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Articles 15621 through 15720 of 23072:
- Who Is Winning The War On Terror? (Dawn, Mustafa Malik, Oct 14, 2005)
WAEL Abdul Latif, a Shia member of the Iraq constitutional committee, fears that he may have participated in the disintegration of his country.
- Propagate Gandhi's Views On Hinduism (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Oct 14, 2005)
On Gandhi's birthday (Oct 2), instead of going round the 'Samadhis' and attending prayer meetings ritualistically, . . .
- Rural Love, Urban Life (Hindu, HI. SHI. RAMCHANDRE GOWDA, Oct 14, 2005)
In H.L. Nagegowda's passing away, the world of folk arts has lost one of its most ardent votaries
- Lonely In The Village (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Oct 14, 2005)
No one goes to Chittisingpora,” a frail voice admonished us as we halted to enquire if we were headed in the right direction.
- In Search Of Money, We Lose Peace (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
A bad bargain indeed. We leave our parents to die. We push ourselves to desperation by leaving our home to earn more and more outside.
- Tu Hi Kashi Tu Hi Kaaba (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 14, 2005)
India is a mystic land which has given birth to a number of spiritual luminaries amongst whom Sai Baba of Shirdi shines like a dazzling pole stat.
- Mishandling The North-East (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Oct 14, 2005)
MOST of our policy-makers have little sense of history and even less of geography. Otherwise, the North-East of the country would not languish in a state of neglect.
- Kashmir – A Conference Center (Greater Kashmir, MEHRAJU DIN BHAT, Oct 14, 2005)
Let’s make Kashmir a conference center and see how it helps in boosting our local economy, suggests
MEHRAJU DIN BHAT
- Iran's Heritage Deserves Respect (Hindu, Martin Woollacott , Oct 14, 2005)
As the protests and demonstrations that led to the fall of the Shah swelled in 1978, Western reporters travelled to Iran to cover each new outbreak.
- Animal Sacrifice At Its Peak In Orissa (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Oct 14, 2005)
Thousands of innocent animals have been brutally killed in the name of sacrifice during the Dussehra festival in Orissa despite protests from animal protection groups and animal rights activists.
- Indians Help Pak Rebuild Bunker (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik, Oct 14, 2005)
India soldiers scripted a unique tale of camaraderie when they helped their Pakistani counterparts rebuild a quake-hit bunker.
- Where Is The Indian Public Intellectual? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Oct 14, 2005)
The writer William Dalrymple created a stir with his claim two months ago that “since 1997 there has been no new galaxy of (literary) stars emerging to match the stature of those of the 1980s and ‘90s”.
- A Moment For A Statesman (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 14, 2005)
There were teasing kneejerk offers of Indian help as soon as the unspeakable human tragedy unfolded in Muzaffarabad and its environs.
- Ten Lakh People Witness Jamboo Savari In Mysore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Chief Minister Dharam Singh flagged off the procession and hoped that Goddess Chamundeshwari would bring prosperity to the people of Karnataka.
- Colourful `Jamboo Savari' Brings The Curtains Down On Dasara Celebrations (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Oct 14, 2005)
Caparisoned elephants, 20 tableaux from various districts enthral 15-lakh-strong crowd
70 teams take part in procession
Tableaux spread socially relevant messages
Cannons drawn by bullocks evoke interest
- Changing View From Reer Window (Business Line, Mangesh Soman, Oct 14, 2005)
FOREX market participants have often looked at the real effective exchange rate (REER) as the anchor around which the Reserve Bank of India maintains rupee's value.
- A Day For Kalam To Translate His Vision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
e-governance portal launched
e-learning centre uses animation to teach mathematics, science
e-governance portal connects various Rashtrapati Bhavan departments
The Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya will be linked to the Rashtrapati Bhavan
- Bird Flu At Europe's Borders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
The detection of H5N1 bird flu among poultry in Turkey means that the most-feared strain of avian influenza is now at Europe's borders after erupting in Asia and Siberia.
- Don't Place All Your Bets On One Quarter Alone (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 14, 2005)
On October 12, Infosys posted a net profit of Rs 606 crore for Q2, short for the second quarter that ended on September 2005. The profit was 36 per cent more than what was achieved in last year's Q2, and beat street expectations, reported the media.
- Democracy Is A Pathetic Belief In The Collective Wisdom Of Individual Ignorance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2005)
TO BETTER understand why you need a PC, or personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life, says Dave Barry.
- Bridging The Turkey-Eu Divide (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Oct 13, 2005)
THE accession talks for Turkish membership to the EU that began last Monday have a significance that goes far beyond the borders of Europe.
