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Articles 19821 through 19920 of 25064:
- Mess In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2005)
THE dismissal of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and the installation of Mr Pratapsinh Rane as his successor are mainly a result of Assembly Speaker Vishwas Satarkar’s irresponsible conduct in the House.
- The Secret Code (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Feb 04, 2005)
IT was the first social function in my diplomatic assignment. We sat next to each other at a dinner-dance evening in the Hilton, Paris. True to her communist mode she wore a long-sleeved loose jacket with high neck.
- What Will The Budget Hold? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 04, 2005)
In the run up to Budget 2005-06, the penultimate year of the Tenth Plan (2002-07), the air is thick with irrational exuberance over what it might contain for the various constituents of the economy.
- Corporates, Beware The Training Robbery (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Feb 04, 2005)
The word management is generally understood in two different connotations. It is used to denote a group of people in the higher level in the hierarchy who get things done in an organisation.
- Crisis In Nepal (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 04, 2005)
If electoral democracy was suspended in Nepal in 2002, the sacking of Prime Minister Deuba and the assumption of total autocratic powers by the King now have totally buried any semblance of constitutional governance in Nepal.
- Democracy And Accountability (Pioneer, MN Buch, Feb 04, 2005)
India is a democracy in that there is an elected Parliament and there are elected State legislatures to which the councils of ministers at the Centre and in the states are collectively and individually responsible.
- Illegal Takeover (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 04, 2005)
Political seismologists at the Centre are doubtless hailing the Goa quake. But all right-thinking citizens are prompted to ask whether the Congress's contempt for democratic norms-of which assaults on federalism is only one avatar-has any limits.
- Adding Value To The Food Chain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 04, 2005)
The draft food processing policy 2005, on which the Government has invited comments, takes stock of several constraints that have stood in the way of growth of the industry in India.
- From Amritsar To Us Congress (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Feb 04, 2005)
Now a post office in the USA will soon be named after a person from a village that did not even have a school, let alone a post office when he lived there.
- Egs As Investment, Not Welfare (Indian Express, MADAN M. JHA, Feb 03, 2005)
Amartya Sen recently expressed the hope that the diversion of funds for the employment guarantee law should not be at the cost of creating rural infrastructure, including investment in education and health.
- Incentivise Crop Diversification (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 03, 2005)
Two areas that need attention in the coming Budget are crop diversification and food subsidy. Far from being mutually exclusive, these two are closely related.
- Gift Of Cruelty (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2005)
There is something absurd, rather than grand, about an elephant being sent as a gift by one modern prime minister to another. Extravagant or bestial diplomatic gifts are an ancient tradition.
- India's Media Agog Over Ads-For-Equity Gambit (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Feb 03, 2005)
It is a move that is being called alternately brilliant and bizarre. Some even call it a coup. Even as India's largest media company - Bennett, Coleman and Co (BCCL)
- Earth Goddess (Indian Express, H.A. ANIL KUMAR, Feb 03, 2005)
Thota Vaikuntam is a farmer-painter. Whatever the given canvas size is, he ensures that the boundaries are ‘marked’ like a farmer ensuring his/her farmland from his/her neighbour.
- Budget Season Or Sorrows? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Feb 03, 2005)
The Budget season has begun. It is time to mind and mend our finances and minimise our sorrows. A critical input is provided by the Twelfth Finance Commission which handed over its report a few days ago to the President of India.
- Lest We Forget (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Feb 03, 2005)
In speaking up about the 1984 riots, Amu reminds us of the importance of revisiting past mistakes
- The Lure Of London (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Feb 03, 2005)
No one is fooled by the Mee Mumbaikar which, in effect, asks the dyed-in-the-wool Bombayites to stem the influx into their city. Contrast this with the growing trend in mega cities such as London
- The King Of A Jungle (Indian Express, ARAVINDA R DEO, Feb 03, 2005)
In a country beset with massive poverty the Maoists of Nepal represent mass resentment against economic exclusion. Will Gyanendra be able to address Nepal’s immense problems?
