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Articles 16021 through 16120 of 27558:
- A Study In White (Tribune, M. K. Agarwal, Oct 26, 2001)
THE heading of this piece, but not the body, has been fashioned after the mystery thriller “The Woman in White”, written by Wilkie Collins, My several readings of the book have so “coloured” my vision that wherever my eyes are cast, I tend to see “white”,
- Terror Has Triumphed In The Usa (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Oct 26, 2001)
LET there be no mistake about it (to echo President George Bush), terror has triumphed in the USA. It has so frightened the country, for long a safe fortress, that there is no gumption left in it to fight terror.
- Schroder, Schily To Flag Germany’s Green Card For (Indian) Talent (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 26, 2001)
Two Airbuses marked “Luftwaffee” (German Airforce) will land in Delhi airport’s high security VIP technical area from Islamabad this Sunday afternoon.
- When The Taliban Go (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2001)
Afghanistan needs a stable, representative government.
- One Community, Many Voices (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2001)
Muslims are as heterogeneous as any other group.
- Time To Demutualise And Corporatise Stock Exchanges (The Financial Express, Rajesh Shah, Oct 26, 2001)
The government’s efforts at reforms and globalisation are indeed laudable. It is now time that this process is extended to the financial sector in general, and stock exchanges, in particular.
- Fallout Of Afghan Confrontation (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 26, 2001)
THE USA's battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage.
- Boj Eyes Uncharted Waters As Japan Economy Sinks (The Financial Express, Ritsuko Ando, Oct 26, 2001)
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is considering stepping into uncharted waters to halt a slide in prices, but is likely to hold back for now as it waits for the government to play its part in rescuing the stagnant economy, analysts say.
- Whose Tune Are You Playing? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2001)
Why are Muslims ambivalent on Afghanistan” my friend, an editor asked me.
- Not Such An Enigma (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 26, 2001)
The Nobel awards are these days a much depreciated currency. Flummery is as flummery does; the conferment of this year’s peace prize on the United Nations and its secretary general should therefore cause little surprise.
- Like A Magnet (Indian Express, Devaki Jain , Oct 26, 2001)
Remembering Dharma Kumar, who was so lively and so much fun.
- Pak Terrorist Face (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2001)
THE more Pakistan tries to hide its terrorist past and the present, the more it exposes the reality.
- Billed Impossible (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2001)
The much-vaunted fiscal responsibility and budget management bill is about to die an untimely death. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the fiscal situation is in a mess.
- Celebs Pay For Success (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Oct 26, 2001)
Many Indian publishers plan their new releases for October-March before the close of the financial year because by this time universities and colleges are in full swing.
- Forsaking Paradise:stories From Ladakh (Telegraph, Abdul Ghani Lone, Oct 26, 2001)
Forsaking paradise: Stories from ladakh by Abdul Ghani Sheikh is an absorbing collection of tales, translated and introduced by Ravina Aggarwal.
- Neither Here, Nor There (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 26, 2001)
The conduct of India’s foreign policy over the last six weeks is a tempting target of criticism. But it is also not difficult to sympathise with the predicament of our policy makers.
- Fund Management: Art Of Tight-Rope Walking (Business Line, K. Malikarjunan, Oct 25, 2001)
WILL it not surprise you, if some one asserts that a similarity can be discerned between, say, a rustic funambulist (commonly known as a tight-rope walker), and a white-collared fund manager of any contemporary establishment, say, a bank.
- A Bitter Fight (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2001)
THE OUTCOME AND voting pattern of the panchayat and municipal elections in Tamil Nadu this time, unlike in 1996, are not in full concordance with what the Assembly polls threw up less than six months ago.
- Us Carrier: Searing Sun Or Airless Sauna (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
Josh saw the sun for the first time in 45 days this week. The 22-year-old enlisted sailor from Illinois is an office worker —on board a U.S. aircraft carrier attacking targets in Afghanistan.
- First Test (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
A new government’s first steps often show its true colours.
- The Killer Instinct Can Kill Too (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2001)
Twenty years ago, it was very fashionable to talk of us Indians as having no ‘killer instinct’.
- Shacks For All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
IN the nineties, the UN set the year 2000 as homes for all. India enthusiastically joined the chorus and, as usual except for pious proclamations, nothing really happened.
- Between Reality And Rhetoric (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf has been under tremendous pressure since he extended his cooperation for the US-led coalition's military campaign against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden.
- Look Back In Euphoria (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Oct 25, 2001)
Communist or socialist parties anywhere in the world claim to be parties of the future.
- Matching Practices With Concepts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
For collaboration with and commitments from industry the corporate sector and industry could, for instance, take on the challenge of strengthening the management information systems in the seven most deficient states.
- Of Impulses, Positive And Negative (Tribune, Nanu Gadhok, Oct 25, 2001)
THE cosmos is full of cosmic energy. All galaxies, universes and planets that exist in it, have drawn from this energy through the ages and are continuously driven and controlled by it.
