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Articles 18521 through 18620 of 21784:
- Cultivating Berlin (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2004)
The German chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroeder's visit to New Delhi last week can be viewed as just another routine trip by the leader of an important European country, or as an eye-opener for the policy-makers
- Getting Out Of The Poverty Trap (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Oct 11, 2004)
This article is based on two separate and very contrasting stories and the thoughts derived therefrom.
- J. R. D. Tata Letters — A Citizen, Industrialist Revealed (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 11, 2004)
A collection of 300 letters written by the doyen of Indian industry, J. R. D. Tata to eminent political and economic personalities, scientists and artists of his time reveal the fascinating facets of his personality, his relationships with people ...
- "Multilateralism The Best Solution" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2004)
Sergei Lavrov looks and sounds more like a professor than a diplomat. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the Russian Foreign Minister spelt out his country's stand on Chechnya and its
- Engaging North-East Militants (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 11, 2004)
Two questions are being asked in the Indian establishment in the wake of the recent series of bomb blasts in Assam and Nagaland.
- We Will Strengthen A-I, Ia To Compete Better: Praful Patel (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 10, 2004)
HE is on a tightrope walk. On one side is the constant probing from the Left parties which have their own constituency to cater and, on the other, is the immediate ...
- End Of The Trs-Congress Honeymoon? (Hindu, Dasu Kesava Rao, Oct 10, 2004)
The honeymoon between the Congress and its alliance partner, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), appears to be almost over, if the on-going slanging match
- Bloodthirsty Honour (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Oct 10, 2004)
Eve teasing. Voluntary sati. And now, honour killings. These oxymoron-ridden phrases wreak violence on our language every day. They also mirror flesh-and-blood violence.
- Seoul Mates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 09, 2004)
It is not surprising that Seoul is interested in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, along the lines of the one signed between New Delhi and Bangkok, the specific, unstated, objective being to help South Korean
- In Hitchcock’S Shoes (Deccan Herald, N C SHIVARAM, Oct 09, 2004)
My admiration for Hitchcock’s works have resulted in his plots becoming too real for me
- Remembering Mulk, The Pioneer (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Way back in the 1940s a few friends with literary ambitions formed a circle which met once a week to read poems and stories we had written. It was a mutual admiration society where glasses of whisky were refilled at the end of each recitation.
- Seoul Mates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 09, 2004)
It is not surprising that Seoul is interested in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, along the lines of the one signed between New Delhi and Bangkok, the specific, unstated, objective being to help South Korean
- Unequal Npt (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2004)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s assertion that India will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is consistent with the position held by the country all along.
- King Without The Crown (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Late on the night of January 16, 1941 Subhas Bose dressed as a maulvi with a beard, fez on head and long coat.
- Lahore Retains Its Grandeur (Tribune, Tarlochan Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Recently, I got an invitation to accompany Mr O.P. Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, to visit Sodhara village in Gujranwala district where Bhai Kanhaiya, a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, was born about 325 years ago.
- Beware Of Guests (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2004)
The spate of killings by insurgents in the Northeast has brought into sharp focus the unhealthy role of Bangladesh in this ugly scenario. Leaders of the insurgent outfits operating in the Northeast have shifted to Bangladesh, particularly after the ...
- Fiat Accompli (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandran, Oct 09, 2004)
I really rue the day, two years ago, on which I sold my old “Fiat” or, to be precise, Premier Padmini. Here I am in Chandigarh, where the most prized car — even among thieves — is the Padmini.
- Out Of Order (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2004)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, has overstepped his diplomatic role by writing directly to the Assam Chief Minister offering assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the recent bomb attacks in ...
- States’ Rights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2004)
Suddenly defenders of India’s national security and sovereignty have become dime a dozen. The offer of the ambassador of the United States of America in New Delhi to Mr Tarun Gogoi, the chief minister of Assam, that help from the...
