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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 5238:
- Your Q, His A: Defense & Security Affairs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2003)
Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, Editorial Advisor (Defence and Strategic affairs) to The Indian Express, answers your questions on strategic issues. Singh, a former director of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis
- Living On Myths (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 20, 2003)
People believe in myths of their own making; the greatest of these is that they are more peace-loving than others and if there is violence, it is never caused by them but by their enemies. We Indians proclaim our being peace-loving from our house tops ...
- Reforms, ‘via Bathinda’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 20, 2003)
While some of the more unabashed supporters of economic reforms may now be blaming the Supreme Court for spoiling the party and even puncturing the bull balloon on the stock markets, the truth is that real opposition to all deregulation and privatisation
- Anti-Reformers Stock Up On Gas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2003)
Though the Supreme Court made it clear that its decision today has nothing to do with the policy of disinvestment, the NDA Government will be forced to go on the backfoot on the entire process.
- Streetfighting Fears (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 14, 2003)
On a perfect morning in Srinagar last week as I sat on the roof of a houseboat on the Dal Lake listening to happy, hopeful tales of the Valley’s first real tourist season in a decade, news came of the explosion in Sabzi Mandi. Six people were killed and a
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2003)
In Stem this Alien Nation, P Chidambaram has cited the Punjab precedent. In my view there is no comparison between the Sikh situation in the 80’s and the Muslim situation now. The Sikh militancy did not arise from despair or alienation but from the ...
- A Minefield Called Iraq (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Sep 12, 2003)
Yesterday was the anniversary of the day that Ground Zero was created in New York, a time of mourning for many not just in the United States but elsewhere. How do they perceive that epochal moment in Iraq, the day which started the chain of events which
- Terror Infrastructure In Pakistan (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 12, 2003)
Candlelight vigils at the Wagah border, and sentimental reminiscing about common culture and values cannot dilute the fact that the military establishment in Pakistan and the ISI are using the fundamentalist organisations and the terror infrastructure to
- Images That Promote Fear (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2003)
An event-driven media on both sides of the border does its job by reporting only the most sensational news. As a result, it fails to play a role in building greater understanding.
- No Ifs And Buts (Indian Express, M. P. ANIL KUMAR , Sep 09, 2003)
As Boss (Wing Commander D. Dayakar), Jita (Flight Lieutenant K.R. Ajit) and I set for Mikki’s (Flt Lt M.K. Behl) debriefing of the low-level strike sortie we flew, Sri (Flt Lt S. Srivastava) darted in and told Boss, ‘‘Sir, message from ATC: Bira ...
- Civil Society And Child Marriage (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Sep 09, 2003)
Girls should be taught to think beyond marriage and motherhood. Society should instill in them a sense of self-esteem
- Shma’yisrael! (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Sep 08, 2003)
General Sharon arrives amidst cries of Shalom (Salaam/Peace), on the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to India. Since most of the Indian Jewish community has migrated since the 1940s to Israel, England and the United States, some ironies
- Stem This Alien Nation (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 07, 2003)
I can fill this column — nay, the whole page — with names of Muslim men and women, all Indians, who have achieved distinction in different walks of life. Because, among the 110 million Muslims, there are thousands of distinguished men and women. We can...
- Our Son, The Fanatic (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 06, 2003)
Is it already time for us to revisit our favourite post-9/11 boast? If you are an optimist, you might say it is still early days, or that these are mere straws in the wind. Truth to tell, straws in the wind these are and while there is still time to do...
- Hockey ‘backbone’ Fights Fractures (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Sep 04, 2003)
Hockey writers describe Jugraj Singh as a dual-use player, who can both score off penalty corners and defend them. His teammates have a simpler definition: ‘‘He is the backbone of the team, who never flinches from any challenge and loves to shoulder ...
