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Articles 21721 through 21820 of 25122:
- To A Third Way Consensus (The Economic Times, Joseph Stiglitz, Jun 06, 2001)
THE LAST half-century has shown that while development is possible, it is not inevitable. Countries most successful at it — those of East Asia — followed policies markedly different from the Washington Consensus.
- The Deafening Noise Of Hacksaws Working On Noses (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, Jun 06, 2001)
ON the last week of May, merchant banker Merrill Lynch took stock of India’s fluid politics and deep freeze economics. Remember, that was when events in far off Manipur had sent George Fernandes off into deep sulk.
- Is Our Democracy Losing Direction? (The Kashmir Times, K. F. Rustamji , Jun 06, 2001)
"Most of us lack the right discontent, contented merely to cavil."— Louis Mac Neice.
- Fracas At Golf Course (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 06, 2001)
AN unseemly scene was created at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Golf Course (SKIGC), Srinagar, when the formidable Shia clergyman and controversial former minister Moulvi Inftikhar Hussain Ansari was snubbed from playing golf six days ago.
- To Hope Or Not To Hope (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 06, 2001)
hope has nothing to do with hype. Compared to the high expectations raised by Vajpayee’s visit to Lahore and the media hype accompanying it the proposed New Delhi visit by Gen. Musharraf, almost a month later, is going to be a rather prosaic affair.
- The Making Of A Police State (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 06, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf is working at two levels to consolidate his illegitimate rule over Pakistan.
- Neither Here Nor There (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Jun 06, 2001)
One is said to be fashionable and trendy if one brings about revolutionary changes in ones appearance.
- Reforms: Sensitise The Bureaucracy First (The Economic Times, Ashish Joshi, Jun 06, 2001)
THE LIBERALISATION process in the country has not been able to take off in the real sense because the instrument of change, i.e., the bureaucracy has not been reformed.
- Goodies That Came By Post (Tribune, Bimal Bhatia, Jun 06, 2001)
Hardev, our postman, is physically challenged with one leg afflicted with polio. In the scorching summer heat or when people are indoors, shut away from the biting cold, he does his round delivering your mail.
- ‘President’s Rule No Excuse For Politicians’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2001)
O. Joy, Minister for Law and Public Health in the ousted Radhabinod Koijam government, is a rarity in Manipur politics, the only man other than the Congress’ Rishang Keishing never to have jumped parties for reasons of power.
- The King And We (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2001)
How should India play it in the post-King Birendra era?
- Getting Unreal (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 06, 2001)
The Hurriyat is an "honorable", household name today, and its leaders, with or without Kashmir, have attained unmatched status thanks to the media blitz.
- Fish And Chips (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 06, 2001)
An intriguing study of ancient bones of modern humans and Neanderthals who lived around 28,000 years ago conducted recently.
- Preparing For Pervez (Pioneer, Sumer Kaul, Jun 06, 2001)
The haveli in Old Delhi where a certain toddler lived, ate jalebis, played with his gulel and did susu in his kachcha is being spruced up.
- Punish The Guilty (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2001)
It is hardly surprising that the murder of five members of a Dalit family in Hasnapur village in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Sunday, has sent waves of shock and revulsion throughout India.
- Reasons Of Heart (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 06, 2001)
A recently released US-based study of NRIs is bound to set our hearts aflutter.
- The Road Back For Nepal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 06, 2001)
NEPAL’S DESCENT into despair, anger and turmoil after the tragic events of last week was only to be expected given the high regard in which the late king was held in the country.
- Capriati's Return (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 06, 2001)
Sportsmen saying "No" to drugs has become an advertising platform to promote the good life. However, a sportsman coming back from drugs to clinch the highest honours is something more unique.
- Welcome Signs (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 06, 2001)
What Gen. Musharraf told the fundamentalists and anti-Indian elements of his own country on the 5th and 7th was music to the ears of most of us. It was like a shaft of sun suddenly bursting out of dense dark mass of cloud.
