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Articles 26021 through 26120 of 27558:
- Caught in a vicious circle (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Feb 17, 2001)
WHY should the highly gifted editor of a leading New Delhi English daily focus on nipples in a signed article of about 900 words? The reference is to Vir Sanghvi of the Hindustan Times. Why should he, who can dwell with facility and knowledge on complex t
- Benazir may be right (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2001)
MS Benazir Bhutto has spoken of the possibility of the growth of a “parallel army” in Pakistan with remarkable clarity. What she has said should not be taken as the ranting of a frustrated politician. She is living in self-imposed exile in Dubai/London af
- Great expectations (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 17, 2001)
T. C. A. Ramanujam looks at the pre-Budget pulls and pressures on the Finance Minister
- V for VRS victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2001)
From banks to government offices the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) is winning new fans. Its massive success in banks has helped the government and employees in different but positive ways. The government has shed its hesitation in offering a generous
- T-90 tank deal with Russia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2001)
AS expected, Defence Ministry spokesmen are singing a paean to the T-90 tanks which the country is acquiring from Russia at a cost of more than $ 600 million. This fulthroated praise will hopefully camouflage the odour of controversy caused by the allegat
- Benazir’s appeal: a tough job for S.C (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Feb 17, 2001)
When the Pakistan’s Supreme Court begins hearing the appeal filed by Ms Benazir Bhutto on February 26, it will have in its hand a tough job. One of the brother judges who pandered to the wishes of the then Prime Minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif, and sentenced th
- An STF succes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2001)
THE CAPTURE OF Veerappan's aide, the Tamil Nadu Liberation Army (TNLA) chief, Maran, is an extremely significant development for more than one reason. Maran was a key member of Veerappan's gang, took active part in the kidnap of the filmstar, Mr. Rajkumar
- Rising capital-output ratios -- Implications for industrial growth rates (Business Line, P R Brahmananda , Feb 17, 2001)
SOME months ago, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, talked about attaining a 9 per cent growth rate for the economy. The Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has been continuously talking about reaching a steady growth rate of 9 per cent per ann
- Road to Yangon (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 17, 2001)
ON HIS arrival at Yangon on Wednesday, the Foreign Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, (as reported) ``stoutly defended India's credentials on democracy but advocated an all-encompassing `political and economic engagement' with Myanmar keeping the `national inter
- Disaster management in India Time to shed crisis-reactive approach (Tribune, S. Subramanyan , Feb 17, 2001)
The recent earthquake in Gujarat has once again exposed our inability to effectively respond to disasters. In the past also, we were found wanting when calamities like the Bhopal gas tragedy, Bombay bomb blasts, Latur earthquake etc struck. In recorded hi
- Improving ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2001)
While the Vajpayee Government continues to mull over the desirability of opening up to the military dispensation in Pakistan, there is faster movement on the eastern front. New Delhi has made a decisive break from its decades-old neglect of Myanmar, thoug
- Earth quake pressage crisis (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Feb 17, 2001)
Gujarat has just witnessed a catastrophe which is nothing short of a Pralay. A Hindu is more conversant with this World than anyone else. Why and when Pralay visits human beings is a difficult question. Our sacred scriptures do remind us of leading a piou
- Generally flawed line of response (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Feb 17, 2001)
For a reasonable man that he would like to be seen as, General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan says that he is willing to go halfway in the effort to resolve the Kashmir issue. That is to say, and reasonably too, that Prime Minister Vajpayee must tread down
- Not WTO-compatible (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 17, 2001)
THOUGH ALL QUANTITATIVE restrictions (QRs) on fertiliser imports are slated to go from April 1, the Government still continues to grope for a suitable policy response. Unfortunately, even the recommendations, now submitted by the Gokak Committee set up to
- Power reforms, again (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 16, 2001)
THAT MAJOR REFORMS were being planned for the power distribution sector has been known for some time. The Power Minister, Mr Suresh Prabhu's recent exposition on the subject before the Union Cabinet -- based on a policy paper prepared by his Ministry -- g