- Maya Out, Mulayam-Rajnath In (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 04, 2003)
The Mulayam Singh-Rajnath Singh nexus is no longer a secret. It’s being flaunted on the streets of Lucknow. Their faces peer down from banners and hoardings everywhere. They appeared overnight, as soon as it became clear that Mulayam would be the new ...
- Abolishing The Death Penalty (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Sep 04, 2003)
The opposition to the abolition of death penalty stems from the myth that it will lead to an increase in the number of murders. The facts are otherwise.
- Changing Internal Security Dynamics (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Sep 04, 2003)
THE blasts in Mumbai and the busting of a terror network in New Delhi present, among other things, the issue of internal factors that can erode national security as much as any external danger.
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- Fraudulent Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 31, 2003)
On August 25, the Haryana police finally arrested one Manik Lal Maitra, a non-resident Indian (NRI) operating from Germany who was brazenly running a ‘fraudulent bank’ at Copola Towers, Rajendra Place in New Delhi without Reserve Bank permission.
- Feats Unlimited: Woman Sarpanchs On Feet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
She is in her mid-’30s, a mother of four and a Dalit woman sarpanch who has studied till Std V. Urmila Dhonde is proud of her background, proud of the administrative experience and insight she has gained as sarpanch over the last three years. And now she
- Poll Plot Fizzles (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 31, 2003)
Mayawati’s moves have put paid to L K Advani and Venkaiah Naidu’s plan to call an early General Election. The BJP think tank first calculated that the party would benefit from a General Election this year itself cashing in on the good monsoon and the ...
- Wretched Of The Earth (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 30, 2003)
Muslim Indians are natural allies of others marginalised by an upper caste Hindu elite. Second in a two-part series
- Message In A Bottle, To A Man Who Just Flew Into Wilderness (Indian Express, S G INAMDAR , Aug 27, 2003)
In February 1968, I was a flight lieutenant on the 21st Pilot Attack Instructor (PAI) course in Jamnagar (then known as the ‘‘Armament Training Wing’’ or ATW, with Group Captain Jacky Powar as station commander).
- Beyond The Blasts (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
MUMBAI CAN BE down but never out. A day after the bomb blasts shook the megapolis, the city is fast coming back to normal, with old and young crowding suburban trains and BEST buses for the long trudge to work places. The Sensex, which is more the measure
- Pak, Give Us Our Most Wanted, Says Advani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
: The morning after, the death toll at 53, the crumpled metal of a taxi at Mumbadevi and the Gateway of India hosted two very important visitors.
- The Marriage Ratio (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 25, 2003)
Can two such negative social trends as dowry and the poor sex ratio ever yield anything positive? While the large print (national media) dwells on divisive issues like caste and religion, the small print (regional media) is documenting events that may ...
- Punjab Reclaims Its Astroturf, And How (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Aug 24, 2003)
Gagan Ajit, Jugraj, Prabhjot, Deepak...nation’s gain after terrorism’s lost years
- Meet The Obscure Firm Which Got The Rs 175-Cr Deal To Spoil The Taj (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 24, 2003)
From a small office in central Delhi, Ishvakoo India dreamt of changing the way Taj looked
- Likely: Jalan Mp, (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 24, 2003)
Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan is likely to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha, while speculation over a return of Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to the Cabinet has been revived. Top BJP leaders met at the residence of Prime Minister A.B. Vajpaye
- How Safe Is Our Water? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 24, 2003)
Groundwater is easily polluted and restoring its quality is impossibly expensive
- Rs 678 Cr Sugarcane Package (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Government on Saturday approved a Rs 678-crore relief package for sugarcane farmers of five states. According to spokesperson Sushma Swaraj, the Centre will bring a new package for sugarcane growers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the next Cab
- Voice Of Hindustan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 23, 2003)
There was a time when most people of northern India extending from Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Peshawar to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Calcutta down to Bapu Gandhi’s Sabaramati spoke a language all Indians down to Andhra Pradesh could understand and speak
- Our Gold Lining In Amsterdam Cloud (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Aug 23, 2003)
You can be sceptical and say that India played at its best when it didn’t really matter. And that maybe it was Pakistan being the rival that stokes passions. But the bottomline was: India played its best hockey in years, overwhelmed Pakistan 7-4 with a
- Cola And Pesticides: The Bigger Picture (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 22, 2003)
The real problem is that there are no Indian standards. In the absence of such mandatory standards, private companies would try to cut corners to maximise their bottomlines. The Government needs to involve the Indian scientific community to evolve a ...
