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- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2001)
The consensus seems to be that the gross domestic product growth rate this year will not touch the 6.5 or 7 per cent promised in the budget.
- Damming The Protests (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
Tension continues to grip the Tehri Dam site in the wake of the latest protest against the project. J. P. Shukla reports.
- Problems With A Pledge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
The row over the anti-racism pledge has cast a dark shadow over the elections in Britain. Hasan Suroor reports.
- Changing Rules For Andhra’s Prasad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Atal Behari Vajpayee appears to have nullified the game plan of the hawks in the BJP to get one of their protagonists as the next Cabinet Secretary.
- Collective Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 29, 2001)
There is a Bengali word that isn’t easy to translate, but which very aptly describes the behaviour of the media before, during and after the visit of Pervez Musharraf to India.
- Hrd Ministry - Its Master's Voice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
Almost all major academic institutions are now headed by men and women with an ideological view that is sympathetic to the RSS.
- Equip Nhrc With More Teeth (Tribune, H. L. Kapoor, Apr 29, 2001)
IT is futile to talk of Human Rights unless concrete steps are initiated to protect these.
- Pride Or Prejudice? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
The Government is not intent on saffronising education, says Prof. Murli Manohar Joshi.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Child Abuse And The Law (Tribune, K. T. S. Tulsi, Apr 29, 2001)
CHILDREN are the poor man’s riches, says an English proverb. We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children.
- India’s Lurching Democracy (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Apr 29, 2001)
THE compromise that Atal Behari Vajpayee and Sonia Gandhi worked out for allowing Parliament to discuss the Budget does not absolve the Congress leadership of blame for disrupting Parliament’s functioning.
- Another Jpc Jape (The Economic Times, Satish Murdeshwar, Apr 28, 2001)
THE THIRTY-MEMBER Joint Parliamentary Committee constituted to go into the stock scandal that rocked the economy.
- Caste Violence In Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2001)
IT is only a matter of time before Uttar Pradesh may follow the example of Bihar for dealing with incidents of caste violence.
- Parodies Lost (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 28, 2001)
IT’S BAD enough when an author is pilloried for depicting a real life figure in ‘poor taste’.
- Sankara's Atmabodha: Vision Of The Self (Times of India, Pranav Khullar, Apr 28, 2001)
SANKARA'S Atmabodha, `Knowledge of the Self', goes to the very core of Advaitic thought by encapsulating, as it were, the tremendous speculative thought contained in the Brahma-Sutra Bhashya.
- Key To Environmental Progress (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 28, 2001)
HUMANKIND, while at the root of many of the environmental challenges we face, also holds the key to environmental progress.
- Manipur Discord (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 28, 2001)
Any accord that is secretive and clinched in an unseemly hurry is by definition suspect.
- More Of A Pr Exercise (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2001)
THE slashing of the defence budget is a tiny stone with which Gen Pervez Musharraf has tried to kill many birds.
- It’s But Dead Capital (The Economic Times, Vikram S Mehta, Apr 28, 2001)
A DRIVE through any of our metros but in particular Mumbai, Delhi or Calcutta will establish that the poor — mostly migrants from rural India — have built shelters for themselves on relatively valuable real estate.
- Lonely In A Crowd (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 28, 2001)
LIKE THE Hizbul Mujahideen, the Hurriyat Conference’s pro-Pakistani stance is known.
- Reconciling Equality And Pluralism (Hindu, T. K. Oommen, Apr 28, 2001)
EQUALITY AS a concept had a chequered career and finally almost universal acceptance. This cannot be said of pluralism.
- Uncertain Times (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Apr 28, 2001)
THE FINANCE Ministers of the world are meeting in Washington this week in vastly different circumstances from just six months ago when the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank held their 2000 annual meetings in Prague.
- Unseating Squatters From The Cyber Space (The Economic Times, Samrat Shina, Apr 28, 2001)
THE LAST century had seen many a bitter legal battle being fought in the name of trademark infringements, brand piracy and copyright violations.
- E-Enabled Asia: On The Threshold Of A B2b Revolution (The Economic Times, Lee Hsien Yang, Apr 28, 2001)
DESPITE the softening of global technology markets, e-commerce will become an indispensable tool in the future. Companies now count B2B e-commerce as strategic investments that have an impact on profitability and competitiveness.
- Ugly Indian’s Field Day (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 28, 2001)
ELECTIONS ARE the most appropriate occasions to study ugly aspects of our national character.
