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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 3686:
- Gently, Rss Turns Another Screw (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 13, 2003)
The RSS top-brass today advised the BJP leadership to make at least some movement on the Hindutva agenda to inspire the Parivar rank and file to work for the success of the party in the elections. The advice came at a meeting attended by Prime
- Dragging Feet (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2003)
A sluggish bureaucracy is the bane of enterprise in India. Even a well-known company like Tata Steel, therefore, has to struggle hard and long with official inertia to secure some basic approvals. It is a telling commentary on administrative inefficiency
- In The Lands Of The Gods (Telegraph, Sayomdeb Mukherjee, Jul 07, 2003)
We started from Calcutta on May 6 on a really hot and humid noon. Whenever we plan a family outing, my father has problems getting leave. So when the train finally started rolling, we all sighed in relief. The next morning we arrived at Lucknow. This is
- Bali High (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 05, 2003)
The Temple of Segara Amrta on the ocean’s edge is a reminder that the Bharatiya Janata Party might fumble at the hustings and Nepal teeter on the edge of chaos, but Hinduism is alive and well on the island that Jawaharlal Nehru called “the morning of the
- Many A Slip (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2003)
A new wave of uncertainty is gripping Jammu and Kashmir. Although the state has attracted a large number of tourists this year, there are genuine fears that violence could once again engulf Kashmir in the weeks to come. This sense of uncertainty is accent
- The Absurd Reasoning (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jun 27, 2003)
This was unavoidable. Once the campaign for reservations was extended to its illogical extreme, the Brahmins could not be left behind. If the supposedly reasonable assumption that the state should be compassionate to all is taken for granted, everything
- The Fallen Wives Of God (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 20, 2003)
The act of definition is a powerful tool in both understanding a social phenomenon as it is in atomizing it. When law backs the process of defining a social process, the effects can be far-reaching. The obliteration of the devadasis, a community of ritual
- When Wariness Is Best (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jun 19, 2003)
Did the Pentagon team in New Delhi return home red-faced? Its members did their job in pressing the case for the despatch of 20,000 Indian troops to Iraq for peacekeeping duties in the northern, largely Kurdish, part of the country and spelling out the
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 17, 2003)
A social democratic approach, rather than communist tokenism, could have seen the women’s reservation bill through
- What Women Really Want (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , Jun 13, 2003)
“Every woman is an occupied territory” is the title of an article by Simona Sharoni published in the Journal of Gender Studies. The image, albeit a bit flashy, is evocative in that it reflects the fact that femininity today is a theatre of contested ...
- Saving A Process From Doom (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jun 13, 2003)
Another round of talks ended recently on the same “positive note” between the government’s interlocutor, K. Padmanabhaiah, and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) in a bid to further the Naga peace process. These would be preparatory
- It’s The Editors’ Day Out (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jun 12, 2003)
It was a treat watching M.J. Akbar last Sunday. The Asian Age editor-in-chief may not have been very illuminating, but relaxed and confident, he was very much the badshah of his four-part Darbar on television. Akbar was the first editor to make a foray in
- A Sanctioned Killing (Telegraph, Arshi Khan, Jun 12, 2003)
The instability and insecurity in Iraq are the result of US action, deliberate global ignorance and the UN’s failure to deliver justice
- On A Palace Coup (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jun 11, 2003)
Nepal’s royalty is exploiting the constitutional crisis which it had itself created to subvert parliamentary democracy in the nation
- It Is Still Cold Beyond The Wall (Telegraph, M.L. Sondhi, Jun 10, 2003)
China must think beyond Sikkim in framing its India policy given the new warmth between India and the US
- Make Haste Slowly (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jun 10, 2003)
Six weeks have gone by since the offer of the Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to resume the dialogue with Pakistan. It has got a reticently positive response from Pakistan. The media, as usual, proceeded to be enthusiastic about break-through
- Mad As A Hater (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
The politics of hate is never far from insanity. When that kind of politics tries to draw blood from false religion, it becomes a sure recipe for disaster. The general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Mr Praveen Togadia, has offered one such ...
