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- Ceasefire is fine, but more needed (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Mar 06, 2001)
This is apropos of the article, 'Disengage for peace in Kashmir'(February 21) by Wilson John. Since he wrote it, the unilateral ceasefire has been extended by another three months. But his arguments continue to be valid. The insurgency in Kashmir has now
- Banishing terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 06, 2001)
The United Kingdom's decision to impose a ban on as many as 21 terrorist organisations has understandably caused panic among all shades of terrorists.
- Bhajan Lal’s show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 06, 2001)
HARYANA Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala should ring up Mr Bhajan Lal and thank him for organising a rally at Bhiwani on Sunday which exposed the sharp division within the Congress. The original purpose was to expose the misrule of Mr Chautala. Instead
- Urgent need for reforms (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Mar 06, 2001)
The gap between precept and practice among the policy-makers and administrators of the electrical power sphere is becoming too glaring to be missed of late in Karnataka and probably elsewhere. A case in point is the willing to strike but afraid to wound a
- Budget 2001-02: Who pays for reform? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Mar 06, 2001)
OVER the last week, television viewers have been subjected to judgments of Budget 2001-02 by a host of experts, who have declared it a dream Budget, rating it anywhere between seven and 10 on a scale of 10.
- OLD HAT (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 06, 2001)
After the collapse of world communism a spectre haunts all left manifestos. This is the spectre of confusion. Thus it is not surprising to find this particular attribute writ large over the poll election manifesto released by the Left Front in West Bengal
- Ghost of Babri comes back to haunt (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Mar 06, 2001)
Acharya Giriraj Kishore must be going through mixed emotions today. At one level, he must be gloating, because the Taliban have confirmed what he always knew: that all Muslims are uncouth and unkempt fanatics with an inclination towards barbarianism.
- An incongruous protest (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2001)
THE PRIVATISATION OF the Centre-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), effected following a favourable parliamentary vote won by the Government after the few discordant voices in the ruling coalition had been silenced through some subtle manoeuvres,
- Lennon's piano and market logic (Pioneer, Arijit Sen, Mar 05, 2001)
John Lennon's piano is up for sale. The Ebony Steinway is expected to fetch between $1.35 million to $1.65 million. Twenty-one years after his murder, the free market has finally been able to come up with a value for the piano. Lennon, if alive, would not
- Towards deregulation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 05, 2001)
THE STAGE IS finally set for a phased deregulation of the fertiliser industry. The decision to replace the outdated and the much-abused unit-wise retention pricing scheme (RPS) for indigenous urea producing units by a Group Concession Scheme (GCS) with ef
- Budget: What the fine-print says (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 05, 2001)
MR SINHA'S latest Budget has received plaudits all around. But, a few days later, let us look at the fine print. One hopes it will not meet the fate of the dream Budget of Mr P Chidambaram. In actual implementation, Mr P Chidambaram had met problems and p
- An incongruous protest (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2001)
THE PRIVATISATION OF the Centre-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), effected following a favourable parliamentary vote won by the Government after the few discordant voices in the ruling coalition had been silenced through some subtle manoeuvres,
- Act immediately (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 05, 2001)
Two daring ambushes in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) last Thursday and Friday respectively have once again underlined the futility of persisting with the Government's unilateral ceasefire in the State. The one last Thursday was directed against a convoy of the Ra
- Dialogue of the Deaf (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Mar 05, 2001)
BEGINNING February 26, the government had 90 days in which to reveal the first stage of its Kashmir policy. With the ceasefire in place, each day that passes without any follow-up is a precious day wasted because if the Vajpayee gamble fails, as seems inc
- X-files of history (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 05, 2001)
IN A recent book, What If?, several historians have examined the various imponderables of their discipline, such as what might have happened if the Athenians had not defeated the Persians in 480 B.C., described as “perhaps the single most important day in
- BoJ and Asian markets -- Approaching a climax (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Mar 05, 2001)
The Nasdaq sell-off has been affecting markets the world over. With Japan hurtling towards its next financial crisis, one hopes that not too many foreign banks have exposure to Japanese banks. It may well be possible that events reach a climax sooner rath
- E-governance: Towards a better future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Mar 05, 2001)
The process of economic reforms is moving forward in India backed by full political consensus. Despite their different ideologies since 1991 successive Governments have followed the path of economic liberalisation. The reform process promises to provide o
- An opportunity in Fiji (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2001)