- Price stability and resilient euro (Business Line, M. B. Mohandas, Feb 16, 2001)
In the recent past, there have been worries worldover among academics, bankers and policy-makers about the sliding euro, especially when it touched an all-time low of 0.83 to the dollar. Since its launch, fears have been aired in the media about the euro'
- ALTERNATE HIGHWAY (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 16, 2001)
It is nice to hear that some preliminaries are in place for construction of alternate highway linking Jammu with Srinagar. Several alternatives have been proposed by the study carried out by Austrian Consultants M/s ILF Consultant Engineers. The high powe
- Spin doctors of Tamil politics (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharna, Feb 16, 2001)
By withdrawing both his ministers from the Union Cabinet and his party's support to the National Democratic Alliance Government in Delhi, the Pattali Makkal Katchi founder, Dr. S. Ramadoss, has fired the first salvo of the Tamil Nadu Assembly electoral ba
- Mammoth exercise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2001)
The colossal exercise of national census, which has just begun in the country, goes beyond a mere headcount of the people living in the country between February 9 and 28. The 14th census, which is part of the decennial series that started in 1871, will pr
- Budget bit by bit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2001)
IT is fine to shed the ultra secrecy about budget-making. Successive Finance Ministers from Mr Pranab Mukherjee onwards have done it by consulting different interest groups and hiking administrative prices weeks before the D-Day. To that extent what Mr Ya
- V-Day vandalism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2001)
IT would be instructive to find out whether the police has taken any action against the Shiv Sainiks in Delhi and Chandigarh for creating public disorder on the occasion of Valentine's Day. They may have indulged in similar acts of vandalism elsewhere als
- A maverick politician forever (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2001)
Mr Subhas Ghising is the most maverick of India’s maverick politicians. He was not known until the late eighties but then his advocacy of violence and his army background gave him the right credentials to the top spot.
- Jehad against jehadis? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 16, 2001)
IT SEEMS too good to be true but Pakistan’s Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has followed up his earlier words of caution for the Islamic fundamentalists in his country with even threats to shoot them if they disobeyed the Government’s dictum. While his
- 'NC supports peace but want an end to killings’ (Daily Excelsior, Excelsior Correspondent, Feb 16, 2001)
JAMMU, Feb 15: Without opposing Prime Minister’s unilateral cease-fire, Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today called for a pro-active approach in dealing with Pakistan-sponsored militants saying that was the only alternative to stop civilians’ killings.
- Repeated extension of ceasefire Consequences of a unilateral decision (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Feb 16, 2001)
The recent killing of Sikhs, the murder of 15 civilians in Salohi village, the attack on a police control room and numerous other actions of Fidayeen since the cessation of the operations against terrorists in J and K have cast doubts on the wisdom in the
- The learning curve (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 16, 2001)
THE LITANY of statistics underlining the challenges facing the country in the field of education and human resource development is indeed staggering. But, despite the efforts of successive Governments to formulate a number of schemes to achieve universali
- World should now wake to face Islamic terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Avinash Shirodkar, Feb 16, 2001)
Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet's testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Intelligence on February 7, amply reflects the tenuous state of affairs in a world increasingly held hostage by fundamentalist terrorist organisatio
- IMPROVING BANGALORE’S TRANSPORT SYSTEM Options and priorities (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2001)
THE rapid growth of the population of Bangalore, currently estimated at about six million, and the even faster growth of economy, coupled with excellent weather and the most hospitable people, have led to a large inflow of technical population and entrepr
- Pakistan’s foreign policy as Musharraf understands it (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Feb 16, 2001)
Gen Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is no foreign policy expert. But on security, he is. That is what he claims. He boasts, he can talk on Pak security for a whole day!
- New Delhi, too, recognised Kashmiri saint’s stature (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Feb 16, 2001)
Whatever the degree of an individual Kashmiri’s faith, the fact remains that the life of most Kashmiris is dominated by the presence of a saint somewhere at the back of his or her mind, whose aid is invoked whenever the uncertainties of life threaten".
