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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 3686:
- Congress, Bjp And Coalition Politics (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 30, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party said today that the Congress ``had not learnt the correct lessons'' in conducting coalition politics. The party was reacting to the statements made by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, at a press conference in Mumbai on...
- Empower The Nhrc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
THE state of human rights in a country determines how civilized it is. India can justifiably take pride in its human rights record. Few other countries have as efficient a body as India's National Human Rights Commission. This does not mean that there ...
- Doha Round Blues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
THERE CAN BE no illusions about the fact that the Doha round of trade talks of the World Trade Organisation is in a limbo. The message from the recent meetings of the WTO General Council is that differences among countries on the major issues are ...
- Bjp Gains Ascendancy In Nda In 2003 (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 30, 2003)
THE last one year of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has been marked by an intense struggle between ideology and “realpolitik”, precipitating the beginning of the process of realignment of political forces.
- Bjp Changes Tack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
BJP leaders in charge of assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh in particular insisted that they had made a conscious decision to steer clear of the Ram Mandir issue and other matters connected with Hindutva.
- ‘hindutva And Development Are Not Antagonistic’ (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 30, 2003)
As the BJP seeks to exploit its victory in the recent state assembly elections and return to power in the 2004 Lok Sabha election, Neerja Chowdhury interviews HRD minister and senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi to get an insight into the BJP’s mind.
- Politics Of Alliances (Tribune, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 30, 2003)
THE Congress party is now facing up to an incontrovertible political fact. If it is to be a serious contender for power it will have to forge complicated political alliances across India, as it feels now. But crafting alliances is a delicate game, not ...
- Leaving Bjp To Flirt With Amma, Vaiko Walks Out (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
Lok Sabha polls in mind and pointing at BJP overtures to AIADMK, little MDMK, more famous for its leader Vaiko who has been in a POTA jail for more than a year now, today moved out of the NDA, saying it would follow the DMK in lending ‘‘issue-based ...
- Coming: A Happy New Year (Telegraph, Shankar Aiyar, Dec 30, 2003)
“Writing,” wrote Hazlitt, “concentrates the mind wonderfully.” Defeat does so even more wonderfully. Even while those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad, so as the Bharatiya Janata Party reels drunken with triumphalism over its upset ...
- Right To Protest: At What Cost? (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 29, 2003)
TWO recent court judgments that relate to the right to protest have resulted in a raging public debate in the country. On September 29, the Calcutta High Court banned rallies and processions in the city during weekdays between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Footprints Beyond 2003 (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 29, 2003)
2003 might seem to have been a fairly humdrum year as far as India is concerned. But has it really been all that uneventful? Has nothing really happened during the year which will leave an imprint on 2004 and beyond
- Will Bjp’s Hype Turn Into Votes? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2003)
If hype is an indicator of victory, and the BJP has certainly managed to create it around its victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, then the party is on its way to notching up the 300 Lok Sabha seats that Venkaiah Naidu has been talking
- Reforming Politics (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 29, 2003)
The latest amendment to the Constitution (on defections) should be the beginning of serious reform and not the end.
- Looking For Friends (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
THE Congress decision on Friday to forge alliances with like-minded parties in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections is in tune with its outline for such arrangements drawn at its Shimla conclave and the recommendation of the Pranab Mukherjee report. Actual
- Year Of A Small War Made Big (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 29, 2003)
While truly historic regime-changes took place and an epidemic killed hundreds, the world remained obsessed with a minor war for most of 2003
- Ulfa Reaches China Gate: Help, Let Us In (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 29, 2003)
Admitting that the Royal Bhutan Army’s crackdown had forced its cadres to retreat the wrong way north, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa today urged China to let his men enter Chinese territory to save their lives.
- Once Samjhauta’s Back, Walk Across Wagah May End (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 29, 2003)
With Samjhauta Express shown the green light to run between Lahore and Amritsar again from January 15, New Delhi plans to shut down the Wagah land border crossing between the two countries. Only the Delhi-Lahore bus will be allowed through the crossing.
- Krishna Sakhi (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 29, 2003)
Another year unfurling, as full of uncertainty as of hope, and the strongest scriptural voice in one’s ear seems Draupadi’s. She’s inspiring across the aeons to both men and women because she sets an example of tough-tender humanity under perfectly awful
- Kalyan Tea With Pm Upsets Cong, Calls For Ouster From Govt (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Dec 29, 2003)
As ally Congress demanded the ouster of Kalyan Singh’s Rashtriya Kranti Party (RKP) from the Uttar Pradesh ruling coalition for ‘‘hobnobbing with the BJP’’, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today evaded a direct reply, saying: ‘‘Mujhe na kuch dikhai ...
