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- India And Nepal's Insurgency (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 08, 2004)
The survival of democracy in Nepal is important to India. But only that country's democratic political leadership can ensure it.
- Humour In Habits (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Sep 08, 2004)
ROBERT Lynd narrates an amusing but revealing anecdote in his essay “On habits”. He was a regular visitor to a restaurant. The waiters knew him by face. Once when he visited the place, after a long lapse, a waiter came and handed him a pack of cigarettes.
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- Akali Dal Not Communal (Tribune, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sep 08, 2004)
Kuldip Nayar's recent indictment of the Akali Dal in these columns has hurt me. The Akali Dal is not a communal party. It has always had Hindus, Muslims and Christians as its members.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — In Step With The Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 08, 2004)
In an era of globalisation, when competitiveness is the key to success in building resilience in the export industries, the trade strategy has to mesh fiscal policy with investment planning, especially focussed on export sectors.
- Financing Cmp: Banking On World Bank (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 08, 2004)
INDIA is desperately short of investment resources. Public investment on a massive scale is needed in key areas of economic and social development if India is to get rid of poverty in two decades while achieving higher growth rates, which would help place
- A Mega Clean-Up In Us (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Sep 08, 2004)
Utility companies, municipal agencies and, lately, the Department of Environmental Quality in the US act with deep concern for ensuring unpolluted water for the citizens.
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- Poverty Of Approach (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 08, 2004)
By no stretch of the imagination can the Centre have been pleased with the results of Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's first foray into Manipur last weekend.
- Will Nuclear Energy Gain Greater Acceptability? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Sep 08, 2004)
WILL the 21st century see an upswing in the fortunes of nuclear power? Will this clean source of electricity be able to put behind it the lingering threat of a holocaust, and power ahead?
- Tread With Caution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2004)
THE India-Pakistan composite dialogue process is moving slowly but surely and on positive lines. This is clear from the ministerial-level talks held in New Delhi. On the whole, the discussions were constructive.
- To Will Or Not (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Sep 08, 2004)
I would hate for people to quarrel over my earthly possessions when once I’ve left my earthly body
- The New Foreign Trade Policy (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Sep 08, 2004)
The Government has still a long way to go towards fully integrating the trade policy with the development policy.
- Terror In Beslan — Not Justified By Any Cause (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 08, 2004)
Fanaticism and fundamentalism have their limits, when these are crossed, as they were with horrific and tragic consequences in Beslan, people who rebel for a cause not only make themselves and their cause a grotesque comedy, they paint an entire community
- Where Exactly Is The Problem? (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Sep 08, 2004)
Farmers’ cooperatives outside government and political control should be encouraged and loans given to them
- How Is Indian Industry Faring? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 07, 2004)
A sharp rise in the services share in India's GDP, coming at a time when services exports are booming, has been used to argue that the country is on a new growth trajectory in keeping with global trends.
- Fear And Smear (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
United States President George W. Bush has apparently decided that he can secure a second term only through a campaign based on fear and smear.
- Disempowered State (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 07, 2004)
The corruption and bungling in the power sector account for much of the State’s fiscal weakness
- More And More Women Take To Crime (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
Feminists are surely not going to boast about the crumbling of this male bastion. More and more women are becoming proactive in crime. Gone are the days when women were mentioned in crime stories as passive accomplices or more often as victims.
- Art Of Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
Few would dispute Atal Bihari Vajpayee's adroit navigation of the multi-party coalition spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party over six years in office
- Rss And Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2004)
It is too early to predict whether the recent controversies over Arjun Singh's statement, the Savarkar row, and Uma Bharti's arrest will prove beneficial to the RSS.
- Beyond Drama (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
The decision of India and Pakistan to continue with the ceasefire between them will invite widespread relief. The external affairs minister, Mr K. Natwar Singh, and his counterpart, Mr Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri, have also agreed to a
- Look West, Pm! (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 07, 2004)
The day Manmohan Singh was chosen to be the PM, he met journalists. On September 4 he did it again — as soon as he had got over the Parliament session.
- Promise Of Peace (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 07, 2004)
The Indo-Pak talks were on various CBMs, including a ceasefire that will improve ties
- Pulling Off The Shuffle (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
The latest comic strip that tells us what the present priorities of the BJP/NDA are, is really quite funny… Atalji taking step after painfully slow step followed by all his sycophantic band of fawning attendants doing the BJP shuffle, looking for a
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
- Sezs Have To Be Special (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Sep 07, 2004)
The Special Economic Zones will become popular and really take off in the manner desired only if the proposed law governing them conforms to and upholds the basic concept behind the zones. Further, the rules and procedures must place minimal restrictions
- The Adc Imbroglio (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2004)
The stand-off between private telecom operators and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd over access deficit charges (ADC), if unresolved by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, can snowball into a telecommunications crisis.
- Real Diseases, Weird Cures (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 07, 2004)
Is exercise not better than cutting off your tummy if you are fat? Apparently not, in the consumerist world
- When Advertising Distracts And Not Informs (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 06, 2004)
The announcement of a 24-hour television channel launched in the UK dedicated to advertisements is an eye-opener for those of us annoyed by ads. Some people, apparently, love them!
