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Articles 15421 through 15520 of 23072:
- Beyond This Moment Of Self-Discovery (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Oct 21, 2005)
Humanity, after all, is not dead. The way ordinary citizens have volunteered their time and resources to support the country’s largest-ever relief operation in parts of the quake-stricken Frontier and Azad Kashmir leaves one with courage and confidence.
- Nature’S Fury, Man’S Villainy (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 21, 2005)
IN the midst of the grave tragedy of the South Asian earthquake it is once again becoming clear that human contribution to aggravating a natural calamity can be shocking beyond words.
- The Columbus Debate (Dawn, Sam Wineburg, Oct 21, 2005)
These days, a good word about Christopher Columbus is about as rare as an insult was 100 years ago.
- Regimen For Self-Restraint (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 21, 2005)
Ramazan is the month of fasting. The process is apparently strict; you may call it rigorous. Not a drop of water or a grain of food should be allowed to pass down the throat from early dawn until sunset.
- Economic Impact Of The Disaster (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Oct 21, 2005)
In a fleeting moment of nature’s anger, lives and properties worth billions were wiped out on October 8.
- Bold Initiative Towards Indo-Us Partnership (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 21, 2005)
US Undersecretary Nicholas Burns is to have discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today to discuss the implementation schedule for mutual commitments under the civil nuclear agreement.
- Stepped Up Security For Sri Lankan Contestants (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Oct 21, 2005)
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has ordered stepped-up security for the two main candidates in the November 17 presidential poll — Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- The Void In Mumbai’S Heart (Indian Express, MILIND DEORA, Oct 21, 2005)
The Bombay High Court’s recent judgment on Mumbai’s mill lands has sparked off a serious debate on how Mumbai should be developed.
- Narayana Murthy Resigns As Chairman Of Bial (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Decision follows remarks by JD(S) President H.D. Deve Gowda
Mr. Deve Gowda and Mr. Dharam Singh could have spoken to me
There was no effort to find out my role in BIAL and what has been done
- Stepping Late (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2005)
The state rarely reaches out to those living on the margins. No wonder that the Assam government failed to prevent the ethnic carnage in Karbi Anglong district.
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 21, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister
- Maharaja Gulab Singh-Character Profile (Daily Excelsior, Major (retd) Dr Brahma Singh, Oct 21, 2005)
History has, evidently, been unfair to Maharaja Gulab Singh. He has generally been projected as an ''over-grown'' feudatory of the Lahore kingdom, who, taking a rather mean advantage of the confusion that followed the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was a
- Black Monday Revisited (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 21, 2005)
The 1987 stock market crash was not followed by any Depression, as in 1929. That the market recovered quickly was attributed to the assurance of the Federal Reserve that it would stand by for any rescue act in case the payment mechanism broke down.
- The Difference Between India And Pakistan (Rediff on the Net, VIJAY DANDAPANI, Oct 20, 2005)
If India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry.
- If India Had Abstained... (Indian Express, Subrahmanyam, Oct 20, 2005)
It is amazing to see the tons of newsprint devoted to the Iran issue in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this country without any focus on the real issue.
- India--A Medical Tourism Hub (Daily Excelsior, Pallabh Bhattacharya, Oct 20, 2005)
Serving the sick could be big business. That is motto of medical tourism which recently came into spotlight with the Government deciding to set up a task force to come out with steps to turn India as a major health care destination.
- Saddam Remains Defiant As Trial Begins In Baghdad (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Saddam Hussein tried to make a mockery of the special Iraqi court prosecuting him on Wednesday,
- The Rise And Fall Of A Nation Called Muslims -Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 20, 2005)
They once witnessed a period of great glory and grandeur. History had an ugly turn and it was all different.
- An Exercise In Futility (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
No wonder, the debate among the Congress, the Akali Dal and other political parties over terrorism degenerated into an inane blame game. The whole idea of discussing “roots and causes of terrorism” was an exercise in futility which would not have served a
- Favouring The Goddess (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
My NRI cousin from New York, Dilip, is a natural born American citizen.
- Great Leap Forward China’S Moment In History (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
China entered a moment in history with another spectacular achievement — the successful return of Shenzhou 6, its manned space mission.
- After The Verdict By Subroto Roy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
The last and only time a Head of State of India “resigned” was when Edward VIII (uncle of the present Queen of England) abdicated in 1936 because he wished to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, and the British Government under Stanley Ba
- A Bold Proposal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 20, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has just offered to open the Line of Control in Kashmir to let people from across the LoC help their stricken brethren in Azad Kashmir. India has welcomed the offer.
- Challenge Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 20, 2005)
The search and rescue phase in the worst earthquake disaster that ravaged Azad Kashmir and the NWFP is almost over 12 days after the disaster struck the doomed area.
- Managing Long-Term Recovery (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 20, 2005)
What are the long-term consequences of natural disasters? John Stuart Mill, the great 19th century English economist and philosopher and the author of a classic work on economics, made some prescient observations on the long-term effects of natural disast
- Pandemic Preparedness (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 20, 2005)
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta announced last week that they had reconstructed the genetic code of the flu virus that killed at least 50 million people in 1918.
