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- The Sham Of It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2004)
The subterfuges employed by NCERT to get around its own commitments are indeed disingenuous. Its director, Mr Krishna Kumar, talks of preserving NCERT's autonomy
- Fair Law For Fair Sex (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2004)
The Union Cabinet will initiate a Bill in Parliament to confer equal inheritance rights of ancestral property to daughters. A welcome move, the Bill will go a long way in giving women equal rights.
- How Not To Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 17, 2004)
Apart from people-to-people contacts, there is need for internal dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue
- A Commission Flawed At Birth (The Economic Times, T T RAM MOHAN, Dec 16, 2004)
Finance minister P Chidambaram has sought to woo the business community by constituting an Investment Commission.
- Spans Of Safety For Oregon Bridges (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Dec 16, 2004)
The Oregon rebuilding of bridges is a warning signal for India where a large number of bridges, under the control of the Highways Department and the Railways, are in bad shape and require renovation before it becomes too late.
- Outsourcing Obesity? (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Dec 16, 2004)
That a country endowed with abundant resources produces goods cheaper and exports them to other countries, where their cost of production is higher is an axiom in the matter ofinternational trade.
- Girls For Sale In Himachal (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Dec 16, 2004)
Driven by extreme poverty and social backwardness, villagers across the Transgiri area of Sirmaur district in Himachal are forced to sell girls, often to physically challenged and aged men from Punjab and Haryana.
- Fdi In Retail Sector — A Trade Policy For Trade (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 16, 2004)
The pan-chewing, dhoti-clad, English-ignorant retail trader should not be seen as `inefficient' and `cost ineffective' who needs to be bleached by globally-accepted detergents.
- The Talent Principle (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 16, 2004)
When did Sourav Ganguly assume the captaincy of India? In the year 2000. When was John Wright handed the job of coaching the Indian squad?
- Pak-Centric Perceptions (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Dec 16, 2004)
There is an essential asymmetry between India and Pakistan, which strategists in the two countries often ignore. As a consequence, whenever Pakistan gets a fresh supply of sophisticated weapons as has happened recently, India gets prickly
- Attracting Fdi, Chilean Style (Hindu, Jorge Heine, Dec 16, 2004)
To attract the FDI India needs, it can follow the Chilean model of developing a public concessions system to build infrastructure.
- Palestinians After Arafat (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. Khrushchev’s son delivered a poignant eulogy for his late father.
- Cheeky Singles (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2004)
Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu's speech in the Lok Sabha on Monday made one thing transparent: The man on the field is essentially the same as the man in the commentary box and the House.
- Assam’S Curse (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 16, 2004)
Assam has once again witnessed a spate of bomb attacks designed to remind the authorities that a year after the Bhutan operations to bust ULFA bases on its territory, the terrorist outfit is alive and thriving.
- Peace Prospects, Post-Arafat (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. I was carrying a message of condolences from Mrs Indira Gandhi for Mrs Khrushchev.
- A Strange Call On Adc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 16, 2004)
In a peculiar twist to the raging Access Deficit Charge (ADC) row, private cellular operators are supporting incumbent Bharat Sanchar Nigam's opposition to reducing this levy.
- The Holes In Deep Pockets (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 16, 2004)
Gates law says, "If there isn't a law, there will be". The Indian stock market has always been considered a goldmine for the investing masses provided one was savvy enough to do the right things at the right time.
- Myanmar's Manoeuvre (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2004)
In extending the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by one more year, Myanmar's ruling generals have left no doubt about their intention to tighten their grip on the country.
- Kashmir In Kathmandu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
The four-day deliberations on the Kashmir crisis in Kathmandu assume significance in many ways. It was not just a gathering of nearly 60 thinking individuals, including Kashmiri separatist leaders
- Waves Of Changes (Pioneer, Mukund B. Kunte, Dec 16, 2004)
The Navy celebrates December 4 each year in remembrance of the audacious attack by tiny missile boats of the 'killer' squadron in the 1971 war.
- Us Machinations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2004)
The US is once again pursuing its narrow national interests by trying to prevent the present International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General, Mr Mohammed ElBaradei, from getting a third term in office.
