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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- The Left Protests Too Much, Wethinks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 08, 2007)
Rahul Dravid attending a children’s function organised by Vidya Bharati, an RSS-affiliated body, has set the Indian cricket captain among the communist pigeons.
- Faith Tilt No Ground For De-Registering Parties: Sc (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
The Supreme Court has said that it cannot direct the Election Commission to de-recognise or de-register a political party on the ground that it takes part in religious activities.
- Five-Star Gandhi (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Feb 03, 2007)
Not being a member of the Congress Party, or for that matter, a student of the history taught to Congress members, one had thought that Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha was a form of resistance to bring the toiling masses into the struggle for freedom . . .
- Muslims Will Be Hurt Most By Sezs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2007)
Eviction of poor rural folk for industrialisation is anyway bad economics. But it hurts Bengali-speaking Muslims the most because they would be forced to migrate to places where they would be unwelcome
- Two National Confused Holidays (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 03, 2007)
We have reasons to be confused about our two national holidays — Independence Day (August 15) and Republic Day (January 26). For one, the first is older than the second.
- Hoisting The Saffron Flag (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 03, 2007)
Some of my best friends are Muslim. At the height of the American struggle for racial equality it became a badge of honour for whites to proclaim that some of their best friends were black.
- A Sense Of Humiliation (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 02, 2007)
This piece is being written not from anger. It is occasioned by sorrow, despondency and, one must add, a sense of humiliation.
- A Voice For Peace And Amity (Hindu, DIWAN SINGH BAJELI , Feb 02, 2007)
Madeeha Gauhar, the theatre artiste from Pakistan, says now younger artistes are creating an art form to espouse the cause of democracy and secularism.
- Judicial Challenge (Dawn, V. VENKATESAN, Feb 01, 2007)
Supreme Court weakens the constitutional protection to progressive laws by making laws in the Ninth Schedule vulnerable to legal challenge.
- Bangalore: Stoking Up Hatred (Dawn, PARVATHI MENON, Feb 01, 2007)
The recent incidents in Bangalore expose the hollowness of the Janata Dal government's claims of principled adherence to secularism.
- Hoisting The Saffron Flag (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 01, 2007)
Some of my best friends are Muslim. At the height of the American struggle for racial equality it became a badge of honour for whites to proclaim that some of their best friends were black.
- Judiciary Must Be Above Reproach (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 31, 2007)
In the very first year or so of the Indian Constitution, a piquant situation developed, to the embarrassment of the government.
- Hoisting The Saffron Flag (Hindustan Times, Gautam Bhatia, Jan 31, 2007)
Some of my best friends are Muslim. At the height of the American struggle for racial equality it became a badge of honour for whites to proclaim that some of their best friends were black.
- Kalam Poser Opens Floodgates Of Answers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2007)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has a vexed question, but it has drawn a deluge of answers from his fellow citizens.
- Judiciary Must Be Above Reproach (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 29, 2007)
In the very first year or so of the Indian Constitution, a piquant situation developed, to the embarrassment of the government.
- Yoga In Public Schools Tests India's Secularism (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
Hollywood celebrities swear by it. Yuppies the world over have fallen on their knees to embrace it.
- Victory In Wasteland (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 27, 2007)
UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has proved that he still enjoys majority support in the State Assembly.
- English Empowers (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 23, 2007)
Familiarity with English was our strength, which has been weakened by ill-conceived educational policies, says Prafull Goradia.
- Pros: Bjp’S Suitable Boys (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jan 22, 2007)
Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri’s name may not spring to mind as a bellwether of Indian politics, yet his choice as the BJP candidate for Uttarakhand chief minister underlines an increasingly obvious trend.
- Heal Secularism-Governance Breach (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2007)
The Congress decision to withdraw support from the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh on the eve of assembly elections is akin to rats deserting a sinking ship.
- Why Is Cong In State Of Denial Over Assam? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 21, 2007)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Assam after the United Liberation Front of Assam massacred 70 poor Bihari workers recently, he said, “Violence will not be tolerated.”
- Farcical Coalition (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2007)
The withdrawal of Congress party’s outside support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh has ended what has for long been a farcical coalition arrangement.
- Amartya Sen On Identity And Violence: A Comment (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jan 20, 2007)
The distinction between conservatism and modernity cannot be simplistically identified with that between authoritarianism and free choice.
- Heal Secularism-Governance Breach (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2007)
The Congress decision to withdraw support from the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh on the eve of assembly elections is akin to rats deserting a sinking ship.
- Guardians Of Hyderabadi Heritage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2007)
A Dargah in Nampally retains its majesty and spirituality, thanks to its inheritors.
- Refugees In Their Own Country (Pioneer, KN Pandita, Jan 17, 2007)
The issue of return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits should be taken seriously by the Centre and State Government, says KN Pandita.
- Wakfs, Temples And Sachar (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jan 16, 2007)
With State Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh just round the corner, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre appears to be obsessively concerned with issues concerning the Muslim community.
