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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 25064:
- Cheeky Singles (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2004)
Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu's speech in the Lok Sabha on Monday made one thing transparent: The man on the field is essentially the same as the man in the commentary box and the House.
- The Holes In Deep Pockets (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 16, 2004)
Gates law says, "If there isn't a law, there will be". The Indian stock market has always been considered a goldmine for the investing masses provided one was savvy enough to do the right things at the right time.
- Dirty Dancin'! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 16, 2004)
When American novelist Norman Mailer wrote Tough guys don’t dance in 1984, it could even have been considered a logical progression to Henry Miller’s 1945
- A Film Festival, Not A Carnival (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Dec 16, 2004)
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held on the sands of Panjim’s Miramar Beach, got over last week and the Union minister of information and broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, has announced that next year’s festival, too, will be held in Goa.
- Wars, Strategies In 'The Twilight Zone' (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Dec 16, 2004)
While we may be satisfied that the percentage of Indians living below the poverty line is falling and that only a tiny percentage die of starvation, we are hardly aware that India has the largest number of malnourished children in the world.
- Violent Reminder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2004)
The deadly attack on a musical show by Indian film stars in the Sri Lankan capital has come as a violent reminder of the deep divisions that plague the island and contribute to keeping its ethnic conflict alive and far from a settlement. Investigators hav
- Suraj Parkash — A Magnum Opus (Tribune, Harbans Singh Virdi, Dec 15, 2004)
Kavi Chooramani Bhai Santokh Singh produced the best work of his life Sri Gur Partap Suraj Granth, also known as Suraj Parkash, at the fag end of his life. It is a history of the Sikh Gurus along with Banda Singh Bahadur in a chronological order.
- Between Mnna And Nssp (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's flying visit to Delhi last week has restarted the controversy over the sale of US weapons to Pakistan. Every time India and Pakistan are about to acquire new weapons, a big shindig is raised by the other side on how
- Singer Of The Ages (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Dec 15, 2004)
Mamurai Shanmuka Vadivu Subbulakshmi was no ordinary person; she was a phenomenon of the 20th century. Her voice thrilled the greater of this globe, regardless of the language in which she sang.
- A Place In The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 15, 2004)
Two unrelated events, separated by several weeks, have reinforced the perception that India’s place in the world in the new millennium is full of promise
- Musharraf’S New Strategy (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 15, 2004)
News, newspaper columns and drawing room gossip normally sustain Pakistani politics. These are now being used to sidetrack and divide the Opposition. The Opposition is making preliminary moves to start a mass agitation.
- Kyunki Party Isn't Parivar (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
When the boob tube's numero uno bahu, Smriti Irani, excitedly pronounced in Surat that she would fast unto death until Narendra "bhai" stepped down from Gujarat's chief ministership
- Combating The New Ghettos (Deccan Herald, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Dec 15, 2004)
New ghettos are cropping up around the world. They differ from the old ghettos in nature and dimension, and their number grows every day. They can be as large as a suburb, a country, a region, or a continent
- In A Buffalo Economy (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Dec 15, 2004)
On a field trip to rural Haryana, what struck me was the dissonance between per capita incomes and living conditions, especially as they affect women.
- Way To Go: Growth Plus Egalite (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 15, 2004)
There are three serious issues being raised in the winter seminar season in Delhi. The first is whether India grew faster in the nineties as compared to the eighties.
- Endogenous Development Centres Hold The Key Here (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 15, 2004)
In most places, the word globalisation conjures up images of businessmen and corporate consultants on six figure salaries making offers that governments cannot refuse.
- Bring Back The Old Sting (Telegraph, Rajashri Dasgupta, Dec 15, 2004)
It is time for the feminist movement to revisit some issues and think of strategies to make health a fundamental right
- Kyunki, It’S Modi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2004)
The melodrama was diverting. Indian television’s favourite bahu, scheduled to pull the trigger on her own son in a much-hyped episode of Kyunki saas... later in the month, fired at another intimate enemy off-screen on Sunday
- Mid-Year Economy Review: Exuberance Subdued By Politics (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 14, 2004)
In accordance with the remit of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act 2003, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, laid a report of Mid-Year Review of the Economy
- No 11, Kotturpuram (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Dec 14, 2004)
The address was not imposing. Nor was the person residing in it. She owned no material possessions, laid claim to no property. She did all the household chores and was known to cook her own food.
