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- 'Q' Has Run Away With Our Money! (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
J Jayalalithaa asks Sonia Gandhi to get Ottavio Quattrocchi back to India, arrest him and find out what he did with India's money
- 'Jp Is To Be Blamed For Emergency Too' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Updated for the website -- this is an extended version of the interview, excerpts from which appeared in print magazine and had earlier been reproduced here.
- Sister Act (Indian Express, PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA, May 10, 2007)
Considered by many as the most promising scion in the Gandhi-Nehru family, Priyanka Gandhi, during the election campaign tried every means to cement the huge cracks in the organisation of the party in her mother’s and brother’s parliamentary . . . .
- The Right Advice (Daily Times, Hafizur Rahman, May 09, 2007)
SUCCESSIVE governments in Pakistan have had their series of advisers whose prime qualification was to know exactly what advice would find favour with the rulers and which advice to hold back.
- Lord Weatherill (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2007)
The best known story about Lord "Jack" Weatherill, former Speaker of the House of Commons, who has died aged 86, concerns a conversation he overheard in the members' toilets after the 1964 general election.
- Why Dynasties Rule (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, May 08, 2007)
Besides lack of ideology in most political parties, the success of dynasties reflects the apparent poverty of alternative leadership in India
- Tales From Economic Hit Men (Business Line, D. Murali , May 08, 2007)
The game of Economic Hit Men has just got more complex, the corruption more pervasive, but their operations more fundamental to the world economy and politics, says John Perkins who returns with his EHM in `A Game As Old As Empire'.
- Heroes, Not Wimps, Make Nations (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, May 07, 2007)
A controversy being played out in Britain may offer lessons for India's war on terror.
- Time To Have A Baby (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, May 07, 2007)
A remarkable coincidence, and two surprising decisions from asymmetrical orbits coalesced to put two honest men into the highest offices of India. Both were patriotic, professional, prudent, educated and unambiguously clean.
- Prime Minister For President (Asian Age, K. Natwar Singh, May 04, 2007)
Gentlemen, it is necessary to abolish the fez, which sat on the heads of our nation like a symbol of ignorance, negligence, fanaticism and hatred of progress and civilisation, to accept in its place the hat, the headgear worn by the whole civilised world.
- Degraded Politics (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, May 03, 2007)
There is nothing new about the jeremiad over the decline in the quality of Indian politics, of which the use of bad language is an offshoot
- India's Democratic Challenge (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalizing the economy within an established democratic order.
- Prime Minister For President (Asian Age, K. Natwar Singh, May 01, 2007)
Gentlemen, it is necessary to abolish the fez, which sat on the heads of our nation like a symbol of ignorance, negligence, fanaticism and hatred of progress and civilisation, to accept in its place the hat, the headgear worn by the whole civilised . ..
- ‘When People Think They’Re More Islamic Than I Am, I Do Not Appreciate It. Religion Is Between You & God’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 30, 2007)
• Hello, and welcome to Walk the Talk. I’m Shekhar Gupta and my guest today is a real woman of substance who has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons — Nilofer Bakhtiar, Pakistan’s Tourism Minister. Welcome to New Delhi.
Thank you.
- Penalising Our Own Team (Deccan Herald, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Apr 28, 2007)
India is stirring after many centuries of torpor, and it has a chance of ending this century as the capital of the world, the most important nation on earth.
- Bangladesh Doesn’T Have To Ape Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 28, 2007)
The emergency military-backed government in Dhaka has rescinded its orders exiling both the mainstream political leaders of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia and Mrs Hasina Wajed.
- Melancholic Fare (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Apr 28, 2007)
A book remarkable in its defence of multicuturalism against accusations of failure.
- Identities, Real And Imagined (Frontline, John M. Alexander , Apr 28, 2007)
An ethical treatisea in which Amartya Sen expounds his theory of social identity.
- Crafting Tools To Help Writers (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 28, 2007)
Roy Peter Clark's specialisation and passion is to teach writing. A senior scholar and vice president at the Poynter Institute at St. Petersburg, Florida, he is constantly looking for effective ways to demystify writing and train writers in a . . .
