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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 3108:
- Disturbed Enough To Act? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2001)
THE latest incidents of killing of civilians belonging to the minority community in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan-trained groups of terrorists has forced the Centre to exercise the last option available to it.
- Unanswered Questions (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 09, 2001)
It’s official. The Agra Summit collapsed because of two words. The first was ‘‘cross-border terrorism’’.
- Killing Fields Of Kashmir (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 09, 2001)
A MONTH after the Agra summit, the need is to examine as to where India and Pakistan go from the impasse which occurred in the city of the Taj.
- New Head Of Npc (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2001)
A. K. Goswami, a bureaucrat of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed Director-General of the National Productivity Council (NPC).
- Vajpayee And Nehru (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 08, 2001)
The brief drama over the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's offer of resignation is now generally treated as closed.
- A Lamp Of Learning? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2001)
A HUGE controversy is raging in Indian academia about the alleged 'saffronisation of education'.
- In Search Of The Real Netaji (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 07, 2001)
Subhas Chandra Bose is, without doubt, one of the towering figures of the Indian freedom movement.
- Peace Assurances (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
THE assurance given by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to a group of 300 "Muslim clergy, academics, lawyers and others" that the peace process initiated by him would continue is a welcomeiteration of a rather repetitive but genuine stand.
- Pm Has No More Lifelines (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 06, 2001)
THE Prime Minister’s sudden offer of resignation last week had the desired effect and that was to demonstrate his indispensability. It had BJP MPs falling at his feet and NDA partners scurrying to his side.
- Deja Vu (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 06, 2001)
NEWS of recent happenings in India on the political and financial fronts must have acted like a deja vu effect on old timers who had been following public affairs in the country since Independence.
- The Crisis Of Physics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 06, 2001)
It’s not the ‘faith’ which makes frenzied demolitions against the backdrop of medieval war cries or a bachelor’s degree in jyotish vigyan or karmakand an acceptable ideological agenda.
- Urban Population Growth Way Below Official Estimates (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Aug 04, 2001)
India’s urban population grew at an annual exponential rate of 2.7 per cent in the 90s, according to data recently released by the Office of the Registrar General. As it turns out, this growth rate falls way short of previous official estimates.
- Handling Kashmir (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 04, 2001)
GEN. PERVEZ Musharraf comes from a culture that has irrevocable faith in one, and only one, God. It is natural for him to target one single issue to the exclusion of all others.
- Disinvestment In Heritage (Hindustan Times, K. M. Shrimali, Aug 04, 2001)
THE TATAS taking over the maintenance of the Taj Mahal hogged the headlines in electronic and print media last month.
- The Demise Of The Letter (Tribune, S. P. Dhawan, Aug 03, 2001)
SOME great romantics in the 19th century regretted that scientific discoveries, based upon analysis and dissection, had robed the rainbow and the flowers of much of their mystery and beauty.
- Lonely At The Top (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2001)
IT was genuine exasperation and disgust at the anarchy within the NDA that caused the prime minister’s offer to resign.
- Chinese Checkers (Hindustan Times, Mohit Sen, Aug 01, 2001)
THE AGRA summit has quite naturally been at the centre of political activity and comments in recent weeks. It would be, however, ‘unifocal’ — to use Jaswant Singh’s felicitous phrase — not to take account of another summit meeting that has concluded.
- Till We Meet Again: Lessons From Agra (Hindustan Times, Kanti Bajpai, Aug 01, 2001)
THE SUMMIT is over. Long live the summit. Agra was a failure in the sense that a piece of paper was not initialed by India and Pakistan. But it was not a complete failure.
- Accept Loc As Border (Indian Express, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Aug 01, 2001)
IF Pakistan is to stand shoulder to shoulder on the world stage with developed nations it must see that its options are not — as it would appear at first sight — between military and democratic rule.
- The Perils Of Secrecy (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 31, 2001)
THERE used to be a healthy relationship between editors and the government. Prime ministers would take them into confidence on matters of importance.
- Mega Chhaye (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 31, 2001)
IT was raining heavily the day a baby girl was born to Fatimawati and Sukarno in the late 1940s, and on hand to share the joy and celebration was Biju Patnaik — sent by Nehru to unnerve the Dutch colonialists who ruled over Indonesia till 1948.
- Reforms: Why Things Aren't Hunky-Dory (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Jul 30, 2001)
GLOBALISATION and marketisation of economics, politics and culture are primarily spearheaded by global capitalism. Many individuals are opposed to the crass commercialism and consumerism that globalisation brings with it.
- Autonomy Will Redeem Ladakh (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 30, 2001)
In his article, 'Ladakh revisited' (July 10), Bharat Jhunjhunwala laments that the motivation for the Ladakhi Buddhists' campaign to carve Ladakh out as a Union Territory is the Central dole for economic development.
- Kashmir Dispute: Digging Deep Into 50 Years Of History (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 30, 2001)
“IT seems to be our function to go on agreeing and Pakistan’s to go on refusing and rejecting, although we happen to be the victims of Pakistan’s aggression."
