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Articles 9721 through 9764 of 9764:
- Mind Control - The Parivar's Project (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2001)
The Sangh Parivar's aim is to mould the minds of the young, writes Neena Vyas.
- Call Me ‘Mad’, But Tejpal Is Right (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Aug 26, 2001)
PROVE me mad or prove me wrong. Otherwise, go along with my line of argument in defending Tarun Tejpal, the controversial Chief Executive Officer of the equally controversial Tehelka.com.
- The Global Mindscape Of Durban Conference (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Aug 26, 2001)
THE World Conference on Racism scheduled to be held at Durban in South Africa has included in its agenda a discussion on caste prejudices and its ill-effects.
- Meet To Relax (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2001)
Also a matter of habit. The BJP chief, Jana Krishnamurthy, seems to have lost his cool without much reason.
- Defence Restructuring Agenda (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 25, 2001)
THE Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) controversy is evergreen, mainly because of the strong reservations of the IAF. Recently the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis, did one unusual and one not so unusual thing.
- The President’s Unbearably Hot Tea Party (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Aug 25, 2001)
IMAGINE celebrating India’s 55th Independence Day with an English tea party in an Indian Garden in monsoon weather so muggy that it was like entertaining in a steam bath.
- Saffronisation And Textbooks (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Aug 25, 2001)
TO UNDERSTAND the issue of saffronisation in the right perspective, we have to look at the decline of the Congress as a ruling party and the rise of the BJP as a rival.
- Putting Conflict Before Cricket (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2001)
THE CENTRE'S REFUSAL to allow the Indian cricket team to play the Asian Test Championship in Pakistan seems driven by excessive paranoia and reflexive bellicosity towards Pakistan.
- Crime And Punishment (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 25, 2001)
THE Tehelka.com affair -- which was (some say deliberately) relegated to the background of national affairs (thanks to the Agra summit, among other things) -- has suddenly stirred itself out of its `hibernation', and is again holding centrestage.
- Against All Odds (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Aug 24, 2001)
AS MUMBAI'S former Police Commissioner, Mr. Ram Deo Tyagi, lies in the intensive care unit of one of the city's state-of-the-art hospitals, half-a-dozen constables guard him.
- New Twist No Cover For Murky Deals (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 24, 2001)
NEW DELHI, AUG. 23. The Defence Ministry says it did not leak the ``damaging'' portions of the Tehelka tapes. The Venkataswami Commission says it cannot be the source of the leakage.
- Force To Reckon With (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 24, 2001)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has been put on a waitlist to re-join the National Democratic Alliance.
- The Hate Agenda (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2001)
NDA is back to minority bashing.
- Dealing With Musharraf’s Pakistan (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2001)
WITHIN a month of the failed Agra summit this country is mercifully beginning to learn how rude are the realities of having to live with a neighbour like Pakistan, especially when it is ruled by a military dictator like General Pervez Musharraf.
- Falling Graph (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Aug 23, 2001)
The popularity graph of the NDA Government in general and its leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee in particular has been on the decline. However, in the past few months, this has sunk to an all-time low.
- Functioning Anarchy (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Aug 23, 2001)
The institutions of the state are not supposed to work at cross-purposes.
- Vajpayee, To The Manner Born (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 22, 2001)
HE may not have given the country Ram Rajya but Vajpayee’s certainly put the Hindutva stamp on Race Course Road.
- Not A Freudian Slip (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 22, 2001)
It is unfortunate that the prime minister’s recent observations on matters concerning the religious minorities should have raised a needless controversy.
- The Pm's Saffron Yearnings (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2001)
TRUE TO HIS habit of flaunting his ``swayamsevak'' credentials and harking back to the Hindutva ideology whenever the exigencies - whether political or personal - warranted it.
- Saffronising Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2001)
HUMAN Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi's reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the alleged attempt to "saffronise education" did sound convincing.
- Flexible Ethical Standards (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 22, 2001)
Like a bucketful of water thrown on hot desert sands, the excitement over Mr. George Fernandes's disclosure - that the former chairman of the UTI, now under arrest on various charges, was recommended for this post by Ms. Jayalalithaa has evaporated fast.
