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- Alarming Signs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 14, 2001)
INCIDENTS OF ATTACK on institutions run by Christian missionaries and the justification of such barbarism by the leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) are taking place once again.
- Fever Pitch In Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 14, 2001)
Will someone please differentiate policing from politics?
- Wages Of Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2001)
Sunday's violence in Tamil Nadu, which claimed five lives and left scores, including journalists, wounded, should not cause any surprise.
- Politics Of Excess (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 14, 2001)
If the UTI scam represents shady deals and the Manipur crisis administrative bungling, the events in Tamil Nadu highlight the most vicious aspects of provincial politics.
- Tied In Knots (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2001)
Threats of libel suits and other retaliations notwithstanding, private lives of public figures capture the media’s — and the reader’s — imagination like little else.
- Two Cheers! Feisty Kerala Finds A Solution For Bad Image On Labour (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Aug 14, 2001)
The Chinese have special export zones (SEZs) where the law on labour is a dream for new investors.
- Cycle Of Love, Hate And Deceit (Business Line, Premen Addy , Aug 14, 2001)
IT HAS long been a redeeming feature of British society that some of its patricians, contrary to revolutionary socialist creed and prophecy, have been in the vanguard of causes that many of their peers perceived as class betrayal.
- Separating Hope From Hype (The Economic Times, Ashima Goyal, Aug 14, 2001)
IF THIS is the age of knowledge it is also the age of analysis. Journalists, think tanks, policy makers, and academics are all explaining events and forecasting the future. But what is their primary task?
- Downsizing Alone Won’t Restore Rlys’ Financial Health (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mukul, Aug 14, 2001)
When the biggest employer in the world spends a substantial portion of its revenue in paying wages and pensions and finds that this leaves it with little to put back into the revenue generating system, how does it go about belt-tightening?
- Lawyer’s Bid To Divorce Them (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 14, 2001)
A Cairo court has dismissed a case seeking to dissolve forcibly the 37-year marriage of the prominent feminist Nawal el-Saadawi and her husband, Sherif Hetataas, a punishment for her alleged insults of the Islamic religion.
- Iran's Travails (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2001)
After the expected showdown between the conservatives and liberals, and eventually swallowing the bitter pill over the appointment of "politically biased" clerics in the Guardians Council.
- Maharashtra's Gram Sevak Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Aug 13, 2001)
TIRTH(K) VILLAGE, with a population of 1,672 and 300-odd households, is 30 km from Osmanabad town in Maharashtra's Tuljapur taluka.
- The Swami And The Commissar (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Aug 13, 2001)
There is a striking similarity between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the manner the two parties, usually at opposite ends of the political spectrum.
- Significance Of The Nirupam Episode (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Aug 13, 2001)
IN the USA, where democracy appears to have taken firmer roots than India, the White House aides are progressively becoming more powerful than Cabinet officials.
- Box Populi (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 13, 2001)
This is something which ought to have happened a long time ago.
- Another Reason For Jaya To Go (Indian Express, M. Rama Jois, Aug 13, 2001)
Last month the Supreme Court directed that the writ petition challenging the appointment of Jayalalithaa — who is not a member of the state legislature and who is also ineligible to be elected as a member of legislature, as chief minister.
- O Krishna, Where Are You? (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 13, 2001)
DID the Soldiers of the Faith say ‘‘in the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful’’, before they raised their arm to fling acid at the young woman in the Valley?
- Grandstanding General (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Aug 13, 2001)
Media victories are ephemeral - while they provide an immediate sense of achievement, the impact fades with time.
- The Way Forward On Kashmir (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Aug 13, 2001)
WE SEEM to have arrived at yet another defining moment in our collective effort to persuade the people of Kashmir that their interests are best served by remaining affiliated to the Indian Union rather than anything else.
- Sc Cracks The Whip, Fixes Time Limit For Pronouncing Judgements (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 13, 2001)
NOTHING that the Supreme Court of India has done for the last 50 years would compare with what it did last week.
- Circle Of Unreason (Hindustan Times, Balraj Puri, Aug 13, 2001)
L.K. Advani has threatened to crush insurgency in the Valley with an iron hand.
- Yet Another August 15 (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 13, 2001)
ON JULY 31, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, told a BJP parliamentary party meeting: ``Since I am Prime Minister, I am responsible. I feel I have not been able to manage and discipline the NDA.
- A Reformer's Last Chance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
Syed Mohammed Khatami, in his second and last term as Iran's President, has the opportunity, and the need, to mark out his reform agenda in full, says Kesava Menon.
- Action Please (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
Erwadi should be a wake-up call to all Governments, says Kalpana Sharma.
- Legislating Morality In Cyber Cafes (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Aug 12, 2001)
THE Union Government is reportedly intending to widen the scope of information technology laws in order to counter the immoral exposure of people to pornographic material in cyber cafes.
- Poll Pains (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 12, 2001)
Even as the people of Pakistan were busy electing representatives to local bodies, sectarian violence reached serious proportions.