- Vajpayee Under Pressure (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 30, 2001)
CLOSE observers of the Prime Minister have noticed of late a certain dejection written across his mien.
- Disinformation War (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did well to state on Thursday that General Pervez Musharaff's talk of a split in the Indian ranks during the Agra summit was baseless and could stand in the way of future talks with Pakistan.
- The Unspooling Of General Musharraf (Indian Express, Ayaz Amir, Jul 28, 2001)
Pakistan’s military ruler and president has found his forte: the press conference.
- Disinformation War (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 28, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did well to state on Thursday that General Pervez Musharaff's talk of a split in the Indian ranks during the Agra summit was baseless and could stand in the way of future talks with Pakistan.
- Democratic Shock Absorbers (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 28, 2001)
A liberal system wins out over dictatorial swagger.
- Reneging On The Promise To J&k (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 27, 2001)
The failure of the summit at Agra was unfortunate. But the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's statement in the Rajya Sabha is a disaster. It has ruled out autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.
- America And The New World Order (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Jul 27, 2001)
INDIA is moving closer and closer to America. This is now much in evidence. Are we destined to be a satellite of America? Or, can we have a meaningful relation?
- Sos: Allahabad On Life Support (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jul 27, 2001)
THERE’S this mile-long stretch of a high-street that cuts through the centre of Allahabad, bang in the heart of the Hindi heartland. The Brits first built the street and named it after one of their Viceroys, Lord Canning.
- Beyond The Botched Summit (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 26, 2001)
AS a people we are strangely disinterested in history which perhaps explains why we are condemned to repeat our mistakes all too often.
- Ouster In Disgrace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2001)
IN October, 1999, Mr Abdurrahman Wahid was sworn in as Indonesia's first democratically elected President with much fanfare and tremendous public enthusiasm.
- Now, The Third Decade In Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 25, 2001)
NOW THAT the principled prejudices have been so firmly and so unequivocally re-stated at Agra, it is time for India to start preparing itself for the third decade of the Kashmir problem.
- Goodwill Hunting (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2001)
The gains at Agra have eclipsed Shimla.
- Dialogue Without Illusions (Hindu, Husain Haqqani, Jul 24, 2001)
THE AGRA summit marks the revival of a dialogue that could take a long time to conclude.
- Treaty In Waiting (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Jul 24, 2001)
‘IT SEEMS puerile to quibble over whether it is a formal offer or not.’ It is hard to believe that this was L.K. Advani’s reaction, on November 22, 1981, to Indira Gandhi’s reservations on Pakistan’s offer of a no-war pact.
- From Krishna Menon To Jaswant Singh: Four Decades Of Kashmir Dialogue (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 23, 2001)
FEW summits in diplomatic history have been so one-sided, so ill-planned on the one side and so well-planned on the other, as the Indo-Pak summit at Agra.
- India’s Glorious Past And Pakistan (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 22, 2001)
BEGUM Sehba Musharraf’s tart but sad reply when asked if she had any memories of her birthplace, Lucknow, was a reminder of the heightened sensibilities of those whom Salman Rushdie calls “the type of Mohajir who had arrived (in Pakistan) with God.
- Tilting At Windmills (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2001)
Little nameplate slabs deeply embedded in huge stone walls or heavily fringed by masses of bougainvillaea give New Delhi’s Amrita Shergill Marg a discreteness its residents have gotten used to.
- A General’s Warped History Lecture (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 20, 2001)
ONE turning-point in the India-Pakistan summit at Agra was Gen Pervez Musharraf's breakfast meeting with certain Delhi-centric editors picked up at random.
- Axe Falls On A Saffron Liberal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 20, 2001)
So there was no light at the end of the tunnel after all.
- A General’s Warped History Lecture (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 20, 2001)
ONE turning-point in the India-Pakistan summit at Agra was Gen Pervez Musharraf's breakfast meeting with certain Delhi-centric editors picked up at random.
- Govt. Circulars - Violation Of Rights (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jul 20, 2001)
THE REJECTION summarily by the Supreme Court, without giving any reasons, of the writ petition challenging the circulars of the Central Government by which prior approval is to be obtained from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Us-64 Imbroglio -- Are Banks And Fis The Milch Cows? (Business Line, Subramanyan Sundaresan, Jul 19, 2001)
THE Finance Ministry will most likely ask a consortium of banks and financial institutions, perhaps led by the LIC, to bail out the beleaguered UTI, consequent on its US-64 fiasco. This move raises several far-reaching issues.
- Another Summit, Another Promise Of Further Talks (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 19, 2001)
AGRA, JULY 18. As soon as I arrived here, I was reminded of the Tashkent and Shimla agreements between India and Pakistan.
- The Promise Of Equality (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jul 18, 2001)
IN THE past, Indian society was unique in the extremes to which it carried the principle and practice of inequality; today Indian intellectuals appear unique in their zeal for promoting the adoption of equality in every sphere of society.
