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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 3108:
- Don’T Spare Me, Shankar! (Indian Express, R. K. Murthi, Dec 27, 2005)
Greatness is a very elusive quality. The great are great not because they are perfect, but because they manage to overcome the limitations set by their weaknesses most of the time.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Merry X’Mas. No, Sorry, Merry Winterval! (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 25, 2005)
There are 196 families in the highrise building in which I live in central Mumbai, and none of them is Christian. Yet, when December arrived, the housing society put up a banner inviting families to participate in upcoming Christmas celebrations.
- We, They And The Idea Of India (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen, in his book The Argumentative Indian, has underlined the significance of India’s heterodox past and pluralist present and the critical role played by our rich and long tradition of dialogue and discussion . . .
- Stop Wasting Money Over Earthquake Trips ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
It has been over two months since one of the worst ever earthquakes rocked the State of Jammu and Kashmir
- Focusing On The Urban Poor (Daily Excelsior, Allah Bukhsh, Dec 25, 2005)
An increasing share of our population now lives in urban India, notwithstanding the fact that India by and large still lives in villages. About 65 million persons were added to our urban population in the decade of the ‘90s alone.
- Task Before Sri Lankan President (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 24, 2005)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse is coming to India a day after the Christmas in his first overseas visit. During his four-day state visit, he will take up the threads of discussions his foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera had . . .
- The Chinese Fireworks (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
Western observers are of the opinion that as far as the pace of economic development is concerned, the Chinese dragon is moving faster than the Indian elephant.
- Parliament Sacks 11 Over Graft (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 24, 2005)
Parliament on Friday sacked 11 members caught on film taking cash for asking questions in the latest of a series of graft scandals that have angered, but not surprised, the country.
- Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Tribune, Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd), Dec 24, 2005)
Left's proclivity for opposing the UPA government on devious issues came to the fore when it decided yet again to hold demonstrations against the government decision to conduct a joint exercise between the US and the Indian Air Force.
- Eight New Schemes For The Tsunami-Hit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Pension for women widowed by disaster
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy announced eight more schemes for the victims of last year's tsunami on Friday.
- Bjp Member Gives Dissenting Note On Bansal Panel Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The five-member panel, headed by Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal of the Congress, which probed the cash-for-questions scam in Parliament, has held by overwhelming majority that the continuance of the 10 Lok Sabha MPs caught on camera in a sting operation . . .
- Look Who’S Communal (Indian Express, AMAR SINGH, Dec 23, 2005)
This is with reference to T.V.R. Shenoy’s article, ‘Too many Red faces’ (IE, November 17). I am rather disappointed that he has chosen to attack the Samajwadi Party-Left Front stand on the US-Iran standoff on fallacious grounds.
- Sbi To Install 15 More Atms In Madurai Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
DGM inaugurates 62nd ATM in Dindigul
State Bank of India would install 15 Automated Teller Machines in Madurai zone comprising 136 branches in nine districts shortly. It would install ATMs at important railway stations, said N. Sadasivam, . . .
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- Saudi-India Ties Looking Up (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 23, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday he would visit Saudi Arabia in January and Saudi King Abdullah will be the chief guest on the Indian Republic Day Parade on January 26.
- Evidence Incriminating: Bansal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Panel found no merit in the MPs' plea that the video footage was doctored
V.K. Malhotra submits dissent note
Prompt action alone can restore people's confidence
- Cash-For-Questions Scam — Implications For Democracy And Society (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 22, 2005)
The time has come for both the classes and masses of the country to face up to, and do something about, a progressively deteriorating polity.
- A Debt Repaid (Times of India, Raj Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
He was our maths teacher. Winter or summer, we never saw him dressed in anything but his impeccably white khaddar churidar pyjamas, a long white kurta of the same material and a sleeveless jacket which, later, Jawaharlal Nehru made famous.
- Ties Of Time (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 22, 2005)
For most people, Aligarh conjures us images of the university. For me, it is a city of endless surprises. For instance, I met in Aligarh at least two well-to-do Muslims who talked very nostalgically about their Rajput forefathers.
- `Schools Must Inculcate Values In Students' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Deva Matha Central School, Banaswadi, celebrated its 16th Annual Day recently. Chief guest Catrina Hastings, headmistress of Frank Anthony Junior School, stressed the importance of parents' interaction with children. She said schools must inculcate . . .
- Gandhi & Ambedkar-I (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Dec 22, 2005)
With the establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885, the social discourse which began with Raja Rammohan Roy in the 1820s slowly moved towards the political.
- Reservation Bill Tabled In Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Slated for discussion today
BJP voices protest
We are opposed to Bill on a constitutional point: CPI (M)
- Where Does Saarc Go From Here? (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 20, 2005)
IS there a heaven for dead prime ministers in which rivers of milk and honey flow as mellifluously as their rhetoric did while they were on earth? If so, one can imagine at least two of them — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai comparing notes . . .