- Hurting Hindus (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 16, 2007)
Strange are the ways of the UPA Government. Taking its Muslim appeasement policy to an absurd limit, it has now decreed that Holi, celebrated by Hindus across the country, shall not be a gazetted holiday.
- Bangladesh At War With Itself (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 13, 2007)
The tragic hero, so wrote Aristotle, suffers a change in fortune because of a mistaken act to which he is led by an “error of judgment” or his “tragic flaw”. Such a man moves us to pity because his misfortune is greater than he deserves.
- Reclaiming Jurisdiction (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court's decision on subjecting laws placed in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to judicial review — on the ground of violation of fundamental rights forming part of the basic structure of the Constitution — is, in a sense, a . . .
- No Unlimited Power For Parliament To Enact Laws At Will: Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 12, 2007)
If changes by amendments destroy identity of Constitution, such amendments will be void
Article 31-B cannot be used to confer unlimited power
There can be no rule of law, if there is no equality before the law
- Rebel Faction Criticises Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2007)
Janata Dal (Secular) rebel faction on Tuesday lambasted H.D. Deve Gowda for his reported readiness to extend issue-based support to the National Democratic Alliance, saying that the former Prime Minister has come out in his ``true colours''.
- Bjp’S Hindutva Won’T Find Political Support (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 10, 2007)
The BJP is determined to resurrect the discarded ideology of Hindu Rashtra. It had tried to do so earlier, and had failed.
- Cultural Encounter (Hindu, NALINI RAJAN, Jan 09, 2007)
Most postcolonial academics working in English tend to operate in a North-South context, comparing, favourably or unfavourably, cultural practices in India with those operating in the U.K. or the U.S.
- Salaam, Ganga (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 08, 2007)
Secularism is classically premised on the separation of church and state, a principle that Mahatma Gandhi abhorred. Indian secularism, therefore, works on a different model that of coexistence between religions, of exchange and commonality of all faiths.
- He Deserved Death And More (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jan 05, 2007)
When a monster is put to death, the civilised world is supposed to celebrate and heave a sigh of relief.
- Thereby Hangs A Story (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jan 05, 2007)
The execution of Saddam Hussein has gone down in Pakistan without any strong reaction. It’s been taken more or less for granted, and no political party has considered it appropriate to stage a demonstration or a public protest.
- Easy Rests The Crown In Pakistan (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 03, 2007)
Only the somewhat naive will believe that the coming presidential election in Pakistan will provide genuine options for the people of the country.
- New Worries (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 02, 2007)
The League is in danger of falling between two stools.
- South Asian Enigma: Limits Of Religion (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2006)
The question of empowering India’s Muslims has suddenly become an extremely topical one. It leads in turn to an examination of the role religion plays in India and Pakistan.
- Q&a: Islam Has A History Of Cultural Pluralism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 28, 2006)
Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian philosopher who is currently Rajni Kothari chair at the Centre for Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi. He spoke to Ronojoy Sen on the role of Islam in multicultural societies:
- Separate Ways, At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2006)
The suspensions and counter-suspensions in the Janata Dal(Secular) formalise the split in the party that arose from the decision of the dominant section of its Karnataka unit to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Poised To Turn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2006)
Proper discussion of the internal developments within the Bharatiya Janata Party tends to get deflected by the party’s own rhetoric on Hindutva and Ram.
- ‘Jagada’ Dal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 27, 2006)
Deve Gowda will have to do some tight-rope walking.
- Kumaraswamy's Suspension Revoked (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Dec 26, 2006)
Relief for 39 JD (S) MLAs too
Surendra Mohan suspended
"Kumaraswamy's timely action protected party"
- We Are For Rotation If Bjp Follows Cmp: Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2006)
Arrangement not dilution of secularism policy, he says
- Gowda `Suspended' From Jd(s) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Surendra Mohan requested to take over as new party president
- Muslims Should Reject Reservations (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Dec 21, 2006)
The thrust of the report of the Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee is that the Muslim community exhibits “deficits and deprivation” in practically all areas of development.
- Shrinking Jobs For Muslims (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 21, 2006)
Hoax is one of the more cruel four-letter words in the English language. What happens when you double it? You get government — and parliament — policy towards Indian Muslims.
- Extremism In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 21, 2006)
On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh emerged into independence, with India's help and immense sacrifices by its own people.
- A Job To Do (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Dec 19, 2006)
Hoax is one of the more cruel four-letter words in the English language. What happens when you double it? You get government — and Parliament — policy towards Indian Muslims.
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Dec 19, 2006)
Of late, President Musharraf has been talking of the possible lines on which solution of the Kashmir problem could be worked out.
- Kite-Flying General~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 19, 2006)
Of late, President Musharraf has been talking of the possible lines on which solution of the Kashmir problem could be worked out.
- For The People (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 19, 2006)
Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance and the Maoist leadership took so long to finalise the draft interim constitution that its eventual signing last Saturday was almost a non-event.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 19, 2006)
Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance and the Maoist leadership took so long to finalise the draft interim constitution that its eventual signing last Saturday was almost a non-event.