- An Unrealistic Approach? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 29, 2003)
A section in the Congress believes that Sonia Gandhi made a significant concession when she argued in Mumbai today that the Congress would not insist on her leadership as a pre-condition on potential alliance partners. Technically, this is not an ...
- Naqvi To Muslims: Don’t Rely Solely On Govt For Jobs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
BJP general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today exhorted Muslims to stop relying solely on the government for jobs.
- Enough! Iima Rejects Govt Cash (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 28, 2003)
Use Rs 10-cr grant more meaningfully...we’ve matured, are redefining relationship, says Dean
- The Politics Of Art (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 28, 2003)
As the reach of the media has extended beyond the elites to the masses, the stakes of political paries and social organisation have also increased.
- Our Terror, Now Theirs Too (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 28, 2003)
The end of the year seems always to bring either war or peace between India and Pakistan. This time it is a hesitant, nervous sort of peace that appears to be breaking out. We talk of cross-border trains and flights, instead of terrorism, and hear words
- Avoiding Future Shock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
ENABLING CITIZENS THROUGH education and skill enhancement is more critical today than at any other time. There is fairly well founded concern that in the next decade the country could find itself performing a difficult balancing act: catering to ...
- The Day After, Pm Sends A Goodwill Message To The Gen (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2003)
As the aftershock of yesterday’s terrorist attack on General Musharraf reverberated across New Delhi, Prime Minister Vajpayee sent a message to the Pakistani President today, expressing empathy and concern and relief that he was safe.
- Under Dangerous Siege (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
THE ATTEMPT ON the life of Pervez Musharraf, the unelected President of Pakistan, the second in 10 days, is shocking for how close his would-be assassins came to accomplishing their mission. Although it is not clear yet who is responsible for the ...
- Jaswant Singh Can Smile (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 26, 2003)
STOCK markets are booming with the sensitive index having touched a 45-month high. India is supposed to be shining brighter than ever before. The so-called “feel good” factor is reportedly permeating right through the economy. The country’s foreign ...
- Pawar To Cong: We’re Willing But Get Back To Us By Dec 31 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
In a move to deflect pressure after the Telgi heat claimed its No 2 man in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today indicated it was willing to ignore the issue of Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin the very basis for the NCP’s birth for a
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2003)
THE Bill passed by Parliament on dual citizenship fulfils a long-pending demand of the non-resident Indians. Under the Bill, adults who were born to Indian citizens or former Indian citizens will be able to get Indian citizenship without having to forgo
- Gandhi’s Quotemartial (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2003)
First the Mahatma was branded, now he’s being distilled into soundbites
- Could Musharraf Be Right? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 25, 2003)
There are three things that Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf must not do if the process of normalization of ties with India is to proceed apace.
- Dmk Gives Up On Nda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 25, 2003)
THERE is nothing surprising or unexpected about the decision of the Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ruling in New Delhi. Long before this denouement its shadows had been visible. Some may argue that...
- Let The Debate Begin (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 25, 2003)
The prime minister has proposed reservation in the private sector
- Same Caste, Different Benefits (Indian Express, Dominic Emmanuel, Dec 24, 2003)
Satya Narayan Jatiya, Union minister of social justice and empowerment, decided to make a unique Christmas gift, this time not only to the Indian Christian community but also to international Christian and Muslim communities on behalf of the NDA ...
- Dmk's Withdrawal Of Ministers — Start Of The Great Political Churn? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 24, 2003)
IT WAS like living for a long time in a rented house where neither the tenant is comfortable nor the landlord happy. So after occupying for over four years a slot in the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, the DMK has at long last opted out.
- The Dollar Party (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
MONEY, OR DOLLARS to be more precise, is the final arbiter of a country's pecking order in the mercantilist world. With slightly more than $100 billion in the books for the first time ever in the country's economic history, it will be hard for any nation,
- The Dmk's Shrewd Play (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
THE DRAVIDA MUNNETRA Kazhagam's exit from the National Democratic Alliance is a function of shrewd, hardheaded political calculation rather than of the high-sounding reasons spelt out in the resolution of the party's high-level policy committee, ...
- Catfish That Spoilt The Vietnamese Party (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 23, 2003)
IT WAS not long ago that the heroic people of Vietnam humbled the US in a bitter war. By 1995, the relations between the two countries had been normalised. Soon, pressures were on the former communist society to adopt the `market economy' model. Vietnam,
- Oil Psus: About Turn On Cross-Holdings (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 23, 2003)
The December 18 CCEA decision to allow oil PSUs to dilute their cross-holdings is a tacit admission that the Government had erred in its February 1998 move to allow such holdings in the first place. The Government has implicitly acknowledged that the ...
