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Articles 9221 through 9320 of 9764:
- Here Comes The Son (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
When small town boy Manoj Bajpai took on the role of the polo-playing playboy prince of Jodhpur in Khalid Mohammad’s film, Zubeida.
- Deep Impact (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 15, 2001)
As I write this column, I am watching the ghastly attack inside the premises of the Indian Parliament.
- A Day After The Attack (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2001)
There is much surprise, and even shock, in the gunbattle in the Parliament complex on Thursday.
- ‘Pm Has Lost The Grip’ (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 15, 2001)
On a dark, wintry Delhi evening last week I went to meet Ram Jethmalani. With chaos in Parliament over Kargil coffins and POTO and with the political atmosphere in this very political city polluted with whispers.
- Kerala’s New Spectre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
DEALING with determined extremists is a dicey game for any democratic dispensation, even in the best of times.
- Investing Divestment (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 15, 2001)
AFTER the Supreme Court upheld the Government’s disinvestment policy in the BALCO case, the major question now is, how the money raised from disinvestment should be utilised.
- Selective Cleansing Won't Do (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE DISMISSAL OF Mr. Amarmani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Trade Tax and Institutional Finance, may well be held out as evidence of the BJP's value-based politics.
- Bolting The Stable Door (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2001)
THANKFULLY, some semblance of normalcy has returned to Parliament a day after it faced an unprecedented attack.
- Learning The Hard Way (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Dec 14, 2001)
WITH Begum Zia back in power, the Hindus are on the run in Bangladesh. At this rate, there will be no Hindus left in that country.
- Criminals In Legislatures? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2001)
IT has often been alleged that criminals have joined the ranks of politicians, defiling the holy precincts of legislatures.
- Poto And Pota: A Resolution (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 14, 2001)
Fighting terrorism cannot become a political fashion... The sensible compromise is a new offence of terrorism investigated and tried through ordinary procedures.
- Righteous Rajnath (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2001)
At another moment, in another context, it might have been an act of political propriety, even courage, no questions asked.
- Poto And Pota: A Resolution (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 14, 2001)
Fighting terrorism cannot become a political fashion... The sensible compromise is a new offence of terrorism investigated and tried through ordinary procedures.
- Of Polls In Insecure Times (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Dec 14, 2001)
Barely three months ago Uttar Pradesh chief minister Rajnath Singh looked like an immensely satisfied man. His popularity graph was soaring, based on the twin pillars of Mandir and Mandal.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- A Severe Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
ALREADY UNDER A murky cloud following the Tehelka exposure, Mr. George Fernandes and his Defence Ministry have been virtually drowned by evidence, which strongly suggests that emergency purchases.
- Kabul, Colombo, Kathmandu And Dhaka (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 13, 2001)
OVERWHELMING concentration on Afghanistan may be understandable, given the profound significance and consequences of September 11, but it is not the wisest policy for India.
- Democracy For A Price (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
THE just-concluded election to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has inflicted a humiliating and well-deserved defeat on the outgoing SAD-BJP combine for its non-performance and the undignified conduct of its councillors.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- A Severe Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
ALREADY UNDER A murky cloud following the Tehelka exposure, Mr. George Fernandes and his Defence Ministry have been virtually drowned by evidence, which strongly suggests that emergency purchases made for the Kargil.
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- Naxals: Not By Ban Alone (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
It is absurd to presume that a ban on the Naxalite outfits under POTO — even if it becomes POTA — will automatically make the three dozen ultra Left groups in the country drop their arms.
- Some Thugs And Their Fantasies (Telegraph, Ravi Rajan, Dec 11, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s decision to delete sections from history textbooks has drawn many a comparison with the much-maligned taliban.
- Vajpayee-Muivah Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The meeting that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with NSCN leaders T. Muivah and Isak Swu in Osaka on Saturday is an unusual development and has suddenly given a much higher profile to the Nagaland issue.
- What's Behind The Shuffling Game? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 11, 2001)
CHENNAI, DEC. 10 Another significant reshuffle of officers has taken place both on the administrative side and in the police.
- Faction Feuds In Delhi Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEW LOOK Cabinet, as the Congress managers sought to describe the induction of four new faces in the six-member-strong Cabinet headed by Ms. Sheila Dikshit in Delhi.
- Faction Feuds In Delhi Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEW LOOK Cabinet, as the Congress managers sought to describe the induction of four new faces in the six-member-strong Cabinet headed by Ms. Sheila Dikshit in Delhi.
