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- Temple Takeovers (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 23, 2003)
Government involvement in the running of temples is detrimental to both politics and religion.
- Cricket Girls Slip Away In Uk (Indian Express, ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA, Aug 21, 2003)
They had always suspected it. When an agency called ‘Linex Tours and Travel Club’ began doing the rounds of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalya (HMV) to ‘select’ girls for cricket matches abroad, both Principal P P Sharma and Laltesh Bhaseen, secretary of the
- People’s Game Breaks Class Barrier, ‘slum’ Soccer Goes National (Indian Express, DHARMENDRA JORE, Aug 19, 2003)
Nagpur to host national soccer tournament for slumdwellers; no age limit, no uniform and no size for ground
- Durable Bhai Sahib (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 17, 2003)
Mayawati’s hard core supporters may stick with her through thick and thin, but the high profile recruits to the BSP found it difficult to adjust for long in a party where customarily everyone squats on the floor while Mayawati presides from a chair.
- ‘bring Law To Curb Pesticide Use’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
The alarming presence of hazardous pesticides in our environment poses a problem no different from such ills as fake medicines and food products. As you have said in your article, the real shock of this cola episode is the fact that now we have an ...
- Girl ‘escapes’ Her Parents, Heads Home To Canada (Indian Express, Vikas Kahol, Aug 13, 2003)
Gets HC permission, says she couldn’t adjust to India and ‘parents did not understand me’
- Per Capita Income Growth In The States (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 12, 2003)
Much of the discussion of the growth performance of States stems from perceptions of aggregate output performance rather than per capita output growth. In this edition of Macroscan, investigate trends in per capita State Domestic Production of the major
- Congress Lags Behind Eager Bjp (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 11, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani has everyone guessing about what lies behind his suggestion that Lok Sabha and assembly elections should be clubbed. Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat prepared the ground for the debate. Politicians rarely enunciate
- Why This Writing On The Wall Reads Good News In Bihar Villages (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 08, 2003)
A wall paper, which is circulated through the milk cooperative network, reaches estimated 36 lakh people
- Poll-Wary Govt Eases Doordarshan Boss Out (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 08, 2003)
More than a year before his term is scheduled to end, Doordarshan Director General S Y Quraishi is on his way out. This isn’t just a routine reshuffle: it’s being seen as part of a plan being put in place by the Government to help it better prepare for...
- Right To Contest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
IN A NARROW legal sense, there can be no objection to the Supreme Court judgment that upholds the constitutionality of the Haryana law that bars anyone having more than two children from becoming a sarpanch or a panch of a panchayat. The ...
- Democracy Versus Demography (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 08, 2003)
To deny the right to be elected undermines Indian democracy to create two classes of people on a suspect classification based on the number of children a person has.
- The Two-Child Norm Is Plainly Unfair (Indian Express, V. MOHINI GIRI, Aug 04, 2003)
It was just the other day that an eminent journalist, P. Sainath, wrote about how children were being deprived of going to school as the result of the two-child norm. The sarpanchs had to hide their children to avoid being debarred from office on account
- More Food For Thought (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2003)
Here's a thought. They should make the mid-day meal scheme an index of effective governance. Not just because its benefits are immense in relation to its costs, but because it targets the most vulnerable and the least articulate section of Indian citizens
- Resurgent Tribalism In Fiji (Hindu, Sam Rajappa, Aug 04, 2003)
Over decades, the gulf between the indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians has widened.
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
INSTITUTIONS, not individuals, is what makes a democracy tick. Against a backdrop of farcical investigations and fleeing victims, the National Human Rights Commission decides to take the Best Bakery case — one among the many gruesome incidents during the
- Advani Pitches For A Uniform Poll Code (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 03, 2003)
Lok Sabha, state polls together for better governance, he says; real reason could be to ensure lonely Cong pitted against allies
- Waiting For The Two (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 03, 2003)
All indicators point to a revival of the economy. No one will be happier than the BJP. In the five years that Atal Behari Vajpayee has been Prime Minister, he has been served by two Finance Ministers and three Ministers of Industry and Commerce.
- The Power Of Two (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
Om Prakash Chautala's Haryana would perhaps be an unlikely crucible for experiments in social reform. But in demonstrating resolve to adhere to the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act 1994, it could guide the political class in the rest of the country towards a
- Rejection Slips Only? Not Really (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Aug 01, 2003)
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stands for professionalism in school education planning and development. Since 1961, this institution has acquired a quiet dignity in the world of curriculum modernisation. In recent years
- Ram Versus Ramani (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 01, 2003)
Mumbai is the hip slick town. But it’s also a conservative small town. During the recent Fashion Week, naked adolescents strolled up and down ramps, screaming that they love to “purrtie”(party). Men dressed in porno-chic stomped about with sindoor in
- Here They Push Stray Cattle Off The Cliff To Die (Indian Express, Harpreet Bajwa, Jul 31, 2003)
Le Corbusier would have been appalled. In its hurry to get stray cattle off the cityscape, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has launched a quiet but horrifying drive: cattle are being driven up a hill road and pushed off the edge.
