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- Turning A New Page In The Red Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2005)
Under its new general-secretary, the CPI(M) will ensure that it is New Delhi’s line that prevails over the state units, argues Ashis Chakrabarti
- Time To Act Is Now (Deccan Herald, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 14, 2005)
VOTEINDIA, a national movement for citizens’ involvement in political reform, will be inaugurated on April 15
- Karat At The Helm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 13, 2005)
THE SMOOTH, UNANIMOUS election of Prakash Karat as general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . . .
- Kerala Pcc Rally Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2005)
Giving a new dimension to the ‘rally politics’ set off by the Karunakaran clan, the Kerala PCC is holding the first of its three rallies here on Wednesday in an apparent show of strength hardly two days after its former president K Muralidharan was shown
- Socially Fenced? (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Apr 12, 2005)
Since the Sariska catastrophe, the tigers are in the news but for all the wrong reasons. While the Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Sigh,
- A New Pattern? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 12, 2005)
Given the way things had developed, the Congress high command had perhaps no alternative to expelling Mr K Muraleedharan from the party for six years. . . .
- Take Time Out To Listen, To Love And Care For Your Elders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2005)
Marianne de Nazareth tells us that it is a tragedy when India known for its obsession with the ‘family’ are beginning to go the West way and are dumping their elders at homes without taking the time to listen to what they have to say or care for them . .
- Delivered To Death (Tribune, Vichitra Sharma, Apr 11, 2005)
Today, as every day, one woman will die every five minutes in India from maternity-related causes. . . . .
- Carry On, Comrades (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 11, 2005)
THE deliberations and resolutions at the 18th party congress of the CPM deserve more cheers than sneers. . . .
- Three Red Musketeers (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 11, 2005)
There are apparently three CPMs in India today. One is in West Bengal, which is in favour of economic reforms
- Muraleedharan Expelled From Congress For Six Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2005)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 10. The Congress today expelled the former president of its Kerala unit, K. Muraleedharan,
- Cancer Ward (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 10, 2005)
At the heart of all issues concerning morality and ethics is the problem of ends and means. Communism, or that part of it which makes gestures towards philosophy, has brushed aside the problem of ends and means. . . . .
- Fund Of Confusion (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 09, 2005)
To appear just is sometimes as good as being so. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), whether it intended to or not, may have somewhat reassured nervous non-governmental organizations by a decision made at the party congress.
- Fighting Factionalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 09, 2005)
After Failing to settle factional wars through consensus or compromise, the Congress high command appears to be . . . .
- Tata Tea's Exit Worries Planters (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , Apr 08, 2005)
COIMBATORE, APRIL 7. Tata Tea's exit from Kerala plantations this month has alarmed the tea industry....
- Strange Bedfellows (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 06, 2005)
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, but never without a reason . . .
- Indians Keep The Peace In Cyprus (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 03, 2005)
Indian policemen are lending a hand to the UN force in a troubled sector in Cyprus which runs through the old city of the world’s last divided capital, Nicosia.
- The Dance Festival Of The Season (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
Veteran dance critic SUNIL KOTHARI attends the Khajuraho dance festival, after an interval of three years.
- So Many Degrees Of Connection (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
For C F John art is more than a few strokes on the canvas. It is an active engagement with the reality. It tries to reconnect with the ‘body’ and know reality first-hand, notes JAYALAKSHMI K.
- Lacking Direction (Tribune, Mohan Dharia, Apr 02, 2005)
The Finance Minister has presented his Feel Good budget for 2005-2006.
- West Bengal: The Perception And Reality (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Apr 01, 2005)
MOST times, economic development is viewed in terms of industrialisation. While the latter is essential for economic transformation, it is not as if economic growth is not possible without industrialisation...
- Child, Interrupted (Pioneer, Aarti, Apr 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court's directive to Collectors and Superintendents of Police in every district to initiate immediate steps to prevent child marriages is commendable.
- Search For Ways To Keep Marx Alive (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 31, 2005)
Given the steady decline in the number of full-time workers and the apparent disinterest among its cadre, isn’t it time for the CPI(M) to decide on some new kind of action? asks Sumanta Sen
- Malayalam Fiction Loses Its Legend (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Vijayan’s novel Khasakinte Ithihasam (The Legend of Khasak) marks an epoch in Malayalam literary history and divides it into post and pre Khasak.
- A Heartening Response (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 31, 2005)
A SWIFT, COORDINATED response on the night of March 28 to a tsunami alert arising out of another powerful ...
- Gats And Freedom Online (Agence-France Presse, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 29, 2005)
India must use the Internet to expand the reach of its online services and open a wider market for its professionals, who can offer their talent to overseas clients
- A Brand For `India Tourism' (Agence-France Presse, B.S. Rathor, Mar 29, 2005)
Tourism will arguably be one of the drivers of India's economy into the 21st Century.
- Vat: Time Running Out (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 28, 2005)
Given the April 1 deadline for switching over to VAT, the longer some States stay out the more they lose out.
