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- Sorry Show At The Goa Iffi (Deccan Herald, UTPAL BORPUJARI, Dec 28, 2004)
The emphasis on festivities could not hide the conspicuous absence of quality films and known personalities
- Nature's Pogrom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 28, 2004)
It will take some time before the sheer scale of Sunday's tragedy sinks in. Southern Asia felt the battering impact of an earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra, but the mourning for the dead cannot but have global dimensions.
- More Of The Same Year After Year (Telegraph, Sayantani Biswas, Dec 28, 2004)
Going out to get some pastries when one feels like devouring them does not need careful planning, does it? Ideally, no.
- Finance Minister's Report On Fiscal Management (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 27, 2004)
The midyear review recently presented by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to Parliament is a welcome addition to the periodic reports that the Government has been providing.
- Subsidy Burden (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 27, 2004)
The report presented by the union finance ministry to Parliament on the mounting subsidy bill which is playing havoc with the country’s fiscal strength is yet another acknowledgement of the need to act fast in this important area.
- Seers And Scoundrels (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 27, 2004)
Why cavil at the phenomenon of their existence — godmen and godwomen are an integral part of the landscape. They are our heritage; they define the current milieu too.
- Right To Ignorance (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 27, 2004)
The angry protest of civil society organisations represented on the National Advisory Council (NAC), presided over by the Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and intended to keep a close watch on the
- Revolutionaries Of Another Kind (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 27, 2004)
Hugo Chavez has done much to improve the lot of poor Venezuelans but, in the process, he has also gathered many enemies
- Rail Priorities And Safety (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Dec 27, 2004)
The recent head-on collision between two passenger-carrying trains in Punjab has received world-wide attention. The Western world’s view of India is still characterised by a degree of condescension and they consider the colon
- Lingua Fracas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
THERE are many milestones in the popularisation of Hindi language that may be recalled with a glow of pride. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee speaking in Hindi in the United Nations is, of course
- The Global Local Way To Go (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 27, 2004)
The prime minister has reportedly asked for a gender-equitable legislative regime and an exercise is underway to put all existing laws under the gender scanner.
- Drugs, Patents And Options (Business Line, Alok Ray, Dec 27, 2004)
While economists recognise the need for continuing R&D, they feel that options other than the current patent system must be explored which can encourage research and, at the same time, keep new drugs affordable.
- Dna In The Times Of Bio-Babel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
In Genesis, the people of Babel try to build a tower to heaven. God stops the project by giving everyone a different language. They can’t communicate, so the tower is abandoned.
- Demolition Myths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
It was a nerve-racking selection process that culminated in Vilasrao Deshmukh becoming chief minister of Maharashtra again. Intrigue and factional jockeying carried well into the evening hours of the day his name was announced as leader of the Congress-NC
- Death From The Sea (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2004)
Cutting a swathe of death and destruction across the coastal areas of half a dozen littoral countries of the Indian Ocean, the titanic tsunami rising from the fifth largest earthquake since the beginning of the 20th century
- Colours Of Unreason (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
The comrades have picked up the gauntlet. In a familiar resolve to defend their ideological confusion, they will not be deterred from their task even if in the process they must wage battle against a fellow communist.
- Bigger Council (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 27, 2004)
The report of a high-level panel appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General has recommended wide-ranging reforms in the functioning of the UN system, including an expansion of the Security Council
- Assault On Hinduism (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 27, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- Argentina's Comeback (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Dec 27, 2004)
Three years after Argentina declared a record debt default, the economy has grown by eight per cent for two consecutive years without a debt settlement or the standard measures required by the International Monetary Fund for its approval.
- Airlines: The Turbulence Can Be Jolting (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 27, 2004)
Major airlines in the US are going through some tough times. The recent round of reports on their performance has left most investors fairly gloomy about a revival of fortunes in the near future.
- Home And Heart (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2004)
With the welcome revocation of her suspension from the BJP, the process of Ms Uma Bharati's in-house rehabilitation has begun. Hearteningly, her comeback has taken place with a quiet dignity that contrasts with the tempestuous way she had fallen from grac
- Why The Meek Must Inherit (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 27, 2004)
Slums might be urban eyesores. In reality, however, they reflect on the acute myopia that afflicts the powerful sections of society. The draconian Rent Control Act, for example, is supposedly meant to protect the "welfare of the poor".
- The Bitter Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- They Need Food, With Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 27, 2004)
Often I get asked what makes a woman journalist different to a man. What is it we bring to the trade that men cannot? I can speak only for myself and will say that I look at political issues differently to my male colleagues.
- The Reformer In Rao (Tribune, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 27, 2004)
History will judge Narasimha Rao’s premiership more positively than his own party which had isolated him. When one looks back to examine the moment when liberalisation became a fact rather than a catchword, it was 1991 when Rao took over the reins.
- The Loc Fence Is Bad Strategy (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Dec 27, 2004)
In the Robert Frost poem, the narrator’s neighbour tells him “good fences make good neighbours”, but he asks, “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know/ What I was walling in or walling out”.
