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- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 28, 2001)
Even as the nation waits with baited breath about what is going to happen next with war clouds looming, ticket seekers are getting busy with elections to four states announced on Wednesday.
- Restraint Must For Media (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 27, 2001)
The day after the Government announced the recall of the Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad and discontinued the Samjhauta Express and the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
- 2002, Year Of The Cable Guys? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
IT’S not just media planners or advertisers who salivate at the prospect of good Television Rating Points (TRPs) — that barometer for viewership which send advertisement revenues in tizzy.
- The Madrassa Mindset (Indian Express, Mehru Jaffer, Dec 27, 2001)
TO mention the twin words ‘Muslim’ and ‘madrassa’ today is to send a chill down the spine of many.
- More, General, More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
AS political forecasters announce the possibility of war clouds, some in the Pakistani establishment would like to point to an already visible silver lining. Maulana Masood Azhar, fomenter of Deobandi demonstrations on Pakistani streets.
- Reasons Against Restraint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
TO the average citizen of Delhi terrorist violence is a distant phenomenon, a pernicious abstraction.
- First Blood (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Dec 27, 2001)
If September 11 was a turning point in the modern history of America, December 13 could well prove to be so for India.
- Working For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE SHRILL AND threatening campaign spearheaded by the Vajpayee administration which suggests an outbreak of war with Pakistan must end.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- World Blind To Kashmiri Pandits' Plight? (Hindu, C. V. Gopalakrishnan , Dec 27, 2001)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 26. The plea made to the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, by the All India Kashmiri Pandits Organisation that the community too be made a part of any political dialogue.
- Working For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE SHRILL AND threatening campaign spearheaded by the Vajpayee administration which suggests an outbreak of war with Pakistan must end.
- Tamil Nadu Shakes Off Lanka’s Ghost (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Dec 27, 2001)
WAY back in the seventies, the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Srimavo Bandaranaike was received at Chennai airport by the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
- World Blind To Kashmiri Pandits' Plight? (Hindu, C. V. Gopalakrishnan , Dec 27, 2001)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 26. The plea made to the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, by the All India Kashmiri Pandits Organisation that the community too be made a part of any political dialogue.
- True Women Of Substance And Attitude (Pioneer, Rakhee Bakshee, Dec 27, 2001)
Shining shoes, starched uniforms, guns on shoulders and armed with vigour and confidence, the women personnel of the CRPF march to the tunes of bravery. Their goal is to win, their desire is martyrdom.
- General Musharraf’s Cosmetic Action (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 27, 2001)
AT the end of his five-day visit to China, Pakistan’s military ruler and self-appointed President, General Pervez Musharraf, once again declared blandly that he would consider taking action against Pakistan-based organisations.
- Foundation For The Future (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Dec 27, 2001)
Foreign direct investment is a term usually associated with trade and development in the economic sphere.
- Politics Of War Cry (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
MUFFLED beats of war drums are being heard, but from a distance. On Tuesday both Prime Minister Vajpayee and Home Minister Advani toned down the Sangh Parivar rhetoric on hot pursuit and BJP president Jana Krishnamurthy said amen.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Border Brawls (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2001)
India’s expectations from the forthcoming visit of the Chinese prime minister, Mr Zhu Rongji, to New Delhi may well be tempered by some disturbing developments along the India-China border in the east.
- It’s Story-Time, Folks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2001)
DRUMS beat announcing the dawn of a new era — the era of knowledge and Indian awakening.
- The Invisible People (Indian Express, Arindam Ghatak, Dec 26, 2001)
THE aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC) has brought a rather minor human concern to the forefront. Or maybe not that minor after all.
- Blank From Beijing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2001)
The Chinese played host to a beleaguered Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for five days, heard him out patiently, offered him military and economic aid, and said that the friendship between the two nations would be fortified further.
- Terrorism From The Sea (Pioneer, Mukund B. Kunte, Dec 26, 2001)
Successive coalition governments in New Delhi have led Islamabad to believe that terrorism can be initiated and fuelled across our borders with impunity, a misconception that needs to be dispelled immediately.
- Private Funding And Higher Education (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 26, 2001)
The fact that some of the greatest universities in the world grew up in opposition to and autonomous from the state should hold lessons for us.
- Pressures On India’s Foreign Policy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 26, 2001)
The tragedy of Indian foreign policy is that more than 50 years after Independence, the country’s efforts at pursuing wider objectives in the region and the world are being dragged by a legacy of Partition, animosity with Pakistan.
- Defining Neighbourly Goodwill (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2001)
THE STARK CONTRAST between the present phase of growing bonhomie between India and Sri Lanka, on one side, and the dangerous escalation of tensions in ties between Islamabad and New Delhi.
- Year Of Setback For Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 26, 2001)
THE ECONOMY took a downturn in 2001, after sustaining a six per cent growth over almost a decade, with recessionary trends persisting in industry, aggravated by the cyclical swings in agriculture.