- The President Comes Calling (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 09, 2003)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has tried to ignite the Bihar debate again during his visit to the state. But are the state’s leaders interested
- First Rumblings (Telegraph, Dayita Datta, Jun 06, 2003)
Since the advent of cable television, National Geographic and Discovery Channel have brought home to millions of viewers the destructive power of our restless planet with their coverage of the eruptions of Mount St Helens, Mount Pinatubo or the almost ...
- Beyond The Hyphenated Perspective (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jun 05, 2003)
India has often complained of being bracketed with Pakistan by the international community. The “India-Pakistan” hyphenated perspective of south Asia has led to a sense of frustration in New Delhi. Pakistan is seen as a shackle that prevents India from...
- Coria Wins Battle Of Ages (Indian Express, OSSIAN SHINE, Jun 04, 2003)
Andre Agassi’s bid to land a second French Open crown ended in failure today when Argentine seventh seed Guillermo Coria beat the 33-year-old American 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the men’s semi-finals. Agassi, playing the 999th match of his sparkling
- Awake And Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Singing solo is a diva’s dream but not always the best tactic on the political stage. It has taken the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, some time and a few knocks to realize this. Without doubt she is the Congress’s only diva or leader of any kind.
- The Real Test Begins Now (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jun 03, 2003)
The violence over the recruitment of primary teachers in Jharkhand gives a glimpse of the BJP’s gameplan for the state
- Reforms And Urban Poverty (Supriya Roychowdhury) (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jun 03, 2003)
Several dimensions of our economic reform model reflect the impact of an abrasive marketisation policy, entirely
- To Deliver A Baby That Is Europe’s Own (Telegraph, Shada Islam, Jun 02, 2003)
Notwithstanding the US’s unilateral action in Iraq, the EU has its own plans when it comes to northern Africa and west Asia
- Presidential Poll And Polemics Of Consensus (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 11, 2002)
THOUGH any election is all about politics, the presidential poll in the country has been sought to be freed from competitive and combative vehemence of electoral politics and polemics.
- Jayalalithaa: In The Eye Of Another Storm (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 11, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, is right back at the centre of another political controversy. Her government has invoked POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to arrest eight MDMK functionaries for their utterances eulogising the LTTE.
- The Moderate Deputy Pm (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 06, 2002)
As reshuffles go, it is hard to deny that last week’s effort was a bit of a dud.
- Polls In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 05, 2002)
WITH THE FORMALISATION of alliances and the various parties announcing their candidates and releasing their manifestoes, the poll scene in Uttar Pradesh has now reached a decisive phase.
- Poverty Of Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2002)
THE central point is: to what extent should political parties base their policies and actions on firm ideological considerations, which at once would rule out expediency -- of every sort -- as an acceptable yardstick?
- Divided Fight (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2002)
They are out in force, but they find it impossible to come together.
- Bjp-Vhp `Spat' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 02, 2002)
TO MOST observers of saffron politics, the VHP's recent outburst against the BJP and the Prime Minister came as a bit of a surprise, mainly because of its virulence and timing.
- No Family Matter (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
So what must we make of the latest round of posturing on Ayodhya, with just over a fortnight to go for the Uttar Pradesh polls, by the BJP and the VHP? Or should that be, the BJP vs the VHP?
- Tit For Tat (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 01, 2002)
AT ONE level, what happened in Chennai a week back should not raise any eyebrows because it was merely yet another episode of `tit for tat politics', which has increasingly come to rule the political scene in recent decades.
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2002)
THE attack on the Parliament complex and what might have happened but for the quick response of the security guards have left the nation stunned and furious.
- The Other Front (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2002)
The NDA leaders are not too worried about its biggest possible challenger, namely, the People’s Front.
