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Articles 18121 through 18220 of 21784:
- Remembering Jack Gibson (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
IT is tragic that the most important reform of the United Nations in recent times should have come at a time its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in America’s gun sight. Now in his final second term, the man who reached the top after the
- Ties Re-Defined (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 07, 2004)
The old bonhomie, based on ideological ties, between New Delhi and Moscow is a thing of the past. In the new, post-Cold War environment, hard-nosed economic and business considerations are wh
- Computers And Rural Poverty (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Dec 07, 2004)
As some of the leading development protagonists wield the magic wand of information and communication technology to root out rural poverty, the poor are being targeted yet again for another round of experimentation.
- Earning Trust (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2004)
Ethnic politics is primarily a quest for identity. It is understandable, therefore, why Mr Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, wants “the uniqueness of the history of the Naga people”
- Festival Amid The Ruins (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
A wonderfully sunny, early-winterish December morning in Delhi was the setting that launched the Old World Theatre Festival supported by Mahindra and Mahindra.
- From One Ancient Civilisation To Another: Stop That Bomb (Indian Express, RYAN FLOYD, Dec 07, 2004)
India could win valuable concessions if it brokers peace between Iran and the West
- Powering Projects With Forex Reserves (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Dec 07, 2004)
In the power sector, the equity investment climate has always been buoyant. But the expected investment has not flowed into this area because of viability and bankability issues.
- India Shifts Gear On Iraq Policy (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, Dec 07, 2004)
India's relations with Iraq appear poised for transformation, with Iraq's interim foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, scheduled to visit New Delhi this month.
- Friendship Reaffirmed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2004)
Russia and India used the opportunity presented by President Vladimir Putin's visit to sort out differences that could have damaged the time-tested and healthy relations between them.
- A Beijing-Delhi-Moscow Axis? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 06, 2004)
In the post-Cold War world, the rule governing the flow of long-term international relations appears to be one where politics follows economics. In the earlier dispensation
- Entry Into The Club (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi has, no doubt, brought India and Russia closer. As many as nine agreements between the two countries have been signed
- Celebrities And Charity (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Dec 06, 2004)
IT’S rare to see Cherie literally blossom in the Capital. I am talking about Cherie Blair and the British delegates who were more professional at handling charity affairs than our desis.
- Drifting Backwards (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union Labour Minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific temper” that inspired the....
- Growing Bond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 06, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India seems to have cleared some of the doubts that had crept in regarding the future of the India-Russia relationship.
- Touch Of Class (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 06, 2004)
Corporate training and development is a major activity conducted by business schools, consulting firms, human resource departments of companies, management associations and others.
- Peace Comes Knocking Once Again (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 06, 2004)
Thuingaleng Muivah, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) is given to saying
- Time To Get Serious On Kashmir (Hindu, Howard B. Schaffer, Dec 06, 2004)
New Delhi and Islamabad need to agree on concrete steps that could change the situation on the ground in Kashmir.
- Treatment Travails (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Dec 05, 2004)
Accessibility and affordability of the drugs to treat HIV/AIDS are a major issue
- Amtrax & Shatabdi: A Study In Contrast (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 05, 2004)
I went home to Delhi for Diwali holidays. During this period I also travelled to my second home, which is Amritsar. I took the train called the Shatabdi Express from Delhi.
- A Ticking Time Bomb? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 05, 2004)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is no longer confined to high-risk groups. There are warning signs that it is women, especially the young, who are among the most vulnerable
- Chitra Mudgal: A Rare Writer In Hindi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 05, 2004)
Chitra Mudgal is a rare writer in Hindi literature, combining many facets in her personality. She is a born rebel, a dedicated trade unionist, social activist, virtual demi goddess to slum dwellers and, at the same time, a dedicate house wife.
- Media’S Into The Gasp Quotient (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 04, 2004)
What a salacious few weeks these have been! India’s most powerful corporate duo slugging it out in public. A venerated and elderly religious figure facing allegations of murder and friendly relations with a single woman.
- Needed: Perestroika (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2004)
Relations between Russia and India are badly in need of repair and hopefully Putin’s visit contributed to this.
- Towards Asean + 4? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2004)
India's look east policy, which was initiated in 1991, is all about making up for time and opportunity lost. The signing of the ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared
- Woody, Ill-Seeming, Thick, Bereft Of Beauty (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 04, 2004)
There are at least two views on `visual appeal'. Thus, according to some, you can see beauty if only you see right, while for others, it is too superficial to talk about.
- The Cartoon Landscape Of The Non-Resident Indian (Indian Express, Amrit Dhillon, Dec 04, 2004)
Working class NRIs from the UK used to be the most embarrassing. With their anoraks, shiny clothes and proletarian English accents overlaid with Phagwara trills, they visit India and moan.
