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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 3686:
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Jyotiraditya Scindia: Bjp’s Envy, Cong’s Pride (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 26, 2001)
JYOTIRADITYA Scindia’s decision to follow his late father into the Congress was quite a blow for the BJP, which has yet to come to terms with the loss of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia in Madhya Pradesh.
- Power Play After Terror Strike (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 25, 2001)
The suicide attack by the ISI-sponsored terrorists on Parliament House and its aftershocks have left behind many significant anecdotes.
- The Politics Of War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2001)
AS this might be the last Christmas of peace and goodwill on our benighted subcontinent, before we go hurtling down to the disaster which overcame Europe through the first half of the last century.
- Downslide Begins (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Dec 24, 2001)
The September 11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon hit at the heart of American sensitivity; it changed the world for the US.
- Merits Of Inaction (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Dec 24, 2001)
Sometimes not doing anything is the best strategic course. In India, we have lost sight of this and have become enthralled by the cult of ‘‘action’’. The BJP is the party most at fault here.
- Everything That Is In Her Bag (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2001)
The PM was scheduled to go to Santiniketan and to meet him at the Calcutta airport were a bunch of people, among them didi with her inseparable jhola.
- Priyanka’s Gesture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2001)
Like last year when Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee made an appearance, this year’s Iftar hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi too kept the gossip mills running.
- India’s Economic Balancesheet (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 21, 2001)
AFTER nerve-racking terrorism-related events inside and outside Parliament, the time has come to have yet another look at the state of the economy.
- Lukewarm Pursuit? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 21, 2001)
To pursue or not to pursue - that is the question. Prime Minister Vajpayee faces this Hamletian dilemma.
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 19, 2001)
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.
- Ruffled Allies Add To Woes (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 18, 2001)
The promised Cabinet expansion is going to be the immediate casualty of the Vajpayee government’s confrontation with the unified Opposition and the resultant troubles.
- ‘Why Didn’t Govt Bring About Poto When Thousands Were Dying In J&k?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2001)
Bahujan Samaj Party’s national vice president, the 45-year old Mayawati, is perhaps one of the most underestimated politicians today, not only in Uttar Pradesh but in national landscape.
- No Dividing Lines (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2001)
Well, politicians have no dividing lines. The ruling party members too saw an opportunity to make political capital out of the terrorist attacks on December 13.
- Deep Impact (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 16, 2001)
As I write this column, I am watching the ghastly attack inside the premises of the Indian Parliament.
- Some Weak Arguments (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
No awards for anyone in this case. Not even for Ramdas Athawale, MP from Maharashtra, for his provoking limerick, “Atalji ki lagake photo, Advaniji laye hain POTO, Kafan pe karke ghotala janata ka gala mat ghoto, tumhe harana hi hai hamara motto”.
- Deep Impact (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 15, 2001)
As I write this column, I am watching the ghastly attack inside the premises of the Indian Parliament.
- ‘Pm Has Lost The Grip’ (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 15, 2001)
On a dark, wintry Delhi evening last week I went to meet Ram Jethmalani. With chaos in Parliament over Kargil coffins and POTO and with the political atmosphere in this very political city polluted with whispers.
- Bolting The Stable Door (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
THANKFULLY, some semblance of normalcy has returned to Parliament a day after it faced an unprecedented attack.
- No More Excuses (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
The judiciary can no longer be blamed for obstructing or delaying disinvestment decisions. This was made clear in the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) case on Monday.
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- How (Not) To Deliver Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has said that Indias growth in the current fiscal will not be up to the mark and that the economy can at best aim (at) a 5 per cent growth (rate).
- ‘If Nda-Dmk Equation Changes, It Will Be Karunanidhi’s Doing’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2001)
Cho S Ramaswamy, journalist and nominated Rajya Sabha member, is credited with a deep understanding of the rough and tumble of Tamil Nadu politics.
- Food For Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2001)
If in spring, a young man’s fancy turns to love, the onset of winter does strange things to a Bengali patriarch’s soul.
- The Wima Windfall (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 07, 2001)
If you are a Delhi journalist and write a sort of political column, the question most frequently put to you, even by perfect strangers, is, ‘‘So will the Vajpayee government last?’’
- Rituals Of December 6 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2001)
That 60-point charter of dos and don’ts our legislators pledged themselves to only days ago should, most definitely, have included one more: Don’t force the House to adjourn amid pandemonium on December 6.
