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- Iran And The People's Will (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2001)
THE TRIUMPHAL MARGIN recorded by Iran's high-profile President, Mr. Mohammed Khatami, in his bid for re-election on a ``reform'' ticket leaves him now on course for a place in the history of the Islamic republic.
- An S.C. Bench For The South - I (Hindu, K. Subramaniam, Jun 12, 2001)
WHILE ADDRESSING the members of the Supreme Court Bar Association on November 26, 1982, on the eve of ``Law Day''.
- Bill Gets Bigger (Times of India, Vikas Singh, Jun 12, 2001)
JUNE 28, 2001 is undoubtedly a red-letter day for Redmond - and all the other offices of software giant Microsoft.
- Excise Holiday Sop In Kutch Irks North-Eastern States (The Financial Express, Santanu Saikia, Jun 12, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s announcement of a five-year excise holiday for industries in Kutch district of Gujarat may yield rich dividends for the earthquake-ravaged region.
- Marriages Or M&as (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jun 12, 2001)
MATCH-making may be a business for marriage brokers. For the parents, it is not.
- Killing Them Softly (Hindustan Times, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Jun 12, 2001)
A Petition filed in the Patna High Court some time ago, for the mercy killing of one Kanchan Devi, has triggered off a fresh debate on the issue.
- The Dalits To Durban (Hindu, Garimella Subramaniam, Jun 12, 2001)
Denial is deadlier than the crime, and thwarting attempts to debate caste-based discrimination in the forthcoming `United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance'.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jun 12, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad, like the Olympiad and Asiad.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 12, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- The Seeds Of Separatism In The North-East (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jun 12, 2001)
THERE are two aspects of the demand for which the Isaac Swu-Thuingaleng Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland is engaged in insurgency.
- After The Famous Win (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2001)
IT is tempting to believe that armed with a massive mandate President Mohammed Khatami will briskly restart his aborted reforms programme. He will not because he cannot.
- Durban, Caste And Indian Democracy (Hindu, Kancha Ilaiah, Jun 11, 2001)
TO ASCERTAIN public opinion on the question of inclusion of caste on the agenda of the United Nations World Conference on Racism being held in Durban, South Africa, a national committee was constituted by the Prime Minister headed by Mr. Ranganath Mishra,
- Rag The Colleges (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 11, 2001)
That the age-old tradition of ragging can at times turn ugly is good enough reason for it to be seen as more of a nuisance than plain fun.
- Recipe For Increasing Non Performing Assets (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 11, 2001)
The chickens, one would say, are coming in to roost. After an aggressive expansion policy and tough loan recovery programme, ICICI seems to have run into serious trouble this time.
- Day Of The Moderate (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jun 11, 2001)
For Prime Minister Vajpayee, whose three tenures have not been marked by conspicuous success in any field, a thaw in India’s relations with Pakistan may feature as an achievement which he expects will cement his place in history.
- Azad Sans Azadi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 11, 2001)
IF every election on this side of Jammu and Kashmir has been rigged, the electoral exercises conducted periodically across the Line of Control in the socalled Azad Kashmir, under occuptaion of Pakistan, have been equally farcical.
- Nepal Doesn’t Need Maoism But A Stable, Democratic Setup (The Financial Express, Salil Tripathi, Jun 11, 2001)
THE curfew imposed to prevent fresh riots has been lifted and the streets have returned to relative calm but the massacre of Nepal’s royal family will likely bring new dangers to the troubled Himalayan-Hindu nation.
- The Trouble With Inquiry Commissions (Tribune, Rahul Singh, Jun 11, 2001)
EVER since our independence and the horrific communal riots that accompanied it, there have been two major communal outbursts that have traumatised the nation:
- Sadr-E-Pakistan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2001)
The announcement on Wednesday about general Musharraf assuming the office of president will hardly come as a surprise to long-term observers of Pakistan's political scene.
- In Touch And Always In The Know (Telegraph, RAHUL GHOSH, Jun 11, 2001)
At last e-governance has become a reality in West Bengal. Terminal connections from village panchayats to the state administrative headquarters, the Writers’ Buildings, have been established to help the government transact business faster.
- Dialectics Of Dialogue (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2001)
``Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish question'', say authors W C Sellar, et al in their hilarious book on British history, 1066 & All That.
- Role Of Governors (The Kashmir Times, S. Venkatesh, Jun 11, 2001)
Ms Fatima Beevi’s decision to swear-in Ms Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has emrboiled the office of the Governor in a major controversy.
- The Reddening Mountains (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jun 11, 2001)
At first dismissed for being too smooth or too simplistic, they were taken by journalists, as well as the public — in Nepal as also elsewhere — as the stuff of which potboilers are made.
- A Victory Not Quite Famous (Telegraph, Mohit Sen, Jun 11, 2001)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has reason to feel relieved about being able to retain West Bengal.
- What Penalty? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 10, 2001)
THE POWER ministry is reportedly proposing to amend the Indian Electricity Act to make punishments for theft of power more stringent.
- Your Home May No More Be Your Castle (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 10, 2001)
FOUR WEEKS ago, the Union Home Ministry routinely breathed fresh life into an old circular, perhaps without bothering to apply its mind (to use a legal cliche).
- Thunder In The Mountains (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 10, 2001)
THE JUNE 1 killing of almost the entire royal family, which has triggered shock, anger, confusion and grief, has left Nepal at the crossroads.
- Turmoil In Pok's Balawaristan (Pioneer, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jun 10, 2001)
In launching its military misadventure across a well-defined Line of Control (LoC) through perennially snow-covered gaps in the summer of 1999, the Pakistan army led by General Pervez Musharraf had many dubious feats to its credit.
- Breaking The Curfew (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 10, 2001)
THE curfews are still being imposed but with a lessening of the hours people have to stay housebound.
