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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 23072:
- Kashmir: A New Perspective (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jun 27, 2005)
Despite the unfortunate controversy between New Delhi and Islamabad regarding the travel of Hurriyat leaders beyond Azad Kashmir, the two-week visit of the nine-member Hurriyat delegation has been a positive development for the resolution of the Kashmir..
- Shining A Light On Turkish-Japanese Ties (Japan Times, HIROAKI SATO, Jun 27, 2005)
Selcuk Esenbel was in town. For many years now a professor of history at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Selcuk was, when I met her more than 30 years ago, studying Japanese history at Columbia University
- Perceptions That Defy Amity (Japan Times, KIROKU HANAI, Jun 27, 2005)
On a recent Korea Air flight from Narita to Inchon, South Korea, I was surprised when they showed images of air routes on the in-flight video system. The Tok-do islets in the Sea of Japan,
- Us Determined To Stay The Course (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 27, 2005)
Americans have started seeing in the Iraqi sands a “quagmire” but Bush is determined to carry on regardless
- Justice For The Poor (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 27, 2005)
The worst thing about the current state of affairs in this country is not that things are really bad, which of course they are, but that there doesn’t appear to be any possibility of improvement.
- Growing Discord In Europe (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 26, 2005)
The recent ill-fated European Union summit will probably be remembered as one of the worst in the bloc’s history.
- Issues Of Identity (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jun 26, 2005)
I have been reading a volume, entitled, “The Final Settlement,” prepared by a think-tank in Mumbai, called “Strategic Insight Group.”
- A Thorn In The Flesh For Students, Parents (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 26, 2005)
History repeats from time to time. Common window system based on the second year PUC results for admission to professional courses was followed till the early 1980s,
- Curbing Antiquities’ Smuggling (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The seizure on Thursday of Dubai-bound antiquities worth Rs 700 million by the customs at Karachi port points to the long prevailing problem of historical relics being smuggled out of the country.
- Moving Ahead (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2005)
The Sheikh Rashid Ahmed affair has been characterized by rather juvenile behaviour on both sides of the border.
- Justice Above Prejudice (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 26, 2005)
The current world perception is that it is General Musharraf at one end and fundamentalists at the other who dominate the community life in Pakistan to the exclusion of law and reason.
- Return Of The Bayalaatas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
G S Bhat traces the spurt and decline of the free-show troupes, or Bayalaatas in Yakshagana through the years.
- Representations Of India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Various voices reveal encounters that mostly hang on the common thread of western cliche that surrounds India.
- A Trek To Heaven... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Percy Fernandez writes about the phenomenal beauty of the Kedarnath sanctuary in the monsoons. Its sanctum sanctorum has a miniature of the Kedarnath peak. Priests say that it was this miniature that led to the building of the temple.
- Reality' Rape (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 26, 2005)
`The conviction rate for rapes is appalling, just four per cent. The blame lies largely with shoddy investigation and collection of evidence.'
- Borrowing To Fund Welfare Schemes To Continue: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Congress Government will not hesitate to borrow any amount to implement the welfare schemes for the poor and farmers to honour the priorities it has set for the growth of Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said here on Saturda
- Reverberations Of The Midnight Knock (Deccan Herald, Inder Malhotra, Jun 26, 2005)
In my biography of Indira Gandhi (Hodder & Stoughton, 1989), I had described the Emergency she had clamped down in the mid-1970s as her worst blunder, indeed “cardinal sin”.
- `English Must Be Taught From First Standard In Govt. Schools' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Seminar opposes depriving children of the poor of the opportunity
- Temple Of The Future (Indian Express, K N Arun, Jun 26, 2005)
Just imagine: some 30,000 pilgrims waiting for hours on end and finally jostling with each other for that momentary glimpse of the Lord of the Seven Hills
- A Programme For Parliamentary Interns (Hindu, Vijayashri Sripati , Jun 26, 2005)
The Canadian system can be run by a respectable non-government agency free from partisan politics
- Drug Trafficking Tough In India: Dcp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The narcotic substance that was seized from passengers in UAE who went via India was 1.5 kgs while the seizure of the same in India from passengers travelling from UAE was 30 kgs last year,
- Nda Steps Up Offensive Against Upa Over Bihar Assembly Dissolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Mr Arun Jaitley accused the Congress-RJD-Paswan alliance of being responsible for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
- Wakf Board Defers Verdict On Taj To July 13 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The petitioner who claimed that Taj Mahal was a Wakf property, accused the board of delaying tactics on the matter.
- Gom To Study Changes In Immoral Traffic Act (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 26, 2005)
A group of ministers (GoM) has been asked to study the proposed amendments to the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1986. The Tourism Ministry is said to have opposed the changes saying these would adversely affect tourism.
- Percussion Marvels (Hindu, G.S. PAUL , Jun 26, 2005)
Percussive rhythms are a crucial part of life in Kerala.
- The Beginning Of Empathy? (Japan Times, BRAD GLOSSERMAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Honolulu - The strains in the Japan-South Korea relationship are far too deep-rooted for any single summit meeting to assuage.
