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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Hurt Sentiments And Moral Policing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 16, 2007)
Hurt sentiment in India has become a cynical euphemism for moral policing and vigilantism. The recent incidents in Gujarat relating to Chandramohan, a fine arts student of Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, highlight this.
- Art Attack (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 16, 2007)
Till now the assault on the autonomy of universities was a metaphorical and ideological one, engaged in by politicians and educational bureaucrats of both rightist and leftist hue.
- An Attack On Cultural Freedom: Mumbaikars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
A cross-section of Mumbai's citizens gathered on the steps of the Jehangir Art Gallery on Monday to protest against the attack on cultural and academic freedom in Vadodara.
- The Colour Of Intolerance (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
Forget the (unresolvable) debate about what is obscene and what isn’t for a moment. Also hold on to all that intricate talk of putting things — works of art or otherwise — in the right context. Chandramohan, an art student from Maharaja . . . .
- ‘Obscene’ Artist Freed As Outcry Gets Louder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
The Maharaj Sayajirao University student arrested for putting up allegedly obscene paintings was released today, but the art fraternity kept up the heat.
- Indian Student Arrested For Offensive Painting Freed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
An Indian fine arts student who spent four days in jail after being charged with offending religious sentiments for painting nude Hindu gods and a Christian crucifix was granted bail Monday, police said.
- Upsetting The Apple Cart (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 14, 2007)
The Congress and the BJP need to introspect on what went wrong for them in the UP assembly polls and how Mayawati, the latest star on the country’s political horizon, eroded their vote base.
- Painting The Art World Red (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
The outrageous arrest of Chandramohan, a final-year fine arts student at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, on May 9, has confirmed that the only right that is taken seriously in India today is the right to take offence.
- Beyond Winners And Losers In U.P. (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 12, 2007)
The verdict will need to be understood in the larger context. The Uttar Pradesh voter has introduced a new element of clarity and unambiguity.
- Maya Gets Majority, Others A Lesson (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
Crushing the lotus under its foot, toppling the cycle by the wayside, and spurning the gratuitous offer of a helping hand, Mayawati's blue elephant danced its way to a spectacular victory on Friday - giving not just the first clear electoral verdict . . .
- Mayawati Storms To Power In Up (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
Crushing the lotus under its foot, toppling the cycle by the wayside, and spurning the gratuitous offer of a helping hand, Mayawati's blue elephant danced its way to a spectacular victory on Friday - giving not just the first clear electoral verdict . . .
- First Majority Govt In Up In 14 Yrs, Bjp Gets Minority Status (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, May 12, 2007)
Crushing the lotus under its foot, toppling the cycle by the wayside, and spurning the gratuitous offer of a helping hand, Mayawati’s blue elephant danced its way to a spectacular victory today — giving not just the first clear electoral . . . .
- Bjp Defeat Cheers Left (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
There was a stunning silence at the BJP's central office here as the UP Assembly election results decimated the saffron party.
- Bjp Stunned Over Up Poll Results (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
There was a stunning silence at the BJP's central office here as the UP Assembly election results decimated the saffron party.
- Blame The Police, Not The Messenger (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2007)
By failing to act decisively against the Hindu chauvinist organisations which are targeting Christian priests and missionaries in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and elsewhere, the police are only increasing the likelihood of copycat attacks.
- Ram Setu Issue Creates Ruckus (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
The controversy surrounding Sethusamudram canal project rocked Parliament for the second consecutive day, with Opposition BJP reiterating that it would not allow destruction of the historic Ram Setu.
- Bjp’S Bridge Of Political Hopes (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, May 05, 2007)
If the Rs 2,400 crore Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project proved to be the DMK’s political mascot in the last Lok Sabha polls, then for the BJP, desperately trying to revive its flagging fortunes, the project has spawned another ‘Ram’ issue.
- The Missing Fair Side (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, May 04, 2007)
The solution lies in the nation’s collective success in surmounting the challenge of the people becoming cynics.
- Method In Cop Madness (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, May 03, 2007)
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s top cops today posted armed police at the gates to their headquarters and shut themselves out from the public they are meant to serve, but officers in a special cell were sifting through files, scrutinising more . .
- Caution: Danger Ahead (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Apr 30, 2007)
The unravelling of a human trafficking ring engaged in illicit immigration abroad, featuring some MPs and rouge travel agents, is another shocking reminder of the rot that most political parties have so assiduously cultivated to undermine the Indian . . .