- No End To Naxalite Violence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
There seems to be no end to the violence perpetrated by the Naxalite formations such as the People’s War Group (PWG) and the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) in states like Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand.
- Straight Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
The left and its allies have been guilty of not doing anything to protest against the pro-US policies of the BJP.
- Who Is Durga, Really? (Indian Express, Mrinal Pande, Oct 25, 2001)
You b.....d , you’’. There was no mistaking those Durga eyes as Jevanta Bai slapped the wrist of a thief rummaging in her basket of forest produce. ‘‘I have eyes in the back of my head.’’
- Back-Seat Computer To Beat Road Rage (Tribune, Nick Patron Walsh, Oct 25, 2001)
IT is the ultimate driving companion. Designers and engineers have developed a speaking car that avoids road rage by telling drivers when they are overreacting and praises them for good road manners.
- On The Debit Side (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
There are limits to the effectiveness of monetary policy and Mr Bimal Jalan can look to Mr Alan Greenspan for support on this score. At least, Mr Greenspan has a fiscal surplus.
- From India First To Pakistan First (Business Line, B. Raman , Oct 25, 2001)
THE administration of the US President, Mr George Bush Jr, has a large number of ex-Pentagon/CIA/DIA hands, who had in the past closely interacted with the military-intelligence establishment of Pakistan and, hence, think well of it.
- Fictions In The Darkness (Telegraph, RUKUN ADVANI, Oct 25, 2001)
The novelist and eccentric democrat, E.M. Forster, died at the age of ninety-one in 1970 and has been artificially kept alive ever since then by the heart and lung industry of Merchant & Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabwala.
- How To Play The Game Right (Telegraph, Mohit Sen, Oct 25, 2001)
The United States of America’s war on terrorism is too narrow in focus.
- Financial Terrorism (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2001)
Why is our finance minister so innocent?
- Securing Pak. Nuclear Arsenal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2001)
WASHINGTON, OCT. 24. The likelihood of the United States acting unilaterally to take out Pakistani nuclear weapons to prevent them from falling into the hands of extremist elements is considered here to be an extremely remote one.
- Winner Turns Loser (Indian Express, Chitra Subramaniam, Oct 25, 2001)
It was all there. The three cars — a Mercedes for ‘‘sahib’’, Maruti for the Mrss’’ and a Toyota for the son and heir apparent.
- Increasing Trade Can Provide A Lasting Solution To Indo-Pak Conflict (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, Oct 25, 2001)
The European Union (EU) offers many a lesson on the path India and Pakistan should take to achieve sustained peace and prosperity.
- The Security Of Pakistan’s Nukes Is A Cause For Global Concern (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 25, 2001)
Where are Pakistan’s nuclear weapons? It doesn’t seem to be bothering people enough. What sort of assurances can President Pervez Musharraf can give to the world that his nukes are safe?
- The Elusive Spirit Of Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2001)
THE SPIRALLING RHETORIC on the India-Pakistan front shows how intense are the hard feelings that the Governments on both sides seem inclined to let fly at each other like some uncontrollable sparks.
- Think Positive, Mr. Vajpayee! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2001)
AS THE Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, prepares to travel to Russia and the United States, he needs to get the country out of the crabby mood it has slipped into so soon after September 11.
- Lessons From The Gulf War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Oct 25, 2001)
DESCRIPTIONS OF the Afghan operation suggest that the United States may be on the brink of making the same mistakes that doomed the war against Iraq to eventual failure.
- Euphoria Vs Economics (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Oct 25, 2001)
Never before has a concept had such a spectacular rise and an equally precipitous fall in a short space of time as the dotcoms did.
- How Noble Is The Nobel Prize? (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Oct 25, 2001)
ALFRED Nobel must be turning in his grave — rather, shaking in anger at the violence they have done to his Will and the kind of people they have bestowed his millions on.
- Come Back To Traditional Basmati Sowing To Capture Market (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Oct 25, 2001)
Though India takes pride in being home to genuine Basmati, it has done precious little to retain this much-valued product.
- Afghan War: Indian Perspective (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 25, 2001)
ON SEPTEMBER 28, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1373.
- Opening Up New Channels (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Oct 25, 2001)
When this column began, a little over seven years ago, the economy was looking up, the air was thick with talk of economic reform, and every time one blinked, another business programme or channel was born.
- Will The Cci Deliver? (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 25, 2001)
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (the MRTP Act) was amended in 1984 to equip the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (the MRTPC) with powers to combat unfair trade practices as well.
- Afghan Operations: A Marshall Plan? (Business Line, S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Oct 25, 2001)
"We are also looking forward to strengthening our cooperation on a full range of bilateral and regional issues.
- Whose Win? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2001)
Bofors case threatens to end up as a trial of the dead.
- Madhuri Delayed (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Oct 25, 2001)
Looks like Shubh Vivah will have to wait — the million-watt smile of Madhuri Dixit notwithstanding.