- Cricket Girls Slip Away In Uk (Indian Express, ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA, Aug 21, 2003)
They had always suspected it. When an agency called ‘Linex Tours and Travel Club’ began doing the rounds of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalya (HMV) to ‘select’ girls for cricket matches abroad, both Principal P P Sharma and Laltesh Bhaseen, secretary of the
- Nomadic Tribes Get Travelling Teachers (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Aug 20, 2003)
If you can’t go to school, the school will go to you. Make that the teacher—the teacher will go to you and will keep going wherever you go.
- A Fund Of Opportunity (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
THE PROPOSAL TO float an initial public offering for the UTI Mutual Fund is significant, as that would mark the first by a fund of its size. An IPO — more precisely an offer for sale by the existing equity holders — provides the current sponsors of the
- Why Did The State Turn On Gujarat's Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 20, 2003)
On August 14, hundreds of thousands of farmers got on the National Highway 8 but were blocked by policemen who also used force.
- Stymieing Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
IT IS QUEER that the Government should have thought of stymieing the Reserve Bank of India by trying to enforce Parliament scrutiny on most acts of the financial regulator. New Delhi need not have plunged into the untidy piece of legislation when the ...
- Winning Hearts With A `Japha' (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 18, 2003)
`Japha' is the Punjabi word for a tight, affectionate embrace and no one does it better than Indians and Pakistanis. This was rediscovered as we, a mixed group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts from India, entered the border at Wagah earlier
- Latin American Script, A Punjab Story (Indian Express, SANJEEV CHOPRA, Aug 17, 2003)
Uruguay water-treatment plant sets the standards here, Govt asks for more
- This Is India’s Moment But It’s Only A Moment, Can We Grasp It (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 17, 2003)
On the one hand, we have unbounded opportunities and incomparable advantages to seize them. On the other, there is the fate that will surely befall us if we falter. Unemployment will reach such proportions that social unrest will become unmanageable...
- Durable Bhai Sahib (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 17, 2003)
Mayawati’s hard core supporters may stick with her through thick and thin, but the high profile recruits to the BSP found it difficult to adjust for long in a party where customarily everyone squats on the floor while Mayawati presides from a chair.
- Long And Short Of It (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
An American research organisation has come to the conclusion that tall men get a better deal in life than their shorter cousins. Commenting on its findings Natalie Angier of The New York Times writes: “Tall men give nearly all the orders, win most ...
- Girl ‘escapes’ Her Parents, Heads Home To Canada (Indian Express, Vikas Kahol, Aug 13, 2003)
Gets HC permission, says she couldn’t adjust to India and ‘parents did not understand me’
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear (Deccan Herald, SHABANA AZMI, Aug 13, 2003)
Marital and domestic violence may be a private affair but its public consequences are serious
- Per Capita Income Growth In The States (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 12, 2003)
Much of the discussion of the growth performance of States stems from perceptions of aggregate output performance rather than per capita output growth. In this edition of Macroscan, investigate trends in per capita State Domestic Production of the major
- Sandstone Can Bind This Indo-Pak Tie (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 11, 2003)
COMMON HERITAGE: INTACH ready to send stones for Jehangir tomb repair
- Force Multipliers (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Aug 11, 2003)
Continuing acts of terrorism over the past two decades, first in Punjab and since 1988 in Jammu and Kashmir, require some reflections on how we are dealing with this menace. It would appear that we have dealt with the phenomenon in terms of short-term ...