- Non-Identical Super Twins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2004)
It may be more than a happy coincidence that two great Indian cricket champions achieved significant personal landmarks in the first Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka recently.
- Deep Inside Jharkhand (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 14, 2004)
Last week I strayed into rural Jharkhand. I took a bus far away from pucca roads, and drove miles on village paths. Then I realized the secret of Tata Motors’ success
- Treaty Shopping — Plugging The Mauritius Loophole (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 14, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty is under the scanner, with New Delhi keen on re-negotiating some of the controversial provisions.
- Building Mutual Faith (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 14, 2004)
Peace in the subcontinent is the key to development and real growth. To achieve that we must make Saarc a body that does not permit any infiltration, of any kind, into its portals.
- A Contentious Report By Un Panel (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Dec 14, 2004)
BY an unhappy coincidence, the much-awaited UN high-level panel report on “Threats, Challenges and Change” came within hours after the Wall Street Journal carried the opinion of an influential Congressman that Mr Kofi Annan should step
- Bharat Ratnas, From Missile To Music (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 14, 2004)
MANY Indian homes wake up to the sweet strains of "Kausalya Supraja Rama" and "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum", rendered with matchless melody and devotion by M. S. Subbulakshmi.
- December Brings Another Reminder (Indian Express, Murlidhar C. Chandare, Dec 14, 2004)
December is a special month in the history of a world that has witnessed some horrific scenes of blood-letting. It was on December 10, 1948, that United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a bid to make the world
- Erasing The Past (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 14, 2004)
Park Street is now Mother Teresa Sarani. But if public memory is left to such demagogic mercy, our urban pride will wither away
- F-16 Sale Endangers Peace Process (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 14, 2004)
New Delhi’s apprehensions about the proposed sale of U.S. defence equipment to Pakistan have become cause for considerable strain in an otherwise robust U.S.-India relationship.
- How Diversity Drives Business (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, Dec 14, 2004)
Since the 1960s, the idea of a monoculture has been losing out to a pluralistic society resulting from cultural integration. Globalisation has shrunk boundaries and increased the rapidity of communication.
- The Song Of Dawn (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 13, 2004)
WE lived at the foot of Chuttipara, a mountainous rock that spread over a square kilometre. Legend has it that Ram and Sita spent some time in a cave on this rock during their ‘vanvas’.
- Seeking Outside-The-Box Solutions (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 13, 2004)
All the misalignments retarding industrial growth are well known. Yet, nobody wants to correct the existing set-up to improve efficiency.
- Responsibility (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 13, 2004)
Srisri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal’s case has seen the most peculiar reactions and they are predictable from a mile away.
- The Possibilities Of Biotechnology (Deccan Herald, C. S. Prakash, Dec 13, 2004)
Agriculture forms the backbone of Karnataka’s economy, employing much of its population. Modern scientific approaches to improve agriculture can help revitalise farming in our state by enhancing crop productivity; cut down the use of chemical inputs on th
- The Sun Is Shining (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Industrial production growth data for October shows a buoyant economy. Industrial growth was 10.1 per cent, and manufacturing growth was 11.3 per cent. Both were at a seven-year high.
- Democracy Quickening In India, Slowing In West (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Charles Taylor has been described as a leading interrogator of modernity. He sees its grandeur. And its malaise — the alienation, sense of impending social dissolution, and what he calls the ‘‘spiritual flatness’’ at the heart of the secular age.
- Robust Exports: The Invisible Realities (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 13, 2004)
A breaking real-life story seems set to give all the popular television soaps a run for their money. The viewers are agreed that it is `riveting stuff' and this appears to be driving such shows as Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Kusum and Kyonki Saans Bhi Kabhi Bahu
- It Is In Giving That They Receive (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 13, 2004)
While the Christmas season brings with it the feeling of generosity and of giving to others, such humanistic motivations are not sufficient for all.