- New Issues In Non-Proliferation: Self-Reliance, The Only Answer (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2004)
American non-proliferation policies are arbitrary. Pakistan and China have been found to have transferred enrichment technology and equipment and weapons designs to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
- Mess On The Ground (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2004)
Despite pious proclamations to the contrary, political discourse in a media-driven society invariably centres on personalities. Consequently, governments and their ...
- Kudos To Kumble (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2004)
He is easily the most effective strike bowler in the country today
- Chandigarh A City Beautiful? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2004)
Experts say Chandigarh is the topmost livable city in the country, but then what do the residents make of their assertion that the quality of its air is increasingly getting poor?
- Us Knowhow Policy Discriminatory (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 07, 2004)
Unlike in the Clinton Administration, the nuclear nonproliferation mandarins in the Bush Administration have never embarked on a crusade to “cap, roll back and eliminate” India’s nuclear weapons programme.
- Remote Control (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 07, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance government will soon have to make some hard choices on Nepal.
- Civil Welcome (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2004)
The decision of the government of India to allow a large group of journalists from Pakistan to visit Jammu and Kashmir needs to be welcomed and supported.
- Maharashtra Assembly Polls — Advantage, Congress-Ncp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 06, 2004)
The opinion polls give the Congress-NCP alliance more than an edge in the ensuing Maharashtra Assembly elections. If the combine wins the election, it would be in defiance of the anti-incumbency factor and would only strengthen and further stabilise the
- Not By Slogans Only (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2004)
The Prime Minister has given the country a new slogan—”Rozgar Badhao”. Just as poverty did not go away long years after Indira Gandhi gave a call for “Gharibi Hatao”, employment prospects are unlikely to brighten significantly with the new slogan.
- Flare Up In North-East (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 06, 2004)
The sudden flare up in Assam occurring simultaneously in several districts, close on the heels of disturbances in Manipur, has ominous overtones.
- Sorry, You're Not Part Of The Plan (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 06, 2004)
The debate over the composition of the Planning Commission panels was really a battle over the direction of the economy. And the outcome suggests the electorate's concerns do not count.
- Still A Long Shot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2004)
Had the India Meteorological Department been a bookmaker, it would have lost a packet. In April it predicted that rainfall in this year's southwest monsoon from June 1 to September 30 would be normal, in fact, 100 per cent of the long-term average.
- Honour For Amrita (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2004)
Being elected Fellow of Sahitya Akademi is the acme of one's literary career. After all, the honour is limited to 21 "immortals of literature" at a time. But this ultimate recognition comes to Amrita Pritam at a time when it does not mean much to her.
- Fall Of A Forum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2004)
Every politician goes through a lean season. That is, however, no reason to write him off, especially if that politician has been as resourceful as the former speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr Purno A. Sangma.
- `Regulated Tariffs More Important Than Pipeline Competition' (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Oct 06, 2004)
The adoption of a well-defined tariff methodology will promote healthy competition among gas marketing entities, and consumers would then have the option of sourcing gas from different locations or producers through the common grid.
- India’S Vehicle For Military Deterrence (Deccan Herald, RAJIV NAYAN, Oct 06, 2004)
If India intends to create a credible deterrence to China, it should develop a 3,000 km plus range missile launcher
- Afghans Fed Up With Civil War (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 06, 2004)
Amid warnings of violence in Afghanistan’s first presidential elections, human rights groups are adding their concerns to the growing morass of anxiety — that conditions for a free and fair election simply do not exist.
- Policy Imbalance Should Be Reversed (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Oct 05, 2004)
Govt does not allow news on private radio stations, allowing a monopoly for AIR to continue
- Stalemate In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
As it ponders over the possibility of another ceasefire in the country's eight-year-long war against Maoist insurgents, the Government of Nepal can be forgiven for being especially cautious.
- New Blood (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2004)
Few images of a bleeding North-east have been as agonizing as the scenes of the latest mayhem there. What makes the violence in Nagaland and Assam look particularly grim is the fact that the victims are all innocent people.
