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Articles 20721 through 20820 of 21784:
- Is A Storm Brewing In The Valley? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 13, 2003)
The 'Healing Touch' policy of the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Government in Jammu and Kashmir could soon be tested by sterner challenges than it has had to face so far, writes PRAVEEN SWAMI.
- "A People's Movement Against Violence" (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 13, 2003)
Interviews with the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, used to be a journalist's delight. Dramatic polemic and theatrical political gestures were abundant, peppered liberally with invective against Pakistan. The style ...
- Hungama In A Hurry (Indian Express, Arundhati Bakshi-Dighe, Jul 13, 2003)
Even as the heavens open up, Reliance Infocomm’s bounty has already begun flowing onto the streets. Twenty-year-old Sushil Kumar, who owns a makeshift store for basic mobile accessories at Kamla Mills compound in central Mumbai, just outside the buzzing
- What Summits Are All About (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 09, 2003)
If, instead of greeting each other with the usual handshake, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, had hugged and kissed each other the way Leonid Brezhnev used to greet his east European counterparts, it is very likely that much of
- Honourable Intent (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Jul 08, 2003)
The Mizoram chief minister cannot go on playing the facilitator in other states and still hope to win the assembly elections
- Bali High (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 05, 2003)
The Temple of Segara Amrta on the ocean’s edge is a reminder that the Bharatiya Janata Party might fumble at the hustings and Nepal teeter on the edge of chaos, but Hinduism is alive and well on the island that Jawaharlal Nehru called “the morning of the
- Many A Slip (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2003)
A new wave of uncertainty is gripping Jammu and Kashmir. Although the state has attracted a large number of tourists this year, there are genuine fears that violence could once again engulf Kashmir in the weeks to come. This sense of uncertainty is accent
- Passage To Peace (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2003)
Even a small contribution to a peace process should be a welcome move. It was gratifying, therefore, to see Nagaland’s chief minister, Mr Neiphiu Rio, offering his assistance to New Delhi’s protracted negotiations with the National Socialist Council of
- Hacks For The Upper House (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jul 03, 2003)
After Kuldip Nayyar who? That is the biggest question facing editors in Delhi today. Who among them will get the Rajya Sabha seat Nayyar will vacate next month? The lobbying is so fierce and intense that the Centre is in a fix. So many big-league hacks
- A Relationship Beyond Tibet (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jul 03, 2003)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s China visit is being criticized for conceding advantage to China on Tibet and getting only a trading post in Sikkim in return. But what if the big story turns out to be the advanced stage of negotiations on a Tibet
- Road Too Far (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2003)
India’s foreign policy is clearly unprepared to meet the aggressive diplomacy unleashed by Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, in Washington. Although the Indian prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was responsible for initiating the latest ...
- Putting The Boot In (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Jun 29, 2003)
Returning to London for the summer has its strange pleasures. First there is the cold rain, which, for the first two weeks after escaping from the vast tandoor called Delhi, can feel very welcome. Then there is what I call the “least worst media in the
- Breaking Free Of Cosmopolitan Angst (Telegraph, Rachna Joshi, Jun 27, 2003)
Set in contemporary New Delhi, Navtej Sarna’s novel, We Weren’t Lovers Like That, deals with a middleman whose life comes apart when his wife suddenly leaves him for a friend. Unable to come to terms with life, he finally decides to leave his job and ...
- Perils Of Peace (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2003)
Indian diplomacy seems to have floundered once again. The growing popular belief that New Delhi’s foreign policy had been injected with new realism will be deeply eroded because of the latest news from Beijing and Washington, unarguably the two most ...
- Is India Prepared For Guilt By Association In Iraq (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 25, 2003)
Those in New Delhi who enthusiastically support the White House request for Indian troops in Iraq should have been at a hearing of the American house of representatives armed services committee last Wednesday. At least the more sensible among them would
- A Touch Of Flu (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2003)
The West Bengal health minister is sounding very relieved. The children in Murshidabad are dying of nothing other than influenza. At least, so says the oracle from Pune. And looking back to his own experience as a doctor — never mind if that was well over
- Sporting Greats Join Milkha In Chorus (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Jun 24, 2003)
Flying Sikh calls on Bishan Singh Bedi to join campaign to nominate sportspersons for RS
- Across Borders (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2003)
The visit of the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to China will assume real significance if it manages to inject fresh momentum into Sino-Indian relations. Relations between India and China have often shown promise, but this latent potential has
- Revisiting Killing Fields (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 21, 2003)
While the high representatives of the great powers were deliberating global issues like security and terrorism in Phnom Penh, 13 million Cambodians were trying to come to grips with their own insecurities after their government succumbed to United Nations
- Officious (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2003)
There is nothing official about it. That is the pronouncement of the Union ministry of external affairs on the proposed trip to the United States of America by the chief minister of Rajasthan, Mr Ashok Gehlot, and his 14-member delegation. Invited as ...