- Needed, Politics Of Moderation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
There are few holidays in coalition governments and as the United Progressive Alliance completes six months in office, we would do well to look at the formations both within the ruling coalition and the Opposition.
- Once In An Epoch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There are relatively few creative people about whom it can be said, without exaggeration, that their achievement is likely to have a following a hundred years from now.
- Exit Of A Legend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
She was the voice behind the Suprabhatham in several homes every morning. The nightingale of India who enthralled three generations of music lovers world over will sing no more.
- The Tiger Tops (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2004)
The ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’, as Sourav Ganguly has been known for his aggression on the field, may not exactly be a role model for the ICC which has been fining the Indian cricket captain regularly for his team's slow over-rates in one-day internationals.
- Strategic Partner? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2004)
The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld’s maiden visit to India after the President, Mr George Bush’s electoral victory, is an acknowledgement of the ‘’strategic partnership’’ that has evolved between the two countries.
- Puzzling Over Sedna (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2004)
More than 225 years ago, the known size of the solar system was dramatically doubled by the discovery of the planet Uranus by the astronomer William Herschel.
- Parliament Live (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2004)
When he took charge as Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee, India's senior-most parliamentarian, promised to bring order and discipline to a House that seemed
- Message To Rumsfeld (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2004)
THE visit of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to New Delhi was significant for two reasons. It was the first by a senior US official after President George W. Bush was re-elected for a second term.
- Manmohan Singh In The Northeast (Hindu, Walter Fernandes, Dec 11, 2004)
The Northeast needs not more packages but serious steps towards a solution to the problems that have resulted in insurgency.
- Let Them Have Their Exits And Their Entrances (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 11, 2004)
A Mother Goose rhyme reads: "Jerry Hall, he was so small, a rat could eat him, hat and all." True, small may be beautiful, but to be small and yet survive is tough, not only for Hall but also more than half of the small players in business.
- Iron Man Rumsfeld (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 11, 2004)
The timing could have been much better, but we can still see some positives out of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to India.
- Furore Over Attachment Of Assets (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 11, 2004)
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has sought amendments to the Seed Act, 1952 in the light of the ongoing farm crisis in the State following the failure of seeds in cotton, maize and other crops (The Hindu, October 25).
- Focus On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 11, 2004)
The latest World Employment Report (WER) brought out by the International Labour Office in Geneva has a chapter "Why Agriculture Matters",
- Unaided, Uncharitable And Unsettled (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Dec 11, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Agreement is in news with the Finance Minister planning a revisit as and when it is expedient to do so having regard to economic, political and diplomatic considerations.
- Where The Ribbon Got Stuck In The Old Typewriter (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 11, 2004)
We have long forgotten the old and faithful typewriters that had rollers to chug along and inked ribbons to give form to thoughts. To evoke your nostalgic memories, however, is the Kores India Ltd case that the apex court decided recently.
- Insurgents Target Aid Workers In Iraq (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 10, 2004)
International aid workers, whose humanitarian mission afforded them protection in areas of conflict, now find that their flags offer little defence against an unprecedented spate of terrorist attacks in Iraq.
- The Patent Controversy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 10, 2004)
By rushing through the Third Patents Amendment without proper parliamentary scrutiny, India is short changing its post-Doha obligations to both its own and the world's poor
- Musharraf’S Ploys (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 10, 2004)
A whole lot of political wheeling and dealing is going on in Pakistan to prevent a revolt against the dictatorship
- Name Of The New War Is `Trade' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 10, 2004)
The world's second largest economy, Japan, hinges its hopes on trade surplus to help in achieving growth beyond the 0.1 per cent recorded for the last quarter....
- A Gleam In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 10, 2004)
It is the “in” thing currently. About everybody in the creamy layer is forecasting the rate of growth of India’s gross domestic product: the International Monetary Fund
- Issues Patently Questionable (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 10, 2004)
In less than two months, India will be obliged to do the follow-up on the WTO-mandated product patent stipulations, and the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, made a strident statement:
- Forget Efficiency. Let’S Do It (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 10, 2004)
In the normal course, I would oppose any new government activity on the grounds that it is probably unnecessary, is likely to increase the power and the influence of an already ...