- Continuing Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2004)
A political solution is needed to end insurgency in Nagaland and Assam
- Beyond The Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
The devastating bomb blast at Dimapur railway station in Nagaland and the series of terrorist explosions in Dhubri, Darrang and Kokrajhar districts of Assam over the weekend are perhaps the clearest indication that the National Democratic Front
- Crowded Skies (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 04, 2004)
Increasing competition in the civil aviation sector brings its own set of problems.
- Grandpa Becomes A Maharaja (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Oct 04, 2004)
YEARS ago when I drove up to Shimla as a bride, George was among the first few to greet me. He stooped down to touch my feet addressing me in his buttery n’ honeyed tone as ‘Memsahib Maalkin’.
- Grey Makes Vulnerable (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Oct 04, 2004)
Close monitoring by the police is needed to help prevent crimes against the growing numbers of the elderly in India
- Never Too Late To Be Grateful (Telegraph, PRITA MAITRA, Oct 04, 2004)
Why do we ride so roughshod over the gifts that our best allies strew in our path?
- Undaunted By Disability (Tribune, Vijay Oberoi, Oct 04, 2004)
AT 3 pm on September 12, 2004, history was made when Navin Gulia, a young man with a 90 per cent paralysed body and 100 per cent medical disability, did the impossible, by driving non-stop from Delhi to the highest motorable pass in the world ...
- World Economic Outlook's Advice For India (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 04, 2004)
The World Economic Outlook 2004 succinctly outlines the problems threatening the global economy and suggests solutions. Will finance ministers and central bank heads heed the WEO's cautionary advice? Or has a macro-economic crisis to hit the global ...
- Politicians Have Outlived Their Utility (Deccan Herald, ROOPA RAO, Oct 03, 2004)
Everywhere in the world, sport is managed by professionals. In India, this job is done by the unspoken bilateral agreement between the politician and the bureaucrat. Outside of India, different aspects of sport are managed by suitably qualified profession
- A New Agenda For Strategic Partnership: British Envoy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 03, 2004)
IN his 32-year-long diplomatic career, Sir Michael Arthur has been places, literally. He has served in the United Nations, Brussels, Kinshasa, Bonn, Paris and Washington before coming to New Delhi as the British High Commissioner last year.
- Democracy In The Maldives (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Oct 02, 2004)
There is a growing demand for political reform in the Maldives where power is concentrated in a strong executive.
- Ballad Of A Thin Man (Telegraph, Bob Dylan, Oct 02, 2004)
His memoirs have found their way to the press weeks ahead of their appearance between covers. And everyone’s hoping they’ll unwrap a bit of the riddle
- Advantage Ahluwalia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 02, 2004)
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has brilliantly handled the Left pressure. He had a difficult choice: either to lose the so-called foreign advisers inducted on advisory panels or the five Leftists economists who had ...
- Running Well (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 02, 2004)
If the Indian economy can sprint at 7.4 per cent in the second and third laps, as it has in the first, the effort will be worth a few cheers. The current account is in surplus while a higher trade deficit of $6.3 billion ($5.56 billion) indicates a rise
- Politicians’ Antics In The Public Eye (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 02, 2004)
There are two things politicians know well how to do: One is to exploit people for their own benefit; and the other is how to remain in the public eye. The first is done by a simple trick known from ancient times: when riding on a donkey’s back have ...
- New Foreign Trade Policy — How To Avoid Another Miss (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Oct 01, 2004)
The new Foreign Trade Policy sets an ambitious target of doubling our share of world exports from 0.7 per cent to 1.5 per cent, within five years.
- A Terror In Every Bush (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 01, 2004)
Thus spake the army chief of staff: as if the Armed Services (Special Powers) Act applies not just to Kashmir or Manipur, but to the entire country, including its judicial process.
- Never Too Old To Learn (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Oct 01, 2004)
Whoever thought the post office will slowly fade into oblivion may need to take a second look.
