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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 6237:
- Of Monarchs And Maoists (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 08, 2001)
The Nepalese cannot be blamed for jumping to the conclusion that only the Maoist insurrection has saved them from being browbeaten by India into accepting rigorous trade terms.
- Corporate Crusaders Inc (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2001)
CORPORATE wars, we have been told by Home Minister L.K. Advani and Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie over the last few days, are becoming so serious, they are sabotaging government decisions.
- Private Universities: Why Not? (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 08, 2001)
Before commenting on the latest utterances of the man in charge of India’s education system, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, let me set for you the backdrop. We have the largest number of illiterate people in the world.
- Education As Fundamental Right (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Dec 08, 2001)
I am sure that the daily wage workers, the coolies and the rickshaw-pullers have not sent a thank you note to the Prime Minister for making education a fundamental right for children in the 6-14 age group.
- The Enron Saga (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 08, 2001)
The market did not punish Enron, the company killed itself with its financial practices.
- Emerging Economic Challenges To Diplomacy (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 07, 2001)
EVEN as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse under sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Politician's Freedoms (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Dec 07, 2001)
AS I am quite seriously thinking of becoming a politician, I thought I should consult my old pal, Gulabjamun-ji.
- Economic Crisis May Create New Hurdles For Jayalalithaa (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Dec 07, 2001)
It was Navaratri and Deepavali together on December 4 for AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister, J Jayalalithaa, and her close aides.
- Emerging Economic Challenges (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
Even as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse in the face of sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Clear Case (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2001)
It is the acme of fulfilment for a politician when the “people’s verdict” coincides with the court’s.
- A More Humane Vision Of Life (Tribune, Harkesh Kaur, Dec 06, 2001)
“God’s in His heaven — All’s right with the world”, wrote Robert Browning. This was an eloquent expression of the poet’s faith in the divine scheme of things. It filled the poet with hope and optimism.
- Victory In Court (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 05, 2001)
AFTER BEING ACQUITTED by the Madras High Court, the legal decks have been cleared for Ms. Jayalalithaa's return to Fort St. George.
- Right To Food And Public Accountability (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Dec 05, 2001)
IN THE month of October, Surguja district in Chhatisgarh looks like a land of milk and honey. Endless waves of green fields, lush forests and clear streams give an impression of natural abundance.
- Jaya, Jaya, Jayalalithaa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 05, 2001)
The acquittal of AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa by the Madras High Court in the Tansi and Pleasant Stay Hotel cases marks a stunning victory for her and paves the way for her triumphant return as chief minister.
- The Best Bet For Pakistan Today Is Democracy (The Financial Express, Satish Kumar, Dec 05, 2001)
Pakistan has gone through various phases of political instability and systemic changes in its chequered history of 54 years.
- Right To Food And Public Accountability (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Dec 05, 2001)
IN THE month of October, Surguja district in Chhatisgarh looks like a land of milk and honey. Endless waves of green fields, lush forests and clear streams give an impression of natural abundance.
- Up Politics -- Yet Another Act In Theatre Of Absurd? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 05, 2001)
The Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party Chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.
- The House Needs New Rules (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 04, 2001)
It is not a handout. Nor is it a PR exercise. I can reaffirm after completing two-thirds of my term in the Rajya Sabha that Parliament is the nation’s commitment to resolving differences peacefully and democratically.
- Institution Of Government Audit (Tribune, Dharam Vir, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Geneva-based Transparency International rates India at 72 out of 91 countries in its Corruption Perception Index 2001 and that makes it the 20th most corrupt nation today.
- Prawns And Other Similarities (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Dec 03, 2001)
Apart from innumerable mouth-watering varieties of his favourite fish delicacies, when he visits Japan later this week, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will have several other reasons to feel completely at home.
- Let Quality Prevail (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Dec 03, 2001)
The Central government has been clever enough not to tie itself in knots while granting children in the 6-14 age group the fundamental right to education under the Constitution (93rd) Amendment Bill, 2001.
- After 17 Years Of Gas Leak Disaster (Tribune, N. D. Sharma, Dec 03, 2001)
Some people are endowed with unbelievable capacity for turning their failures and lapses into an instrument of refurbishing their public image. Few can rival Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in this respect.
- Art Of Selling Nothing (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 03, 2001)
WHILE on the one hand enormous amounts are dished out to advertisers, marketing executives and salespersons for pushing up sales by hook or by crook.
- The Other Side (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
The recent visit of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Ms Benazir Bhutto, to India, not surprisingly, generated considerable public and media interest.
- A Matter Of National Security (Tribune, S. K. Datta, Dec 02, 2001)
THE debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) has been politicised.