- Governor No Rubber Stamp But Emblem Of Dignity (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 16, 2001)
“(A) Governor can do a great deal of good if he is a good Governor and he can do a great deal of mischief, if he is a bad Governor, in spite of the very little power given to him under the Constitution we are now framing.”
- Sustaining The Consensus (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 16, 2001)
WHATEVER THE outcome of the Agra summit, it has provided a precious byproduct in the domestic context - activation of the national consensus on foreign policy.
- Let Us Have The 'No-War' Pact First (Hindu, Murkot Ramunny, Jul 16, 2001)
The reported offer by the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, that he was prepared for a no-war pact with India gives a new direction to the talks in Agra.
- Will The New Realism Effect The Agra Summit? (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jul 15, 2001)
A consideration of the pressures and compulsions that appear to move General Pervez Musharraf as the Agra Summit nears has suddenly become urgent after Islamabad last week unexpectedly changed its tone.
- Cong Caught On The Wrong Foot Over Tea Party (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2001)
IF there was one party that seemed to have been caught in the storm over the cup of tea that the Pakistan High Commissioner proposed to have with the Hurriyat Conference, it was the Congress.
- Academics Annoyed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 15, 2001)
The Government plea is that the revised guidelines are a simplification of those in existence since 1986. This has failed to cut ice with academia. Anita Joshua reports.
- Swords In Their Sheaths (Hindustan Times, Rifaat Hussain, Jul 14, 2001)
Mutual hostility has been endemic to India-Pakistan relations.
- Naga Ceasefire And Manipur (Hindu, Radhabinod Koijam, Jul 13, 2001)
THE RECENT ceasefire with Naga militants announced by the Government of India without territorial limits caused a massive outburst of anger in Manipur.
- Import Power, Not Gas (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Jul 11, 2001)
OIL is relatively scarce, natural gas is relatively abundant. And gas is the cleanest fuel with the least greenhouse effect.
- The Rss' Sabotage (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Jul 09, 2001)
DR. SYAMA Prasad Mookerjee, founder-president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, whose death anniversary was observed by its present incarnation, the BJP, with added fervour on June 23, had played a seminal role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Moth-Eaten To Failed State (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 09, 2001)
IS THE chance for peace in the subcontinent better — or worse — now when Pakistan is under its weakest leader in recent memory?
- He Was Patriotic, Scholarly And Fearless (Tribune, Bal Raj Madhok, Jul 08, 2001)
THE founder president of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, first leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament and first martyr for the unity of truncated India, Shyama Prasad Mookerji, was born on July 6, 1901 at Calcutta.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 08, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.
- Ungoverned State (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 08, 2001)
As always, last week's unedifying drama in Tamil Nadu will soon fade from public memory.
- Atal's Burden (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jul 08, 2001)
THE forthcoming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit in Agra is neither the most important nor the most eventful one held between India and Pakistan.
- Atal's Burden (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jul 07, 2001)
THE forthcoming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit in Agra is neither the most important nor the most eventful one held between India and Pakistan.
- Flood Of Suggestions On Indo-Pak Talks (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 07, 2001)
FOR over a month what has dominated the Pakistani press, both English and Urdu, is the coming Vajpayee - Musharraf talks.
- Empty House (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 07, 2001)
India’s reputation of being ‘famously democratic’, as The Economist once wrote, has no challengers today.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 06, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Using Police As Cms’ Private Army (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 06, 2001)
THE barbaric show put up by the police in Chennai in the wee hours of last Saturday at the prompting of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha carries far darker shades than we saw during the 1975 Emergency.
- Andhra’s Tryst With Infotech In Public Health (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Jul 06, 2001)
Vision 2020 is Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s dream, within which he sets out a blueprint for providing affordable curative and preventive health care to all.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 06, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 05, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Deciding Kashmir's Future (Times of India, Zafar Meraj, Jul 05, 2001)
KASHMIR is not a bilateral issue, or a territory dispute between India and Pakistan and neither of the two has any moral or other right to discuss and take any decision with regard to its political future.
- The Ceasefire With The Nagas (Hindu, Murkot Ramunny, Jul 04, 2001)
THIS IS not the first time a ceasefire has been introduced in Nagaland.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 04, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 03, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 02, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Wish You Were Here (Hindustan Times, K.R. Malkani, Jul 02, 2001)
GENERAL PERVEZ Musharraf of Pakistan is visiting India in the next few days. He is welcome. Khush-Aamdeed.
- Moolah Down The Drain (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Jul 01, 2001)
THE OTHER evening it poured in Delhi. That is only to be expected: it has been announced by the met authorities that the monsoon has arrived in full swing.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 01, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- The Seeds Of Separatism In The North-East (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jul 01, 2001)
THERE are two aspects of the demand for which the Isaac Swu-Thuingaleng Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland is engaged in insurgency.
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