- Is Mr Joshi Parochialising History A La Pakistan? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 05, 2001)
It all began with a question on the Policy for Writing Text-books in the Rajya Sabha.
- Up Politics -- Yet Another Act In Theatre Of Absurd? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 05, 2001)
The Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party Chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.
- The House Needs New Rules (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 04, 2001)
It is not a handout. Nor is it a PR exercise. I can reaffirm after completing two-thirds of my term in the Rajya Sabha that Parliament is the nation’s commitment to resolving differences peacefully and democratically.
- A Bigger Challenge For Pm (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 04, 2001)
NO one can any more ignore the strong political undercurrents taking shape in the past few weeks.
- A Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 03, 2001)
UNRESTRICTED ENTRY OF the private sector in coal mining, it appears, is not going to be a reality in the near future.
- Towards That Elusive Understanding (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 02, 2001)
Caution is the buzzword on the Left-sponsored Opposition unity moves.
- Towards A United Front? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2001)
AFTER HAVING PLUNGED into a battle where both refused to hold back their punches, the leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress(I) seem to be showing signs of realising the compulsion before them.
- A Policy On Illiteracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2001)
WAY back in 1950, the Constitution solemnly promised to make education up to the age of 14 “universal and compulsory”.
- Removing Poverty For Real Human Development (Business Line, P. P. Sangal , Nov 29, 2001)
THE Human Development Report 2001 has highlighted the plight of the rural poor in India.
- Man Behind The Iron Bars (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Nov 29, 2001)
Barely two days before Laloo Prasad Yadav’s ill-fated journey to Jharkhand, a soothsayer near the Patna bus-stand predicted doom.
- Pm And Parivar’s Agenda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 29, 2001)
There is nothing secret about the “secret” of the survival, over the last 44 months, of the fractious and depressingly ineffectual 24-party ruling coalition, grandiosely called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Economy: Cost Of Inaction (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 27, 2001)
INDIAN economy is now in its worst crisis since Independence. Except inflation, every other economic indicator signals the impending disaster. Nothing is moving. No one in the industry is sure of what will happen in the coming years.
- Communalising Crafts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
THE NDA government, accused of Talibanising education, has exposed itself to another serious charge.
- Behind “Wonderful Fiction” (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Nov 27, 2001)
IT may be an indication of the loss of perspective in national politics but I find it remarkable.
- ‘Syllabus Changes Were Approved By Cms And Education Ministers’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 27, 2001)
From the very beginning, the misinformed trio of Macaulay, Marx and Madarsas has tried to gain control over educational institutions and the media.
- Lessons From Doha (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Nov 25, 2001)
The Union Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran, on his return from Doha ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation has underlined in particular two courses of action to be followed in the future.
- The Cbse's ``Edict'' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2001)
BY ISSUING A circular ordering schools affiliated to the Board to delete portions from the text books.
- Potshot At Poto (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 23, 2001)
Why are the political parties playing the POTO game?
- Jaya Plays Poto (Indian Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 23, 2001)
IN the murky politics that is being played out in Tamil Nadu, the latest weapon in the armoury of the irrepressible AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa to get the better of her arch-rival M. Karunanidhi is the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto).
- Sense On Poto (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2001)
The readiness shown by the government to have a re-look at the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto) bodes well for its early passage.
- Shrinking Space Of Hinduism (Hindu, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 21, 2001)
THE DALITS embracing Buddhism in Delhi on November 4 became a national issue as it was made controversial.
- Jayalalitha’s Terms Of Engagement (Indian Express, B. S. Nagaraj, Nov 20, 2001)
After enduring separation pangs, the AIADMK seems to getting close to the BJP all over again. Is an alliance afoot?
- Politics Of Poto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2001)
Opposition to POTO (Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance) is building up and the Congress, which will decide its fate in the Rajya Sabha, has promised to block its passage.
- A Chance For Aiadmk, Bjp To Move Closer? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 19, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 18 The support from Tamil Nadu and the ruling AIADMK for the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance is born out of several considerations - chiefly political and security.
- Advani’s Symbolism: Heads I Win Tail You Lose (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 18, 2001)
UNION Home Minister L.K .Advani has always been known as a thinking man, a strategist.
- The Demand For Autonomy (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Nov 17, 2001)
THOUGH THE Indian state, even as it came into existence, became aware of the potential of pluralism and identities constituting society to articulate itself to demand a political system with an `adequate' power-sharing arrangement.