- When Wariness Is Best (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jun 19, 2003)
Did the Pentagon team in New Delhi return home red-faced? Its members did their job in pressing the case for the despatch of 20,000 Indian troops to Iraq for peacekeeping duties in the northern, largely Kurdish, part of the country and spelling out the
- Great Dictator (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2003)
Making peace is always more arduous than making war. Parleys across a table demand more patience and tact than shelling borders and bombing towns. It is impossible for a military leader to fully appreciate the difficulties involved in a peace process. He
- China’s Historic Failure (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Jun 17, 2003)
At a time when the United Nations has obsequiously legitimized the American occupation of Iraq and erstwhile opponents like France, Russia, Germany and China have quietly gone along with this, it is hardly surprising that the voices in India calling for
- Surely More Than Cannonfodder (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jun 16, 2003)
By sending its troops to assist US forces in Iraq, India stands to gain little, but could lose the goodwill it enjoys among the Iraqis,
- Just Dropping By (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2003)
It is too early to determine the real impact of the visit of the deputy prime minister, Mr L.K. Advani, to the United States of America on relations between India and the US. But it is clear that Mr Advani’s visit has given a fresh momentum to bilateral
- Child’s Play? If Only (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2003)
The best place to find top sportsmen is in schools. But, as Ajit Bezbaruah finds out, that’s one place almost completely off the sports radar, though some effort is now being made
- As Real As A Handshake (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 14, 2003)
John Ashcroft is not someone who is easily impressed. George W. Bush’s attorney-general would easily bond with those in the Bharatiya Janata Party, including some personal friends of the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who rightly argue that ...
- Freedom In Chains (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 14, 2003)
Yann Martel in his delightfully readable book, Life of Pi, expresses the opinion that animals in well-maintained zoos are much better-off, healthier and live longer lives than animals in the wild. His arguments make good sense. In the wild, carnivores
- Saving A Process From Doom (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jun 13, 2003)
Another round of talks ended recently on the same “positive note” between the government’s interlocutor, K. Padmanabhaiah, and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) in a bid to further the Naga peace process. These would be preparatory
- Make Haste Slowly (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jun 10, 2003)
Six weeks have gone by since the offer of the Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to resume the dialogue with Pakistan. It has got a reticently positive response from Pakistan. The media, as usual, proceeded to be enthusiastic about break-through
- Mad As A Hater (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
The politics of hate is never far from insanity. When that kind of politics tries to draw blood from false religion, it becomes a sure recipe for disaster. The general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Mr Praveen Togadia, has offered one such ...
- Us Asks India To Send Troops To Iraq (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 10, 2003)
The Bush administration took the first opportunity to convey to the visiting Indian Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani that it wanted Indian peacekeeping forces in Iraq.
- Iways Vs Webworld -- Reliance Infocomm (The Financial Express, Senthil Chengalvarayan, Jun 10, 2003)
Mukesh and Anil Ambani could soon be running the world’s second largest coffee chain after Starbucks.
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- Cas: Clear Signals For Consumers (Pradeep S. Mehta) (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jun 10, 2003)
Under the Conditional Access System, cable TV operators will neither be able to bundle popular channels along with the less popular ones, nor charge high premiums on the popular ones and a notional sum for others.
- Pity The Poor Bank Manager (Omkar Goswami) (The Financial Express, Omkar Goswami, Jun 10, 2003)
When I was teaching at the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, my savings account was at a branch of the Indian Bank, which was conveniently located on campus.