- Unforgivable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
There was only one thing to consider when the nightmare began in Middle School No. 1 in Beslan. The extremists had hundreds of children as hostage.
- Terror Strikes In Russia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 06, 2004)
The immediate goal of the Beslan raid was to spread violence beyond Chechnya and set Russia's entire North Caucasus on fire.
- Summer Of ’72 (Deccan Herald, MALATHI RAO, Sep 06, 2004)
Memories of my mother’s healing touch still touch me, today, years after she left me
- Spare The Children (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2004)
Moscow must learn from the Beslan tragedy and change its stance on the Chechen issue
- Rbi's Annual Report 2003-2004 (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 06, 2004)
There have been suggestions that some part of the RBI's forex reserves should be placed with Indian scheduled banks, which can lend them to creditworthy Indian corporates, which are otherwise raising ECBs in the external financial markets
- Of Little Import (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 06, 2004)
On Saturday the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, morphed into a dignified, acquisitive politician, if not a statesman, by saying a lot at a press meet stretching over 90 minutes but meaning little.
- No Wins Or Losses (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 06, 2004)
“With the right policies, this is a war we can win, this is a war we must win, and this is a war we will win,” said Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, in Tennessee on August 31.
- National Media Policy A Must (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Sep 06, 2004)
THE Minister for Information and Broadcasting announced recently in Parliament that Doordarshan was going ahead with its Direct-to-Home (DTH) service.
- More, Please (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
On Saturday, Mr Manmohan Singh gave the first press conference by a prime minister in 12 years. It is understandable that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee should not have cared to face the press.
- Living With The Oil Crisis (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 06, 2004)
Rising oil prices have once again highlighted India’s utter inability to cope with an oil crisis
- Beslan Lessons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2004)
The three-day school hostage drama in Russia came to a heart-rending end on Friday. More than 330 people died — half of them children. At least 700 others were maimed or injured when violence erupted at the school in Beslan, North Ossetia,
- Wages Of Town Non-Planning (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 06, 2004)
The panel probing the Kumbakonam school fire tragedy will discover many culprits but almost certainly overlook the worst offence: Poor town planning.
- A Confident Prime Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2004)
BY the very act of agreeing to address an open Press conference – the first by a Prime Minister in more than a decade — Dr Manmohan Singh sent out a clear message that he was very much in the driver’s seat.
- Importance Of Public Investment In Infrastructure (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 06, 2004)
One of the planks on which the Congress(I) came to power was seeing greater role for the government in the economy. This is welcome. One only hopes the party will not get derailed from this policy by the World Bank's advice.
- Back To Academics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2004)
Both govt and managements should think of the students for a change
- Focus On The Peace Pipeline (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2004)
Energy pipelines constitute win-win geo-economics for both India and Pakistan.
- Grandfather To The Rescue (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 06, 2004)
Taxpayers may rest easy since the Kelkar task force reverses some of the Kelkar committee’s proposals on exemptions
- Hardening Postures (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 06, 2004)
A road, the prime minister Manmohan Singh is fond of quoting, is made by walking step by step. However, it is unlikely that India and Pakistan will take any major step forward
- Headed For An Impasse? (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 06, 2004)
New Delhi should leave Mr Kasuri with no doubt that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India
- River Link Needed Only In Haryana, Rajasthan And Tamil Nadu (Tribune, Ram Niwash Malik, Sep 05, 2004)
THE concept of interlinking of rivers is very old in India. Dr K.L. Rao, the celebrated engineer and former Union Minister, wrote about linking the Ganga with the Cauvery through a 2640-km-long canal in his famous book “India’s Water Wealth”.
- Challenges Facing Indian Media (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Sep 05, 2004)
AT home in India there cannot but have been a surge of admiration at the superlative performance of China in the Olympics. Second after the United States with golds only a little less, it was a superb record and this after taking part in all the ...
- What’S The Right Price? (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 05, 2004)
Medicines, says Ram Vilas Paswan, must be affordable to the common man. But imposing a blanket price control has its own hazards
- Is There A Way Out Of This ‘Dismal Circle’? (Deccan Herald, ASHISH BALLAL, Sep 05, 2004)
Another Olympics, another dismal performance, another dismal result, and another dismal analysis. When will this all stop?
- He Has No Craze For The Kursi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 05, 2004)
A.K. Antony is a rare leader in the weird world of politics. He personifies idealism and probity in public life. But he has to pay a heavy price for his virtues and step down as the Chief Minister of Kerala...
- Budget And Fiscal Consolidation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2004)
With parliament passing the Finance Bill 2004 without a debate, the budget process that began on July 8 came to a close.
