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Articles 28521 through 28620 of 31829:
- How Not To Respond To A Tsunami (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2005)
Following Christiano Junior’s death the Football Federation is insisting on ambulances at all grounds. This could make more of a difference than the Government of India’s promise to establish a tsunami warning system. If that sounds cynical there is some
- 15 Years For A Report! Why? (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 13, 2005)
January 13, 1989, was a black day in Jammu when, in anti-Sikh riots, 15 innocent Sikhs were killed in a pre-planned attack on a Gurpurb procession. The provocation to the attack was provided by a group of Sikh youngmen who had joined at the end
- Help The Poor Restrain The Rich (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 13, 2005)
Sweden proves neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty.
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- Care, And Not Be Seen (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 13, 2005)
When the talk turns to the etiquette of celebrity giving, you know that normalcy has returned — at least for the media. All may not be quite right with the world yet
- De-Bureaucratise To Attract Fdi (Deccan Herald, Amitabhaghosh, Jan 13, 2005)
If you look around Mumbai, every slum dwelling has a fridge, TV or motorcycle — but no sanitation, drinking water or protection from the monsoon.
- Censoring The Spirit Of Gandhi (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 13, 2005)
I had a feeling of deja vu when I stood up to address a room full of journalists the other day at the Press Club in Mumbai. I was there to speak on behalf of filmmaker Vijay Ghatge regarding his film Shobha Yatra, which had run into some trouble with the
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Re-Engineering Capart (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Jan 12, 2005)
While "re-engineering" an institution, it must not lose its vital ethos somewhere along the way.
- High-Octane Initiative (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 12, 2005)
The first round-table of Asian oil ministers that New Delhi hosted last week was a path-breaking initiative that sought to bring together buyers from the continent, accounting for 35 per cent of world oil consumption,
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Return Of The Mummy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 12, 2005)
When Mark Antony declaimed that “The evil that men do lives on after them/ The good is oft interred with their bones/ So let it be with Caesar”,
- The Agenda Is Anti-Amnesia (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Jan 12, 2005)
Sometimes you need to witness a lifetime’s journey to clear your vision. Shonali Bose provides that catalyst through her film Amu.
- The Trojan Horse In Trai Territory (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 12, 2005)
In the now raging battle between telecom companies, ADC is not aide-de-camp or automatic drip coffeemaker, but access deficit charge. But what is ADC?
- Us-Pakistan: A Pampering Relationship (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 12, 2005)
The symbolism of the proposed sale of F-16 aircraft by the US to Pakistan cannot be underestimated when terror is still the instrument of state policy for Islamabad.
- Why Say No To Foreign Aid? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
Tsunami was the worst violation of human rights which nature committed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.
- Globalisation 3.0 (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 12, 2005)
Two weeks ago, amid the swirl of tsunami devastation, The Indian Express carried a piece pointing out apparent inconsistencies in BBC’s and CNN’s editorial positions (‘‘Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in ‘sensitive’ Manhattan?’’ December 30...
- Government’S Hypocritical Stand (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
While rejecting foreign aid, the Government accepts funds from foreign-aided organisations, for its relief measures
- Good Spies, Bad Spies (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 12, 2005)
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee said, after one of his prime ministerial meetings with President George W. Bush, that India and the United States of America were "natural allies"
- Competition Breaks Cartels (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
Cartels operate across the economy, particularly in the intermediate goods and services sector. They hike production costs, thus making finished goods less competitive.
- Confused State (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 12, 2005)
The best of times can sometimes cause the worst of confusions. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is clearly riddled with such confusions. Except in the brief and largely inglorious regime of the United Front, the party never had the
- Dalits Fight Tsunami Daily (Indian Express, Udit Raj, Jan 12, 2005)
This is in response to the expose in The Indian Express, ‘‘Tsunami can’t wash this away: hatred for Dalits’’ (IE January 7). Many justify their Hindu way of living while repeating various cliches like ‘‘Our living is simple and plain’’
- Global Economy Forecast For 2005 (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Jan 12, 2005)
The beginning of each year is high season for economic forecasters. With few exceptions, Wall Street economists try to give as upbeat an interpretation as the data will allow: gloom-and-doom forecasts do little to sell stocks.
- Fundamentalism, American Style (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 12, 2005)
America appears to be on the brink of descending into `authoritarianism by acclamation.'
- Empowered Panchayats (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jan 12, 2005)
HAVE the panchayats fulfilled the promise of progress at the grassroots level? Or are these becoming a part of the petty party politics? Is the gap between promise and performance widening?
