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Articles 28721 through 28820 of 31829:
- Reborn Free? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 03, 2005)
It's January, 2005, and all eyes are back on a poll-bound country where contradictions are a condition of existence. Its people once cheered lustily when a toppled dictator's statue fell in a public square;
- We The People (Plain Dealer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 02, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- Vat Will Bring Out Black Money: Onkar Singh (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 02, 2005)
The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from April 1 will bring out a large portion of the black money in the economy besides enhancing the tax compliance.
- The Power Of P-5s (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 02, 2005)
It was an evening of purity, simplicity, and integrity. I was invited to be a speaker at the annual function of the Chinmaya Mission in Washington. Interestingly, it was a case of "cause and effect".
- Decline Of Values (Plain Dealer, Taneesha Kulshreshtha, Jan 02, 2005)
The DPS MMS case has hogged front-page space for some days now. It has had the school principals, parents and the moral brigade collectively clucking their tongues.
- Early Warning System Didn’T Help In 1999 Orissa Cyclone (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 02, 2005)
Five minutes after the earthquake off Sumatra, seismologists in at least 20 Indian stations should have known about it.
- The Spin That Helped Bush Into A Doosra Term (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2005)
The film Fahrenheit 9/11 depicts the US President, Mr George Bush, as doing nothing but watching kindergarten children several minutes after he was informed of the WTC attacks.
- Lessons Of History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 01, 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
- It’S About Aid And An Image (Deccan Herald, DAVID E SANGER, Jan 01, 2005)
As Asia suffers through a 9/11 of its own — a natural calamity instead of a man-made one, but at least 25 times more deadly — President Bush’s response in the coming weeks may well determine his success in repairing relations strained by three years of th
- Indo-Pak Ties Need To Be Warmer (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 01, 2005)
Ali Nawaz Memon is worried about visiting India. Frantically leafing through the pages of his well-travelled passport the former World Bank official pauses to scrutinise his recently acquired Indian visa.
- Imperialism Lives On (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jan 01, 2005)
For the western media, a tourist's tragedy is more important than that of the local people.
- Decline Of Values (Pioneer, Taneesha Kulshreshtha, Jan 01, 2005)
The DPS MMS case has hogged front-page space for some days now. It has had the school principals, parents and the moral brigade collectively clucking their tongues.
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The new threat, like the old one, derives from water. The tsunami that killed at least 77,000 people in the Indian Ocean basin has now put millions of others at grave risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, dysentery and
- The Tsunami Test — Are `Reserves' Really `Resources'? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 01, 2005)
It is shocking that the survivors of the recent tsunami are forced to loot from one another in their struggle to survive. Cannot the vast foreign exchange reserves of the Indian Ocean rim countries be used to blunt the impact of the catastrophic tsunami?
- Strengthening A Valuable Scheme (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2005)
The recent indication by the Union Labour Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, that the Government is considering an increase in the monthly wage ceiling for coverage under the
- We The People (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 01, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- The Tsunami Learning Curve (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Jan 01, 2005)
Amidst the trials and tribulations of thousands who were hit by the sudden tsunami, this is an attempt to look at the overall malaise rather than an isolated incident.
- Our Planet, And Our Duty (Indian Express, BOB HERBERT, Jan 01, 2005)
One moment the kids were laughing and skylarking on the beach, yelling and chasing one another, sweating in the warm bright sun. The next moment they were gone.
- More Than A Million Hiroshimas (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 01, 2005)
Will Governments ever spend the modest sums required along the coast to protect the millions of poorer Indians dependent on the seas?
- The Generation Ex (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jan 01, 2005)
The migration of Indian minds to the west, particularly to the United States, came in three broad streams.
- The Tsunami Brings Us Together (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 31, 2004)
The Armed Forces have already embarked on one of the biggest rescue missions in their history
- Slavery: Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 31, 2004)
Lincoln’s approach to slavery raises not only certain ethical questions but also many parallels in today’s context
- Through A Glass, Brightly (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 31, 2004)
Today is a special day for our company, for all of us directly associated with it and, I hope, also for those who have come here to join in as we celebrate its 50th founding day.
- Time To Be Merry (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 31, 2004)
“Merry Xmas!” All foreigners received this greeting from English-knowing Chinese last week — here most assume foreigners to be American. Xmas has been a major event in China’s cities for some time.
- We Called Her Susan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 31, 2004)
Susan Sontag, who died yesterday at 71, was one of the few intellectuals with whom Americans have ever been on a first-name basis. It wasn’t intimacy that gave her this status;
- While We Were Sleeping (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Dec 31, 2004)
Even as we struggle to come to terms with the trail of death and destruction left by the sea surges that hit our unwary shores just a day after Christmas, we need to realise that all crises opens up new opportunities.
- Warning: There Will Be (Asia Times, Eric Koo Peng Kuan, Dec 31, 2004)
Asian governments were caught totally off guard by the December 26 tsunami disaster. Now the calls are loud for the implementation in the Indian Ocean of an early warning system akin to that of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii.