- Health Problems For Children (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 20, 2005)
Relief bodies in the quake-hit zone of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP are voicing concern over the deteriorating health situation in the area and its impact on children,
- We Have Too Many People Watching The Pot! (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 20, 2005)
TO WAKE a wolf is as bad as to smell a fox, says Falstaff to Lord Chief-Justice, in King Henry IV, part II. And Hamlet may philosophise, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." But what happened in Refco's case is as bad . . .
- Phone Link With Pok Established (Hindu, Luv Puri , Oct 20, 2005)
Kashmiris call up kin across LoC
- Bill To Monitor Religious Propaganda In Textbooks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Ministry accepts CABE suggestion to form National Textbook Council
CABE will double up as a forum where complaints regarding textbooks can be registered
Penal provisions being considered
- Prevailing Myths About Maths (Deccan Herald, Jagdish R Malhotra, Oct 20, 2005)
Age-old elitist prejudices against maths have made it appear unattainable to many and frustrating to others
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 20, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister — have in a moment of humanitarian crisis? . . .
- J&k’S Ugly Reminder (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Nothing can keep terrorists at bay
- Retreat To The Silent Resort (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Oct 19, 2005)
A stay at Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resorts is not just about getting your oil massage but also soaking in some much-needed peace and quiet
- If India Had Abstained... (Indian Express, Subrahmanyam, Oct 19, 2005)
It is amazing to see the tons of newsprint devoted to the Iran issue in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this country without any focus on the real issue.
- Iraqis Indifferent To Trial Of Saddam Hussein (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Oct 19, 2005)
Sunnis see the prosecution by "kangaroo court" as a Shia stratagem
- Government Plans Grand Monument At Kizhoor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Village was the venue for historic referendum in 1954
- J&k’S Ugly Reminder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2005)
The assassination of J&K’s minister of education, Ghulam Nabi Lone, on Tuesday morning has caused widespread revulsion
- Dogmatic Versions Of Faith (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 19, 2005)
A few days ago, a letter to the editor in this newspaper, from a correspondent in Colorado Springs, wanted to know whether all those Muslims who had suggested that hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a manifestation of divine wrath against the United States,
- Kalam's Vision For Developing Goa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Forty-minute presentation done with the help of a laptop
- Pakistan’S Image Problem (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Oct 19, 2005)
Another year has gone by in our country’s chequered history as an independent state.
- The Task Before New Nazim (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2005)
Each of the new nazims, sworn in on Monday, faces a daunting task of putting their cities in order,
- Building The Region (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2005)
During his meetings with the Haryana and Punjab Chief Ministers in Chandigarh on Monday, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani made two promises: to set up a special economic zone in Haryana and start a fruit and vegetable export project in Punjab.
- Samuel Beckett Shadow On Awards (Tribune, TIM RUTTEN, Oct 19, 2005)
If you believe that quality and integrity trump novelty and celebrity, then it was a bang-up week for literary awards.
- Mitrokhin Papers: Ambika Soni Defends Congress (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Oct 19, 2005)
The controversy over Christopher Andrews’ recently released book titled “Mitrokhin Archive 11” refuses to go away. The Mitrokhin papers reveals how the KGB’s first prolonged contact with Indira Gandhi occurred way back in 1953.
- A Poor Picture (Tribune, J.L. Gupta, Oct 19, 2005)
My father’s friend was a good painter. Long back, he had painted a life-size portrait of Sardar Patel. The childhood memories of the painting are still vivid. The Sardar looked serious, stern and straight.
- Baglihar: The Points At Issue (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Oct 19, 2005)
The specific points of difference relate to the design of the Project, the extent of pondage, and the placement of the spillway gates and the water intake.
- Distant Neighbours (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 19, 2005)
Sufferings efface identities. I thought something like that would happen when the earthquake struck Islamabad and both sides of Kashmir, causing more death and destruction in the areas under Pakistan’s control than in India.
- The Larger Gameplan (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Oct 19, 2005)
Despite the potential of her anti-Salim stand, Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to earn long-term dividends from it, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Ignoble Gesture (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 19, 2005)
Joint relief efforts cannot change the realities of Indo-Pak relations
- A Question Of Ethics (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Nobody likes to see a congressman indicted for criminal conspiracy. So all of us in Washington were bereft when Tom Delay was charged with an alleged scheme to funnel illegal corporate campaign funds to Texas Republicans running for the . . .
- The Economics Of Disasters (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 18, 2005)
The northern areas of Pakistan and the adjoining areas of Kashmir under Indian control were ravaged by an earthquake on the morning of October 8.
