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Articles 22521 through 22620 of 23072:
- Divali Gift (Tribune, Anurag, Dec 17, 2001)
“I would accept a gift if it is reasonable, if it is big I would not. One needs to look at the practice of giving Divali gifts from the Indian cultural perspective rather than saying in general that receiving of gifts by government servants is corruption.
- General Aurora Recalls ’71 War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2001)
The military hero of the 1971 war that resulted in freedom for Bangladesh has said the “turning point” came after Indian troops crossed the Meghna river even though the Pakistanis had blown up a strategic bridge.
- A Matter Of Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001)
BY CALLING FOR a focus on the human rights of the weaker sections, the President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, has made a timely intervention in the country's social discourse.
- Needed A Truth Commission (Indian Express, Harpal Singh, Dec 17, 2001)
Justice delayed is justice denied. By this yardstick, the miscarriage of justice has already occurred for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage in the wake of Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh body guards.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- The Demarche And Stark Choices (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001)
THE DASTARDLY ATTACK on the Parliament House and the venomous challenge from the terrorists understandably has compelled New Delhi to deliver a demarche to Pakistan about those who are suspected to have masterminded the evil plot.
- December 13 And After (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 17, 2001)
EVEN WHILE lauding the remarkable reflexes and the bravery of the security personnel who prevented the terrorists from gaining access to the sanctum sanctorum of the Parliament House on December 13.
- Understanding Indian Muslims (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Dec 17, 2001)
Cultural heritage and political aspirations of a community are as much a factor in influencing its behaviour as its theological beliefs.
- Afghanistan: Third Time Lucky? (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Dec 17, 2001)
It has been often said that Afghanistan has been ruined by tribal rivalries, ethnic antagonisms, and clash of egos between irresponsible regional warlords.
- It Is Diplomacy Season (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
India, quite naturally, is mightily elated by what is travelling by air from across the western border.
- Rarewala: A Punjabi-Loving Gentleman-Aristocrat (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Dec 16, 2001)
Gian Singh Rarewala has left a lasting impression on the region. Soft-spoken and suave, his was a multi-faceted personality.
- There Is No One Loyalty (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 16, 2001)
If we refuse to learn from the happenings around us today, it would be a miracle if we did not have to pay a high price for it tomorrow.
- History As Told By Non-Historians (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2001)
For too long, the illusion of a `debate' between evenly matched sides has been maintained...
- Reading Messages From The Past (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 16, 2001)
December 6 has become a standing reminder of many things. One is that we, as a nation, are yet to agree about what happened to us over the period before the British arrived;
- History As Told By Non-Historians (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2001)
For too long, the illusion of a `debate' between evenly matched sides has been maintained...
- Good Time Ends Badly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
Bad tidings for those who have made freebies their mainstay. Now that Jagmohan is here in the tourism department, he is likely to give bureaucrats a very hard time.
- It’s Perversion, Not Policy (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Dec 16, 2001)
A recent edition of the riveting programme, The Big Fight, on the Star News television channel was a revealing experience. The subject was the communalisation of education.
- A Poet Without A Post Office (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 16, 2001)
There are several wisps of stories floating around poet Agha Shahid Ali. But one of the most famous — and one of the most endearing — is the one about a little encounter at a Barcelona airport.
- Naga Talks Need New Address: India (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, Dec 16, 2001)
The recent meeting between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN I-M) at a hotel in Osaka, Japan.
- Saving History From Distortion (Tribune, Satish K. Kapoor , Dec 16, 2001)
Whatever the praxis of historical interpretation, the prime facts of history remain incontrovertible. None, for example, would dispute that Kalachuris were known as Haihayas;
- Reading Messages From The Past (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 16, 2001)
December 6 has become a standing reminder of many things. One is that we, as a nation, are yet to agree about what happened to us over the period before the British arrived;
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 16, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Jinnah’s Role In Partition Of India: A Reappraisal (Tribune, P.K. Ravindranath, Dec 16, 2001)
While conventional wisdom and perceived understanding of history has it that almost all the principal actors on the political stage, except Mahatma Gandhi.
- Full Frontal (Pioneer, Onkar Chopra , Dec 16, 2001)
You must go to the school today and tell our son's teacher to let him sit on the front seat.
- Lashing A Vicious Tongue (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
Some time ago I wrote about a discovery I made: a new Indian novelist of unusual talent named Anita Rao Badami. I read her second novel The Hero’s Walk which impressed me profoundly.
- Parliament Re-Dedicates Itself To Fighting Terror (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 15, 2001)
THE day after the appalling event at the temple of the world's largest democracy, Parliament was distinctly solemn.
