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- Get The Arms For The Man (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 08, 2002)
As war cries once again reverberate across the sub continent, one cannot help but ponder over the state of preparedness of our armed forces.
- Limited By Law (Indian Express, Anil Divan, Jan 08, 2002)
Over 50 years of the working of the Constitution have brought about a radical change in our democratic institutions. There is a steep fall in the values of public men.
- Thinking Again About Rape (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
Under an order dated August 9, 1999 made in Writ Petition (Crl) No.33 of 1997, the Supreme Court of India requested the Law Commission “to examine the issues raised by the petitioners.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Lessons From Argentina Crisis (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 07, 2002)
IN MY last column, I had written that the biggest risk to Asian bourses and perhaps to global markets could come from Japan this year.
- Imf: It's Monetary Fratricide! (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 07, 2002)
WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established many years ago, its founding fathers enshrined within its constitution great and noble ideals and intentions.
- Ethical Behaviour In The Throes Of Difficulty (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 07, 2002)
LUCENT Technologies Inc., the telecommunications company, announced that it was paying two executive vice-presidents a total of $7.58 million (Rs 36 crore) as retention bonus to stay with the company.
- Will Yashwant Sinha Gamble On Growth In Budget 2002-03? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jan 07, 2002)
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has his task cut out for himself. He has to stimulate growth of the manufacturing sector, which has been stagnating, through a set of fiscal and non-fiscal measures in the forthcoming Budget.
- After The Expose (Indian Express, Tarun J Tejpal, Jan 07, 2002)
In my 18 years in journalism, had I spent more time hanging around with politicians, and less with other kinds of achievers, I would have known better.
- Labouring Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2002)
Labour is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and both the Centre and the states can legislate on labour.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Ethical Behaviour In The Throes Of Difficulty (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 07, 2002)
LUCENT Technologies Inc., the telecommunications company, announced that it was paying two executive vice-presidents a total of $7.58 million (Rs 36 crore) as retention bonus to stay with the company.
- Lessons From Argentina Crisis (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 07, 2002)
IN MY last column, I had written that the biggest risk to Asian bourses and perhaps to global markets could come from Japan this year.
- Imf: It's Monetary Fratricide! (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 07, 2002)
WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established many years ago, its founding fathers enshrined within its constitution great and noble ideals and intentions.
- The Comfort Of Sameness (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jan 06, 2002)
If you subtract Russia from it, Europe is a sub-continent roughly the same size as British India.
- Forensic Justice And Aids (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jan 05, 2002)
India, like South Africa, has, high on its health agenda, the pathology of HIV and AIDS. So human rights are in jeopardy and, vis-a-vis jural relief, judicial obscurantism is forensic folly, the vanishing point of curial vigilance.
- Appropriate Expectations (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 05, 2002)
IT IS Budget time once again. Chambers of commerce and captains of industry have, as usual, begun lobbying for relief, rebates and concessions through amendment in the annual Finance Bill.
- All Houses Are Not Equal (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 05, 2002)
AS IT is, there is a uniform tax-free limit of Rs 50,000 applicable across the board to, among others, all individuals.
- All Houses Are Not Equal (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 05, 2002)
AS IT is, there is a uniform tax-free limit of Rs 50,000 applicable across the board to, among others, all individuals.
- The Power To Change Reality (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 05, 2002)
By June this year, you could be sitting in the office of the distribution circle at Faridabad, Haryana, and be able to see, on the computer screen, just how much power is going into the cluster of houses in Sector 16.
- Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2002)
NEARLY THREE DECADES after the Green Revolution changed the country's ignominious ship-to-mouth existence, agriculture has again taken the centre-stage.
- Forensic Justice And Aids (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jan 05, 2002)
India, like South Africa, has, high on its health agenda, the pathology of HIV and AIDS. So human rights are in jeopardy and, vis-a-vis jural relief, judicial obscurantism is forensic folly, the vanishing point of curial vigilance.
- Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2002)
NEARLY THREE DECADES after the Green Revolution changed the country's ignominious ship-to-mouth existence, agriculture has again taken the centre-stage.
- Transparent Dishonesty (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 04, 2002)
The unsinkable Molly Brown, please move over. You have competition, the defence minister of India has proved himself equally unsinkable.
- Pluralism And Liberalism (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jan 04, 2002)
The current resurgence of identity politics is but an expression of the primacy of the group over the individual. It does not augur well for liberal democracy in India.
- Pluralism And Liberalism (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jan 04, 2002)
The current resurgence of identity politics is but an expression of the primacy of the group over the individual. It does not augur well for liberal democracy in India.
- A Perfect Counterfoil (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 03, 2002)
It seems highly presumptuous to write of a woman with whom one had the slenderest of acquaintances.