- Peace Lies Beyond The Loc (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Jun 06, 2001)
While it makes good sense to be cautious about the future of Jammu and Kashmir, an overly pessimistic and conservative view could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Golden Twilight (Times of India, C.M. Kulshreshtha, Jun 06, 2001)
ONE of the features of the Union Budget for 2001-2002 which got less attention than it deserved was the finance minister's proposal that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) prepare a road-map for a suitable pension plan.
- Pr Practice Comes Of Age (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Jun 06, 2001)
Despite some black sheep, PR handling has matured.
- Scavenging The Truth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2001)
Call them by any name, nightsoil carriers are a reality.
- Learning From Us Stock Market -- Selective Adaptation Is Key (Business Line, T. V. Somanathan, Jun 06, 2001)
RECENTLY, one came across an interesting article on financial derivatives (Business Line, May 31). Unlike many commentators who criticise.
- Uneasy Lies The Head... (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 06, 2001)
KING Farouk I of Egypt made an intriguing statement soon after the Second World War ended.
- How To Kill Kasauli And Make A Fast Buck (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2001)
Eco-vigil: Destruction in the name of development.
- Political Quake In Us Senate (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 06, 2001)
ON June 5, the 100-member US Senate is all set to witness a shift of political gears, the like of which it had not witnessed in the last 50 years.
- Lessons From Balco For Future Disinvestments (The Financial Express, Aruna Bagchee, Jun 06, 2001)
AS the dust settles on the Balco deal, one can try to glean whether there are any lessons to be learnt for future programmes of divestment.
- Chinese Communist Party, At 80, Debates Future (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 06, 2001)
At its expansive 80th anniversary celebrations today, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has put across one simple but dramatic claim - that the fate of the people and the Party in China cannot be separated.
- A Crime By A Crude Khaki Crowd (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jun 06, 2001)
An old man in poor health was dragged by a khaki corps by housebreaking into the home of Mr. M. Karunanidhi in the wee hours after midnight.
- Map-Making In South Asia (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 1. Map-making in the subcontinent must come to an end, pronounced the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, more than a couple of years ago.
- Privatising Pr (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 06, 2001)
Governments must learn how to share information.
- President Pervez (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf's elevation to the office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the latest Act in the continuing drama of Pakistan's search for an internationally acceptable and stable political order.
- Take One Step At A Time (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jun 06, 2001)
Of one of the more successful British Prime Ministers, it was said that he would call in his colleagues into the Cabinet room, shut the door and tell them:
- How Nzcc Landed In Financial Mess (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Jun 06, 2001)
The birth of the North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) in 1985 was to send the signal that India was progressing.
- Himalayan Challenge For India (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 06, 2001)
WHILE NEPAL hugs its grief, and speculation about what really happened last Friday runs riot, the question for India is:
- Millennium Round (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 06, 2001)
A ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization is scheduled in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001.
- Salvation Outside Church (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Jun 06, 2001)
United Press International’s religion editor Uwe Siemon-Netto sprang a surprise when over dinner at Casa Batllo.
- With Hope And Anxiety (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jun 06, 2001)
What has made the Indian government give up its earlier stance not to have any talks with the leader of the military coup in Pakistan unless the regime he heads puts a stop to cross-border terrorism?
- Reacting To A Weak Stimulus (Telegraph, Amitendu Palit , Jun 06, 2001)
Within months of the change of guard at the White House, the Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates in the United States.
- Painted In Indelible Red (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 06, 2001)
Nepal, a land of breathtaking beauty, always conjures up an image of a kingdom of “never- ending peace and love”, an image which overshadows its political travails.
- Now Non-Market Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2001)
Some believe in changing the rules of the game if they cannot prevail over their rivals — the shifting-the-goal-post mindset.
- Wanted: South Asian Economic Community (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Jun 06, 2001)
First, a personal note which will explain what follows. In 1954 I had the opportunity to travel through war-torn West Germany.