- Terrorism As Election Fodder (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 02, 2001)
WITH the crucial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab assemblies and the Mumbai and Delhi Municipal Corporations, fast approaching, the BJP has been on a hyperactive mode searching for issues that can enthuse people to vote for them.
- She Is No Longer Hawkish & Not The One To Give Up (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 02, 2001)
CALL it a quirk of destiny but what Gen.Musharraf could not perform, Benazir Bhutto has done and this may be a turning point in her tormented life.
- Resignation Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2001)
DELHI Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has tried to make virtue out of compulsion while securing the resignation of her Cabinet.
- Rightsizing Government (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2001)
TO encourage the staff to take up self-employment ventures, the Punjab Government has offered to send them on paid leave for at least three years which can be extended to five years. If they fail, they can return to their job with all benefits intact.
- Removing Poverty For Real Human Development (Business Line, P. P. Sangal , Nov 29, 2001)
THE Human Development Report 2001 has highlighted the plight of the rural poor in India.
- Man Behind The Iron Bars (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Nov 29, 2001)
Barely two days before Laloo Prasad Yadav’s ill-fated journey to Jharkhand, a soothsayer near the Patna bus-stand predicted doom.
- Back To Square One In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
The recrudescence of violence perpetrated by Maoist guerrillas in Nepal that claimed the lives of over 250 people in the last four days.
- The Chinese Economic Miracle (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 29, 2001)
BY NOW there is a general consensus that the Chinese economic performance since 1978 (when reforms officially started under Chairman Deng).
- ‘We Must Give India Mfn Status, But With A New Name’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2001)
An avalanche of interviews has left the former prime minister nursing her throat. But how could she complain!
- Laloo's Gimmicks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
BY ORCHESTRATING THE public display of mass following and gathering a crowd around the CBI Special Court premises in Ranchi, the RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, has only confirmed his customary brazen behaviour.
- Will The Benazir Charm Work? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS not going to endear her to Islamabad, but Ms Benazir Bhutto, the ousted and discredited former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is doing a creditable job in New Delhi of walking the tightrope on Indo-Pak relations.
- Nepal’s (And India’s) Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2001)
IT is emergency time in Nepal, like what India went through between 1975 and 1977.
- Importance Of Being Bhutto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
MS Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former Prime Minister in self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), knows how to remain in focus despite her dwindling popularity at home. She travels a lot, and wherever she goes she speaks what suits her audience
- Apple Of His Eye (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Nov 26, 2001)
Himachal Pradesh’s youth services and sports minister Praveen Sharma, the right hand man of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal is fast becoming an important fixture in the hill state.
- Yes Men, Silent Consenters And Passive Dissenters (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Nov 26, 2001)
SIDING with authority and betraying others for personal gain has a long tradition. It is both timeless and timely. The world is neither flat nor round, but crooked. Sunflowers always turn to the rising sun.
- Medical Corruption Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
When the president of a body, that is cranked out to be the central regulator of the medical profession in the country, is himself discovered to be corrupt, it says something about the state of the profession today.
- From Plenty To Penury (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2001)
WHEN PROSPERITY takes the road of profligacy, populism and corruption, the destination clearly is bankruptcy.
- Selling The Family Silver? (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Nov 25, 2001)
THE PRIVATISATION of public sector companies has always been accompanied by vociferous protests on the ground that the country is selling off valuable ``crown jewels''.
- War Against Terror: The Public Opinion Conundrum (Tribune, Sreeram Chaulia, Nov 25, 2001)
There is a fundamental contradiction in the renewed love fest that the present war against terrorism has contrived between the United States and its old Cold War ally, Pakistan.
- Numbed By Numbers (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Nov 24, 2001)
Those of you with a kindly heart, listen to my tale of woe. In the 916th draw of the Himachal Pradesh Grand Baisakhi lottery, I was chiselled out of a Nizamesque tenner by just two digits.
- Reclaiming 23 Lost Years (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 23, 2001)
IT’S difficult to know where to begin when it comes to chronicling the immediate past of Afghanistan’s women, just as it is difficult to know where to stop when it comes to fathoming the future.
- Informal Sector: A Dilemma Between Removal And Revival (The Financial Express, Siddartha Mitra, Nov 23, 2001)
There have been several attempts to control the size of the informal sector through licensing or physical controls. The cycle rickshaw sector in Delhi has been the object of one such attempt. The policy has clearly failed.
- Should Octroi Go? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2001)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a ruling on Monday, cleared the way for the Punjab Government to abolish octroi.
- Chaos Continues In North East (The Kashmir Times, Arun Nehru, Nov 21, 2001)
The North East contin-ues in the chaos, which has entered political life as Meghalaya goes the Manipur way, and the fact remains that ideology (long gone), political parties (extinct) are long forgotten.
