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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 4401:
- Behind The Election Outcomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
A NUMBER OF explanations have been offered for the emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent round of State Assembly elections, in which the result in Delhi has been the only consolation for the Congress. However, the detailed ...
- Time To Consolidate Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 10, 2003)
In diplomacy, process is often the product. Engagement between adversarial governments is generally seen as a mere instrument to achieve certain outcomes. But the interaction between them is a reward in itself. It allows small steps of cooperation ...
- Cast Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
Ironies abound in Indian politics, and the permutations and combinations that win or lose votes comprise some of the most striking ones. Rajasthan’s chief minister is a woman, for the first time in the state’s history. Projected as a Jat by the Bharatiya
- The Great Indian Vote Trick (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 07, 2003)
My most interesting day was the day after the counting — more than the day of the voting or the day of the counting. I have read the tortuous explanations offered by analysts and columnists on the results of the elections in three States and in the Union
- Bumpy Roads Overturn Digvijay (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Dec 07, 2003)
The BJP subtly kept aside its Hindutva agenda and built its entire election campaign around the issue of development in Madhya Pradesh.
- Mature Verdict (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
IT was a tidal wave that swept the ruling Congress off its official perch in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. That it had no clue about what was in store for the party shows how far it was removed from the common people. It is not that the ...
- A Brutal Blow To Congress Ambitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
WHILE CONFOUNDING MOST poll pundits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has surprised itself by wresting three out of the four Hindi-belt States decisively from its chief adversary. Contrary to popular expectation, the BJP scored an emphatic win in ...
- Vajpayee's Experiment With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 04, 2003)
The best way for India to take the peace process forward is to focus on unilateral actions.
- Undying Interest (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Dec 03, 2003)
Murasoli Maran’s contribution to Indian politics is best understood in the context of his larger concern with state autonomy
- If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It (Indian Express, Rashmi Bansal, Dec 01, 2003)
An appeal to the HRD minister: lay off the IIMs
- No Escape From Fear In Cyberspace (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Nov 28, 2003)
Microsoft recently announced cash awards of US$ 250,000 each for information leading to the arrest of the Sobig worm and Blaster virus writers. These two online global attacks led to serious damage in August last across the globe including India. The awar
- Quality Of Justice Is Not Strained (Indian Express, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 27, 2003)
Don’t blindly increase the strength of the judiciary. Make the process of judge selection more rigorous
- Why This Digvijay Village Doesn’T Speak For Him (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Nov 27, 2003)
Thanera is an average village in an average constituency, where none of the main contestants has an appeal outside party affiliations. So like any Madhya Pradesh village, it shows precisely why Digvijay Singh’s biggest boasts over the past five years—achi
- Politics Of Drought Favours Gehlot (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 26, 2003)
ALMOST all opinion polls have placed the Congress(I) in a pretty comfortable position in Rajasthan. In the villages around Jaipur and Ajmer that this correspondent visited, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, is looked upon as an annadata.
- Politics Of Drought Favours Gehlot (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 26, 2003)
ALMOST all opinion polls have placed the Congress(I) in a pretty comfortable position in Rajasthan. In the villages around Jaipur and Ajmer that this correspondent visited, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, is looked upon as an annadata.
- Development Via The It Road (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 25, 2003)
All efforts to build a modern India will fall flat if efforts are not made to enlist the support of the IT professional, who has demonstrated his abilities in distant shores.
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Development Via The It Road (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 25, 2003)
All efforts to build a modern India will fall flat if efforts are not made to enlist the support of the IT professional, who has demonstrated his abilities in distant shores.
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
- This Pace, Make It A Habit (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 23, 2003)
Gravitas, a gravelly voice and deliberate silence have worked well for my friend Jaswant Singh, the Finance Minister. But even Mr Singh must speak occasionally, and he has done so through his Ministry’s Mid-year Review (MYR) released a few days ago.
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- A Dangerous Us And Them Mindset (Indian Express, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Nov 21, 2003)
Assam’s fear of the outsider is not a new phenomenon
- Potatoes Are Forever (Hindu, R. W. Apple Jr., Nov 21, 2003)
Burbank russets, known today to most Americans simply as Idahos, proved to be ideal for baking, mashing and for making french fries.