- Steel Against The Us (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
Not content with slapping steep penal and safeguard duties so as to curb steel exports, particularly by the developing countries,
- The President Comes Calling (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 09, 2003)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has tried to ignite the Bihar debate again during his visit to the state. But are the state’s leaders interested
- The Ghost Who Stalks (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Jun 08, 2003)
Holding a memorial service for match-fixer Hansie Cronje a year after the sacked South African captain’s death is not as strange as it may seem. Well, not in South Africa. These days South Africans of all races have become quite adept at forgiving liars,
- Guiding The Young Mind: Suicide Among Children (Avinash Kalla) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
When eight-year-old Arihant Jain refused to go back to his boarding school in Dehradun, his parents thought their young son was having problems adjusting to hostel life and things would settle down soon.
- Beyond The Hyphenated Perspective (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jun 05, 2003)
India has often complained of being bracketed with Pakistan by the international community. The “India-Pakistan” hyphenated perspective of south Asia has led to a sense of frustration in New Delhi. Pakistan is seen as a shackle that prevents India from...
- Bank On It (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2003)
Elections are due in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh and Central elections are also close. Consequently, efforts by the labour ministry and the labour minister to postpone unpopular decisions are understandable. The government has decided
- Sail Sets Turnover Target Of Rs 20,000 Cr (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
The company is going for technical upgradation of plant and machinery with an annual investment of around Rs 600 crore to Rs 800 crore.
- Franklin Templeton Shuffles Top-Brass (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Franklin Templeton Investments is overhauling its marketing set-up by changing key positions and selecting a new national sales head.
- Family Businesses Stick To Core Strengths (Business Line, Preeti Mehra, Jun 03, 2003)
For family businesses and independent business owners if it is not a season for consolidation, it must be one of venturing into allied businesses where every muscle in the organisation's belly can be leveraged to climb the growth ladder.
- Cas And Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 03, 2003)
By Drastically reducing custom duties on set-top-boxes, the Centre has attempted to address the main concern of consumers over the introduction of the Conditional Access System (CAS)
- Srf Net Up At Rs 32 Cr (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
New Delhi , June 2
SRF Ltd, manufacturer of nylon tyre cord fabric (NTCF) has reported a net profit of Rs 5.74 crore on net sales of Rs 189.10 crore during the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2003.
- Battles Brewing In The Backyard (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 02, 2003)
Be it Bhopal or Bangalore, tankers supply water extracted from places that have little connection to the areas serviced
- Goodwill At Any Cost? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 11, 2002)
Given the traumatic experience this country has had with the LTTE, India would have to adopt a proactive strategy of pressing Sri Lanka to extradite the terrorist leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Jayalalithaa: In The Eye Of Another Storm (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 11, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, is right back at the centre of another political controversy. Her government has invoked POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to arrest eight MDMK functionaries for their utterances eulogising the LTTE.
- Not A Bridge Too Far (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Once a feasibility report is made and accepted by India and Sri Lanka, the exciting possibility of a road link between the two countries might come true. And it might come about in five years at an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 crores.
- Time For A Reality Check (Hindu, Asma Khan, Jul 11, 2002)
Kashmir is back on the world consciousness and is the focus of major world powers. This is a welcome albeit late development; nonetheless, it encompasses great scope for ending the protracted impasse in Kashmir.
- The Border Confrontation (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Jul 11, 2002)
The test of success in the present coercive diplomacy is not the discomfiture of Pakistan but the resolution of the Kashmir problem.
- Krishna’s Cabinet (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Karnataka chief minister S.M. Krishna was virtually given carte blanche to rehaul his ministry when all the 43 ministers handed in their resignations last week. But what followed the next day was in more ways than one disappointing.
- The Vaiko Factor (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Crucial questions relating to the limits to which the already highly controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) can be used have been brought into sharp focus by l’affaire Vaiko.
- Naxalite Violence: Legacy Of Another Era (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jul 10, 2002)
India, a nuclear power and satellite manufacturer, is grappling with an armed political campaign that best belongs to another era, and is admittedly an outcome of the unresolved contradictions of a backward agrarian society.
- Highs And Lows (Financial Times, Edward Luce, May 30, 2002)
General Pervez Musharraf interview held at the Army Chief's official residence in Rawalpindi, Pakistan's military headquarters, took place immediately after Gen Musharraf had addressed the Pakistan nation in a televised broadcast.
- The Most Dangerous Place In The World (New York Times, Salman Rushdie, May 30, 2002)
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjŕ vu replay of the last one. Will the outcome also be a replay of three years ago? Will the conflict be contained again?