- Praful Bidwai: (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Apr 28, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to browbeat the Election Commission and its critics on the anti-Muslim CD issue.
- Unwelcome Coalitions (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 28, 2007)
The cash-for-questions scam and exposures of UP MLAs engaged in narcotics peddling are chilling.
- Babu Bhai Katara Sent To 10-Day Police Custody (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2007)
A Delhi court today remanded suspended BJP MP Babu Bhai Katara in police custody for 10 days and the woman travelling with him on his wife’s passport to four-day police custody. The Juvenile Justice Board sent the child travelling with them to . . .
- Probe Activities Of Communal Outfits: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2007)
Brinda Karat's appeal to Centre
Investigate their sources of funding too
Proliferation of such groups has grave implications
- Congress, Left Attack Bjp Over Katara (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2007)
The BJP today hit out at the Congress for raising a question mark on its moral character in the wake of a failed attempt by party MP from Dahod, Mr Babubhai Katara, to smuggle a woman out of India to Canada using his wife’s passport.
- Katara's Human Cargo (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 20, 2007)
The issue of smuggling migrants out evokes familiar images — pictures of desperate people concealed in trucks or cramped in small boats.
- Babubhai Katara Also Faces Poll-Related Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2007)
Charges include booth capturing and voting at two places
- Where The Mirrors Do Not Open Out Windows (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 20, 2007)
Sudhir Kakar has been, for a while, one of the most definitive voices in all matters Indian. His seminal studies on Indian sexuality were preceded by an insight into childhood and society in India.
- Let Law Rule (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Apr 20, 2007)
It is a very sad commentary on Parliament and a nation when its elected representatives are caught subverting and not protecting the law. BJP MP Babubhai Katara from Gujarat, who is also a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, is a case in point and . . .
- Ram Sethu Issue: Vhp Serves Ultimatum To Centre (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2007)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Thursdsay threatened to launch a nation-wide agitation if the Centre did not change before May 13 the current alignment for the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project which would destroy the Ram Sethu or Adams Bridge in the . ..
- Bjp Mp Held, Was Using Family Passports For Human Smuggling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2007)
BJP MP from Gujarat, Babubhai Katara, 50, was arrested today from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, minutes before he was to board a Toronto-bound Air-India flight along with a woman and a teenager.
- Bjp Mp Caught In ‘Wrong’ Company (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2007)
In a development causing severe embarrassment to the BJP, a party MP from Gujarat, Mr Babubhai Katara, was today arrested at the international airport here while he was allegedly trying to take along a woman and a teenage boy to Canada on the . . . .
- Human Trafficker-Mp Held (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2007)
A BJP MP from Gujarat was today arrested at the international airport here along with a woman and her son, who were trying to go to Canada on the passports of his wife and son, officials said.
- Rahul's War Cry (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Apr 19, 2007)
Why is Pakistan's defeat in 1971 being linked to the emotions of UP's Muslims? They can vote against the Congress if they wish. But surely the reason cannot be that a Congress Government won a war that dismembered Pakistan 36 years ago?
- Stern Action (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 18, 2007)
The acts of extremism that Hindu right-wing groups have been unleashing on the public over the past week call for stern action. Diktats have been issued and mobs have gone on rampage in the name of defending Hindu values and Indian culture.
- Surat Love Story: Vhp Looks For ‘Hidden’ Muslims (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2007)
The VHP is tracking down Muslim workers living in the city under assumed Hindu names.
- Muscling In (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2007)
The more India changes, the more it remains the same. Days after the media expounded on the changing face of the country by highlighting the increase in inter-community marriages — and, in the course of it, extolling young people’s newly-acquired . . .
- Parivar Girl Uma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 16, 2007)
Uma Bharati is the kind of mercurial political leader who can behave like an outsider even when she is inside a party and as an insider when she happens to be out of it.
- Khurana Quits Uma's Party (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2007)
Angry with Bhartiya Jan Shakti Chief Uma Bharti for withdrawing all her party candidates from the UP Assembly elections following an appeal by VHP and BJP against a split in Hindu votes,
- After Vhp, Uma Backs Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
What appears to be a quid-pro-quo between the BJP high command and former Madhya Pradesh chief Minister Uma Bharti, she today announced the withdrawal of Bharatiya Janshakti Party candidates from the UP Assembly polls.