- The Demand For Telangana (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Apr 28, 2001)
THE Telangana movement is slowly spreading like a bushfire and the momentum is increasing day by day.
- We Are The Largest E-Recruiters In Europe (The Economic Times, THOMAS ABRAHAM, Apr 28, 2001)
GILES Clark, CEO, Stepstone ASA, is in India as part of the business delegation accompanying the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenburg.
- The Budget In Jeopardy (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Apr 28, 2001)
It has taken less than three months for the “dream” part of Yashwant Sinha’s budget for the current year to dissolve into thin air.
- Is Copper Good For You? Just Eat Better (Tribune, Zach Howard, Apr 28, 2001)
THE Aztecs, Egyptians and Romans all used copper, one of the earth’s most common metals, for thousands of years as a folk remedy in bangles, bandages, cosmetics and even drinks to ward off a host of ailments.
- Parroting Master's Voice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2001)
THE All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has proved yet again that it is only the executing agency for the unholy agenda drawn up and dictated by Pakistani masters.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Prime Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2001)
Good sense and international pressure seem to be finally prevailing in Pakistan.
- Charting A New Path In Japan? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 28, 2001)
THE INEXORABLE ELECTION, as it finally turned out to be, of Mr. Junichiro Koizumi as the new Prime Minister of Japan, a troubled economic superpower, has stirred enormous expectations of reforms.
- Not The Best Option (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 28, 2001)
THE GROUP on telecom and IT has levelled the playing field among fixed service providers and mobile operators with a vengeance.
- A Nation Of Shysters (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 28, 2001)
A PUNE newspaper published the finding of the Madhav Godbole Committee that Enron’s Dabhol power plant overcharged the Maharashtra State Electricity Board by Rs 930 crore in a year.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- Pakistan's Interest (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 28, 2001)
To interpret Pakistan's first-ever defence budget cut as a meaningful gesture before the forthcoming summit in India would be to stretch the point.
- The Bandh Wagon (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 28, 2001)
The Maharashtra bandh called last Wednesday by an unusual coalition of political parties and trade unions.
- How To Clean Up A Very Dirty River (Telegraph, SAHELI MITRA, Apr 28, 2001)
It runs through the heart of India enriching its lands and providing livelihood to millions of countrymen.
- Fixing The Price Of Hope (Telegraph, Sandhya Srinivasan, Apr 28, 2001)
“A diagnosis of HIV positivity is no reason to lose hope,” says the man on television. Cipla’s current publicity on anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS seems to give the wrong impression, that AIDS is curable.
- Kingdoms Go And Come Again (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Apr 28, 2001)
Till 1990, most newspapers and even the electronic media had one favourite sobriquet to describe Nepal — the peaceful Himalayan kingdom.
- The Infosys Way (Times of India, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Apr 28, 2001)
TODAY, my mind goes back to a sultry, fateful morning in July 1981, to my meeting with the other six founders of Infosys.
- Kids For Sale (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 27, 2001)
IT IS far from clear if the Andhra Pradesh government has got to the bottom of the racket in infant trafficking in the state.
- Now Is The Time For Global Jurisdictions (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Apr 27, 2001)
TRAVEL broadens the mind, and my Zenobia aunty is a firm believer in this tenet. So twice a year, I end up taking care of her dog and her cat (and vainly attempt to maintain sanity in the house).
- Why Leadership Needs Nurturing (Times of India, Marguerite Theophil, Apr 27, 2001)
THE effects of leadership touch all our lives whether or not we give them much thought or attention.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 27, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Damocles Sword Hangs Over Jaya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 27, 2001)
THE last word on the standoff between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jayaram and her immediate predecessor M. Karunanidhi is yet to be said.
- Thackeray's False Imagery (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2001)
MR. BAL THACKERAY has once again challenged and contradicted the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- An Undebated Budget (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 27, 2001)
ANOTHER unhealthy precedent was set in the Lok Sabha when the general budget was passed without a discussion.
- Bcci's Bouncer Hits Target (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 27, 2001)
ON Tuesday the Board of Control for Cricket in India issued the threat of pulling out of tournaments in which Pakistan too would participate. The bouncer was not wasted.
- Economic Reforms In China: Lessons For India? (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Apr 27, 2001)
THE IMPORTANCE of China in world trade today is remarkable for a country which in 1980 was only marginally involved in world trade and which, even today, has no developed system of macro-economic controls.
- Lonely Vigil (Hindustan Times, MANVENDRA SINGH, Apr 27, 2001)
'MISSING PATROL’ and ‘mutilated bodies’ has a sinister ring to it. Eerily similar to an event almost two years ago when a young army officer with his patrol of less than a section strength went missing in the heights and snows of Kargil.