NOT UNOFTEN HAS judicial intervention restored parliamentary democracy but the latest instance in Fiji, the Pacific island grouping, is all the more heartening and welcome because it can result in the redress of a terrible wrong done to large sections who
- THE FEEL GOOD FACTOR (Telegraph, WILIMA WADHWA, Mar 05, 2001)
Yashwant Sinha has finally delivered in his fourth budget. He has presented an extremely credible budget while maintaining continuity with his previous ones. Since 1991, when the reform process started, the budget has been serving two purposes. First, it
- Fate of Fiji’s ethnic Indian farmers (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 05, 2001)
FOR a man in the eye of the storm, Mr Mahendra Chaudhry has a genial and placid air that belies the steel in him. On May 19 last year, he and his Cabinet were held hostage by Mr George Speight, who earned newspaper headlines around the world, precisely a
- Cultural catastrophe (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 05, 2001)
The vandalisation of two standing Buddhas at Bamiyan and other Buddhist relics in Afghanistan is a devastating blow to the world’s heritage. According to reports the head and legs of the Buddha statues have already been destroyed. The decree for the destr
- Welcome news (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 05, 2001)
The prospect of peace in the North-East is a welcome piece of news for the nation. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Union Home Minister LK Advani must be congratulated for the bold initiative that promises to bring peace to a region that has too lo
- Uncertain impact (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 05, 2001)
Now that the Reserve Bank has announced a second cut in the bank rate within a fortnight, banks will all reduce their lending rates sooner or later. The issue had been hanging for nearly a year, with the Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry each insistin
- Why Seattle is not Bhuj (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 05, 2001)
THE tremors which rocked Seattle in Canada and parts of the USA did not attract the attention they deserved in post-Bhuj India. For the domestic media any accident, caused by nature or man, which does not result in deaths and large-scale destruction is no
- Riches at your feet (Pioneer, Rungeen Singh, Mar 05, 2001)
Suzanne, a German, was introduced by a common friend to me. She stood there tall and lovely in a plain cotton sari. She had come to me to brush up her Hindi, which she had learnt from an institute in Germany. I asked her in English to sit and she replied,
- Queer power balance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 05, 2001)
GOING only by the hopes expressed and the body language at the Saturday meeting on power sector reforms, it would appear that all the woes of the SEBs are about to disappear. They will not for several reasons. What Power Minister Suresh Prabhu called a “o
- Recover the du (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 05, 2001)
The decision of the State Government to divest the commercial tax department of powers to levy sales tax on liquor and the move to waive interest on the Rs 412 crore arrears from excise contractors have caused much consternation among all those who are co
- Healing the nation (Pioneer, Valson Thampu , Mar 05, 2001)
Spirituality is meant to be a healing influence on individuals and societies alike. The spiritual task is not only to help and heal a few persons here and there, but also to transform societies and nations so as to help fulfil their glorious destiny. Jesu
- Fleeting look (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Mar 05, 2001)
The real significance of the International Fleet Review (IFR) held off Mumbai seems to have got lost in the colour and pageantry accompanying the event. The gathering of ships belonging to 19 navies from around the world is being seen as an extra lavish p
- Burgeoning population a drag on growth (Business Line, S. V. Sista, Mar 05, 2001)
WHEN Aastha, India's billionth baby, was born at half-past midnight on May 11, 2000 the event was celebrated as a record of sorts. But was it really a moment of triumph? Many people, only too aware of the falling standard of living, appeared hesitantly ha
- Hurriyat in a changing role Formidable challenges lie ahead (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Mar 05, 2001)
FROM the time when the Hurriyat began to show an interest in taking a delegation to Pakistan a couple of years ago, it has been caught in a game invented by Pakistan. Until lately, the Hurriyat had failed to see that in this game it would be a pawn, not a
- THE DON MEETS THE TIDE (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Mar 04, 2001)
While on his final tour of England in 1948, Don Bradman received an amazing epistle. The unique thing about the letter was the envelope and the address. The envelope had a picture of Bradman showing only his eyes and the baggy cricket cap he always wore i
- March of vandals (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 04, 2001)
Neither the United Nations nor the sanctimonious West has covered itself with glory by showcasing their pusillanimous inaction in the face of the Taliban's criminal operations which are aimed at destroying not just statues, but an invaluable part of the w
- Stand Firm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 04, 2001)
Three days after Mr Yashwant Sinha unveiled his New Deal, the benefits are already becoming obvious. Car prices are down, and so is the Reserve Bank of India's bank rate - the rate at which the central bank extends refinance to commercial banks. The banki
- Of stormtroopers and beardless wonders (Pioneer, ADNI, Mar 04, 2001)
What is happening in the name of jihad inside Pakistan and Afghanistan is deliberate perversion of childhood