- For Haryana Govt, These Farmers Are Almost Terrorists (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 29, 2003)
You don’t need even POTA in Haryana. Six farmers are in jail for trying to “overthrow the government,” charged with sedition under Section 124 A. At least 30 are in hiding, trying to evade arrest.
- Bouquets And Brickbats (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 27, 2003)
If the CBI has conjured up successes on many fronts, it has also landed itself in some exceptional mix-ups
- Is Rajnath Singh Tilting At Windmills? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 23, 2003)
In cutting the farm credit rate and the Rs 600-crore package for sugarcane farmers, the Government has a larger intention than merely a concern for the agriculture sector, says Sharad Joshi, looking at two packages and their implications.
- Tamil Nadu's Assault On Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 21, 2003)
WHEN "Tilting Tamil Nadu towards prosperity" was written at the time of the Tamil New Year in 2002, there was unbounded hope that the State Tamil Nadu will be transformed into India's foremost State (Business Line, April 16, 2002). The hope was founded on
- Unresolved At Shimla (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jul 17, 2003)
History tells us that the rulers of Delhi have always lost the battles of Panipat. (When Rajiv Gandhi, then prime minister and thus master of Delhi, described the Haryana Vidhan Sabha polls of 1987 as “the fourth battle of Panipat” he betrayed a gift for
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- Mismanaging Water In Farm Sector (N Chandra Mohan) (The Financial Express, N. Chandra Mohan, Jun 09, 2003)
Water resources management is one of the most important challenges confronting India.
- Naxalite Violence: Legacy Of Another Era (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jul 10, 2002)
India, a nuclear power and satellite manufacturer, is grappling with an armed political campaign that best belongs to another era, and is admittedly an outcome of the unresolved contradictions of a backward agrarian society.
- Paying The Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
THE DEMANDS OF coalition politics are understandable. But why should governance go for a toss?
- Moment Of Parting (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Feb 04, 2002)
Most historical events have heroes and villains — perhaps more villains than we actually care to record.
- What An Ashram! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
WHEN Chandra Shekhar undertook the Kanyakumari-New Delhi padayatra in the early eighties, it suddenly metamorphosed his image as a political leader.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 02, 2002)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- Cracking The Gene Connection (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 30, 2002)
IN THE last couple of weeks, the gene has made its ubiquitous presence in the minds of men and media.
- Kitted Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2002)
The relationship between law, science and society could be fraught with problems.
- Farmer Suicides In Kerala's Rice-Bowl -- High-Input Tech Kills Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 28, 2002)
EVEN as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns continue to be stacked to the ceiling and New Delhi remains directionless as regards food management, down South, in Palakkad, once Kerala's `rice bowl'.
- Terrorism And The Law — Ii (Hindu, K. Subramaniam, Jan 25, 2002)
However deterrent the law is, it cannot by itself address the problem of cross-border terrorism.
- The Winner Controls The Flow (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jan 24, 2002)
For all the measures taken post-December 13 to exert pressure on Pakistan, India has so far resisted the temptation of abrogating the Indus Water Treaty.
- The Amendment That Buries Merit (Indian Express, Aravind P. Datar, Jan 23, 2002)
Quietly, with an eye firmly on votes, Parliament has passed an amendment ensuring seniority to SC/STs, a decision that erodes the case for merit like never before.
- Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics (Telegraph, Arijit Nag, Jan 23, 2002)
Statistics and figures are an integral part of any economic analysis.
- Bharti Pact With Cell Cos Heading For A Jam (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 23, 2002)
THE interconnect agreement between cellular operators and Bharti Telesonic Ltd (BTSOL) for routing mobile-to-mobile STD calls, announced with much fanfare in end-December, seems to be heading for trouble.
- Readying For The World (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 22, 2002)
With all the discussion on Doha, agreement on agriculture, Rio after 10 years, the budget for agriculture, you must be a bit jaded like me. So I decided to get back to the field.
- Rabi Oilseeds Output Set To Recover (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
OUTPUT of rabi oilseeds is set to stage a modest recovery this year, according to the Delhi-based VMA Oilseeds Research and Development Institute (VORDI).
- Populist Postures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2002)
POLITICIANS learn neither from the past nor from the present. The Congress party’s decision to include in its manifesto for Punjab the promise of free electricity is a case in point.
- The Bend In The Sutlej (Indian Express, S. P. Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
SYL has always stood for controversy in Punjab. Now that the Supreme Court judgement has directed the Punjab Govt to complete the project in a year, political parties are rehashing their rhetoric and sharpening their knives.
- Who’ll Bring Down This Chief? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2002)
Another man waiting to reach his political end is Rajnath Singh, the UP chief, who claims that he will form the next government in the state.
- Cotton Conundrum (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 12, 2002)
QUITE UNDERSTANDABLY, THE Centre's recent decision to double the import duty on cotton to 10 per cent ad valorem has led to loud protests by the textiles industry.