- Action Please (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
Erwadi should be a wake-up call to all Governments, says Kalpana Sharma.
- Tashkent, Simla, Lahore, Agra ...? (Pioneer, MN Buch, Aug 12, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf before, during and after the Agra Summit has been consistent in stating that the core and, by implication, the only issue for discussion between India and Pakistan is Kashmir.
- Gangster’s Mole Becomes A Lady (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 11, 2001)
Sometime in 1982, I was rung up by the commissioner of police of Lucknow and asked if I would like to send a reporter to cover the arrest of Phoolan Devi.
- Costly Lessons (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2001)
Ever since the Supreme Court ordered Delhi's commercial vehicles to switch to compressed natural gas as fuel, all hell has broken loose.
- All That Gas (Hindustan Times, Anil Agrawal, Aug 11, 2001)
THE MINISTRY of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) appears extremely confused about its name.
- Kashmiriyat Veiled (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2001)
Women in the Valley find there is yet another ghetto.
- Tashkent, Simla, Lahore, Agra ...? (Pioneer, MN Buch, Aug 11, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf before, during and after the Agra Summit has been consistent in stating that the core and, by implication, the only issue for discussion between India and Pakistan is Kashmir.
- The Great Bhure Lal Hijack (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Aug 11, 2001)
Ram Naik and Sheila Dikshit are guilty, but Bhure Lal and the Court are as much to blame.
- Deadline Hope (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2001)
Repeating a saying does not necessarily make it more forceful. But the Supreme Court has not stopped at the saying, “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
- Indian Soldier Is Treated As ‘Gun Fodder’ (Tribune, Angad Singh, Aug 10, 2001)
THE gallant Indian soldier is forgotten immediately after his heroic deeds. Every war is fought by him on an unequal footing.
- A Merger Later, Trp Wars Will Be History (Indian Express, Anuraha Raman, Aug 10, 2001)
The broadcaster swears by it. The producer’s life hangs by it and for the advertiser it is an unforgettable mantra to be chanted in front of rich corporate houses.
- The Freedom Of Information Bill (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 10, 2001)
KEEPING CONTROVERSIAL issues in suspended animation is a well known evasive technique of governance.
- Cng-Centric Lost Cause (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 10, 2001)
THERE IS no doubt that the air quality in Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities, has improved since the Supreme Court forced the state government to make the bus owners switch from diesel to compressed natural gas (CNG).
- Obsolete Package (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2001)
NEITHER users nor manufacturers of jute bags stand to gain by the tendency of the government to keep packaging norms cast in stone or having official committees getting involved in decisions on exactly how to package commodities.
- Sonu Weds Vishal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2001)
Why love still cannot overpower the tyranny of caste.
- Post-Agra Message From Pakistan (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 09, 2001)
IT is high time to put an end to what Mr G.Parthasarathy, former High Commissioner to Pakistan, calls the “Musharraf mania”.
- Prime Time For Resurrection (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 09, 2001)
THE REACTION of the public service broadcaster — in this case, Doordarshan — to the advent of private television channels is now part of broadcasting legend.
- Cbi On A Tighter Leash (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 09, 2001)
CBI may soon lose the freedom to investigate senior public servants like Subramanyam.
- Icrier At 20: Full Throttle, In Many Directions (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Aug 09, 2001)
It started with a phone call 23 years back. The Ford Foundation telephoned the European Community commissioner for development in Brussels, Claude Cheysson, wondering if the EC would want some money to study development co-operation within the Third World
- Tax Exemptions Revisited (The Economic Times, Indira Rajaraman, Aug 09, 2001)
IN A recent article on income tax exemptions in India (ET, 12 July 2001), I asserted a principle, made a suggestion and entered a plea.
- Tied To The Npa Stake (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 09, 2001)
``YOU borrow in lakhs from a bank, you are in trouble with the bank; you borrow in crores, the bank is in trouble with you.''
- Democracy Be Damned! (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 09, 2001)
WHAT HAPPENS when a star actress scripts a drama of political vengeance against a seasoned scriptwriter?
- The Poll Panel's Power & Wisdom (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Aug 08, 2001)
IN THE election to the Council of States from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, six candidates were elected unopposed, giving the AIADMK four members, and the TMC and the DMK one each.
- This Is Madness (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2001)
Our response to the mentally ill is mindless and heartless.
- Brain Dead (Hindustan Times, Indrajit Hazra, Aug 08, 2001)
A sure method to douse the spirits of the fiery liberal who never misses an opportunity to take up a ‘worthy’ cause is to give him a guided tour of Eastern India’s oldest mental asylum, Mankundu Mental Hospital, in West Bengal.
- Where We Are Is Hell (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2001)
India demands very strong nerves — which is often a pithier phrase for a horrifically numbed public conscience.
- Vajpayee And Nehru (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 08, 2001)
The brief drama over the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's offer of resignation is now generally treated as closed.
- Ayatollah’s Chess Game (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 08, 2001)
It has been a few weeks since Syed Mohammed Khatami was re-elected president of Iran, this time defeating rivals from the ranks of the hardline Shia clerics by an even bigger margin than when he was first elected.