- Pakistan Cannot Expect The Support Of India's Muslims (Independent (UK), M.J. Akbar, May 30, 2002)
A revealing but rarely revealed fact is that Muslims in the rest of India give no support whatsoever to the separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority valley of Kashmir, that charming bit of paradise that could trigger off history's first nuclear war.
- Time To Think Things Out (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Apr 25, 2002)
The closest the US has come to distancing itself from the referendum is to suggest that the process should be open to review by the courts, a review that is now in progress.
- Double Fault (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2002)
TWENTY days after Gandhiji's birthday, not many years ago, a police inspector of Chalakudy intercepted Rajendra Prabhu (RP) and recovered 30 gold biscuits of foreign markings from his car.
- An Epistle To Mr Advani (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 05, 2002)
Dear Advaniji,
You have begun what is unquestionably the most profound and consequential interaction between our country and the United States of America since the two meetings between the then president, Bill Clinton, and the prime minister.
- Baker’s Attitude Can’t But Prejudice Indo-Uk Relations: Nehru (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2002)
As early as 1 February 1948, Patrick Gordon-Walker, the junior minister in the Commonwealth Relations Office, had warned that the ‘‘Indians will be mortally offended if we put forward the idea (of admitting Pakistani troops into Kashmir) publicly’’.
- Bono Who? (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Feb 05, 2002)
Young Omar Abdullah, the 31-year-old minister of state in the MEA, makes no pretence of enjoying the good life outside South Block.
- Ivanov’s Cold War Comfort For India (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Feb 05, 2002)
As the stakes rise in the subcontinent, the Washington Wizards are scoring over Moscow. New Delhi, for now, is cheering on the winning side.
- Mr. Bush's Gesture Towards India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 05, 2002)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, has adopted a cautious yet proactive approach to exert political pressure on Islamabad to address India's spiralling security concerns about the activities of some of the Pakistan-encouraged terrorist organisations.
- Act With Restraint (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2002)
THERE can be no two views on the charge that the terrorists who struck at Parliament House on December 13 found their job easier than expected because of the slack security measures in force in and around the edifice.
- Moment Of Parting (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Feb 04, 2002)
Most historical events have heroes and villains — perhaps more villains than we actually care to record.
- Challenges From Doha (Business Line, V. R. Panchamukhi, Feb 04, 2002)
THE DOHA Ministerial Meeting has been a success to the extent that it came out with a declaration, which the Seattle meet held two years ago could not achieve.
- In It Together (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2002)
New challenges call for a rethink of old approaches. West Bengal’s chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has done well to realize the importance of close cooperation with Assam in dealing with terrorist and other subversive elements.
- Decking Up For Saarc Summit (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 04, 2002)
KATHMANDU, DEC. 20. As the sound of war drums gets louder in New Delhi and Islamabad, all you can hear in Nepal's capital is men working through the night to give it a rapid facelift.
- ‘Three Pms Couldn’t Have Been Wrong In Inducting Me’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
With assembly elections just two years away, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is a man in a hurry.
- What An Ashram! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
WHEN Chandra Shekhar undertook the Kanyakumari-New Delhi padayatra in the early eighties, it suddenly metamorphosed his image as a political leader.
- Assam's Trauma (Hindu, BARUN DASGUPTA, Feb 03, 2002)
The hard reality, despite official claims that the militants' backs have been broken, is that insurgency in Assam continues to fester.
- Facing Up To The Facts (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 03, 2002)
THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has come out boldly on the side of the weak and the oppressed many a time.
- Bjp-Vhp `Spat' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 02, 2002)
TO MOST observers of saffron politics, the VHP's recent outburst against the BJP and the Prime Minister came as a bit of a surprise, mainly because of its virulence and timing.
- Jack Welch, A Master Ceo (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Feb 02, 2002)
JACK-Straight from the Gut (Warner Books 2001), by GE CEO Jack Welch, has received raving reviews.
- Sullying The Pool (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of the sacked chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), M.L. Sondhi, on the ground that it was a political decision upon which it did not wish to dwell.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 02, 2002)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- The Good Doctors (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Feb 02, 2002)
Neeru Verma is a qualified pediatrician who has worked in a hospital for many years, but has given up now. Her husband, also a doctor, has a thriving practice.
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