- Politics of Islam in Pakistan (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Mar 04, 2001)
In Pakistan, the execution of a Sunni fanatic, Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Sipah-e-Sahaba activist who murdered an Iranian (Shia) diplomat, Sadiq Ganji, in March 1990, sparked sectarian violence in Hangu in the North West Frontier Province. Gun battles ensued be
- Dam and the prophet (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Mar 04, 2001)
Environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna has for long been spearheading the campaign against the Tehri Dam. Slated to be the highest dam in Asia at 260.5 metres, the project, which has been dogged by controversy since its clearance by the Planning Commission i
- A SHATTERED VISAGE (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 04, 2001)
It is barbarism on a mythic scale. The colossal Buddhas in the Bamiyan valley — northwest of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul — now confront, with the sublime helplessness of beautiful things, a fundamentalism that violently upsets the distinction between med
- Road to dystopia (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 04, 2001)
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel, sang Jim Morrison, the legendary rock'n'roll lead singer of the Doors, in the song "Roadhouse Blues". That was before he overdosed on drugs in 1971.
- Vandalising a sacred heritage (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 04, 2001)
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas was a deliberate act of vandalism by the Taliban to provoke the international community, says B. MURALIDHAR REDDY.
- Journalist-politician — to be or not to be (Tribune, Surinder Kumar Singla, Mar 04, 2001)
BACKING out of a job that one chooses to do voluntarily has to have some cogent reasoning and a convincing logic. In this context, the resignation of Mr Barjinder Singh, a newspaper man, from Parliament is an instance that offers us an insight into the ps
- Cultural identity and Islamic nations (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Mar 04, 2001)
PAKISTAN and Afghanistan seem to be the rare non-Arab Islamic countries which do not have their own mythologies in addition to the Arabian-Judaic mythology of Islam. Their own mythologies in addition to the Arabian-Judaic mythology might have provided the
- Moral police vs sex crazy advertising (Tribune, V GANGADHAR, Mar 04, 2001)
WHAT does an average buyer look for in a scooter or motorbike? Reliability, fuel efficiency, speed and good design. He does not visualise the motorbike as a young woman and run his hands over the machine as though in a prolonged foreplay.
- Party at President’s house raises eyebrows (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 04, 2001)
CAN a visiting dignitary hold a private function in Rashtrapati Bhavan? Well, the unprecedented happened on January 27 when King Mohammad VI of Morocco held a function to honour Indians who had contributed in promoting bilateral ties. Apparently the high-
- A dream analyst’s ‘Psychology of Love’ (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Mar 04, 2001)
WHERE do we begin? With the release of Rashna Imhasly Gandhy’s book “The psychology of Love” (Roli Books and Namita Gokhale Editions) or with the dos lined up for the International Women’s Day or else with the visit of vineyard owner Marquis de Roussy de
- The past in China's present (Pioneer, Naunidhi Kaur, Mar 04, 2001)
When the US warplanes bombed Iraq, American President George W Bush's singular defence was that nothing sinister should be read into a "routine" measure. However, the updated evaluations of the US-Iraq relations, which followed the attacks proved that the
- Balco: reason loses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2001)
IT was rhetoric versus rhetoric in what passed off as the Balco debate and truth and analysis fled the surcharged Parliament. The opposition smelt a big scam in the deal with Sterlite but had nothing to go by other than its deep suspicion and an eagerness
- Barbaric Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2001)
THE ANARCHIC OUTRAGE by the barbaric Taliban `rulers' of Afghanistan in seeking to obliterate the country's ancient cultural heritage, in the name of religious rectitude, is a crude affront to basic civilisational decency. It is also a self- incriminating
- It’s Enron again (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 03, 2001)
EVERY TIME one comes across anything to do with Enron’s Dabhol Power Corporation, alarm bells set ringing. The multinational has already cleaned out the Maharashtra government’s treasury. Now it is the turn of the Enron Oil and Gas India Limited to make a
- Unfriendly neighbourhood (Daily Excelsior, B K Karkra, Mar 03, 2001)
The troublesome knight-at-arms on our West is actually our own creation. Has one ever heard of a country threatening a nation seven times its size and keeping it on the defensive for over half a century? However, despite having atom bombs and missiles in
- Homeric nods in the Economic Survey (Business Line, P R Brahmananda , Mar 03, 2001)
The Economic Survey for 2001-02 analyses and highlights three positive factors in the prevailing economic situation _ the 20 per cent annual rate in exports in dollar terms; the moderate improvement in real gross capital formation ratio to real GDP at mar
- Stamping out terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2001)
TERRORISM has been thriving in almost all parts of the world mainly because it is yet to be fully recognised as an international crime against humanity. Only those countries which are directly affected by it fight it willy-nilly, while many of the rest co
- Short-term euphoria? (Business Line, Ashok Dasgupta , Mar 03, 2001)
IN his fourth attempt, the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has achieved the impossible, pleasing all, at least those who matter.