- New Roads (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2002)
It also suffered a humiliating defeat in the prestigious Shahjahanpur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where its nominee was the widow of the late Jitendra Prasada, a stalwart of the party.
- The Panja-Didi Show (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 30, 2002)
Featuring party-snatching and other delightful vignettes.
- Changing Contours Of Indo-Pak Summit (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 30, 2002)
WHETHER it is the media or the cocktail circuit, a hot point of discussion these days is the forthcoming summit between the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Pakistan President-cum-Chief Executive, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Warning Bells (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2002)
The VHP’s Ayodhya-Delhi roadshow has mercifully wound up.
- Unleashing A Whirlwind (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 27, 2002)
The VHP has been allowed to beat the Ayodhya drum again... To reach a crescendo by the next Lok Sabha poll? Nenna Vyas reports with inputs from J.P.Shukla.
- Hard Times (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jan 25, 2002)
With the Assembly elections to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur nearing, political parties are once again looking for funds for their election campaigns.
- Welcome Move On Coal Mining (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 25, 2002)
NEW DELHI'S LATEST decision to permit coal and lignite mining by State government companies or their subsidiaries appears to be intended to facilitate a new tier for the development of the sector.
- The Winner Controls The Flow (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jan 24, 2002)
For all the measures taken post-December 13 to exert pressure on Pakistan, India has so far resisted the temptation of abrogating the Indus Water Treaty.
- A General And A Minister (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 23, 2002)
The fraudulent 'deshbhakts' who preside over New Delhi ought to be slowed down in their heedless quest for making India into a garrison state.
- Yet Another Yatra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 23, 2002)
THE `CHETAVANI YATRA', a programme involving the sants and orchestrated by the VHP, is only one more attempt by the Sangh Parivar outfits to whip up communal passions.
- The Unfolding Up Poll 'Tamasha' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 23, 2002)
THINGS are not looking too rosy for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, at least going by the results of the two polls done till now — the Times of India Poll and, more recently, the NDTV-CSDS poll.
- Negotiating In Good Faith (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 22, 2002)
Now that the Americans are leaning on us to do what we should have the good sense to do on our own, it is but a matter of time (and face-saving) before we and the Pakistanis find ourselves at the negotiating table, with the Americans.
- The Case For De-Escalation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2002)
THE DEFENCE MINISTER, George Fernandes, is absolutely correct when he says that other nations do not have the right to demand that India pull back its troops from the western border.
- It's Time To Draw The Line (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 20, 2002)
Privately, political parties across the spectrm concede that the LoC as the International border is the only feasible solution to the Kashmir issue.
- Playing The Numbers Game (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 19, 2002)
Ashok Gehlot and Digvijay Singh must be congratulated for their courageous and visionary steps to put a leash on the spiralling population graph.
- Falling Interest Rates... -- Downward Drift In Financial Savings (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 19, 2002)
ACCORDING to the procedures of Raymond Goldsmith, the leading researcher in the history of literature on savings.
- Dumped (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2002)
Perhaps, after all, partners in the National Democratic Alliance cannot be taken for granted.
- Choices For The Northeast (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 18, 2002)
The differing concerns of the people in the area could pose a serious impediment to lasting peace in the Northeast. They have to be addressed above all by people in the region.
- Vajpayee's Third Shot At Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 18, 2002)
Mr.Vajpayee now has the unprecedented combination of international and regional circumstances to push for a final solution to the vexatious dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Flying The Flag (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
WHEN THE NATIONAL flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in July 1947, it was spoken about as a symbol which belonged to all Indians — and in equal measure.
- Hollowness Of The Secularist Paradigm (Pioneer, Rakesh Sinha , Jan 16, 2002)
RSS mouthpiece Panchajanya organised an interesting competition in its December 30, 2000, issue, asking its readers to identify the name of the national daily which gave the headline.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- Savings On The Block (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2002)
COME FEBRUARY 28, patrons of small-saving schemes will be waiting with bated breath for what the Finance Minister has in store for them. Are they in for days of less money in their wallets?
