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- Fiscal Stimulus Needed For Growth (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 29, 2001)
THE Mid-year Monetary and Credit Policy is a valiant attempt at making money cheaper and increasing liquidity in the hope of seeing an upturn in industrial output and keeping the economy on track to ensure at least 5 per cent growth this year.
- Another Cm On His Way Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2001)
SOON after the installation of Mr Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of Gujarat, when Mr Keshubhai Patel was asked by the BJP central leadership to resign, a similar exercise had been on in Uttaranchal Pradesh.
- Shadows In The East (Indian Express, ANURADHA KUMAR, Oct 29, 2001)
Indo-Bangla tensions have ebbed but today there’s a new factor that must be addressed.
- Globalisation Of Terrorism (Business Line, Sumantra Banerjee, Oct 29, 2001)
PAKISTAN just cannot believe its luck. If it isn't a multi-million dollar gift cheques, then it is the rescheduling of even larger amounts of debt.
- Civil Society And Small Families (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
A committee of international and Indian experts, voluntary and non-government organizations and government may be set up to regularly review and recommend specific incorporation of the advances in contraceptive technology.
- World In Disarray (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
THE terrorists of the world must be doing what cricket players do when they make a catch or bowl a batsman out:
- Gender: The Inequality (Business Line, Jasjit Kaur, Oct 29, 2001)
THE Economic Survey of 2000-01 expressed the need for the social and economic empowerment of women.
- Rourkela Steel Losses Blamed On Political Interference (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Oct 29, 2001)
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is again on the downhill track.
- Polaroid: Slowly Fading Away? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 29, 2001)
WHY cant I see them now? As the story goes, Edwin Lands daughter wanted to see the pictures right away during a vacation in 1943 when Land had just completed a roll of film.
- From Shah Bano To Daniel Latifi (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Oct 29, 2001)
“MUSLIMS will allow attacks on Allah,” wrote Wilfred Cantwell Smith, the noted scholar of Islam, “there are atheists and atheistic publications, and rationalist societies;
- Call Waiting (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
After having been stuck, reforms seem to be inching forward on three fronts.
- More A Recipe For Reforms Than Economic Revival (The Financial Express, Renu Kohli, Oct 29, 2001)
Two clear strands mark the mid-term review of the monetary and credit policy recently announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- Vajpayee's Us Trip Best Shelved (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS are that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayees projected meeting with the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in Washington, on November 9 will end up in a big letdown for India.
- War Plans Go Awry (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2001)
THREE weeks on, the American bombing of Afghanistan has raised several disturbing questions.
- Protection From Poto (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
It must not be allowed to curb the freedom of expression.
- Bio-Terrorism: Easier To Be Targetted Than Target (Indian Express, Richard A. Serrano, Oct 29, 2001)
In a Wisconsin courtroom a few years ago, a federal judge and two lawyers faced a bearded, long-haired figure known as the ‘‘Mad Scientist,’’ confronting then what now worries millions of Americans — the threat of biological terrorism.
- The Mapping Of Muslims (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 29, 2001)
Osama Bin Laden has been gently fading from the screen. He no longer dominates the headlines or iconography of this media war. Have you been alert to the apparent shift in focus?
- No Picnic This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
Haq’s execution calls for a reassessment of US strategy.
- Pm's Travels: Focus On Missile Defence (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 29, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 28. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's travels to Moscow and Washington next week is likely to put India back in the middle of the international politics of missile defence.
- One Party, Two Paths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
The problem of “communication gap” between the government and the BJP seems to have been sorted out and it now transpires that Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s aides did not tell him about the invitation to hoist the flag at the party’s golden jubilee celebrations.
- Two Years Of Nda Rule (Hindu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Oct 29, 2001)
IT IS two years since this edition of the Vajpayee Government came into office. The CPI(M) had warned that the formation of a BJP-led Government poses a threat to national unity and to the secular fabric of our country.