- Cd Row: Ec Seeks Status Report On Firs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
What appears to be a quid-pro-quo between the BJP high command and former Madhya Pradesh chief Minister Uma Bharti, she today announced the withdrawal of Bharatiya Janshakti Party candidates from the UP Assembly polls.
- Uma Gives Bjp Right Of Way (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
Uma Bharti today announced that she would withdraw all her party’s candidates from the Uttar Pradesh elections to prevent a split in the BJP’s votes.
- Leave The Mother Alone (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 14, 2007)
A friend from Sri Lanka recently visited Bangalore, and not unexpectedly was in a mood of dark depression.
- Boost For Bjp As Uma Withdraws From Up Poll (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
In a boost to the prospects of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, its estranged fiery sanyasin Uma Bharati on Friday announced withdrawal of her party's candidates from the pray.
- Uma Pulls Out Her Men For The Sake Of The Parivar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
The BJP’s most famous rebel, Uma Bharati, today decided to withdraw all her party candidates in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh elections.
- Cheap Charges (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 11, 2007)
It is regrettable that Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala should have used his visit to New Delhi for the SAARC Summit to lodge complaints against "Hindu organisations" for fanning the Madhesi agitation in his country's southern districts.
- The Closing Of The Indian Mind (Indian Express, Harsh Sethi , Apr 05, 2007)
Alongside the horror of what seems to have transpired in Nandigram, though verifiable details are still awaited, is the deep disappointment with the attempt of some prominent Left intellectuals to ‘rationalise’ and contextually locate the actions . . .
- Centre Helps Save The Day For Azad (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Mar 31, 2007)
The uncertainty over the continuation of Ghulam Nabi Azad-led coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir is over with the Centre setting up three panels to deliberate on the issue of reduction of troops in Kashmir. Meanwhile, tomorrow's meeting of . . .
- Nuclear Surrender (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2007)
In an ‘exclusive’ article headlined ‘Manmohan stealthily works India’s nuclear surrender’, Organiser’s foreign policy expert M.D. Nalapat accuses the UPA government of capitulating to American pressure on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Inconvenient Truths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 28, 2007)
In Uttar Pradesh, the masjid-mandir issue, it is evident, continues to be the central theme of secular and communal politics alike. Sixteen years after the demolition of Babri Masjid by Sangh kar sevaks, there is no going back on the issue.
- No Merit In Plea To Transfer Advani Trial: Apex Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
Petitioner, an intervener, has no connection with any crime
Facts do not warrant interference with earlier order
Court upheld U.P. notification
- Verdict Today On Plea To Shift Advani Trial (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2007)
Petition seeks review of order allowing trial in Rae Bareli
CBI filed composite charge sheet against all the accused
In November 2002 apex court upheld U.P. notification
- Shilanyas Was Not Communal: Congress (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
The Congress party on Tuesday said that the performance of "shilanyas (foundation stone-laying ceremony)" at Ayodhya during the tenure of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was "not a communal act" and defended the opening of the locks of the structure.
- If A Gandhi Was Active, Babri Wouldn’T Have Fallen: Rahul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
Raising the pitch in the run-up to the UP Assembly polls, Rahul Gandhi today said that had anyone from the Gandhi family been active in 1992, the Babri Masjid demolition would have never taken place.
- Deconstructing Hindutva (Frontline, Ram Punyani, Mar 15, 2007)
A well-researched study of the politics of Hindutva.
- A System Against Dalits (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Mar 14, 2007)
Bibipur is a metaphor. Locally it is a symbol of unrelieved Dalit suffering in Haryana. Nationally it is about the staggering insensitivity of the state machinery to a community grievously wronged by history.
- Nepal Opens Hydel Power Gates For India (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Mar 08, 2007)
Nepal is ready to offer around 2000 mw of small and medium hydel power projects to Indian companies to develop. Power from these projects would be sold to trading companies that would then sell power to utilities in India.
- Praful Bidwai: Mulayam's Real Achilles' Heel (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Mar 06, 2007)
The Mulayam Singh government's record is poor and increasingly communally compromised. But Article 356 is not the remedy.
- Interview: Mulayam Singh Yadav (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 06, 2007)
Mulayam Singh Yadav's wrestling skills are often recalled by Samajwadi Party (S.P.) activists when he and the party face political crises.
- Modi Ignores Anniversary Of Godhra,angers Vhp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
After riding high on the Hindutva rath, the Gujarat BJP and chief minister Narendra Modi, who had earlier used the Sabarmati Express killings to whip up communal passions in the state, completely ignored the fifth anniversary of the horrific . . .
