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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- A Real Agenda For Dalit Liberation (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Dec 22, 2006)
The militant Dalit protests provoked by the Khairlanji carnage highlight India's failure to combat social exclusion and the need for an alternative strategy.
- Kashmir: Blunders Of The Past (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Dec 22, 2006)
A volume of letters exchanged between Jawaharlal Nehru and Karan Singh shows up the latter's parochial commitments.
- Geny, North Indians Hold Key To Bmc (The Economic Times, Girish Kuber, Dec 21, 2006)
Two categories of voters — the young and the north Indians — are giving sleepless nights to political parties in the run-up to municipal elections.
- Shrinking Jobs For Muslims (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 21, 2006)
Hoax is one of the more cruel four-letter words in the English language. What happens when you double it? You get government — and parliament — policy towards Indian Muslims.
- Extremism In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 21, 2006)
On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh emerged into independence, with India's help and immense sacrifices by its own people.
- Assam: Politics Of Migration (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Dec 21, 2006)
Minority communities fear a backlash after the striking down of the Foreigners (Tribunals for Assam) Order.
- A Job To Do (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Dec 19, 2006)
Hoax is one of the more cruel four-letter words in the English language. What happens when you double it? You get government — and Parliament — policy towards Indian Muslims.
- Red Mba (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 19, 2006)
First, IIM Ahmedabad invited Lalu Prasad Yadav to lecture on how he's been running Indian Railways.
- Allow Us Our Addas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2006)
Every time I sit down to write an anecdote, or proof-read a page or simply, translate from Hindi all the lectures during my Masters on post-colonialism — the native voice dissolves into a blur.
- Allow Us Our Addas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 16, 2006)
Every time I sit down to write an anecdote, or proof-read a page or simply, translate from Hindi all the lectures during my Masters on post-colonialism — the native voice dissolves into a blur.
- Looking At The Past With New Eyes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2006)
From colonialism to biography one interesting reads in Kannada...
- Words Of A Controversy (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Dec 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement to the National Development Council that we need “to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably in the fruits of development” and . . .
- For Whom The Story Mattered (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2006)
Penguin India and Ravi Dayal Publishers bring out a collection of books by Shama Futehally
- Obama The Next U.S. President? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2006)
The mass hysteria surrounding Barack Obama has not been seen in Democratic circles since the early days of Bill Clinton.
- Firm On Homeland (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 13, 2006)
Writing on LTTE chief Prabakaran's Heroes' Day speech in the Sri Lankan English-language newspaper Daily Mirror, Champika Liyamaarachchi says: "If consistency is a strong point of Velupillai Prabakaran, his annual Heroes' Day address is a clear . . .
- Secularism, Science And The Right (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
The book seeks to expose the fundamentalist agenda of the religious Right in India and the U.S.
- Chasing A Dream (Times of India, SHASHI THAROOR, Dec 12, 2006)
What is the Indian dream? And who, for that matter, is the Indian? Even thinking about India makes clear the immensity of the definitional challenge.
- Running Out Of Steam (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2006)
The bubbly and vivacious Congress minister from Tamil Nadu, Mani Shankar Aiyar, may have to recharge his verbal dynamo and even shore-up his political arsenal next time he visits his home turf, Mayiladuthurai.
- Islamist Marxists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 11, 2006)
CPM should adopt the green banner
- The Gospel Truth (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2006)
What does The Da Vinci Code have to do with a letter written by the archbishop of Alexandria in the year 367? As it turns out, quite a lot.
- ‘It (Reform) Must Have A Human Face, Because When Industry Comes, You Have To Think Of The Displaced’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2006)
By meeting you at the Sun Temple, we thought that you would get to come here as well and have a look. I must compliment you on the fact that you have really improved that road. Last time when I’d come here, I called it an orthopedician’s . . .
