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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Women Writers Speak Out Against Censorship (Asian Age, Rashme Sehgal, Apr 12, 2007)
In every movement, there are names that become synonymous with establishing new frontiers. Gloria Steinem, a leader of the women’s rights movement and founder of Ms magazine, is one such, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen is famous for her . . .
- India, Pakistan Have Vision Deficit: Foreign Secy (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2007)
India and Pakistan have a "vision deficit" which prevents the two countries from working out a peace paradigm based on shared goals and strategies, foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said while laying out India's grand strategy in dealing with . . .
- Pakistan's Failure Immaterial (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Apr 12, 2007)
This refers to the article, "Pakistan is a failed idea" by KPS Gill (March 31). There are thought-provoking observations made in the article, which may be vehemently contested by scholars from both India and Pakistan.
- The Confrontation In Islamabad (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 11, 2007)
Even those of us who have grown accustomed over the decades to Pakistan’s perennial state of crisis, impending if not actual, have gradually succumbed to a sense of foreboding as this year has unfolded.
- What Overreach? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was uncharacteristically blunt while pointing out that "the dividing line between judicial activism and judicial overreach is a thin one" at a conference of Chief Justices of High Courts and Chief Ministers in New Delhi . . .
- U.P. Poll Results Will Change National Equations: Mulayam (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Apr 09, 2007)
Naidu, Chautala address Samajwadi Party rally; Jayalalithaa absent
Jayalalithaa absent at rally
Results will seal the fate of UPA Government: Natwar
- Sachar And The Politics Of Division (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Apr 09, 2007)
As a frequent traveller to foreign lands, may I begin by stating humbly but categorically that in my view there is no non-Muslim country in the world in which Muslims have more freedom to practice their religion and culture than India.
- Great Indian Muddle Class (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 09, 2007)
The parade of serious issues (other than cricket) that have made headlines recently is evidence of a range of incipient crises gnawing away at Indian society.
- A Ruling And An Opportunity (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Apr 07, 2007)
The interim order of the apex court on reservation for OBCs can be used as a premise for moving away from the beaten path.
- Playing Foul (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 07, 2007)
That a mainstream party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, revels in Muslim-bashing is not the best-kept of India's political secrets.
- No Party Can Check Bjp's Victory March: Advani (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Apr 07, 2007)
Displaying total solidarity with the BJP president Rajnath Singh over the issue of controversial campaign CD, former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani on Friday questioned the Congress' moral posturing on such a matter, and claimed there was none . . .
- Beyond Numbers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 07, 2007)
The ruling by a single-judge bench of the Allahabad high court that Muslims do not constitute a minority in UP fails the test of common sense and threatens to polarise society just prior to elections in the state.
- Not A Fine Balance (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2007)
The ‘aam admi’ as the object of development, was spelt out in a February 2004 Vision Document of the Congress: ‘Towards an Expanding Economy, a Just Society, Freedom from Hunger and Unemployment’.
- Perils Of West’S Political Fundamentalism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 06, 2007)
Alarmingly, the present world order is in its complete chaos since it experiences the worst form of a conflict between two extreme attitudes_ West’s political fundamentalism vis-a-vis Muslims; and the religious extremism demonstrated by Muslims . . .
- Legality Of Shariat Courts Under Sc Scanner (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Apr 06, 2007)
Displaying total solidarity with the BJP president Rajnath Singh over the issue of controversial campaign CD, former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani on Friday questioned the Congress' moral posturing on such a matter, and claimed there was none to . . .
- 'Hindu Nationalism Has Changed... Sometimes Tactics May Affect Strategies' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 05, 2007)
The core ideas of Hindu nationalism have not changed over almost one hundred years. First, the Hindutva ideology has always been rooted in a deep sense of vulnerability of the majority community.
- For A Winning Formula (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 03, 2007)
The caste factor, together with the anti-incumbency sentiment, holds the key to the outcome of the U.P. Assembly elections.
- Hope After Hanging (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 03, 2007)
It is a cruel irony that the hanging of six fundamentalist militants in Bangladesh, notably Bangla Bhai and Sheikh Abdur Rahman, a couple of days before the Saarc summit should raise hopes of an improvement in bilateral relations.
- Don’T Bank On The Minority Report (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 03, 2007)
Religion, we are told off and on, is a matter of personal belief. In the same breath, however, we are reminded that the Indian version of secularism is not about keeping matters of faith outside the public domain but allowing every faith to cohabit . . .