- Leveraging Home Loans (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 04, 2004)
The decision of the National Housing Bank (NHB) to make market in mortgaged-backed securities by offering two-way quotes in such instruments besides extending the facility of guaranteeing their repayment is
- It Costs 32 P.C. Of Gdp For Government To Mess Up Economy (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 04, 2004)
The record of sorts achieved during the latest session of Parliament when the Finance Bill got passed without any discussion is nothing to feel proud of. So, when one finds that William W. Lewis has a chapter titled, "India:
- Hate Breeds Hate And Troublemakers (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
On an average I read two to three books every week. Some I write about in these columns. Some I persuade my friends to read. Others I give away to the kabariwala.
- Give Savings A Break (Business Line, R. Anand, Sep 04, 2004)
THE Kelkar Task Force report dealing with personal taxation has analysed in detail the historical problem of inducing individuals to invest in savings instruments with tax breaks being the driving force. Tax concession for savings is an international
- Game, Set, Match (Tribune, Anjali Majumdar, Sep 04, 2004)
MY stepfather, Kunwar Mahindar Singh, would have liked that: being taken through an archway of tennis racquets held aloft by friends and family bidding him farewell on his last journey.
- Firing Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2004)
Keeping a mystery alive is an art. It is an art that has been perfected over the years by politicians and administrators in India. So the Nanavati commission, set up by the Gujarat government to “investigate the course of events that led to the setting on
- Homilies Won’T Help (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
Teacher's Day, which will be observed in the country on September 5, to mark the birth anniversary of former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, is yet another occasion to focus on the status of teachers today.
- Entering The Environment (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 04, 2004)
This article is about an interesting, important, but as yet little-analysed phenomenon in contemporary Indian politics — the entry into the environmental movement of the organized left.
- Pakistan’S ‘Miracle’ Man (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 04, 2004)
Pakistan now has a Prime Minister who is a darling both of the army and of America’s Super Moneymen
- Time To Disco (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2004)
Everything’s new in Saif Ali Khan’s life. New interests, new modelling assignments and new-found fame. So he sees no reason to keep an old wife
- Up Tops In Police Custody Deaths (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 04, 2004)
WHEN it comes to suffering, does the name of person or party really matter? It may suggest a pattern of governance but the hurt is no different. I missed the other day the name in the rapidly-moving TV news.
- The First 100 Days (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 04, 2004)
The Manmohan Singh Government has completed its first 100 days in office, and the conventional question to ask it: how has it fared? The first issue, of course, is whether the first 100 days is enough to provide one
- The Benefits Of Doubt (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
Most scriptural writings warn us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of ...
- Space-Age Science Policy (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Sep 04, 2004)
ON May 18, 1974, the first atomic device code named “Smiling Buddha” was tested in Pokhran. As sanctions were imposed upon us, the policy of self-reliance in high-tech Engineering became necessary.
- Putin Had To Choose Between Two Evils (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 04, 2004)
The two-day hostage drama in a children-packed school in North Ossetia came to a bloody end on Friday when Russian commandos stormed the building two days after it was seized by Chechen gunmen.
- Parliament Under Suspension (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Sep 04, 2004)
Abstaining from political action in Parliament will result in anarchy and chaos and the Opposition stands to lose more than anyone else.
- Paradise Lost (Deccan Herald, TANUSHREE PODDER, Sep 04, 2004)
Two full days without cable television brought life back to town. But it was short-lived...
- The Tds Screw Gets Tightened (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 04, 2004)
IT IS almost axiomatic that every year the Finance Bill should talk of widening the tax base and introduce more and more provisions meant to bring the non-filers into the tax net.
- Crucial Afghan Presidential Poll (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 03, 2004)
The Afghan Presidential elections are fixed for October 9, 2004. It was earlier postponed twice and it is hoped that this time the security situation in the country would not be so badly disruptive as to call for yet another postponement.
- Rbi Annual Report 2003-04 — Exhaustive And Rigorous (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 03, 2004)
Though the RBI, in its Annual Report 2003-04, has failed to shed light on the tremendous risk of the depreciation of government securities faced by commercial banks in case of a rise in interest rates, it maintains high standards of data presentation and
- Infrastructure Is The Key (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2004)
Within days of announcing his decision to focus on coordinated development of infrastructure, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a high-powered committee, which he himself will head.
- How `Adequate' Is Basel Ii (Business Line, P. S. Iyer, Sep 03, 2004)
THE Bank for International Settlements has, for over the last decade and a half, been grappling with the issue of how much capital a bank should have.
- Give Them Dignity (Telegraph, Utpala Misra, Sep 03, 2004)
Early on August 14, we fed, bathed, clothed and walked a man to his death. This man that we killed ritually, was he an island by himself?
- Criminal Rage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2004)
Killers have no religion, no matter what faith they claim to profess. The Iraqi hostage-takers, who killed 12 innocent Nepalis, were dastardly criminals who would be a blot on any religious faith or civilized society.
- `Could Beauty, My Lord, Have Better Commerce Than With Honesty?' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 03, 2004)
"COULD beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty?'
When finance pains, commerce can soothe. Thus, even as Mr Chidambaram is locking horns with transporters over service tax, Mr Kamal Nath is freeing exporters from that yoke.
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