- Portents Of A World Civil War (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 24, 2001)
THE Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, hopes the anti-terrorist strike on Afghanistan will be a quick operation and that it will come to an end before the Afghanistani refugees in Pakistan.
- Northern Discomfort (Indian Express, Ajay Shukla, Oct 24, 2001)
If the conflict continues, Musharraf may have to go.
- Easiest Job (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 24, 2001)
YOU want to know what the easiest job in the world is?
- Ready For Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2001)
West Bengal is getting tough. The oasis of peace is showing definite signs of acknowledging the unsavoury realities of organized crime.
- Trends In Us War Against Terrorism (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 24, 2001)
ON September 28, 2001, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved of Resolution 1373.
- Freedom Of Media -- All's Not Fair In This War? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2001)
AN INTERESTING fallout of what the US and its media call ``war against terror'' is the dilemma of a country that is stifling, though through veiled suggestions, the voice of independent media.
- Success In Space (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2001)
IT is heartening to note that while India wallows in mediocrity and misery on terra firma, it manages to post spectacular triumphs in space.
- Delhi's Debt Of Honour (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 24, 2001)
THOUGH Singapore's 12th general election on November 3 might pass virtually unnoticed amidst the high drama that engulfs the world, it is reason enough for New Delhi to bestir itself to repay a debt of honour.
- The Dilemmas Over Illicit Gm Cotton (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 24, 2001)
The story about the planting of illicitly-sourced genetically modified (GM) cotton seems to be getting worse by the day.
- Segmented Decision (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2001)
SEBI'S DECISION TO waive the requirement of segment reporting by listed companies is a blow to the efforts at improving transparency.
- Simulation Techniques -- The Reality Of The Virtual (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Oct 24, 2001)
ONE of the recent films featured in I-Max theatres is titled `Alaska'. It is a fabulous journey into the snow-capped mountainous terrain and among the frozen lakes, rare animal species and the simple people that inhabit that country.
- Syl As Poll Gimmick (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2001)
PUNJAB Congress President Amarinder Singh has threatened to refill the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal for saving Punjab from the "unholy secret deals" Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has allegedly struck with Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala.
- Over To Doha. Singapore’s Relief Is The World’s Challenge (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 24, 2001)
The world has given a brave thumbs up to Doha and Singapore isn’t the least envious.
- A Half-Hearted Sop (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2001)
INDIA is getting more integrated with the global monetary system than many realise.
- No Justice For Racial Abuse Victims In Uk (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Oct 24, 2001)
BY now it is well-known that racial assaults and violence, at times culminating in deaths, are increasingly becoming common in the West.
- Bombastic Bombardments (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2001)
Tired old threats continue to pass off for foreign policy.
- Telling It Like It Isn't (Hindu, Ameena A. Saeed, Oct 24, 2001)
IN A country where time is of the essence, the American people get their information from the electronic media. Television has taken on the role of covert instrument of indoctrination, American style.
- Waging War On Bureaucratic Terrorism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 24, 2001)
Truth, tolerance, justice, a sense of lifes beauty and a near-violent rejection of their opposites - the system itself must be forced to reflect these virtues, or it had no business. -- John le Carre in The Constant Gardener.
- Credit Policy -- Overly Optimistic Projections? (Business Line, A.Seshan, Oct 24, 2001)
AS USUAL, the much-awaited Mid-Term Monetary and Credit Policy Review of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) contains a wealth of information.
- The Terror At Our Doorstep (Indian Express, Monika Koul, Oct 24, 2001)
The real threat comes from biological, not nuclear, weapons.
- Shabana Versus Shahi Imam (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Oct 24, 2001)
IT all began with the September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA, leading to the death of 5,400 innocent persons.
- Biotech: Will It Really Give A New Thrust To Life? (The Financial Express, Satyanarayan Doraiswami, Oct 24, 2001)
Information technology and telecommunications have undergone a revolution that is quite visible. Alas, the same cannot be said for pharmaceuticals, a key sector for ridding the world of innumerable diseases.
- Marxists Feed On Poverty (Indian Express, K. P. Joseph, Oct 24, 2001)
The Marxists have a vested interest in the poor who constitute their main vote bank.
- Let’s Cooperate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2001)
The United States of America has much to be pleased about in the outcome of the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting at Shanghai.
- Everything Hangs Together (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2001)
Or why the finance minister needs to help Governor Jalan.
- The Sheriff And His Posse (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Oct 24, 2001)
Playing the role of the global sheriff, Washington has rounded up a vast international posse for its “war against terrorism”.
- ‘Young’ Hearts, Creaking Joints (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 24, 2001)
For a brief moment there, Ambika Soni and Kamalnath forgot that they weren’t so young any more.
- The End And The Beginning Of A War (Indian Express, Thomas E. Ricks, Oct 24, 2001)
The fear among military strategists in the US is America’s war in Afghanistan could spill over to its neighbourhood, including India
- Has India Been Sidelined? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 24, 2001)
Has India been sidelined in the new global situation after September 11? Yes, if one were to go by circumstantial factors.
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