- Life & Achievements Of Abdullah Haroon (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Apr 27, 2007)
HAJI Abdullah Haroon, whom the nation remembers today on his death anniversary, was a business magnate, entrepreneur, organiser, philanthropist, founder of several educational, religious and social institutions, and a leader of outstanding merit.
- World Parliament To Give Poor A Real Voice (Hindu, George Monbiot, Apr 27, 2007)
Global governance as it stands is tyranny speaking the language of democracy. We need a directly elected assembly.
- Speaking Of Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2007)
There had been no signs that calm March day three years ago that there’d be a mid-morning and most unparliamentary redrawing of political alignments on the floor of the House.
- Life At Second Hand (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Apr 26, 2007)
One of the hardest things for people in the non-West to come to terms with is the fact that a substantial part of their life and work will, inevitably, be second hand.
- French Crackdown On Ltte (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
The LTTE's operations in Europe receive a severe jolt with the arrest of many of its activists by the French police.
- How India & Canada Manage Diversities (Hindu, Jairam Ramesh, Apr 26, 2007)
India's approach to managing diversities has been somewhat unique. In fact even as India's electoral system produces new diversities, it is precisely this approach that has kept the country together.
- 'The Last Mughal. The Fall Of A Dynasty: Delhi, 1857' (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
By Central Asian standards, the 19th-century Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II had some pretty impressive bloodlines.
- Indian Schools Make A Mark (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
Every day at the Global Indian International School (GIIS) in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward starts with yoga.
- Maaf Keejiye, I’M Speaking In Hindi For The First Time: Jaya (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
In a record of sorts, bridging the North-South language divide, AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday stole the hearts of Allahabadis, with her fluency in Hindi, while addressing the election campaign . . . .
- Need For New Agenda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 24, 2007)
The final test for all development programmes would be to see how far they help the poor and the oppressed.
- Election Mantra (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 24, 2007)
There comes a time in the life of a political party when it must stand up to be counted.
- Mutual Benefits As East Meets East (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
Prior to the 1990s, most people in Japan probably knew little more about India than it was the home of curry, snake-charmers and the Taj Mahal.
- ‘Bush Is Going Down Because There Is This Talk Of Threatening Iran. . .. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 23, 2007)
• Hello, and welcome to Walk the Talk. I’m Shekhar Gupta. Let me tell you one thing. I’ve been a journalist for 30 years, and what do I do when I am in great doubt in a professional situation? What do you do? Possibly, some of you refer to some . . .
- Seeking External Help (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Apr 22, 2007)
Zafar Iqbal Jhagra, secretary general of PML-N, and an associate, Mohammad Mehdi, recently met American, British, Italian, and German diplomats to “brief” them on their stand concerning the ongoing judicial crisis and . . . .
- We Dare Not Look Too Deeply Into Ourselves (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Apr 21, 2007)
A Planet Earth-style view of the human race will reveal the cauldron of antagonisms beneath the patina of diversity.
- Inevitable Revolutions (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2007)
To argue, as Dalrymple does, that it was only imperial arrogance and evangelical influence that forced the rebels to engage in a life-or-death struggle is to underestimate the depth of their determination. Revolt and resistance against colonialism . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2007)
The UPA government has brought the minority issue to the fore and the focus is clearly on the Muslim community. The government had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Rajender Sachar to ascertain the nature and extent of their . . .
- Bangladesh Ex-Pm 'In Exile Deal' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2007)
Security forces in Bangladesh have released the younger son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, official sources have told the BBC.
- The U.N. And The Women's Movement (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Apr 17, 2007)
A southern perspective of the progress of feminist thought, language and ideas that enriched the U.N.
- Raid On Vote-Bank (Pioneer, Tavishi Srivastava, Apr 15, 2007)
What's the point in doing politics in Uttar Pradesh, or, for that matter, in most parts of India, if there is no 'minority' to shed crocodile tears for?
- Raid On Vote-Bank (Pioneer, Tavishi Srivastava, Apr 14, 2007)
What's the point in doing politics in Uttar Pradesh, or, for that matter, in most parts of India, if there is no 'minority' to shed crocodile tears for? The Allahabad High Court order, in a sense, mocks those sections of the political class that . . . .
