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- Eligible Bachelor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2001)
Rahul Gandhi was in Delhi last week and the cricket match he and his brother-in-law Robert Vadra played with a team of Congress-covering journalists remained a topic of discussion in the Congress circles for quite a few days.
- Saddled With An Ally's Brashness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 11, 2001)
ON THE face of it, the idea that two of the world's most powerful countries with mindboggling communication resources should be seen to be losing the propaganda war.
- Subdued, For Now (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 11, 2001)
ABU SALEM'S escape from the law has not resulted in his gang exploding with joy.
- They Have Only Their Chains To Lose (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 11, 2001)
ALMOST every day there is a story about some unspeakable atrocity committed on a person because he or she is a Dalit.
- Subdued, For Now (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 11, 2001)
ABU SALEM'S escape from the law has not resulted in his gang exploding with joy.
- Iran Keeps All Its Options (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Nov 11, 2001)
THEY HAVE more reason to hate the Taliban than almost anyone else, they are allied with arguably the most competent anti- Taliban commander in the field and they have a lot to gain from the collapse of the Taliban.
- Mamata May Finally Make It To The Cabinet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2001)
YET another small but significant cabinet expansion seems to be on the cards. But it is unlikely to take place before the winter session of Parliament ends. Parliament session, starting from November 19, ends on December 20.
- Myanmar: The Core Of India’s ‘Look East’ Policy (Tribune, Ashok Kapur, Nov 11, 2001)
FOLLOWING its independence in 1948, Myanmar had a policy of neutralism and isolationism up to the 1980s but when the Myanmar military disallowed Sui Kyi to assume power following the 1990 elections, the country’s external stance changed.
- Poto Is A Must To Tackle Terrorism (Tribune, I. D. Swami, Nov 11, 2001)
THE promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) 2001 on October 24 has set off heated discussion in political circles.
- Straight Walk (Pioneer, Krishan Kalra, Nov 11, 2001)
On a Saturday in February 2001, Pawan Verma ruined my plans. It's a different matter that he may not be aware of the grave harm he has caused me.
- Blanking Out Of Afghanistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 11, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky teaches Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- Statutory Effect On Hindus (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 11, 2001)
Let us now examine some Hindu scriptural injunctions and see whether they yielded to the will of our Constitution and if they did, what remains of them after they passed through our constitutional sieve.
- When Hospitality Makes Up For Glitches (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 11, 2001)
The Qataris have pulled out all stops to make the WTO meeting a success.
- Top Specialist In Biological Weapons And Defences (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 11, 2001)
BEFORE defecting to the USA, Dr Ken Alibek was the top biological weapon specialist in erstwhile Soviet Union.
- The Tremors Spread Far Afield (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 11, 2001)
THE AMERICAN war in Afghanistan has polarised key South East Asian nations.
- All For Themselves ... (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 11, 2001)
GUESS WHO'S coming to dinner? Last Sunday, gate-crashers stormed Mr. Tony Blair's elegant sit-down dinner for four, turning it into a noisy, argumentative buffet for nine, with the last self- invited guest turning up embarrassingly late.
- Hasta La Vista, Baby? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 11, 2001)
Is this the waning dusk of the Sun Kings of soccer? This is the question uppermost in the minds of millions of fans worldwide of the Brazilian brand of football.
- They Have Only Their Chains To Lose (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 11, 2001)
ALMOST every day there is a story about some unspeakable atrocity committed on a person because he or she is a Dalit.
- Convert The Landed (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Nov 11, 2001)
``The social order prescribed by the `Purusha Sukta' has never been questioned by anyone except Buddha.
- Russia’s Putin: Playing A Bad Hand Well (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
"The Cold War is over," Russian President Vladimir Putin (speaking in German he learned as a KGB officer in Dresden) told the parliament in Berlin in late September.
- Optimists Too Are Stress-Prone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2001)
Although optimists are often more resistant to stress, they may actually be more susceptible to stress-related illness when facing severe pressure, according to researchers.
- House Of Shadows (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2001)
Finally it took four weeks and a foreign television channel to broadcast the truth that the George Bush administration would rather keep buried deep.
- Another Case Of Corruption (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2001)
THE arrest of Mr Someshwar Misra, Chief Excise Commissioner (Delhi Zone) by the CBI allegedly for accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh should not be treated as a sensational development.
- Blanking Out Of Afghanistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky teaches Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- No Need For Draconian Laws (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 10, 2001)
IT is puzzling that in the debate that POTO (Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance) has generated there has been no mention of the Nadeem case.
- Melancholy But Mirthful (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Nov 10, 2001)
MISERY and sorrow are inseparable in day-to-day living. If we revel in gloom and doom, then we see nothing but gloom and doom.
