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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 8510:
- The Reforms Debate (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 31, 2006)
A timely account of the intellectual ferment in the Arab world and the attempts of governments to cope politically and intellectually with the new challenges
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
A firsthand account of the poverty, discrimination and trampling of human rights suffered daily by billions of people across the world. It represents the collective voice of the poor and excluded people from 5000 villages across 19 countries in Africa, .
- Pakistan And A World In Disorder (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jan 30, 2006)
THE end of the Cold War generated hopes of a new world order based on justice and fair play, and guided by the principles of the UN Charter. Later events belied these hopes.
- Arms Trade & Human Rights (Dawn, Bianca Jagger, Jan 30, 2006)
CINEMA-GOERS in Britain will be shocked this week to see an advert selling them AK47 machine guns, alongside the ads for cars and soft drinks.
- Focus On Gender Statistics (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jan 30, 2006)
INDIA FIGURES among the 10 largest countries where civil registration of births is incomplete — there is a shortfall of about 10 per cent.
- Relevance Of The Mahatma Today (Daily Excelsior, Predhuman K.Joseph Dhar, Jan 30, 2006)
The question of relevance is a search for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of past historic events, persons and values to the society, which owes and traces its origin to them.
- Saudi Arabia Looks Ahead (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 30, 2006)
The Saudis have for long had a special relationship with the US. But that equation is about to undergo an alteration with China and India becoming the focal points of Riyadh's economic and political diplomacy.
- In India-China Race My Money Is On India (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Jan 30, 2006)
If you want to shock an audience of businesspeople, make this argument: Twenty years from now, India's rise will be more impressive than China's.
- Aiyar & Fernandes: What Went Wrong (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Jan 30, 2006)
Two interesting factors in the major restructuring of the Union Council of Ministers are that senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes was reduced to being a minister without portfolio and the stripping off Mani Shankar Aiyar of his high profile petroleum..
- Let’S End This Dance Of Death (Deccan Herald, Paul Oestreicher, Jan 30, 2006)
We need to come out of the ‘them-not-us’ syndrome and learn to forgive and move on
- Balochistan Military Operation Is A World Issue: Kachkol (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
The United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and G-8 countries should take action against the Pakistani government which started an undeclared army operation in Balochistan, said Kachkol Ali Baloch on Saturday.
- Reading The Pose (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Jan 29, 2006)
From the 1840s onwards, the interface with the camera was marked by the ruling elite in various colonies patronizing a growing number of photographic studios.
- On This One, Follow The General (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 29, 2006)
It has been a while since you read about Kashmir in this space. This is because I have been too bored with the subject to write about it.
- Soli Loquies (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 29, 2006)
Buta Singh has made legal and political history. His reports to the President recommending dissolution of the Bihar Legislative Assembly have been faulted by the Supreme Court, . . .
- Improving Minorities’ Welfare (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jan 29, 2006)
Professor Dr Tahir Mahmood, Member of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, Government of India, is the Founder-Chairman of the Amity University Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. A specialist in the laws on religion, ....
- Society’S Willing Murderers (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 29, 2006)
If you are reading this in Bombay, then you probably know all about Daya Nayak.
- Making The Law Work For You (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 29, 2006)
The handbook is an important tool for negotiating the criminal justice system and gives a clear account of the rights of citizens and non-citizens in all relevant situations.
- Forgotten Caretakers Of Our Cities (Hindu, SMITA JAIN, Jan 29, 2006)
The work of the Mumbai-based Stree Mukti Sanghatana has shown that wastepickers, despite the inhuman conditions in which they work, need not be passive victims of poverty and can lead a life of dignity.
- Looking Beyond The Backwaters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
FEW articles of mine have provoked such a storm of a reaction from Keralites as my piece on Kerala's women ("Kalyanikutty's Kerala", Magazine, November 6, 2005).
- Khap Panchayats: Out Of Tune With The Times (Tribune, D.R. Chaudhry, Jan 28, 2006)
The decision of a khap panchayat in Bhiwani district to expel two families from their respective villages which were recently tied together through a matrimonial alliance should make all right thinking people sit up and take serious note . . .
