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- Let The Iron Rooster Take Wing (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 26, 2005)
Introducing competition into the Railways would provide a range of choices to the consumer and make train travel more efficient
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly (Indian Express, PRARTHNA GAHILOTE, Feb 25, 2005)
It rises and falls, a velvety black spread of silk, with the London Eye on one side and the Big Ben on the other. After, sundown, when the overcast skies turn a deeper shade, day activities are put to rest.
- The Epic Tale Of Bilkis Bano (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 25, 2005)
A historic event in the evolution of our democracy is taking place in a Mumbai court and we do ourselves disservice by allowing it to be crowded out by other admittedly important stories.
- Tri-State Assembly Elections (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 25, 2005)
THIS country’s claim to be the world’s largest and thriving democracy is not an empty boast. The international community recognises that India alone in the Third World has held fast to the democratic path for more than half a century.
- Arm In Arm (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 25, 2005)
A failed state in the neighbourhood cannot be a cause for comfort for any country. India, therefore, had no choice but to respond to the crisis in Nepal.
- Budgeting For A Safer Railway (Indian Express, S. M. VAISH, Feb 25, 2005)
The rail budget will be presented today. Will it makes amends for the callous neglect of safety considerations that has marked railway budgeting?
- India Must Back King (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Feb 25, 2005)
Mr Gautam Sen's article, "Nepal: What does India do now?" (Agenda, February 13), is a vivid account of the role of monarchy in Nepal. Apart from providing a historical perspective
- Pipelines Or Pipe Dreams? (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 24, 2005)
New Delhi has indulged in two notable flip-flops in its relations with Pakistan in recent days. After initially insisting that passports would be required for travel across the LoC in the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service, we backtracked on this
- Psu Banks Are Still Caged (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 24, 2005)
The bank autonomy package for public sector banks now decided on by the Government will not alter much the status of public sector banks as caged birds.
- Kuldip Nayar’S Valley Of Unfounded Fears (Indian Express, MADHU PURNIMA, Feb 24, 2005)
The veteran journalist who once built bridges with the estranged people of Kashmir fails to realise that there is a historic new dawn in the state
- The Real Gonzo Is Tough (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Feb 24, 2005)
There are many sins the hard-drinking, drug-overdosing, gun-loving, incorrigibly, often violently, behaved Hunter S. Thompson, who killed himself last Sunday, must be accounting for up there.
- Beyond The Barrier (Pioneer, Amrita Dash, Feb 24, 2005)
Arpit is back and the Dewan family is relieved and happy. The kidnapping and subsequent rescue of Arpit was followed by reams of warning in print media...
- Budget 2005 And Economic Equity (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Feb 24, 2005)
The Budget has to juxtapose the complex functions of pursuing the `profit' idiom to create wealth for the nation and of taking a range of socio-economic benefits to the people.
- Bus And Beyond (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 24, 2005)
During the last conversation that this columnist had with J.N. Dixit shortly before his death, the late national security adviser said he was working ...
- The Problem In Goa Lies In Delhi (Indian Express, V A Pai Panandiker, Feb 23, 2005)
A spate of articles on Goa suggests that democracy in Goa has gone. Nothing is farther from the truth. What happened in the Goa assembly on February 2 is a ...
- Gonzo Goes To Bihar (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Feb 23, 2005)
Contemporary Bihar has become a graveyard of reputations, not least its own renown as a historical centre of scholarship and prosperity. As such, this year’s assembly election has seen a puncturing of, admittedly minor, egos.
- Bulldozing Basic Rights (Indian Express, MILOON KOTHARI, Feb 23, 2005)
Compare what has occurred in Mumbai with evictions and homelessness in Kenya or Mexico City or New Delhi. Certainly, in terms of both the sheer numbers of poor people affected and the brutality of the demolitions
- Hot Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 23, 2005)
Despite the cold spell in north India, there is an enormous amount of hot air in New Delhi. This hot air originates in the state conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala
- India Is Fertile Soil For Budget Airlines (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Feb 22, 2005)
As Air Deccan Flight 204 soared away from the runway, Ramana Murthy looked out the window and chatted animatedly on his cell phone. Never mind the rules.