- Small Enterprises In Dire Distress (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Nov 10, 2001)
INSTEAD of talking endlessly about the political quagmire and economic gloom we are in it is time we turned our attention to specific issues and their solutions.
- The River Never Waited (Indian Express, Cookie Maini, Nov 10, 2001)
TIME nor tide wait for man, goes the old adage, or rather, the cliche.
- Pakistan And Taliban (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2001)
THE USA seems to be finally turning the heat on Pakistan as well. Some of the recent decisions of the Musharraf government are indicators enough that it is being pressurised like never before to sever the umbilical cord with its creation.
- Severe Blow To Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2001)
ANOTHER hare-brained proposal is being floated to tackle the mounting stocks of wheat and rice.
- India And Us Should Align Interests In Future Afghan Policy (The Financial Express, Arvind Virmani, Nov 10, 2001)
The art of foreign policy lies in making other countries (in the current case the US) believe that certain policies and actions that are in our (India’s) interest are also in its own (US’s) interest (and vice-versa).
- Looking Beyond The Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2001)
BUILDING A VIABLE alternative political arrangement for Afghanistan is proving to be as frustrating and elusive a goal as defeating the Taliban and its benefactor, Osama bin Laden.
- Labour Reforms: Time They Happened (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 10, 2001)
THOUGH the reforming of India's labour laws and regulations is still the much-talked about component of the comprehensive economic reforms of the last decade, there has been scarcely any matching action.
- Hasta La Vista, Baby? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2001)
Is this the waning dusk of the Sun Kings of soccer? This is the question uppermost in the minds of millions of fans worldwide of the Brazilian brand of football.
- Straight Walk (Pioneer, Krishan Kalra, Nov 10, 2001)
On a Saturday in February 2001, Pawan Verma ruined my plans.
- Non-Trade Issues: Let Investment Not Lock The Talks (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 10, 2001)
As the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) gets under way at Doha, Qatar.
- A-Customed To Sin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
Why the IRS has become a green channel for crime.
- Broke State Creaks Under Its Ministers’ Burden (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Nov 10, 2001)
Despite its financial liabilities, for hill state’s ministers, austerity ends with home.
- Burning Farmers' Fields - Ii (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Nov 10, 2001)
HISTORICALLY, THERE is little evidence that Indian farmers are reluctant to innovate.
- Using The Food Mountain (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Nov 10, 2001)
THE PRIME MINISTER and the Government of India are to be commended for three important recent initiatives for dealing with the mounting grain stocks in a socially and environmentally meaningful manner.
- Estimate Of Gdp Growth Rates -- Why Projections Must Be Revised (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 10, 2001)
AS THE time for pre-Budget discussions and consultations approaches, it is usual to make some estimates about the rate of GDP growth this year, both at current and constant (1993-94 prices) prices.
- Japan Cuts Gdp Growth Forecast By 0.9 Per Cent (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 10, 2001)
Tokyo, Nov 9: The Japanese government, as widely expected, on Friday cut its forecast for real GDP growth for the current fiscal year to March to minus 0.9 per cent, from a long-unrealistic forecast of 1.7 per cent growth.
- The Meaning And Importance Of Harbinson’s Words (The Financial Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 10, 2001)
“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice heartily replied; “at least — at least I mean what I say — that’s the same thing you know.”
- Resolving The Food Riddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2001)
FOODGRAINS MANAGEMENT, BY the Centre, has unquestionably led to monstrous absurdities in recent years.
- Statutory Effect On Hindus (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 10, 2001)
Let us now examine some Hindu scriptural injunctions and see whether they yielded to the will of our Constitution and if they did, what remains of them after they passed through our constitutional sieve.
- The War On Television (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2001)
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‘‘America is running out of time. Once the winter sets in, fighting those rough Afghans will be impossible.
- ‘Moca And Poto Are As Alike As Apples And Potatoes’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 09, 2001)
While the BJP has been on the offensive from the beginning to accuse the Congress of double standards on POTO, the Congress has been strangely slow in reacting to the charges.
- Oil Politics & Arab Experience (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 09, 2001)
Nationalism is not a strong point of the Arabs. Fundamentalism is. It comes easily to them. And it explains why they have remained so backward, and why they have been a drag on the march of Islam.
- Even Better Than The Real Thing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2001)
A FUNNY thing has happening on entertainment channels.
- Indo-Russian Security Relations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2001)
QUITE CLEARLY, THE Prime Minister's visit to Russia went far beyond the generalities of the Moscow Declaration on international terrorism and the joint statement on globally relevant strategic issues.
- The First Month Of The War (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, Nov 09, 2001)
ANY ASSESSMENT of the U.S.-led grand alliance's month-long military operations in Afghanistan must take cognisance of three factors.
- Keeping The Cultural Contacts Alive (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 09, 2001)
For a country that is essentially Euro- centric, Hungary's efforts to maintain contacts with India are noteworthy, particularly in the cultural field.