- How Jp Movement Helped Bjp (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 29, 2001)
ADDRESSING the BJP’s golden jubilee celebrations the other day, Mr L.K. Advani indulged in a bit of hyperbole when he drew a parallel between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the birth of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980;
- Of Latest Interest (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 29, 2001)
In formulating the mid-term credit policy for the last year, 2000-01, I recall that Bimal Jalan had ruled out, in advance, any changes in bank rate and cash reserve ratio.
- Wto And Social Responsibilities (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Oct 29, 2001)
We are getting together under the clouds of global tensions and economic uncertainties.
- Fate Of Poto Sealed (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 29, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 28. Almost all the major opposition parties have already let it be known that they will oppose ``tooth and nail'' the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) notified by the Government less than a week ago.
- Majoritarian Prescriptions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
THE RSS CHIEF has done it again.
- The Cost Of Aping First World Central Banking Style (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Oct 29, 2001)
Pressing down interest rates is an article of faith with our policy makers.
- Re-Charting Ties With Japan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
JAPAN'S POLITICAL DECISION to send its former Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshiro Mori, to New Delhi at this time is as important as Tokyo's parallel announcement about suspending its economic sanctions in relation to India and Pakistan.
- What Is Wrong With The Ecb? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 29, 2001)
THE European Central Bank (ECB) met on Thursday and decided to leave its policy rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent.
- Doubting Dragon (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 28, 2001)
THE KEY word for China is ``temporary''. As American forces begin operations in Afghanistan through Pakistan and Central Asia, China, while extending support to the ``war'' against terrorism, is concerned about the nature and outcome of this conflict.
- Keeping The Flock Together (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 28, 2001)
THE BUSH administration is in a state of denial. It thinks it has the support of ``allies'' worldwide in the current campaign in Afghanistan when actually they are only from the Western world.
- Tiger Watch (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 28, 2001)
ONLY TWO months before the terrorist attacks in the U.S., in Sri Lanka, an outfit proclaimed as a terrorist organisation by at least four countries including the U.S.,
- Festival For All (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2001)
Once again, the Durga Puja in Calcutta was a mixture of administrative successes and failures.
- The Time's Come To Pay The Piper (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Oct 28, 2001)
ELEVEN YEARS ago the Bharatiya Janata Party played the `Ram' card in Uttar Pradesh to counter the `Mandal' masterstroke of Mr. V. P. Singh.
- Ambassador Khalili’s Passport Saved His Life (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 28, 2001)
GRIEVOUSLY injured but miraculously survived Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India, Masood Khalili, is back on his job in New Delhi.
- The Harder It Gets, The Longer It Takes (Hindu, Muralidhar Reddy, Oct 28, 2001)
THE STREET protests in Pakistan against the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan since October 7 had ebbed after the Musharraf Government cracked down on outfits that took the law into their own hands.
- The Cia’s One Billion Dollar Job (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Oct 28, 2001)
THERE must be lots of laughter and good cheer at the Central Intelligence Agency. ‘Happy days are here again’, the personnel from the Department of Dirty Tricks (DDT) must be singing.
- Would A Bin Laden Trial Be Too Big For Us? (Indian Express, Henry Weinstein, Oct 28, 2001)
AS WARPLANES bomb Afghanistan and commandos scour that country’s forbidding countryside, US military strategists are trying to figure out where Osama bin Laden and his associates are hiding and how to inflict the most punishment on them.
- A Triumph For The Tribals (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Oct 28, 2001)
IT WAS an unusual agitation with an unusual beginning. Tribals from different parts of Kerala erected huts in front of the official residence of the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, on August 30.
- The Changing Face Of Terrorism: A Global View (Tribune, A. K. Lal, Oct 28, 2001)
THE concept and nature of classical terrorism is being re-shaped in the modern era. There is an ongoing “Revolution in Terrorist Affairs” (RTA) due to the impact of modern technology, globalisation and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
- Courage Under Fire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2001)
Her name would be known the world over to people who take an interest in current events, read periodicals or watch TV.