- Mps Failing In Their Duties, Says Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2004)
The Citizens Report on Governance and Development 2004 has criticised elected representatives for failing to perform their duties that was increasingly reflected in the rapid decline of democracy in the country.
- Tragedy As Farce (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- Too Warm For Christmas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2004)
Calcutta has never had the good fortune of even dreaming of a white Christmas. The propinquity of the Tropic of Cancer makes snow in Calcutta beyond the realms of possibility.
- The Institutions Of Education (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Dec 26, 2004)
The crisis of education was in part created by the collapse of those institutions that had neither the democratic nor the professional autonomy to sustain themselves against government directives. This has to be corrected. Such a correction should be ...
- Pervez Musharraf Under Pressure (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Dec 26, 2004)
Pakistan is living through turbulent times and, General Musharraf, its self-styled President, is under tremendous pressure. The United States-led anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan has shaken Pakistan’s polity like no other event in its troubled ...
- North Or South, Arbitrary Judgments Against Women Are Similar (Tribune, Usha Bande, Dec 26, 2004)
IN the din created by issues like empowerment of women, reservation in Parliament, and gender sensilisation, the women's real voice, the voice of the woman at the grass roots is often drowned.
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Forward, Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- Crisis Drives The Bus To Kutta (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 26, 2004)
The bus journey from Mananthavady in Kerala to Kutta in Karnataka is a tense one for B.J. Mani. His colleagues are missing. In the estate where he must labour on the Karnataka side of the border, Mani won't be allowed to work without the three-man ...
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 26, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- ‘Not Just A Tarnish On Bangalore But Shame On All Of India’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards. Here we present some very angry, disappointed and agitated voices
- Beastly Tales (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 26, 2004)
It’s the price you pay for playing God. After toying with lion-breeding programmes for years, zoo officials in India are staring at a man-made evolutionary disaster
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- Minors In Major Mess (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 25, 2004)
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) scandal involving schoolchildren from New Delhi has driven home a point or two about the changing moral values in urban India.
- Lover Of Obscurity (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 25, 2004)
P.V. Narasimha Rao made a revealing complaint and an intriguing request at our last meeting two years ago.
- Lost In Cypherspace (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 25, 2004)
Policemen across the country have been on the prowl to counter cyber crime and porn, even beating up women users of a cyber cafe in their pursuit of public decency.
- Licence To Shoot (Indian Express, PAVAN DUGGAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Only in effectively regulating the use of hidden cameras lies the way ahead for a vibrant IT economy like ours
- It's Not Just A Long Yarn (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, Dec 25, 2004)
The 40-year old multi-fibre agreement on textiles and clothing is set to expire on December 31.
- Protection In The Skies (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 25, 2004)
The owner of Kingfisher Airlines, Mr Vijay Mallya, has done well to draw the attention of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to the Government's plans to allow airlines with three years (and more) of flying experience in the domestic sector to ply on
- Foggy Logic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 25, 2004)
IT’S that time of the year when fog rolls in and everything is grounded, cars, buses, trains and even airplanes that are meant to soar in the sky.
- Double Tax Avoidance Treaties — Impact On Security Transactions (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Dec 25, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Agreement is in news with the Finance Minister planning a revisit as and when it is expedient to do so having regard to economic, political and diplomatic considerations.
- Hard Choices (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Dec 25, 2004)
We need to be honest with ourselves that principles of freedom of speech and respect for minorities can collide
- Road Rollers That Failed To Steamroller (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 25, 2004)
Let us roll back to 1993 when the Andhra Pradesh Government hiked road tax on vehicles. The Road Rollers Owners Welfare Association in the state objected to the rise and challenged the validity of the order.
- 'Traditional Foods Need Validation' (The Economic Times, Arshdeep Sehgal, Dec 25, 2004)
Rajesh Srivastava is the Asia Head for Food & Agribusiness in Singapore-based Rabobank. He has been spearheading Rabobank's knowledge build-up in functional foods.
- This Matter Of Plastic (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 25, 2004)
In the classic movie, The Graduate, the young Dustin Hoffman is advised to get into plastic, the surest way to conquer the world. Well, Dustin, you may have ignored that advice, but India and Indians have not.
- Tackling The Maoists (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 25, 2004)
The success of any counter-revolutionary strategy depends on the right mix of policies aimed at reducing the relevance of revolutionary politics to even a small segment of society.
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 25, 2004)
The terrors of technology are everywhere being manifest in the most extraordinary forms. An entire nation has been taken by storm at the spectacle of a couple of schoolchildren who chose to record their "extracurricular activities"...
- Only Motions Of Negotiating (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 25, 2004)
Yet another opportunity has been missed: Two groups of Indo-Pakistani officials met in Islamabad and failed to agree on anything except to continue talking.
- Rigging Through Off-Period Income (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 25, 2004)
Is Income earned offshore taxable under the Indian Income-Tax Act? This question had led to conflicts among several Tribunal Benches. The consequences of such conflict of opinion among judicial bodies administering a uniform tax law can be severe.