- Iraq: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2004)
Since there is a total ban on reports of the inch-by-inch decimation of all life and property in Falluja (for the sake of democracy, of course).
- Leonard Woolf’S Last Posting (Indian Express, MOHAN K. TIKKU, Dec 10, 2004)
Well before he became famous as a member of the Bloomsbury Group in London or as husband of Virginia Stephen, Leonard Sidney Woolf landed in Sri Lanka as a cadet of the Ceylon Civil Service.
- Bhoomi Puja (Indian Express, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Dec 09, 2004)
Commenting on the news item that a chief minister performed the Bhoomi Puja at a proposed international airport site, a friend remarked that it was an anachronistic act.
- How Many Types Of Equality? (Indian Express, Babu Joseph, Dec 09, 2004)
Contemporary political discourse is replete with references to our national ethos. On the one hand, political parties owing allegiance to the right of the centre ideology have
- Temples Of Dissent (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Dec 09, 2004)
The Uttaranchal government has proposed a move to bring a legislation in the next Assembly session to bring the famous Char Dham temples under direct government control.
- The Favourite Whipping Boy (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 09, 2004)
Is India conspiring to wipe a neighbour called Bangladesh out of the face of the earth through “desertification” of the country or
- A Needless Ceiling (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 09, 2004)
Allowing foreign Institutional iinvestors to put money in corporate debt paper is welcome, even if does not go far enough. For a start, the aggregate outstanding investment of $500....
- Bad Example (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2004)
Members of parliament are always busy. But their business need not bring them to parliament even when it is in session. Attendance in parliament is perhaps a low priority although it is not in session the whole of the year.
- Why Dollar Is In The Doldrums (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 09, 2004)
While a major withdrawal from the US market has not taken place so far, there is a limit to the investment by foreign banks because of the ever-increasing risk of over-exposure to a fall in the dollar.
- Stem Cells, Cloning, And Ethics (Hindu, Lewis Wolpert, Dec 09, 2004)
There is no moral justification for banning research using embryonic stem cells. It offers great hope to all those suffering from a wide variety of illnesses.
- Bbc To Cut 2,900 Jobs To Save £320m A Year (Tribune, Ciar Byrne, Dec 09, 2004)
THE BBC will save £320m a year through job cuts and other savings in a major overhaul of the broadcaster announced yesterday by the director general, Mark Thompson.
- Empowering The Rural Masses (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Dec 09, 2004)
It seems as though the moment which Jawaharlal Nehru had spoken about so evocatively 57 years ago, of India’s “tryst with destiny” and “the time to redeem our pledge”
- France Woos India And Its Markets (Deccan Herald, KATRIN BENNHOLD, Dec 08, 2004)
Since President Jacques Chirac returned from a high-profile state visit to China two months ago with more than $4 billion in contracts, his government has quietly turned its attention to Asia’s other rising giant:
- Vultures And Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
For long has the United States been described as a “vulture culture” which is very different from having a few culture vultures, like we do in India.
- Wanted: Jawaharlal 2005 (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2004)
The year of The Great Political Turnaround is drawing to a close. A few months ago the BJP was the invincible party of India Shining.
- Jerome Syndrome (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2004)
In the mess of infrastructural projects aborted by the Dharam Singh government in Bangalore can also be found the debris of what was once an administrative success story.
- Little Buddy (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
I read somewhere that when a Jewish child finds Hebrew alphabet cast in the shape of honey cakes he begins to associate learning with sweetness.
- Making Food Processing Viable (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 08, 2004)
In Rural India those trying food-processing with help of plant and machinery quickly realise that the `value-added' is less than the `cost-added' as all the advantage is creamed off by the equipment manufacturer.
- The Dollar's Fall (Rediff on the Net, editoral, rediff on the net, Dec 08, 2004)
The reaching of the milestone of $125 billion in our foreign exchange reserves was noted with much satisfaction by commentators in India. But what does the effort to increase the reserves mean in the context of the dollar's near free fall over the . . .
- Strike It Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2004)
Bandh has become a bad word of Indian politics. The awareness of the destructive and wasteful aspects of bandhs has been driven by the judiciary, which has rightly seen a bandh as a coercive instrument that infringes on the freedom of individuals.
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