- Congress Forcing Rahul Gandhi To Lie On Babri (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
The Samajwadi Party, anxious to repel attempts of its rivals to poach on its minority support base, on Sunday said the Congress was forcing even Rahul Gandhi to lie on the party’s Ayodhya past.
- Women Writers Speak Out Against Censorship (Asian Age, Rashme Sehgal, Apr 02, 2007)
In every movement, there are names that become synonymous with establishing new frontiers. Gloria Steinem, a leader of the women’s rights movement and founder of Ms magazine, is one such, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen is famous for her . . .
- Quest To Entertain Indians And Illuminate Foreigners (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
Australia-born journalist and author Christopher Kremmer’s tryst with India started in the last decade of the twentieth century.
- Who’S Responsible For The Stereotypes Of Islam? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Apr 01, 2007)
Islam fascinates me. But the conduct of some of its adherents also frustrates me. The positive aspects of Islam are too numerous to escape the attention of any unprejudiced and truth-seeking non-Muslim.
- ‘Mulayam Is So Weakened On The Ground, I Will Be . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 30, 2007)
He has been called the ‘Front Man’ and former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh has been doing what he is best at — forging fronts and alliances that have been called the second, third and even fourth front against communal forces, in the last . . .
- Sc Stays Obc Quota In Iits, Iims (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Mar 30, 2007)
In a severe jolt to the UPA government’s reservation policy extending the 27 per cent quota for OBCs in the central education institutions of higher learning, the supreme court today stayed the operation of the relevant clause of the act passed . . .
- And Miles To Go Before They Wake (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Mar 30, 2007)
Left intellectuals’ statement on Nandigram shows why Left intellectualism is so damaging, argued Pratap Bhanu Mehta in this newspaper this week. Peter Ronald deSouza carries forward the discussion by exploring the larger ‘syndromes’ that . . .
- Supreme Court Stays Quota Law For Obcs (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 30, 2007)
1931 census may have some relevance but it cannot be the determining factor, say judges
Quota for SCs, STs can be implemented
Final hearing in third week of August
Judges reject Government's argument that reservation is not anti-merit
- The Weakening Centre (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2007)
My faith in opinion polls is as strong as in astrology. And I have no faith in astrology.
- ‘Secularism Debate Has Changed...Muslims Voted For Us In Punjab’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 28, 2007)
This businessman son of an ex-prime minister is in some ways the demonstration of the possibilities of politics. Naresh Gujral’s father was prime minister in a keep-the-BJP-out-at-any-cost coalition.
- Tagore On Tagore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2007)
The author has presented an ‘autobiography’ of Tagore in the Nobel Laureate’s own words.
- Women Writers Speak Out Against Censorship (Asian Age, Rashme Sehgal, Mar 28, 2007)
In every movement, there are names that become synonymous with establishing new frontiers. Gloria Steinem, a leader of the women’s rights movement and founder of Ms magazine, is one such, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen is famous for her battle . . .
- The ‘Secular’ Carpet Hides Many Sins (Indian Express, Jaya Jaitly, Mar 27, 2007)
I was pleased to read Shekhar Gupta’s formulation on secularism (‘National straw in Punjab wind’, IE, March 10). Before I go on, I must place in context the period he describes when everything seemed right with the India around us.
- Perversion Of Discourse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2007)
In his presidential address delivered at the 1940 Lahore session of the Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah declared, "It is a dream that the Hindus and Muslims can ever evolve a common nationality...
- Religion And Good Behaviour (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Mar 23, 2007)
If surveys are to be believed, the more religious a country is, the worse people behave in their private lives, says Gwynne Dyer.
- The Son Also Rises (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Mar 23, 2007)
Talking about Ganga-Jamuni secularism in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi is not exactly setting the rivers on fire
- Reds Look Up To Modi's Gujarat (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Mar 23, 2007)
In 'secular' parlance, Gujarat is the hotbed of Hindutva and nothing right ever happens there. In contrast, West Bengal is a model of 'secularism', home to a left-liberal society for about three decades under the 'ideal' rule of the CPI(M).
- Unfinished Justice (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Mar 22, 2007)
Five years after the events of 2002, a great deal desperately remains to be done for the people of Gujarat who suffered some of the most brutal communal violence — especially targeting women and children — since Independence.
- Thackeray's Invite (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 22, 2007)
With the Congress's electoral fortune on the downswing, the disparate coalition called the United Progressive Alliance it leads at the Centre is increasingly appearing to be disunited in both word and deed.
