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Articles 30821 through 30920 of 31829:
- Iron Man Nationalism And Polls (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Nov 19, 2003)
Chief Ministers of Gujarat often pride themselves as Sardar Patel, the Iron Man, as he was fondly called. Perhaps Narendra Modi, too, thinks he’s another Sardar. As the BJP’s star campaigner in the coming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan an
- How Effective Is Cloud-Seeding? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Nov 19, 2003)
Although cloud-seeding is several decades old, its effects remain unproven and even controversial.
- Punishing Granny Slote (Indian Express, A. Balu, Nov 19, 2003)
It may sound fictional, but this is a true story narrated by US lawmaker Byron Dorgan in the Senate recently about Joan Slote, a 76-year-old grandmother and a champion cyclist, riding about hundred miles a week. She has pedalled through 21 countries. A fe
- Friendship In Deep Waters (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 19, 2003)
There’s something fishy in the budding romance between India and Iran, and methinks it’s got to do with the gas pipeline that Teheran is so keen to build overland via Pakistan and into India. Of course, New Delhi has had other ideas for the longest time —
- Up In The Andes, The Incas Reclaim Their Lost City (Indian Express, John Noble Wilford, Nov 19, 2003)
Some forgotten cities in the mountains of Peru, abandoned to overgrown ruin, remained ‘‘lost’’ only because their possible significance was not fully appreciated by earlier explorers. That happened to a place known as Llactapata.
- Money For Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The Judeo episode again highlights the pervasiveness of corruption in the system
- Minority Report, Parsee Way (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 19, 2003)
The community has a recipe for harmonious integration
- The Menace From Iraq (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Nov 18, 2003)
Instead of curbing terrorism, the military intervention in Iraq has caused, and will continue to cause, an increase in terrorist activities in different parts of the world.
- India's Afghan Stakes (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 18, 2003)
India's neglect of its historical partners in Afghanistan, the Pashtuns, is inexcusable. Resetting policy parameters is not going to be easy.
- Grain Of Truth (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 18, 2003)
Nomads nudge the world to move on
- Jayalalithaa Underlines The Urgent Need To Codify Privileges (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 18, 2003)
It would be a pity if after the unanimous demand by the press to codify privileges of legislatures, the Central government failed to act. The matter has been hanging fire since the introduction of the Constitution in January 1950.
- Talking With E. Sreedharan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 18, 2003)
‘I don’t budge just to please somebody else. When politicians find they can’t interfere, they respect’
- Towards The Near West (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 17, 2003)
Central Asia is once again on India’s diplomatic map
- Questionable Practices In Us Mutual Funds (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 17, 2003)
IN THE last wave of scandals to hit Corporate America, we saw the top management of companies such as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom exposed on account of their financial irregularities. New legislation was introduced to oversee the public accounting companies
- Reaffirming A Partnership (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
INDIA AND RUSSIA took a step towards re-establishing multipolarity in international politics by reaffirming their longstanding strategic partnership during the visit of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- History Repeating Itself? (Hindu, John Simpson, Nov 17, 2003)
If Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz had done a little light historical reading beforehand, they might have thought twice about following exactly what the British did, 83 years ago.
- New American Slogan (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Nov 17, 2003)
Bush has called for a democratic revolution in the Mid-East and elsewhere. Is it mere rhetoric or is he really sincere about it?
- Right Direction (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
Vajpayee’s three-nation visit augurs well for an independent Indian foreign policy
- What Anon Wrote To The Amma (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Nov 16, 2003)
Dear Mr Santhanam,
We understand your secret organisation has been carrying out work all over the world on the lines of Alcoholic Anonymous and you have ‘‘cured’’ many a world leader. I want more information urgently. I assure you it will be kept confide
- War Zone (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 16, 2003)
It was supposedto be the next big business opportunity. But for many of the Indian firms, that didn’t quite happen
- What Us Steel Tells Indian State (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 16, 2003)
This week I write from New York where one of the most interesting stories when seen through my Indian eyes was the WTO decision, last week, to uphold an earlier ruling that censured the Bush administration for raising tariffs on imported steel.
- Bush Agrees On Free Iraq By June (Indian Express, Susan Sachs, Nov 16, 2003)
Council to unveil power transfer plan
- Jindal A Step Away From History (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 16, 2003)
It is dusk as the 10-seater Cessna comes to a halt at a small airport here on Friday, and waiting supporters chant ‘‘Bobby, Bobby’’. TV cameras push forward, flashlights pop, as Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal emerges with wife Supriya from the plane.