- Labour Reforms Hanging Fire (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 28, 2005)
Despite comprising JNU trained economists, the Left has not learned anything from data of over 15 years
- ‘Naxalite, Isi Modus Operandi Similar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2005)
Experts in the Home Ministry say the Naxals, like the Pakistani ISI, are using the poor and the illiterate as foot soldiers.
- Preparing For Competition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 26, 2005)
In a well-thought out plan, Air India is all set to launch the operations of its subsidiary, Air India Express (AIE), as a low-cost, no-frills airline to meet competition in the skies.
- ‘Naxalite, Isi Modus Operandi Similar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2005)
Security experts in the Home Ministry are concerned over the growing left wing extremism by Naxalites in the country because their modus operandi is similar to those of Pakistani ISI operatives.
- Expecting Relief Before Rains (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Mar 26, 2005)
A massive rehabilitation plan for the tsunami affected areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations.
- Expecting Relief Before Rains (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Mar 26, 2005)
A massive rehabilitation plan for the tsunami affected areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh has been prepared by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations.
- Dissent And Discipline (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2005)
With the Karunakaran faction of the Kerala unit of the Congress holding three public meetings in defiance of the high command, options are running out for those trying to bring about ...
- Mess In Mainstream Parties (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 25, 2005)
What a spectacle the octogenarian Mr K. Karunakaran, the veteran Congress leader in Kerala, is making of himself as well as of the once grand, old party of which he has been a member for six decades!
- Nationwide Access To Cure For Tuberculosis Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2005)
Death can come to a HIV patient suffering from tuberculosis within weeks, if left undiagnosed and untreated.
- Ngo Challenges Hc Verdict On Homosexuality (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2005)
Appealing against a Delhi High Court judgement, an NGO has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) which makes all types of unnatural sex, including homosexuality, a punishable offence.
- Sharp Curve Ahead (Telegraph, M. R. Venkatesh, Mar 22, 2005)
The DMK’s ambitions and its founding prin- ciples may queer the pitch for the Democratic Progressive Alliance
- The Raj Of Panchayats (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Mar 21, 2005)
The 73rd amendment to the Constitution (1992) was enacted for strengthening panchayati raj in India by according it a constitutional status, listing 29 subjects in the 11th Schedules for making plans for economic development and social justice.
- Holy? Unholy? A Knotty Issue (Deccan Herald, VATSALA GURUNATH, Mar 20, 2005)
In a society where equality and freedom are valued, should law decide one’s sexual orientations? As more and more same sex couples go ahead and get married, the issue is hotting up.
- The Lowly Dhoti (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Mar 19, 2005)
I have heard great praise for the saree and eulogies on how elegant it is as a dress. But not so of the ‘lowly’ dhoti, which is considered beneath the purview of fashion designers.
- Blood On Our Hands (Telegraph, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi , Mar 18, 2005)
While researching the AIDS epidemic in India, I met Arup and his wife Seema at a clinic in Mumbai. “We have been treated worse than street dogs,” Arup, a middle-aged man with a beard told me
- Engineering Quality (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 16, 2005)
The time has come to step up the level of monitoring and regulation to ensure that States are not saddled with too many sub-standard, self-financing engineering colleges.
- Conniving At Torture (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 16, 2005)
By refusing to ratify the international anti-torture convention, the rulers in New Delhi are showing their true colours
- Branding Health Tourism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 15, 2005)
What the Union Tourism Minister, Renuka Chowdhury, outlined for promoting health tourism, and her advocacy of positioning India as a medical hub, have been on the drawing ...
- New Deal For Rural India, Powered By Panchayats (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 12, 2005)
Lost in the din on withdrawal tax, and pushed to fringes by the FBT protests, is the `Bharat Nirman' that Chidambaram spoke of as a business plan
- Ruling Front Troubles (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 12, 2005)
The Congress High command is exhibiting an unprecedented readiness to take disciplinary action against the dissident group led by the former Chief Minister, K. Karunakaran, in Kerala.
- Scope For Improvement (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Mar 12, 2005)
The Budget 2005-06 presented by Siddaramaiah, the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, has several facets that will have a positive impact on the economy and also focus on the vibrant progress of the State.
- Patriarch As Rebel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2005)
In one of those classic coincidences that occasionally enliven Indian politics, both the BJP and the Congress are presently engaged in tamping down rebellion in the ranks fomented by regional party patriarchs.
- Jharkhand, And Chhattisgarh Ka Ankra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2005)
Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have lots in common, and the recent political crisis in Ranchi has bound them even closer. The two states are geographically contiguous, were born at the same time
- The New Threat To National Security (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Mar 09, 2005)
The recent Naxalite attack on the Karnataka State Reserve Police camp in Pavagada where seven policemen were killed has resurrected the threat of Left-wing extremism in Karnataka
- Budget: Another Political Statement? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Mar 09, 2005)
The UPA Government is going the way of Nehru in 1951 and Indira Gandhi in the 1960s. Dangling carrots is the name of the game. The government makes promises
- Reaching The Soul Of India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Karnataka’s 12th century mystic poet Akka Mahadevi is the source of inspiration for a 29-year-old Spanish dancer who is attracting rave responses in London and Spain for her renditions of Bharatnatyam and Kathakali.