- Soppy Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 15, 2001)
IF THE FINANCE Ministry has its way, the tax incentives on small savings a principal source of parking of surpluses for small investors, should be on their way out, come next fiscal. But that would be unfortunate. On two counts mainly.
- Selective Cleansing Won't Do (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE DISMISSAL OF Mr. Amarmani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Trade Tax and Institutional Finance, may well be held out as evidence of the BJP's value-based politics.
- When Blood Speaks To Blood (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 15, 2001)
The observation is attributed to Plato that the study of man is far more interesting than the study of physical objects, as man, knowing full well that doing something is bad, still does it.
- Sectarian Outfits Cash In On Rival Fronts’ Blame-Game On Kerala Violence (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Dec 15, 2001)
The sectarian violence rocking Kerala since December 6, the ninth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
- Diversity Concerns In Higher Education (Hindu, S. Srinivasa Rao, Dec 15, 2001)
The current crisis in higher education is not purely a problem of lack of resources, it is equally importantly, if not more, of content and attitudes.
- Crisis Of Civilization (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
The spectre of violence now haunts the globe. The terrorist attack on Parliament House on Thursday demonstrates that the phantasm is a terrifying reality.
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Sezs: Hubs Of Economic Activity? (Business Line, Alice George, Dec 15, 2001)
SPECIAL Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced by the EXIM Policy 2000, may not have the desired economic results in terms of increased foreign exchange earnings and foreign investments if the fundamental issues and systemic bottlenecks are not resolved.
- Tamil Nadu Plans To Make Tourism ‘A Spiritual Experience’ (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Dec 15, 2001)
Tamil Nadu is right now in the green room, dressing up to entice the world to its enduring heritage and enchanting beauty.
- Intermediational Cost Rations In Psbs -- Reduction, An Important Objective (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 15, 2001)
THE ratio of operating expenses to a bank's assets may be treated as a measure of the ratio of intermediational costs.
- Motivating ’Em For Self-Policing (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 15, 2001)
Three years ago on my return to the Delhi Police after an experience of prison management, I was posted as Joint Commissioner of Police (Training).
- ‘Pm Has Lost The Grip’ (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 15, 2001)
On a dark, wintry Delhi evening last week I went to meet Ram Jethmalani. With chaos in Parliament over Kargil coffins and POTO and with the political atmosphere in this very political city polluted with whispers.
- The Nation On Bended Knee (Indian Express, K. K. Khullar, Dec 15, 2001)
THE history of independent India shows that our democracy has produced the largest number of democratically-elected mini, as well as maxi, dictators.
- Selective Cleansing Won't Do (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE DISMISSAL OF Mr. Amarmani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Trade Tax and Institutional Finance, may well be held out as evidence of the BJP's value-based politics.
- Diversity Concerns In Higher Education (Hindu, S. Srinivasa Rao, Dec 15, 2001)
The current crisis in higher education is not purely a problem of lack of resources, it is equally importantly, if not more, of content and attitudes.
- A Challenge To Strategic `Order' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, seems poised to notify Russia of his intention to end his country's adherence to the bilateral Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972.
- The Nizam's Jewels (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Dec 14, 2001)
AT times the present - Afghanistan, Osama, Kargil corruption scams - becomes too much for us to absorb.
- Never Mind The Wicket, India Inc. Needs To Take The Bat And Score Runs (The Financial Express, Veeshal Bakshi, Dec 14, 2001)
For a nation which used sheer determination, will power and optimism as the most effective weapons to win its Independence, the depth of pessimism today, especially in Indian industry, over the future of the country is quite shocking.
- A Challenge To Strategic `Order' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, seems poised to notify Russia of his intention to end his country's adherence to the bilateral Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972.
- Self-Help, Rail Style (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 14, 2001)
INDIAN Railways, faced with an acute resources crunch.
- Beyond The Uneasy Afghan Setting (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 14, 2001)
IN the face of growing violent tendencies, intolerance and conflicts, the collapse of the Taliban regime, symbolically speaking, is a landmark development in the history of human civilisation.
- A Neighbour In Danger (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 14, 2001)
It is six months since Nepal suffered the trauma of regicide. The king, Gyanendra, is still to stabilize his authority and credibility.
- Criminals In Legislatures? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2001)
IT has often been alleged that criminals have joined the ranks of politicians, defiling the holy precincts of legislatures.
- Righteous Rajnath (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2001)
At another moment, in another context, it might have been an act of political propriety, even courage, no questions asked.
- Crisis Of Confidence In World Aviation (Business Line, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Dec 14, 2001)
FOR THOSE who want a quick disinvestment of Air India (AI) and Indian Airlines (IA), the information in the Table should come as a surprise.