- 'Clemenceau Should Be Decontaminated In France' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 28, 2006)
As part of the fight to keep Le Clemenceau out of the ship-breaking yard in Alang till its toxic material is removed, Annie Thebaud-Mony flew in from France to depose before the Supreme Court monitoring committee. Representing Ban Asbestos Network (BAN)..
- China’S Great Firewall (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2006)
To what extent does the internet transcend the lie of the land? Such a question arises directly — and indeed, sinisterly — from Google launching a special Chinese version, Google.cn, of its search engine a few days ago.
- U.S. Tells India To Back Off Syria Oil Deal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 28, 2006)
Aide memoirehanded over to Ministry
A strategically significant venture for India
"Today, it is Iran and Syria, tomorrow it may be Sudan or Myanmar or Venezuela."
- International Partners To Renew Support For Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
* Kabul and its donors will pledge next week to work together to build a ‘prosperous and stable’ Afghanistan
- Remember Bangalore (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 28, 2006)
Development has been on sine die in Karnataka’s capital. Will that change if the regime does?
- ‘India Sends Out Wrong Signals’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 27, 2006)
Documentation Centre (SAHDRC) on Indian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia says that Noushad’s case is just the tip of the iceberg. in Saudi Arabia.
- Kashmiris Observe India’S Republic Day As Black Day (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 27, 2006)
Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world on Thursday observed the Indian Republic Day as a black day to express indignation over the continued Indian subjugation of occupied Kashmir and brutalities . . .
- Freedom For The People (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 27, 2006)
Given the political vulnerability and conflicts in Nepal along with the weak performance of its underdeveloped economy, the country could soon become a failed state.
- Patient’S Right To Die (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 27, 2006)
Slowly but surely Britain is moving to a more rational position on a patient’s right to die. Currently the law remains locked into an illogical contradiction under which death can be accelerated by doctors withholding a drug, . . .
- Reversing The Tide In Darfur (Hindu, Kofi A. Annan, Jan 26, 2006)
Whatever external force is sent to Darfur can provide only temporary security to the people there. Only a political agreement among their leaders can secure their future.
- Arms Trade: One Death Every Minute (Hindu, Bianca Jagger, Jan 26, 2006)
It makes big money for the richest nations while fuelling conflict across the world.
- How To Become A Millionaire Academic (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 26, 2006)
Until recently, there was a bit of snobbery attached to academics "stooping down" to make money. But these inhibitions are now disappearing.
- Paying For Peace (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Jan 26, 2006)
It's true, while the big fish violators go scot free, the ordinary law abiding citizens must pay the price.
- Mothers Of Invention (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 26, 2006)
What marks the election of two women as presidents of two war-torn countries is the chief reason attributed to their victory. “It is the minds of men that make war.
- Badge Of Legitimacy (Statesman, AMITAV BANERJI, Jan 26, 2006)
Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall, democracy has become more than just a mantra.
- India And China: Together Against Aids (Tribune, Anita Anand, Jan 26, 2006)
In December last year, there was a quiet visit to India by a high level Chinese delegation from their Ministry of Railways, the Chinese Academy of Railway Sciences, and the Beijing Municipal Railways, along with officials from the United Nations . . .
- Choice Before Bush (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Jan 26, 2006)
A leader is often confronted with a situation where “he is doomed if he does it and doomed if he does not.” That is the dilemma President George W. Bush is facing in Iraq.
- America’S Message To Iraq (Dawn, David Ignatius, Jan 26, 2006)
America's agile envoy in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, is working these days to cajole Iraqi political leaders to put aside narrow interests in favour of a government of national unity.
- Not Afraid To Do The Job (Deccan Herald, Antonia Potter, Jan 25, 2006)
Excluding women from the work of mediation is selling peace processes short
- Vying Voices (Deccan Herald, T C NARAYAN, Jan 25, 2006)
Humans don’t have answers to nature’s delight, but enhance its glory by their music
- Bhattarai Breaks Silence, Asks Gyanendra To End Direct Rule And Give Peace A Chance (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 25, 2006)
Breaking his long spell of silence, octogenarian Gandhian leader and former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai today asked King Gyanendra to proclaim the end of his direct rule to give conciliation and peace process a chance.
