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Articles 28121 through 28220 of 31829:
- `Pocket Multinationals' Looking To India (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 11, 2005)
In the old joke about capitalism, culture and cattle — you know the one where the Indians worship theirs, the Nazis shoot yours, and the Swiss have none of their own but charge interest for storing the cows of others
- Baby Elephant Walk (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 11, 2005)
The Nepal crisis has exposed India’s limitations as a major power: We do not offer carrots that are attractive enough for our neighbours to love us; yet our stick is not strong enough for them to fear us
- Do We Really Need To Apologise? (Indian Express, M.P. PINTO, Feb 11, 2005)
Jaithirth Rao’s criticism of the anti-Cassandras (‘A simple sorry will do’, IE, February 9) could well be on the ball, but where oh where are these anti-Cassandras and do their voices at all count
- Pure Gold (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 10, 2005)
On her first day in office, within hours of moving from the White House to her new job as America’s secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice rang up Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, and discussed....
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 10, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Short-Changing Tsunami Victims (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 10, 2005)
The unsavoury, institutionally damaging controversy over the funding of a rehabilitation package for tsunami-hit fishermen in Tamil Nadu is entirely of the making of the Central Government.
- When Weaknesses Show In Controls Internal (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Feb 10, 2005)
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the American regulator's response to the Enron/Worldcom financial fiascos, has been busy registering accounting firms
- Trespassers Are Rewarded (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Feb 10, 2005)
In Bihar, as elsewhere, politicians are looking beyond their traditional support bases for political survival
- Tensions In The Gulf (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 10, 2005)
The United States Congress passed the Iraq Liberation Act on October 31, 1998. The Act proclaimed: “It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergen
- God Knows No Gender (Indian Express, ZEENAT SHAUKAT ALI, Feb 10, 2005)
The demand of Muslim women to join congregational prayer in mosques is routinely dismissed by some conservative members of the community on the grounds that Islam holds such an act unpermissible.
- Lessons In Geography (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Feb 10, 2005)
Vladimir Putin says that Russia backs India’s bid for a permanent seat in the Security Council. “Mapping the Global Future”, the final report of the US National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project....
- Aids And Society (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Feb 10, 2005)
When the US forces descended on Afghanistan to wage a war against terrorism, hounding Osama bin Laden and his henchmen, massive public support to this military option for peace ensued back home reflecting the shattered and devastated collective psyche of
- Business Only, No Fun At All (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Feb 10, 2005)
Not even a month old, NDTV Profit is already trying to live up to its name. It has, it claims, beaten the leader CNBC TV-18 “with a market share of 57.9 per cent compared to CNBC’s 42.1 per cent in the all day parts in the C&S 4+ all India market”.
- Check In: Tuck In (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Feb 10, 2005)
Kalka-Shimla road is dotted with so many hotels and dhabas that whenever I travel on that road, which is very often, I wonder whether all these have enough work to run the show.
- Intelligence Needs A New Order (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Feb 10, 2005)
Intelligence bashing has become a worldwide sport. For erring politicians and bureaucracies what could be a better scapegoat than one which is prevented from rising to its own defense by custom, tradition or law!
- Hiv Vaccines - A Long Way To Go (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 10, 2005)
Any vaccine must meet two daunting challenges. One is the enormous global diversity of HIV strains. The other is the rapidity with which the virus evolves within an infected person.
- Concerns For The World (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Feb 10, 2005)
George W Bush was sworn in on January 20. While a large section of conservatives of America celebrated his second term and the speech he made on that occasion, at the same time several parts of the world expressed its own fears about his taking over as pr
- The U.S., India And China (Washington Times, Ram Narayanan, Feb 09, 2005)
The National Intelligence Council (NIC), the think-tank of the Director of Central Intelligence, recently came out with a study titled "Mapping the Global Future." Among other things,
- India Should Review Its Policy On Saarc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 09, 2005)
THE Indian Prime Minister’s refusal to attend the scheduled SAARC summit in Dhaka on February 6 and 7 and its consequent postponement should not cause any undue disappointment in South Asian capitals such as New Delhi, Colombo, Male and Thimphu.