- A Perfect Counterfoil (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 03, 2002)
It seems highly presumptuous to write of a woman with whom one had the slenderest of acquaintances.
- War Clouds And Pakistan’s Shadow (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2002)
India and Pakistan appear once again to be on the brink of war. The arrest of the chief of Jamaat Al-Dawa, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who until recently headed Lashkar-e-Taiba has been welcomed by New Delhi as ‘‘a step in the right direction’’.
- Poto Ii (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 03, 2002)
WHILE THE PROMULGATION of POTO was greeted with a censorious bang, its repromulgation has met with little more than a critical whimper.
- Protecting Companies Against Double Jeopardy (The Financial Express, Amit K. Vyas, Jan 03, 2002)
Our Constitution has, vide Article 20(2), stipulated that no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.
- Weak Links (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 01, 2002)
IAEA experts have evaluated the risks for nuclear terrorism in the following three categories: nuclear facilities; nuclear material and radioactive sources.
- The Jehadis Make It Worse (Hindu, Michael Krepon , Jan 01, 2002)
The latest crisis between India and Pakistan has followed a familiar pattern.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- The Jehadis Make It Worse (Hindu, Michael Krepon , Jan 01, 2002)
The latest crisis between India and Pakistan has followed a familiar pattern.
- ‘Our Common Problem Is Poverty, Terrorism Delays Its Solution. Let’s Fight It, This Is The New Year’s Challenge’ (Indian Express, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
MY dear fellow cou -ntrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- Harshad, Ketan, Harshad ... (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 01, 2002)
This sounds a bit harsh, but perhaps the most final thing that’s emerged from the decade-long investigo-legal case against the original Big Bull Harshad Mehta, is his death in a jail in suburban Mumbai in the wee hours of the morning yesterday.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- Corporate Governance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2002)
In 2001, many financial players, particularly banks and financial institutions, faced turmoil and lost face.
- India Will Triumph Against Terrorism (Telegraph, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- A Wideranging Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2001)
THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S announcement of the timetable for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur and Uttaranchal has come amidst a worrying escalation of tension on the Indo-Pakistan border.
- Misusing Power (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 31, 2001)
The politician who uses a public servant for political purposes and the public servant who allows himself to be used are both debasing themselves and doing a signal disservice to the country.
- `Chandrika's Regime Degenerated Into An Ordinary Corrupt Regime' -- Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, Political Science, University Of Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2001)
THE ruling classes' ``insensitivity to human suffering', failure to institutionalise the peace process by involving all political parties, and hardened attitudes on both sides have taken Sri Lanka to the brink.
- Whither Environmental Protest (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Dec 31, 2001)
The issues raised by environmental struggles remain much too important to be frittered away. This is why protest movements bear a responsibility greater than what their leaderships may realise.
- Misusing Power (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 31, 2001)
The politician who uses a public servant for political purposes and the public servant who allows himself to be used are both debasing themselves and doing a signal disservice to the country.
- A Wideranging Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2001)
THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S announcement of the timetable for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur and Uttaranchal has come amidst a worrying escalation of tension on the Indo-Pakistan border.
- Whither Environmental Protest (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Dec 31, 2001)
The issues raised by environmental struggles remain much too important to be frittered away. This is why protest movements bear a responsibility greater than what their leaderships may realise.
- Beware The Judgement Of Posterity (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 31, 2001)
Security matters have been dominating the political landscape ever since the events of nine-eleven, and finally, after many years of infirm resolve, we do see some light at the end of the tunnel.
- Courting Thought (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2001)
This year has seen one improvement in the justice system that should make a difference.
- The Jayalalithaa Saga (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 31, 2001)
INDIAN POLITICS is as vindictive in its revenge as it is uneasy in its virtue.
- `Chandrika's Regime Degenerated Into An Ordinary Corrupt Regime' -- Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, Political Science, University Of Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2001)
THE ruling classes' ``insensitivity to human suffering', failure to institutionalise the peace process by involving all political parties, and hardened attitudes on both sides have taken Sri Lanka to the brink.
- The Jayalalithaa Saga (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 31, 2001)
INDIAN POLITICS is as vindictive in its revenge as it is uneasy in its virtue.
- Paying For Profligacy? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 30, 2001)
IF ARGENTINA in the last two weeks fit into a pattern, it was not in any serious analysis about what went wrong leading to the economic chaos and violence in the streets.
- Why We Are Moving Into New Year With The Baggage Of 2001 (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 30, 2001)
It may be difficult to grant that now, but 2001 was about more than December 13.
- Gentle Spirit Of Hange (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2001)
Talking of change, here’s another one. Not a change in any real sense, but an additional hat for a many-hatted person. Salman Khurshid is known as lawyer, historian, politician and actor. And also as a champion.