- Music Musings (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2005)
The recently concluded annual festival in Chennai is a felicitous reminder that music continues to be a way of life for hundreds of performing artistes and thousands of ordinary people.
- Weak National Security System (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Feb 03, 2005)
It took just three weeks and several rounds of consultations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with security experts to confirm Mr M.K. Narayan as the National Security Adviser (NSA).
- Notes From Haryana’S Election Scene (Indian Express, RAJINDER CHAUDHARY, Feb 03, 2005)
During the last elections (’99-’00), I had the (mis)fortune of being on poll duty four times: for elections to Parliament, to the Haryana assembly, to panchayats and to municipal bodies. It was a great learning experience.
- Of Aya Rams And Gaya Rams (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2005)
The tiny state of Goa, no stranger to political flux and uncertainty, has been plunged into yet another crisis with the emergence of doubts about whether the Manohar Parrikar Government continues to enjoy a majority.
- The Last Temptation Of Padma (Indian Express, SUMIT CHAKRAVARTTY, Feb 02, 2005)
With historian Professor Romila Thapar turning down the Padma Bhushan award conferred on her on Republic Day this year, the controversy over the acceptance or non-acceptance of these civilian awards announced by the state on such an occasion has once more
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- When Did Classical Music Die? (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Feb 02, 2005)
When did the music die? And why? It will be 30 years in August since the death of Dmitri Shostakovitch. Next year also marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten.
- Same-Sex Marriages Against Our Ethos (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Feb 02, 2005)
THE Bill on same-sex marriages slated for introduction in Canada shortly raises some disturbing questions on the necessity, legality and morality of the measure.
- Let The Party Begin (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2005)
If the Congress leadership undertakes the task of organisational renewal, it could begin the larger process of reform of the entire party system.
- Song Of The Sufi (Indian Express, K.K. Khullar, Feb 01, 2005)
Sufism in Sind was an indigenous movement which absorbed in itself the finest of Islam and Hinduism, thereby laying the foundation of what is termed the composite culture of India
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Pf's Investing Horizon Expanded (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
The Government has broken fresh ground in broad-basing the type of assets into which the long-term savings of members of the provident fund can be parked.
- Stalemate In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
GOA, the little state known for its lovely beaches, is again back to the politics of instability. The fear of defections has always haunted every Chief Minister and the present incumbent, Mr Manohar Parrickar, is no exception.
- The Icra Online Mutual Fund Rankings 2005 (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
Investors in equity found appreciation in calendar year 2004 both because of the bullish trend in the market and the superior performance of the fund managers in picking up the right stocks.
- Discovering Ways To A Peaceful World (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Feb 01, 2005)
“It is the small-minded that say: This is mine and this yours. For those endowed with a larger vision, the whole world is but one family.”
- Arms And Votes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
Despite the shadow of arms and uncertainty looming large over Iraq, over 60 per cent of the 14 million voters defied insurgents’ bullets to opt for democracy.
- Anti-Federal And Breach Of Faith (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2005)
The decision reportedly taken by the Central Government, on the recommendation of the Union Finance Ministry, on a "Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami-Affected Areas,"
- Cast About (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
To lay bare in one stroke all the joints that creak within the anomalies and suppressions inherent in India’s culture and polity, it needed only one case.
- Mutthu Taandavar (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 31, 2005)
In 1560, in the Tamil town of Seergazhi, a son was born to a family of temple musicians. It was a resonant old year in history: Akbar had literally thrown off his regent, Bairam Khan, and assumed full power; the Roman Catholic church was
- Those Unreliable, Moody Communists (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Jan 31, 2005)
Many breakfasts later, the Left is still acting as if they are the Opposition rather than allies of the Manmohan Singh Government
- The Great Game In Central Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jan 31, 2005)
The American encouragement of velvet revolutions in the former Soviet republics poses a threat to peace and stability in Central Asia.
- Suicide Bombers & Hunger Strikers (Hindu, Terry Eagleton, Jan 31, 2005)
Suicide bombers also die in the name of a better life for others; it is just that, unlike martyrs, they take others with them in the process.