- An Equation With Israel? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
CONTRARY to general belief, contact between Pakistan and Israel goes back to the years soon after independence. Pakistan is an important member of the OIC.
- The New Economics Of Ecological Capital (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 13, 2005)
Here Is a conundrum, courtesy of Merv Wilkinson, one of Canada's oldest and wisest foresters. In 1938, he bought a few hectares of forest on Vancouver Island which, he reckoned, contained about 100,000 board feet of timber. Once every 10 years, he would h
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- Wake Of An Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Singh Slathia, Oct 13, 2005)
The earth's surface consists of several plates, known as tectonic plates. The boundaries of these plates are known as fault lines.
- Booker Prize: A Wrong Choice In A List Of Delights (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
The Man Booker judges have made possibly the worst, certainly the most perverse, and perhaps the most indefensible choice in the 36-year history of the contest.
- Bjp Groping In The Dark (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 13, 2005)
PRIMA facie, the Congress and the BJP today can be said to represent the core of a two-party system, the Holy Grail of Indian politics.
- Storm Over The Man Booker Prize (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
The history of the Booker Prize is full of bad choices.
- Mysore Caparisoned For Rendezvous With History (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Oct 13, 2005)
There is festive atmosphere all over the city, with lakhs of tourists rushing to the City of Palaces to witness the grand march beginning at 12:30 pm.
- Pakistan Will Not Forget (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Oct 13, 2005)
The Scale of the disaster has traumatised the entire country — or perhaps not quite.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 13, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department. In an interview, Mr. Mulford spoke about the nuclear deal and related issues.
- Kashmiris Must See That We Care (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 13, 2005)
There needs to be a civil society response to match that of the government for the earthquake affected in Kashmir.
- Nobel Peace Prize For Iaea Chief ‘A Rebuff To Us’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 12, 2005)
The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for Mohamed ElBaradei, who has a history of locking horns with Washington, could be interpreted as a slap in the face for the Bush administration.
- Ia Hikes Fares By 10 Per Cent (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
Following the footsteps of the private airlines, the public sector Indian Airlines also announced a 10 per cent hike in its domestic fares today as a result of steep hike in international prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in the recent months.
- Getting Lost In Puja (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Oct 12, 2005)
I still recall the time my daughter got lost in Kolkata seventeen years ago during Durga puja
- A Historic Festival (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Oct 12, 2005)
The spirit of Dasara grips Mysore with the promise of joy and prosperity for the people.
- Restore Tele Links (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The governments of India and Pakistan won widespread acclaim by announcing several confidence building measures (CBMs) during the past two years
- Anti-Majoritarian, Pro-Globalisation (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
IN 2001, Madhu Purnima Kishwar, an activist and academic, published in Manushi, a periodical from New Delhi, two articles, one dealing with the working conditions of rickshaw-pullers in the capital and the other about street vendors whom she had made a fi
- Indian Communism During The Raj (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
EVERY political party has to face up to the difficult task of writing its own history
- Interview: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
The naxalite problem in West Bengal, though not as serious as it is in Orissa and Jharkhand, is still a matter of concern for the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government in the State.
- Surprising U.S. Economy (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 12, 2005)
Despite a high level of current account deficit and external vulnerability, the U.S. economy seems to go from strength to strength. What exactly is going on?
- The Naxalite Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 12, 2005)
Left extremists have regrouped under the one-year-old Communist Party of India (Maoist) and expanded their area of operation. The state is planning a crackdown, but success may not come easily.
- Buying Obsolescence (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Inder Gujral once complained that the developing world was forced to buy obsolescent weaponry from the developed world. It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the US proposal to sell India a warship that was commissioned i
- Legends On Fire (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The news that the Pahalgam Club on the bank of the picturesque Liddar has been gutted in a mysterious fire is extremely disappointing.
- Slow Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2005)
Change within the changeless is an intriguing spectacle. To some extent, this is what Durga Puja in Bengal has been displaying in the last few years.
- Pm Assures All Help To Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said humanitarian considerations would be given precedence over political considerations when dealing with the earthquake.
- Done A Lot, Want To Do A Lot More (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The tourism sector in the state is once again abuzz with the activities of revival as the inflow of domestic and foreign tourists to the state has witnessed a surge over the years.
- Lifelines, Borderlines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2005)
The trauma of the communities hit by the October 8 earthquake is immeasurable and unending. This tragedy that has hit Pakistan and India - nations united by geography and divided by history - reminds us of a common humanity and common sense of grief and l
- New Horizons (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The relaxation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) has given time to the leadership of "Azad" Kashmir, as the Pakistan-occupied territory is locally known, to think of developing tourism in a big way.