- Next Steps In Missile Defence (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 22, 2005)
As India enters talks with the United States today on acquiring Patriot missiles, it needs clarity on the elements that form an effective strategy to develop missile defence capabilities within the nation.
- Babus Don’T Travel (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 22, 2005)
This year, India has been through a tourism boom. There are no hotel rooms available for love or money anywhere in Delhi or in Rajasthan.
- Nation In Turmoil, King In Trouble (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Feb 21, 2005)
By clamping an emergency and banning all political parties, King Gyanendra Bikram Shah has triggered — most probably — a major avalanche in the Himalayas.
- Nepal: An Indian Faux Pas? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Feb 21, 2005)
The Government of India has reacted in a knee-jerk fashion to the developments in Nepal. It has issued a strong statement condemning the action of the King in dismissing the Cabinet and imposing an emergency.
- Those Who Care For Nobody’S Rights But Their Own (Indian Express, K P S Gill, Feb 21, 2005)
Once again, the ‘human rights’ lobby has launched a virulent and unsubstantiated campaign against the police in the case of the attempt on the life of S A R Geelani, who had been acquitted in the December 13, 2001, attack on India’s Parliament.
- Majlis Musings (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Feb 21, 2005)
India never fails to enchant with hidden harmonies. Last week I went with my Hindu friend from Aligarh to the ladies’ Mohurrum majlis at the home of Syeda Syedain Hameed.
- New Call (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 21, 2005)
The support of the British foreign secretary, Mr Jack Straw, for Indian membership of an expanded United Nations security council is an obvious recognition of New Delhi’s growing importance in the international system.
- Where Are The Tiger’S Guardians? (Indian Express, MANOJ KUMAR MISRA, Feb 21, 2005)
India's central highlands, and northern and eastern terai belt provide the most suitable habitat for the tiger and report the most numbers of them. Threats inevitably follow the numbers.
- Descending Ordeal (Deccan Herald, H NARAYANAN, Feb 21, 2005)
In July 2004, my wife and I went to New Delhi for a brief stay. Our son at Noida owned a flat there constructed by private agencies. The apartment was due for Grahapravesam
- A Life In The Day Of Our Republic (Indian Express, VRINDA GROVER, Feb 21, 2005)
Democracy will not survive if the powers of the Special Cell of the Delhi Police begin to brutally encroach upon citizens’ freedoms
- For The Love Of Neighbours (Telegraph, Deb Mukharji, Feb 21, 2005)
The foreign secretary’s recent speech has sparked off a debate on inter-state relations in south Asia
- Forget Shanghai, Remember Mumbai (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 21, 2005)
We need to put aside our obsession with becoming "world class". Let us make our cities liveable for all the people.
- High-Tech Delhi Suburb Stuck In 'Village Time Warp' (Washington Post, RAMA LAKSHMI, Feb 20, 2005)
Five years ago, Saurabh Chawla, a young corporate strategist, moved out of cramped and polluted New Delhi to the open spaces of suburban Gurgaon,
- Paswan: A Leader To Be Watched (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 20, 2005)
Described by his bete noire Laloo Prasad Yadav as “Abhaga Paswan”, the Lok Janshakti Party leader, Ram Vilas Paswan may become “Bhagyawan Paswan” as he positions himself to play a crucial role in the post-poll scenario in Bihar.
- How The Cpm Sees Its Future (Indian Express, SHIKHA MUKERJEE, Feb 19, 2005)
From 1996, the CPM has been operating in a reactive mode, summed in Jyoti Basu’s famous observation that rejecting the prime ministership was a "historic blunder". In the nine years since 1996
- Mumbai Shanghaied To Patna (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 19, 2005)
Just a drive around Patna could help you see the ongoing slum demolition controversy in Mumbai in a comprehensive perspective.
- Muddle In Nepal (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Feb 19, 2005)
India has seven neighbours, including Nepal. Our relationship with each one of them is based on a different set of historical, geographical and cultural factors. But a generally shared perspective of history and a substantially common culture especially b
- Metropolis, Stalled (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 19, 2005)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is a deeply disappointed man today. His ambitious attempt — the first serious one since Independence
- Italian Connections (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 19, 2005)
It is welcome that India and Italy have set a bilateral trade target of 5 billion euros, to be attained in two years, as there exists considerable scope to step up the economic ties which are now worth 3 billion euros.