- Stealing Food (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2005)
Human depravity can sometimes take the most astonishing forms. Mr Achintya Mukherjee is the district inspector of schools in Cooch Behar. He has also been selling foodgrain meant for the schoolchildren’s mid-day meals in the local market for the last thre
- Bihar, Now (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 31, 2005)
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agree to take Bihar as well.” So static is the big picture of the state that news agencies are known to recycle old picture
- Little To Mourn For (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 31, 2005)
After two weeks of dithering and delay, the Chin-ese Communist Party permitted a low-key memorial ceremony for the disgraced former premier, Zhao Ziyang, at Beijing’s Babaoshan cemetery for communist heroes this Saturday.
- Lessons In Piety (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Jan 31, 2005)
Recently, at a family gathering, a woman, after making sure that I was within earshot, took off in a singsong manner, cooing on the cardinal importance of conducting umpteen pujas, vraths, etc, which, apparently, she observed.
- Greenspan's Choice: Party Or Pain (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 31, 2005)
The options before the Fed chief, Mr Alan Greenspan, are clear. Prolong the party and risk a bigger and longer hangover in America and, by extension, the rest of the world
- Quest For New Un Chief (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jan 31, 2005)
Among the many attributes that a Secretary-General of the United Nations is required to have by convention is an unusual name. From Trigvie Lie to Kofi Annan, every Secretary-General sported a name that took people time to learn, whether it is the ...
- Commerce & Crisis Hit Wayanad Students (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 30, 2005)
At age five, Anushree is the youngest commuter on the bus. The Class I student spends 12 hours a week this way. That too, crossing the State border twice each day.
- Goodbye Un...For Now...? (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 30, 2005)
I spent two years with the United Nations and the time has flown. When the days were passing by, they appeared moving at a snail’s pace, for I missed my home. But now when I look back the days are going and gone! But ....only for now ...
- Failure To Ensure Democracy And Regional Harmony ... (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 30, 2005)
AS the Government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- Corruption, Unemployment Main Issues In Polls: Jindal (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 30, 2005)
AS Haryana goes to elections on February 3, Naveen Jindal, the 35-year-old Congress MP from Kurukshetra says that corruption and widespread unemployment are the main issues in the elections.
- Bush's Vision Of Terror-Free World (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 29, 2005)
The US-led grand alliance against terror needs an institutional base, in the form of a Global Network for the Elimination of Terror, with Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries of the Arab world and G-7 as members
- Autonomy Needs A Decent Burial (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 29, 2005)
The last time the BBC was in news, it was for its news. Heads rolled. Doordarshan’s News is seldom in news for its content. Officials in Doordarshan, especially those working on DD News
- A Singh For All Seasons (Times of India, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jan 29, 2005)
For more than twenty years, Vijay Singh, a journalist, author and film-maker based in Paris, has moulded French perceptions about India through articles in leading left-wing newspapers
- We Must Review Msp Pricing Patterns (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
The industry perspective is that the MSP that currently obtains in Haryana and Punjab has artificially segmented India's market in agro-produce.
- Thy Kingdom Come (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
I have added two new words to my vocabulary: thearchy and millenarianism. Thearchy (as opposed to theocracy meaning government by priests) means rule by god. Millenarianism is the belief in the end of the world in our lifetime.
- The Drag Of A Vat On Freefall (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Jan 29, 2005)
There is general belief amongst many economists that tax should be neutral. In theory a tax is neutral if it does not distort the free play of market.
- Politics Of Families (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 29, 2005)
I have written in the past about 'dynastic' control within the political system, and since political and financial control are inextricably linked, the 'virus' has spread to all political parties regardless of their size and status.
- Desperate Measures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
They are skipping lunch. They are giving chase to top politicians. They boycotted Republic Day celebrations. Their parents have been inducted for sit-ins. Bihar’s students have put the state on notice. It began with a protest against the kidnapping ...
