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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Democracy Is Only A Means To Achieve Secularism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2007)
In any vibrant society, there would be many schools of thought, and the fact that they dont agree with each other does not indicate that there must be a bloody battle between them, driven by some imagined clash of civilisations.
- Haneef: India’S Hypocrisy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 21, 2007)
Our schizophrenia as a people is astounding. Right now we are consumed with self-righteous indignation over how Mohammed Haneef, an Indian citizen and an initial suspect in the Glasgow bomb blast, is being treated by the Australians.
- Modi Versus Bjp? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 21, 2007)
In a presidential poll in which the winner has been all but declared, the political frisson has to do with the final vote tally.
- Wherefrom, Whereto? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2007)
I hoped to find answers to three questions: Where have we come from? Why are we here? What happens to us after we die? I did not find them in any sacred text, writes Khushwant Singh.
- 2 Mps, 85 Mlas Cast Votes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
Two members of Parliament and 85 members of Legislative Assembly cast votes for the election of President of India here today in the lobby of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
- Lal Masjid (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2007)
Islamabad’s Lal Masjid and the aftermath of the military action is all over the Urdu papers. Hyderabad’s daily Munsif, in its editorial of July 11, has strongly criticised the followers of the clerics of the Lal Masjid who had laid siege to the mosque.
- 'Rock(et) Star' Kalam Changed Presidency (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2007)
To be dismissive of Kalam's popularity as a limited urban middle class phenomenon is to lose out on the tectonic socio-political changes that are taking place in the country.
- Bangalore Boys In Terror Network:dangerous Portents (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2007)
Bid to counter terror by non-state actors by the military might of imperialist states are bound to fail, writes Nilotpal Basu.
- Jd(s) Not To Vote In Presidential Poll (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
The Janata Dal (Secular) on Wednesday ended speculation on its stand on the presidential election as it declared it would support neither the UPA nor the NDA.
- Time To Define Secularism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2007)
Nepotism, corruption and patriotism (or lack of it) are issues that have been emphasised in the debates and campaigns surrounding the two aspirants – Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and former Rajasthan governor Pratibha Patil . . . .
- Fading Saffron (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 18, 2007)
A defeat invariably undermines the position of the party chief. Nor is it unusual for inner-party groups opposed to him to take advantage of his discomfiture to run him down.
- A Many-Stringed Instrument (OutLook, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Jul 17, 2007)
Challenges of India's pluralism, forces undermining it, and liberal public culture as a riposte.
- Socially Engaged Islam: Need Of The Hour (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2007)
The trail of suicide bombers at the Glasgow Airport has been sniffed to Bangalore.
- Krishna Iyer Commends Manmohan’S Statement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
The former Supreme Court Judge, V.R. Krishna Iyer, in a statement, has commended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s suggestion in Jammu on Sunday that the Line of Control could become a “line of peace” with freer flow of ideas, goods, services and people.
- Pm For Return Of Migrants To Valley (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Union Government was all for the return of the Kashmiri migrants who had been uprooted from the valley 18 years ago due to insurgency.
- Turkey Still A Test Case For A Muslim Democracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2007)
This month’s elections in Turkey have been described as a battle for the soul of the nation. But far from being a battle between secularism and Islam, as some would have us believe, this is really a conflict between the forces of freedom and . . .
- Committed To People, Says Pratibha Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
The Presidential election will be a significant moment in the history of India’s democracy, United Progressive Alliance presidential candidate Pratibha Patil said, while addressing West Bengal MLAs at the State Legislature here on Friday.
- Smell The Coffee (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jul 14, 2007)
Saturday Special focusses on the plight of the middle-class, educated Indian Muslim, who, following the revelations about Al Qaeda's links with certain doctors and engineers of the community, would hitherto be . . .
- Clear Choice (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jul 13, 2007)
THE 13th presidential election, on July 18, is expected to conclude with a historic verdict promoting, for the first time, a woman to the highest constitutional office in the country.
- Yashwant Sinha On He Bjp (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
The destruction of the Babari Masjid and the crisis in which it has plunged the nation is the sordid finale of the vote bank politics which has come to afflict democracy in this country... . Politics based on communal vote banks is not new to this . . .
