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- An Unequal Equation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2001)
RUSSIA HAS embarked on a second bonhomie with the United States since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- It Is Diplomacy Season (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
India, quite naturally, is mightily elated by what is travelling by air from across the western border.
- There Is No One Loyalty (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 16, 2001)
If we refuse to learn from the happenings around us today, it would be a miracle if we did not have to pay a high price for it tomorrow.
- History As Told By Non-Historians (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2001)
For too long, the illusion of a `debate' between evenly matched sides has been maintained...
- Changing The Rules Midstream (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Dec 16, 2001)
IN 1994, the Narmada Bachao Andolan had filed a writ petition as public interest litigation seeking to halt the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
- Can One Man Carry Them All Along? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2001)
As Hamid Karzai prepares to take over the reins in Afghanistan, he faces formidable challenges from within and without.
- Reading Messages From The Past (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 16, 2001)
December 6 has become a standing reminder of many things. One is that we, as a nation, are yet to agree about what happened to us over the period before the British arrived;
- History As Told By Non-Historians (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2001)
For too long, the illusion of a `debate' between evenly matched sides has been maintained...
- The Cause Of Beauty (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
Another man to watch out for is Pramod Mahajan.
- Good Time Ends Badly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
Bad tidings for those who have made freebies their mainstay. Now that Jagmohan is here in the tourism department, he is likely to give bureaucrats a very hard time.
- An Unequal Equation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2001)
RUSSIA HAS embarked on a second bonhomie with the United States since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- Visible Face Of Kabul’s New Dispensation (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 16, 2001)
Dr Abdullah Abdullah has been the true voice of the Northern Alliance since the group took up cudgels against the Taliban.
- Can One Man Carry Them All Along? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2001)
As Hamid Karzai prepares to take over the reins in Afghanistan, he faces formidable challenges from within and without.
- Brave Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
A non-fatal attraction. Vice-president, Krishna Kant, found himself the most sought after man in Parliament on Thursday afternoon while militants and Delhi policemen died in droves outside.
- Changing The Rules Midstream (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Dec 16, 2001)
IN 1994, the Narmada Bachao Andolan had filed a writ petition as public interest litigation seeking to halt the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
- It’s Perversion, Not Policy (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Dec 16, 2001)
A recent edition of the riveting programme, The Big Fight, on the Star News television channel was a revealing experience. The subject was the communalisation of education.
- Reading Messages From The Past (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 16, 2001)
December 6 has become a standing reminder of many things. One is that we, as a nation, are yet to agree about what happened to us over the period before the British arrived;
- Arafat's Time Is Running Out (Pioneer, Alexander Bovin, Dec 16, 2001)
For a long time Israel tried to tell the international community that terrorism is a planetary threat.
- Blasted Nuisance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2001)
The most striking feature of Thursday's terrorist attack on Parliament, located at the heart of the capital's high security zone, was the sheer audacity of it.
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 16, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Everyone Is A Winner (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
Perhaps it’s all one vast installation. The lights going on and off in a room at the Tate; Mr Martin Creed presenting this flickering “work” for the Turner Prize (the art world’s Booker);
- Deep Impact (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 16, 2001)
As I write this column, I am watching the ghastly attack inside the premises of the Indian Parliament.
- Twisting Anti-Terror Norms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE ARROGANT FIAT by Israel to immobilise Mr. Yasser Arafat, the internationally recognised President of the Palestinian Authority, within a tiny stretch of territory at Ramallah cannot be condemned enough in a civilised discourse.
- Selective Cleansing Won't Do (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE DISMISSAL OF Mr. Amarmani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Trade Tax and Institutional Finance, may well be held out as evidence of the BJP's value-based politics.
- Monitoring The Borders (Hindu, Varun Sahni, Dec 15, 2001)
It is high time Indian defence planners started analysing the viability of a more technology-intensive force structure.
- God Onhis Side (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
About 10 years ago Girish Khurana of Ludhiana came to see me.
- Diplomacy Precedes Military Response (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 15, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. In considering various responses to the breath-taking terrorist attack on the Parliament House on Thursday, India has chosen to try out diplomatic approach first.
- When Blood Speaks To Blood (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 15, 2001)
The observation is attributed to Plato that the study of man is far more interesting than the study of physical objects, as man, knowing full well that doing something is bad, still does it.
- Osama Bin Laden Tape (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2001)
After weeks of internal discussion and top-level assessment of various pros and cons, the Pentagon has finally released a videotape in which Osama bin Laden, in conversation with some aides and a Saudi cleric.
- Sectarian Outfits Cash In On Rival Fronts’ Blame-Game On Kerala Violence (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Dec 15, 2001)
The sectarian violence rocking Kerala since December 6, the ninth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
- Here Comes The Son (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
When small town boy Manoj Bajpai took on the role of the polo-playing playboy prince of Jodhpur in Khalid Mohammad’s film, Zubeida.