- Should Lawyers Resort To Strikes? (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, Jan 25, 2006)
NO, No, No. Without recrimination or rhetoric, do consider the public perception of the practising lawyer in India.
- War Of Words Over Balochistan (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Jan 25, 2006)
In the midst of bonhomie and slew of confidence-building measures, India and Pakistan have entered into a war of words over Balochistan where the local tribes are up in arms against the security forces.
- Irrelevant Debate (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 25, 2006)
Social activism vs artistic insights
The best consolation that Maneka Gandhi can draw in her campaign for animal rights is the moral support from an angry outburst by the Dalai Lama at this year’s Kalachakra in Andhra Pradesh dedicated to peace and . . .
- Poetic Justice In Santiago (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 25, 2006)
For some Chileans the Pinochet era finally came to an end not when the wily old general left the presidency in 1990, after losing a referendum that had been designed to lend legitimacy to his dastardly regime as well as to extend its tenure, . . .
- `Religious Terrorism A Threat To Security' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Religious terrorism is posing a threat to national security, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pranth karyavahak A.R. Mohanan has said.
- Spying Game Still Thriving (Hindu, Nick Paton Walsh, Jan 25, 2006)
Left near a tree on a nondescript street on the outskirts of Moscow, the fake rock at the centre of the most embarrassing espionage scandal between Britain and Russia since the end of the Cold War looks innocuous enough.
- Senior Citizens' Problems And Solutions (Daily Excelsior, Col H Bisham Pal (Retd.), Jan 25, 2006)
Grace of old age depends upon state of mind as well as state of body. One experiences all the best and the worst in life and the real energy one gets is by tolerating and solving the problems of life. It makes Senior Citizen a man of experience and . . .
- Brazil's Roofless Reclaim The Cities (Hindu, Tom Phillips, Jan 24, 2006)
Support grows for the urban coalition that takes over disused buildings for the homeless and poor.
- Women, The Water Managers (Deccan Herald, BHARATHI PRABHU, Jan 24, 2006)
Women are known to protect their water resources and learn water management very well.
- Why Rahul Did A Sonia (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 24, 2006)
Congress party plenary sessions have normally struck the high note.
- On The Brink (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 24, 2006)
Nepal’s King Gyanendra has opted for an open and violent confrontation with democratic forces in his country. The King has responded in an extremely heavy-handed manner to rallies organised by the seven-party opposition alliance last week.
- A General’S Dishonour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
BY invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller of the US army has avoided a much-needed cross-examination of his role in the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
- Threat To Quit Safta (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 24, 2006)
There are some troubling indications that Islamabad may be contemplating pulling out of the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta). That would be very unfortunate from Pakistan’s perspective. It would do little damage to India, but it would be a
- Bush’S White House: Trapped In A Cocoon (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Jan 24, 2006)
'Desperate' is not a word found in the White House vocabulary even though one may be forgiven for detecting that George W. Bush and his handlers have acted ever more desperately through the last dismaying year.
- Patents And Development (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jan 24, 2006)
Examines development related to the IPR regime within the legal framework
- Don’T Allow Gains Of Peace Process To Go Waste: Mufti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Hailing the bold initiatives taken by both India and Pakistan to work out a peaceful solution of the Kashmir issue, former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said that keeping in view the sensitivity of the situation, extra caution needs . . .
- Difficult Peace (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
To the militants in the North-east, violence is both the message and the medium.
- We Must Oppose, But Also Propose (Deccan Herald, Kumi Naidoo, Jan 23, 2006)
The WSF crowd must also suggest measures to make the world a better place
- New Sri Lanka Attack Ahead Of Last-Ditch Peace Bid (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jan 23, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed and killed three soldiers in Sri Lanka's restive east on Monday, just as a Norwegian peace broker flew in to begin a last-ditch peace bid to avert a slide back into civil war.
- Indo-Lankan Economic Ties (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Jan 23, 2006)
Prolonged media preoccupation- on either side of the Palk Straits with the Tamil problem has created an erroneous impression that a solution to the ethnic issue is central to the growth of Indo-Sri Lanka ties.