- Multinationals 'Dance With Myanmar Devil' (Asia Times, Marwaan Macan-Markar, Jan 29, 2005)
Rolls-Royce, a venerated name in British corporate culture, has been put in the spotlight for making a turn that a labor group calls a betrayal of its stated commitment to social responsibility.
- Gandhi’S Approval For My Disapproval (Hindu, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
We celebrate Bapu Gandhi’s birthday (on October 2nd) and we pay homage to his memory on anniversaries of his martyrdom on January 30. Of the two, the one of greater significance is the latter, because it sums up our failures:
- A New World Order? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 29, 2005)
What now appears to be the case is that George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden have become rival fanatics
- Hope Floats (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
While the wrath of the tsunami was saddening, it did not dishearten. This comment, at the beginning of the president’s Republic Day speech, struck the note of restrained, sober optimism that was the dominant tone throughout.
- Intelligence Agencies In The Dock (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 28, 2005)
SUCH things keep happening in other democracies where insiders of the intelligence establishment have been writing, for decades, books exposing the misdeeds, excesses and “dirty tricks” of the secret intelligence agencies with virtual impunity.
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- Patents Act And Access To Medicines (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jan 28, 2005)
Parliament, during its winter session this year, was expected to introduce the third and final amendment to the Indian Patents Act of 1970, under the TRIPS agreement.
- The Great Myth Of Marketing (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 28, 2005)
A group of kids stand outside a cinema hall. They are waiting for the first show of the just released multi-star cast film, which has had an unprecedented buildup
- President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The President’s address on the eve of Republic Day this year was predominantly devoted to one subject: employment generation.
- New Patent Regime A Bad Medicine? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 28, 2005)
The Indian pharma sector to a very large extent succeeded in the past because of the "reverse engineering" manufacturing culture which resulted in the production of several "generic" drugs
- Fight For Development (Deccan Herald, LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, Jan 28, 2005)
It is essential to reform the hierarchy of multilateral institutions and strengthen democracy at the centre of power
- An Avoidable Tragedy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 28, 2005)
The death of 258 men, women, and children after a stampede at the Kalubai temple at Mandradevi near Satara, Maharashtra, on January 25 was not just tragic;
- Fatal Pilgrimage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
Huge congregations are inevitable in a country like India where religious fervour is exceptionally high and politicians thrive on huge rallies. Such mammoth gatherings merit crowd management of the highest order.
- Note These Chinese Whispers (Indian Express, BHARTENDU KUMAR SINGH, Jan 27, 2005)
Until recently, there was broad consensus among leading Sinologists that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was a backward army and not commensurate with China’s great power status.
- Parenting: Importance Of Talk (Hindu, Joanna Moorhead, Jan 27, 2005)
The most important thing you can do for your children is to talk to them, even when they are too young to answer back.
- Perception Blues (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Jan 27, 2005)
Given the present complexities of most Indian organisations, a recurring problem that haunts most HR (human resource) professionals is `perception'. In a layman's language, perception refers to one's world view — that is, the world as he/she sees it.
- Poll Promises In Iraq (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 27, 2005)
In AD 632, the Prophet Mohammed was returning from Mecca to Medina when he had a premonition. Halting the caravan he proclaimed to the 120,000 pilgrims who were accompanying him,
- Why Conversions Are Not Desirable (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality is to a country what faith is to a seeker. It constitutes the foundation, the underpinning and the base upon which the entire edifice of values, public sensibility and consciousness is built.
- Musharraf’S Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Just over a year ago the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, agreed in Islamabad that following an assurance from Gen Musharraf that he would not allow Pakistan-controlled territory to be used fo
- Stampede Deaths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2005)
Over 250 pilgrims, mostly women and children, were killed and several injured in a stampede on Tuesday at Mandradevi temple at Wai in Satara district of Maharashtra.
- All That Fretting And Fuming (The Economic Times, T T RAM MOHAN, Jan 27, 2005)
Among the riveting scenes in Oliver Stone’s Alexander are the ones where the emperor's plans are questioned and opposed by his closest aides.
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
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