- Prime Minister Unveils Maran's Statue In Parliament Complex (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 09, 2006)
Shekhawat, Sonia Gandhi, Karunanidhi attend the function
- Getting Even (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 09, 2006)
"We are No. 2. We try harder". This catchline of a car rental company holds true for Dalits and other oppressed sections of the society. Being perennial underdogs has only increased the efficiency and resilience of Dalits. As political and economic . . .
- The Fear Of Democracy Of The Privileged (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 08, 2006)
The 50th death anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is a time to remember that the larger society ignores or distorts the Dalits' struggle for their rights at its own risk.
- Indo-Us N-Bill Mired In ‘Nasty Politics’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 08, 2006)
A crucial conference session to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation bills on Wednesday got mired in what congressional sources called "nasty politics."
- Final Nuclear Deal Will Meet Commitments To India: Us (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 08, 2006)
With the US Congress set to put its final stamp of approval to the Indo-US nuclear deal soon, Washington’s pointsperson for nuclear deal negotiations Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns today sought to address Indian apprehensions . . .
- Is Europe’S Multiculturalism Fading? (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Dec 08, 2006)
A few weeks ago Britain’s chancellor of exchequer and prime minister-in-waiting, Gordon Brown, made an important statement on the hijab issue that has just surfaced in British politics.
- Playing Statue-Statue (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2006)
The Tamil political pantheon is finding a place in the hushed precincts of Parliament, and the Dravidian parties have chosen the occasion to make strident political points.
- Project Politics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2006)
Unfortunately, political parties see even issues of development as fair game in their quest for relevance.
- Nuclear Deal Clears Last Us Hurdle (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 07, 2006)
After two days of detailed deliberations, the United States Congress now has one Bill for the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Iraq Panel Proposes Major Strategy Shift (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2006)
A panel of prominent elder leaders yesterday offered a stinging assessment of virtually every aspect of the U.S. venture in Iraq and called for a reshaping of the American military presence and a new Middle East diplomatic initiative to prevent the . .. .
- Foreigners In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday striking down the Foreigners (Tribunals for Assam) Order, 2006, could not have come at a worse time to the United Progressive Alliance Government which is already beset with other, even graver, embarrassments . . .
- The Target Is Vladimir Putin (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Dec 06, 2006)
Way back in 1990, during a visit to Washington I met Mr Radek Sikorski, then a young Polish dissident and fierce critic of communism, apart from being a regular contributor to the editorial page of The Statesman, in the brownstone apartment of a US . . .
- The Barricade Test: What Is Lebanon’S Identity (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2006)
In a city of frontiers, Beirut built another border on Saturday. On one side of coiled barbed wire and metal barricades were armored personnel carriers manned by soldiers in red berets toting US-made M-16 rifles and guarding the colonnaded, stone . . .
- Politics Of Performance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 04, 2006)
Citizens need to maintain commitments to both their cultural communities and national civic life.
- An Interview With Siddhartha Deb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2006)
As the son of migrants from East Bengal, Siddhartha Deb has a different take on language, literature, politics and the points where they intersect.
- Class Action (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 03, 2006)
What was the reason for the violence that surged and spread across Maharashtra for two consecutive days?
- Class Action (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2006)
What was the reason for the violence that surged and spread across Maharashtra for two consecutive days? Apparently, it was provoked by the desecration of Ambedkar’s statue in faraway Kanpur.
- House Erupts Over Soren Issue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2006)
The conviction of Shibu Soren in a murder case came as a tailor-made opportunity for the Opposition on Wednesday to revive the larger questions of compromises made by Prime minister Manmohan Singh for keeping the UPA afloat through induction of . . .
- Democracy Hijacked (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Nov 30, 2006)
Individuals and societies often fall into despondency due to their exclusion from the process of governance, growth and development. The exclusion can be at three levels — financial, physical and mental.
- Against Provincialism (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Nov 30, 2006)
There is or should be an Indian way of thinking about the world. Over a critical mass of space and a respectable span of time, the Indian republic has built a track record and accumulated a store of experience that allows Indians to view the world . . .