- Voting at 18 gave minority Govts (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Feb 16, 2001)
Ever since Rajiv Gandhi made the eighteen-year-old into a voter in the general elections of 1989, there has been no majority Government in Delhi. Are these two facts related?
- Telecom infrastructure -- Biggest bottleneck to media growth (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Feb 16, 2001)
THE dividing line between the print and electronic media is fast disappearing, with newspapers and magazines becoming available on the World Wide Web, and books readable from CD-ROMs. The advantages of a paperless working environment, the difficulties of
- Reaching out to a neighbour (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2001)
CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION is the objective spelt out by the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, as he dedicated this week a new road-link aimed at enhancing friendship between the peoples of India and Myanmar. It requires no smart political erudi
- Budget portents (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS ARE that the Union Budget for 2001-2002 will involve a hefty mobilisation of tax revenue particularly in the sombre background of devastation caused by the Gujarat earthquake. The magnitude of loss of property due to the quake has been ``g
- British vs Indian! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 16, 2001)
MORE and more, people in villages are judging the performance of the government by the access to, and the quality of, basic services they feel they are entitled to get. For them, the primary responsibility of elected representatives at whatever level -- p
- Concern over spate of suicides (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Feb 15, 2001)
The spate of suicides committed by teenaged students of residential colleges of Andhra Pradesh unable to bear the stress of competing and succeeding in studies has set off shock waves in all sections of society. Last Friday, K Suma Reddy, a 16-year old st
- LAX SECURITY (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 15, 2001)
Be it the personal security or any other aspect of security there is definite laxity. It stands duly manifested with the ugly episode of National Conference MP Ali Mohd Naik getting trapped. The bullet-proof car is meaningless. Bullets may not pierce but
- Signals from Majitha (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2001)
THE byelection in the Majitha Assembly constituency in Punjab has virtually become a battle of prestige for both the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the opposition Congress. The SAD leadership has made it a life and death issue. That is the reason wh
- Muddling through Maruti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2001)
THE government wants to get out of Maruti Udyog Limited and, as is its wont, has opted for the most cumbersome and roundabout route. It will first prevail on the Japanese equal equity holder, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), to agree to a rights issue oste
- Tamil leaders turn to God (Tribune, Papri Sriraman, Feb 15, 2001)
CHENNAI: With Assembly elections due in three months, the top rivals in Tamil politics, Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and former Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha of the All-India Anna DMK (AIADMK) are turning to t
- The Self and the other (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Feb 15, 2001)
The Self in its generalised form means aggregation or configuration of soul, mind and body, with different thinkers singling out, or giving priority to, one or the other constituent of selfhood. Plato identified the Self with soul, while Descartes took it
- Food for thought (Tribune, Suchita Malik, Feb 15, 2001)
MOTHERS face a peculiar problem! No, it is not the studies of their children or their unit tests or the generation gap this time. It is not even finding a suitable tutor or the right tuition group for their children. Nor it has anything to do with the chi
- Doubts about review (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 15, 2001)
IRRESPECTIVE OF the subject matter, it has become almost routine for a commission dealing with it to get an extension. In fact, the customary one-year deadline that is initially set is probably something of a bureaucratic norm, which is rarely taken serio
- Working for welfare in South Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Feb 15, 2001)
When the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was set up in 1985 to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia, its leaders pledged to expand economic, scientific, social, cultural and technical cooperation.
- Poaching in Corbett (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2001)
THE report of large-scale poaching of elephants in the high-security Corbett National Park cannot but cause disquiet among the growing tribe of lovers of wildlife. The park officials have thus far failed to nab the team of poachers which is said to have k
- Speed governor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 15, 2001)
In many ways, Maruti Udyog Limited was a test case for the Government's disinvestment policy. It was to set the trend for the "big ticket" reforms that have not been forthcoming so far.