- Iraqi Voters Raise Bush’S Morale (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Feb 09, 2005)
The Iraqi voters came out on the polling day to brave bombs and bullets and exercised their right in an election riddled with flaws. Of course, the imperfections of any system presided over by the United States do not get much publicity.
- Pils Beyond The Sugar Coat (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 09, 2005)
After the MMS scandal that hit the mobile phones, we now have the apex court frowning upon unsolicited calls. Thus, in response to a public interest litigation, or PIL, filed by Harsh Pathak
- Problem Solving, The Kolithad Way (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Feb 09, 2005)
Between the towns of Rajkot and Junagadh, off the road from Gondal in Saurashtra, is the large-ish village of Kolithad. It is the usual developed village in this region known for its progressive agriculture and great farmers.
- Growing And Yet Green (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 09, 2005)
If many theorists are convinced that economic growth is impossible without making compromises on environmental policy, those who hold a counterview can draw support from the recently ...
- Farm Policy — A Twisted Tale (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Feb 09, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), as the National Common Minimum Programme states categorically, stands for economic reforms with a human face, whatever it means.
- Cash For Class At Oxbridge (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 09, 2005)
Plans by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to cut down undergraduate places for domestic students and increase the intake of foreign candidates who pay more have stirred a controversry.
- Airing New Opportunities (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Feb 09, 2005)
The biannual Aero India 2005 exhibition and air show starting on February 9 will probably go down in Indian aviation history as a landmark for a number of reasons.
- A Simple ‘Sorry’ Will Do (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 09, 2005)
It is quite in order to apologise. I remember, I remember. I remember the pessimistic prophecies of large sections of the media in the US and Britain. “The US will get stuck in a quagmire in Afghanistan.
- Bush Ii, The Second Lap (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 09, 2005)
Oil, it is often said, drives politics. But the reverse is equally true: good politics can also determine the supply and price of oil. India has recently taken two laudable initiatives for the political management of oil.
- Scramble For The Indian Air Show (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Feb 08, 2005)
The fifth Aero India show being organised in Bangalore from February 9 to 13 is an attempt to showcase India as a major aviation hub in Asia. The Indian aviation sector pie is as big as China’s
- Telecom: Beyond The Fdi Cap Hike (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 08, 2005)
With the latest sectoral cap of FDI hike, though laced with riders, only foreign equity firms with deep pockets may want to bet on domestic telecom companies
- The News About Al Jazeera (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 08, 2005)
For a satellite channel that broadcasts only in Arabic, Al Jazeera's reach and influence extend far beyond its immediate audience. Since September 11, 2001
- World Economy In 2005 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 08, 2005)
A report prepared jointly by the United Nation's Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) expects world economic growth to slow down to 3.25 per cent this year.
- World Economy: From Uni-Polar To Tri-Polar (Business Line, Arvind Virmani, Feb 08, 2005)
By around 2025, China's impact on world growth is likely to be larger than that of the US and India's greater that of Japan. By 2035, India is likely to be a larger growth driver than the six largest
- Where Is India's Democracy Dividend? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 08, 2005)
"These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you're making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice."
- Expensive Proposition (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 08, 2005)
A few days ago when the Government increased the foreign investment limit in the telecom industry from 49 per cent to 74 per cent, the Left parties, who were earlier opposing any such move
- Unforgettable Birthday (Deccan Herald, A N SURYANARAYANAN, Feb 08, 2005)
How can I ever forget that particular birthday of mine, when I turned 32 on the 23rd of November, 31 years ago? I was a Major, in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, doing the Army Staff Course.
- Oil Pool Dynamics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 08, 2005)
Oil, it is often said, drives politics. But the reverse is equally true: good politics can also determine the supply and price of oil. India has recently taken two laudable initiatives for the political management of oil.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 08, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- The Threat From Bird Flu (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 07, 2005)
Might the virus be slowly gaining the ability to jump from human-to-human, the one trait it lacks for initiating a pandemic?