- Empower The Victim (Indian Express, KUMAR M TIKU, Jan 12, 2005)
As the spotlight softens slowly on the tsunami zones, and good-natured charity gives way to the infinitesimally more challenging responsibility to stay the course, to ensure the victims reclaim a modicum of dignity that tsunami snatched from them without
- Taking Care Of Heritage (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 11, 2005)
When you see television companies announcing their special programmes on the tsunami destruction questioning the ability of the authority in managing disasters
- Overlapping Faults (Economist, Amitav Ghosh, Jan 11, 2005)
Amitav Ghosh, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26.
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- My Pet Aversion (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jan 11, 2005)
I am strongly and violently allergic to cats, and I don’t mean the two-legged variety whose caustic comments about other members of their sex I find highly entertaining. My fear and dislike of cats began when, as a child
- The Loneliness Of Laloo Prasad (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Jan 11, 2005)
As the Bihar elections near, the war of attrition between contending political formations has begun. Laloo Prasad Yadav, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal has ruled the state for the last 15 years
- Where Is Prabakaran? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
Even if one were to discount reports that the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabakaran, is among the thousands dead or missing in Sri Lanka after the December
- Mad Sacred Cows (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 11, 2005)
“Today, economics is separated from, and opposed to both ecological processes and basic needs. While the destruction of nature has been justified on grounds of improving human welfare
- Indo-Pak Talks Going Nowhere (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 11, 2005)
Over a year has elapsed after the much-publicised January 6, 2004 accord between Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf, to resume 1997’s structured, eight-point Indo-Pakistan dialogue for normalising relations between
- Ageism Affects Young And Old (Hindu, Emma Lunn, Jan 11, 2005)
Prejudice against job applicants over 50 is rife, but youngsters face discrimination too.
- Asian Oil Diplomacy Initiative (Business Line, S. Narayan, Jan 11, 2005)
Petroleum purchasing and selling nations met in Delhi last week to forge an Asian market for crude and products. Discussions centred on the possibility of a price band for Asian countries, besides changing the nature of the crude purchase contracts.
- Death In Darkness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 11, 2005)
The ghastly road tragedy, which claimed as many as 57 lives when a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus bound for Chitapur in Gulbarga district from Hubli fell into the Almatti dam canal, raises many questions.
- Delivering On Doha's Promise (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Jan 11, 2005)
THE Doha trade round was supposed to be finished by now. When the world's trade ministers launched the global trade talks in November 2001
- Feed The Soil, Not The Crop (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jan 11, 2005)
OUR green revolution that signified high yielding varieties, widespread use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides as well as far greater reliance on tractors and other mechanised farm implements presented an imposing paraphernalia which...
- India’S Quality Of Mercy (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 11, 2005)
The quality of mercy, Shakespeare wrote, is not strained. It is twice blessed. He went on: “It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes”.
- Real Crisis Management (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 10, 2005)
Emergency is the time for action, not for deliberation. A Crisis Management Committee is needed not to decide what orders should be issued during the emergency but to decide what should be done in the future to handle such crises better.
- On With The Relief (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
The extraordinary Jakarta summit on the tsunami disaster has provided the launch pad for a massive, coordinated international relief effort to help the victims of Nature's fury across the Indian Ocean
- North Block Bonanza (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Resuscitating The Nsc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 10, 2005)
THE task before the Prime Minister in selecting the next National Security Adviser is first to determine whether he wants the National Security Council to function with the NSA as its Secretary or to continue with the existing system without the council e
- Seeing Sense (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2005)
AIDS is the great leveller. Yet the right tone of political leadership is crucial for fighting the epidemic nationally. The beginnings of this were heard at last in India, after decades of denial, evasion and downright cluelessness.
- Some Designs Are Not For Everyone (Telegraph, SHRADHA AGARWAL, Jan 10, 2005)
I remember a time when designer clothes were available only in France and Italy. “Designer clothes” implied Versace, Gucci, Calvin Klein or any name that we pronounced wrong.
- The Wait For Aid (Hindu, Jason Burke, Jan 10, 2005)
They are still bringing out the dead in Meulaboh, Indonesia. Two weeks after the tidal wave destroyed half the town, days after a stream of international dignitaries had their pictures taken
- With A Little Warning (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 10, 2005)
“We may have severely underestimated the level of the tsunami hazard along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean,” said an unnamed researcher at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College London
- The Vaj And Shaf Show (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Matter Of Relief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
The January 5 summit of tsunami-hit nations in Jakarta testifies to the earnestness of the global community to get their act together for ensuring speedy distribution of effective relief.