- Is Budget necessary? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 03, 2001)
THE question may appear preposterous, but -- to ask a counter-question -- if the people of the country can be bothered with the issue of a fixed five-year term for every Lok Sabha, is it so surprising if one enquires whether an annual Union Budget is at a
- Budget: A reality check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Mar 03, 2001)
UG793>Mr Sinha has, undoubtedly, earned the goodwill of a larger and vocal constituency, especially industry, which wrested the best out of him, despite the constraints of the economic situation. But the true test of his bold moves on the labour front; do
- Barbaric Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2001)
THE ANARCHIC OUTRAGE by the barbaric Taliban `rulers' of Afghanistan in seeking to obliterate the country's ancient cultural heritage, in the name of religious rectitude, is a crude affront to basic civilisational decency. It is also a self- incriminating
- Vandals from a dark past (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 03, 2001)
THE WORLD of Taliban mirrors the dark medieval age. It is as far removed as can be imagined from the sunlit uplands of enlightenment, refinement, culture and civilisation. It thrives on bigotry and hate in a blighted ostracised land. Even before the mulla
- One-dimensional Budget exercise Breathtaking agenda of marketisation (Tribune, Kamal Nayan Kabra, Mar 03, 2001)
THIS first year of the millennium also marks a decade of liberalisation. Ten years ago a watershed in India’s policy processes and regime inaugurated a new era, confidently promising a high watermark economic performance. A unique quirk of India’s emergin
- Fiji’s future (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 03, 2001)
The Court of Appeal’s declaration that Fiji’s interim administration is illegal is a victory not only for the deposed government of Mahendra Chaudhry but more important, for the future of democracy in the island nation. The five-judge bench also ruled tha
- Going up in smoke (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2001)
I am not a smoker, but I am fully aware of the hazards of smoking or of consuming tobacco-related products, like gutka. I have had friends who have died from cancer of the lungs, mouth and throat because they have been heavy smokers. I know somebody who,
- AVOIDABLE CRISIS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 03, 2001)
Either side of Banihal has remained exposed to virtually man-made crisis during the last few days. A closer look shows that apt handling and foresightedness could have helped avert all such serious situations that disturbed life like never before. The lif
- PRICELESS HERITAGE (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 03, 2001)
Taliban Government of Afghanistan has decreed destruction of all historic monuments. Entire civilised world has issued appeals to the fundamentalist Government to spare such monuments. There are two huge Budha statues in the central province of Bamiyan in
- It is cultural carnage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2001)
INDIA'S reaction to the horrifying news that the Taliban have begun knocking down centuries old statues of the Buddha and other "symbols of idol worship" in Afghanistan was politically correct keeping in mind the emotional attachment of the people with th
- Cease-fire continues to be one-sided (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 03, 2001)
The three-month extension of the cease-fire beginning Tues day last, whatever its worth, has turned out to be anything but a cease-fire. The cease-fire, as was known from day one, continues to be one-sided. It's the Indian Security Forces who must observe
- 'Only stones'? Sure, Mullaji? Confident?? (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Mar 03, 2001)
By Gawd! How the things, pespectives, appreciations change! The descendant of the people who carved out those stupendous figures of Lord Buddha... nay, carved whole mountains into stupefying sculptures, says that those specimens of stone carvings in the B
- March towards progress of Indian women (Daily Excelsior, Ajit Jamwal, Mar 03, 2001)
In the year 1956, Rita Faria a dusky Bengali beauty was India's first international beauty queen. Since that we had a lean drought for nearly four decades, before our young girls started sweeping the international beauty contests. 1990 ushered in the era
- BEG TO DIFFER (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 02, 2001)