- Us And Iraq: Who Owes Whom? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 07, 2005)
It is intriguing that nobody seems to have worked out how much the US and its allies owe the people of Iraq for having caused, according to none other than the United Nations, the deaths of several hundred thousand Iraqis through the imposition...
- Year Of Physics (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 07, 2005)
The UN has declared 2005 as the World Year of Physics in commemoration of the first path-breaking paper published by Albert Einstein in 1905 on the electro-dynamics of moving bodies.
- Controlling Mr. Bush (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 07, 2005)
George W. Bush appears determined to carry the adventurism that characterised his first four years in office into the second term.
- No Western Monopoly On Modernity (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Feb 07, 2005)
In his inauguration speech, American President George W. Bush pledged to support "the expansion of freedom in all the world," deploying the words free or freedom no less than 25 times in 20 short minutes.
- Ukraine Democratically Moves West (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 07, 2005)
People with time to count report that the US President, Mr George Bush, mentioned `freedom,' `free' and `liberty' 49 times in his inaugural address to the nation on January 20, when he took the oath of office for his second term.
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 07, 2005)
India is very rich in water resources. We get 5 per cent of the worldwide rains though we account for only 2 per cent of the total land mass. So, we should rank high in water availability but we rank a poor 133 among 170 countries in water poverty.
- Agent Orange From The Ocean (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Feb 07, 2005)
In Vietnam the enemy was often unseen; unseen that is to those who were reporting a war that at that stage wasn’t really a war but a battle of attrition.
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 07, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books.
- Relief For Tsunami Victims And Human Rights (Tribune, Suhas Chakma, Feb 06, 2005)
The emergency phase of providing relief to the tsunami survivors is over. The difficult task of rebuilding the lives of the communities and individual survivors has begun.
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Feb 06, 2005)
So is the US ‘‘stingy’’ about helping poor countries? That accusation by a UN official, in veiled form, provoked indignation here. After all, we’re the most generous people on Earth, aren’t we?
- His Works Portray The Harsh Realities Of Life (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 06, 2005)
When noted Hindi literatteur Vishnu Prabhakar landed at Rashtrapati Bhavan to attend the customary At home on the Republic Day, he was not aware of the multi-tier security ring around the imposing building and strict protocol.
- Vote In Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 06, 2005)
Each day we get closer to the Iraqi elections, more voices are suggesting that they be postponed. This is a tough call, but I hope the elections go ahead as scheduled on January 30.
- Consensus That Merits An Accolade (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Feb 06, 2005)
After many a winter there has taken place in the realm of foreign policy making in New Delhi something that merits an accolade.
- Most Nris Wear Loincloths, Not Suits (Indian Express, Devesh Kapur, Feb 06, 2005)
Yet again, on the day Gandhi came back from South Africa, India prepares to celebrate another Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. This annual function has multiple objectives:
- Stars Of India: The Bling-Bling In The Crown (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Feb 06, 2005)
They wear silk saris, well-cut Nehru jackets and incandescent smiles. They are practiced in the art of air-kissing and social banter.
- Not That Simple (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Feb 05, 2005)
The search for a viable national alternative to the Congress goes back more than fifty years, to the first general elections of 1952.
- Pakistan: What Lies Ahead? (Tribune, Stephen Philip Cohen, Feb 05, 2005)
Twenty years ago Pakistan was spoken of as the next major middle income country. Recently it was thought to be on the verge of collapse or rogue status, although there are signs that the downward trend in some areas is halted
- Proceed With Care (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2005)
It was only to be expected that, re-elected with a convincing majority, President George W. Bush would pursue his known domestic and foreign agendas with renewed vigour and confidence.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 05, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Role Playing (Indian Express, RAM SEHGAL, Feb 05, 2005)
I do not understand why so much fuss is being made about actors taking to politics. The two vocations have a lot in common. To begin with, both the parties play to the galleries.
- Rule By God Or Intolerance? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 05, 2005)
I have added two new words to my vocabulary: ‘Thearchy’ and ‘Millenarianism’. ‘Thearchy’ (as opposed to ‘theocracy’, meaning government by priests) means rule by God.
