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- Kathmandu Talks On Kashmir (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 30, 2004)
Kathmandu was a strange location for people to meet and discuss how to end violence and restore peace and security in Jammu and Kashmir. The Nepalese capital was under a virtual siege, surrounded by armed Maoists, who can paralyse life in the capital when
- Corporate Governance Is Essentially A State Of Mind (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2004)
Business ethics, value creation, transparency, credibility, integrity, trust, honesty, responsibility, accountability, and `all good thoughts' are part of what Sanjiv Agarwal is passionate about in Corporate Governance:
- More Staying Power (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Dec 29, 2004)
Bikram Keshari Deo is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member from Kalahandi, where this member of the royalty has a sprawling house. When he was a member of the Orissa legislative assembly six years ago
- Beyond Politics (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 29, 2004)
The very first words that were spoken by Manmohan Singh when he arrived at his South Block office
- War And Peace In Sri Lanka (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 29, 2004)
The light at the end of the tunnel in the Sri Lankan peace process, burnt out in the last 18 months of static, is flickering again.
- Kashmir Conference In Kathmandu (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2004)
The Kathmandu conference provided ideas on how to move forward in the quest for restoring normalcy and promoting contacts and harmony across the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- 'Is Baazee.Com Culpable?' (The Economic Times, SAURAV SEN, Dec 29, 2004)
An act of adolescence has boiled down to a nationwide debate on ecommerce. The arrest and release on bail of Baazee.com’s CEO Avnish Bajaj has raised some critical questions, the answers to which will determine the route ecommerce will take in India.
- How Times Change (Tribune, Yana Bey, Dec 29, 2004)
Every December, as Christmas draws near, I cannot but help mourn the passing of the grace that once marked traditional celebrations in our cities and towns.
- Can Indian Carriers Soar In The Open Skies? (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 28, 2004)
With a new civil aviation policy expected to set India's public and private sector carriers free, they should really take advantage of the open skies.
- At Saarc, In Charge (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2004)
As he packs his bags for the first foreign policy venture in the new year — the annual summit of the South Asian nations in Dhaka
- A Tide Of E-Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2004)
Computers and electronic gadgets that have reached the end of their useful life in the industrialised countries present a major environmental problem for India and other developing countries, turning up at their ports as e-waste.
- Common Cause (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2004)
Adversities throw up new challenges. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Maoist rebellion in Nepal has prompted India to rethink its relations with the Himalayan neighbour.
- Trading With China (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 28, 2004)
In recent months, India-China trade has been on a high, and estimates are that the overall figure for calendar 2004 could well cross the target of $10 billion to touch $12 billion.
- World Bank Report (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2004)
A pat from the World Bank is bound to lift the drooping spirits of the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister, who are battling with mixed results the oil price rise challenge, which is threatening to destablise economies worldwide.
- Left’S Base Is Shrinking (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Dec 28, 2004)
THE leading lights of the CPM Politbureau seem to get up every morning with a determination to say “no” to whatever the Centre might propose. So, if it is “no” to disinvestment today
- Powers To Be Misused (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 28, 2004)
The CBI seems to be losing its veneer of being a non-partisan investigating body and is increasingly coming across as an arm of whichever is the party in power.
- Sorry Show At The Goa Iffi (Deccan Herald, UTPAL BORPUJARI, Dec 28, 2004)
The emphasis on festivities could not hide the conspicuous absence of quality films and known personalities
- Timely Reminder (Telegraph, Rita Manchanda, Dec 28, 2004)
From the reports on the “historic” return of the top Naga leaders — Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu
- Revolutionaries Of Another Kind (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 27, 2004)
Hugo Chavez has done much to improve the lot of poor Venezuelans but, in the process, he has also gathered many enemies
- Promote Fdi For Higher Growth (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 27, 2004)
THE recent moves in opening the economy to foreign direct investment deserve fulsome praise. When an economy wants to grow at 8-9 per cent based on a savings rate of 24-25 per cent, it would surely need 5-6 per cent of GDP as foreign investment.
- Tabulations Of A Tenant (Deccan Herald, GARGI H CHOUDHURY, Dec 27, 2004)
Our bitter experiences with house-hunting have left us feeling never comfortable in one place
- The Bitter Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- The Ideology Of Numbers (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 27, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- Tragedy As Farce (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- The Institutions Of Education (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Dec 26, 2004)
The crisis of education was in part created by the collapse of those institutions that had neither the democratic nor the professional autonomy to sustain themselves against government directives. This has to be corrected. Such a correction should be ...
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 26, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- Forward, Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- An Unrepentant Communist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 26, 2004)
Eric Hobsbawm has been, perhaps, the most important historian of the 20th century, having lived through the epoch-making years, standing, as if, at each turning point of history.