- India’S Urban Slums (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 19, 2005)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's demolition drive in Mumbai brings to the fore the problem of India's urban slums as a whole.
- India: Nepal’S Friendly Neighbour (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 19, 2005)
It was an odd coincidence that a week or so after Manjushree Thapa’s book Forget Kathmandu (Penguin Viking) was launched with much fanfare in Delhi and widely covered by the Indian media, King Gyanendra declared an Emergency in his kingdom.
- Go For It In Nagaland (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 19, 2005)
The State Human Development Report 2004 for Nagaland, the first for the State, is revealing in many respects. According to conventional wisdom
- Dogged Ways Of Strays (Indian Express, Mukul Dube, Feb 19, 2005)
I was born into a household which contained two greyhounds. The Pekinese, who bore the noble name Tillu, was either there already or else came soon after.
- Depth Of Depravity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 19, 2005)
Even at a time when crimes reflecting shocking depravity are no longer that rare, there are some that shake one to the core.
- New Border Lines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2005)
The ambit of the composite dialogue India and Pakistan have undertaken to address is so very vast that affixing milestones can appear dismally complicated. Is it material progress on the gas pipeline and consolidation of economic cooperation that’s requis
- Our Legacy Of Modernity (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 18, 2005)
I am trying to piece together seemingly unrelated views on the Indian aesthetic sensibility and create an integrated perspective.
- Shoot For Indo-Us Missile Ties (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 18, 2005)
US willingness to share information on missile defence indicates its recognition of the realities of the globalising world and India’s role in it
- New Route (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 18, 2005)
In Kashmir, firecrackers greeted the news that the Srinagar-Muzaffarbad bus route was to become operative from April 7.
- Wrong Note (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 18, 2005)
Scoring debating points is not exactly the idea behind peace initiatives. Peace in Assam cannot, therefore, be a matter of how the rebels define the concept of “sovereignty”.
- A Route To Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 18, 2005)
The composite dialogue between India and Pakistan received further impetus during the Islamabad visit of External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh.
- Love, Actually (Indian Express, JAYSHREE MISRA TRIPATHI, Feb 18, 2005)
The nearest our grandmothers got to saying, “I love you” in Oriya was “I like you!” And even that was said with a blush. Dad’s mother, Ma, left us too soon.
- After The Sock In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 18, 2005)
India’s garrulous foreign minister has received a sock in the eye. This gentleman, on induction in office last May, had chosen Kathmandu as his first official port of call.
- An Unhealthy Plan For The Poor (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Feb 18, 2005)
It is a matter of national shame that the Centre has to be reminded by an American daily about how the UPA Government has surrendered to American MNCs’ interests in drawing up the patents ordinance.
- Bus To Pok (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 18, 2005)
A historic breakthrough has been made with India and Pakistan agreeing to start a bus link between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.
- India's Military Hungry For More (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Feb 18, 2005)
Indian defense officials have laid out a request for a huge increase in spending on arms to New Delhi, most of which will be used to purchase state-of-the-art weaponry from suppliers around the world.
- Destination Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 18, 2005)
THE agreement External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri have reached on starting a bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad from April 7 marks a new milestone in
India-Pakistan relations.
- Deal To Run Buses In Kashmir Bolsters India-Pakistan Talks (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Feb 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to run buses across the cease-fire line that divides the Himalayan province of Kashmir,
- Naga Talks: The Task Ahead (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Feb 17, 2005)
Both the Government of India and the NSCN should move beyond the sterile formulas based on the territorial imperative.
- New Delhi’S Stakes In Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2005)
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh’s brief visit to Afghanistan will go a long way towards rebuilding India’s traditional relations with the war-torn country.
- South Block's Inconsistencies (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Feb 17, 2005)
As Nepal has been in the limelight, I read again some of the old official letters from the first Indian Prime Minister to King Tribhuvan of Nepal in the 1950s. Surprisingly
- Vibrant Economic Zone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2005)
India has done well to stress co-operation and collaboration with its neighbours in its vision for a new South Asia. Coming just days after its decision to stay away from the SAARC summit at Dhaka ruffled feathers in the region
- Laloo’S Defeat Will Be A Defeat For Peace (Indian Express, Andalib Akhter, Feb 17, 2005)
All eyes are on Bihar’s “Muslim vote”. The chattering classes swear that if the Muslim vote swings towards Laloo Prasad Yadav’s political rivals, he will be in deep trouble.