- Sledging Off The Field (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 27, 2001)
FOR ALL her straight talking, Uma Bharti is a bundle of contradictions.
- Unhappy End (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 27, 2001)
MERCIFULLY, UNLIKE what happened during the passage of the Railway Budget, there were no unseemly scenes when the finance bill was taken up for consideration by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
- Competition Is Tough In The Hotel Industry (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Apr 27, 2001)
RUNNING India Tourism Development Corporation has never been a cakewalk.
- Seeds Of Distress (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Apr 27, 2001)
AS THE process of choosing India’s next ambassador to the WTO gets under way, there is evidence of a turf battle between the IAS and the IFS for the post.
- Not So Kind Hearts And Coronets (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Apr 27, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Good, Bad Or Plain Ugly? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 27, 2001)
IS INDIA phasing out tax sops and exemptions, as finance minister Yashwant Sinha wants us to believe, or is it continuing with distortions as the Finance Bill that was passed in Parliament shows?
- Small Step To Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 27, 2001)
The tremendous attention that the forthcoming Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Pervez Musharraf summit meeting has attracted is reflective of the growing constituency for peace in India and Pakistan.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Apr 27, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution.
- Many Firsts In Career Of Fathima Beevi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 27, 2001)
THE unceremonious exit of the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi, is, for the first time, seen as a setback in her otherwise highly successful career in the portals of judiciary spanning over four decades.
- Poking Oneself In The Eye! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 27, 2001)
HOW DO you poke yourself in the eye? How do you please your enemies by fighting with your friends?
- Operation Salvage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2001)
BLISSFULLY THE BUDGET has now been retrieved from the crossfire of partisan polemics which had derailed the parliamentary process for weeks.
- Operation Idli (Times of India, Vidya Iyengar, Apr 27, 2001)
ABOUT 30 years ago the Gomti was in spate. Fortunately the flood waters didn't cause much damage.
- The Tuition Issue: Perception And The Whole Truth (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Apr 27, 2001)
ALDOUS Huxley once complained that tragedy does not portray the whole truth. Sherwood Anderson made a similar complaint about man’s perception of life. Thus, in life, as well as in letter, the whole truth is hard to come by.
- He Was Patriotic, Scholarly And Fearless (Tribune, Bal Raj Madhok, Apr 27, 2001)
THE founder president of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, first leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament and first martyr for the unity of truncated India, Shyama Prasad Mookerji, was born on July 6, 1901 at Calcutta.
- Reality Of Nuclear Missile Defence: Indian Scenario (Tribune, Praful Bakshi, Apr 27, 2001)
IT does come as a surprise, that the United States of America, without achieving the desired result in the ballistic missile interception by an anti-ballistic missile, has extended the hand of cooperation to India in the field of national missile defence.
- Atal's Burden (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Apr 27, 2001)
THE forthcoming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit in Agra is neither the most important nor the most eventful one held between India and Pakistan.
- Pre-Election Defeat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2001)
IT is a delicious irony that AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha stands to garner thousands of extra votes in the May 10 election but cannot personally benefit from the windfall.
- War And Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 26, 2001)
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.
- Tamil Politics (Times of India, Shastri Ramachandran, Apr 26, 2001)
WHERE does Vaiko's MDMK stand in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections? asked a colleague.
- Island Of Acrimony In The Floods (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Apr 26, 2001)
Orissa seems to be caught in a never-ending cycle of misfortune.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- Catch Up With The Lady (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 26, 2001)
It may be overstating the case to say that April 24 was a red-letter day in electoral history, but its seminal importance cannot be gainsaid.
- Pak Court Fells Musharraf (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2001)
Pakistan ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf could not have expected such a drubbing as he has got at the hands of the country's Supreme Court.
- Ignoring The Martyrs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2001)
Those who join the security forces are mentally prepared to lay down their lives for the country.
- Wanted: A Civilised Civil Service (Tribune, N. Krishna, Apr 26, 2001)
WHEN Singapore, tiny city state with just three million population, without any natural resources.
- Islam In The Information Age (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Apr 26, 2001)
ARE Islamic societies ready to take advantage of the information age? Perhaps not. More so, Pakistan. Its education is dominated by the fundamentalists.
- There Is Life Beyond Terrorism (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Apr 26, 2001)
AS President Pervez Musharraf lands on Indian soil tomorrow, there are mixed feelings about the Agra summit.
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