- Doha Ministerial: A Testing Time (Business Line, Priya Mutalik-Desai, Nov 09, 2001)
THE DOHA ministerial to begin today is the fourth successive meeting after the establishment of the WTO in 1995.
- Trade And Agriculture -- Case For True Reform In Farm Trade (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 09, 2001)
If you want to feed a man for a day, give him a fish; But if you want to feed him for life, teach him how to catch fish. -- a Chinese proverb.
- Gentlemen, The President (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE British were drawing up a list of goody-goody knights and dames who could possibly be appointed the Governor General of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) after their departure from that country in years gone by.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- Mega Merger Of Oil Companies Will Be A Difficult Test To Pass (The Financial Express, Ardhendu sen, Nov 09, 2001)
It was interesting to read about the proposed mega merger of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL).
- ‘We Can Give Banks A Run On The Retail Side’ (The Financial Express, Pallav Sinha, Nov 09, 2001)
JM Morgan Stanley, largely know as an investment bank, has embarked on an aggressive retail strategy. This foray is one of the most ambitious by the non-bank entity.
- India’s Strategy: You Scratch My Back, I Scratch Yours (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 09, 2001)
For all practical purposes, the WTO’s Doha Ministerial Conference would be the “second” after the Singapore Ministerial Conference of 1996.
- The Long Cave (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Nov 09, 2001)
LIKE everyone else, I have been brooding over Osama bin Laden (ObL, for short).
- Hardly Nutrient (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 09, 2001)
THE FERTILISER ASSOCIATION is not doing the industry's cause any good by raising the bogey of closure of some units following the Governments move to reduce retention prices.
- Make The Wto Challenge An Opportunity (Business Line, G. Thimmaiah , Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO meeting at Doha has again raised the issue of costs and benefits of remaining a WTO member.
- Up To Install Touch-Screen Kiosks To Attract Tourists (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 09, 2001)
LUCKNOW: Adopting aggressive marketing techniques to boost tourism in the state, the Uttar Pradesh tourism department has decided to attract international and national tourists by installing state-of-the art.
- Standard Of Political Debate (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 09, 2001)
NOBODY expects India’s present rulers to play by the Queensberry Rules but the recent exchanges with Pakistan indulged in by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Can’t Dodge Doha (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO Agreement says a ministerial meeting should be held once every two years.
- Voice The Right Farm Concerns At Doha (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 09, 2001)
THAT this is no more a bipolar world is now a reality to live with. Indeed, it seems to be emerging as a `rich man's world'.
- Anandgarh & Sainik Farms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2001)
THERE is nothing common between Anandgarh in Punjab and the Sainik Farms township in Delhi.
- Another Kind Of Imperialism? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs seldom meets outside New Delhi.
- Revival Of Old Ties (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2001)
BOMBING of Afghanistan has pushed all other developments to the back of newspaper headlines.
- Suffocating In Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2001)
Suffocating in UP Will Rajnath Singh wake up to the reality in his state?
- From Tippy To Kitcha (Indian Express, Vinita Bahadur, Nov 09, 2001)
WHEN I got married to an Indian Air Force officer I was totally ignorant of the customs and traditions of the defence services.
- Vajpayee On Crucial Foreign Visits (The Kashmir Times, O. N. Mehrotra, Nov 09, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee began on November 4, his ten-day crucial visit to three major world capitals--Moscow, Washington and London--and New York.
- Full Independence For Tibet (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Dalai Lama has asked the world to prevail upon the Chinese to grant full autonomy to Tibet in exchange for the acceptance of the nominal suzerainty of China.
- It’s Our War Too (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Nov 09, 2001)
IN discussing the recent visit by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, your editorial ‘B-52 Diplomacy’ (November 6) talks about “their war”.
- Poto’s Chief Advocate (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 09, 2001)
Not surprisingly Farooq Abdullah turned out to be the chief advocate of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance at the chief ministers conference on Internal Security in New Delhi.
- Chennai: Down The Drain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2001)
But politicians are too busy fighting a turf war to care.
- The War On Television (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
‘‘America is running out of time. Once the winter sets in, fighting those rough Afghans will be impossible.
- Hormone Therapy Causes Dry Eyes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2001)
Hormone replacement therapy, commonly undertaken by post-menopausal women, can cause a damaging and debilitating dry eye condition, according to a report published on Tuesday.
- Triumphant Return Of Khaleda Zia (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, National Security Adviser Brajesh Misra paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from Prime Minister Vajpayee to his newly elected Bangladesh counterpart Begum Khaleda Zia.
- Relocating Indo-Russian Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2001)
AS THE PRIME Minister concluded the Moscow leg of a marathon mission abroad and headed for Washington, it was clear that a treaty partner of Cold War vintage was in the process of readjusting and retuning its own world vision.
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