- Shotgun’s Double Play (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 15, 2001)
WHAT’s common between L.K. Advani and Sonia Gandhi? Shatrughan Sinha, it seems. On Monday, the filmstar politician went straight from the Home Minister’s pre-Diwali tea party and warm embrace into an evening of wooing the Congress president.
- Shotgun’s Double Play (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 14, 2001)
WHAT’s common between L.K. Advani and Sonia Gandhi? Shatrughan Sinha, it seems.
- Reject The Poto Cunning, Not The Law (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 14, 2001)
THESE DAYS Mr. Lal Kishen Advani has that satisfied grin of an alley cat that has just managed to get into a jar full of POTO- fied cream.
- Education And Professional Councils (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Nov 14, 2001)
I REMEMBER Late Prof. V.K.R.V. Rao telling me once (soon after he got appointed as a Minister for the first time) that he had preferred shipping to education for one simple reason.
- Poto War Strengthens Advani (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 13, 2001)
MOVES among an influential section of the RSS parivar for a Hindutva-based alternative strategy for the BJP were discussed at length last week.
- Bloodshed In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 13, 2001)
Sandhya Jain's article 'What about atrocities on Bangla Hindus?'
- Why Are Bjp’s Allies Like Lambs? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 12, 2001)
The BJP is behaving as if it is running a one-party government.
- Mamata May Finally Make It To The Cabinet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2001)
YET another small but significant cabinet expansion seems to be on the cards. But it is unlikely to take place before the winter session of Parliament ends. Parliament session, starting from November 19, ends on December 20.
- Poto Is A Must To Tackle Terrorism (Tribune, I. D. Swami, Nov 11, 2001)
THE promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) 2001 on October 24 has set off heated discussion in political circles.
- Labour Reforms: Time They Happened (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 10, 2001)
THOUGH the reforming of India's labour laws and regulations is still the much-talked about component of the comprehensive economic reforms of the last decade, there has been scarcely any matching action.
- A Gentleman, Not A Leader (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
The Congress charge still lacks teeth in Lok Sabha.
- A Jail Named Jp (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
It is not unusual in this country to remember and honour some hero by paying lip service to him while actually working against what he stood for or worked.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- Poto’s Chief Advocate (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 09, 2001)
Not surprisingly Farooq Abdullah turned out to be the chief advocate of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance at the chief ministers conference on Internal Security in New Delhi.
- In Real India, There Is No Place For Religious Fundamentalism (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 08, 2001)
After a miserable performance by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Lok Sabha polls in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee observed that they could not consider any state safe like the communists who had West Bengal as their preserve.
- Punjab, Pm’s Newest Headache (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 07, 2001)
IT’S not only Uttar Pradesh that’s on Vajpayee’s mind these days. The upcoming assembly polls in Punjab are worrying him as much.
- Bjp: Quest For Survival Strategy (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 06, 2001)
A series of incidents in the past few weeks in the ruling BJP and the RSS parivar have led to different kinds of interpretations about the nature and extent of the increased rumblings.
- A Poto Start (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2001)
INDIA has been forced to sit on the bench (where non-players sit in a football match) in the ongoing global battle against terrorism, and the BJP does not like it at all.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics. Almost to the month, last year, the Congress was a house divided.
- Political Solution Remains Elusive (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Nov 04, 2001)
THIRTY-five years ago, Haryana was born on November 1 with the congenital problem of acute thirst.
- ’84 Revisited, This Time With Hope (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 04, 2001)
In a typical government complex in the Capital, a judicial inquiry into India’s biggest massacre since the Partition is in progress.
- Poto, The Government’s Excuse For Abuse (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 02, 2001)
Terror masquerades as an anti-terrorism ordinance, piggy-backing on the September 11 attacks.
- Balking At Talking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Don’t allow Pakistan to win the PR exercise over talks.
- Diluting Mlas’ Rights (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
INDIA is taking the wrong route to electoral reforms. Now the emphasis is on stripping the voters, even if they are honourable members of Vidhan Sabhas, of their right to vote according to their choice.
- A Blow To Human Rights (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Oct 30, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) has notified all the militant organisations we have been hearing about all these years operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Where It Now Stands (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 30, 2001)
The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was a time to celebrate the ascendancy of the Hindutva movement in the polity.
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