- The Gentle Art Of Statecraft (OutLook, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Dec 18, 2006)
Political savvy may not be seen as Manmohan Singh's forte, but read his speeches, you see a political man.
- No Marx For Doublespeak (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 15, 2006)
There isn't an occasion that the Left misses to denounce American MNCs and "imperialism". If one looks at their resolutions on foreign and economic policies or on the country's political situation, the US "devils" are everywhere.
- Words Of A Controversy (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Dec 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement to the National Development Council that we need “to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably in the fruits of development” and . . .
- Turmoil In Jd(s) (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2006)
The recent developments don’t auger well for the party.
- Praful Bidwai: On A Fragile Base (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Dec 13, 2006)
Recent events highlight a lack of vision and moral clarity in foreign policy. Unless this deficit is filled, India will fail to pull its weight in the global arena.
- Trends In Bangladesh (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
With a little over a month to go for the scheduled elections, the interim government in Bangladesh ~ virtually personified by its President, Iajuddin Ahmed ~ has begun to stew in its own juice.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 13, 2006)
With a little over a month to go for the scheduled elections, the interim government in Bangladesh ~ virtually personified by its President, Iajuddin Ahmed ~ has begun to stew in its own juice.
- Secularism, Science And The Right (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
The book seeks to expose the fundamentalist agenda of the religious Right in India and the U.S.
- Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Dec 12, 2006)
Governments, since Independence have been wooing Muslims as a source of votes.
- Chasing A Dream (Times of India, SHASHI THAROOR, Dec 12, 2006)
What is the Indian dream? And who, for that matter, is the Indian? Even thinking about India makes clear the immensity of the definitional challenge.
- Prime Minister In Waiting! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2006)
WHAT provoked Leader of Opposition Lal Krishna Advani to throw his hat into the ring for the post of prime minister at this juncture when Lok Sabha elections are two and a half years away is as incredible as the . . . .
- Islamist Marxists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 11, 2006)
CPM should adopt the green banner
- Political Scene And Its Problems (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2006)
The political parties need to work towards evolving administrative and legal arrangements for ensuring fair and free elections. They should hold negotiations with each other to prepare a set of principles, rather than engaging in mutual recriminations . .
- 'Kashmiri Pandits Remain Homeless' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2006)
On the occasion of the World Human Rights Day today, it's utter embarrassment to India and human rights groups that the issue of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits of Jammu & Kashmir has not yet been resolved. It's unfortunate that the issue is not . . . . .
- A New Kashmir (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 07, 2006)
General Musharraf's latest proposal to resolve the Kashmir dispute should be discussed in detail. Two points stand out in his current set of suggestions. One, plebiscite is impractical and two, an independent Kashmir is a non-starter.
- A Deeper Vision Into The Future Was Needed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 05, 2006)
The editorial “Government’s land fraud” (16 November), struck me as a brilliant piece. Besides causing shrinkage of sizeable portions of farmland, the West Bengal government’s industrial programme will have the effect of producing an alienation . . .
- Widening Trust Deficit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 01, 2006)
Why is the UPA Government bent on forcing sops on an unwilling, even protesting, minority community?
- Explosive Sachar Report Tabled (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Dec 01, 2006)
The lure of Muslim votes in the coming electoral battles prompted the UPA Government to present the Rajinder Sachar Committee on socio-economic and educational status of Muslims in Parliament on Thursday and assure its implementation before February next.
- Against Provincialism (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Nov 30, 2006)
There is or should be an Indian way of thinking about the world. Over a critical mass of space and a respectable span of time, the Indian republic has built a track record and accumulated a store of experience that allows Indians to view the world . . .
- Night Of Soccer Violence In France Reveals An Ugly Underside (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2006)
They call themselves "The Ultras." They are the hardest of the hard-core soccer fans of France, the ones with the edgy reputations for being racist, right-wing, anti-Semitic and even violent.
- Awaiting Pope, Turkey Is Unsure About Ties To West (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2006)
A short 24 hours before a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to this Muslim country, its prime minister finally agreed to meet him publicly. The venue: the airport, on the Turkish leader's way out of town.
- Allure Of Islam Signals A Shift Within Turkey (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2006)
A short 24 hours before a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to this Muslim country, its prime minister finally agreed to meet him publicly. The venue: the airport, on the Turkish leader’s way out of town.
- State Of Uncertain Status Quo (Pioneer, KN Pandita, Nov 28, 2006)
Neither can New Delhi part with Kashmir nor any regime in Pakistan can give up its claim on it, says KN Pandita
- New British Debate: To Be Godless Or Godlier (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Nov 27, 2006)
The church in the United Kingdom wakes up to a new threat – not Islam, but ‘secularism’ and ‘public atheism’.
- Combating Muslim Exclusion (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Nov 25, 2006)
Recent disclosures confirm that Indian Muslims face even greater social exclusion and political under-representation than earlier believed.
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