- Hate And Dust (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 13, 2007)
The years in office seem to have had little impact on BJP's politics, if the campaign material the party has used in UP is any indication. First came a controversial video CD that projected a communal stereotype of the Muslim community.
- Unhrc: Old Wine In New Bottle (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 12, 2007)
The newly formed United Nations Human Rights Council is also plagued by politics.
- Great Indian Muddle Class (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 09, 2007)
The parade of serious issues (other than cricket) that have made headlines recently is evidence of a range of incipient crises gnawing away at Indian society.
- Which Way Will France Go? (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Apr 09, 2007)
With two weeks left before they go to the polls for the first round of presidential elections, French voters are getting an earful of patriotic, anti-immigrant and anti-globalisation propaganda from the two main conservative and socialist contenders . . .
- Fantastically Real! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
At a time when one person's misery is being frequently used to write someone else's fantasy, here is an author who claims he doesn't spin tales around abstract global ideas. Meet Amitava Kumar, whose first novel Home Products by Picador has just . . .
- Inexperience And Its Consequences (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Apr 07, 2007)
The first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections is on today and the fate of the people who live in that state will be signed and sealed by mid May.
- Arab Summit In Riyadh (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 06, 2007)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, through his bold statement in the Arab Summit has created a stir in international political circles. Some circles have profusely praised the bold stance that the King has taken against the aggressors.
- Populism Is Irreversible (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 06, 2007)
I must confess my profound unease at the irrational exuberance of those junior doctors and medical students at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) who observed 'Holi' after last . . . .
- 'Hindu Nationalism Has Changed... Sometimes Tactics May Affect Strategies' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 05, 2007)
The core ideas of Hindu nationalism have not changed over almost one hundred years. First, the Hindutva ideology has always been rooted in a deep sense of vulnerability of the majority community.
- U 2 Can Youtube: Connect With Gennext (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 04, 2007)
It was just a little political advertisement on the internet. There was Hillary Clinton in an Orwellian Big Brother-lite persona, mesmerising a catatonic audience. The logo at the end was of Barack Obama’s campaign. It caused a frenzy.
- The Naming Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 04, 2007)
Can language alter geography? Given the old-fashioned notion of “geography”, you might think so: most languages have their own names for foreign places, regardless of what the foreigners who actually live there may think.
- Mufti In Line Of Fire (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Apr 04, 2007)
The Centre's decision to set up three committees for examining the demand of reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir has created political as well as regional polarisation in the state with Mufti Mohammed Sayeed being targeted by almost all . . .
- Shape Of Things To Come? (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Apr 03, 2007)
The tragic incidents at Nandigram and Rani Bodli may send out the message that show of force is capable of disrupting economic progress in the country.
- The Saudi Shift (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Apr 02, 2007)
Is Saudi Arabia developing a conscience? Or is the tall talk suddenly emanating from the Kingdom just a ruse to occupy centre space in West Asia?
- Populism Is Irreversible (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 01, 2007)
I must confess my profound unease at the irrational exuberance of those junior doctors and medical students at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) who observed 'Holi' after last Thursday's Supreme Court interim order on reservations . . .
- Need To Reinvent The Madressahs (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Apr 01, 2007)
THE Taliban fighters are citizens of Afghanistan but almost all of them, including their supreme commander Mullah Omar, are former pupils of madressahs in Pakistan.
- The Saudi Shift (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Apr 01, 2007)
Is Saudi Arabia developing a conscience? Or is the tall talk suddenly emanating from the Kingdom just a ruse to occupy centre space in West Asia? Has Saudi Arabia become responsive to the Arab street? Or is the anti-US position mere posturing, . . . .
- Wanted: The Real Kid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2007)
T J Stiles writes about William Bonney, the notorious outlaw also known as ‘Billy the Kid’ whose mythical spin offs have overshadowed the real Kid.
- The House Of Chandor In Goa (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 31, 2007)
How a family's devotion helps conserve one of Goa's grandest colonial mansions, the Braganza house in Chandor.
- Sri Lanka Navy Destroys Three Ltte Boats (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 30, 2007)
Sri Lanka Navy Fast Attack Craft (FACs) on Wednesday night attacked an LTTE sea movement off Alampil, in the eastern coast of the island and destroyed three Sea Tiger boats, killing at least 12 Tamil Tiger cadres.