- Banking On Better Service And Product Innovation (Business Line, P. P. Pathrose, Dec 14, 2001)
THE complexion of the banking sector has changed dramatically in terms of products and services in a market where the customer has more options than ever before.
- Queen, King And Executioner (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 14, 2001)
RAMADAN, the ninth month of the Islamic year, is in progress. It is a holy month that is observed with fasting from dawn to sunset.
- ‘Service Is The Rent We Pay’ (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Dec 13, 2001)
THE institution nominated for this year’s Rotary India award has a century-long history of aiding empowerment of women.
- Larger Gender Picture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Supreme Court's expression of displeasure at the indifference of most states in the matter of enforcing the anti-sex test directive is understandable.
- Flex-Ible Manoeuvres (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2001)
There was a time when the Vajpayee government talked loudly about zero tolerance of corruption.
- A Boost For Economic Governance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT judgment upholding the Government's disinvestment in BALCO sends out several salutary messages.
- Casteless Society And The India Of Our Dreams (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 13, 2001)
The architects of the Indian Republic hoped that, as secular ethos took roots, democratic institutions spread and a secular-scientific outlook consolidated itself, the Indian society would outgrow the evil of caste system.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- Coffingate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2001)
The last word on the Kargil war has not been said.
- Strengthen Indo-Japan Co-Operation In The Agro-Rural Sector (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 13, 2001)
Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s recent visit to Japan indicates a warming up of relations between the two countries. There is a need to carry this relationship forward for mutual economic and diplomatic gains.
- Kabul, Colombo, Kathmandu And Dhaka (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 13, 2001)
OVERWHELMING concentration on Afghanistan may be understandable, given the profound significance and consequences of September 11, but it is not the wisest policy for India.
- Time For Golden Opportunities (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 13, 2001)
In the midst of this gloom and doom about the economy and lack of reforms, the national highway development project seems to be progressing well.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- Casteless Society And The India Of Our Dreams (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 13, 2001)
The architects of the Indian Republic hoped that, as secular ethos took roots, democratic institutions spread and a secular-scientific outlook consolidated itself, the Indian society would outgrow the evil of caste system.
- Worldwide Trade In Women (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 13, 2001)
TRAFFICKING in women generates a whopping revenue of $ 5-7 billion a year, and women are trafficked for a variety of reasons, including prostitution.
- Roots Of Recession (Business Line, S. Goswami, Dec 13, 2001)
THE anthrax scare and the Afghan war aside, the main worry is of the world slipping deeper into a recession.
- A Boost For Economic Governance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT judgment upholding the Government's disinvestment in BALCO sends out several salutary messages.
- Arafat, The Great Survivor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
Mr Yasser Arafat has roamed the world for decades wearing a trademark black-and-white headdress shaped in the map of Palestine with one ambition in mind — to establish an independent state for his people.
- The Myth Of Brotherhood (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
This Ramzan is different from the previous ones. Probably the celebration of Id-ul Fitr, a few days from now, will be equally muted.
- The End Of Wisdom, Not History (Indian Express, Ratna Rajiah, Dec 12, 2001)
I Don't think they really need to worry about what’s in those history textbooks. As long as history lessons are as excruciatingly boring as they are, no child remembers very much of them anyway.
- End Of Judicial Activism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2001)
In a landmark judgement the Supreme Court has shrunk its jurisdiction to decide only on constitutional and statutory issues.
- Strike The Proper Balance (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Dec 12, 2001)
As Afghanistan starts its reconstruction from its very own Ground Zero, there is much it could learn from the experience of India.
- Dividing The Booty (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 12, 2001)
Amidst the euphoria over Hamid Karzai’s Himachal connections and the visits by the interior and foreign ministers-designate, Yunis Qanuni and Abdullah Abdullah, to New Delhi, Indians have overlooked one major development in Afghanistan:
- ‘Jinnah’s Solution For Muslims Was A Disaster, Nehru And Patel Lacked Foresight’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s book The Man Who Divided India:An Insight into Jinnah’s Leadership and its Aftermath (see box) has come in for sharp criticism in Pakistan.
- No Takers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Rather paradoxically, the Tatas dropping out of the Air India bid is good news for the government.
- Afghanistan: A Cauldron - Ii (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 12, 2001)
India must now be in the vanguard of international efforts for relief and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- Panjsher Tradition Continues (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 12, 2001)
KABUL, DEC. 11. In the new interim government which is set to assume authority on December 22, the influence of the ``Panjsheris'' or leaders belonging to the Panjsher valley is perceptible.
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