap for deficit-reduction
- Pf's Investing Horizon Expanded (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
The Government has broken fresh ground in broad-basing the type of assets into which the long-term savings of members of the provident fund can be parked.
- Using Real Options To Manage Risk (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Feb 01, 2005)
By looking at strategic decisions in terms of real options and then using information from financial markets to value these options, risk can be better assessed.
- Working At It (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Feb 01, 2005)
Probably no piece of legislation has attracted more apprehension, cynicism or praise in the recent past than the national rural employment guarantee bill introduced in parliament last December.
- Pay As You Go Along (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 01, 2005)
The recently presented white paper on VAT seems to clear all doubts regarding the subject
- Horses Are Left Out (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
The splendid Beating the Retreat happened last Saturday at the spectacular Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. Sadly, Doordarshan had their worst cameraman filming this event.
- Discovering Ways To A Peaceful World (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Feb 01, 2005)
“It is the small-minded that say: This is mine and this yours. For those endowed with a larger vision, the whole world is but one family.”
- Can Congress Turn The Corner? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 01, 2005)
“He came, he saw and he conferred.” This should be the slightly modified version
of the Shakespearean quote as regards the just concluded Bangalore mission of Mr A K Antony, AICC(I) General Secretary in charge of Karnataka affairs.
- Blast From The Past (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2005)
Every once in a way a verdict from one court or other indicates how indifferent the justice system is to ensuring substantive equality between men and women. But when the court in question happens to be the highest in the land
- Bite The Ballot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2005)
The turnout in J&K’s civic polls could be the beginning of a new compact with normalcy
- Arms And Votes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
Despite the shadow of arms and uncertainty looming large over Iraq, over 60 per cent of the 14 million voters defied insurgents’ bullets to opt for democracy.
- An Election To Anoint An Occupation (Hindu, Salim Lone, Feb 01, 2005)
Had an election like the one just conducted in Iraq been held in Zimbabwe, the West would have denounced it.
- Al-Jazeera For Sale (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
QATAR'S tentative decision to look for buyers for its famed pan-Arab Arabic language 24-hour television channel Al-Jazeera under intense American pressure is an indication of the Bush administration’s high stake in it.
- Achtung! Here Be Demons! (OutLook, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2005)
The recent violations of the more than a year-long ceasefire along the LOC by Pak army and its allegations of violations by the Indian security forces appear for now as isolated incidents, but it is best seen in conjunction with pressures faced ...
- In Pursuit Of Energy Security (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Feb 01, 2005)
For ensuring energy security, all options for diversification of our fuel basket need to be pursued vigorously. This also means the process of inter-fuel substitution in industrial processes must begin now.
- Cast About (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
To lay bare in one stroke all the joints that creak within the anomalies and suppressions inherent in India’s culture and polity, it needed only one case.
- Mutthu Taandavar (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 31, 2005)
In 1560, in the Tamil town of Seergazhi, a son was born to a family of temple musicians. It was a resonant old year in history: Akbar had literally thrown off his regent, Bairam Khan, and assumed full power; the Roman Catholic church was
- Those Unreliable, Moody Communists (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Jan 31, 2005)
Many breakfasts later, the Left is still acting as if they are the Opposition rather than allies of the Manmohan Singh Government
- The Great Game In Central Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jan 31, 2005)
The American encouragement of velvet revolutions in the former Soviet republics poses a threat to peace and stability in Central Asia.
- The Geo-Green Alternative (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 31, 2005)
One of the most striking things I’ve found in Europe these past two weeks is the absolute conviction that the Bush team is just itching to invade Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.
- Tea Troubles (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 31, 2005)
A far from refreshing performance of tea exports two years in a row must make all stakeholders sit up and take note. Decline in export volumes and loss of export market share to competing producers
- Suicide Bombers & Hunger Strikers (Hindu, Terry Eagleton, Jan 31, 2005)
Suicide bombers also die in the name of a better life for others; it is just that, unlike martyrs, they take others with them in the process.
- Step I: Acknowledge The Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2005)
Deep crisis” are the two words Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi used to sum up the Muslim world on Thursday...
- Stealing Food (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
Human depravity can sometimes take the most astonishing forms. Mr Achintya Mukherjee is the district inspector of schools in Cooch Behar. He has also been selling foodgrain meant for the schoolchildren’s mid-day meals in the local market for the last thre
- Regulatory Impact Assessment — Useful Tool For Informed Debate (Business Line, Manisha Gulati, Jan 31, 2005)
Regulatory Impact Analysis is a tool that enables the systematic assessment of positive and negative impacts of proposed and existing regulations
- Preventable Deaths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2005)
THOUGH the infant mortality rate in the country has been on the rise, the authorities have not formulated a comprehensive strategy to tackle it. The scene in Maharashtra is disturbing.
- Advantage Mulayam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2005)
The Mulayam Singh Yadav government in UP is in dire straits. It is under attack from major political parties because of the deteriorating law and order situation
- Bihar, Now (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 31, 2005)
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agree to take Bihar as well.” So static is the big picture of the state that news agencies are known to recycle old picture
- Mufti To Step Aside In Nov, Says Mehbooba (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Jan 31, 2005)
Ms Mehbooba Mufti (46) MS Mehbooba Mufti (46), president of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and MP from the Anantnag constituency, feels that the biggest achievement of her party is that it has been consistent in its political ideology.