- Enough, No More Of Number Games (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 13, 2002)
ASHOK Gehlot and Digvijay Singh must be congratulated for the exemplary — and courageous — steps they have taken to put a leash on the spiraling population graph.
- Don’t Trash The Nam (Indian Express, Kirtidev Bhatt, Jan 11, 2002)
SUBRAMANIAM Narsimhan’s views on the Non Aligned Movement in ‘Why flog a dead NAM?’ (IE, January 8) made interesting reading. He may have a point in saying that the movement did not lead to any political advantage for India.
- The Ark Sets Sail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2002)
THE decision to despatch teams to explain India’s stand on both terrorism and Kashmir to the world was agreed upon a fortnight ago at an all-party meeting.
- Uniform Governors (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2002)
At a time when the military and the police are not attracting the best of youthful talent, it may be a good idea to come up with a slogan like ‘‘Join the forces and become governors’’.
- Irresolute Tmc (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
AFTER HAVING BEEN denied by the AIADMK the opportunity to enter the Rajya Sabha, the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) chief, G. K. Vasan, seems to be determined not to read the writing on the wall even now.
- Iron Mask (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2002)
Political ideologues also need to be politicians. That might be the very hard lesson that Mr K.N. Govindacharya, the former Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary, is learning.
- Irresolute Tmc (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
AFTER HAVING BEEN denied by the AIADMK the opportunity to enter the Rajya Sabha, the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) chief, G. K. Vasan, seems to be determined not to read the writing on the wall even now.
- Handshake Or Crossing Of Swords? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 09, 2002)
ONCE again it is time for the media, and through it, the nation to interpret the body language, or rather, the handshakes of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayeee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Handshake Or Crossing Of Swords? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 09, 2002)
ONCE again it is time for the media, and through it, the nation to interpret the body language, or rather, the handshakes of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayeee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Archival Truths (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 09, 2002)
My college guru and Foreign Service colleague, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, erstwhile ambassador to China and later to the European Union, timed to perfection the release of his War and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 (Sage, Rs 440).
- Why Flog A Dead Nam? (Indian Express, Subramaniam Narasimhan, Jan 08, 2002)
This is apropos of recent columns invoking the ‘glorious days of the Non Aligned Movement’ by Kuldip Nayar and Mani Shankar Aiyar in this paper. Messrs Nayar and Aiyar, both members of Parliament, are excellent men of letters.
- The Many Faces Of `Restraint' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2002)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee has played his diplomatic cards so deftly that Pakistan is now feeling the heat of international diplomatic opinion vis-a-vis its Kashmir policy.
- The Panja-Didi Show (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2002)
Featuring party-snatching and other delightful vignettes.
- Chautala Hints At Seat Arrangement With Nda For Up Elections (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Jan 02, 2002)
GURGAON: In a potentially interesting political development, the Haryana chief minister, Om Prakash Chautala, has confided in close circles, including his elder son Ajay Chautala, MP, and political advisor, Sher Singh Badshami.
- History And Community Sentiment (Hindu, Rajeev Bhargava, Jan 02, 2002)
The history textbooks from which selected portions are deleted do not condemn the way of life of any community... They do, however, discourage a deferential attitude... This is how it should be.
- Code Of Conduct (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2002)
This refers to the debate on the Code of conduct in the legislature.
- Back To The Basics (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 31, 2001)
There is at least one good reason why India should not be provoked into war with Pakistan.
- Here Is Sinha’s Nightmare (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2001)
UNION Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has been feeding feel-good-factor pep pills all around, but seemingly without result. He has been talking of providing sops to investment in infrastructure.
- Coal Sector Growth Stifled By Sickness (Business Line, Rabindra Nath Sinha, Dec 28, 2001)
THE COAL sector closes 2001 with none of the key issues, such as unrestricted entry of the private sector, sickness of three subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd.
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