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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Oratory Club Of India (OutLook, Jamal Ahmed Khan, Aug 14, 2007)
Both text and context mark out great speeches.
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Originally known as Qila-i-Mubarak — the Fortunate or Auspicious Citadel — its construction began in 1639 and was completed in 1648.
- Diplomat V-P (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 13, 2007)
With Hamid Ansari becoming the country’s Vice President, a career diplomat is occupying the post for the second time.
- History Within Its Covers (Deccan Herald, T C NARAYAN, Aug 13, 2007)
'India After Gandhi' chronicles a vast amount of history and bolsters it with massive research.
- The Way We Are (Asian Age, Suhel Seth, Aug 13, 2007)
The usual hullabaloo is about to begin this week and we will all be swamped by everything to do with celebrating our 60th year of Independence.
- Us De-Hyphenates India, Pak, Finally (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Sixty years after Partition, the US has finally separated India and Pakistan in its world view, with one seen as an emerging strategic partner and other as an indispensable ally in the war on terror.
- 60 Years Of Remembering (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 13, 2007)
Partition, the largest peace-time migration in history, which involved an estimated 14 million people and saw another million killed, has been something of a meta-narrative for the subcontinent.
- Shashi Tharoor: 60 Years Of Independence And Democracy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
When Nehru died, an earthquake rocked New Delhi. Cynics waited for his survivors to fight over the spoils; few predicted the democracy Nehru had been so proud of would survive.
- A Vital Interest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 11, 2007)
India’s tortuous relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this week, illustrate that legend and history do not always synchronize.
- India At 60: Special Report (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Ten miles south of Delhi, where the dusty scrub has been cleared and replaced by an ocean of quick-setting concrete, India is road-testing a new vision of its future.
- India's Yin And Yang 60 Years After Independence (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
India will turn 60 on Wednesday. In a speech that for Indians resonates as powerfully as Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address for Americans, nationalist leader and founding Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared that at midnight . . . .
- A Whiff Of Nostalgia For The Raj (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2007)
Sixty years of India’s independence is a publishers’ bonanza. Mountbatten’s daughter, Pamela, has published her memoirs of her days in Delhi when the Union Jack came down. Alex von Tunzelmann revisits the same period and subtitles his book . . . . .
- Britain Revisits Partition On 60th Anniversary (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2007)
LONDON — It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents’ past . . . .
- Follow The Evolving Leader (Telegraph, Mushirul Hasan, Aug 10, 2007)
The dates of this volume are significant and perhaps the principal reason for treating it a little separately from many of the previous 38 volumes.
- Caught In The Labyrinth Of Anyonymity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Debutante Payal Mohanka’s “In The Shadows – Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal” is an eye-opener on our unsung craftspersons. RANA SIDDIQUI
- Trailblazer Benegal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The Dadasaheb Phalke award, given for lifetime achievement in cinema, is a rare honour.
- Deadly Designs On Yamuna's Bed (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 10, 2007)
The Centre should either scrap the Commonwealth Games or relocate the site and plan in a transparent manner, writes Anuradha Dutt
- Third Front For Voting On Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Expressing strong opposition to the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, the UNPA indicated on Thursday that it would seek a discussion and voting on the issue in Parliament.
- Sixty Bitter Years After Partition (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
As the 60th anniversary of Indian Partition approaches, the BBC's Andrew Whitehead looks back at how and why independence from Britain meant the creation of two separate countries, India and Pakistan.
- Woman Suffers 80 Per Cent Burns In Acid Attack In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
A 22-year-old woman suffered serious burns when her husband allegedly threw acid on her in Mysore on Wednesday. It is also alleged that he forced her to drink it, which was mixed with liquor.
- India, Born In Violence, Celebrates Miraculous Survival (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 10, 2007)
Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.
- Adrian Hamilton: The Sordid Truth: We Cut And Ran In India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents' past, but the 60th anniversary . . . . .