- Change The Rules Of The Game (Telegraph, Jayanthi Iyengar, Sep 30, 2004)
Unless the obscurantist Press Note 18 is scrapped, foreign investors will continue to see the government as being partisan
- An Incomplete Prescription (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 30, 2004)
The Concept Paper is weak in its proposals on dealing with sickness
- The National Environment Policy (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 30, 2004)
The National Environment Policy emphasises that what is good for the environment is also good for the economy and that environmental protection cannot be considered in isolation from the development process.
- A Conversation In New York (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 29, 2004)
While the task of sending out to the Pakistani leader an unambiguous message of calm self-assurance may have been achieved, we need to summon the political self-assurance to let the democratic forces find their level in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Manmohan-Musharraf Meeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 29, 2004)
Though marked by the usual rhetoric, bilateral relations between India and Pakistan did thaw out further in the warmth of the personal dynamics between Dr Manmohan Singh and Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Mulk Raj Anand — A Life Well Lived (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 29, 2004)
Dr Mulk Raj Anand, has passed away leaving behind widow Shireen Vajifdar and a daughter born from his former English wife. Last week news came of his declining health.
- Prime Minister's Foreign Odyssey (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 29, 2004)
HE WENT. He saw. If to say he conquered will be a bit high-blown, certainly he seems to have vibed well with all those he met. He also came through as one who had done his homework well and sown high-yielding seeds for reaping a good diplomatic and ...
- Rendezvous At Roosevelt (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 29, 2004)
Way back in the summer of 1972 as a young correspondent in search of a story I ran into P.N. Haksar and asked him what would happen at the talks between Indira Gandhi and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. This was about three or four days before the Simla Summit.
- Textile Troubles (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 29, 2004)
It is well-known that textile lobbies of developed economies are making a last-ditch stand to protect their turf by trying to push back the end-2004 deadline for the abolition of quota system of exports.
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2004)
The legacy of Raja Ramanna is that he helped build up a large pool of scientists and technologists to address the country's needs of energy and national security.
- How To Go On And On (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 28, 2004)
And the left goes on and on with the same predictable refrain. It is behaving as if it is the leading member of the ruling coalition, as if this is its god-given last chance to shout out its rhetoric, which has hardly been heard over the last few decades.
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 28, 2004)
THE leitmotif of India’s troubled relations with the United States since the dawn of Independence has been Washington’s unwillingness to grant New Delhi strategic and policy-making autonomy in the region, if not further afield.
- Meeting Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2004)
The positive outcome of the meeting between India’s prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, will be widely welcomed.
- Nihang And The Ticket Collector (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Sep 28, 2004)
THE Nihangs are not often seen in cities, and we know, they are a very special tribe, with a hoary history in Sikh chronicles.
- Airports Can Be A High-Flying Business (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Sep 27, 2004)
After much debate, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has floated tenders for 49 per cent stake in the Mumbai and Delhi airports, and given the green signal for the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore airport project.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
With President Hu Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf in New York last week might be committing that
- Pm's Open Invitation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 27, 2004)
The economic high point of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US was his request to American corporate heads gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to invest $150 billion in the next few years in infrastructure projects in India ...
- India, U.S. & Trade In Technology (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2004)
The just-concluded India-U.S. agreement on high-technology trade contains only cosmetic changes to the policy on dual-use items.
- A Crusader Against Social Injustice (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 26, 2004)
Ask 89 bonded labourers about the joy and importance of freedom preceded by days of agony as slaves and you will listen blood-curdling tales of brutality.
- Pawar And The Glory (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Sep 26, 2004)
Sharad Pawar, some say, is a man with a vision. Others think not. But everyone agrees that in plotting out an election strategy — both in Maharashtra and the BCCI — the man is indefatigable.
- Ensuring Speedy And Affordable Justice (Tribune, Santokh Singh Sahi, Sep 26, 2004)
In his address to the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts in New Delhi very recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rightly stressed the need for speedy justice to restore people’s faith in the judiciary.
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2004)
What’s a political innocent doing in the Planning Commission? Many even in the Congress are wishing Montek Singh Ahluwalia had been left undisturbed in his IMF job
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