- After The War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Dec 26, 2001)
The United States has to abandon the permissiveness towards General Pervez Musharraf's double standard on terrorism.
- After The War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Dec 26, 2001)
The United States has to abandon the permissiveness towards General Pervez Musharraf's double standard on terrorism.
- Wto Ruling No Thunderbolt (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2001)
THERE IS LITTLE doubt that the World Trade Organisation panel ruling on the auto dispute between the US and the EU, on the one hand.
- Private Funding And Higher Education (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 26, 2001)
The fact that some of the greatest universities in the world grew up in opposition to and autonomous from the state should hold lessons for us.
- ‘We Are More Concerned With Revenue Deficit Than Fiscal Deficit’ (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 26, 2001)
It is not often that an interview is spread over 10 days.
- Jyotiraditya Scindia: Bjp’s Envy, Cong’s Pride (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 26, 2001)
JYOTIRADITYA Scindia’s decision to follow his late father into the Congress was quite a blow for the BJP, which has yet to come to terms with the loss of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia in Madhya Pradesh.
- Defining Neighbourly Goodwill (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2001)
THE STARK CONTRAST between the present phase of growing bonhomie between India and Sri Lanka, on one side, and the dangerous escalation of tensions in ties between Islamabad and New Delhi.
- Support Yes, Intervention No (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2001)
Ever since he took office as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe has assiduously tried to present an India-friendly profile.
- Cheery Chase (Pioneer, Vandana Kumari Jena, Dec 26, 2001)
"Are you from Orissa?" asked my boss when I went on a posting to Delhi a few years after marriage. "I am from Delhi, sir," I answered, and when he drew my attention to my surname I clarified, "My husband is from Orissa."
- Indo-Pak. Crisis At A Delicate Moment (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 25, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 24. Pakistan's moves this week against the terrorist groups operating on its soil are likely to decisively shape the evolution of the current crisis between the two subcontinental rivals.
- Response To Pakistan's Terrorism (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Dec 25, 2001)
There are leverages available to India in the economic, political and societal arenas that are potentially as and perhaps more effective than the military ones.
- Agriculture: Tough To Quantify Benefits Now (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 25, 2001)
“We have agreed to address only the trade-distorting subsidies and not the whole gamut of agriculture subsidies, said Pascal Lamy, European Union’s trade commissioner, at a meeting with the civil society in Delhi recently.
- A Nation On The Edge: Abort, Retry, Escape (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Dec 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN’S military leaders have had a propensity for adventure unmatched by other dependent states in the modern age.
- ‘Bilateral Trade Has Not Touched The Real Potential’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 25, 2001)
While there is enough scope for furthering trade, priority needs to be given to consolidation, says the Algerian ambassador to India, Adbelrim Belarbi.
- Spit And Polish (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 25, 2001)
IN my next birth, ambassador K S Bajpai is once known to have famously remarked, I would like to be born as the Pakistani high commissioner to India.
- Indo-Pak. Crisis At A Delicate Moment (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 25, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 24. Pakistan's moves this week against the terrorist groups operating on its soil are likely to decisively shape the evolution of the current crisis between the two subcontinental rivals.
- Response To Pakistan's Terrorism (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Dec 25, 2001)
There are leverages available to India in the economic, political and societal arenas that are potentially as and perhaps more effective than the military ones.
- Algeria Calls For More Private Sector Participation From India (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 25, 2001)
India-Algeria relations date back to the days of the Algerian liberation struggle (1954-62) when India advocated the cause of Algerian independence at the United Nations and other fora.
- Going From Bad To Verse (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Dec 25, 2001)
As another year draws to a close and the nation takes stock of the triumphs and tribulations-mainly the latter-that it brought, it is time to cast aside gloom and get into a cheerful mood.
- No Resting On Oars (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2001)
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh's presence at the inauguration of the interim Afghan government in Kabul last Saturday and the warm welcome given to Indians in the Afghan capital, are developments that should not cause surprise.
- Last Resort (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2001)
India’s diplomatic relations with Pakistan have reached a new nadir after the December 13 terrorist attack on Parliament. New Delhi has withdrawn its high commissioner from Islamabad.
- The New Crisis In Ties With Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2001)
THE POLITICAL LOGIC of India's decision to recall its High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr. Vijay Nambiar, seems to suggest that the latest crisis in bilateral relations can yet be managed with care and prudence from both sides.
- The Pakistan Conundrum (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 24, 2001)
In the long term, the only hope is that the Pakistani state and society, through introspection, or other means, will move away from its anti-Indian identity.
- Will Bush Words Turn Into Action? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 24, 2001)
Three days ago, when the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, variously described the Lashkar-e-Taiba as an ``extremist group based in Kashmir'' and ``a stateless sponsor of terrorism'', there was widespread anger and frustration in India.
- Good Ending (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2001)
People’s initiatives can go a long way in influencing perceptions and decisions of political leaders.
- Lessons To Learn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2001)
If Ministers and MPs are not secure right in Parliament House, what about the security of the common people of the country?