- A Film Festival, Not A Carnival (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Dec 16, 2004)
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held on the sands of Panjim’s Miramar Beach, got over last week and the Union minister of information and broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, has announced that next year’s festival, too, will be held in Goa.
- Using Oil As A Lever Against U.S. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 16, 2004)
If oil is the engine of Venezuela's newfound determination to assert its independence from the U.S., then PDVSA, the public sector company that controls the extraction, refining and sale of the country's crude oil, is undoubtedly its motor.
- Wars, Strategies In 'The Twilight Zone' (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Dec 16, 2004)
While we may be satisfied that the percentage of Indians living below the poverty line is falling and that only a tiny percentage die of starvation, we are hardly aware that India has the largest number of malnourished children in the world.
- A Caution About Headroom (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Dec 16, 2004)
The company law permits corporates to have more than one managing director. Section 316 (2) provides that "a pubic company may appoint or employ a person as its managing director, if he is the managing director or manager of one and of not more than one c
- The Snatchers’ World (Deccan Herald, D A SAIT, Dec 16, 2004)
The way chain-snatchers have proliferated in this garden city of ours, of late, shows clearly enough that this city is being looked upon as a happy haven by this breed of the underworld. According to the guidelines presumably prevalent among this fraterni
- Violent Reminder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2004)
The deadly attack on a musical show by Indian film stars in the Sri Lankan capital has come as a violent reminder of the deep divisions that plague the island and contribute to keeping its ethnic conflict alive and far from a settlement. Investigators hav
- Train Of Accidents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2004)
Tuesday's collision between two passenger trains near Mansar village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district on the Jalandhar-Pathankot section that claimed dozens of lives and caused injuries to many others once again brings to the fore the issue of railway safe
- Suraj Parkash — A Magnum Opus (Tribune, Harbans Singh Virdi, Dec 15, 2004)
Kavi Chooramani Bhai Santokh Singh produced the best work of his life Sri Gur Partap Suraj Granth, also known as Suraj Parkash, at the fag end of his life. It is a history of the Sikh Gurus along with Banda Singh Bahadur in a chronological order.
- Between Mnna And Nssp (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's flying visit to Delhi last week has restarted the controversy over the sale of US weapons to Pakistan. Every time India and Pakistan are about to acquire new weapons, a big shindig is raised by the other side on how
- A Sweet Evening (Tribune, Kanchan Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
Oh God, I am a victim of various fears — with or without reason. Till recently, I had a phobia about Pakistanis. I would dread a Pakistani as a wild creature. I invariably found them rebellious, defiant and combative.
- `Breaking' Patents — Effective Use Of Compulsory Licensing (Business Line, Feroz Ali. K, Dec 15, 2004)
In the light of the Doha Declaration and the bold Brazilian initiative to break the patent of several HIV/AIDS medications, the Government should provide for effective compulsory licensing
- Bhopal And Beyond (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 15, 2004)
What many of 'Sri Lanka's Tamils would like to hear the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabakaran, say in his "Heroes' Day Address."
- Singer Of The Ages (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Dec 15, 2004)
Mamurai Shanmuka Vadivu Subbulakshmi was no ordinary person; she was a phenomenon of the 20th century. Her voice thrilled the greater of this globe, regardless of the language in which she sang.
- Put Up A United Front (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 15, 2004)
It’s not even a free trade area yet, but when it grows up it wants to be just like the European Union. The whole history of the continent is against it, of course, but then Europe’s previous history didn’t leave much room for optimism either.
- Corrective Measures (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 15, 2004)
Even as the mid-year review of the economy has forecast a 6 per cent growth in the GDP in the current fiscal, it has voiced serious concern on the fiscal front due to slippages in revenue collection.
- Sombre Notes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2004)
Understandably, eyebrows have been raised in Parliament and outside over Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's reported statement in Seoul asking North Korea and South Korea not to follow India's example and become nuclear powers.
