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Articles 28421 through 28520 of 31829:
- Will We See A New Bush? (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Jan 20, 2005)
Previous occupants of the White House have sometimes used their second term differently, replacing a narrow agenda with one that seeks to serve the longer term national interest.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Cruel Witness (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 20, 2005)
It is premature to write on calamities even as events are unfolding. But when one is cruel witness to a comic drama being enacted by the very ones
- For The Health Of The World’S Poor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
For an AIDS patient in a poor country lucky enough to get antiretroviral treatment, chances are that the pills that stave off death come from India. Generic knockoffs of AIDS drugs made by Indian manufacturers
- Only A Story (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Jan 20, 2005)
“I don’t read novels”: when Jane Austen quoted these words of some readers in Northanger Abbey, she was pointing out the prevalent bias against the novel.
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Murdering The Sentinels Of The Shore (Indian Express, VALMIK THAPAR, Jan 19, 2005)
God forbid if there was another tsunami wave that hit the coasts of India or a cyclone or any natural disaster. This country has created a recipe for a menu of even greater destruction. And the cooks who have originated it are our senior politicians and b
- Not A Conspiracy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The interim findings of the Justice Banerjee Committee investigating the circumstances that resulted in the fire in the Sabarmati Express at Godhra in February 2002 confirm what many suspected all along
- Of Human Bonding (Deccan Herald, MADHAVA C KURUP, Jan 19, 2005)
There was magic in the air. The ten thousand-odd people thronging the vast amphitheatre, were all listening in rapt attention to the Master’s words. Then the bhajans started — melodious and mystical — they were touching the hearts of the young and the old
- Tainted Un Can't Be Trusted (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jan 19, 2005)
The overwhelming response across the world to the stunning human tragedy wrought by nature's fury in countries along the Indian Ocean rim, from South-East Asia to Africa, on December 26 last year is truly touching.
- The Magic Moment Of Accountability (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Jan 19, 2005)
A charming man courts a woman, telling her that he’s a wealthy independent businessman. Just after the wedding, however, she learns that he has been cooking the books, several employees have accused him of sexual harassment and his company is about to ...
- Elected But Not Legitimate (Indian Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jan 19, 2005)
So Ukraine now has a legitimate government. Or does it? Viktor Yushchenko has been elected with 52 per cent of the popular vote. His opponent received 44 per cent. Observers confirm that infringements of the electoral rules were but minor. Yet questions r
- America's Fairyland Media (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 19, 2005)
The U.S. media is disciplined by corporate America into promoting the Republican cause.
- Disavowal Of Responsibility (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2005)
While the first American soldier to be convicted for torturing Iraqi prisoners was unable to convince jurors that he had merely carried out the orders of his superiors, it appears unlikely that officers of higher rank will escape punishment.
- Lure Of Luxury (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2005)
A real estate promotional write-up in a newspaper inviting people to “live in luxury” came as a revelation. Conspicuous consumption in his country saddened the American economist Thorstein Veblen, who coined the phrase a hundred years ago.
- Faith Healing? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The miracle healer from God channel, Benny Hinn, is not going to have an easy ‘crusade’ in Bangalore when he arrives on a three-day trip on January 21. His “Prayer for India” has already attracted widespread protests across the board, from fundamentalists
- Taking Advantage Of Public Generosity (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 19, 2005)
AS non-resident Indians dig deep into their pockets to help the tsunami victims, there is a heightened concern that sectarian groups are exploiting the tragedy for their own divisive goals.
- Dual Citizenship — Driven By Pride And Pragmatism (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 18, 2005)
India's move to allow dual citizenship can be seen as another step ahead of an emerging global power that will allow unhindered trade in services and free the citizenry to pursue opportunities wherever they arise.
- Need For Vision And Rhetoric (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jan 18, 2005)
It is not surprising that the next National Security Advisor (NSA) is expected to measure up to the tough reputations of the two predecessors – Brajesh Mishra and the late J N Dixit. But it is an unfair demand.