- Assam, Centre Count Bodies And Excuses (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 20, 2003)
29 killed in attacks against biharis: ULFA rushes in where state Govt takes time to tread, Centre says polls so we can’t send ‘so many forces’
- Judeo’S Head Helps Pm, Dpm Put Their Foot Down On Cong (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
Campaign: Look who’s talking, they say; in Bikaner, PM says sack Jogi
- Cleaning Versus Cleanability (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 17, 2003)
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not - the cleanabilty - depends on political will
- Cleaning Versus Cleanability (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 17, 2003)
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not -— the cleanabilty - depends on political will
- Winds Of Change? (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Nov 16, 2003)
Can the BJP take advantage of the anti-incumbency sentiment in Madhya Pradesh
- A Harvest After The Drought? (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 16, 2003)
In Rajasthan, the Congress is approaching the elections with a great deal of confidence
- Dry Run (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 16, 2003)
Gehlot hopes to ride drought wave to power
- Survivor, Andhra Style (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
The success of Chandrababu Naidu’s gamble hinges crucially on rural Andhra’s response
- Konark & Fibre-Glass Ducks (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 15, 2003)
My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page
- Stamps Of Crime (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
The fake stamp paper scandal needs to be investigated more thoroughly
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder. According to an official report of the Andhra Pradesh Government on
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- State Of The Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
THE PUZZLE ABOUT the depth of the recovery in the Indian economy remains unsolved after the latest release of official statistics on industrial production. The index of industrial production has registered a growth of 5.8 per cent in the first half (April
- Bringing Price Stability To Futures (Business Line, Kalyan Raipuria, Nov 10, 2003)
Though stability of agricultural commodity prices has been desirable internationally, it is yet to be achieved because of the current emphasis on market determination.
- Mumbai Scam Cloud Spreads, Hangs Over Even The Police Chief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
As a dazed police force watched, Mumbai police commissioner R S Sharma was called in for questioning on his role in what is perhaps the largest crime and corruption scandal India has ever seen.
- Chandrababu Wants To Logout And Reboot (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 08, 2003)
Decision likely as early as today
- Is The Euphoria Justified? (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 08, 2003)
There is simply no case for crowing about the performance of the Indian economy in 2003-04.
- Are Dams A Boon Or A Bane? (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Nov 05, 2003)
In recent years there has been a sustained campaign against the construction of dams in general, and those on the Narmada in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in particular. The movement is spearheaded by the likes of Medha Patkar and Arundhati Roy
- `Plantation Sector Needs Structural Change' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 05, 2003)
"The new thinking is that the plantation sector, comprising the farm and manufacturing segment, should be prepared for a structural change in the 21st century. This means that productivity levels should be linked to the labour employed and marketing strat
- Look Beyond Yuan Revaluation (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Nov 05, 2003)
China has to evolve its own market-related exchange rate in keeping with its growing economic stature. It is too big an economy to keep its currency pegged to the dollar. Before doing that it has to raise its financial, legal and corporate systems to acce
- A Liberation From Lies (Indian Express, Prabhakar Sinari, Nov 04, 2003)
In a bid to rewrite history, the RSS appropriates credit for the liberation of Goa. But its role in the state’s freedom struggle was only marginal
- A Storm In A Sunspot (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Nov 04, 2003)
One thing is sure, space is no cake walk
- When The Going Is Good, Why Tinker? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Nov 04, 2003)
THE much-awaited Mid-term Review of Monetary and Credit Policy for 2003-04, presented by the RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, might have disappointed the markets and financial experts who were predicting lower Bank and repo rates.
- Training Politicians (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 03, 2003)
AMONG all political parties that I have known and observed, the Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of Tamil Nadu under the leadership of Dr Ramadoss has begun to appeal to me more and more. This is because it is a party which has shown itself capable of introsp
- Training Politicians (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 03, 2003)
AMONG all political parties that I have known and observed, the Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of Tamil Nadu under the leadership of Dr Ramadoss has begun to appeal to me more and more. This is because it is a party which has shown itself capable of introsp
- Roll-On Roll-Off Short Sea Service Ideal For West Coast: Expert (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
IMAGINE a situation where the members of a family driving in their car to the under deck of the ship from New Mangalore port and relaxing in the cabin or dormitories provided on the upper decks. If this comes true, the family members could drive out in Mu
- Near The Horn Of Africa, Time For India Inc To Blow Some Trumpet (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Nov 02, 2003)
A man’s trying to sell Konkan Railways in Sudan, ONGC plans to put in $1 billion
- Favouring A Few? (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Nov 02, 2003)
Complaints abound about the way the liquor industry is run in Andhra Pradesh.
- Black Monday Orphans Strike More Than A Chord In Uk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
It may have been a quiet Diwali for the five Yadav children orphaned in the August 25 Gateway of India bomb blast, but this gift may cheer them up. Moved by their story, first reported by The Indian Express and telecast by BBC on October 27, viewers in th
- Long Overdue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2003)
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S draft notification requiring urban property developers to obtain environmental clearance for large projects is a welcome step. Under the terms of this notification, developers of building projects for more than a thousand ...