- Magnum India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 13, 2007)
The homely Bengali saying that you don’t need a mirror to see the bracelet on your wrist comes repeatedly to mind ploughing through these 900 pages.
- Chandra Shekhar: A Potential Unfulfilled (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 11, 2007)
I had the privilege of serving as Principal Secretary to Chandra Shekhar during his all-too-brief tenure as Prime Minister. It was the beginning of a remarkable experience with a remarkable man.
- Democratic Worries (Frontline, Rita Manchanda, Jul 10, 2007)
IT is over a year since the April 2006 Jana Andolan II forced an all-powerful King Gyanendra to bow down before a massive countrywide popular agitation and announce the restoration of people's sovereignty in Nepal.
- Leaders Mourn Chandra Shekhar’S Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
I am saddened, says Kalam; he was a fearless sentinel of democratic values: Shekhawat
- Tributes Pour In For Chandra Shekhar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, who died here today, with leaders across the political divide hailing him as a great administrator and a mass leader who had strong convictions.
- Victims Of Errorism (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 09, 2007)
Any proud and self-respecting Indian would share the prime minister’s anguish and loss of sleep over the arrest of some Indian Muslims for suspected Al-Qaeda links.
- Victims Of Errorism (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 07, 2007)
Any proud and self-respecting Indian would share the prime minister’s anguish and loss of sleep over the arrest of some Indian Muslims for suspected Al-Qaeda links.
- Andhra Govt's Muslim Quota Attracts Bjp Flak (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
The BJP on Friday strongly condemned the decision of the Andhra Pradesh Government to grant four per cent reservation to Muslims, and dubbed it as yet another proof of the UPA's divisive agenda.
- Non-Alignment, Anyone? (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 06, 2007)
Condoleezza Rice sees ideological spectres where none exist. Non-alignment does not stand in the way of US-India cooperation today
- Hard Questions From Glasgow (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 06, 2007)
Two years ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed pride in the fact that no Indian had joined the global jihad of Al Qaeda.
- Rains, Shelter And The Sea (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Jul 05, 2007)
Coastal habitats fascinate me. Of the few fixations I have, one is the sea. When sight of the sea is accompanied by the raindrops, it becomes even more irresistible. Looking at the sea from the shelter of a balcony is intoxicating.
- Facing Upheavals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 05, 2007)
From his first day in office Gen Pervez Musharraf has openly avowed his admiration for the Turkish model which he has not failed to reiterate often.
- Mixing Religion With Politics (Dawn, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jul 03, 2007)
NEW prime ministers don’t get long to get their point across. Within 24 hours of his arrival at No 10, Gordon Brown was fighting for front pages with Madeleine McCann and the Spice Girls’ reunion.
- A Dark, Distorted Hinduism (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 02, 2007)
The future president of India speaks to dead people. This is almost worse than her shady past. And very worrying that India’s first citizen should represent the obscurantist and weird underbelly of the Hindu religion instead of its magnificent . . . .
- What A Woman (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 02, 2007)
UPA and its supporting partners have selected a President for India: a woman, they say, a gift to the nation.
- Pratibha Rubbishes Allegations (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
UPA Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil today described the allegations levelled against her as “false, malicious and baseless”.
- Pratibha Patil Kicks Off Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Says she is aware of the stupendous responsibilities that await her
- Women Are Backbone Of Every Home, Says Pratibha Patil (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Asserting that women were the backbone of every home, UPA Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil on Sunday said they were contributing greatly to the progress and development of the nation even while doing their duties at home.
- What A Woman (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 30, 2007)
UPA and its supporting partners have selected a President for India: a woman, they say, a gift to the nation. But strangely enough, India is not bowing in gratitude.
- Prove It: Pratibha (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
UPA presidential candidate Pratibha Patil, who is in the eye of a series of controversies over various issues ever since her nomination, today dared the Opposition and the media to come out with proof for their allegations against her.
- A Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 28, 2007)
The furore in Pakistan about Salman Rushdie’s knighthood tells us a great deal about that peculiar country and something about ours.