- The Party And The Puja (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 28, 2001)
The festive chaos of the last few days might have prompted an outsider to wonder whether the same mobs that fill puja pandals also vote for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its allies.
- All Isn’t Right About The Bombing: Us Experts (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Oct 27, 2001)
Less than three weeks after the onset of military operations, some prominent experts on Afghanistan are starting to question, even challenge, the deepening US intervention in Central Asia.
- Wef On Asia To Eye Stalled Growth (The Financial Express, Andrea Ricci, Oct 27, 2001)
HONG KONG: Less than two months ago, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a preliminary programme for its East Asia summit that asked the question, “How deep is the economic downturn in Asia?”
- Tea Strains (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 27, 2001)
THE DIRECTIVE OF the Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations to tea estates in North India to stop plucking practically for the whole of December reveals a desperate bid to shore up the market.
- It Is A Free-For-All Country (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Oct 27, 2001)
WERE broke. The Centres broke and most of the States are broke. For the last 54 years, weve led the life of profligates.
- Trust Us, Trust Yourself, Americans Telling India (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 27, 2001)
Is this a ‘global’ war against terrorism going on in Afghanistan?
- Future Of Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons... (The Financial Express, Jasjit Singh, Oct 27, 2001)
The world changed in many fundamental ways on September 11, 2001, the ramifications of which are not entirely clear as yet.
- The Cheating Saree (The Financial Express, Iqbal Sachdeva, Oct 27, 2001)
Linda Nelson, much before her arrival in India, had evinced deep interest in Indian culture, women, their saree and bindi, chicken curry and masala dosa.
- What Will Galvanise Mr Sinha? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 27, 2001)
I HAVE never found the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, facing facts.
- How A Single Coup Changed 50 Years Of Mideast History (Indian Express, Ahmed Bouzid, Oct 27, 2001)
Imagine if August 19, 1953, had come and gone, uneventfully. Imagine if Operation Ajax, coordinated by the British MI6 and the American CIA, which toppled the flourishing democracy in Iran of Mohammed Mossadeq, had never left the drawing board.
- Gangster Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
Don’t make a Chhota Rajan of Abu Salem.
- India, Pak And Two Americas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
We both viw the US very differently, this could hold the key to our future.
- Falling Savings Ratios -- Why Not A Small Policy U-Turn? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 27, 2001)
MONETARY policy in Indian conditions should properly have a number of non-conflicting objectives.
- A Post-Taliban World Order (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 27, 2001)
A WORLD free from the politics of terrorism is said to be the creative objective of a long international `campaign' that ostensibly began with America's ongoing military offensive against Afghanistan.
- Correcting A Social Failure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT'S directive ordering an all-India survey of mental asylums is welcome.
- Long Live The Bengali! (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 27, 2001)
THE Durga Puja is an annual visitation which, in normal circumstances, should reek of repetition and stagnation.
- A Question Of Autonomy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 27, 2001)
ISSUES RELATING to the World Trade Organisation are not the only ones that matter for Indian economic policy-making; for that would imply that the blame for all that is wrong at home has to be placed at the door of the WTO.
- Were The Tehelka Tapes Doctored? (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Oct 27, 2001)
WOULD I like to see how the Tehelka tapes had been doctored, said the voice on the telephone, because if I did I could come along and take a look?
- Forsaking Paradise:stories From Ladakh (Telegraph, Abdul Ghani Lone, Oct 27, 2001)
Forsaking paradise: Stories from ladakh by Abdul Ghani Sheikh is an absorbing collection of tales, translated and introduced by Ravina Aggarwal.
- Poto Is Very Much Here (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2001)
THERE are some simple truths about terrorist outfits. And everybody knows them and the exception is the government.