The new age census has collided dramatically with its own best intentions. After gaining plaudits for the much publicized intention of listing disabled people for the first time, its movers and shakers are tying themselves up into sailor’s knots over the
- Taliban again in the dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 02, 2001)
ANYONE who has even rudimentary knowledge of Islam understands that it does not stand for intolerance. But the actions of the Taliban regime of Afghanistan, which claims to follow the injunctions of Islam, present an opposite image. The latest is the anno
- Future perfect (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Mar 02, 2001)
At the time of South Africa's transition to multi-racial democracy in 1993-94, there was little ambiguity in the Indian foreign policy establishment about the future of bilateral relations between the two countries after a four-decade long period of no of
- Fragrant memories in little bottles (Daily Excelsior, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 02, 2001)
Gulab Singh Johrimal's shop situated in Old Delhi's Shahjahanabadi Dariba in Chandni Chowk is one of the few in the country upholding the tradition of gundhis (perfumers). Founded during the reign of Akbar Shah II in 1816, the shop happens to be the oldes
- Labour pains (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 02, 2001)
THE PURSUIT of a ‘socialistic pattern of society’ from 1955 meant that the working class acquired a special place in India. Governments would ensure that the interests of workers were not harmed in any way. But over the years it became evident that protec
- A LABOURED STEP (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 02, 2001)
A statement of intent is not necessarily a guarantee that the intentions will become reality. But such a statement can be read as a sign of the way in which the government’s mind is working. Thus Mr Yashwant Sinha’s tentative steps in the Union budget to
- HEDGEHOGS INTO FOXES (Telegraph, RUKUN ADVANI, Mar 02, 2001)
Economic history is a technical field and monographs within the area are not exactly my cup of tea. Some years ago, however, I read an excellent work of this genre titled Artisans and Industrialisation. The author, Tirthankar Roy, was attempting to demons
- Slavery in abominable form (Pioneer, Janak Singh, Mar 02, 2001)
The worsening plight of sex slaves in India and Pakistan is likely to figure prominently at the next meeting of the South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which may be held some time later this year in Nepal.
- Keeping fingers on the nation’s pulse (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 02, 2001)
ONE learns from experience. That is the way open to most people. And the only way to recall our experience is to record it. But if people are not used to recording their experience or to remembering it, they are bound to repeat their follies and suffer. T
- For peace in Sri Lanka (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 02, 2001)
THE LONG ARM of the laws of major powers seems to be finally tightening its grip over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The latest move by the British Government to proscribe Sri Lanka's notoriously ruthless separatist group is a salutary step
- Did life come from space ? (Daily Excelsior, G.V. JOSHI, Mar 02, 2001)
The origin of life on Earth is perhaps the most fundamental and at the same time, the least understood biological problem. It is central to many scientific and philosophical questions and to any consideration of extraterrestrial life.
- Mamata the politician, Sinha the tactician (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Mar 02, 2001)
The tale of the two Central Ministers. Yes, of Ms Mamata Banerjee and Mr Yashwant Sinha. If the former acted as a flamboyant politician while presenting the Railway budget for the year 2001-2002, the latter left none in doubt about his skills as an ace ta
- No resource allocation for women-specific schemes (Business Line, Preeti Mehra, Mar 02, 2001)
IT was a mixed reaction to the Finance Minister's 2001 Budget from the ``second sex''. While on the one hand women were of the opinion that there has been tokenism in provisions made for them, a section were pleased that it is a pragmatic budget and not a
- CENTRAL BUDGET (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 02, 2001)
Although much has been talked about budget likely to be very harsh, Yashwant Sinha has succeeded in the balancing act. The very fact that Sensex shot by hefty 177 points in a single day shows the budget to be highly industry friendly. The capital market a
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