- ‘Rahul’S Babri Statement Is A Lie’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj ‘advised’ the young Congress MP to “check his facts” before making public comments and “not read out any slip that is passed on to him by other Congress leaders.”
- Jinnah Revisited (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 21, 2007)
Six decades after two countries — Pakistan and Israel — were formed on religious grounds, second thoughts seem to be prevailing in at least one of them while the other is trying to swim against the tide of history.
- When A Terrorist Goes To Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
At first it seems odd to find a man branded as a terrorist roaming the corridors of the highest court in the land. It's his third visit to Delhi from Gujarat in connection with the fight of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India . . .
- We Are Immortality's Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
HINDUS, argues Golwalkar, were the immortal, divine children of this land. The Rigveda had announced this to the world? The divinely chosen children of the land could not endure its being divided. Nothing but a unified image of Bharatmata or the . . .
- 'It's Meant To Sustain Harmony' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
The Himachal Pradesh chief minister explains why his government enacted a law banning forced conversions.
- Not Yet A Lost Cause (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Mar 20, 2007)
Secularism in Asia and Eastern Europe which have histories of multiculturism and religious strife
- If A Gandhi Was Active, Babri Wouldn’T Have Fallen: Rahul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
Raising the pitch in the run-up to the UP Assembly polls, Rahul Gandhi today said that had anyone from the Gandhi family been active in 1992, the Babri Masjid demolition would have never taken place.
- No Intention To Hurt Anyone: Raj Thackeray (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
Under fire for his statements on Biharis, president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Raj Thackeray on Friday asserted that he had said nothing objectionable and there was no intention to hurt anyone.
- Time For A New Clarity (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Mar 16, 2007)
Five years ago, in the concluding chapter in my book, The March of Folly in Afghanistan, I advanced the thought that an internationalised non-official horizontal bipolarity of disaffection was taking shape.
- Congress Mp To Campaign For Mulayam (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
After former Union minister K. Natwar Singh, it is now Congress MP Obaidullah Azmi who will campaign for the Samajwadi Party in the coming Assembly elections.
- Congress In Tailspin (Pioneer, Hari Om, Mar 13, 2007)
The writing on the wall was clear even as several questionable opinion polls and exit polls sought to create confusion.
- Congress Inc. Moves Away From People (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 13, 2007)
The Congress deludes itself when it blames price rise for its defeat in Punjab and Uttarakhand. Price rise was only a small factor.
- End Divisive Policies (Times of India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mar 13, 2007)
In a world full of conflicts and crime it's becoming increasingly challenging to bring about a unity of mind and hearts, to invoke people's faith in the human values of compassion and cooperation.
- Women Writers Speak Out Against Censorship (Asian Age, Rashme Sehgal, Mar 13, 2007)
In every movement, there are names that become synonymous with establishing new frontiers. Gloria Steinem, a leader of the women’s rights movement and founder of Ms magazine, is one such, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen is famous for her . . .
- National Straw In Punjab Wind (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Mar 13, 2007)
First of all, an apology and also an explanation of sorts for why National Interest has been off this page for so many Saturdays now. I have used many excuses for taking a break, and laziness has been among those.
- Mera Baraat Mahaan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 10, 2007)
The media in three countries have worked themselves into a frenzy trying to get 'exclusives' from an event one might be forgiven for thinking rivalled the World Cup in national importance.
- National Straw In Punjab Wind (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Mar 10, 2007)
First of all, an apology and also an explanation of sorts for why National Interest has been off this page for so many Saturdays now.
- Burden Of Past (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Mar 10, 2007)
Saturday Special highlights the popular angst over the UPA's mismanagement of the economy. The admission of failures in agriculture and the fight against inflation and unemployment in this year's Economic Survey brings back memories of the same . . .
- Secularism, Ours And Theirs (Indian Express, Gurpreet Mahajan, Mar 10, 2007)
In recent times, India has been the focus of world attention for two different reasons: one, economic growth and success in the service sector; and two, cultural diversity and the capacity to live with differences.
- Muslim, In Other Words (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2007)
Why is the CPM suddenly championing the Muslim cause? Has the ‘Muslim question’ become a question of ‘social justice’? What does this have to do with the Sachar Committee Report?
- Noble, But Risky Venture (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 07, 2007)
Nagarik Shakti gives some hope for the Bangladeshi people but the challenges before it are many.