- Moving Ahead With An Old Idea (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 31, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's most recent statement on the public sector disinvestment programme must be understood as an exercise in addressing and resolving policy ambiguities in a contentious area.
- Little To Mourn For (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 31, 2005)
After two weeks of dithering and delay, the Chin-ese Communist Party permitted a low-key memorial ceremony for the disgraced former premier, Zhao Ziyang, at Beijing’s Babaoshan cemetery for communist heroes this Saturday.
- Lessons In Piety (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Jan 31, 2005)
Recently, at a family gathering, a woman, after making sure that I was within earshot, took off in a singsong manner, cooing on the cardinal importance of conducting umpteen pujas, vraths, etc, which, apparently, she observed.
- Justice For The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued orders for opening all non-technical Group `A' and Group `B' Civil Services to the disabled. In addition to enforcing existing legal provisions
- Greenspan's Choice: Party Or Pain (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 31, 2005)
The options before the Fed chief, Mr Alan Greenspan, are clear. Prolong the party and risk a bigger and longer hangover in America and, by extension, the rest of the world
- Check It Out (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 31, 2005)
The media in India is apparently free. But much of the large print media is concentrated in the hands of families. Many are driven by the urge to maximize profits
- Charter For World Citizens (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 31, 2005)
On Republic Day last week, victims of a building collapse in Ahmedabad prepared to move back into their new homes four full years after the Gujarat earthquake that caused large scale devastation in the state.
- Quest For New Un Chief (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jan 31, 2005)
Among the many attributes that a Secretary-General of the United Nations is required to have by convention is an unusual name. From Trigvie Lie to Kofi Annan, every Secretary-General sported a name that took people time to learn, whether it is the ...
- Tremendous Enthusiasm For Municipal Elections (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 30, 2005)
Kashmir has been covered under two thick blankets, one of snow and the other of security for Republic Day. With the pre-occupations caused by Id-ul Zuha thrown in, it would have been no surprise if there had been no activity surrounding the upcoming munic
- Commerce & Crisis Hit Wayanad Students (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 30, 2005)
At age five, Anushree is the youngest commuter on the bus. The Class I student spends 12 hours a week this way. That too, crossing the State border twice each day.
- Right To Negative Vote (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 30, 2005)
Looking at India's fractured polity and the quality of persons picked up for state and parliamentary elections, I tend to endorse the support extended by the Election Commission to the petition filed before the Supreme Court
- Pipeline To Trust (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 30, 2005)
The most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours.
- Held To Ransom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 30, 2005)
Outrages in Laluland are par for the course. Or so one thought. With five schoolchildren kidnapped in eight days and a sixth gone missing in nine, the scandal is a gargantuan first
- "Global World Needs Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 30, 2005)
The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President Ricardo Lagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan of The Hindu about the anti-neoliberal mood in Latin America, the trial of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the nee d for a world that...
- Goodbye Un...For Now...? (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 30, 2005)
I spent two years with the United Nations and the time has flown. When the days were passing by, they appeared moving at a snail’s pace, for I missed my home. But now when I look back the days are going and gone! But ....only for now ...
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- Corruption, Unemployment Main Issues In Polls: Jindal (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 30, 2005)
AS Haryana goes to elections on February 3, Naveen Jindal, the 35-year-old Congress MP from Kurukshetra says that corruption and widespread unemployment are the main issues in the elections.
- America’S Missionary Zeal To Impose Democracy (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
Iraq votes today in an election that George W Bush sees as a triumph of his foreign policy. In Davos, from where this column comes this week, there has been a puzzling absence
- Roam The Globe To Catch Them (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 30, 2005)
The rapid increase in the use of cellular telephony has also resulted in an increase in the theft of mobile handsets
- Country Prisons (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
It might seem the ultimate contradiction but recent statistics put out by the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS) indicate that the self-styled ‘Land of the Free’
- Bush's Vision Of Terror-Free World (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 29, 2005)
The US-led grand alliance against terror needs an institutional base, in the form of a Global Network for the Elimination of Terror, with Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries of the Arab world and G-7 as members
- Bihar As Eternal Subsidiser Of National Elite (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
Bihar is possibly the only state in the country where bipolar politics has not taken root, inspite of one and half decades of Laloo Prasad’s rule.
- Balochistan On The Boil (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jan 29, 2005)
MOST observers of Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where “miscreants” had succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in an a
- Autonomy Needs A Decent Burial (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 29, 2005)
The last time the BBC was in news, it was for its news. Heads rolled. Doordarshan’s News is seldom in news for its content. Officials in Doordarshan, especially those working on DD News
- After Auschwitz (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 29, 2005)
Auschwitz is not just a place or an episode in history. It is an event in the human imagination. It was thought up by human minds working in unison. And this consensus was, in turn, translated into systematic action over a number of years and on an unprec
- A Singh For All Seasons (Times of India, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jan 29, 2005)
For more than twenty years, Vijay Singh, a journalist, author and film-maker based in Paris, has moulded French perceptions about India through articles in leading left-wing newspapers
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