- Some Misjudgments (Dawn, Mahdi Masud, Oct 18, 2005)
In one of his most radical pronouncements on the Iraq war, President Bush declared at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington on October 5 that Muslim militants were battling to “establish a radical Islamic empire extending from Spain to Indone
- Time Has Come (Greater Kashmir, ABDUL WASAY, Oct 18, 2005)
Earlier we had heard about such tragedies hitting the defiant people, now it has happened practically with us. Still is the time to mend ways and pray that God’s bounty comes our way. Let’s hope we are saved from His fury in the future
- An Unlikely Pair (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Oct 18, 2005)
Opening of retail trade to foreign investors could lead to loss of millions of jobs over a period of time
- Identity And Acculturation (Hindu, Pratibha Bhattacharya, Oct 18, 2005)
An interesting book bringing forth the issues of ethnic assimilation
- Path-Breaking Novel (Hindu, B.S.R. Krishna, Oct 18, 2005)
Kannada Original, U. R. Anantha Murthy. Rendered into Telugu by Sishtia Lakshmipathi Sastry; Sahitya Akademi, Southern Regional Office, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560001. Rs. 85.
- Waking Up Late (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2005)
It has happened many times in the past. The administration makes tall claims about its preparedness to meet any eventuality, which are duly highlighted in the media, but when it comes to the crunch, it is found wanting.
- Us Official To Be India To Talk Nuclear Deal, Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
India and the US are likely to finalise finer details of implementing the civil nuclear energy deal during the visit of US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns later this week.
- Diversity In Agriculture Key To Food Security’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Owing to increase in population, a day may come when lack of food will become cause for concern. Agricultural diversity may well hold the answer.
- India And Pak Must Pursue Peace (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Oct 18, 2005)
The results of two days talks in Islamabad during October 3-4 was summed up by India's Foreign Minister Natwar Singh thus : ''On some issues there can be no hurry.
- Huangpu And Hooghly (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Oct 18, 2005)
Why does Calcutta hesitate to become like Noida and Gurgaon while Shanghai dares Paris and New York? asks Sumit Mitra
- Acknowledging Muslim Contribution - Ii (Greater Kashmir, DR. MINHAJ QIDWAI, Oct 18, 2005)
Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei an Egyptian Muslim can be a role Model for all those who want to contribute towards peace and prosperity in the modern world
- Myth Of Historical Right (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Oct 18, 2005)
Following the meeting between Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart, Silvan Shalom, in Istanbul on September 1, and President Pervez Musharraf’s speech to the American Jewish Congress in New York on September 17,
- New Access (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2005)
The symbolic force of laws may sometimes be more meaningful than their presence.
- Terrorism On The Rise (Tribune, Jagmohan , Oct 18, 2005)
In connection with the Kashmir imbroglio, the most serious issue which deserves to be attended to on top priority is not the withdrawal of Indian troops from two districts of the valley
- Rising Death Toll Of Deadly Quake (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 18, 2005)
Federal Relief Commissioner Maj Gen Farooq Ahmed has said that death toll in the killer earthquake has risen to 39,422 with 65,000 persons suffering injuries.
- Air Deccan Launches In-Flight Shopping (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Air Deccan and AVA Merchandising of Delhi on Monday launched India’s ever first in-flight shopping scheme under the banner “Brand for Less” to sell items for home, office and personal use at the lowest rates.
- Voting Starts In Bihar (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Thousands of policemen, backed by helicopters, patrolled the lawless state of Bihar on Tuesday as voting began in a state poll that will decide the fortunes of a key member of the Congress Party-led federal coalition.
- Left Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2005)
Should the UPA be celebrating the return of the Left to the coordination committee? Or should it now give up any attempts at proposing economic reforms and prepare, instead, to tailor all its policy initiatives
- The Old Villa And America (Hindu, Prensa Latina, Oct 18, 2005)
U.S. blockade hinders restoration of Hemingway home
- India-Us Science & Tech Agreement Will Benefit Both: Sibal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
The India-US Science and Technology Umbrella Agreement will benefit both countries, and take relations between the two nations to a new level, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has said.
- China, S. Korea Protest Koizumi's Shrine Visit (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 18, 2005)
Beijing conveys objection to Japanese envoy
- Iran: It's Surrender To The U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Ensure distance between party, government does not grow: Anil Biswas
- A Royal Trip (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Deccan Odyssey, the super luxury train that runs only between October and April, is back in action for 2005. This year, the train will take tourists on a seven-day journey through Mumbai, Ganapatipule, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Tarkali, Sawantwadi, Goa. . .
- A Fire-And-Ice Trip (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Climbing the Kilimanjaro isn't easy. But Sarath C.R., who scaled the peak recently, says it is a matchless experience
- Contemporary Islamic Law (Hindu, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Oct 18, 2005)
Fyzee's contribution by way of consolidation and restatement of the law through cases is a major step forward in an otherwise dicey situation of orthodoxy, prejudice, inequality and fear
- The Killer Wave And Its Aftermath (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 18, 2005)
First person account of the tsunami from the time this journalist was shocked out of his holiday in Sri Lanka
- Vibrant District (Hindu, R. A. Padmanabhan, Oct 18, 2005)
NIMIRA VAIKKUM NELLAI: K. S. Radha Krishnan; Bharati Putthaka Nilayam, 2, Kuyavar St, Chennai-600015. Rs. 75.
- Cbms For India-Japan Trade Ties (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Oct 18, 2005)
Sans clear contours of a comprehensive partnership, India and Japan need to explore all avenues to build a profound economic and strategic alliance.
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