- Peopling History (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2006)
A lively and insightful history of early India from the margins whose merit lies in the creative analysis of early Indian literature.
- Truth Be Told (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Nov 25, 2006)
The first— and last — Australian to hold high office under the British raj was R.G. Casey. He served as Governor of the Bengal Presidency between 1944 and 1946, a time of famine and civil war, and acquitted himself honourably.
- Lost Horizon (Times of India, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Nov 25, 2006)
Everyone in college called him Sage. He was one of those characters that every university should have; a man whose insights went beyond any knowledge commission, and yet whose presence would never grace a bureaucratic committee.
- Inimical Co-Existence (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 24, 2006)
The prize for becoming friends is progressive enrichment of common people in both the countries.
- Power To People (Pioneer, Hilary Benn, Nov 24, 2006)
Making politics work for poor, democracy and development are the only hope for a better tomorrow, says Hilary Benn
- Think Bilingual (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 24, 2006)
Every politician loves his language. Or so he wants the people to believe. In states like Tamil Nadu, the affection for one's thai mozhi (mother tongue) has become a competitive affair and, often, assumes fanatical proportions.
- From Patna, With Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2006)
Exactly a year ago, on November 24, 2005, Bihar had returned a verdict that held out two promises.
- Rights And Wrongs (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 24, 2006)
There is much scepticism about the appointment of an inquiry commission by the government into human rights violations.
- Aam Aadmi, Hu? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Nov 23, 2006)
Hu Jintao and Prakash Karat looked remarkably at ease with each other in a photograph published in some newspapers yesterday.
- The Elephant In The Room (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Nov 23, 2006)
Independent India in its early years saw itself as a novel sort of nation-state. The three pillars of its newness were secularism, non-alignment and the mixed economy. All three positions were rooted in the experience of the Congress’s struggle . . .
- Learning No Lessons From History (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 22, 2006)
When, back in the 1960s, George W. Bush successfully manoeuvred to stay out of a war he vehemently favoured in theory, he could hardly have imagined that 40 years hence he would find himself voluntarily travelling to Vietnam, and that too as a . . .
- How Hu Became China’S Strongman (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2006)
Hu Jintao became the general secretary of the Communist Party of China in November 2002, after its Sixteenth Congress.
- Competition Between China And India Goes Beyond Borders (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2006)
A 40-year border dispute remains unresolved. Tibetan refugees continue to pour across the Himalayas. The memory of India's bruising defeat by China in 1962 remains fresh in the minds of a certain generation.
- Noteless Days (New Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 19, 2006)
Marjane Satrapi’s three graphic novels so far have been intensely personal. In Persepolis and Persepolis 2, she recounted her Tehran childhood and adolescence in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution of 1979.
- The Environment Fights Back (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Nov 18, 2006)
People who speak about hunger and environmental crises are viewed as muddle-headed moralists, as opposed to the hard-headed realists who deal with war and peace.
- The Making Of A Rebel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2006)
Maitreyi Pushpa talks about "Alma Kabutari" to AMRITA TALWAR
- Let’S Move Towards A National Ethos (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 16, 2006)
Love and loyalty to language is stronger than to any other factor — religion, ideology, ethnicity or even nation.
- Difficult Question (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Nov 15, 2006)
Funny things, plurals. Two weeks ago, I was lamenting the way a few are misused as singular nouns. But a host of singular nouns are used as plural ones. What about them? Shouldn’t that sentence read A host...is used...?
- Demand For New States (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandran, Nov 15, 2006)
At a time when it is fashionable to trash all that is Nehruvian, if there is one legacy of free India’s first Prime Minister that endures as a symbol of Shining India, it is the linguistic states that were created under his leadership.
- Blair Pushes Mid East Peace To Us (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2006)
Tony Blair has told the US inquiry into future policy options that resolving the Israel-Palestinian conflict is crucial to the future of Iraq.