- Upa Lacks A Coherent Programme (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 05, 2007)
The assembly elections in the two crucial states of Punjab and Uttarakhand, and municipal elections in Maharashtra, particularly Mumbai, sometime ago, have served to somewhat explode the secular myth of the UPA.
- Cong Falling Into Shining India Trap (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
The recent Assembly polls in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur have several lessons for the Congress.
- One Side Of Two Coins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 05, 2007)
It is tempting to over-analyse elections for their deep hidden meanings. But the beauty of messy political numbers is that each interpretation raises only further questions.
- One Side Of Two Coins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 04, 2007)
It is tempting to over-analyse elections for their deep hidden meanings. But the beauty of messy political numbers is that each interpretation raises only further questions.
- Hinduism Is Universal (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Mar 04, 2007)
It is not facetious to say that if there is one book that all 'secularists' must read, it is Fundamentalism Versus Hinduism. They might thereafter get better educated and use words like secularism, fundamentalism, communalism a bit more carefully.
- One Side Of Two Coins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 03, 2007)
It is tempting to over-analyse elections for their deep hidden meanings. But the beauty of messy political numbers is that each interpretation raises only further questions.
- Cauvery: Kharge Attacks Government For `Silence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
Expresses surprise at lack of response from Deve Gowda
Government only talking of discussions with legal experts'
`Congress may align with CPI(M) in local body elections'
- Musharraf Moves To Stay (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Mar 01, 2007)
The fight against international terrorism is very much tied to the future of Pakistan and the central challenge that country faces: to move away from militarism, extremism and fundamentalism, and toward a stable, moderate state.
- Fanatics Demand, We Concede (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Feb 25, 2007)
Flipping through a recent issue of Time, I came across an interview with Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz, better known for his novels Fatelessness, Kaddish for a Child Not Born and Liquidation.
- Rights Will Be Respected: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2007)
President Abdul Kalam noted on Friday the "challenge posed by terrorism and extremism" as well as the Government's determination to deal firmly with the challenge.
- Fanatics Demand, We Concede (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Feb 24, 2007)
Flipping through a recent issue of Time, I came across an interview with Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz, better known for his novels Fatelessness, Kaddish for a Child Not Born and Liquidation.
- Ec Saves The Day For Up (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 24, 2007)
The Election Commission, by declaring assembly polls in UP, has introduced yet another imponderable into the Congress’s unseemly game of trying to impose President’s rule on the state.
- Ec Saves The Day For Up (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 23, 2007)
The Election Commission, by declaring assembly polls in UP, has introduced yet another imponderable into the Congress’s unseemly game of trying to impose President’s rule on the state. Technically, the announcement does not create any . . .
- Rescue Golwalkar From The Secularists (Indian Express, Rakesh Sinha , Feb 23, 2007)
The Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh has been celebrating the birth centenary of its second sarsanghchalak, M.S. Golwalkar, popularly known as Guruji, for the last one year.
- Profiting From The Status Quo (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 21, 2007)
Asghar Ali Engineer, a well-known social scientist and activist who heads the Institute of Islamic Studies and the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai, has studied the dynamics of many communal riots in India.
- Put The Joint Mechanism To Work (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 21, 2007)
The bombing of the Samjhauta Express, which has claimed 66 lives and grievously injured scores of others, is, without doubt, a cold-blooded attempt by purveyors of terror to blow the fragile Indo-Pakistan peace process apart.
- Put The Joint Mechanism To Work (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 20, 2007)
The bombing of the Samjhauta Express, which has claimed 66 lives and grievously injured scores of others, is, without doubt, a cold-blooded attempt by purveyors of terror to blow the fragile Indo-Pakistan peace process apart.
- Singh Parivar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 19, 2007)
In Murli Manohar Joshi’s and Arjun Singh’s ministerial efforts we have had proof that radically different political ideologies can yield strikingly similar administrative praxis. Generally, therefore, our assessments of the two have been similar.
- Serving His Language (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
In a short span of less than one year, the Punjabi language has lost some of its brightest stars: Amrita Pritam, Munir Niazi and now Sharif Kunjahi.
- The Tragedy Of Bangladesh (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 13, 2007)
The tragic hero, Aristotle wrote, suffers a change in fortune because of a mistaken act to which he is led by his "error of judgment" or his "tragic flaw." Such a man moves us to pity, because his misfortune is greater than he deserves.
- Higher Education In A Multicultural Society (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 08, 2007)
Value education should be primarily secular without, however, discarding the humanist elements in religious traditions.
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