- Gandhi’S Bad Faith (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Gandhi returned to Indian politics in 1915. While trying to understand his politics, we should bear in mind that he was forty-six years old and had been an NRI for nearly a quarter of a century.
- Clio And The State (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2005)
The relationship between the state and the writing of history has always been difficult and fraught with contradictions.
- Advani A Nationalist Leader, Says Naqvi (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jun 26, 2005)
June has been an eventful month for the BJP. It had to tackle the “Jinnah Ghost” following its president L.K. Advani’s remarks in Pakistan.
- Aligarh Memories (Hindu, K.M. Devarajan , Jun 26, 2005)
IN THE midst of the recent brouhaha over the reservation policy of the Aligarh Muslim University, many seem to have forgotten the role the university has played in the history of this nation, particularly in the development of education of Muslims.
- Sheikh Rashid Deprived Of Visit To Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
India has refused permission to Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to visit occupied Kashmir by the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar peace bus, an Indian External Affairs Ministry announcement in New Delhi said.
- Older Than Us, Still Going Strong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Usha Kris discovers the Narasimha Jayanthi, which has been celebrated every year for the past 364 years at Tanjavur.
- Master Of Miniature (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Artist Vijay Hagaragundgi steadfastly pursues traditional miniature painting in the near-extinct Surapura style, discovers Giridhar Khasnis.
- Pak Trust To Spend Rs 12 Cr On Hindu, Sikh Holy Sites (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
A Pakistan-based trust will spend Rs 12 crore for the beautification of the holy places of Hindu and Sikh communities in the country.
- After The Launch, It’S A Climb To The Crescendo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The new generations of the music gharanas are ready to take over the mantle. But while striving to live up to their respective father’s name, the Gen Y gurus face the daunting task of giving classical music it’s rightful space in the world of pop and remi
- Walk On The Wild Side (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Bannerghatta National Park's main attraction is the animal rescue work.
- The Speaking Tree: Birth And Death Are Only Constructs In The Mind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 25, 2005)
Early one morning, a little bird was sitting on the branch of a tree, singing sweetly its song. Suddenly it fell silent.
- Moments That Matter (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2005)
IN a memorable 1980 episode of Yes Minister, the wily mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby explains to hapless minister Jim Hacker that the purpose of British foreign policy for the past 500 years has been to create a disunited Europe.
- Where Hurriyat Tripped Up (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
There must have been a communication gap between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his minister of state Prithvi Raj Chouhan.
- Healing Wounds Through Farm Research (Dawn, William D. Dar, Jun 25, 2005)
The Healing Wounds initiative aims to help mitigate present-day human suffering caused by disasters. It also generates cutting edge information and knowledge to help reduce human suffering from future calamities.
- Politics Of Budgeting (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Jun 25, 2005)
The budget is a political document. It determines how much money will be taken out of whose pockets and how much of that money will be put into whose pockets.
- Glaring Omission In A Commission Case (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 25, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a Allahabad High Court ruling on the tax treatment of illegal payments in the course of business
- Amu Reservation, A Good Step (Indian Express, S.M. FAIZAN AHMED AND SANJAY SUMAN , Jun 25, 2005)
The issue of reservations for Muslims at Aligarh Muslim University worries many.
- Refusing Rashid (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 25, 2005)
With independent Pakistanis corroborating the charges, the case against him appears convincing
- Emergency’S Reality Czech (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 25, 2005)
A second trip to Prague provokes a second thought on Emergency: why do we forget the strangling of our economic freedom?
- Ready For Take-Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 25, 2005)
The process of commercial leasing of the Delhi and Mumbai airports has gathered momentum with the go-ahead from the Centre’s Group of Ministers (GoM) on Thursday.
- Layers Of History (Japan Times, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jun 25, 2005)
The histories of Indian cities are contained in the names of their streets and squares.
- Eu: Clash Of Fundamentals (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 25, 2005)
The European Union is dead. Long live the European Union." To enthusiasts of the Union of Europe, nothing could be more welcome at this point of time than this slogan,
- Eu Lessons For East Asian Regionalism (Japan Times, ERIC TEO CHU CHEOW, Jun 25, 2005)
Recent referendums in both France and Netherlands dealt a blow to European integration as voters overwhelming rejected the proposed EU Constitution 55-45 percent and 64-37 per- cent, respectively. Nine countries, including Germany, Spain and Italy, . . .
- No Easy Fix For Reapportionment Wrongs (Japan Times, BOB KEEFE, Jun 25, 2005)
Among the issues that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will take to a special referendum election next fall is that of reapportionment. Specifically,
- Helping Africa To Help Itself (Japan Times, KAZUO OGOURA, Jun 25, 2005)
Systemic risks are factors that threaten not only individual countries themselves but also the whole global system.
- Comprehensive Step (Dawn, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2005)
The Union Cabinet’s decision to introduce in Parliament a bill to protect women from domestic violence is a welcome step.