- Express Impact (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 16, 2003)
Companies are notorious for ignoring investor grievances. And although it is impossible to help all investors who have sunk their money into companies that vanish with amazing regularity, the issues that we highlight have helped some of our readers to get
- Blackwill Successor Brings Economics To The High Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 15, 2003)
Resume: CSFB, Latin American reforms
- The Men In White (Indian Express, Manju Mehta, Nov 15, 2003)
It’s not just Prince Charles who’s amazed
- Energising Ties (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
Indo-Russian cooperation on nuclear energy is a step toward the future
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- Meeting Of Minds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
There is greater potential for co-operation and joint action between India and Russia
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- Does Bush Have Options In Iraq? (Indian Express, K. P. Fabian, Nov 15, 2003)
There are some signals that America is looking for an exit strategy in Iraq to be implemented as the presidential election in November 2004 approaches. Ambassador Robert Blackwell, currently working as the deputy national security advisor to the president
- World Kayoes American Sports Myth (Indian Express, Mike Penner, Nov 15, 2003)
The US baseball team fails to qualify for the Olympics. Its athletes win medals, lose dope tests. Is Uncle Sam a has-been?
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder. According to an official report of the Andhra Pradesh Government on
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- U.S. Unhelpful In Hijack Probe (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Nov 14, 2003)
Yesterday's India-Russia joint declaration condemning "double standards" in the United States' war against terrorism may have been provoked by the recent developments in the ongoing investigation of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight IC-814.
- Sharon And The House Of Saud (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 14, 2003)
Israel and Saudi Arabia have to do a deal to neutralise in-house conflict mongers
- Axis Of Evidence (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Nov 14, 2003)
The Beijing-Islamabad-Riyadh nuclear nexus poses new challenges
- Telgi’S Stamp Of Character (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Nov 14, 2003)
Imagine, the man could have funded at least 50 missions to the moon!
- A Fight To The Death In Nepal (Asia Times, Dhruba Adhikary, Nov 14, 2003)
Anyone going through literature put out by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) will understand that the ultimate aim of the "People's War", launched in early 1996, is to convert the Himalayan kingdom into a state run by the believers of Marxism-Leninism
- Debits Of Disintegration (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 13, 2003)
ACCOUNTING is a post-mortem exercise, many say, because you record what has happened. Auditing happens normally after accounting, and that is, therefore, a post-post exercise. And when there is a collapse of auditing — as happens on the surfacing of a cor
- A-Plus For Big B (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
Quite correct, Mr Bachchan, show biz does reflect the nation
- Bihar Needs A Bihari Pill (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 13, 2003)
Look at points of light in heart of darkness
- When Babus Decide Cases (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 13, 2003)
While the government is forging ahead with its October 31 decision to introduce a unified licence in the telecom sector, the Supreme Court has admitted a petition that indirectly seeks to roll back the whole initiative. For all their reservations about it
- Taking Reforms To The Grassroots (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, Nov 12, 2003)
Committees, working groups need to adopt a collaborative rather than a confrontationist approach
- Global It Bounces Back (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Nov 12, 2003)
While a long, rough two-year ride for the global information technology industry appears to be just about over, the implications for the United States are ominous. Commercial activity is picking up strongly in the US, and job data is starting to come arou
- ‘We Started Decrying Five-Star Culture Without Realising It Was A Synonym For Excellence’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 11, 2003)
Jaswant Singh, Union Finance Minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express.
- India's `Pamir Knot' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 11, 2003)
Although India moved quickly after the collapse of the Soviet Union to engage the newly independent republics, it was Tajikistan that drew real close to India and became New Delhi's natural ally in Central Asia.
- Us Tightens Grip On Education Visas (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Nov 11, 2003)
The last time that the US was strict on student visas was in the late '80s and the early '90s. US's loss will be Australia, UK, or Germany's gain.
- India Inc Goes Shopping (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Nov 11, 2003)
Many Indian companies are deciding India isn’t big enough for them. This is a classic path that has been followed by many other countries as their economies create investors eager to play on a world stage, with more money than the local economy can bear.
- Lucknow In A Labyrinth (Indian Express, V. N. Kakar, Nov 11, 2003)
In Lucknow, they have two remarkable landmarks. One is called the Bhulbhalian (labyrinth). The other is the Ghazi-ud-Din Hyder canal. Both were built centuries ago by the nawabs of Agra and Oudh. Bhulbhalian was the offshoot of a famine. The nawab wanted
- Sailing Up (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2003)
Domestic steel prices will firm up further
- Personal Policies (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 09, 2003)
Minister of State for Finance A V Adsul wanted his loyal political worker Anwar Ibrahim Qasi to be appointed as his assistant personal secretary. But the Shiv Sena minister was thwarted by the Department of Personnel which turned down his candidate on the
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
Jaya doesn’t want you to read this. She wants to send its writers to jail.