- Establish Saarc Parliament Like Eu (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jun 10, 2001)
IT became amply clear at the last meeting of the SAARC heads of government in Colombo, in the summer of 1998, that discussion of subjects on the basis of political approach and attitude may not any more easily be kept out of debate.
- Is Delhi A Gas Chamber? (Tribune, K. T. S. Tulsi, Jun 10, 2001)
THE Yamuna enters Delhi at Wazirabad and leaves at Okhla, after travelling a distance of 25 km.
- Building On A Unique Relationship With Nepal (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 09, 2001)
There have been occasions in the past when I have had to upbraid South Block for not having a contingency plan for a sudden eventuality of profound significance.
- Delineate Clearly The Role And Functions Of Governors (The Economic Times, Anees Ahmed, Jun 09, 2001)
THE CONTROVERSIAL decision of the Tamil Nadu governor of inviting AIADMK leader J Jayalalitha to form the government despite the latter being disqualified to be a member of the Legislative Assembly has once again focussed attention on the role and functio
- India Needs To Tread Carefully On The Nepal Front (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jun 09, 2001)
The ascendancy of King Gyanendra in neighbouring Nepal, said to be an ‘authoritarian man with an anti-India image’, from all accounts poses a stiff challenge to India’s foreign policy and diplomacy.
- Breaking The Curfew (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 09, 2001)
THE curfews are still being imposed but with a lessening of the hours people have to stay housebound. The first days saw angry mobs, shaven-headed out of grief, breaking the curfew and burning tyres they dubbed `Prince Paras'.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 08, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Miles To Go, Promises To Keep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
Mr. Khatami and his supporters know that the patience of their people is running thin, writes KESAVA MENON.
- The Hitchhikers Guide To Cyber Space (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jun 08, 2001)
THE DOTCOM boom did not prompt me to join a dotcom, nor did it prompt me to go forth and start a dotcom business of my own, which most of my adventurous friends did.
- Birendra's Finest Moment (Times of India, Sanjoy Hazarika, Jun 08, 2001)
IN April 1990, a small demonstration in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of democracy in Nepal was fired upon by security forces.
- Scope Has A ‘Third Option’, But Will It Lead Anywhere? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jun 08, 2001)
PRIVATISATION without privatisation” is an anti-concept which the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (Scope) is currently trying to hard-sell as a “third option” to preserve the moth eaten public sector undertakings (PSUs).
- Hurriyat: Confused Or Out Of Steam? (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Jun 08, 2001)
Was one surprised when the Valley-based All-parties Hurriyat Conference endorsed Gen Musharraf's well-reasoned rebuff to the jihadi fringe in Pakistan?
- Miles To Go, Promises To Keep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
Mr. Khatami and his supporters know that the patience of their people is running thin, writes KESAVA MENON.
- Crimes And Whispers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2001)
When Indira Gandhi was gunned down in October 1984 it took several hours for the news to be officially announced.
- More Reforms Required To Lure Higher Fdi In Agriculture (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Jun 07, 2001)
Since the initiation of economic liberalisation in 1991, the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign technical collaborations in the agriculture sector has been dismally low.
- Resolute Action (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2001)
IN a rather unexpected show of determination, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has finally demolished a few marriage pandals that should not have been allowed to come up in the first place.
- Fiduciary Responsibility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 07, 2001)
Commerzbank case raises issue of corporate governance.
- Musharraf Becomes President (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 07, 2001)
SO GEN Pervez Musharraf has done what was expected of him for quite some time.
- Aesthetic Deceptions (Hindustan Times, K. M. Shrimali, Jun 07, 2001)
IT IS well known that right from at least the mid-19th century, many European scholars, British administrator-cum-historians, art critics, etc.
- The Death Of Monarchy (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jun 07, 2001)
WHEN over 55 years ago, King Farooq of the fabled land of the Pharaohs was overthrown, and Col Nasser set up the republic of Egypt, the fat witty monarch, when asked about the future of monarchy as such, is reported to have quipped:
- Resolute Action (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2001)
IN a rather unexpected show of determination, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has finally demolished a few marriage pandals that should not have been allowed to come up in the first place.
- Office Humour — A Joke Too Far? (Tribune, Fran Abrams, Jun 07, 2001)
First, a word of warning.
- Indian Cocktail: Enron Alone? Check Out Canadian Firms (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, Jun 07, 2001)
Political risk mars India’s image in investors’ eyes.
- A Clear Signal To Jayalalithaa (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jun 06, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 1. With the decision to recall the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms. Fathima Beevi, the NDA Government at the Centre has not only tried to please its constituent, the DMK, but sent out a clear signal to the Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa.
- To Promote A Better Work Culture (Telegraph, Susanta Kumar Biswas, Jun 06, 2001)
The fourth pay commission in its report on West Bengal makes a remarkable observation.
- Logic Of Layoffs (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 06, 2001)
IN THE US in last year alone, more than 600,000 persons have reportedly been laid off due to the shrinking earnings of most companies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Scavenging The Truth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2001)
Call them by any name, nightsoil carriers are a reality.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- General Musharraf V. President Musharraf (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 05, 2001)
HOW different will be General Pervez Musharraf in the new civilian robe of presidency? Does it make him more respectable and acceptable to the world community, especially to India?
- 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 .
- 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.
- 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
- Complain And Be Damned (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 04, 2001)
ABOUT 60 residents of Bahota village and adjoining villages in Marmat area of Doda district have migrated to Doda township following a reign of terror let loose by the security forces.
- Himalayan Challenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 04, 2001)
The shock and outrage over the killing of King Birendra and his family members and the outbursts of grief by the hundreds of thousands who thronged the funeral procession attests to the monarchy's strong, unifying hold over the Nepalese people.
- 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.
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