- Five Years After Godhra And The Pogrom (Hindu, DIONNE BUNSHA, Feb 28, 2007)
There is no violence but the atmosphere of fear and prejudice still prevails. Gujarat is a society divided — where minorities are segregated and face social and economic boycotts. Muslims have been pushed into ghettos.
- 2002: Hindus Die In Train Fire (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2007)
The fire happened as the Sabarmati Express, bound for Ahmedabad, was pulling out of Godhra station in the western state of Gujarat at approximately 0630 today.
- Samjhauta Blasts: Terrorists Get It Wrong (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 25, 2007)
The spate of terror attacks on public transport struck again with the blasts on the Samjhauta Express that has killed 67 and injured many.
- Thus Spake Golwalkar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 22, 2007)
The year-long birth centenary celebrations of the second RSS sarsanghchalak M.S. Golwalkar concluded on February 18 this year. This week’s issue of Organiser gives detailed round-ups on how the year was observed through innumerable meetings and . . .
- Bharat Rashtra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 15, 2007)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad may believe that it is executing a historic paradigm shift. But there is an inevitability about its resolution at the World Hindu Convention at Ardhkumbh in Allahabad calling for throwing open the temple doors to all — even . . .
- Despite Protests, It's Roses All The Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
Shiv Sena, VHP, Bajrang Dal burn cards on Valentine's Day
- Sc Sets Benchmark, Disqualifies 13 Party-Hopping Mlas In Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
In a ruling which may not impact the stability of the Mulayam Singh government in Uttar Pradesh but sets a new benchmark in judging party-hopping in coalition politics, the Supreme Court today disqualified 13 MLAs who broke away from the BSP to . . .
- Vhp To Create 5-Cr Hindu Votebank To Seize Power (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2007)
The three-day World Hindu Conference had a political ending. A clarion call to build at least five-crore Hindu vote bank to seize political power was made on the concluding day of the meet on Tuesday.
- Politics Or Politicking? (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 09, 2007)
One of Indira Gandhi’s most enduring but disagreeable contributions to public life lay in obliterating the distinction between politics and politicking. In 1969, she sacked Morarji Desai, her main rival in the Congress, and then proceeded to . . .
- Christopher And His Kind (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Feb 08, 2007)
For an Indian, one of the most instructive things about the response of the West to 9/11 is how swiftly large sections of its liberal establishment circled their wagons against Muslims.
- Bjp’S Future (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 07, 2007)
The NDA’s showing in the Maharashtra civic polls is a shot in the arm for the BJP. But the euphoria is misplaced. Last week when BJP President Rajnath Singh reshuffled his secretaries it attracted media speculation.
- Bangalore: Stoking Up Hatred (Dawn, PARVATHI MENON, Feb 01, 2007)
The recent incidents in Bangalore expose the hollowness of the Janata Dal government's claims of principled adherence to secularism.
- The Reshuffle In The Bjp And The Message (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 31, 2007)
The move is a clear signal that no leader, howsoever powerful, is above the party.
- In Quest Of Love And Its Varied Forms (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 28, 2007)
Nomination of her controversial film, Water, for Oscar is a rare honour for Canada-based Indian filmmaker, Deepa Mehta.
- Where’S The Opposition? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 25, 2007)
The findings of the HT-CNN-IBN poll must be the sum of all the BJP’s fears. With general elections just two years away, the party seems a shadow of its former self.
- Anti-Conversion Law Mooted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2007)
A demand for a law against conversions and an appeal to Hindus to work at bringing back those who have already left their fold figured prominently at Viraat Hindu Samajothsavas ...
- People Told To Refrain From Practising Untouchability (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2007)
Leaders of mutts call for fight against conversion, terrorism
Political parties criticised for pro-minority policies
Centre urged to implement uniform civil code
- B'lore Tensed After Communal Clashes (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2007)
A day after police firing sparked by communal clashes left one person dead and several injured, tension simmered in Bangalore on Monday.
- Temple Entry A Sastric Right (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jan 09, 2007)
There is no taint of untouchability, says Atri, when a person is touched by an untouchable in a temple, during religious processions, sacrifices, festivals, and marriages (verse 249).
- The Die Is Caste (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 03, 2007)
A consensus on caste that achieves Hindu consolidation is essential for saving our civilisation, says Prafull Goradia.
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