- Melting Pot Of Cultures (Hindu, M. L. Nigam, Dec 20, 2005)
Academic homage to the splendid treasures of Gandhara art, many of which are no more to be seen
- Whitewash For The Tainted 11 (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 20, 2005)
To begin with, the cash-for-questions sting operation drew a quick response from the political class. Various parties, the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman acted with despatch, and it led to the suspension of the lone Rajya Sabha . . .
- Paving The Way For Islamistan (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 20, 2005)
It is time ulemas got rid of their obsolete ideas and accepted ijtehad which was permitted in early Islamic tradition, says Prafull Goradia
- Stinging Rebuke Is Called For (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Dec 20, 2005)
It's not enough to expel the errant MPs from the House; steps must be taken to ensure there is no repetition of the offence, says Ahtesham Qureshy
- Mps For Hire? Enforce Ethics (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Dec 20, 2005)
Stung by criticism in the British House of Commons in the early 1990s, Mohammed Al-Fayed, owner of the Harrods Group, turned to a lobbying firm for help. He suspected that a business rival was behind the attacks and wanted some remedial action . . .
- India's Eastward Ho! But How? (Pioneer, Tarun Basu , Dec 19, 2005)
Formation of an Asian proto-type of EU is far-fetched, thanks to too many internal contradictions, writes Tarun Basu
- Use Telemedicine To Reach The Masses: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Satellite to promote interaction among youth by 2007; to be built jointly by India and Russia
- Populism And Democracy (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a recent seminar on "Democracy, development and social inclusion" held in New Delhi on December 8, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provided an economist's perspective of governance. Democracy, he said, was based on the notion of a popular mandate, . . .
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Abdul Waheed Faruqi, Dec 19, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- Indian President Emphasizes Need To Boost Maritime Security (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Stressing the need for increased maritime security, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Sunday [18 December] said that control of India depended on control of the seas.
- Strategic Importance (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Dec 19, 2005)
The July 18 Agreement suggests that the US accepts India’s nuclear capabilities.
- The Confucian Party Of China (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 19, 2005)
For decades since the communist revolution in China, the name of the ancient sage Confucius (551-479 BC) was dirtier than mud. Today Chinese school children are being encouraged to learn the “Analects of Confucius” — a classic compilation of the master’s
- A Mix Of Old And New (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Tabish Khair enjoys Justine Hardy's ‘Wonder House’, a new spin on an old tale of Indo-British love.
- We Must Return To The Best Traditions Of Democracy (Tribune, Ashwani Kumar, Dec 18, 2005)
There is in the air, unmistakable flavour of an idea whose time has come — the idea of a vibrant and young India on the move, hastening to catch up with its own destiny and to play its rightful role in the shaping of a new global order in response to ....
- Pm Calls For Academy In Honour Of Tansen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
``Listening to your music and seeing you immersing in emotions, we feel the power and presence of God''
- Mou Signed With Suez Canal Authority For Sethu Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Will facilitate the construction, operation and management of the channel
- Straight From Hell (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 18, 2005)
The author has not embellished her tale but related the truth in all its starkness.
- 151 Glorious Years Of Connecting People (Daily Excelsior, APARNA MOHILE, Dec 18, 2005)
Among the many things, good and bad that the modern world has produced,' wrote Jawaharlal Nehru, ''surely the Postal system which covers the world, is one of its most beneficial activities. There is nothing bad about it, it is all good and it . . .
- Decline In Public Expectations (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Dec 17, 2005)
It requires no expertise or astrological skill to predict that Jehanabad could have occurred any time during the last couple of years. It was bound to happen. The next day, it was Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Are there no similarities and commonalities? ...
- Cash For Questions (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Another in the series of sting operations — a sensational camera expose of 11 MPs allegedly taking money for asking parliamentary questions — has been the hottest news of the week.
- There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Dec 17, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There’s no way to peace, peace is the way.” Twenty years on and the so-called paradise on earth is still craving for an eternal peace. How many years more!.. Has any body got the answer?
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- Post-Sting, It's Question Time For India (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 16, 2005)
Cash-for-question exposé has punctured the BJP's campaign on the Volcker report, says Kalyani Shankar
- India Must Respond Now To Pakistan On Kashmir (Daily Times, Jonathan Power, Dec 16, 2005)
The stakes are worth every sinew of action — the avoidance of a nuclear war and the chance of receiving the large amounts of foreign investment that China now receives, which will secure both countries’ rapid economic advance and . . .
- "We Have Made A Difference" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 16, 2005)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is observing 20 years of its struggle for a "just development paradigm" using the Sardar Sarovar dam — that displaces half a million families in four States — as a symbol. In an interview, NBA leaderMedha Patkartalks about . . .