- Judeo And Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
The CBI does the right thing in the cash- on-camera scandal. And high time, too
- Being Pushed To The Limits (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Growth, But It’s Jobless (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 23, 2003)
It was reported in this paper at the time of the last Davos conference that Jaswant Singh is “bored” with his present less glamorous assignment as finance minister. That boredom was much in evidence as the union finance minister closed his eyes and affect
- No Concern For Rajasthan’s Tribals (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Parbati has nothing to offer to her hungry children. Her jhuggi, built of sand, stones and plastic sheets has been turned to ashes. A sack of foodgrains and a few clothes in the jhuggi have also been gutted. On the evening of August 24, a few villagers...
- Jassa Jaise Sare Hain! (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Dec 22, 2003)
HE is my friend Mr Jasminder Kalia. We call him Jassa out of love. He is handsome. Also street smart. Having dropped out of school, he was able to pick up his graduation degree as it is called via Bathinda or under the “Middle-fail, B.A. pass karein ...
- Dmk Ministers Ignore Last Minute Bjp Request, Resign (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
Unmoved by conciliatory voices from the BJP camp, the two DMK ministers in the NDA Government—Environment Minister T.R. Baalu and Minister of State for Health A. Raja—called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee here today and put in their papers.
- Booted Out, Ulfa Says It Will Target Bhutanese In N-E (Indian Express, CP Bhambri, Dec 22, 2003)
Seven days after the Bhutanese flush-out operations caught it by surprise, the ULFA today declared Bhutan ‘‘an enemy of the people of Assam’’ and said it would soon target Bhutanese nationals in the North-East.
- In Pre-Poll Season, Dmk Sends Nda A Farewell Card (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
Pullout comes, ironically, at a time when BJP wasn’t warm to Amma
- Cong, Left See New Equation With Dmk (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 21, 2003)
The DMK pullout from the NDA government has opened up various permutations for the Congress and the Left forces, each seeing the DMK as a possible ally in the future.
- ‘poll Managers? Jaitley Never Fought One, Mahajan Lost His Ls Election’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• Congress seems to be suffering from cancer. A popular government, cooperative allies, and a chief minister with a clean image. I am talking about Kerala where senior leader K Karunakaran and his son-elect-KPCC chief is trying to destabilise the ...
- News Reel 14-12-03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• Tikrit’s tyrant meets with an anti-climax as the US forces dig him out from a ‘‘spiderhole’’ in Iraq. White House hails Saddam Hussein’s capture as the moment in its war so far, but warns it might not be the end of violence in Iraq. Days after the event
- Now Potato Dumping (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
FOR the past six years potato prices have ruled low in Punjab due to excess production. Three years ago for the first time farmers came out on the roads in large numbers with their tractor-trailers and dumped potatoes in Jalandhar to protest against the
- The Golden Bilateral? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 20, 2003)
Why peace with Pak could be the PM’s dream project as he steps into a poll year and a changed world
- Children In Conflict Zones (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
OUT OF EVERY 100 killed in the wars of the 1990s, 90 were civilians and half of them were children. This chilling statistic should serve as a warning to the global community that any meaningful intervention in the lives of children will be ...
- Loyal To The Corps (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Dec 19, 2003)
The Clinton Wars: An Insider’s Account of the White House Years By Sidney Blumenthal, Penguin, Ł 20
- Across The Thin Saffron Line (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
Hinduism in Public and Private: Reform, Hindutva, Gender and Sampraday Edited by Antony Copley, Oxford, Rs 595
- Hideaway In The Hills (Indian Express, George N Netto, Dec 19, 2003)
Few are aware of its existence. Deep inside the core area of Munnar’s famed Eravikulam National Park, and far away from its noisy and overcrowded tourist zone, is a simple, spartan lodge encircled by an elephant trench and shaded by a small copse. Nearby
- Us Foreign Policy — Is There An India Tilt? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 19, 2003)
There has been a sea-change in the US foreign policy approach to India since the Nixon-Kissinger days. If Washington sees India as a vibrant democracy, pursuing accelerated economic growth, it views Pakistan as a problem child; it cannot afford to allow
- Supreme Court And The Common Man (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
The Supreme Court breathed life into Article 21 of the Constitution by expanding the meaning of the words "right to life" as not mere animal existence, but as life with dignity.