- Crisis Of Civilization (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
The spectre of violence now haunts the globe. The terrorist attack on Parliament House on Thursday demonstrates that the phantasm is a terrifying reality.
- Deep Impact (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 15, 2001)
As I write this column, I am watching the ghastly attack inside the premises of the Indian Parliament.
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Sezs: Hubs Of Economic Activity? (Business Line, Alice George, Dec 15, 2001)
SPECIAL Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced by the EXIM Policy 2000, may not have the desired economic results in terms of increased foreign exchange earnings and foreign investments if the fundamental issues and systemic bottlenecks are not resolved.
- Chimera Of Security (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 15, 2001)
AMONG other things, the outrage on Parliament on Thursday has once again proved beyond a shadow of doubt that the attainment of political power and effective governance are two entirely different things.
- Govt Procurement Agreement: A Chance To Reduce Corruption (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 15, 2001)
Government procurement was one of the four new issues which was brought under the work programme of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its first Ministerial Conference in Singapore in December 1996.
- Tamil Nadu Plans To Make Tourism ‘A Spiritual Experience’ (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Dec 15, 2001)
Tamil Nadu is right now in the green room, dressing up to entice the world to its enduring heritage and enchanting beauty.
- China Says Arms Control Key After Us Drops Abm (The Financial Express, John Ruwitch, Dec 15, 2001)
BEIJING: Chinese President Jiang Zemin has called for multilateral efforts to ensure global stability following a US decision to abandon the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty and press ahead with a missile defence system.
- Intermediational Cost Rations In Psbs -- Reduction, An Important Objective (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 15, 2001)
THE ratio of operating expenses to a bank's assets may be treated as a measure of the ratio of intermediational costs.
- Sad Global Response (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2001)
The attack on Parliament House by a group of armed terrorists has exposed the hollowness of the global commitment to stamping out all forms of terrorism from the face of the earth.
- A Day After The Attack (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2001)
There is much surprise, and even shock, in the gunbattle in the Parliament complex on Thursday.
- Motivating ’Em For Self-Policing (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 15, 2001)
Three years ago on my return to the Delhi Police after an experience of prison management, I was posted as Joint Commissioner of Police (Training).
- “Primary” Area Of Darkness (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Dec 15, 2001)
Great news, at last, for the millions of not-at-school children of India.
- Sept 11, Dec 13: Pak Dates With Policy Change (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 15, 2001)
Musharraf’s U-turn on Afghanistan should have been accompanied by a change in other aspects of Pakistani policy.
- Diplomacy Precedes Military Response (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 15, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. In considering various responses to the breath-taking terrorist attack on the Parliament House on Thursday, India has chosen to try out diplomatic approach first.
- On Second Thoughts... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
THE car used for the terrorist attack on Parliament, it is true, had a fake home ministry pass, but since that lulled the security forces a bit and enabled the car to get past the first tier of security, expect a lot of tightening in the days to come.
- The Foxhole Mindset (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
IF someone suggested within a day of the attack on Parliament that we were exaggerating the terrorist threat, he would not even need to get his head examined before being thrown into the mental asylum.
- The Nation On Bended Knee (Indian Express, K. K. Khullar, Dec 15, 2001)
THE history of independent India shows that our democracy has produced the largest number of democratically-elected mini, as well as maxi, dictators.
- Investing Divestment (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 15, 2001)
AFTER the Supreme Court upheld the Government’s disinvestment policy in the BALCO case, the major question now is, how the money raised from disinvestment should be utilised.
- Blasted Nuisance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2001)
The most striking feature of Thursday's terrorist attack on Parliament, located at the heart of the capital's high security zone, was the sheer audacity of it.
- Arafat's Time Is Running Out (Pioneer, Alexander Bovin, Dec 15, 2001)
For a long time Israel tried to tell the international community that terrorism is a planetary threat. The world refused to listen.
- Selective Cleansing Won't Do (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE DISMISSAL OF Mr. Amarmani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Trade Tax and Institutional Finance, may well be held out as evidence of the BJP's value-based politics.
- Bolting The Stable Door (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
THANKFULLY, some semblance of normalcy has returned to Parliament a day after it faced an unprecedented attack.
- Man And Superman (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 15, 2001)
There is a popular saying in Persian that you may say anything against Allah but beware of saying a word against the Prophet. Bengalis have somewhat the same reverential attitude towards Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
- Monitoring The Borders (Hindu, Varun Sahni, Dec 15, 2001)
It is high time Indian defence planners started analysing the viability of a more technology-intensive force structure.