- ‘Not Just A Tarnish On Bangalore But Shame On All Of India’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards. Here we present some very angry, disappointed and agitated voices
- Beastly Tales (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 26, 2004)
It’s the price you pay for playing God. After toying with lion-breeding programmes for years, zoo officials in India are staring at a man-made evolutionary disaster
- Minors In Major Mess (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 25, 2004)
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) scandal involving schoolchildren from New Delhi has driven home a point or two about the changing moral values in urban India.
- Lost In Cypherspace (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 25, 2004)
Policemen across the country have been on the prowl to counter cyber crime and porn, even beating up women users of a cyber cafe in their pursuit of public decency.
- Foggy Logic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 25, 2004)
IT’S that time of the year when fog rolls in and everything is grounded, cars, buses, trains and even airplanes that are meant to soar in the sky.
- Doon-Sday Scenario (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Dec 25, 2004)
Open spaces in the Doon valley are soon going to be a thing of the past, with work on the ‘Greater Doon’ project in the south of Dehra Dun progressing at a very fast rate.
- Tragedy As Farce (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2004)
The latest episode of the Zaheera Sheikh prime-time features her own erstwhile champions turning on her. What has, doubtless inadvertently, been exposed by the Tehelka "exposé" is the collective ire ...
- Not Consenting Adults? (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 25, 2004)
Finally, the intimate nature of the BJP’s relationship with the Samajwadi Party is out in the open. But the chumminess is not a new flavour, it has existed all through and was amply manifested on plenty of occasions during the NDA rule.
- Ready For Takeoff (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 25, 2004)
The civil aviation sector in the country could see strong growth in the new year.
- Pv’S Predilections (Tribune, Ashwini Bhatnagar, Dec 25, 2004)
I THOUGHT that it wasn’t such a good idea but my senior colleague said that the beer at the Delhi Press club could wait. He said emotionally that he owed this one to the “old man packing his bags to return to his hometown.”
- Product Patents: Far From Public Good? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 24, 2004)
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor.
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- Charting A New Course For India's Army (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Dec 24, 2004)
On February 1, Lieutenant-General J J Singh will take over as India's new army chief. He is expected to direct the Indian army for at least three years, a tenure that is anticipated to be a period of great significance for the Indian army.
- Apocalypse Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 24, 2004)
The last week of every year is conventionally a time for merriment which peaks on New Year's eve when the rich splurge in five star hotels, a thousand parties explode and tipsy revellers sway in lit-up downtowns where multitudes gather to ring in the new.
- Blossoming Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first state visit to India could not have come at a better time. India's `Look East' policy is firmly in place. Its ties with the
- Islands In The Sun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 24, 2004)
The Maldives President, Abdul Gayoom, seems to regard Indian policies towards his regime as a protective political insurance. The time may have come to clear this misconception.
- Father Of Reforms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was a bundle of contradictions. He had retired from politics when destiny catapulted him to the leadership of the country.
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Judiciary Under Trial By Sensation (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Dec 24, 2004)
Now the news media is agog with the new Tehelka expose on Zaheera Sheikh, the super character in the Best Bakery episode. It has been made out that Zaheera accepted a huge ransom of Rs 18 lakh from BJP bigwigs in Vadodara to commit testimonial somersaults
- Is Security Is No Overhead (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 23, 2004)
Almost one in two Indian organisations are unaware of the technique used for breaching their security. This is almost double of what prevailed about a year ago
- Eclipse Of The Un (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Dec 23, 2004)
The Pioneer editorial, "Insecure P-5?" (December 4), shows the stand of the big powers on the question of conferring veto power on those who hope to enter the Security Council as per the recommendations made by the expert group.
- Complexities Of Monetary Policy-Making (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 23, 2004)
Contrary to common belief, monetary policy-making is more difficult than devising the fiscal plan. For, in open economies, the monetary policy has to interface with the uncertain market behaviour and expectations.
- Can Over-Confidence Trip Lalu Prasad? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 23, 2004)
It is early days yet but the irrepressible chief of the Rashtriya Janata Party and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has given the nation a taste of the fireworks it can expect from the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held in three phases early next year.
- Baazee.Com’S Run-In With The Law (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 23, 2004)
Now that Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, has been released on bail, let’s try and make a dispassionate study of the arrest that caused so much dismay in the corporate world.
- Military Misdeeds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2004)
The dismissal of Major Surinder Singh from service through a court martial for fake killings on the Siachen glacier only reflects the declining ethical standards in the army. Coincidentally, on the same day another officer, Major Rehman
- Third Front: A Non-Starter (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 23, 2004)
The third front idea promotes a certain kind of unappetising political leaders and seeks to reward their equally unhealthy impulses and interests.
- Unending Unrest In Nepal (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Dec 23, 2004)
During his 10-day visit to India, beginning today, King Gyanendra will mainly meet the new Congress leadership and seek their advice and consultation on how to break the protracted political deadlock in his country.