- Bhutan: No To Ulfa, Captives To India (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 19, 2003)
CRACKDOWN:Baruah’s ceasefire call rejected, his key men trapped
- American Tilt Towards India (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 18, 2003)
Dr Henry Kissinger proclaimed at the height of the Bangladesh conflict that it was the intention of the Nixon Administration to “tilt” in favour of Pakistan and against India. Ever since the 1971 conflict, policies of successive US Administrations have...
- Family Calling (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 18, 2003)
Visitors to 10 Janpath on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday were surprised to see Priyanka in active attendance. Usually she keeps herself well hidden from hoi polloi flocking to Sonia’s residence, bearing flowers, dholaks and good wishes. This year, however, she
- A Knowledge Narrative (Business Line, Bernard Marr , Dec 18, 2003)
On the new thinking on intellectual capital reporting
- Battered Ulfa Appeals: Let Us Out (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 18, 2003)
Crackdown:Admitting heavy casualties, Paresh Baruah appeals to Bhutan King for ceasefire
- Keep The Torch Of Sound Accounting Practices Burning (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
A NEW campaign that has begun at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a series of eight ads. You can catch a preview of these at the ICAI's Web site, in case you had missed the ads that made it to magazines and newspapers.
- ‘dubey Enforces Our Belief In Human Values ’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
There is no place for honest people in our system. If they do not get killed — they are shunted out on branch lines to obscurity. The only solution is to dismantle the system.
Raghubir Singh
- Vajpayee's Utopian Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
AT A TIME when the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is struggling to finalise a South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (SAPTA), leading to a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), Prime Minister Vajpayee has spoken of a ...
- Is Corporate Farming Really The Solution For Indian Agriculture? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 16, 2003)
Contract farming is increasingly being presented as the way out of the morass in which Indian agriculture now finds itself, and is being actively promoted by major international donor agencies, multinational companies and the Central Government. In this
- 2004 Will Be Fought On 3 Issues: Vajpayee Vs Sonia, Nda Vs Disunited Opposition & Five Years Vs Fifty (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 16, 2003)
Fresh from overseeing his party’s successful state election campaign, Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary and former Union minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk
- Changing Colours Of The Uniform (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Dec 16, 2003)
Could this be the beginning of the era of the righteous? Or is khaki showing its true colour after washing off the grime in Bihar’s political badlands? It may be too early to hazard a guess, but the suspended Bihar director-general of police, D.P. Ojha
- Bangladesh, 32 Years After (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 16, 2003)
The unity that once bound our eastern neighbour to us is forgotten
- Oil Sector Disinvestment: The End Or Means? (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Dec 16, 2003)
AS ON March 31, 2002, 13 public sector enterprises were engaged in producing, refining and selling oil and other allied products. All these enterprises (excluding Bongaigaon Refinery) recorded a total net profit of Rs 12,715 crore in 2001-02, and ...
- Of Hindutva And Governance (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 15, 2003)
Signs of Hindutva were unmistakable in the elections... [But] we are so used to equating it with belligerence that we do not notice it when it takes subtler forms.
- The Message From Assembly Elections 2003 - Give The People What They Want (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 15, 2003)
THE din and dust of the State elections in the heartland of India has not yet settled down. Analysts and commentators are busy explaining the rout of the Congress in most of the States.
- For Sonia, Unity Doesn’t Begin At Home (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 14, 2003)
Even AS Congress chief Sonia Gandhi repeated her call to secular parties to join in her ‘‘fight against communalism’’, storm clouds gathered over the AICC headquarters here today.
- ‘let His Be The Last Sacrifice, And A Rallying Point For This Fight Against Corruption’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
After reading about Satyendra Dubey my eyes were filled with tears. Here was a man whose upbringing was in poor conditions, but the opportunity to make quick money did not change his beliefs. The prime minister should begin by ordering an inquiry into the
- Hc Tightens Screws Further: Start Plan To Protect From Today (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 13, 2003)
Rabri govt faces its first no-confidence motion on Dubey & DGP
- 50 Years Of Atoms For Peace (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Dec 13, 2003)
It is an opportune moment for the U.S. to remind itself of Eisenhower's call and search seriously for ways and means to achieve a nuclear weapon free world.
- Don’t Get Carried Away (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 13, 2003)
After the recent assembly poll success, it’s celebration time for the BJP. But the way it is jubilant about its election managers and software experts, it seems it has well and truly written the Congress epitaph. If BJP leaders care to pause and ponder
- The Horror Of It All (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 13, 2003)
Innumerable novels, short stories and poems have been written on the unbelievable violence that took place with the Partition of the country in 1947. Upwards of a million innocent men, women and children; Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs were massacred in cold
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