- A Beach Eye View (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Dec 04, 2004)
Celebrated artiste Subodh Kerkar has presented half a kilometre of installations at Miramar beach, Panaji, as part of the celebrations of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.
- How Long Before Justice Comes? (Indian Express, H. D. SHOURIE, Dec 04, 2004)
Courtrooms in India have become so packed with cases that the administration of justice suffers. This is the position in practically all the courts of the country.
- Corporate India (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 04, 2004)
WHAT is it about highly successful entrepreneurs who are able to judge people with brilliant instinct that they cannot come to terms with the obvious possibility of their own children or progeny tearing their legacy into shreds after they are no more?
- Darkness Visible (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union labour minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Filth In God’S Abode (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 04, 2004)
The arrest of the seer of Kancheepuram brings to light once more the sordid goings-on in places of worship.
- Globalisation: Need For Fairness (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Dec 04, 2004)
More fairness should be injected at all levels. That includes respecting core labour standards, promoting basic social protection, and reducing unbalanced patterns of investment and trade.
- Living With Grace (Indian Express, GITHA HARIHARAN, Dec 04, 2004)
Shama Futehally, writer, translator, critic and teacher, died in Delhi on December 2. In the twenty-odd years I knew her, she juggled the demands of writing, family, students and friends.
- On Another Plane (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 03, 2004)
The public conduct of foreign policy tends to focus excessively on the spectacular. This is as true for India as it is for Western democracies and African potentates.
- The Oil Price Riddle (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 03, 2004)
The Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have discovered the merit of highlighting economic issues impacting the people. After the walk-out from the Lok Sabha on Wednesday
- Tough Task For Musharraf (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 03, 2004)
Pakistan politics is always interesting. To start with, political initiative continues to be held by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. Reports are that the six parties’ religious alliance, the MMA, is trying to snatch this initiative.
- Airport Restructuring — Obstacles To A Smooth Take-Off (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 03, 2004)
In the Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation, the crucial issue is the lack of adequate runway facilities. This cramps quick turnaround of aircraft and the problem is aggravated by the absence of parking bays.
- Focussing On Prices (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2004)
The BJP protest in Delhi on Wednesday brings to the centrestage the issue of price rise. Is the BJP right in blaming the Congress for the upward spiral of prices?
- Global Action Against Terrorism Should Be Concerted And United (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 03, 2004)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is not a leader who flinches from answering difficult questions. In a written response to questions provided by The Hindu, President Putin does not believe that it is possible...
- Seven-Year Hitch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2004)
The decision by the two leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) to cancel their visit to India is a disappointing development for the Naga peace process.
- Out Of The Box, Into The Stadium (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Dec 02, 2004)
You'd think that Indian sport, starved as it is of good news, would embrace this development with both arms. Yet the fact that this is one of the more exciting seasons in Ranji Trophy cricket appears to have sunk without trace.
- Poisoned Futures (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 02, 2004)
The apex court's guidelines on dealing with hazardous waste are observed more in the breach.
- The Balle-Balle Bridge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat may achieve what the foreign offices in India and Pakistan cannot
- The Threat From N-Weapons (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 02, 2004)
In its historic ruling on July 8, 1996, the World Court held that countries possessing nuclear weapons had not just a “need” but an “obligation” to commence negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament.
- Well On Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2004)
The talks between the new Prime Ministers of India and China on the sidelines of the Asian Summit in Laos on Tuesday are significant and bound to bring the two countries closer.
- Looking East (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 02, 2004)
The just concluded third annual summit of India and the 10-member ASEAN group, where both sides entered into a historic partnership pact, reflects the growing importance of India in the geo-politics of the Asia Pacific region, one of the fastest growing e
- Dazzling Divali Of Mughals (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Dec 02, 2004)
Divali without fireworks? Unthinkable. But this is precisely how it was before the advent of Mughals to India. Celebrating Divali with fireworks is of recent origin, dating back to Mughal times.
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
- Asean Accepts India As A Power (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 02, 2004)
Contacts established with Chinese, Japanese PMs The multi-layered exposition by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the third India-Asean summit in Vientiane in land-locked Laos fired the imagination of the 10-member grouping as well as China...
- Get The Right Price (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Dec 02, 2004)
With the formation of a seven-member Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises, the market for distressed assets (DA) is set to become buoyant.
- Favourable Easterlies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 02, 2004)
There are two ways of seeing the partnership accord signed between India and the Association of South-East Asian Nations in Vientiane on Tuesday.
- A Still Potent Idea (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 02, 2004)
As an author of the revised ‘Naya Kashmir’, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar last month.
- Mines Claim More Lives Than Firing (Tribune, Ramesh Ramachandran, Dec 01, 2004)
Wheelchair-bound Raj Kaur (50) rues the day she was reduced to a mere statistic. In April, 2002, she stepped on a mine while crossing a field in her village in Ferozepur district.