- Badal Seeks Manmohan’S Intervention (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jun 25, 2007)
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to approach the U.N.
- A Speck Of Dust (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Jun 25, 2007)
We no longer expect politicians to write, but we still expect them to read. There will probably come a moment when they will neither read nor write. The descent from Jawaharlal Nehru will then be complete.
- Train To The Heartland (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Jun 25, 2007)
For Mark Tully, India acknowledges that the absolute answers to the most important questions often remain unanswered, but we must go on asking them, writes MV Kamath
- Muslims Seek Fair Share In Education, Employment (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
The Muslim community in India must be declared a socially and educationally backward class and a separate sub-quota for them be created within the Other Backward Class (OBC) quota, proportionate to their population, according to a declaration issued . ..
- Hierarchy Of Hurt (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 22, 2007)
The relationship between religion and art has been extensively debated on several occasions. One of the longest raging controversies centred around UK’s Racial and Religious Hatred Act, 2006.
- Not God's Own Country (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 22, 2007)
Who would have thought that temple entry would be on the front pages of newspapers nearly 70 years after temples were thrown open to Hindus of all castes for the first time in Travancore.
- Rulers Demean Highest Office (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Jun 22, 2007)
Election to the coveted office of the President of India is a significant learning opportunity for the country's young children and future citizens. Never before has the process of nominating the right candidates for the highest constitutional office . .
- Commit To Nation Before Filing Papers, Modi Tells Pratibha (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has asked UPA presidential nominee Prathiba Patil to make a three-point commitment to the nation before filing her nomination papers.
- The Courage Of Their Convictions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2007)
On Thursday June 21 in London, a group of people are going to take a stand for their principles in a way that involves real courage, admirable courage, and which at the same time lights a torch of hope in a dark quadrant of the worlds affairs.
- The Call Of 1857 (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
Legends of the First War of Independence 150 years ago deserve to be recalled in these days of the global revival of Western-style neocolonialism.
- Democracy In Practice (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jun 19, 2007)
The History of the World’s Largest Democracy: Ramachandra Guha; Pan Macmillan, Picador India, 5A/12, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 695.
- Rift In Sena, '3rd Front' On Shekhawat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
Even as a contest for Rashtrapati Bhavan looked certain with BJP once again rebuffing Congress’s move for a consensus on UPA nominee Pratibha Patil, serious differences of opinion have developed within Shiv Sena as well as the fledgling . . . .
- ‘My Party’S Interests Have Received An Electoral Setback From Newly Emergent Groups... I See Even This As A Move Towards Social Emancipation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2007)
I WAS born in Europe, but was soon claimed by another world more diverse and more ancient. Mine was a middle-class family from a provincial town in the north of Italy.
- Gandhi's Grandson Passes Away (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
Gifted philosopher Ramchandra Gandhi was found dead in his room at the India International Centre on Wednesday.
- In The Whirlpool Of Opposition Politics (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 14, 2007)
The former prime minister and PMLN chief, Nawaz Sharif, has joined hands with Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan to bring the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain back to Pakistan and compel him to face the criminal cases pending . . .
- Global Citizen (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Jun 14, 2007)
Todays youngsters form their world view more by first-hand experience.
I met this boy at a friend's place. He is hardly 21 years old and had just returned from UK, after doing a three year course at the London School of Economics.
- Muslim Leaders Back Shekhawat (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
Muslim leaders on Tuesday met vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and urged all political parties to make him the unanimous choice for the President’s post.
- Bjp’S Shrinking Base (Tribune, Vijay Sanghvi, Jun 13, 2007)
In May and June 2007 the Bharatiya Janata Party contested the state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Goa, states with a totally different . . . .
- “Reverse Missionaries” Take On Denmark (Tribune, Kevin Sullivan, Jun 13, 2007)
COPENHAGEN – The “Amens!” flew like popcorn in hot oil as 120 Christian worshipers clapped and danced.