- Historical Necessity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 30, 2001)
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi believes that the existing history text books for schools largely ignore contributions of several nationalist leaders, which needs to be corrected.
- Inviting Trouble? (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 30, 2001)
The defection of 12 BJP MLAs to the ruling Congress(I) in Chhattisgarh has generated discontent with Mr. Ajit Jogi among sections of his partymen.
- Paying For Profligacy? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 30, 2001)
IF ARGENTINA in the last two weeks fit into a pattern, it was not in any serious analysis about what went wrong leading to the economic chaos and violence in the streets.
- Inviting Trouble? (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 30, 2001)
The defection of 12 BJP MLAs to the ruling Congress(I) in Chhattisgarh has generated discontent with Mr. Ajit Jogi among sections of his partymen.
- Systemic Overhaul Needed To Fight Terror (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 30, 2001)
India's justice system has become the strongest and most favoured ally and alibi of the terrorists operating on Indian soil, and of their sponsors across borders.
- Turn Of The Screw (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 30, 2001)
By announcing a second round of measures against Pakistan, India has stepped up the diplomatic offensive it has mounted against its recalcitrant neighbour.
- Cure For An Ailing Education System? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 29, 2001)
RARELY do Parliamentary Committees take up issues of genuine public interest that also exert a crucial bearing on posterity, though the country's judiciary has been active in espousing public causes.
- Hang Up, Don’t Disconnect (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 29, 2001)
Before we get buried under the avalanche of yearenders over the next two days telling us what 2002 will bring, it might be useful to go back 40 years, to October 1962.
- The Power Of Churning (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2001)
A thought that kept surfacing during a visit to Japan some weeks ago, while talking of that country’s serious economic crisis, was that there was a real dearth of new entrepreneurship — Japanese business, like its society.
- Turn Of The Screw (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2001)
By announcing a second round of measures against Pakistan, India has stepped up the diplomatic offensive it has mounted against its recalcitrant neighbour.
- Systemic Overhaul Needed To Fight Terror (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 29, 2001)
India's justice system has become the strongest and most favoured ally and alibi of the terrorists operating on Indian soil, and of their sponsors across borders.
- Twice Bitten, Never Shy? (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 29, 2001)
THE saying, `once bitten, twice shy', probably, excludes politicians, who, despite being repeatedly proven wrong, still pursue their selfish goals at the cost of national interest.
- Historical Necessity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2001)
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi believes that the existing history text books for schools largely ignore contributions of several nationalist leaders, which needs to be corrected.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 29, 2001)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 29, 2001)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- Another Legal Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2001)
IN A WAY, Ms. Jayalalithaa could not have asked for more. Her second legal victory, in the coal import deal case, has come less than a month after she was judicially absolved by the Madras High Court in the TANSI and Pleasant Stay Hotel cases.
- Firmly On Course (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 28, 2001)
The lasting image of December 13 is not of terrorists being chased by police or of a Lashkar-e-Toiba suicide attacker lying dead within the Parliament complex in New Delhi.
- An Opportunity For Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 27. The continuing crisis between India and Pakistan need not necessarily end in a disaster, nuclear or otherwise. In fact, it could provide an opportunity for the countries to redefine their relationship.
- Deeds Not Words (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 28, 2001)
Washington has finally done what New Delhi has been wanting it to do for quite some time-put the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in its list of foreign terrorist organisations.
- Armed Response And International Law (Hindu, V. S. Mani, Dec 28, 2001)
The best legally-justifiable course open to India now is to go to the U.N. Security Council... Let us not go headlong into use of armed force.
- Alms And The Man (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 28, 2001)
When beggars become a nuisance, what does the state do?
- Armed Response And International Law (Hindu, V. S. Mani, Dec 28, 2001)
The best legally-justifiable course open to India now is to go to the U.N. Security Council... Let us not go headlong into use of armed force.
- An Opportunity For Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 27. The continuing crisis between India and Pakistan need not necessarily end in a disaster, nuclear or otherwise. In fact, it could provide an opportunity for the countries to redefine their relationship.
- Negative Vote (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2001)
THE PROPOSAL MOOTED by the Election Commissioner, Mr. T. S. Krishnamurthy, at a seminar in Chennai on electoral reforms to make available the option of a ``negative vote'' in elections at various levels is a sure recipe for a wholly avoidable mess.
- Another Legal Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2001)
IN A WAY, Ms. Jayalalithaa could not have asked for more. Her second legal victory, in the coal import deal case, has come less than a month after she was judicially absolved by the Madras High Court in the TANSI and Pleasant Stay Hotel cases.
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