- Towards Asian Community (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2004)
If it can happen in Europe it can happen in Asia too. That is why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s idea of an Asian Economic Community
- Formalising A Merger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2004)
The formal merger of the Congress Jananayaka Peravai with the Congress marks the completion of a long-drawn process of reunification of the breakaway groups of the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
- Private Eye (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week a Delhi teenager circulated on mobile phones sexually explicit shots of himself and a friend, sparking off a debate on technology and privacy. By most accounts
- Time For Media Introspection (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 30, 2004)
The credibility of the Indian electronic media took a battering because of the partisan reportage of general elections earlier this year.
- Trading With Neighbour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
DESPITE Pakistan’s reluctance to grant the most-favoured nation (MFN) status to India, trade between the two countries is growing at a fast pace.
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Nuclear Challenges In Contemporary World (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 30, 2004)
As disparate the nations are, so are their nuclear weapon strategies. While most abide by the rule of non-proliferation, some, despite being part of the NPT, have leaked their knowledge to suspect nations.
- Does The Un Matter? (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 30, 2004)
Does the United Nations really matter when it comes to war and peace in the 21st century? To ask this question when long promised reform of the UN seems at hand
- Manipur’S Middle Class Is Angry (Indian Express, PREM NARAIN, Nov 30, 2004)
The unrest in Manipur deserves special attention because, in many ways, it is very different from that prevailing in the rest of the country and presents twin challenges
- Godmen And Citizens (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 30, 2004)
Ask yourself a question: why did the BJP leaders do their little hunger-strike drama on Parliament Street in Delhi instead of doing it outside the math in Tamil Nadu?
- Issues And Options (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Nov 30, 2004)
IT is just over two months ago that Mr Manmohan Singh said something in New York which hung over India for a few weeks like a shining star of hope in the context of Kashmir. Such hopes have taken wing before as well.
- Reforms Gone Haywire (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 29, 2004)
The word, “comprador”, of 16th-century vintage, has its roots in the Portuguese language. It has, however, travelled far and wide since.
- Working A Democracy (Business Line, Harish Khare , Nov 29, 2004)
We owe it to ourselves to see to it that religion ceases to be the basis of inclusion or exclusion, discrimination or favoured treatment.
- Engagement By Economics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 29, 2004)
That two technocrats are at the helm in Pakistan and India should ordinarily lead to some optimism about the future of economic relations between the two countries.
- O Brothers, Where Art Thou? (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 29, 2004)
Perhaps, the initial footage said it all. Perhaps the succeeding images signalled a change. At the start of TV’s latest ‘K’ melodrama, entitled ‘‘Kar lo Reliance mutthi mein’’,
- Where Should The Line Be Drawn? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 28, 2004)
The Indian side has made clear that a redrawing of the boundaries will not be acceptable.
- Uma: Rebel With A Cause (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 28, 2004)
THE firebrand daughter thrown out of the house on ‘Dhanteras Day’ may soon return home after her sojourn in the Himalayas.
- The Writer’S World (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Nov 28, 2004)
It’s not only a privilege and an honour to be able to welcome Sir Vidia to Calcutta, but also something of a relief to have him here finally. Some thing happened a few weeks ago which delayed his visit
- Kashmir: Still In Search Of A Policy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 28, 2004)
The noises are right and the gestures appropriate, but the Manmohan Singh Government has yet to come up with a coherent policy for peace in Jammu and Kashmir
- Joyrides Are Virtual Death Traps In Indian Parks (Deccan Herald, MEGHAL S KAREKAR, Nov 28, 2004)
Should amusement parks be allowed to have self-regulation norms? Well, self-regulation means that parks and ride manufacturers are not required to make their safety records public and state officials (government headed organisations) are prohibited from
- Fooling Around (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2004)
What is fun? The schoolboy in Delhi, who recorded on a camera phone the sexual interlude he had with his classmate on the school premises, would have one answer.
- Sleepless In The City (Telegraph, Vishnupriya Sengupta, Nov 28, 2004)
There are 12 hours in the waking day — but what feels like a hundred in a night for the sleepless.
- Scrutinise Wisely, Not Just Widely (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Nov 27, 2004)
If the idea of selecting returns for scrutiny is to be truly effective it should not cover tax-payers regularly contributing to the Exchequer. The scrutiny should be calibrated to bring into the net persons who have the potential to pay tax even in future
- Peace On The Rails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2004)
Reports that India and Pakistan are to revive the rail link between Sindh and Rajasthan have come at a time when the relationship between the two countries is under
- The General’S Moves (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 27, 2004)
Musharraf not only faces a threat from the domestic opposition but also has to contend with pressures from America
- Tryst With The Charpoy (Deccan Herald, SNEHLATHA BALIGA, Nov 27, 2004)
This inevitable part of the courtyard of every North Indian house, offers itself up for varied uses
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