- Reliving A Painful Past (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 25, 2004)
Two nightmares no Indian would like to recur is the one following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the other following the attack on the Sabarmati Express at Godhra railway station.
- Ready For Takeoff (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 25, 2004)
The civil aviation sector in the country could see strong growth in the new year.
- Unlikely Helmsman (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
"A small Indian village, like a thousand others; an obscure child, like a million others; a non-descript childhood, like any other's; climbed ladders and more ladders, feeling all the while
- When It's Society In The Boardroom (The Economic Times, Rushi C Bakshi, Dec 25, 2004)
Simply put, social sector comprises activities with primary focus to “make a better society” as against the traditionally understood for-profit activities.
- With Fear And Favour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2004)
The year breezing out will perhaps inevitably be remembered for the great political transformation. The Lok Sabha elections attested once again India’s abiding allegiance to democracy
- Flaunted Emotions Are Often Suspected (Tribune, Terence Blacker, Dec 25, 2004)
It has been a cracking week for young Charlie Boonker. He has had his first rotten. His dad has written him a letter all about how he came into the world, from the moment that his mum's waters broke, and ending with the heartfelt message, "Thank you for c
- Slash Duties On Manmade Fibres (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 25, 2004)
Finance minister P Chidambaram’s assurance that the excise rate on man-made fibres (MMFs) will be lowered from its current 16% level brings cheer.
- Treaty Constructions Can Be Damaging (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Dec 25, 2004)
There can be more than one view on the question whether the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) should be the forum for a ruling on disputes about the interpretation of articles in the bilateral tax treaties that go by the
- The Crusade For Monoculture (Asia Times, Chanakya Sen, Dec 25, 2004)
The prophet-provocateur of international relations, Samuel P Huntington, is back to rattle some bones with a combative teaser on American identity.
- Should Epf Rate Be Hiked To 9.5%? (The Economic Times, M A KHARABELA SWAIN, Dec 24, 2004)
The EPF money is dealt with directly by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), deposited in the Public Accounts and managed in the form of a special deposit scheme (SDS). That has a corpus of Rs 1,25,000 crore, and is an old scheme.
- Profits Beyond Piracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
The centre's intention to enact legislation to curb optical disc piracy, revealed by the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Jaipal Reddy, at the International Film Festival of India at Goa
- Product Patents: Far From Public Good? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 24, 2004)
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor.
- P V Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 24, 2004)
Through the highs and lows of P V Narasimha Rao’s political life ran the line of history which shapes men into institutions and totems of change.
- Not The Final Over (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Dec 24, 2004)
During Australia’s recent tour in India, the batsmen of both the teams decided to “walk” without waiting for the umpire’s decision when they thought that they had nicked one to a fielder.
- Nostrum For Parliament? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 24, 2004)
The winter session of parliament is duly over. It was not as full of near-mayhem as the previous sessions had been. That is not however saying much. Marginal issues continued to receive precedence over substantive ones, and verbal
- Outward Fdi On The Go (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 24, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has put all his energies in further opening the country for foreign investments in banking, insurance, telecom and civil aviation.
- Look Before You Leap (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Dec 24, 2004)
A cartoon that has become very popular this festive season shows that Santa Claus has been outsourced to India. A queue of kiddies are shown awaiting their turn in front of a video conferencing screen.
- Textiles And Clothing: India Must Spin A New Strategy (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 24, 2004)
The textile industry has not been able to undo the damage inflicted by decades of skewed Government policy and today it finds itself quite unprepared to reap the full benefits of a quota-free regime beginning January 1, 2005.
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- The Outsider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2004)
India’s first prime minister was born great and his daughter achieved greatness, but P.V. Narasimha Rao, who died yesterday, had greatness thrust upon him as prime minister.
- Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 24, 2004)
We are mute mute witnesses to witnesses turning hostile, and truth getting baked in the process. We may never come to terms with what witnesses say at different points of time
- Where Osama Bin Laden Went Wrong (Asia Times, Vikram Sood, Dec 24, 2004)
By the middle of 2001, the Taliban, along with their friends in al-Qaeda and the powerful Pakistani establishment, had begun to get weary of the unending resistance from the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
- Charting A New Course For India's Army (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Dec 24, 2004)
On February 1, Lieutenant-General J J Singh will take over as India's new army chief. He is expected to direct the Indian army for at least three years, a tenure that is anticipated to be a period of great significance for the Indian army.
- Time To Call The Hunger Helpline (The Economic Times, VEENA S RAO, Dec 24, 2004)
A silent epidemic of malnutrition rages in India that despite it's gigantic proportions is yet to receive cognizance and priority attention from social scientists, economists and policy makers
- Turkey, European Union And Cyprus (Hindu, R. Kannan, Dec 24, 2004)
The question of normalisation between Turkey and Cyprus has a goal post now -- October 3, 2005. Both sides could avail themselves of this moment and turn it into a win-win situation.
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