- Leg Up For Infrastructure (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 18, 2005)
THE Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, has said that a part of the forex reserves of $127 billion should be used to make government investments in infrastructure.
- How To Rebuild Better (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
On the tsunami front, the real and strenuous work on relief and other structural changes will have to be addressed. How do you rebuild? Do you leave the conceptualizing and planning of the reconstruction to the PWD and government
- How Thought Police States Are Created (Times of India, ASHIS NANDY, Jan 18, 2005)
The future of censorship is very bright in India — in media, culture and intellectual life. Do not be taken in by political postures and academic correctness
- Global B2b Mantra — On A New Learning Curve (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 18, 2005)
It is as exclusive as it can get. An international consortium of business houses joining hands in a bid to share knowledge.
- Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
No one will acknowledge it, but slowly and surely the Palestinians are becoming tomorrow’s Kurds — a people without a land. It is a tragic irony that the Wandering Jews have a home, thanks in the first instance to Britain as the then colonial power.
- Elections In Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 18, 2005)
The strategy of the 16-party United Iraqi Alliance is to institutionalise Shia majority and defer confrontation with the U.S. to a later stage.
- Killing The Truth (Deccan Herald, VARALOTTI RENGASAMY, Jan 18, 2005)
Killing the truth while holding on to the facts seems to be the way of life for people in a number of vocations — lawyers, ad agencies, bureaucrats, company executives, accountants, stock brokers, press reporters et al.
- Doubts And Assurances On Globalisation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jan 18, 2005)
For long, mainstream economists dismissed any downside to free trade as far less significant than the benefits flowing from it. What Paul Samuelson's paper has done is to suggest that the critics might have a point after all.
- Broad-Banding Competition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2005)
In the initia years of economic reform, facing up to competition was not a skill that came easily to public sector units. Long years of monopoly had blunted business instincts; customer service or acquisition was hardly a priority
- A Smaller Slice Of The Cake (Telegraph, Sanjay Kumar, Jan 18, 2005)
There can be no doubt that Ram Vilas Paswan’s exit from the 2004 electoral alliance will affect the RJD’s vote share
- Fire Alarm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2005)
GURGAON is fast becoming the mall capital of the country, with one gleaming hi-rise building coming up after another. The towers look impressive but they still ring alarm bells because of the apprehensions about safety measures available in them.
- Tribals Looking Down A Barrel In Balochistan (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 18, 2005)
With its deep, warm sea waters, extremely rich mineral resources and most vital strategic position, southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province has been the
- Sonia And Her Cow Dust Hour (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
Last week Sonia Gandhi set off on a kisan yatra. Rural India is so distant from our genteel, middle-class lives that Sonia appears to have felt the need to dress the part. Perfect grooming and elegant silk saris were
- Right To Information (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 18, 2005)
The Freedom of Information Act has not yet been enacted. Our Supreme Court, in its celebrated judgement delivered in 1980, spelled out this right from the fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
- India Struggles To Carve Out New U.N. Role (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
India's self-reliance in the tsunami disaster has shown the new face of an emerging regional power that wants to punch its weight in the United Nations — with help from Canada — says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- History Has Been Made, Now Overcome It (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jan 17, 2005)
Handshakes are not often termed ‘‘historic’’, but the one between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf last week readily earned the adjective.
- In A Reasoned Way (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 17, 2005)
A deluge of independent regulators is about to descend on us, apart from the financial regulators. There are now 24 or so in electricity
- Large, Economy Size (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Jan 17, 2005)
THE National Center for Health Statistics in the US has issued a report that says that an average American enjoys more fast food, more television and less walking around the neighbourhood today.
- Partners, Seriously (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jan 17, 2005)
Eyebrows were raised when Colin Powell recently announced that the United States had offered its “good offices” to promote reconciliation between India and Pakistan.
- Criminals In Bihar Elections (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jan 17, 2005)
EVEN as elections to the Bihar Assembly are fast approaching, the Patna High Court’s attempt to check the criminals’ menace in the elections is commendable. Criminalisation of politics has assumed alarming proportions.