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Turkey-Eu Deadlock-Ii (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
It has been mentioned that, Turkey needs to make huge efforts to meet the stringent requirements for EU membership, including absorbing the 80,000-page EU rulebook into its domestic law.
- Pioneering Research Into Quality Of Light (Deccan Herald, Guy Gugliotta, Oct 11, 2005)
Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in physics for pioneering research in the behaviour of light and its use in creating measuring techniques accurate enough to build clocks of unprecedented precision and to probe the structure of atoms.
- Goddess & Her Shakthi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
While her motherly qualities are extolled across the nation, Goddess Shakti is special to Karnataka, where she's worshipped in different forms, says Vatsala Iyengar.
- A Name Synonymous With The Flute (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
The haunting call of the flute hits straight at the heart, but despite its religious, folk and romantic associations it was only in the 1940s that the brilliant Pannalal Ghosh, a disciple of Allaudin Khan, gave it a status worthy of Hindustani classical m
- Religious History (Hindu, R. Gopalakrishnan, Oct 11, 2005)
MARAIMALAI ADIKAL is known for his scholarship and erudition in Tamil, Sanskrit and English languages.
- Humane Philosopher (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Oct 11, 2005)
MUCH HAS been written about Sri Narayana Guru in recent years but very little that throws new light on his life or provides new insight about his teachings.
- Facing Natural Disasters (Hindu, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS ARE always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people.
- Musharraf’S Appeal Evokes World Response (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
PRESIDENT Gen Pervez Musharraf’s appeal for medicines, tents, cargo helicopters and funds to overcome the worst earthquake disaster of Pakistan’s
- Daunting Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
THE death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake still remains a guess, given the inaccessibility of the towns and villages in the mountainous areas rocked by the convulsion.
- Unsafe Blood Practices (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
THE closure of 15 blood banks in Sindh by the provincial health authorities is yet another warning to errant units to discontinue the unlawful and dangerous practice of storing unscreened and expired blood, or else face the consequences.
- A Disaster To Remember (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS are always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people. So I had stood on the sea wall in Galle, watching kids fly kites, a few months before the tsunami engulfed the south of Sri Lanka.
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- A New World For The Mother Of An Asian Boy (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Five days after her boy was born the London bombs went off. Being the mother of an Asian boy had suddenly become a much more complex matter.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Bangladesh's Proxy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
With just a few weeks left for the SAARC summit in Dhaka, Indo-Bangladesh ties touched a new low on September 29 when Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Major General Jahangir Alam Choudhury, alleged that the August 17 multiple explosions in his
- Prize And Paradox (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is a supreme irony that the world’s greatest prize for peace, founded by the inventor of dynamite and funded by his wealth, should finally go to an organisation dedicated to cap the proliferation of explosives.
- Are We Prepared? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
Was it not quite thoughtful on the part of several residents of Pacca Danga to come out of their homes and sleep on a raised platform inside the Mubarak Mandi complex on a highly tense Saturday night? Having survived the century's severest earthquake
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- Saving The Dying From Suffering (Deccan Herald, Jackie Ashley , Oct 11, 2005)
The Lords debate on assisted dying gives Britons a long-overdue opportunity to end unnecessary suffering
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Tackling Adversity Together (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
Keeping humanitarian considerations above everything else, India has offered all kinds of help to Pakistan to cope with the devastation caused by the most severe earthquake in its history.
- Why Is Lalu Good For Indian Railways? (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Every Diwali, when Shankar, a 52-year-old Mumbai resident, prepares for his 26-hour travel to his native place near Chennai, he never forgets to pack chilli-power coated idlis into two tiffin boxes, along with stainless steel plates and spoons.
- Need To Ease Pressure On Tiger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is now over 30 years since Project Tiger was launched.
- Change: Difficult Though, Possible Nevertheless (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 11, 2005)
The book under review is a departure from the run of the mill academic endeavors that have reduced the real message of religion to story telling and platitudes.
- Reluctant Voters, Fragmented Votes (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 10, 2005)
Do the results of the Assembly elections held in February hold pointers to how Bihar will vote this time?
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
- Market Upheaval (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Market regulator, Securities Exchange Board of India, has come a long way since the scam of nineties and none can deny the fact that it is in a better position to handle the upheavals in the market. Unfortunately market manipulators seem to be a step ahea
- The Water Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
PAKISTAN faces a serious water problem, the gravity and nature of which the government has apparently failed to understand. Islamabad’s inability — or unwillingness — to base its approach on authentic facts and figures on the ground and the propensity to
- An Improvement On The Past (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 10, 2005)
IN most civilized countries, the issuance of a passport to a citizen is regarded as a fundamental right.
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