- Citizen actions vital (Deccan Herald, AMAL RAY, Feb 15, 2001)
IT is no news that the government machinery virtually collapsed on the onset of the earthquake in Gujarat and could be moved into action only after much damage had been done. It is no news again that highrise buildings collapsed and their occupants died a
- Elusive remedy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2001)
The commendable feature of the workshop on infrastructure development in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region conducted at Gulbarga on Tuesday is that it has turned the searchlight on the issue of regional imbalance in the development of the State. This is not,
- A new ‘remedy’ for uprooted Kashmiri Pandits (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Feb 15, 2001)
Mr Philip Simpfendorfer, an Australian researcher, has, following his study of Kashmir’s cultural and spiritual heritage, thrown up a new ‘remedy’ for uprooted Kashmiri Pandits. Every Kashmiri family in exile, he has sought to prescribe, should possess tw
- The golden hearts of Jammu & Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Feb 15, 2001)
Says Bullay Shah: "Dushman murian khushi na kariye, sajna wee mur jana" (Let no one rejoice over the death of an enemy as the friends too will die). Thinking of the mothers from whom their sons have been snatched, the children whose bread winners have bee
- Empowering women in agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 15, 2001)
THE WOMEN'S Bill has been put off once more, reflecting once again, not an empathy, but an indifference, albeit bordering on a latent hostility. There has been much talk of empowering women, but, by and large, the thrust has been confined to the endless s
- The Maruti imbroglio (Business Line, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 15, 2001)
EVEN as the BJP-led NDA Government is committed to being completely transparent in the ongoing process of disinvestment of the Centre's equity in various enterprises, the sell-off strategy approved by the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment (CCD) in respec
- Flawed exercise (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 15, 2001)
A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW in the Government's approach to disinvestment in Maruti Udyog is its attempt to mix an investment/financing decision of the firm with that of the principal stakeholder. The two are totally unrelated. If Maruti Udyog needs money for its
- For a Dabhol relief fund? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Feb 15, 2001)
IMAGINE this. You are running a company and sign a long-term contract with a supplier. You guarantee the supplier you will buy at least 90 per cent of everything he produces. In case you fail to buy up to 90 per cent of the supplier's plant capacity then
- The maiden's plunge (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 15, 2001)
The report that a young Malaysian woman survived with only bruises a 1.5-kilometre fall in her maiden sky-diving effort, will not surprise many in India.
- Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 -- Much bluff and bluster? (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Feb 15, 2001)
THE COMPANY law legislation has been cautiously progressive, attempting to carry all interests with it to the extent possible. The Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999 introduced, in the Lok Sabha on December 23, 1999, has been modified to ensure its g
- Business ethics, the oxymoron (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Feb 15, 2001)
AFTER A brief self-introduction, I started addressing the students of `Business Ethics' in a premier institute duly clearing my throat for effect. ``Business and Ethics are two sides of the same coin,'' I declared grandly.
- Tragic Republic (Pioneer, Sumer Kaul, Feb 15, 2001)
The way the survivors of the quake-destroyed towns and villages of Gujarat have begun to rebuild their lives is a heart-warming testimony to the indestructible human spirit.
- Brave bard and nightingale (Pioneer, GK Das, Feb 15, 2001)
The birth centenary of Kuntala Kumari Sabat (1900-1938) passed by, unremembered by the nation.
- Selling the people’s car (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 15, 2001)
A SOMEWHAT half-hearted step has been taken in the process of disinvestment concerning one of the prized possessions of the Government, the Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL).
- Defining a security dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2001)
THE SENSITIVE PROCESS of outlining a substantive framework for the incremental security dialogue between India and China seems to be gathering pace. Positive indeed were the indications at the conclusion of the latest round of such parleys which are still
- Love in the time of choler (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2001)
SHIVA'S SOLDIERS? HARDLY. Just Bal Thackeray's self-styled policemen. The crazed culture cops of the Sena have demonstrated this truism once again. This time the object of their frenzied rage is the celebration on Valentine's Day - which derives its name
- India's communist moment in blind alley (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Feb 15, 2001)
Two years before Partition on August 13, 1945, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote to the leader of the British Communist Party, Rajni Palma Dutt, complaining that "it pains me to see the gulf that has arisen between the Congress and Communists in India". He further e
- Millennial bug (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Feb 15, 2001)
We have now completed the first year of the new millennium. Some contend that the real thing would start in the year 2001.