- A Challenge To Strategic `Order' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, seems poised to notify Russia of his intention to end his country's adherence to the bilateral Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972.
- Consumer Boycott (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 14, 2001)
DR Monroe Friedman of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, US), the renowned authority on consumer psychology, has thrown a sort of academic bombshell with his book, *Consumer Boycott.
- Banning Biological Weapons (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 14, 2001)
It is difficult to see how any verification regime acceptable and uniformly applicable to all countries could meet U.S. requirements for reliable verification as well as its objections to intrusive inspections.
- The Nizam's Jewels (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Dec 14, 2001)
AT times the present - Afghanistan, Osama, Kargil corruption scams - becomes too much for us to absorb.
- How Strong Is Nhb’s Case Against Anz? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 14, 2001)
Between 23rd March 1992 and 20th April 1992, ANZ received 9 cheques drawn on the Reserve Bank of India all crossed ‘A/c Payee only’. In all the cheques the ANZ was the payee.
- Parliament Stands Firm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2001)
Yesterday, the unthinkable happened. Parliament House, arguably the most familiar symbol of Indian democracy after the Tricolour, came under a direct terrorist attack.
- Never Mind The Wicket, India Inc. Needs To Take The Bat And Score Runs (The Financial Express, Veeshal Bakshi, Dec 14, 2001)
For a nation which used sheer determination, will power and optimism as the most effective weapons to win its Independence, the depth of pessimism today, especially in Indian industry, over the future of the country is quite shocking.
- A Challenge To Strategic `Order' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, seems poised to notify Russia of his intention to end his country's adherence to the bilateral Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972.
- Japan Will Guide Yen Lower If Too Strong: Shiokawa (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 14, 2001)
TOKYO: Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said on Thursday that Japan must try to guide the yen lower if it becomes too strong, but added that monetary authorities must intervene in the market with caution.
- Self-Help, Rail Style (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 14, 2001)
INDIAN Railways, faced with an acute resources crunch.
- Beyond The Uneasy Afghan Setting (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 14, 2001)
IN the face of growing violent tendencies, intolerance and conflicts, the collapse of the Taliban regime, symbolically speaking, is a landmark development in the history of human civilisation.
- Learning The Hard Way (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Dec 14, 2001)
WITH Begum Zia back in power, the Hindus are on the run in Bangladesh. At this rate, there will be no Hindus left in that country.
- A Neighbour In Danger (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 14, 2001)
It is six months since Nepal suffered the trauma of regicide. The king, Gyanendra, is still to stabilize his authority and credibility.
- Peace Process In Nagaland (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE BRIEF MEETING that the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, had with Mr. Isaac Swu and Mr. Thiungaleng Muivah - the two leaders of the NSCN(I-M) - during his official visit to Japan.
- Criminals In Legislatures? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2001)
IT has often been alleged that criminals have joined the ranks of politicians, defiling the holy precincts of legislatures.
- Coffins Account (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 14, 2001)
Mr George Fernandes has not done it again. Brazen defensiveness is becoming his signature tune, as his unassailable innocence turns into an article of faith out of dogged public reiteration.
- Poto And Pota: A Resolution (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 14, 2001)
Fighting terrorism cannot become a political fashion... The sensible compromise is a new offence of terrorism investigated and tried through ordinary procedures.
- Banning Biological Weapons (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 14, 2001)
It is difficult to see how any verification regime acceptable and uniformly applicable to all countries could meet U.S. requirements for reliable verification as well as its objections to intrusive inspections.
- Poto And Pota: A Resolution (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 14, 2001)
Fighting terrorism cannot become a political fashion... The sensible compromise is a new offence of terrorism investigated and tried through ordinary procedures.
- Chinese Challenge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 14, 2001)
WHEN, LAST MONTH, the Doha Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation approved the entry of Beijing into the world body, the French Finance Minister, Mr Larent Fabius, had said: We are talking about the WTO.
- Crisis Of Confidence In World Aviation (Business Line, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Dec 14, 2001)
FOR THOSE who want a quick disinvestment of Air India (AI) and Indian Airlines (IA), the information in the Table should come as a surprise.
- Impact Of Proposed Changes In Urea Pricing (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 14, 2001)
ACCORDING to recent reports, the Government will shortly announce the policy parameters under the VIIth pricing period — July 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000;
- Queen, King And Executioner (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 14, 2001)
RAMADAN, the ninth month of the Islamic year, is in progress. It is a holy month that is observed with fasting from dawn to sunset.
- Barriers On Recovery’s Road (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 14, 2001)
A New interim administration is to come into being in Kabul on December 22, but Hamid Karzai, a sort of prime minister of this interim arrangement, was unable to keep his appointments in Kabul earlier this week because he was busy sorting out Kandahar.
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