- Games By Other Rules (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 16, 2005)
Why have we let politicking, in the worst possible way, infiltrate our lives in every sphere? The absolutely loutish manner in which former skipper Sourav Ganguly was ejected from the cricket team, in fact, from playing the game per se, . . .
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 16, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 16, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- Sacrificing Ideology (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 15, 2005)
It was bewildering to see socialist leaders, who have only contempt for Hindu ceremonies, attend blood-letting rituals at Kamakhya temple, writes Anuradha Dutt
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 15, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 15, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Identifying Problem Is Not The Solution (Pioneer, Uday Singh, Dec 14, 2005)
I have had the privilege of listening to Congress president Sonia Gandhi speak on various issues in Parliament. However, it was a surprise to hear an extremely expressive and candid Ms Gandhi speak at the "Leadership Summit" in New Delhi recently.
- From One In 1951 To Eleven In 2005 (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 14, 2005)
Despite several warnings, governments have shown little will to eradicate corruption
- The Cash For Questions Scandal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
That some Members of Parliament routinely accept bribes to ask parliamentary questions is one of the worst kept secrets in New Delhi's corridors of power.
- Archaic Prescriptions For Agriculture (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 14, 2005)
The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, must be congratulated on his candidness.
- On Money For Questions, There Are No Easy Answers (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 14, 2005)
As a sting operation confirms an open secret, Neerja Chowdhury takes stock of the distortions in Question Hour
- India’S Middle East Shuffle (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Dec 14, 2005)
On September 12, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs issued a statement which, inter alia, observed: “India welcomes the withdrawal of Israeli settlements from Gaza and northern West Bank, ....
- A New Deal For Old Cities (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Dec 13, 2005)
The example of Curitiba in Brazil, which has attracted global attention for innovative urban plans using low-cost technologies, shows that inclusive development models for urban renewal are workable.
- India’S Asia Moment (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 13, 2005)
Nearly 60 years after it organised the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi, India’s moment to shape the continent’s destiny is at hand. Months before India’s independence, in March-April 1947, an impatient Jawaharlal Nehru laid out the grand . . .
- Political Parties As Family Firms (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 13, 2005)
As speculation grows about a possible elevation for the MP from Amethi, in the form of a place in the Union cabinet, or a general secretaryship of the Congress, it seems appropriate to reflect upon what the history of the Nehru-Gandhi family has meant for
- Chief Minister Rededicates Nagarjunasagar Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
'Left canal lift scheme serving Telangana to get equal treatment'
- Kalam For Speedy Justice (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Dec 11, 2005)
The dream of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that common Indians must get “cheap and speedy justice” found an echo at the function organised today to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Forgetting Sheikh Abdullah At 100 ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 10, 2005)
''It happens only in India'' That's the refrain of a song picturised some years ago on the late Amrish Puri.
- The Man In The Middle (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 10, 2005)
Nehru was an intelligent man who led an interesting life in most interesting times. And he could write.
- Can We Stay The Course On Urban Reforms? (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Dec 10, 2005)
Just before the Prime Minister left for Moscow, he launched the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Prime Minister's speech outlined the challenges of urban planning and highlighted the unresolved issues, not all of which have been . . .
- Art Lovers Would Love To Be Here. Are You One? - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 10, 2005)
Javaid Iqbal Bhat sums up his experience at the Indian National Achieves Complex, where are housed some rare pieces of art and literature
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- High Court: Looking Back (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 09, 2005)
The observance of the 50th year of shifting of the High Court from Shimla to Chandigarh brings back many nostalgic memories. I was then the General Secretary of the Punjab High Court Bar Association.
- Red Ribbon Express For Aids Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
One of the five special trains set to journey to various destinations across the country in the name of Red Ribbon Express for AIDS campaign would be reaching East Godavari district during January, according to N.S. Manoranjan, Youth Coordinator Nehru Yuv
- Improving Life In Urban India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2005)
Cities are supposed to be a leading engine of India's economic growth. But their chronic problems, including their crumbling infrastructure, deficient governance, and, most importantly, the appalling health and social indicators of the poor, . . .
- Nonalignment Today (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Dec 08, 2005)
One unintended outcome of the Volcker report is the debate it has sparked off on whether, in the 21st century, India should continue to define its foreign policy as a nonalignment country.
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Indo-Russia Relationship Based On Political Consensus: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Observing that there was no significant sector in India where it has not been benefited from Russia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight said the bilateral strategic relationship was based on political consensus in both the countries despite . . .
- How Many More Uma Bharatis And Raj Thackerays? (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2005)
Uma Bharati, once of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Raj Thackeray of the Shiv Sena may not be chips off the same block. But their resentment underlines the same point: personal ambitions dent the armour of parochialism as easily as that of pluralism.
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