- Under A Cloud (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2001)
Ministries have been like the clouds that come and go in Meghalaya. The People’s Forum of Meghalaya (PFM) government, sworn in on Saturday, is the sixth since the 1998 elections.
- Party Bosses Do Not Know Best (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 10, 2001)
The stated reason for bringing the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill 2001, providing for open voting in the elections to Rajya Sabha, is to combat corruption but the remedy it offers is worse than the disease.
- Defying The Odds (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 09, 2001)
Whether the political victory helped her in the legal battles or not, her victory on the legal front is set to boost Ms. Jayalalithaa's political fortunes.
- Calibrating A Conflagration (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Dec 09, 2001)
The VHP's various programmes ensure that the communal fire is stoked for electoral gains while the BJP can keep the Ram temple issue out of its election manifesto.
- Calibrating A Conflagration (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Dec 09, 2001)
The VHP's various programmes ensure that the communal fire is stoked for electoral gains while the BJP can keep the Ram temple issue out of its election manifesto.
- Defying The Odds (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 09, 2001)
Whether the political victory helped her in the legal battles or not, her victory on the legal front is set to boost Ms. Jayalalithaa's political fortunes.
- Miffed Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2001)
Vijay Goel is miffed. The man who not too long back was inducted into Vajpayee’s Council of Ministers and was given the much-hyped portfolio of Minister of State in the PMO, today is a minister without any substantial work as no files are being put to him
- ‘If Nda-Dmk Equation Changes, It Will Be Karunanidhi’s Doing’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2001)
Cho S Ramaswamy, journalist and nominated Rajya Sabha member, is credited with a deep understanding of the rough and tumble of Tamil Nadu politics.
- Sounding The Retreat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2001)
The politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is the enemy of promise in West Bengal. It has gone out of its way to hinder one crucial plan the chief minister of the state, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, had for giving a new image to the state.
- Food For Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2001)
If in spring, a young man’s fancy turns to love, the onset of winter does strange things to a Bengali patriarch’s soul.
- Emerging Tasks For Mr Sinha (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 08, 2001)
THE Budget time is at hand, and the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, is sending mixed signals.
- History Is Not “A Pack Of Tricks” (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 07, 2001)
History is a mirror of society—the mirror which reflects realities and, as such, is expected not to distort right images or project wrong ones.
- The Wima Windfall (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 07, 2001)
If you are a Delhi journalist and write a sort of political column, the question most frequently put to you, even by perfect strangers, is, ‘‘So will the Vajpayee government last?’’
- Pwg, Mcc Attract Poto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2001)
As was widely expected, the Centre has outlawed the Peoples War Group (PWG) of Andhra Pradesh and the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) of Jharkhand.
- Terrorist Law Again And Again - Ii (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Dec 07, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), like its predecessor, the TADA, defines only a terrorist act and not terrorism. In POTO, ``overawing Government by law established'' is no longer a terrorist act.
- Iftars - Then And Now (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 07, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 6. One day in early seventies, Mr. I.K. Gujral, then a member of Indira Gandhi's Cabinet, invited Mr. Shafi Quereshi, Minister of State for Railways, to a meal.
- Terrorist Law Again And Again - Ii (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Dec 07, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), like its predecessor, the TADA, defines only a terrorist act and not terrorism. In POTO, ``overawing Government by law established'' is no longer a terrorist act.
- Rituals Of December 6 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2001)
That 60-point charter of dos and don’ts our legislators pledged themselves to only days ago should, most definitely, have included one more: Don’t force the House to adjourn amid pandemonium on December 6.
- Iftars - Then And Now (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 07, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 6. One day in early seventies, Mr. I.K. Gujral, then a member of Indira Gandhi's Cabinet, invited Mr. Shafi Quereshi, Minister of State for Railways, to a meal.
- Big Birthday Bash For Pawar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2001)
Such is the strength and resilience of our political system that birthdays of political leaders are always regarded as memorable events by themselves.
- Terrorist Law Again And Again - I (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Dec 06, 2001)
Restrictive legislation is almost always a signal of repressive institutional change, but is, of course, not the cause of it...
- Self-Defeating Strategies (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
As a consequence of the American military campaign in Afghanistan, a host of giddy and self-deluding notions have surfaced... India, Sri Lanka or Israel now have the temptation to solve problems militarily.