- In Japan, North Korea Abductees Are National Obsession (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2006)
The abduction of at least 13 Japanese - and as many as 35 - by North Korea in the 1970s continues its four-year run as the biggest ongoing story in Japan.
- Democrats, Engaging Bush, Vow Early Action Over Iraq (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Democrats sought on Friday to put their new political power to use in shaping the debate over Iraq, promising stepped-up Congressional oversight of the war and a resolution demanding a schedule for reducing the number of troops there.
- Disarming Nepal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 10, 2006)
The agreement reached between Nepal's seven party alliance (SPA) and Maoists is a welcome step. Maoists, who have been waging an armed struggle, have agreed to lay down arms and confine their guerrilla army to barracks under the supervision of UN official
- New Sermon From The Evangelical Pulpit: Global Warming (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
As a deeply committed pastor in Atlanta's African-American community, the Rev. Gerald Durley had long thought of himself as enlightened and involved when it came to issues that hurt people's lives.
- Nicaragua: Back To The Future? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 08, 2006)
A Prominently moustachioed figure from the past has been haunting United States officials of late. No, I don’t mean Saddam Hussein, who was sentenced to death last Sunday in what is predictably (and unconvincingly) being hailed in certain quarters . . .
- The Politics Of Language (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Nov 07, 2006)
The 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of States was marked by celebrations on November 1 in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the south.
- A Fractured Conscience (Telegraph, Dilip Simeon, Nov 07, 2006)
For a system with so much blood on its hands, Afzal Guru’s death sentence is an example of breathtaking hypocrisy, writes Dilip Simeon.
- Muslims And Indians (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 06, 2006)
There is a creeping disquiet as to the manner in which the report of the Justice Rajinder Sachar committee - inquiring into the state of Muslims in Indian society, and their demographic and economic profile - has been force-fed into public debate.
- Pranab Has His Task Cut Out (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Nov 02, 2006)
India’s ties with the neighbourhood is as important as its relations with the US.
- Azad’S Report Card: But Where’S The Politics? (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 02, 2006)
After one year as J&K CM, Ghulam Nabi Azad comes across only as an efficient administrator. His tenure has seen a weakening of the Indo-Pak peace process
- Like 'Uncovered Meat' (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Nov 02, 2006)
From Minneapolis to Melbourne, via Delhi, self-appointed custodians of the faith are peddling perversion as Islamic injunction. Yet, there's no voice of protest
- Bush Works To Solidify Base With A Defense Of Rumsfeld (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
With less than a week before the election, President Bush sought to rally Republican voters on Wednesday with a vigorous defense of the war in Iraq and a vow to keep Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in office until the end of Mr. Bush’s term.
- Iraq War Frames '06 Vote In Last Poll Before Election (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
News, updates and insights on the midterm elections, the race for 2008 and everything in-between.
- Babble Of Babel (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 02, 2006)
On golden jubilee of language-based states celebrate freedom of choice, not just diversity
- With Iraq Driving Election, Voters Want New Approach (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
A substantial majority of Americans expect Democrats to reduce or end American military involvement in Iraq if they win control of Congress next Tuesday and say Republicans will maintain or increase troop levels to try to win the war if they hold . . .
- Bush Losing Church Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2006)
The number of conservative Christians with a favourable view of the Republicans has plummeted from 74 per cent to 54 per cent
- Rss In Civil Service (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 26, 2006)
The Madhya Pradesh government's removing the ban on RSS membership for its employees violates the Constitution.
- Women In Journalism Honored For Courage (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
For May Chidiac, host of Lebanon's popular "Good Day" TV program, it was a regular Sunday in September.
- Another Name (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2006)
Bengaluru is an inevitability Bangalore could not have escaped. The city civic council’s resolution for the change of name, now awaiting a formal nod from the government, is part of a beaten track that has been followed in other cities as well.
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