- A Few Image Problems (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 31, 2004)
Nature's fury that killed a hundred thousand people, perhaps many more, washed away settlements, lives and livelihood also enriched all languages save Japanese with one terrible word for unstoppable wrath: tsunami.
- Race To Aid Tsunami Victims (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Dec 31, 2004)
The death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunamis has soared to above 120,000 with the discovery of huge numbers of further victims in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Though the biggest relief operation in history is under way, tens of thousands more may now
- Analysing Consumer Behaviour (Business Line, Vineet Hemrajani, Dec 31, 2004)
To reap the maximum benefits from data analytics, firms have to invest in the right technology, hire the right people and develop standardised and robust processes of data collection, data retrieval, data analysis and strategy implementation.
- Can We Bridge This Gulf? (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 31, 2004)
In the complex world of today, is it realistic to ask that the Gulf region be a nuclear weapon-free zone? If so, why? After all, the proposal for a larger Middle East as a Weapons of Mass
- Caught Unawares (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
As the nation – and many of its neighbours – grieves its dead after the tsunami visitation, there is the inevitable remorse about lack of any kind of early warning.
- 2004: In Transit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
The more things change, the more they don't remain the same. That is the anti-climactic moral of 2004, whose end makes its beginning unrecognisable.
- Crossed Wires (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Dec 31, 2004)
Whenever I had to give my telephone number to any one, I’d say, “Four, double four.” The recipient would say, “You mean, triple four?” If I started with ‘triple four’, they would write three and then make a correction.
- Get Babudom On The Treadmill (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Dec 31, 2004)
Despite the constant refrain that the country's flabby bureaucracy needs trimming, efforts towards this end seem to lack sincerity. The over-manned establishment, besides adding to the disguised employment, acts as a huge drain on resources
- In The Name Of Allah (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 31, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- Creating A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2004)
If there were doubts before, the tsunami of December 26, 2004 has swept them away. Over 100,000 people in a number of Asian countries have been killed by the monstrous waves, millions
- Manmohan Deputes Two Ministers To Andamans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has deputed his Minister of State for Home, Prakash Jaiswal, and the Minister of State for Information Technology and Communications, Shakeel Ahmed, to Port Blair and Car Nicobar to oversee the relief and rescue....
- More Commitments For India, China (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 30, 2004)
The rules of the game in the economic field are increasingly being changed for India, China and Brazil
- Moscow And Multipolarity (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 30, 2004)
Russia is building new alliances and using oil to counter the United States' attempts at regime change in its neighbourhood.
- One-Sided Moves (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 30, 2004)
The outcome of the two-day Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan in Islamabad on Tuesday, warrants some serious thinking on the dialogue process under way between the two countries.
- The Holiday Party (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 30, 2004)
Meeting Salman Rushdie on his brief visit to India earlier this month, I was struck by his almost childlike delight in becoming part of the extended Palghat Brahmin fraternity, courtesy his marriage to Padma Lakshmi.
- This Is Not Just Another Story (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2004)
Barkha Dutt has it so right. She is visibly moved as she speaks about the bereft children of Nagapattinam, as she pleads with businessmen in Mumbai for help, as she shares her experiences with her colleagues in other tsunami-devastated spots in India.
- Vailankanni Awaits Healing Touch (Pioneer, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 30, 2004)
Nature became the enemy of informal livelihoods in coastal Tamil Nadu last Sunday, but ironically, one of the areas severely devastated by tidal waves was close to a highly venerated Christian shrine
- Hope Floats Where All Else Drowns (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 30, 2004)
The Iraq war is no more important in the global scheme of things than poverty or climate change.
- Bush Gives Aid, Not Time (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Dec 30, 2004)
The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment Tuesday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic
- Can Vnn, Bbc Get Away With This Corpse Show In Manhattan? (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 30, 2004)
After 9/11 they chanted privacy, sensitivity; Asian disaster open season to show bodies of men, women, children
- Caring Has No Religion (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Dec 30, 2004)
Rahmatullah is a tired man. He and his nephew have just returned to their masjid after burying an unknown Christian man, identifiable by the black thread with the little cross around the neck.
- India’S Flawed Approach (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Dec 30, 2004)
Not just economic policy but political friendship with the US and other nations, is crucial for economic growth
- India’S Pro-Active Foreign Policy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Continuity was the main theme of Indian foreign policy in the year 2004 as New Delhi stayed engaged with the world in a pro-active manner with particular focus on neighbours like Pakistan and China.
- Jinnah In Memory (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 30, 2004)
Qaid-e-Azam Jinnah, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru will always be remembered, though for different reasons. Jinnah is the only leader who single-handedly created a new country for Muslims.
- Kashmir Conference In Kathmandu (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 30, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- The Making Of The Bomb (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 29, 2004)
LIKE some other stray remarks that can sometimes be more crucial than formal policy pronouncements at august forums, former Prime Minister and most respected BJP leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee’s sudden disclosure
- Nature’S Wrath Is History’S Reminder (Deccan Herald, DENNIS SMITH, Dec 29, 2004)
Scientists, like art teachers who have not mastered anatomy or drawing, often assume that what they do not know is not important. And, when it comes to earth science, what they do not know is the pattern of geologic time
- Pension: Thinking Into The Future (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 29, 2004)
The panic about pensions is rising around the world. The United States, Europe, Japan, China and other countries are seeing the graying of their populations, and the steady march of the demographic bulge towards pensionable age.