- Use And Abuse Of The Internet (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2004)
The arrest of the baazee.com chief, Avnish Bajaj, was an obvious instance of overreaction by the Delhi police: with the evidence having been crystallised already and he himself cooperating in the investigation
- Wheel Is In Experienced Hands (Pioneer, VK Grover, Dec 23, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were both in New Delhi this month. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Vientiane, Laos, interacting with South East Asian leaders.
- A Bill Of Her Own? (Indian Express, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendments are inadequate.
- Manmohan’S Call (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 23, 2004)
The UPA govt must use the parliamentary forum to spell out its stand on Laloo Prasad Yadav
- Net Value (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 22, 2004)
The Baazee.com controversy provides a revealing index of prevailing social values. Louder howls of protest greeted the arrest of the portal's CEO Avnish Bajaj than the reported on-line auction of a clip featuring sex-that too, between two Delhi Public Sch
- Creativity, The Key To Change (Indian Express, KAMLA BHASIN, Dec 22, 2004)
Violence against girls and women is a global phenomenon, because male domination is a global phenomenon. Recent research claims that in 16th, 17th and 18th century Europe
- Who Paid For Aq Khan Network? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 22, 2004)
A year ago, around this time, startling revelations were tumbling forth from Washington about how a Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Mr AQ Khan, had set up a global chain of illegal nuclear trade with branch offices in
- Promises To Fulfil (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Dec 21, 2004)
The 58th birthday celebrations of the Congress president and chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, Sonia Gandhi, found her partymen in a more festive mood than at any time since the end of the Eighties.
- Free Trade And Environment (Deccan Herald, Sachin Chaturvedi, Dec 21, 2004)
New Delhi has suddenly signed a spurt of free trade agreements (FTAs) with several regional countries. This refers to bilateral free trade agreements with Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand that are already in place, besides others with Singapore ....
- Stealing A March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The opening of the new underground corridor of the Delhi Metro system from Delhi University to Kashmere Gate is yet another feather in the cap of the authorities concerned.
- Piper Calls The Tune (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
On the face of it, India’s reported change of stance on the Iran gas pipeline, is unexceptional. We now want to make the gas pipeline deal a bilateral affair between India and Iran, thus cutting Pakistan out of the negotiation loop.
- Laloo’S Lantern, Congress Heat (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 21, 2004)
The Bihar poll juggernaut is poised to roll again. For the Congress, the elections pose a dilemma. The Grand Old Party does not know quite what to do with Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
Even the most active of institutions may miss something just below its nose. The higher judiciary in India today is in one of its most active phases, directing its attention to issues ranging from pollution to bandhs to the right to food
- In The Pipeline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The Iranian gas offer to India through a pipeline is over 15 years old but it has not yet materialised because of the Pakistan factor
- Slum Students Learn Vocational Skills (Tribune, Rajmeet Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
A government school in a slum area of Chandigarh is, as an experiment, providing vocational education to its students as well as dropouts under the Sarv Siksha Abhiyan. Government Girls High School in the Sector 25 Kumhar Colony imparts, in addition to r
- ‘Change In Three Areas Would Help India’S Image (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 21, 2004)
Lakshmi N Mittal has been ranked as one of the world’s richest people, with his vast steel empire producing more than 70 million tonnes of steel. Recently in the news for the extravagant wedding of his daughter in Paris, and before that his son’s ...
- Baazee.Com Case — Why Was Ipc Not Invoked? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
The failure of the Delhi police to invoke Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in effecting the arrest of Mr Avnish Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of the auction Web site Baazee.com
- Cyber Waves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
Ever since it first flashed in the headlines a few weeks ago in the Capital, the MMS scandal has been a reminder and a taunt. There is a growing lag between new technologies and our ability to cope with them.
- Why Blame Natwar? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, does a disservice to his cabinet colleagues when he refuses to defend them in public.
- Indian Court Grants Bail In Sex Video Case (CNET.com, Dinesh C Sharma, Dec 21, 2004)
Avnish Bajaj, chief executive officer of eBay Indian subsidiary Baazee.com was released on bail by local courts Tuesday, the company said.
- How Boom Can Go Bust (Business Line, Gowthaman Muruganandan, Dec 20, 2004)
With its BPO portfolio including high-end analysis work, content management and knowledge management, India is a force to reckon with in the global BPO market.
- Sex And The Cellphone Camera (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 20, 2004)
For the last few days, the incident of the MMS pornographic images involving students of a prestigious Delhi school has captured public attention.
- State Of Disarray (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2004)
While Nepal lurches towards near-chaos, the government appears to have no clue as to how to bring the deteriorating situation under control. Last week saw the Maoists carry out one of their biggest attacks in months.
- Kick-Off For Junior (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 20, 2004)
The death of Brazilian footballer Christiano Junior on the grounds at the finals of the Federation Cup at Bangalore on December 5 had created much bad blood between the Dempo Sports Club of Goa and Kolkata’s Mohun Bagan, with the two rapping each other fo
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