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Seeing (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Feb 05, 2005)
How agonised we are about how people die. How untroubled we are by how they live.
- Ruling On Compensation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2005)
The Supreme Court has rightly directed the railway authorities to pay a compensation of Rs 18 lakh with interest to the family of a passenger who was killed while travelling by the Goa Express due to the faulty vestibule system in October 1995.
- `Black' Is Not Beautiful (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Feb 05, 2005)
The UPA Government seems desperate to demonstrate its commitment to unearthing black money.
- Battle Of Permanency (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Feb 05, 2005)
First you try to join the government. By hook or crook. You are not qualified. And yet you succeed. You are kept on probation. Which means that you have to put your best foot forward. One small slip, and you are gone.
- Evolution Takes A Backseat (Hindu, Cornelia Dean, Feb 05, 2005)
In many schools across the United States, the teaching of evolution is discouraged so as to avoid controversy.
- Extra Cover For Indo-Pak (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Feb 05, 2005)
Cricket lovers ought to be holding their breath for the historic full series between India and Pakistan. The Pakistani team is arriving in India in the last week of this month.
- I See A Good Moon Rising (Indian Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Feb 05, 2005)
Mahmoud Abbas is elected and legitimate. He may not have the stature of Arafat but has none of the latter’s liabilities either.
- Interesting People (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Feb 05, 2005)
Some weeks ago, one of our leading weekly magazines made an oblique reference to a sex scandal against a cabinet minister which was causing acute embarrassment to the government.
- Montek’S Warped Logic (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Feb 05, 2005)
At an international conference on “Policies against hunger” at Berlin in October 2004, a World Bank economist was at pains to defend the domestic subsidies being doled out to European Union farmers.
- Fight Dogma With Reason (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 05, 2005)
If the US National Intelligence Council's projections for year 2020 (in its report Mapping the Global Future) are to be believed, the global war on terror is not going all that well.
- The Decline And Decline Of Brand America (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Feb 04, 2005)
Brand creation, promotion, and positioning are the pet themes of business school analysts. Even as the literature on brand equity has grown into an industry, the subject has moved away from the confines of B-Schools.
- Rational Behaviour (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 04, 2005)
It was the première of The Apple Cart at the Old Vic theatre. As the final curtains fell, GBS went up the stage, waves of thundering ovation from all over the hall.
- The Pretext Of Baglihar (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Feb 04, 2005)
India and Pakistan appear to be on collision course yet again. Besides unprovoked firing across the Line of Control, Pakistan has accused India of malafide intentions over the on-going talks on the composite dialogue.
- The Reopened Iraq Debate (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Feb 04, 2005)
IRAQ IS back in the headlines, loaded with euphoria. The electoral exercise has been undertaken; the results have yet to be announced.
- Well Done, Mr Bush (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 04, 2005)
One need not be an American to feel stirred by the grandeur of the occasion while watching a US President deliver the State of the Union Address.
- Consensus In Democracy (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Feb 04, 2005)
Answering questions in the Lok Sabha on the External Affairs Minister’s reported observations in Seoul, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently affirmed his government’s commitment to “continuity and consensus in foreign and defence policies”.
- Let's Discuss `Dismiss' (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 04, 2005)
February has begun on a dismal dismissal note. In Nepal, the monarch dismissed democracy; in Goa, dismissal came after a government scraped through a controversial confidence vote;
- A Veto On Misplaced Arrogance (Indian Express, C S R MURTHY, Feb 04, 2005)
The much awaited report of the 16-member high level panel headed by Thailand’s former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on the changes required in the UN has become public.
- A Vote For Liberation (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 04, 2005)
The dinner at our house turned violent. The lady, a dear friend of ours, was talking about the elections held in Iraq that day. ‘‘Now that elections have taken place, what do you have to say?’’
- A Moment Of Decency (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 04, 2005)
As someone who believed, hoped, worried, prayed, worried, hoped and prayed some more that Iraqis could one day pull off the election they did, I am unreservedly happy about the outcome
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