- Not So Fishy After All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
Does it sound incredible when “Prasad” is given first to a dog? Can one think of a lunch with fish roasted in fire served lavishly in a temple?
- Clinging On To The Ropes Of Culture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Come February and Bhubaneswar is all agog with a unique festival dedicated to the martial art traditions of India.
- The Coterie Can Destroy The Party (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Mar 04, 2005)
One of the most unsettling elements for the UPA government in New Delhi is the Congress desire to revive in UP and Bihar. The UPA rests on a sort of tripod, the three legs of which are Congress, Left, Laloo and company.
- On Course In Kerala (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2005)
Consensus is not always the best way to resolve differences. This was very much in evidence at the 18th Kerala State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Malappuram.
- Moving On To Rehabilitation (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 26, 2005)
With rescue and relief operations almost over, the States affected by the tsunami have to tackle the challenge of rehabilitation in the days ahead.
- Dropping Out Of School (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2005)
That education is the key to growth, personal and national, is now widely recognised. Parents, educated or illiterate, rich or poor, no longer need persuasion to send their children to school.
- Hot Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 23, 2005)
Despite the cold spell in north India, there is an enormous amount of hot air in New Delhi. This hot air originates in the state conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala
- A Fractious Lot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 21, 2005)
Even an electoral drubbing cannot keep dissident Congressmen in Kerala quiet for long. Although factionalism contributed in large measure to the party's Kerala rout in the 14th general election
- Economy: Build Like The Ant (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 21, 2005)
Ants build big hills that last and prosper for hundreds of generations but we build towns the way grasshoppers do; the type that become unliveable within one generation.
- How The Cpm Sees Its Future (Indian Express, SHIKHA MUKERJEE, Feb 19, 2005)
From 1996, the CPM has been operating in a reactive mode, summed in Jyoti Basu’s famous observation that rejecting the prime ministership was a "historic blunder". In the nine years since 1996
- Delegated Power Needs Diligent Exercise (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Feb 19, 2005)
A good deal of government legislation gets enacted outside of the Legislature. It bears varied nomenclature, such as rides, regulations, byelaws, schemes, orders, notifications, and so on.
- Our Legacy Of Modernity (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 18, 2005)
I am trying to piece together seemingly unrelated views on the Indian aesthetic sensibility and create an integrated perspective.
- A Crisis Made To Measure (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 18, 2005)
If Governor S.C. Jamir was suspicious about the confidence vote in the Goa Assembly, he could have discussed the matter with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
- Kerala's Sandalwood Mafia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2005)
In the face of adverse observations by the judiciary linking him to the sandalwood mafia, Kerala Forests Minister K.P. Viswanathan did the right thing in stepping down
- Entry Tax On Earthmoving Machinery (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Feb 12, 2005)
Entry tax was first levied by Karnataka in 1979 on certain specified goods. The concept of entry tax on motor vehicles was adopted by certain States to prevent diversion of trade and consequent loss of revenue.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 10, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Another Dream Budget? (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 09, 2005)
WHEN Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets up to present the Union Budget for 2005-06 in the Lok Sabha on the last day of February, his fourth budget in the last nine years, he will have to confront certain classic dilemmas faced by all Finance Ministers.
- Most Nris Wear Loincloths, Not Suits (Indian Express, Devesh Kapur, Feb 06, 2005)
Yet again, on the day Gandhi came back from South Africa, India prepares to celebrate another Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. This annual function has multiple objectives:
- The Pin Code In Northeast (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Feb 05, 2005)
Operation Pin Code, as reported in The Pioneer (January 15), would be much easier for Pakistan to accomplish than either Operation Topac or Al Badr.
- Right Royal Headache For India (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Feb 05, 2005)
Though India has not quite made up its mind yet on how it should react to what is being described as a palace coup in Nepal, the contours of a likely response are beginning to emerge.
- Mess In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2005)
THE dismissal of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and the installation of Mr Pratapsinh Rane as his successor are mainly a result of Assembly Speaker Vishwas Satarkar’s irresponsible conduct in the House.
- Route Of Controversy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2005)
THE Union Government’s decision to disburse the “Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas” directly through banks, thereby sidelining the Tamil Nadu Government in the process, violates the federal spirit of the Union.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- Can Congress Turn The Corner? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 01, 2005)
“He came, he saw and he conferred.” This should be the slightly modified version
of the Shakespearean quote as regards the just concluded Bangalore mission of Mr A K Antony, AICC(I) General Secretary in charge of Karnataka affairs.
- Anti-Federal And Breach Of Faith (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2005)
The decision reportedly taken by the Central Government, on the recommendation of the Union Finance Ministry, on a "Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas,"
- Tea Troubles (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 31, 2005)
A far from refreshing performance of tea exports two years in a row must make all stakeholders sit up and take note. Decline in export volumes and loss of export market share to competing producers
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