- A Place In The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 15, 2004)
Two unrelated events, separated by several weeks, have reinforced the perception that India’s place in the world in the new millennium is full of promise
- Sena-Nigans! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2004)
The subterfuges employed by NCERT to get around its own commitments are indeed disingenuous. Its director, Mr Krishna Kumar, talks of preserving NCERT's autonomy
- No Takers For National Hockey Championship Due To Ihf Politics (Tribune, M.S. Unnikrishnan, Dec 15, 2004)
The National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup was once the most prestigious event in the hockey calendar of the country. Many careers were made and many decimated at the altar of the National Championship.
- More Tax, Less Revenue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2004)
In a mostly self-congratulatory mid-term review, the government has at least admitted a revenue shortfall. Obviously, the government is spending more than it earns.
- Land Grab In Shadow Of Wall (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Dec 15, 2004)
Bulldozers were preparing the ground for hundreds of new homes, despite the Israeli Government's claim that it is not expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
- In A Buffalo Economy (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Dec 15, 2004)
On a field trip to rural Haryana, what struck me was the dissonance between per capita incomes and living conditions, especially as they affect women.
- Ethics And Short Cuts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2004)
If the ratification of the Kyoto protocol by Russia is seen as a landmark event that ushered in a new international framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
- Endogenous Development Centres Hold The Key Here (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 15, 2004)
In most places, the word globalisation conjures up images of businessmen and corporate consultants on six figure salaries making offers that governments cannot refuse.
- Corporates, Capital- Or Capitalist-Owned? (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Dec 15, 2004)
A promoter may dilute his stake so much that other shareholders end up owning the company. Yet, he may call the shots, simply by being able to manage the company better than anyone and, more important, being so perceived by shareholders.
- Cities As Brands (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2004)
Banglore's declining status in the Gartner study on hot IT investment destinations in India holds important lessons, not just for Karnataka’s capital but for other cities in India.
- Bring Back The Old Sting (Telegraph, Rajashri Dasgupta, Dec 15, 2004)
It is time for the feminist movement to revisit some issues and think of strategies to make health a fundamental right
- India Must Think Big, Act Fast On Latin America (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Dec 15, 2004)
China's entry into Latin America is a win-win for both sides. Latin America has the resources China needs and China offers market and capital.
- Left To Die (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 14, 2004)
Very few people in West Bengal know how to deal with cardiac arrest. And this includes a shamefully large number of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff.
- Mid-Year Economy Review: Exuberance Subdued By Politics (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 14, 2004)
In accordance with the remit of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act 2003, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, laid a report of Mid-Year Review of the Economy
- Non-Identical Super Twins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2004)
It may be more than a happy coincidence that two great Indian cricket champions achieved significant personal landmarks in the first Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka recently.
- Preserving Proprieties (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Dec 14, 2004)
There are many questions on the role of the President and the Supreme Court vis-à-vis the project for interlinking rivers.
- Crisis Of Confidence Deepening (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 14, 2004)
The absence of common wavelength between coalition partners has compounded the woes of the Chief Minister
- Punjab On The Mat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2004)
THE Punjab Government's decision to remove all the Punjab Police Service (PPS) officers from the posts meant for the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers should be seen in the context of the latter's long fight for justice.
- Rupee Up (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 14, 2004)
Buoyed by sustained strong foreign capital and trade inflows the rupee has been appreciating vis-à-vis the U S dollar.
- The Chavez Phenomenon And The U.S. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 14, 2004)
Shortly after he appeared on national television in October 2001 holding aloft bloody photographs of children killed by the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan, President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela received a visit from Donna Hrinak
- The Kindness Of Animals (Hindu, McFadden, Dec 14, 2004)
Why should animals help out stricken humans - does it prove that altruism is a natural instinct?
- Treaty Shopping — Plugging The Mauritius Loophole (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 14, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty is under the scanner, with New Delhi keen on re-negotiating some of the controversial provisions.
- Private Sector Job Reservation — Striking The Middle Path (Business Line, P. K. Doraiswamy, Dec 14, 2004)
The principle of job reservation for certain categories cannot, per se, be faulted by anyone with a social conscience. But there are problems in applying such a policy in the private sector.