- What Kind Of A Central Banker Do We Need? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 17, 2005)
Examining the issues involved in a central banker's attitude towards risk and experimentation and whether there is a case for more experimentation in a developing, than in a developed
- Afghanistan In Search Of A State (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Jan 17, 2005)
A new sense of optimism has been generated following the Loya Jirga’s approval of a draft constitution to build a future Afghanistan democratically. The charter, ratified after a last-minute deal to accommodate minority interests, nonetheless falls short
- Indian Corporate Finance Deals (Business Line, Kai Taraporevala, Jan 17, 2005)
The Year 2004 belonged to the private equity investor. Even as valuations soared and the Indian stock market reached record highs, private equity investors recovered from the shock of seeing the Left wing
- After Nature (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2005)
It is not enough to say that children are the worst victims of the tsunami. They are the worst victims in many more ways than the obvious ones. Events are proving that there is no dearth of predators who fatten on vulnerability of all kinds.
- Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The prediction by a CIA-commissioned report that India and China will emerge as major global players by 2020 is indeed heartening. According to the report titled ‘Mapping the Global Future’
- America’S Suez Moment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2005)
Despite its unchallenged military might, the United States has an Achilles’ heel: its economy depends on foreign capital. Though hardly anyone acknowledges this publicly, China and Japan already hold so much American debt that, theoretically
- Bridal Bravery (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 17, 2005)
THE acts of defiance are few and far between, still they show that women are no longer willing to bear the yoke of repression which has been their constant companion all these centuries.
- Vajpayee Clears The Way (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 16, 2005)
The entire non-BJP political segment faces an unprecedented dilemma. In fact, it is not even a dilemma. A dilemma presupposes a choice.
- The Oddness Of Premier Blair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2005)
Could anything expose the oddness of Tony Blair’s politics more starkly? Faced with the prospect of a popular centre-left American Democrat taking on one of the most reactionary Republican presidents in recent history
- Chimes Of Unfreedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2005)
In Maharashtra the rules of tolerance and public discourse have been rewritten. In banning Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by James W. Laine, the Sushil Kumar Shinde government has unveiled a new order governing intellectual discourse and rowdy criti
- Bori Shame: Intolerance Tolerated (Indian Express, DILIP CHITRE, Jan 16, 2005)
This is the first time in my life that I am sitting down to write an article while an commando sits in my living room to protect me from possible assailants. This provision has been made by the home minister of my state
- It’S Time To Build Bridges Over Ditches (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 16, 2005)
While visiting Istanbul, Turkey, the other day, I took a long walk along the Bosporus near Topkapi Palace. There is nothing like standing at this stunning intersection of Europe and Asia to think about the clash of civilisations
- Inheriting A Value System Of Integrity (Indian Express, GEETANJALI KIRLOSKAR, Jan 16, 2005)
He lived through tumultuous times. Amidst a desperate struggle against the great economic depression — facing prejudices against Indian manufacturers and competing with the solidly-entrenched British firms.
- Politic Saviours (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 15, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in the stricken capital of the Indonesian province
- Show Them The Money (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 15, 2005)
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates our electoral rhetoric.
- The Law In A Self-Serving System (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 15, 2005)
The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya, Jayendra Saraswati, has shocked India. Clearly, the Supreme Court’s observations on the bail plea of the Kanchi Peetham, indicate that there is not even an iota of evidence to connect the Kanchi Shankaracharya to a
- They’Re Only Animals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 15, 2005)
Around 10 million are slaughtered each year — and there are no survivors. But, instead of slitting their throats after stunning them in electrified water, gas chambers are now being pondered.
- Trust The Public, Ignore The Private (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 15, 2005)
In trying to think through whether we should press ahead with elections in Iraq or not, I have found it useful to go back and dig out my basic rules for Middle East reporting
- Wrong Order, Right Intrusion (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Jan 15, 2005)
A road journey from Stockholm to Gothenburg is a delightful one at any time of the year, night or day. Our grand-daughter studied in Gothenburg. So when my friend Eric Nicholson asked us to join him for a short trip to Gothenburg, my wife and I were elate
- The Tsunami Within (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 14, 2005)
The world forgets. Sad, but tragically true. Yesterday's calamity gets transformed into today's stale news. It ceases to matter. That is, perhaps, the flawed beauty of existence itself. It goes on.