- Bharatnatyam Popular Among Chinese Youth (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
After Bollywood films, classical Indian dance has caught the imagination of the Chinese, with a young woman in Beijing actively promoting Bharatnatyam among her compatriots, especially the tiny-tots.
- Sweet Deal (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Aug 10, 2007)
Anybody following the domestic response to the 123 Agreement must be appalled with the criticism of the deal.
- Born In Violence, India Celebrates (Tribune, Simon Denyer, Aug 10, 2007)
Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.
- Amendments ‘To Help Or Hurt Particular Individuals’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2007)
Numerous amendments have battered the Income-Tax Act, 1961, over the years. Bizarrely, some of these changes were meant ‘to help or hurt particular individuals.’
- Tunnel Vision On Civilisation (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 09, 2007)
It is remarkable that there has been very little controversy at the national level over the proposed Loharinag Pala hydro-electricity project on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district.
- Tricolour On Public Buildings On August 15 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
On Friday, August 15, the tricolour flag will be hoisted on all Government and public buildings in the Indian Dominion, it is learnt. An “Ad Hoc Committee” appointed by the President of the Constituent Assembly to look into the question. . .
- Beneficiaries Demand Release Of Widow, Old-Age Pensions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
A large number of people living in far-flung areas have been facing hardship in getting the widow and old-age pensions sanctioned under welfare schemes.
- 'Nehru Offered Plebiscite, Pak Agreed' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
The declassified documents from 1948 regarding Jammu & Kashmir show that Jawahar Lal Nehru had proposed to Pakistan, plebiscite in the State conducted by the United Nations.
- Hamid Ansari, The Last Hope (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Aug 08, 2007)
Swapan Dasgupta's article, "Ansari is Left but still right" (August 5), was surprising. It's surprising because the columnist has conceded that he had "the privilege of working with him (Mr Ansari) in the Indo-British Round Table and can vouch . . . .
- Uk Pushed For Referendum To Negate J&k's Accession To India (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 07, 2007)
The United Nations, the UK and the US had extensively discussed in 1948 the facilitation of an agreement between India and Pakistan for a ceasefire in Kashmir and the possibility of conducting an independently monitored referendum to supersede. . .
- Uruguay Backs J&k Separatists (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 07, 2007)
By the twitching of my thumbs, fresh mischief is brewing over our northern frontier.
- “There Was Nothing Inherently Wrong In Partition” (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 06, 2007)
Yasmin Khan, a British historian of India-Pakistan descent, questions some conventional assumptions about Partition in her bookThe Great Partition:
- After The Indian Century (Telegraph, SURENDRA MUNSHI, Aug 06, 2007)
Taking a broad view of how humanity had performed in the 20th century, I wrote in this paper some years ago that there are reasons for looking at the past century with despair.
- Govt Gets Green Signal For Tunnel Project (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The Delhi Government will implement the tunnel road project linking Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Lodhi Road to Commonwealth Games Village site on NH24 even without the approval of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC).
- The Wind Beneath Its Wings (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Even in this era of information and technology, there is a woeful dearth of material on the early days of the Royal Flying Corps and military aviation.
- ‘With Coalitions At The Centre, States Have More Power. It’S A Realisation Of What The Dmk Advocated All Along’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2007)
My guest this week is one of the youngest, brightest, and, mark my words, one of the most significant new entrants into the big bad world of our politics, Kanimozhi. How do you look at it, entering the big, bad world of national politics . . . .
- Pm Rules Out Tie-Up In Karnataka (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Amidst reports of JD-S’ reluctance to hand over power to its coalition partner BJP and feelers to the Congress, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today virtually ruled out tying up with the HD Deve Gowda-led party to form a government in Karnataka.
- Is Indian Press Independent? (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 04, 2007)
THE press in India has teased or even irritated the government but has enjoyed freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, said that the government disliked the liberties taken by the press.
- Whose Reform? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Saturday Special takes a hard look at land reforms, possibly the only survivor of the Nehruvian era.