- Politics And Terrorism Issues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2001)
IF THE ALL-PARTY meeting called in the hope of converting the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) into an Act yielded no results, it is because neither side - the Government and the Opposition - was prepared to shift from already staked out positions
- Terrorist Law Again And Again - I (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Dec 06, 2001)
Restrictive legislation is almost always a signal of repressive institutional change, but is, of course, not the cause of it...
- Self-Defeating Strategies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2001)
As a consequence of the American military campaign in Afghanistan, a host of giddy and self-deluding notions have surfaced... India, Sri Lanka or Israel now have the temptation to solve problems militarily.
- Poto Is A Time Bomb (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2001)
Four days starting with December 18 are reserved for the mother of all parliamentary controversies, pitting the BJP-led alliance government in an irreconcilable conflict with the opposition.
- Liberties Beyond Debate (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 05, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has gained a subtle victory in its current attempts to tamper with textbooks through directives issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
- Sorrow And Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, ever since it came to power at the head of the National Democratic Alliance, has had a very uneasy relationship with the extremist wings of the sangh parivar.
- The Textbook Controversy (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Dec 05, 2001)
THAT THE BJP-RSS can do what it is doing to school textbooks and garner support for this from some professionals.
- Is Mr Joshi Parochialising History A La Pakistan? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 05, 2001)
It all began with a question on the Policy for Writing Text-books in the Rajya Sabha.
- Dinner Diplomacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 05, 2001)
Believers in the adage that the leaders who sup together come together are in for a disappointment.
- Up Politics -- Yet Another Act In Theatre Of Absurd? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 05, 2001)
The Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party Chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.
- The Textbook Controversy (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Dec 05, 2001)
THAT THE BJP-RSS can do what it is doing to school textbooks and garner support for this from some professionals.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Anything To Win Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party is literally leaving no stone unturned for winning the assembly elections due in Uttar Pradesh in February next year.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Northeast Muddle (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 04, 2001)
G eorge Fernandes’ re-induction into the cabinet have implications beyond the Tehelka tapes, extending to the future of the Northeast.
- A Bigger Challenge For Pm (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 04, 2001)
NO one can any more ignore the strong political undercurrents taking shape in the past few weeks.
- Prawns And Other Similarities (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Dec 03, 2001)
Apart from innumerable mouth-watering varieties of his favourite fish delicacies, when he visits Japan later this week, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will have several other reasons to feel completely at home.
- For An Intolerant Secularism (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Dec 03, 2001)
SECULARISM HAS been identified for too long with warm hearts, and soft shoulders. It is about time to break this image as it does not seem to have done much good for the cause of secularism anyway.
- For An Intolerant Secularism (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Dec 03, 2001)
SECULARISM HAS been identified for too long with warm hearts, and soft shoulders.
- After 17 Years Of Gas Leak Disaster (Tribune, N. D. Sharma, Dec 03, 2001)
Some people are endowed with unbelievable capacity for turning their failures and lapses into an instrument of refurbishing their public image. Few can rival Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in this respect.
- A Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 03, 2001)
UNRESTRICTED ENTRY OF the private sector in coal mining, it appears, is not going to be a reality in the near future.
- Police Play Party-Pooper (Hindu, Radha Venkatesan, Dec 02, 2001)
Chennai's Police Commissioner invokes concern for culture to shut down the city's discotheques. But there are suspicions of political motives.
- Police Play Party-Pooper (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Chennai's Police Commissioner invokes concern for culture to shut down the city's discotheques. But there are suspicions of political motives.
- Towards That Elusive Understanding (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 02, 2001)
Caution is the buzzword on the Left-sponsored Opposition unity moves.
- Opposition Langar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2001)
The dinner hosted by senior CPI (M) leader Somnath Chaterjee for the Opposition party leaders in Lok Sabha was the toast of political circles in the past week and for a number of reasons. It is rarely that a CPI (M) leader hosts a dinner.
- Delete And Control - The Parivar's Mantra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Anjali Mody on the changes in the school history syllabus.
- Delete And Control - The Parivar's Mantra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Anjali Mody on the changes in the school history syllabus.
- Terrorism As Election Fodder (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 02, 2001)
WITH the crucial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab assemblies and the Mumbai and Delhi Municipal Corporations, fast approaching, the BJP has been on a hyperactive mode searching for issues that can enthuse people to vote for them.
- Towards That Elusive Understanding (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 02, 2001)
Caution is the buzzword on the Left-sponsored Opposition unity moves.
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