- Fernandes Returns (Pioneer, B. Vivekanandan, Nov 21, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's decision to bring back Mr George Fernandes as Defence Minister is being criticised in certain quarters.
- Radical Changes In Suffrage (Pioneer, Anuradha Bhattacharjee, Nov 21, 2001)
Bangalore is witnessing some hectic campaigning by 'hooch queen' Marimuttu. A veteran of 27 cases, she is harbouring political ambitions inspired by the late Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi.
- Jayalalitha’s Terms Of Engagement (Indian Express, B. S. Nagaraj, Nov 20, 2001)
After enduring separation pangs, the AIADMK seems to getting close to the BJP all over again. Is an alliance afoot?
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- View From The Fringes (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 20, 2001)
There is an adage that those who control Kabul rule Afghanistan.
- All That The Pakistani Can’t Leave Behind (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Nov 20, 2001)
The attitude of the expatriate Pakistani tends to be more extreme than Pakistan’s domestic opinion.
- Primitive Accumulation Versus The Rule Of Law (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 20, 2001)
Some of the politicians and civil servants who made money used it to live well, fulfilling their feudal dreams. Some who knew the ropes sent the money abroad.
- Making Money In The Great Game Of Social Advancement (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 19, 2001)
You cannot walk an inch in India, it seems, without coming near the putrid smell of corruption and nepotism. Bribery seems to be all pervading. Every one complains about it.
- Vision 2020 -- Making A Beeline In Wrong Direction? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 19, 2001)
MAKING a beeline is a well-known expression. It emphasises the way bees go straight to their goal.
- Timely Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 18, 2001)
THE concern voiced by Abu Abraham in his article “A legacy denied: All that Nehru stood for is now under attack” (Nov 11) is timely.
- Erroneous Zone (Pioneer, G. K. Sharma, Nov 18, 2001)
The computer is as much an conduit of inaccuracies as an instrument of accuracy.
- Good Boards Are Good But Really Hard To Come By (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Nov 17, 2001)
There is a reason for my curiosity about corporate governance.
- Erroneous Zone (Pioneer, G. K. Sharma, Nov 17, 2001)
The computer is as much an conduit of inaccuracies as an instrument of accuracy.
- Crucial Moment In Afghan History (Tribune, K.N. Pandita, Nov 16, 2001)
NORTHERN Alliance forces have entered Kabul despite an advice from the Americans to stay put in the peripheries of the capital city.
- Good Lord! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 16, 2001)
The theft of two idols from the Jagannath temple of Puri (one reportedly since recovered from a well in the temple complex) raises much more than merely law and order questions;
- Sikdar A Bangla Bangaru? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
AFTER writing about nothing but Afghanistan since September 11, I turn with some relief to a domestic issue which has been bothering me for some months.
- Crisis Of Hindu Bengalis (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Nov 15, 2001)
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's call for imposition of Jaziya on the Hindu Bengalis (as reported in the Bangla daily, Sangbad) typifies the phrase:
- Crisis Of Hindu Bengalis (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Nov 14, 2001)
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's call for imposition of Jaziya on the Hindu Bengalis (as reported in the Bangla daily, Sangbad) typifies the phrase:
- Opposition To Poto (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 13, 2001)
Former Chief Justices Ranganath Misra and Rajinder Sachar have opposed the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
- The Rot In Revenue (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Nov 12, 2001)
The taint in our revenue-earning depts is from top echelons to the bottom.
- Simple George's High Ideals (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 12, 2001)
The return of George Fernandes to the Cabinet is being frowned at, not only by the opposition parties, but also by the self-proclaimed defenders of the morality of the Nation.
- Enron In Trouble; Microsoft Sees Reprieve (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 12, 2001)
ENRON is facing corruption charges, and this time it has nothing to do with Maharashtra!
- Car Theft Mafia (Tribune, David Devdas, Nov 11, 2001)
I had parked my car in a lane off the Boulevard along the Dal lake the other day. When I returned after a boat ride a couple of hours later, it was dark.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Misuse Of Central Funds (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Paradoxically while the State Gov-ernment has been blaming the Centre for starving it of funds for development New Delhi complains of State’s failure to properly.
- A-Customed To Sin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
Why the IRS has become a green channel for crime.
- 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.
- Bharucha: A Champion Of Rule Of Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2001)
MR Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha, who took over as the new Chief Justice of India on November 1 following the retirement of Mr Justice Adrash Sein Anand, brings with him rich experience in the administration of justice.
- Enter The Last Lap Cm (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 07, 2001)
Is the BJP’s strategy too clever by half?
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