- Road To Hope, Optimism And Warmth (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Jun 06, 2001)
In a bold decision, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has invited Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf for talks.
- Tax Holiday For Whom? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
THE Centre has exempted industries in Kutch from paying excise duty for five years.
- Big Brother Is Watching (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 05, 2001)
Various key central ministries seem to have developed an obsession about policing academic institutions.
- Insecurity Forces (Hindustan Times, Indrajit Hazra, Jun 05, 2001)
The people of the Valley just want to move on with their lives, no matter who the proprietor of this contentious piece of real estate is.
- The Paymaster And His Serfs (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jun 05, 2001)
A dialogue with Pakistan, under whatever circumstances, needs to be greeted as a good omen. That should still be no reason for wearing blinkers. The paymaster decides.
- All For The Cut Above (Telegraph, BARUN KUMAR SAHU, Jun 05, 2001)
Downsizing the bureaucracy is an integral part of the economic reform process.
- To Hope Or Not To Hope (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 05, 2001)
hope has nothing to do with hype. Compared to the high expectations raised by Vajpayee’s visit to Lahore and the media hype accompanying it the proposed New Delhi visit by Gen. Musharraf, almost a month later, is going to be a rather prosaic affair.
- A Party Adrift (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 05, 2001)
WHILE the ruling National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Communist Party of India (Marxists) and the Panthers Party have asked their grass root workers to gird up their loins for the trial of strength in the not-too
- The Ugc - Behind The Times? (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Jun 05, 2001)
LIKE SEVERAL other limbs of the Government, the University Grants Commission (UGC) too is planning its next round of activities to synchronise with the Tenth Plan which is about to begin in a year or so.
- No Place For Vendetta (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 05, 2001)
The beginning of J.Jayalalitha’s new innings has been marked by more unsavoury controversies than that of possibly any other chief minister in recent memory
- Heading For A Crunch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
GOVERNMENT finances have entered the zone of anaemic paleness. Tax collection is dipping, expenditure is soaring, disinvestment is a non-starter and borrowing in the first two months has already crossed the halfway target.
- Indo-Pakistan Realities (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Jun 05, 2001)
PAKISTAN'S CHIEF Executive, General Pervez Musharraf, has complimented the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, for inviting him for talks, and in an interview with the BBC he described the invitation as an act of ``statesmanship'', and of ``courage
- Prisoners In Pak Jails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
WHILE cautious optimism is building up for the July 14 Indo-Pak summit, a small section of the population on both sides of the border looks forward to a possible announcement on the exchange of prisoners detained in both countries.
- Tax Holiday For Whom? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
THE Centre has exempted industries in Kutch from paying excise duty for five years. The Gujarat government in a matching-show of generosity has decided not to charge sales tax on goods sold in the same territory for the same period.
- Heading For A Crunch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
GOVERNMENT finances have entered the zone of anaemic paleness. Tax collection is dipping, expenditure is soaring, disinvestment is a non-starter and borrowing in the first two months has already crossed the halfway target.
- A President’s Pet Phobias (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
BY donning a third hat, that of President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf has added to his country’s and his own problems.
- Is Our Democracy Losing Direction? (The Kashmir Times, K. F. Rustamji , Jun 05, 2001)
In the last century, political matters held public attention to the exclusion of almost everything else. The freedom struggle, the daily Congress bulletins, the processions and meetings , the trials .
- Managing The Risks Of Globalisation (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jun 05, 2001)
GROWTH prospects for developing countries have suddenly turned gloomy because of uncertainty on the duration of the US slowdown, the lingering recession in Japan and volatility in international equity and financial markets.
- Reconstructing Kutch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2001)
THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's announcement of a five-year excise duty holiday for industries based in Gujarat's earthquake-ravaged Kutch region, though high on symbolism, is to be seen as a measure with long-term implications.