- Reversal Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 09, 2003)
That Industrial Development Bank of India’s (IDBI) revival plan includes a possible reverse merger with IDBI Bank is old news. But IDBI under M. Damodaran’s leadership has planned a far more ambitious future for itself and has even finalised its revival s
- News Reel 02-11-03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
SRI LANKA plunges into chaos as President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacks three key ministers of the Ranil Wickremasinghe government. Accusing the Prime Minister of yielding too much to the Tamil Tigers, she, however, asserts the peace talks will be on course
- Jews And Israelis (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Repentant, Resolute (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 08, 2003)
Atal Behari Vajpayee spoke to Britain’s FINANCIAL TIMES and the paper immediately spotlighted two moments: ‘‘Justice will be seen to be done’’ in Gujarat, India’s Prime Minister told the FT. He also ‘‘vehemently’’ rejected any suggestion that the economic
- Live And Inclusive (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Don’t blame Harry Potter alone for this headache. Plug into the latest cricket match
- Opening Access To Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Since the first scientific journal appeared in French in 1665, the publication of scientific journals has become an industry in its own right. Scientists scramble not just to be the first to publish a discovery, but also to have their work ...
- Peace Through The Looking Glass (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
"THE RULE IS," the Queen told Alice in Lewis Carroll's classic, Through the Looking Glass, "jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday — but never jam today." To anyone who has been following the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir since ...
- Other Headlines (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Outsource Or Perish! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 07, 2003)
OUTSOURCING is being viewed by politicians, legislators, media and the public in the US as an unmitigated evil. Even academics who ought to know better have been denouncing it as the cause of layoffs of American personnel by corporates and erosion of grow
- Global Beauty: Mix West And Sadda Punjab (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 07, 2003)
Saira Mohan has been on 50 magazine covers; Newsweek is the latest
- Shrug Off The Cold War, This Is A New World (Indian Express, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Nov 07, 2003)
Pragmatism on the China front, infotech companies as a force multiplier. On security, think out of the box
- For A Chief Of Baghdad (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 07, 2003)
The military process in Iraq is overwhelming the political one
- War On Terror: The Us Dilemmas (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 07, 2003)
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan... all represent the difficult challenges facing the US diplomacy in the world today, according to a recent report by a Task Force co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York. G. P arthasar
- Iran's Sensible Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
IRAN HAS AVERTED a conflict with the United Nations Security Council by meeting a deadline set by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA had called upon Iran to suspend efforts to enrich uranium, permit intrusive and short-notice ...
- Lotteries: Regressive Taxation? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 07, 2003)
Do lotteries constitute a regressive form of taxation that ruins the poor? Those who play them are generating funds for projects that benefit the public, without tax rates having to be hiked. But, as most lotteries are played by people who can least affor
- Battling Alzheimer's (Hindu, Anahad O Connor, Nov 07, 2003)
Studies on Alzheimer's suggest that the benefits of a non-pharmacological approach should not be overlooked.
- That Anywhere Feeling (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 06, 2003)
In its last issue, the newsmagazine The Week, carried an extended desi travelogue: an account of ‘‘ten fun cities for the traveling male.’’ It does seem odd for a magazine to focus solely on the male traveler when there is a surge in women traveling for w
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- `We And The Americans Are Looking In The Same Direction' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 06, 2003)
In the midst of chaos that is Baghdad today, its Deputy Mayor for Technical Affairs, Mr Faris Alasam, retains his calm and sense of humour. In an interview to Business Line in his office in Baghdad, he was optimistic about Iraq's future, but said the Amer
- Past Imperfect, Present Tense (Indian Express, Raghav Gupta, Nov 06, 2003)
Iraq’s problems have more to do with Saddam’s legacy than with Bush’s intervention
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- India And Sino-Pak. Ties (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 06, 2003)
In the past India had tried, without much success, to keep China out of the subcontinent. If India can now think out of the box, leveraging Chinese power to restrain Pakistan becomes an interesting option.
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Are Dams A Boon Or A Bane? (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Nov 05, 2003)
In recent years there has been a sustained campaign against the construction of dams in general, and those on the Narmada in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in particular. The movement is spearheaded by the likes of Medha Patkar and Arundhati Roy
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
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