- Has The Un Arrived? (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 14, 2005)
A monumental human tragedy like the one that devastated communities along the Indian Ocean rim on December 26 should not, ideally, become a trigger for settling scores. The case for restraint is all the more compelling in view of the staggering generosity
- Graceful In Grief (Tribune, B.K. Karkra, Jan 14, 2005)
ON December 26 last, we saw the spectacle of the dreadful tsunami that descended on many Asian shores like a hungry wolf. A crisis often brings the best out of some.
- Investment Curbs Go (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
THE Prime Minister on Wednesday scrapped Press Note 18, which guided Indian companies’ joint ventures with overseas partners. Inappropriately named, Press Note 18 is actually a government notification introduced on December 14, 1998.
- Just 7 Km From Devastation (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Jan 14, 2005)
Whenever you find hundreds of thousands of sane people trying to get out of a place and a little bunch of madmen struggling to get in,’’ wrote the legendary American foreign correspondent H.R. Knickerbocker, ‘‘you know the latter are newspapermen.’’
- Primitive Wisdom Saved Them (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
When the tsunami wave struck coastal India and decimated it in a matter of minutes, apprehension was that the reclusive aborigines of the Andaman and Nicobar islands were perhaps the worst sufferers considering that their islands were far closer to the Su
- Tsunami's Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
More than any natural disaster before it, the December 26 tsunami was especially cruel on children. Large numbers of children perished because they could not run away from the
- Went Up The Hill To Fetch A Bail (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2005)
Cases pile up not only in courts but also in news bulletins; and advocates file appeals for bail without fail. Courts hear arguments, and grant temporary respite and conditional freedom
- The Great Wall Of Shopping (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Jan 14, 2005)
This boardwalk advertisement greets at least half a million passers-by every day on Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai's premier commercial thoroughfare, where almost 40 years ago hordes of vigilant Red Guards waved Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.
- An Act Of God? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 14, 2005)
The little schoolboy who innocently quizzed the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, about God may have, unknowingly, joined a worldwide debate around one of the most profound philosophical questions raised by the tsunami disaster
- Crossing Cultures Through Language (Deccan Herald, C J MOORE, Jan 14, 2005)
A Czech proverb that I cannot possibly pronounce declares something like: “To speak another language is to live another life.”
- India: Outside Aid Now Welcome (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2005)
India says it is now willing to accept foreign aid to help rebuild from the December 26 tsunami, which killed more than 10,000 people across the country and left another 5,700 missing.
- Memories Etched On Sand (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 13, 2005)
Tsunami-struck Tamil Nadu has much to learn from Orissa, which has repeatedly faced the wrath of nature
- India-China Military Equations (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 13, 2005)
The visit of General N C Vij, Chief of Army Staff, to China in December 2004, is one more step towards military diplomacy between New Delhi and Beijing. He is the second serving army chief to visit China
- Settlers' Fume Over Bias (Gulf News, Neena Gopal, Jan 13, 2005)
This is the showcase relief camp in Port Blair, where about 2,000 indigenous Nicorabese have everything they can ask for.
- The Global Political Fault Line (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Jan 13, 2005)
People all over the world have reacted immediately in providing help to the victims of the tsunami. In contrast, Governments have been less forthcoming.
- For Art’S Sake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court must be the most overworked institution in the country. From emissions to examinations, it has to keep a stern eye on almost every aspect of Indian life.
- Washington’S Odd Ways (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2005)
WHILE there has been concern voiced recently in India about the prospects of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan by the United States, the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tyagi, has indicated that the IAF can handle the situation even if new F
- Engaging The Diaspora (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement that the offer of dual citizenship will be extended to all those who migrated after January 26, 1950, that is, after India became a Republic
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