- The New Crisis In Ties With Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2001)
THE POLITICAL LOGIC of India's decision to recall its High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr. Vijay Nambiar, seems to suggest that the latest crisis in bilateral relations can yet be managed with care and prudence from both sides.
- The Pakistan Conundrum (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 24, 2001)
In the long term, the only hope is that the Pakistani state and society, through introspection, or other means, will move away from its anti-Indian identity.
- Downslide Begins (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Dec 24, 2001)
The September 11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon hit at the heart of American sensitivity; it changed the world for the US.
- Good Ending (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2001)
People’s initiatives can go a long way in influencing perceptions and decisions of political leaders.
- The Rage Of Reason (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2001)
Three consecutive Decembers that have seen three terrorist strikes have left us in the winter of our discontent.
- It’s A Start, Mr Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2001)
US President George Bush’s decision to freeze the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s assets by itself amounts to little.
- Will Bush Words Turn Into Action? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 24, 2001)
Three days ago, when the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, variously described the Lashkar-e-Taiba as an ``extremist group based in Kashmir'' and ``a stateless sponsor of terrorism'', there was widespread anger and frustration in India.
- Merits Of Inaction (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Dec 24, 2001)
Sometimes not doing anything is the best strategic course. In India, we have lost sight of this and have become enthralled by the cult of ‘‘action’’. The BJP is the party most at fault here.
- What Is The Way Ahead? (Indian Express, H. Kaushal , Dec 24, 2001)
The prime minister and Home minister have spoken about tackling Pakistan.
- Argentinian Lessons (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 24, 2001)
THE COLLAPSE OF Argentina's Government led by the President, Mr Fernando de la Rua, has an important message for the developing world: Messing up a national economy beyond a point can lead to abrupt loss of political power.
- Terrorist Attack On Parliament Thwarted, But.... What About Demolition From Within? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 24, 2001)
THE NATION cannot be too grateful to those belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force, the Delhi Police and the Watch and Ward of Parliament House.
- Measured Response (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2001)
The Government's decision to recall India's high commissioner to Pakistan and terminate the plying of the Samjhauta Express and the Delhi-Lahore bus service, has not come a day too soon.
- India’S Own War Against Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2001)
The December 13 incident in Parliament was a touch and go affair. Our representatives and ministers had a providential escape. There is much to ponder over and improve upon.
- What They Say... (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2001)
Mehbooba Mufti, senior vice-president People's Democratic Party, says ``The gun is not the problem in Kashmir but it is the alienation which has increased manifold with the bad governance and wrong policies of the Government''.
- New Terms For Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. In deciding to recall its High Commissioner from Islamabad and debating additional diplomatic steps against Pakistan in the coming days, India is sending two mutually reinforcing messages to the international community.
- Shadow Over The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 23, 2001)
WAR. THAT is what the Kashmiris fear could follow December 13. There are some who hope it will throw up a solution to their problems. But they are in a minority.
- Sharing A Plate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2001)
Political bliss in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee having bitten the dust, the Marxists and the saffronites seem to be cootchie-cooing.
- New Terms For Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. In deciding to recall its High Commissioner from Islamabad and debating additional diplomatic steps against Pakistan in the coming days, India is sending two mutually reinforcing messages to the international community.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- How Relevant Is Yasser Arafat In West Asia? (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Dec 23, 2001)
SEVERAL months before the September 11 tragedy of the Twin towers, Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf was living dangerously.
- Shadow Over The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 23, 2001)
WAR. THAT is what the Kashmiris fear could follow December 13. There are some who hope it will throw up a solution to their problems.
- What They Say... (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2001)
Mehbooba Mufti, senior vice-president People's Democratic Party, says ``The gun is not the problem in Kashmir but it is the alienation which has increased manifold with the bad governance and wrong policies of the Government''.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- Welcome Return Of The Pathan (Tribune, R. N. Prasher, Dec 23, 2001)
MY childhood Kabuliwala was not trapped in the pages of a book or rolls of a film. We lived in Old Delhi, in a small bylane of Chandni Chowk near the fabled Fountain. It was called Katra Lachhusingh.
- Issue In Question: Will They, Won’t They? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2001)
WILL they, won’t they? That is the question uppermost in everyone’s mind whether the Atal Behari Vajpayee government will take “appropriate measures” in dealing with Pakistan’s proxy war.
- ‘I Was To Attend My Nephew’s Wedding On December 30, I’ll Now Have To Drop My Plans’ (Indian Express, Esha Roy, Dec 23, 2001)
I was going to Pakistan this month to attend my nephew’s wedding on December 30. Now, it looks like I’ll have to drop all my plans. I had particularly wanted to go for the wedding, especially since all my nephews made it for my son’s wedding.
- The Tough, Not The Rough, Road (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 23, 2001)
Fifty four years and four wars later, "war" and "peace" continue to dominate the verbal exchange between India and Pakistan, neither country's foreign policy ever exploring an eminently possible middle ground.
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