- And Miles To Go Before They Wake (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Mar 30, 2007)
Left intellectuals’ statement on Nandigram shows why Left intellectualism is so damaging, argued Pratap Bhanu Mehta in this newspaper this week. Peter Ronald deSouza carries forward the discussion by exploring the larger ‘syndromes’ that . . .
- Chance To Secure Middle East Peace Plan (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Mar 29, 2007)
The Arab League should bypass Ehud Olmert and go directly to the Israeli people with its offer for a Palestinian settlement.
- Upa Squanders Inheritance (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 28, 2007)
As a community, economists tend to be only marginally less self-serving than NGO activists. Accustomed to speaking to each other in a language that combines hieroglyphics with linguistic obfuscation, the prescriptive wisdom of economists is about as . . .
- Eu At 50 (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 27, 2007)
Ostensibly the world's best example of regional integration the European Union, marking the day the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957 as the date of its birth, just turned 50.
- No Place To Hide As Nuclear Deal Enters Last Lap (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 24, 2007)
The `123 agreement' is important not in order to facilitate nuclear imports from the U.S. but because it will form the template for changes to the Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines. In the final lap, India cannot afford to abandon its core concerns.
- Europe Needs A Bold New Story (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Mar 23, 2007)
The EU at 50 has got the blues. The people must discover their common ground.
- Education — A New Dimension To India-Bangladesh Relations (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Mar 23, 2007)
India providing education and vocational training to the Bangladeshi youth can help ease tensions and develop a strong long-term relationship.
- The Importance Of Being Ashok Mitra (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
This is the English version of the author’s biographical narrative, Apila-Chapila, originally serialised in Bengali journal Desh. A distinguished economist, political activist, a stimulating essayist and columnist and a vigorous . . .
- Philosophical Essays (Hindu, Se. Ganesalingan, Mar 20, 2007)
This book is introduced with a second title as the "Philosophical Essays of Gnani", well known as Kovai Gnani or Ki. Palanisamy.
- We, The Migrants (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 17, 2007)
Once again the concept of Indianness is in danger. Raj Thackeray, small fry in Maharashtra politics, has threatened Biharis living in Maharashtra. This is exactly what Balasaheb Thackeray has been doing for the last 40 years to promote his brand . . .
- Defining Buddha Moment (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Mar 17, 2007)
Behind the dust and the deaths, allegations and recriminations in the wake of the Nandigram development lies another strong political reality.
- Captain’S Calling (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2007)
CAPTAIN Amarinder Singh — yes, the very one who was chief minister of Punjab till the other day — is certainly not a man of few words.
- Solving India’S Welfare Riddle (The Financial Express, PUSHKAR, Mar 16, 2007)
There’s no alternative to the state and civil society working in conjunction
- Urban Ideas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 15, 2007)
Mumbai's Biharis are central to Raj Thackeray's political imagination. They offer him an excuse to espouse an agenda of political chauvinism.
- What Hangs On The Lamp Post? (Hindu, Sriram Panchu , Mar 15, 2007)
If we are really serious about coming to grips with corruption, a great deal of the onus is on the superior courts.
- Ministers At Centre, But From Tamil Nadu & For Tamil Nadu (Telegraph, JOHN MARY, Mar 14, 2007)
T.R. Baalu almost got roughed up today, but this is not the first time a minister from Tamil Nadu has been accused of trying to take “every new project” to his home state.
- The New New World Order (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 14, 2007)
The Bush administration’s unilateralist impulses, on vivid display in Iraq, have become a lightning rod for criticism of US foreign policy.
- Persian Identity (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2007)
IT’S perfect timing to be a daring, heedless travel writer when documenting the trouble spots of the world, as many far wandering witnesses with a pen and notebook have proven, but not without a gentle compassion for the people they encounter and . . .
- Crying With The Cicadas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
Reghunatha Pillai's new novel, `Cicadas Takes Life' is out on the stands
- Muslim, In Other Words (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2007)
Why is the CPM suddenly championing the Muslim cause? Has the ‘Muslim question’ become a question of ‘social justice’? What does this have to do with the Sachar Committee Report?
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