- An Economist For A Finance Minister? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Aug 22, 2001)
THESE days, many economists prefer to express their views on current economic affairs and policies in articles in financial newspapers. Newspapers currently do not report fully the speeches and viewpoints of economists.
- Decade Of Reforms -- Privatisation: A Dismal Report Card (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 22, 2001)
THE gap between plans drawn up and the actual achievement has been the widest in the privatisation of the country's monolithic public sector.
- Style Without Substance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Aug 21, 2001)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Independence Day speech was notable for more than one reason.
- Growing Dominance Of English In India (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 21, 2001)
WITH his penchant for self-deprecatory humour, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee set aside his prepared English speech at a women’s gathering in New Delhi recently to suggest that he had been accused of murdering the English language.
- Remembering Rajiv (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 21, 2001)
Had Rajiv Gandhi not been murdered by terrorists — who, in turn, benefited from the government’s failure to provide him with the security he needed — 10 years ago, he would have been 57.
- Jammu On The Brink (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Aug 21, 2001)
THE KILLINGS of Hindus in the Jammu region should not be dismissed as stray terrorist acts of desperate militants.
- Truth Hijacked (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Aug 21, 2001)
The nation has high expectations of the Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice M.S. Liberhan to probe into the demolition of the Babri masjid on December 6, 1992.
- Fostering Cult Of Hatred (Tribune, P. Raman , Aug 21, 2001)
AMIDST all our preoccupation with hard politics and a crumbling economy, we tend to overlook certain highly disturbing trends on the social front
- Ending In A Fiasco (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 20, 2001)
This was meant to ward off the Bharatiya Janata Party and to keep the Congress at bay.
- Married To Sense (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 20, 2001)
It is amazing how long women have to fight to correct injustices that are staring the world in the face.
- Smell The Air, Minister (Indian Express, Anil Agrawal, Aug 20, 2001)
CNG crisis shows how little our politicians really care.
- Cast-Iron Discrimination (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Aug 20, 2001)
The Government of India has traditionally opposed any kind of airing of the many ills of Indian society in international forums.
- The Changing Colours Of Cynicism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 19, 2001)
With Assembly elections fast approaching, the BJP in Uttar Pradesh is in a hurry to change the public perception about it, writes J. P. Shukla.
- A Pawn... Even In Death (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 19, 2001)
The Samajwadi Party is using Phoolan Devi's murder as ammunition in its battle with the BJP. K. V. Prasad reports.
- What Goes With The News? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2001)
God save Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan’s chief minister. He has incurred the wrath of the Congress president for his apparent failure to curb communal violence in the state.
- J&k Crisis Is Not Only A Law And Order Problem (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Aug 19, 2001)
IT is astonishing that a politician of Mr L. K. Advani’s experience and maturity should have succumbed to pressure from his own partymen as well as the Opposition to extend the Armed Forces (J & K) Special Powers Act of 1990 to the Jammu area.
- Too Many In One Hand (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2001)
More problems for AB. Not everyone is happy with the appointing of NRIs as ambassadors, as in the US.
- Show Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2001)
A striptease that hasn’t pleased too many.
- Colour Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2001)
The large number of political parties representing a wide range of the ideological spectrum are now getting identified with certain colours.
- Days Of Raj (Pioneer, Tavishi Shrivastav, Aug 19, 2001)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh is known for his political masterstrokes. In a short span of about nine months, he has taken on his political opponents by the horn.
- Finally Riding Tiger, And Sitting Pretty (Indian Express, Prafulla Marpakwar, Aug 19, 2001)
ITS TIES with a long-standing electoral partner may be under strain, but the BJP is not worried.
- Myth Cannot Become Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2001)
AMONG THE VARIOUS attempts by the BJP-led NDA Government to force on the country the Hindutva agenda, the most disturbing effort is taking place in the field of education.
- ‘Jammu Was Brought Under The Disturbed Areas Act Because Of Farooq’ (Indian Express, Chaman Lal, Aug 18, 2001)
Chaman Lal Gupta represents Doda-Udhampur — the current trouble spot in J&K — in the Lok Sabha.
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