- Fiddling With Education (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2001)
Saffronisation is not the only problem.
- A Passage To Cheap Fame (Indian Express, Mushirul Hasan, Aug 08, 2001)
LORD Curzon, governor-general of India, drew up a list of princes with homosexual tastes.
- Mortgaging The Future (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 08, 2001)
THE financial machinations of the Indian state are increasingly coming to resemble a vast ponzi scheme.
- What’s Behind Vajpayee’s Volte-Face On Musharraf? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 08, 2001)
If a Prime Minister says he is not under pressure and then goes on to offer his resignation within 24 hours, what should people infer? Hardliners in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been needling Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a long time.
- Scripting The Bjp Meltdown (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 08, 2001)
IT WAS left to the little-known Mr. Rashid Alvi of the Bahujan Samaj Party to put his finger on the nature of the increasingly irreversible meltdown of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Bihar Suffers Through It All (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Aug 07, 2001)
Dogged by several Central Bureau of Investigation cases and encircled by rival political heavyweights baying for their blood, the Laloo Yadav-Rabri Devi duo continues to move on.
- Damaging Politics Of Power Sector (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Aug 07, 2001)
THE reforms in the power sector initiated in a couple of states are facing stiff resistance from the public.
- Pre-Natal Scanning Techniques Have A Role To Play In Falling Sex Ratio (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Aug 07, 2001)
Privatisation, globalisation and modern technology may be considered welcome developments in the economic sphere, but their impact on India’s socio-cultural milieu is fast becoming a cause for concern.
- When Uti Fell Down And Broke Its Crown... (The Financial Express, Virendra Verma, Aug 07, 2001)
The Unit Trust of India (UTI), the “trusted” fund of the country, is once again in turmoil after a gap of almost two and half years with its flagship scheme, Unit Scheme 1964 (US-64).
- Hiroshima Haunts (Hindustan Times, Ashok Ashta, Aug 07, 2001)
The US Deputy Secretary Armitage’s recent visit to Delhi also took him to Tokyo, where it created a media reaction.
- Saarc: Inside & Outside (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Aug 07, 2001)
CHINA IS reported to have expressed a desire to join the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Constitutionally Unsound (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Aug 07, 2001)
President Chandrika Kumaratunga has wantonly plunged Sri Lanka into a constitutional crisis of incalculable consequences.
- Higher Judicial Appointments - Ii (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Aug 07, 2001)
THE JUDICIAL takeover - critics may call it a quasi-coup - of the power of appointment of judges has landed the law in an imbroglio and magnified the dilatory methodology.
- Settle It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2001)
THE MADRAS High Court has asked the telecom dispute settlement appellate tribunal to expedite its decision on the controversy surrounding the use of wireless in local loop by basic services providers for limited mobility.
- Peace Assurances (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
THE assurance given by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to a group of 300 "Muslim clergy, academics, lawyers and others" that the peace process initiated by him would continue is a welcomeiteration of a rather repetitive but genuine stand.
- Tapping The Telecom Scam (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 07, 2001)
Sukh Ram is back in news — and in the courts — as charges are framed against the former union minister in the six year-old telecom scandal.
- Advani The Arsonist (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 07, 2001)
RUMOURS that the government is planning to name former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A. Sangma as its special emissary for talks with the different factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland and other insurgent organisations is threatening to light.
- Hope On Alzheimer’S Vaccine (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
A new vaccine blocked the development of Alzheimer’s disease in mice genetically engineered to carry the human gene for the degenerative brain disease, researchers have said.
- It Takes Two To Tango (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Aug 06, 2001)
WHEN some years ago there were persistent calls for England’s senior most judge to quit office, his bland response was that he had ‘‘all the Christian virtues, except resignation.’’
- Life In The City After Chambal (Indian Express, Shrikant Khandekar, Aug 06, 2001)
A late morning chat with Phoolan Devi about banditry, Mohar Singh, and much else.
- Enron Revisited (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 06, 2001)
The Enron controversy has become a matter of national and international significance.
- Turkey At The Crossroads (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 06, 2001)
TURKEY'S economy is in deep trouble. On July 17, the lira declined 8 per cent to a level of 1.48 million to one US dollar.
- Economic Competence: The Global Gulf Widens (Business Line, Anantha Nageshwaran, Aug 06, 2001)
US INDICATORS signal economic bottom is at hand. In the week that ended, the US dollar continued to lose ground against the euro, and, to a lesser extent, against the yen as well.
- Deja Vu (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 06, 2001)
NEWS of recent happenings in India on the political and financial fronts must have acted like a deja vu effect on old timers who had been following public affairs in the country since Independence.
- The Corrupt Can't Stay (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court has ruled that public servants convicted of corruption should not hold office till such time as they are exonerated by a superior court.
- Higher Judicial Appointments - I (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Aug 06, 2001)
MANY HIGH Courts have vacant court halls and Benches with no robed brethren available to sit and dispense justice.
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