- SAARC: regional diplomacy Need for new formulations (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 15, 2001)
When the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was set up in 1985 to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia, its leaders pledged to expand economic, scientific, social, cultural and technical cooperation. They also agreed to w
- Taking care of the disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2001)
WHILE THE DECISION of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to make India's historical monuments accessible to the disabled by putting up permanent ramps is very welcome as a highly humanitarian gesture, one could be quite sure that it would never have
- Way of all talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2001)
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) nominated by Ms Sonia Gandhi holds few surprises.
- Open and shut case (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2001)
There is bound to be jubilation at the BJP headquarters following the reprieve granted by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court to the party's top leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
- Old faces (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2001)
The reconstitution of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) by the party president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, on Monday has belied expectations that the party’s highest policy-making body would be given a look and image. Ms Gandhi had a free hand in naming the memb
- The reprieve and what it means (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2001)
THE FIRST THING to note about the judicial reprieve earned by Mr. L.K. Advani, Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Ms. Uma Bharti and some other heavyweights in the Sangh Parivar is that it deals purely with the procedural aspect of the trial. The Allahabad High Cou
- A Laxman rekha he must cross (Pioneer, Kamal Kant Gouri , Feb 14, 2001)
When Mr Bangaru Laxman was lionised as the new "messiah" of the minorities just after he took over as the BJP president, it must have come as a surprise to him, for there was nothing new in what he had said in his presidential address at Nagpur.
- Safe for now (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 14, 2001)
UMA BHARTI may have spoken a little too early when she hailed the latest judicial verdict on the Babri masjid demolition case. Some of the others who are still in the dock have been more circumspect. All that has happened is not that the ‘justice’ of thei
- Casting a shadow on development (Pioneer, C P Bhambhri, Feb 14, 2001)
The political class in a democracy is always responsive to the socially felt needs and aspirations of multiple groups and parties, because organised structures of politics represent diverse and competing interests and the needs of multiple groups in socie
- Indian Muslims : The new awakening (Daily Excelsior, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Feb 14, 2001)
Today, a new class of enlightened Muslims has emerged out of the Babri Masjid imbroglio. Cajoled by the politicians and the communalist tendencies, they had suffered a lot but have come out of it now. Bursting with enthusiasm and a will to challenge the o
- Ayodhya will not go away (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2001)
AYODHYA has come back to haunt the BJP-led alliance government. A seemingly favourable High Court directive has revived the eight-year old controversy, giving the opposition in Parliament much ammunition. The single-Judge Bench has squashed a state govern
- Does it fit the Bill? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 14, 2001)
THERE IS LITTLE doubt that a proper legislative framework is necessary to leverage the potential offered by the convergence of technology in broadcasting, voice and data communication. In the event, the Communication Convergence Bill, recently approved by
- Weighed down by bureaucracy (Deccan Herald, J N SADHU , Feb 14, 2001)
THE Himachal Pradesh Government is today crumbling under the weight of its own bureaucratic set-up, which has expanded many fold over the past two decades. With successive State governments using employment in government and public sector undertakings as
- Attack on Ghising (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2001)
INTERNECINE rivalry between various Gorkha groups in the Darjeeling- Kurseong-Kalimpong region of West Bengal is going to turn even more violent following the murderous attack on Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) Chairman Subhas Ghising on Saturday. T
- Dangers of appeasement (Deccan Herald, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 14, 2001)
It may seem to be a bit of an enigma. Of the National Democratic Alliance partners, the Telugu Desam Party and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for that matter, even the Shiromani Akali Dal have a larger number of members in the Lok Sabha than the Trinamul
- The Gujarat phoenix will fly, government permitting (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Feb 14, 2001)
THE WORLD was stunned at the enormity of the misfortune that struck the state of Gujarat as the death toll climbed beyond the impossible-looking figure of one lakh. Most people started wondering if this was at all true and if they were not living through
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