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
- They Need Food, With Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 29, 2004)
Often I get asked what makes a woman journalist different to a man. What is it we bring to the trade that men cannot? I can speak only for myself and will say that I look at political issues differently to my male colleagues.
- Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 29, 2004)
Joining the international tsunami warning system will help, but even so there will be much that has to be done within the country.
- Was It A Human Failure? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 29, 2004)
Whether it is natural disasters or medical emergencies... it is precious minutes that make the difference between life and death. In the recent tsunami catastrophe, those precious minutes were squandered away by ignorant bliss resulting in the loss thousa
- We Failed To Stitch In Time, But... (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Dec 29, 2004)
A gatt derogation will finally lapse as the world rings out the MFA (Multi Fibre Arrangement) on January 1. It will free the $360-billion global textiles and apparel
- What Can India Get? (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Dec 29, 2004)
Most of us are unaware of the extra charge called the Asian premium which India and other Asian importers of crude oil from West Asia have to pay. The US and Europe are free from this levy.
- A Poor Relief Effort (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2004)
People sometimes become so close to their pets that they can go to extraordinary lengths. A Texan woman has become the first to have her pet, a cat named Nicky that died last year
- Cloning Pets (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2004)
People sometimes become so close to their pets that they can go to extraordinary lengths. A Texan woman has become the first to have her pet, a cat named Nicky that died last year
- Coping With Depression (Hindu, Nick Johnstone, Dec 29, 2004)
'Depressed' describes a debilitating illness. It is not a word to idly bandy about.
- Fdi Khichdi: Pile On The Ketch-Up (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 29, 2004)
Mr P Chidambaram, the country’s reformer—‘reformer’ in every sense of the term—began smelling a rat the day FDI (foreign direct investment) was sought to be increased in the tomato ketch-up industry.
- Helping Hand (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 29, 2004)
It is becoming increasingly important to save Indian democracy from the politicians. The Election Commission’s running battle against Bihar’s politicians proves this once again.
- Great Indian Sexcapade (Indian Express, G.J.V. PRASAD, Dec 28, 2004)
It is with amusement and concern that I have been forced to follow the brouhaha over and investigation into the MMS sex scandal. When it all began I was outraged by the boy’s “ungentlemanly
- Global Commodity Boom Set To Continue (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 28, 2004)
Strong demand and rise in investments globally in 2004 in the wake of the world economy's upswing fuelled a price boom for key commodities, both oil and non-oil, especially metals and minerals.
- Death By Water (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2004)
The tsunami tragedy flags again the need to shore up our meteorological preparedness
- Baptised, But Boundary Remains (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 28, 2004)
The gutter inspectors are out, revelling in the discomfort of devout Hindus, telling us exactly what's wrong with us. To begin with, it's the Brahmins and the caste system, a euphemism for the fact that we're still a predominantly Hindu society.
- Can Indian Carriers Soar In The Open Skies? (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 28, 2004)
With a new civil aviation policy expected to set India's public and private sector carriers free, they should really take advantage of the open skies.
- A Shaky Start (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2004)
For all the political strength that United States President George W. Bush gained at the end of the last electoral cycle, there are enough signs that the early months of his second term will not be trouble-free.
- The Living Count The Dead (Indian Express, E. P. Unny, Dec 28, 2004)
Chennai's morning people aren’t there at the beach on Monday. The walkers have been asked to stay away for a couple of days. We aren’t taking any chances, says a policeman
- A Tide Of E-Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2004)
Computers and electronic gadgets that have reached the end of their useful life in the industrialised countries present a major environmental problem for India and other developing countries, turning up at their ports as e-waste.
- Armenia's Isolation Grows Deeper (Hindu, Susan Sachs, Dec 28, 2004)
As winter closes in, bringing the risk of new hardships in a country heavily dependent on imports and foreign aid, the prospects appear grim without outside intervention.
- Common Cause (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2004)
Adversities throw up new challenges. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Maoist rebellion in Nepal has prompted India to rethink its relations with the Himalayan neighbour.
- Tsunami’S Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2004)
When Nature unsheathes its frightening weaponry with full fury, there is pretty little that mankind can do despite its many technical advances.
- Left’S Base Is Shrinking (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Dec 28, 2004)
THE leading lights of the CPM Politbureau seem to get up every morning with a determination to say “no” to whatever the Centre might propose. So, if it is “no” to disinvestment today
- Powers To Be Misused (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 28, 2004)
The CBI seems to be losing its veneer of being a non-partisan investigating body and is increasingly coming across as an arm of whichever is the party in power.
- Sorry Show At The Goa Iffi (Deccan Herald, UTPAL BORPUJARI, Dec 28, 2004)
The emphasis on festivities could not hide the conspicuous absence of quality films and known personalities
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