- Congress Lags Behind Eager Bjp (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 11, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani has everyone guessing about what lies behind his suggestion that Lok Sabha and assembly elections should be clubbed. Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat prepared the ground for the debate. Politicians rarely enunciate
- Track Ii Express Pulls Into Islamabad (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 10, 2003)
In Islamabad, the air is thick with mohabbat. The largest ever delegation of Indian parliamentarians (31 in all) is visiting Pakistan as part of a conference organised by the South Asia Free Media Association and although the honourable members are soft
- Two Celebrations (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 09, 2003)
Today August 9 is the 61st anniversary of the “Quit India” movement launched in 1942 by Mahatma Gandhi. Despite my adoration for Bapu I am convinced his move was ill-conceived and untimely.
- Boycott Lunch And Dinner (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 09, 2003)
You may raise some questions about our politicians’ intellect or integrity but there is no faulting their instincts. So how does the Parliament of India assert its sovereign authority the moment the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which is now
- An Indian In Pakistan Sees A Glimmer At End Of Death Row Tunnel (Indian Express, RAMANINDER K BHATIA, Aug 09, 2003)
12 ys ago, Sarabjit was held in Pak for ‘spying,’ now activists from Canada, daughters in Punjab work to save him
- 79 Punjab Teachers With Fake Degrees Dismissed (Indian Express, ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA, Aug 08, 2003)
Seventy nine primary school teachers in Punjab have been dismissed after an Education Department inquiry revealed that their appointments were based on fake degrees.
- Why This Writing On The Wall Reads Good News In Bihar Villages (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 08, 2003)
A wall paper, which is circulated through the milk cooperative network, reaches estimated 36 lakh people
- How India's Fields Got `Swaraj' (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Aug 08, 2003)
MR CHANDRA MOHAN'S name is synonymous with `Swaraj' and Punjab Tractors Ltd (PTL), which he built from the scratch to a Rs 1,300-crore-plus engineering conglomerate with a product line spanning tractors and harvester combines to engines, light commercial
- Need To Unite All Minorities (Deccan Herald, K. S. Parthasarathy, Aug 08, 2003)
The BJP seems impatient with what it feels as an attack through such developments like religious conversions striking at its very base. It also seems to arrogate to itself the role to protect Hinduism against whatever it thinks as challenges. While the
- Neocon Vs Old Con (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 07, 2003)
Is it just a fevered imagination or is there a direct correlation between Indo-Pakistani romanticism and the screeching and hollering that scuppered the idea of India sending an “occupying army” to northern Iraq? In a week when half of New Delhi seems
- For This Principal, Parenting Begins At His Home (Indian Express, Vikas Kahol, Aug 07, 2003)
: When 13-year-old Sarabjit Kaur and her eight-year-old brother, Kashmir Singh, started skipping school and dozing off in class, Preet Ranjan Kaur, their teacher at Indian Public School, became concerned.
- Politics Of Farm Interest Rates (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 06, 2003)
In the context of the cap on farm loan interest rates announced by the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister, Sharad Joshi traces the history of the protection farmers in debt got even in pre-Independent India, and says that with agriculture becoming a
- Of Ram Temple And Elections (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 06, 2003)
Two statements by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and his deputy, Mr L. K. Advani, one on building the Ram temple at Ayodhya and synchronising Lok Sabha and Assembly elections virtually set the cat among the pigeons and the Opposition party
- Interlinking Problems (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
THE DECADES-OLD proposal to link all of India's major rivers with one another was revived with much fanfare last year. Most political parties welcomed it then as a solution to the country's drinking water and irrigation problems. But it has not ...