- Bangalores Crumbling Infrastructure To Fore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Besides review of agriculture and progress of the Vidarbha-type package, Karnatakas infrastructure sector will come under sharp focus at the meeting that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address in Bangalore on Friday afternoon.
- Compromising India (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Aug 03, 2007)
This month India will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its independence. A large number of new books, their authors pretending to rewrite the event, are being published - some have already hit bookstores.
- Sanju Behind Bars That Breathe Gandhigiri (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
This could inspire the script for Munnabhai IV: the lovable rogue in a jail that is a hub of Gandhigiri.
- Will Mrts Elevate Travel Experience? (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Aug 03, 2007)
If the Ministry of Railways integrates the MRTS with other suburban rail lines running to the north, west and south west and follows the same hours of operation, it can make a qualitative difference to commuting in Chennai.
- Good News On Indo-Pak Trade Front (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 03, 2007)
The news that India and Pakistan have decided in New Delhi to increase their bilateral trade by six times to $10 billion by 2010 should not go unnoticed because it means the pulling down of some of the political barriers that have stymied economic . . .
- Copyright & Copy Left: Comrades Contest 1857 Film Credits (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 02, 2007)
With the holy war on communalism in apparent recession, comrades have nothing to lose other than a copyright — and that, in the age of intellectual property, is far more precious than chains.
- The Cancer Of Affiliated Colleges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2007)
It was 1954. This writer was working on a glorified post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in the United States, trying in the process to shift to biology which he had never studied, even in school.
- Heart Strings And Purse Strings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2007)
Only the other day we published the message of Mahatma Gandhi about the duty of the Press and we have done our best. The recent orders of the government mean nothing but that we shall be glorified issues of the Gazette of India...
- Tyranny Of The Representatives (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Jul 31, 2007)
If one were to think about the federal democracy of India, in the spirit of Tocqueville, then the current political happenings in Goa are an opportunity for us to examine our democratic practices. Goan politics is exposing once again the limits of . . . .
- Accepting Us Suzerainty (Pioneer, Satish Chandra, Jul 31, 2007)
The 123 Agreement, along with the Hyde Act, will adversely affect the evolution of India's nuclear weapon capability. It is the precursor to several moves by the UPA Government that will enhance India's dependency on the US and take it into the . . . .
- The 'Root Cause' Is Intolerance (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jul 31, 2007)
It has become a habit with Muslim intellectuals, particularly from the Aligarh Muslim University, to blame non-Muslims as the "root cause" for terrorist attacks all over the world.
- Buddha’S Smile In The Nuke Nook (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 31, 2007)
When someday the nuclear arming of the poor is near completion, with ‘a few dozen fourth-rate countries’ joining the ‘club’, people would continue blaming the Dutch for having allowed the Pakistani scientist, A. Q. Khan to obtain dangerous . . . .
- Non-Alignment Yes, Nam No (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Historian Ramachandra Guha has described Jawaharlal Nehru's policy of non-alignment as an attempt to place India "beyond and above the rivalries of Great Powers".
- Affairs Of Transition (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Pamela Mountbatten, the author of India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power, is the surviving daughter of the man chosen to lead India into Independence — dividing the country into two in the process.
- Two Missions For The 60th Anniversary (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Jul 28, 2007)
Much remains to be done to make India hunger-free and to achieve a rural knowledge revolution.
- Paris At Noon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
The red brick buildings of Jawaharlal Nehru University loom with tales. Down the narrow corridor, the search is for Room 22.
- The Old Faithful (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jul 28, 2007)
THESE days, when I read of domestic servants making off with the family’s jewellery and cash or, worse, murdering them, I often think of old Bhagat Ram whom we engaged as a bearer on my transfer to Patna in 1949.
- Mahatma Gandhi's Letter Back Home (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
The manuscript of Mahatma Gandhi written a few days before his death, which nearly went up for auction at Christie’s before being withdrawn, reached Delhi last week.