- Bsp Needs Ideology (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jun 12, 2007)
If Mayawati is serious about moving ahead, she must espouse the cause of nationalism as enunciated by Ambedkar
- Black And White World Of Pak Dictators (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 12, 2007)
Pakistan, a country ruled by the military for more than 45 years, has developed a different kind of ethos. It’s not that Pakistan’s people have ceased to believe in democracy, it is that they have reconciled themselves to a situation which they . . .
- Rjd For Unity Among Dalits, Minorities (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Aiming to emerge as a national party in the years to come, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today decided to launch a war against communal forces and called for unity among Dalits, backwards, minorities and progressive upper castes for achieving . . .
- Turkish Delight (Frontline, Sudha Mahalingam, Jun 11, 2007)
Istanbul is a city rich in architectural wonders that bridges two continents - Europe and Asia.
- Regional Parties Launch Front As Alternative To Upa, Nda (Pioneer, Omer Farooq, Jun 07, 2007)
The group of seven regional parties all in Opposition in their respective States on Wednesday launched a new front with the aim of providing a third alternative to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the BJP-led National . . . .
- Signalling A Wide (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 06, 2007)
The BJP’s problem is not the Muslims or Christians whom it scorns; it is the Hindus it woos. India is not shining, but is very much on the move.
- Nehru Award Presented To Lula (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jun 05, 2007)
They should intensify their existing partnership to find common solutions
Lula appreciative of India's secularism
Kalam urges India, Brazil to evolve National Prosperity Index
- Religion, Politics Make A Lethal Mix In Punjab (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 04, 2007)
I do not understand why whenever there is trouble in Punjab some elements get together in London or some other place to raise the demand for Khalistan.
- Consensus Yes, Legislation Hurts (Pioneer, K G Suresh, Jun 02, 2007)
Legislations banning untouchability and dowry have not changed the ground reality much. So why not try evolving a consensus to resolve touchy issues? Any state-sponsored move to upset the Hindu equilibrium is likely to be met with hostility
- Prez Poll: Ncp To Back Cong Candidate (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jun 01, 2007)
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will back the Congress party's nominee for the presidential elections scheduled for July, party president Sharad Pawar said here today.
- God Is In The Market (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2007)
Markets, cities, civilisation — it is in this order that primitive man made the slow ascent to where he is today, poised on the verge of globalisation; poised to achieve universal prosperity and abundance.
- Up's Great Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
On the face of it, the grammar of Uttar Pradesh politics seems to have changed forever, with the resurgence of Dalit electoral power in the recently concluded assembly elections.
- Talibanisation Of Sikhism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2007)
The Sikh fundoos have distorted out of all recognition the militant order of Khalsa that Guru Gobind Singh instituted in 1699. It is incomprehensible how anyone can project nine years of Khalsa as theraison d'ętreof Sikhism and give it . . . .
- Where Islam Jostles For Political Space (Hindu, N. Ravi, May 29, 2007)
Turkey which has Europeanised itself without abandoning Islam is struggling to accommodate a newly resurgent political Islam within its secular state system.
- Yet Another Slap On Indian Secularism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 29, 2007)
During the last sixty years, India has been trying to take credit of three cherished ideals – non-violence philosophy of Gandhi, non-alignment and secularism. However, a critical analysis of the ground realities would expose hollowness of . . .
- Minority Report (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 28, 2007)
The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) has handed over its report to government. Though not yet officially released, its highlights are already in the public domain.
- Secularism From A Christian Perspective (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, May 28, 2007)
There are some books that do not make it to the better known list because of the inability of publishers to push it through the crowded and competitive publishing world, but that definitely deserve to be in the spotlights. John Dayal’s A Matter . . .
- Mixing Religion With Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, May 26, 2007)
THE Sikhs are a brave and courageous community but easily excitable. Transparent as their community is, it does not nourish a grievance. It ventilates it whenever and wherever it feels hurt. But it is too emotional.
- Family Property (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, May 26, 2007)
The Congress party has become a jagirdari, to be nurtured and kept alive for the benefit of the Family. So that it can nurture and promote the Family in turn.
- Hyderabad Blast (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, May 25, 2007)
The May 18 blast in Hyderabad’s Mecca masjid justifiably incensed the newspapers in the city.
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