- Widen That Lens (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Aug 04, 2003)
When Raj Kapoor sang, “Mera jootha hai Japani, patloon Inglistani,” he was neither singing the virtues of globalisation nor was he reaching out to the hearts and minds of the Japanese and the English. Song-writer Shailendra’s line about the “red Russian
- Jat, Seriously (Indian Express, Bajinder Pal Singh, Aug 03, 2003)
The Punjab BJP is veering around to the idea of having a Jat Sikh as president. And guess who has the most problems? Ally Akali Dal, which fears the BJP may take away its rural vote bank with the move.
- Advani Pitches For A Uniform Poll Code (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 03, 2003)
Lok Sabha, state polls together for better governance, he says; real reason could be to ensure lonely Cong pitted against allies
- Waiting For The Two (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 03, 2003)
All indicators point to a revival of the economy. No one will be happier than the BJP. In the five years that Atal Behari Vajpayee has been Prime Minister, he has been served by two Finance Ministers and three Ministers of Industry and Commerce.
- Ploughing On With Divestment (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT can hardly be faulted for the process of divesting its stake in the profitable Punjab Tractors though the exercise left only a solitary bidder and fetched a price that was at a slight discount to the current market price. It really
- Rejection Slips Only? Not Really (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Aug 01, 2003)
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stands for professionalism in school education planning and development. Since 1961, this institution has acquired a quiet dignity in the world of curriculum modernisation. In recent years
- Captaining A Sale (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
It has both political and commercial significance. The decision of the Congress Party-led state government in Punjab to sell the government’s stake in Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL) has a significance that goes beyond the Rs 218 crore that the state ...
- Getting Women Into Parliament - Why The Quota System Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 29, 2003)
THE Women's Reservation Bill has been put on the backburner once again with the BJP coming out with the improbable suggestion that one-third of the Lok Sabha constituencies should have two MPs — one male and one female! Extrapolating that logic, each ...
- Militant Ranks Swell Under Gen’s Nose (Indian Express, MOHAMMAD SHEHZAD, Jul 28, 2003)
Outlawed jehadi outfits are back in action despite General Pervez Musharraf’s efforts to rein them in. Jehadi publications — Ghazwa, Majalla, Zarb-e-Taiba, Shamsheer and Zarb-e-Momin — reveal that between January and June this year, various groups have
- History With A Twist (Hindu, Timeri N. Murari , Jul 28, 2003)
We are back in the 1950s, and back in history too. Except, instead of bringing people to the jobs, the jobs go out to the people where they live.
- Dhoot, Bhoot, Jhoot (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 27, 2003)
Ever since the death of Dayanand Sahay, an MP from Bihar, rumour has gained ground that the bungalow in which he lived on Pandit Pant Marg is haunted. The Parliamentary housing committee claims that it offered the house to 15 MPs, all of whom declined
- You’ve Got Retail (Indian Express, Jaya Basu, Jul 27, 2003)
Malls, lifestyle stores, hypermarts. Organised retail in India, after many a false start, is consolidating and expanding
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
WHAT it took just a few hours to ground is costing the nation its age-old patience. After protracted debates over the hows and whys of building a Ram temple on the land where the Babri Masjid was brought down on December 6, 1992, the Parliament gets
- ‘there’s No Political Vendetta... We Had Promised To Expose Badal’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much is your crusade against the Badal family motivated by political vendetta? Jatinder Haye Our drive is motivated by nothing other than a strong desire to, as far as possible, root out corruption, nepotism and all other such
- Star Uplink: Goes From I&b To Entire Group Of Ministers (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jul 26, 2003)
After weeks of dithering, the Government now wants its bigwigs to meet and decide on what to do with Star News. A group of ministers (GoM) will decide whether the channel can uplink from India after August 7. As the decision to grant licences for
- Punjab Tractors Sale: Cong Reaps Divestment Harvest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2003)
Pushing the disinvestment process a significant step forward, the Congress government in Punjab today approved the bid made by Commonwealth Development Corporation, the wholly owned company of the UK government, to buy 23.49 per cent share of Punjab State
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