- The Long Wait For A Messiah (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 27, 2007)
It is truly strange to see the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership fall in line with the president of India, Pratibha Patil, after having carried out a vicious campaign to demean her, using an ever-obliging media to deliver the blows.
- Non-Alignment Yes, Nam No (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
Historian Ramachandra Guha has described Jawaharlal Nehru's policy of non-alignment as an attempt to place India "beyond and above the rivalries of Great Powers".
- Edwina-Nehru: Another Story (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
Did Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru have a sexual relationship? I don’t know but I would certainly hope so.
- Fresh Handle For Nehru-Bashing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 27, 2007)
Nehru-bashing is a favourite pastime in certain circles in India and abroad that feel his domestic and foreign policies are responsible for whatever is wrong with the Indian polity.
- A Long Political Trek To Raisina (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Pratibha Patil, who today created history by becoming the country's first woman President, has seen the rough and tumble of politics, including an unusually bitter campaign on her way to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Pratibha Sworn In President (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Pratibha Patil was on Wednesday sworn in as the country's first woman President with a booming 21-gun salute welcoming her ascendancy as the 12th President of India.
- India Paid Rs 15 Lakh To Bring Home The Mahatma Letter (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi just 19 days before his death has been brought back to the country from London after being bought by the government for about 18,000 pounds (Rs 15 lakh), a source said.
- ‘In ’93, Rao Turned Down Move To Set Up Anti-Terror Mechanism’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
“The first suggestion to establish an anti-terrorism mechanism with Pakistan had come after the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
- Relevance Of Being ‘Non-Aligned’ And Irrelevance Of Nam (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 26, 2007)
Historian Ramachandra Guha has described Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy of non-alignment as an attempt to place India “beyond and above the rivalries of Great Powers.”
- Bird Flu In Manipur, Only One Farm So Far, No Human Cases (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Almost a year after the country was declared free of bird flu following the outbreak in Navapur and Jalgaon in Maharashtra last February, the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal and the National Institute of Virology in Pune . . . .
- India's First Female President Sworn In To Office (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
India's first female president was sworn in Wednesday, vowing to work toward eliminating the widespread practice of aborting female fetuses and for the empowerment of women, who are often treated as second-class citizens.
- Forget About Nam (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 26, 2007)
Historian Ramachandra Guha has described Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy of nonalignment as an attempt to place India “beyond and above the rivalries of Great Powers”.
- Ladies’ Circle, But One Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Women were the stars in Parliament this afternoon when Pratibha Patil took oath as the country’s first woman President.
- Women Welcome Patil As President (Asian Age, Sonal Kellogg, Jul 26, 2007)
Prominent women from different fields welcomed the first woman President of the country maintaining that it was high time that India had a woman President but they also wanted to see her performance as the first citizen of the country.
- Pratibha Sworn In As India's President (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
A milestone was reached in India's history on Wednesday with Pratibha Patil being sworn in as the first woman President at a ceremony in Parliament.
- The Right's Wrongs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 25, 2007)
PUBLISHED on May 15 this year, this book makes a timely appearance.
- Short On Substance (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 25, 2007)
ALEX Von Tunzelmann read modern history at Oxford and has delved into the archives in London and New Delhi.
- An Era Of Vision (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jul 25, 2007)
In April 1985, the well-known journal Nature ran an editorial titled "Self-reliance means self-denial", welcoming the new policy of liberalisation of import of technology by India under the new government headed by Rajiv Gandhi.
- No Fading Away For Kalam (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 25, 2007)
The most popular ballad of the early 20th century hummed in US army barracks had a highly poignant line:
- Aiming High (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
LIKE any other growing city, Vijayawada, despite being the third largest in Andhra Pradesh, has its share of problems relating to water supply, underground drainage, storm water drains, solid waste management, roads and other civic amenities.
- There At Last (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2007)
Signatures are yet to be put on the nuclear deal between India and the United States of America, but for all practical purposes the deal is done.
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