- Door Wide Open For Resolving Korean Nuclear Issue (Japan Times, JAMES A. KELLY, Jun 24, 2005)
There is no country in Asia, indeed in the world, that behaves like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- Life On Other Planets (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Jun 24, 2005)
Last Week, astronomers announced that they had made a giant breakthrough by finding something small.
- Scientists Take On Science Media (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 24, 2005)
Sensationalim and "headline-grabbing" are more the stuff of tabloids but now an internationally respected academic journal is facing allegations of "scare-mongering" and "desperate headline-seeking"
- Where Caste Oppression Mocks The Constitution (Hindu, D. Raja, Jun 24, 2005)
In several villages of Tamil Nadu, the dominant castes have continuously mocked the Constitution by refusing to allow Dalits to become panchayat presidents, and have got away with it.
- That Long Night Of Knives (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2005)
When India’s democratic structure was shaken to its roots
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- Jinnah : A Victim Of Hatred? (Tribune, Harjinder Singh Tangri, Jun 24, 2005)
How long shall we continue dubbing Mohammad Ali Jinnah a villain of the story of struggle for freedom with the contempt he doesn’t deserve? We Indians and Pakistanis are very poor students of history.
- Pitfalls Of Brand Marketing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 24, 2005)
THE DECISION OF India's largest sugar mill, Balrampur Chini, to retreat from marketing branded consumer packs is a valuable case-study in two different and significant ways.
- Tweaking The Line On Pakistan (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jun 24, 2005)
The UPA-NDA exchanges on the dialogue process with Pakistan are no sudden eruption.
- A Word Called Freedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2005)
The Indian Express did not appear on June 26, the day India awoke to unfreedom and the Emergency.
- Changing The Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
GUANTANAMO Bay is getting a lot of attention lately. Some of it isn’t necessarily good. The Bush administration is now in high gear trying to change the public perception of the prison
- The Scourge Of Africa (Hindu, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jun 24, 2005)
There is a pain in the belly of Africa that just will not go away. It is gnawing at our development goals and undermining our economies.
- Moving Towards Closer Integration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2005)
The sixth session of the Sri Lanka-India Joint Commission, held in Colombo recently, has taken the bilateral relationship to an enhanced level — well on the way to closer integration of the two countries and economies.
- Implications Of Aphc Leaders’ Visit (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Jun 24, 2005)
THE two-week long visit of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Delegation to Azad Kashmir and Pakistan
- Africa's Debt Deal: Not Out Of The Blue (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jun 24, 2005)
Africa is the flavour of 2005, described as a "make or break year" for the continent on which the UN, G-8 and international financial institutions are all focussed because it is where poverty is more intractable than in other parts of the developing world
- A Lot Of Huffing And Puffing (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jun 23, 2005)
The ban on smoking in films is India’s misguided way of telling the world how serious it is about combating cancer, writes Sumanta Sen
- Open Eyes And Minds (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2005)
The more the BJP averts a debate, the more difficult will it be to recover ground
- Reforming The Un (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
A High-Level plenary meeting, scheduled to be held in New York from September 14 to 16, 2005,
- The Leader Article: Cast For A New Coalition: In Up, Mayawati Aims For Dalit-Brahmin Alliance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
Icons define identity politics. Each political movement creates its own icons. They represent the ideology of the movement.
- Indira Gandhi As Parivar Heroine (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2005)
K.S. Sudarshan's praise of Indira Gandhi at a recent function in Lucknow is yet another command centre barb aimed at the Bharatiya Janata Party's supposedly week-kneed leadership.
- The Railway Children (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Jun 23, 2005)
If the little jharu has become a symbol of how the railway children work for their life and mobility,
- Two Major Initiatives Of Pervaiz (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 23, 2005)
JUNE 21, 2005 would go into annals of the Punjab history as golden day. Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi took two major initiatives on the day with far-reaching impact on the overall socio-economic conditions of the people of the province.
- A Win-Win Deal (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2005)
The comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore will mark a watershed in ties between the two countries because of the novelty surrounding the exercise.
- Developing Ideas On Development (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jun 23, 2005)
Good governance and sound policy reforms will not be enough if the growth rate is to go up and expand employment.
- Fuzziness On The Fringe (Business Line, R. Anand, Jun 23, 2005)
R Anand on the Guidance Note on FBT accounting
- Visit Of Discord (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2005)
Soon after the visit of Hurriyat leaders to Pakistan, we had commented in these columns that the development was highly irregular and undesirable.
- Switching Places (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
L K Advani's image has traditionally been a hardline one while A B Vajpayee has been the moderate face of the BJP,
- Learn To Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
The census figures indicate that 17 per cent of India's graduates are jobless. If employment is defined as productive work, this figure goes up to 40 per cent
- Middle: Making Peace With History (Times of India, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Jun 23, 2005)
The controversy generated by L K Advani in Pakistan still rages. However, Advani's statements were not meant to certify M A Jinnah's politics or build a new image. They signified an earnest attempt to strengthen the peace process.
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