- Nepal's Hour Of Sorrow (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2001)
THE SHOCK WAVES over the unexplained assassination of King Birendra, an immensely popular constitutional monarch, have caused a violent crisis of confusion that threatens to engulf Nepal's democratic political system as well.
- Abolish The Customs Department (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Jun 05, 2001)
GREAT and glorious free traders before me have believed that customs duties are a good way to raise revenue for the state.
- Power Experts Get It Wrong (The Economic Times, Sanjeev S Ahluwalia, Jun 05, 2001)
STATE utilities owe Rs 40,640 crore to central power generators alone. This is one half of their annual revenues.
- Nepal, What Next? (Business Line, B. Raman , Jun 05, 2001)
DESPITE THE claims of Prince Regent Gyanendra and the Prime Minister, Mr G. P. Koirala, that King Birendra of Nepal, the Queen and four other members of the family died due to an ``accidental discharge of an automatic weapon,'' it is widely believed in of
- Blackwill’s Baggage (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Jun 05, 2001)
The growing friendship between India and the United States and the pre-eminence of American power in the global order make it extremely important for us to assess carefully the worldview of the American ambassador-designate to India, Robert D. Blackwill.
- Privatisation Experience -- Uneven Results Across Regions (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Jun 05, 2001)
PRIVATISATION of public sector undertakings is a significant aspect of second generation reforms. Several PSUs have been identified for disinvestment, and the Air-India and Bharat Aluminium Company cases have attracted wide attention.
- Mending Fences (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jun 05, 2001)
``BETWEEN two hills, two villages, two friends, the barbed wire runs which neither argues nor explains''. These lines from Memorial for the City by W. H. Auden sum up the miserable plight of thousands living in the border areas all over the world, includi
- Right Royal Mystery! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2001)
THE massacre that took place in Kathmandu on that fateful Friday night should rank among the worst tragedies ever to befall a royal family, or any family for that matter.
- Private & Public Sectors: Is There A Difference? (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Jun 04, 2001)
STATE-OWNED enterprises in the service industries, like ITDC hotels, Air India and Indian Airlines, are notorious for poor financial performance and customer satisfaction.
- Calamity In A Royal Family (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 04, 2001)
The tragic assassination of virtually the entire royal family in Nepal is all the more poignant because of the trivial reason behind the shocking act.
- Birendra's Nepal (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 04, 2001)
AFTER the funeral of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah on Saturday night, the immediate grief that swept the country turned to formal mourning and a degree of introspection. Old stories were retold.
- Beyond Materialism: A Spiritual Longing (Times of India, Homayun Taba, Jun 04, 2001)
IT is strange, yet not so strange, that so much preoccupation with spiritual matters goes on among corporate citizens. In two decades of organizational consultancy with companies of all sizes and types, I have come across more philosophers here than withi
- The General's Dialogue (Times of India, K.S. Ambi, Jun 04, 2001)
THERE have been suggestions that Gen Musharraf should meet leaders of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference during his visit to Delhi.
- Life & Death (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 04, 2001)
The truly wise mourn not either for the dead or for the living.
- First There Was A Dream (Hindustan Times, M.V. Kamath, Jun 04, 2001)
India and Pakistan have more shared values than France and Germany ever had. If after fighting three major wars between 1870 and 1945, France and Germany could get together in the EU, then there is every reason why India and Pakistan should come together
- In Defence Of Track Two Diplomacy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 04, 2001)
As India and Pakistan prepare for the much sought-after engagement between the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, there is renewed energy in the so-called ``Track Two'' talks between the two sides.
- When Neighbours Meet (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jun 04, 2001)
Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, was backed by national consensus, with the mainstream formations, the Congress(I), the Left parties and the representatives of the third force, hailing his initiative to invite Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Perv
- Kathmandu Killings & India (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 04, 2001)
THE cold-blooded elimination of vir-tually the entire family of Nepal, on the night of Friday the 1st of June--in many ways similar to that of Sheikh Mujib and his family at Dhaka on 15 August 1975--leaves a few questions unanswered and many threatening p
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