- Building Mutual Faith (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 14, 2004)
Peace in the subcontinent is the key to development and real growth. To achieve that we must make Saarc a body that does not permit any infiltration, of any kind, into its portals.
- A Contentious Report By Un Panel (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Dec 14, 2004)
BY an unhappy coincidence, the much-awaited UN high-level panel report on “Threats, Challenges and Change” came within hours after the Wall Street Journal carried the opinion of an influential Congressman that Mr Kofi Annan should step
- December Brings Another Reminder (Indian Express, Murlidhar C. Chandare, Dec 14, 2004)
December is a special month in the history of a world that has witnessed some horrific scenes of blood-letting. It was on December 10, 1948, that United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a bid to make the world
- Erasing The Past (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 14, 2004)
Park Street is now Mother Teresa Sarani. But if public memory is left to such demagogic mercy, our urban pride will wither away
- F-16 Sale Endangers Peace Process (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 14, 2004)
New Delhi’s apprehensions about the proposed sale of U.S. defence equipment to Pakistan have become cause for considerable strain in an otherwise robust U.S.-India relationship.
- Beyond Nuclear Stability (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 14, 2004)
As India and Pakistan start talks on nuclear and conventional military confidence-building measures this week in Islamabad, part of the attention of the negotiators should be riveted on those outside the room
- Change At The U.N. (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Dec 13, 2004)
Reform is necessary but should not be undertaken under threat from one or more states.
- Autonomy For Kashmir (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 13, 2004)
With the militants having unleashed a wave of violence and killings in the Valley, the nation was facing a serious situation in Kashmir. Besides deploying the security forces in numbers, the Union government did not know what else to do.
- An Enviable Record (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
To suggest that there was a certain inevitability about Sachin Tendulkar equalling Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the most Test centuries might be stating the obvious. After all, when he made his international debut as a doe-eyed teenager
- Corruption Index And India (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 13, 2004)
A first achieved by India in the Global Corruption Barometer survey is the pessimism over the decline of corruption in the next three years or so.
- Road To Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2004)
Among the subjects Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz discussed when the latter was in New Delhi recently was transit rights for India to Afghanistan and Iran through Pakistan.
- Seeking Outside-The-Box Solutions (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 13, 2004)
All the misalignments retarding industrial growth are well known. Yet, nobody wants to correct the existing set-up to improve efficiency.
- Pillars Of Basel Ii (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 13, 2004)
From time to time, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), located in Basel, Switzerland, puts together esoteric edicts under exotic titles prepared by a few financial wizards of G-10 cloistered within its
- The Confusion Continues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There is an urgent need for policy that will bring order and clarity to the admissions process for technical education in the country.
- Responsibility (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 13, 2004)
Srisri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal’s case has seen the most peculiar reactions and they are predictable from a mile away.
- The Possibilities Of Biotechnology (Deccan Herald, C. S. Prakash, Dec 13, 2004)
Agriculture forms the backbone of Karnataka’s economy, employing much of its population. Modern scientific approaches to improve agriculture can help revitalise farming in our state by enhancing crop productivity; cut down the use of chemical inputs on th
- The Wizard Of Spin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2004)
Some two months ago, when Anil Kumble became the second Indian bowler, after the legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, to capture 400 wickets in Test cricket, there were nice and encouraging words.
- When Linda Was Refused Admission (Indian Express, T. R. Andhyarujina, Dec 13, 2004)
Fifty years ago, in 1952, eight-year-old, Linda Brown, was refused admission to a public school in Topeka, Kansas, because she was Black and the school was reserved for White students.
- Get Ship-Shape (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 13, 2004)
Some 40,000 ships ply the planet's oceans, most of them crewed by the world's poor and owned by shadowy offshore companies flying flags of convenience.
- Democracy Quickening In India, Slowing In West (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Charles Taylor has been described as a leading interrogator of modernity. He sees its grandeur. And its malaise — the alienation, sense of impending social dissolution, and what he calls the ‘‘spiritual flatness’’ at the heart of the secular age.
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