- A Study In White (Tribune, M. K. Agarwal, Oct 26, 2001)
THE heading of this piece, but not the body, has been fashioned after the mystery thriller “The Woman in White”, written by Wilkie Collins, My several readings of the book have so “coloured” my vision that wherever my eyes are cast, I tend to see “white”,
- Terror Has Triumphed In The Usa (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Oct 26, 2001)
LET there be no mistake about it (to echo President George Bush), terror has triumphed in the USA. It has so frightened the country, for long a safe fortress, that there is no gumption left in it to fight terror.
- Schroder, Schily To Flag Germany’s Green Card For (Indian) Talent (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 26, 2001)
Two Airbuses marked “Luftwaffee” (German Airforce) will land in Delhi airport’s high security VIP technical area from Islamabad this Sunday afternoon.
- When The Taliban Go (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2001)
Afghanistan needs a stable, representative government.
- Time To Demutualise And Corporatise Stock Exchanges (The Financial Express, Rajesh Shah, Oct 26, 2001)
The government’s efforts at reforms and globalisation are indeed laudable. It is now time that this process is extended to the financial sector in general, and stock exchanges, in particular.
- Fallout Of Afghan Confrontation (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 26, 2001)
THE USA's battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage.
- Boj Eyes Uncharted Waters As Japan Economy Sinks (The Financial Express, Ritsuko Ando, Oct 26, 2001)
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is considering stepping into uncharted waters to halt a slide in prices, but is likely to hold back for now as it waits for the government to play its part in rescuing the stagnant economy, analysts say.
- And Now Subsidised Bank Credit For Influential Corporates! (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 26, 2001)
The Reserve Bank has (ostensibly) come out in support of cheaper money; it has signalled an interest rates decline, pumped liquidity and added to banks’income by paying more on (residual) impounded cash. Big business seems pleased.
- Forsaking Paradise:stories From Ladakh (Telegraph, Abdul Ghani Lone, Oct 26, 2001)
Forsaking paradise: Stories from ladakh by Abdul Ghani Sheikh is an absorbing collection of tales, translated and introduced by Ravina Aggarwal.
- Neither Here, Nor There (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 26, 2001)
The conduct of India’s foreign policy over the last six weeks is a tempting target of criticism. But it is also not difficult to sympathise with the predicament of our policy makers.
- The Killer Instinct Can Kill Too (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2001)
Twenty years ago, it was very fashionable to talk of us Indians as having no ‘killer instinct’.
- Between Reality And Rhetoric (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf has been under tremendous pressure since he extended his cooperation for the US-led coalition's military campaign against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden.
- Look Back In Euphoria (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Oct 25, 2001)
Communist or socialist parties anywhere in the world claim to be parties of the future.
- Matching Practices With Concepts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
For collaboration with and commitments from industry the corporate sector and industry could, for instance, take on the challenge of strengthening the management information systems in the seven most deficient states.
- Of Impulses, Positive And Negative (Tribune, Nanu Gadhok, Oct 25, 2001)
THE cosmos is full of cosmic energy. All galaxies, universes and planets that exist in it, have drawn from this energy through the ages and are continuously driven and controlled by it.
- No End To Naxalite Violence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
There seems to be no end to the violence perpetrated by the Naxalite formations such as the People’s War Group (PWG) and the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) in states like Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand.
- Straight Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
The left and its allies have been guilty of not doing anything to protest against the pro-US policies of the BJP.
- Who Is Durga, Really? (Indian Express, Mrinal Pande, Oct 25, 2001)
You b.....d , you’’. There was no mistaking those Durga eyes as Jevanta Bai slapped the wrist of a thief rummaging in her basket of forest produce. ‘‘I have eyes in the back of my head.’’
- Back-Seat Computer To Beat Road Rage (Tribune, Nick Patron Walsh, Oct 25, 2001)
IT is the ultimate driving companion. Designers and engineers have developed a speaking car that avoids road rage by telling drivers when they are overreacting and praises them for good road manners.
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