- Getting The State Out Of The Bedroom (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Oct 30, 2003)
In opposing the legalisation of homosexuality, the Government is taking a very narrow view of the law
- Will Credit Policy Help Re-Ignite Growth? (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 30, 2003)
Taking the economy to a higher growth trajectory involves a multi-pronged strategy covering foreign investments, exchange rate, domestic reforms and so on. In the circumstances, the primary question the new RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, might choose to ad
- Scratching The Surface Of Sarfaesi (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Oct 30, 2003)
EVER since the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests (SARFAESI) Act came into play, banks and financial institutions have had a mixed experience. The initial brouhaha over this devise to plug the burge
- Smart Construction (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2003)
Green clearance to big buildings is a good start, now demand rainwater harvesting too
- Farm Power Tariffs — Ec Touched By Live Wire, Now (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 29, 2003)
From roads and committee rooms to Raj Bhavans, courts of law, Cabinets and, now, the Election Commission, the issue of farm power tariffs has moved via numerous points. Yet, there is little hope that the farmer, who gets irregular, low quality supply that
- Economy Has Revived But .... Feeling Good And Not-So-Good (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 28, 2003)
Economic growth is meaningless unless accompanied by creation of jobs. This is where the real problem lies. India is the youngest nation and changes in demographic pattern show that it will get younger still - the 2001 Census indicated that 40 per cent of
- Praying For Food Security (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Oct 27, 2003)
The hunger-affected families have no idea of their entitlements, no power over the intermediaries who are supposed to help them, and no means of seeking redress when they are short-changed.
- Pm Trips Up Kalam (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 26, 2003)
President Abdul Kalam had to be content touring Bulgaria, Sudan and the UAE on his first state visit abroad. Many of the exciting destinations he would have liked to have traveled to had already been visited by Vajpayee, or else are on the PM’s itinerary
- The U.P. Burden (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Nearly 60 per cent of the complaints of human rights violation are from Uttar Pradesh.
- This Diwali, Heart Of Darkness Is Bright & Shining (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 25, 2003)
Ex-Leftist, builder-turned-activist, revived water system have brought revolution
- Sweetener For Cane Growers (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
THE CENTRE's DILEMMA over fixing Statutory Minimum Price (SMP) for sugarcane — arguably the most contentious in the pricing of agricultural crops — is palpable. At a time when elections to some States are round the corner, the Centre is straining every ne
- Stemming The Dollar Tide (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
IF THE RESERVE Bank of India is for stemming dollar inflows, it should have done away with the interest rate differential between Non-Resident (External) Rupee deposits and Libor (London inter-bank offered rate). It could have gone bolder by fixing the in
- Growing Success In Remote Sensing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
REMOTE SENSING IS one of the success stories of the Indian space programme. From a situation in the 1970s when remote sensing was virtually unheard of in this country, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has engineered a remarkable ...
- Choosing Targets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
THREE DAYS after the abortive attempt on the life of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, the People's War (PW) extremists carried out a successful attack on another target in Guntur district. This time, their victim was not a ...
- Eyes Wired Shut (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 17, 2003)
Decades ago, Arthur Clarke formulated two axioms about the advance of technology.
- Messy Grain Management (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE MESS THAT foodgrains management has become needs to be sorted out quickly. In just about one year, the grain inventory is down by exactly half — from 55.4 million tonnes in September 2002 to 27.8 million tonnes last month.
- Engineering A Makeover For Gujarat (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 16, 2003)
FOR the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, the last couple of months have been all about re-engineering, restructuring and reinventing the business outlook of his State.
- Get All Those Asis Asap (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2003)
THE Archaeological Survey of India is ASI, so is American Sightseeing International, Actuarial Society of India and so forth. As a new jargon in the world of Indian accounting, ASI is Accounting Standards Interpretation, the work of a committee, naturally
- Hindutva Rate Of Growth (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Oct 14, 2003)
There is hype and hypocrisy in economic projections
- ‘we Made Mistakes Like Discouraging Private Sector, We Are Changing Now’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 13, 2003)
You are the only Marxist ruler, if I could call you so, in the whole world. Isn’t it so, and an elected one at that, barring the small government in Tripura
- The Maya Behind The Raids (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 12, 2003)
What I like about Mayawati is her honesty. That may sound like a funny thing to say but I am being completely serious. I like her for never having made any attempt to hide her millions.
- Kurds Bide Their Time (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
The relationship between the Kurds and the Arabs is uneasy.
- The Curdled Controversy (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Oct 10, 2003)
IT IS now almost a year since the simmering tensions between Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF or Amul) Chairman, Dr Verghese Kurien, and his counterpart at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Dr Amrita Patel, came out in the..
- The Man Who Refused To Go Quietly (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 10, 2003)
As JP’s centenary year ends, politicians barely bother with him. But to anyone who remembers the Emergency, he is immortal
- A Spammer In The Works (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 09, 2003)
EVERYBODY is a king in a democracy, proclaims a popular saying. And Raja is too common a name, either as a standalone or as a suffix. The latest, however, to join the band of Rajas is Pulli Raja and nobody seems to know who he is.
- Managing Water (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 08, 2003)
A TIME there was when air and water were assumed to be free goods of which there was an inexhaustible supply. Clean air no longer comes free but at a cost, though hidden, in terms of money spent on controlling and guarding against air pollution.
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