- Truth, Confessions And Videotape (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 17, 2005)
Anara Gupta, beauty queen. S.A.R. Geelani, academic. Shankaracharya, spiritual leader. Vicky Thakur, suspected kidnapper. Jammu, Delhi, Chennai, Patna.
- Corridor Of Doubt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 17, 2005)
A poor shadow of its former self, the Congress needs troublesome crutches to remain in power at the Centre. It has, consequently, done much loud thinking about reviving itself in UP
- Alternative Sources Needed (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 17, 2005)
Last month the Prime minister and the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, did the nation a service by warning it, at the start of the Petrotech-2005 conference in Delhi, that the days of cheap and abundant fossil energy were behind us, possibly for
- Flight Postponed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 17, 2005)
Hastening reforms, it would appear, may require nothing more than an efficient social secretary for the minister. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Group of Ministers to finalise plans to modernise New Delhi and Mumbai airports ended abruptly
- Police Itself To Blame For Bad Image (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 16, 2005)
I am surprised at the Delhi police complaint that it was not immediately informed about the attack by the gun on Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, Delhi University lecturer. This is a sad commentary on the credibility of the force.
- Well Served, Pappu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2005)
The Supreme Court directive shifting the Madhepura Lok Sabha member, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, from Beur Jail in Patna to Tihar Jail in New Delhi within a week is timely.
- A Three-Way Power Struggle (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 16, 2005)
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal may be tempting fate. The royal proclamation of February 1 pitted him against the other two political forces of his country: the political parties and the Maoist insurgent army.
- Civil Society And The State (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 16, 2005)
The discourse over the attack on S.A.R. Geelani has revealed a number of disturbing trends.
- Patent Amendment Ordinance — Is It Constitutionally Valid? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 15, 2005)
Can the Government, by exercise of Article 123 powers, totally change the basic character and vital provisions of a model welfare legislation serving public interest and convert it into a law designed to promote and protect private interests....
- Regulator For Aviation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2005)
AFTER telecom and insurance, civil aviation will have a regulator. A Bill to set up the Civil Aviation Economic Regulatory Authority will be moved in the Budget session of Parliament.
- Silicon Meltdown (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Feb 15, 2005)
Even though many of Bangalore’s citizens are receiving worldwide recognition, all is not well with the city
- Wait And Go For The Kill (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 15, 2005)
The battle to hang on to the minimal forested spaces continues unabated. The prime minister’s office, along with the ministry of forests and environment, is desperately trying to undermine the existing laws that govern our forests by putting forth a draft
- Diplomacy Won’T Hurt (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 15, 2005)
WHEN it comes to the feelings of neighbouring countries, our government is inclined to be insensitive. It behaves like any other big power which believes that equality in diplomatic jargon is all right as far as it goes
- Fantasy (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Feb 15, 2005)
George Orwell had this to say to aspiring novelists: “Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-striken by their own unorthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.”
- Moving On From The Metro Mindset (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 15, 2005)
If a new commission is set up to look into Centre-State relations, its mandate should be to demarcate the functions of each, empowering the States to create regions of excellence.
- Kathmandu, With Clarity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 15, 2005)
Given its geographical and political proximity to Nepal, it is inevitable that India’s stance on the royal coup in the Himalayan kingdom would have a resonance that goes far beyond South Asia.
- Bare Life (Telegraph, Ananya Vajpeyi, Feb 15, 2005)
Once again, Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani meets, before his time, in an only half-unexpected fashion, his old friend, Death.
- Jeopardizing Peace (Asia Times, Wasbir Hussain , Feb 14, 2005)
By failing to gather the courage to tell the NSCN-IM leadership that the redrawing of the maps of the volatile region in the Northeast, the government will not only lose the Naga rebel group
- Action In The Pipeline (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 14, 2005)
Much interest has been generated by the Union Cabinet authorising the Petroleum Ministry last week to negotiate with Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar to lay transnational pipelines for import of natural gas.
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