- Bush’S Asia Tour (Statesman, Harsh V Pant, Jan 23, 2006)
With the recent visit of the US President to Asia, the USA is once again trying to grapple with the momentous transformation that has taken place in global politics in the last few years.
- Royal Mess (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 23, 2006)
In February, it will be a year since King Gyanendra seized absolute power in Nepal. Going by events in Kathmandu on Friday, the king is in no hurry to relinquish power.
- Brighter Assam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 23, 2006)
Assam should feel energised by the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Centre will invest Rs 6,000 crore in its power sector and Assamese will, hopefully,
- Irrelevance Of The King (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
The slogan, “Gyane Chor, Desh Chhod” (Gyanendra thief, leave the country), shows the distance the Nepalese people have travelled from venerating their monarch as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Never before have they stood up to monarchy like this.
- Justice Is Reconciliation (Times of India, DESMOND TUTU, Jan 23, 2006)
In South Africa, indeed around the world, we are raised on a strict diet of justice as retribution.
- Nepal’S Going Nowhere (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 23, 2006)
Round two, square one. That sums up the happenings in Nepal, as a dawn-to-dusk curfew and arrests hit Kathmandu.
- Series Of Blasts Rock Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
The outlawed ULFA went on with its offensives by triggering a series of blasts across Assam.
- China Delays Release Of Geisha’S Memoirs (Statesman, David Eimer, Jan 23, 2006)
Memoirs of a Geisha, the hit film based on a best-selling book, has run into trouble in China, home to its leading actresses.
- We Must Move Towards Resolving Kashmir: Aziz (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 22, 2006)
Says the "core" issue must be resolved to allow both nations to progress on other fronts
Says any solution of the issue must reflect the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris
Stresses need for opening all five points along LoC every day
- Let Us Go Beyond Cbms: Aziz (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 22, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said India and Pakistan must move beyond simple confidence-building measures to "substantive dispute resolution" of the Kashmir issue to achieve "sustainable peace" in South Asia.
- Gail Takes Security Measures After Ulfa Extortion Note To Ongc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) has taken precautionary security measures in view of an ULFA extortion note to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation demanding Rs 500 crore.
- Pak Shuts Up Mukhtar Mai In Un (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Apparently afraid that she might steal the thunder from Prime Minister Mr Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan forced the United Nations to block Ms Mukhtar Mai from speaking at the world body headquarters around the time Mr Aziz held a press conference. Ms
- Rubble Rises (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
E P Menon travels to parts of Bhuj devasted by the Jan. 26, 2001, Gujarat earthquake, to catch glimpses of life sprouting back from the rubble, and is quick to note it down in his diary.
- Rebels Call For Strike On R-Day In N-E, Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The ULFA has since 1979 been waging an armed rebellion against what it calls New Delhi’s “colonial rule” over Assam. The MPLF is a conglomeration of three militant organisations of Manipur — Revolutionary Peoples Front, Peoples Revolutionary Army . . .
- Hundreds Held In Anti-King Protests In Nepal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 22, 2006)
Nepali police fought running battles with thousands of pro-democracy protesters around the ancient temples and through the narrow streets of the capital on Saturday, and hundreds of people were rounded up.
- These Police Excesses (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 22, 2006)
According to the data collected by Madadgar, a rights group, and as reported in a section of the press, Punjab police again topped the list of torture, illegal detentions and custodial killings carried out in 2005.
- Aziz Calls For Progress On Kashmir Dispute (Dawn, Masood Haider, Jan 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said India and Pakistan should now move forward from confidence-building measures towards substantive dispute resolution.
- Anjali's Court Martial (Hindu, U.C. Jha, Jan 22, 2006)
The Indian military justice system in its current form is an anachronism
FLYING OFFICER Anjali has now moved the Delhi High Court for relief (The Hindu, December 21) against the judgment of the general court martial, which awarded her the punishment ....
- Kashmiris, Pak, India Must Show Flexibility (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday stressed that India and Pakistan must move beyond simple confidence building measures to “substantive dispute resolution,” and resolve the Kashmir dispute for South Asia to achieve a “sustainable peace”.
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