- Musharraf: From Gen To President (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 10, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf should be pleased as punch. In one month, he has had two brushes with death and lived to tell the tale.
- ‘The Other’ Comes To The Rescue (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 10, 2005)
The tsunami catastrophe brought the world together. Yet it widened the deep blue sea dividing the Third World from the First. This is not as paradoxical as it sounds.
- Access To Power Provides Influence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 10, 2005)
Mr. George Bush will be sworn in on January 20 for his second term of office as President of the US. The inaugural festivities will include several lunches and dinners in the days preceding the inauguration, the actual swearing-in function, and a parade.
- Ai Mere Watan! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
When the UPA government granted dual Indian citizenship last year to persons of Indian origin settled in 16 countries, it created a piquant situation in the process where those
- Delhi’S Space Phone! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 10, 2005)
THE giant American telecommunications company AT & T has just unveiled what it calls a “space phone” in the atrium of its New York headquarters. This is a futuristic concept in long-range communications and visitors will be encouraged to try it and establ
- Doing Justice To A Great Moment (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 10, 2005)
Dowry is regarded as an evil and its practice today is penalised. It was not so in the past. In 1665, the island of Bombay, then a little fishing village, changed hands as a dowry from the King of Portugal to Charles II
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- The Silvery River Without Tsunami (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 09, 2005)
The swish of the diesel engine was feather-soft. From my chair high on the river bank I watched the two ‘ships’ pass. One had two cars on it. People were out on deck in their best clothes.
- This Is World War Iii, Get Used To It (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 09, 2005)
Airline flights into the United States are cancelled from France, Mexico and London. Armed guards are put onto other flights coming to America. Westerners are warned to avoid Saudi Arabia, and synagogues are bombed in Turkey and France.
- ‘Repulse The New Rome ... Jihad Is A Religious-Economic War’ (Indian Express, OSAMA BIN LADEN, Jan 09, 2005)
My message is to urge jihad to repulse the grand plots hatched against our nation, such as the occupation of Baghdad, under the guise of the search for weapons of mass destruction
- Power Of Doubters And Their Fate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
Most scriptural writing warns us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of the o
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 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. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- Tax Implications Of Software Sale (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 08, 2005)
Are pieces of software `goods' that can attract sales and other taxes? The Supreme Court held that software may be intellectual property but as the property contained in a medium is bought and sold, it is an article of value.
- Wages Of Critical Neglect (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Jan 08, 2005)
Muddling through has become the essence of India's crisis management strategies, and each new challenge or disaster produces new evidence of gross incompetence, failure and institutional collapse
- Wave Of Compassion Or New Tide? (Hindu, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 08, 2005)
A US-backed peace initiative in South Asia began more than a year ago. Apart from several confidence-building measures, several new ideas were floated in an attempt to resolve the half-century Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
- `We Have An Obligation To Help Survivors' (Hindu, Hilary Benn, Jan 08, 2005)
The terrible images of the past week have brought home our vulnerability to the forces of nature. But they have also brought out in all of us a compassion for others with whom we share this small and fragile planet
- Love Your Body, Love Yourself (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
The long-distance call was from Osho’s commune in Pune. On the line was the editor of Osho Times, Amrit Sadhana.
- Agent Orange From The Ocean (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Jan 08, 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.
- Change The Mindset (Pioneer, Prem P Kapoor, Jan 08, 2005)
N Jamal Ansari puts forward a baffling and convoluted logic in his article, "Ayodhya and after" (The Pioneer, December 25). He laments that even after 12 years
- Looking For A National Security Adviser (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 08, 2005)
The Prime Minister should look for a compatible philosophical vision of foreign policy in his next National Security Adviser.
- In The Aftermath Of A Disaster (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 08, 2005)
It is just about a fortnight since the under-water earthquake rocked the sea off the coast of Sumatra, leaving mankind to count the terrible loss of life left in the wake of the huge killer waves that hit the shoreline of the landmass surrounding the ...
- Great Budget Expectations — Helping The Economy Take Wings (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2005)
Subject to the considerations set out earlier, what are the options before the Finance Minister? It is a constant refrain of the financial commentariat (the latest coinage signifying the commentators as a class!)
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Jan 08, 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
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jan 07, 2005)
Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries. The average American spends four times that on soft drinks daily
- Oil Pool Dynamics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 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.
- Public Debate On Privacy (Telegraph, Sanjay Banerjee, Jan 07, 2005)
The baazee.com incident, and the one involving Kareena Kapoor and her male companion, pose vital questions already forgotten by the media — the right of privacy, freedom of expression and the archaic Indian laws on public decency and morality.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 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.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 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.
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