- Food For Debate (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 12, 2002)
THE introduction of Chapter XIV-B in the income-tax (I-T) law with effect from July1,1995, has provided grist to the judicial windmill. Within a short period of 5-6 years, controversies erupted on almost every aspect of the law.
- Cotton Conundrum (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 12, 2002)
QUITE UNDERSTANDABLY, THE Centre's recent decision to double the import duty on cotton to 10 per cent ad valorem has led to loud protests by the textiles industry.
- Food For Debate (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 12, 2002)
THE introduction of Chapter XIV-B in the income-tax (I-T) law with effect from July1,1995, has provided grist to the judicial windmill. Within a short period of 5-6 years, controversies erupted on almost every aspect of the law.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- To Feel Most Wanted (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2002)
For sometime the most wanted host of India’s Most Wanted, a serial that sought to nab the country’s hardcore criminals, Sohaib Ilyasi made waves when he was arrested for the alleged murder of his wife.
- The Power To Change Reality (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 05, 2002)
By June this year, you could be sitting in the office of the distribution circle at Faridabad, Haryana, and be able to see, on the computer screen, just how much power is going into the cluster of houses in Sector 16.
- Chautala Hints At Seat Arrangement With Nda For Up Elections (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Jan 02, 2002)
GURGAON: In a potentially interesting political development, the Haryana chief minister, Om Prakash Chautala, has confided in close circles, including his elder son Ajay Chautala, MP, and political advisor, Sher Singh Badshami.
- The Indo-Pakistan Crisis (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 01, 2002)
Children have a right to live and grow peacefully. Rulers who refuse to ensure this deserve to be thrown in the dustbin of history.
- The Indo-Pakistan Crisis (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 01, 2002)
Children have a right to live and grow peacefully. Rulers who refuse to ensure this deserve to be thrown in the dustbin of history.
- Fear On The Food Front (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 31, 2001)
THE stockpile of wheat and rice in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns seems to be only rising, touching 60.4 million tonnes -- a 40 per cent jump over last year's 42.8 million tonnes.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 29, 2001)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 29, 2001)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- Order On Medical Seats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
IN the past five months the Supreme Court has passed at least as many orders covering the field of medical education.
- True Women Of Substance And Attitude (Pioneer, Rakhee Bakshee, Dec 27, 2001)
Shining shoes, starched uniforms, guns on shoulders and armed with vigour and confidence, the women personnel of the CRPF march to the tunes of bravery. Their goal is to win, their desire is martyrdom.
- Using Tnt To Blast T&d (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2001)
ENRON’S Dabhol power project is a mess, several global power majors have quit the country in disgust, power subsidies have crossed Rs 40,000 crore this year.
- Sad Plight Of Haryana Peasantry (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Dec 22, 2001)
HARYANA farmers played an important role in the resurgence of the peasant power in northern India under Charan Singh-Devi Lal leadership.
- Jogi Splits Bjp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2001)
CHHATISGARH is not exactly saffron territory. Therefore, the split in the Bharatiya Janata Legislature Party should be seen essentially as a triumph of the politics of manipulation over the values that the leaders periodically preach.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Behnji's Samaj Party (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Mr Kanshi Ram last week merely formalised an arrangement that has existed within the Bahujan Samaj Party ever since it became a potent political force in Uttar Pradesh.
- Distress Sale Of Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE seems to be no end to the woes of cotton growers. First, the crop suffered an attack of American bollworm which has become an annual occurrence.
- Crop Damage, Low Offtake Add To Cotton Growers’ Woes In 3 States (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Dec 19, 2001)
HISAR: Cotton-growers, under the World Bank-aided intensive cotton development project (ICDP), in Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts of Haryana, Mansa, Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur districts of Punjab.
- Bt Cotton Fiasco -- Stepping Onto A Booby Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 18, 2001)
"ISN'T it like sending a soldier to the battle front and then ask him not to use the latest sophisticated assault rifle,'' a British radio journalist asked me the other day.
- A Cheaper Fuel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
In a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha last week, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik announced the government’s decision to allow the mixing of petrol with ethanol, a renewable indigenous fuel.
- Deteriorating Groundwater Quality Needs To Be Arrested (The Financial Express, Sunil Ghorawat, Dec 17, 2001)
Groundwater is a sustainable and reliable source of water supply. Since there is more groundwater than surface water, it is universally available and can be instantly developed and used.
- Haryana Regulates Wholesale Fish Marketing (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Dec 17, 2001)
Haryana has, with immediate effect, decided to regulate fish marketing and has designated the Haryana State Agriculture Produce Marketing Board (HSAMB) as the regulatory authority.
- No Agriculture Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2001)
IT is sad to say that India has no agriculture, actually foodgrains production, policy. Really there is an unfinished conflict between the Agriculture Ministry now headed by Mr Ajit Singh and the Consumer Affairs Ministry looked after by Mr Shanta Kumar.
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