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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Family Tales (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These stories reflect the lifestyle of a typical middle-class household in Kerala sixty years ago.
- Of Magic And Mythology (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 29, 2007)
“When I came to India, I thought there would be magicians everywhere. But it was all so modern. I kept asking people about the mango tree magic; they thought I was crazy.”
- Death Rides The Roads Of Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
There has been a sudden spurt in fatalities in vehicular mishaps on Bangalore City roads over the last fortnight: with three persons dying every other day during the period.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This collection brings together some of the finest stories of Manto, the most widely read and the most translated writer in Urdu.
- A Head For Numbers (OutLook, Shobhit Mahajan, Oct 27, 2007)
"I beg to introduce myself to you as a clerk in the Accounts Department of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of only 20 pounds per annum," began Ramanujan’s famous first letter to G.H. Hardy, containing pages of mathematical results . . . .
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 27, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition. He saw it all—the progress and impact of the Second World War on the subcontinent . . . .
- N-Deal: Now, Mulford Meets Brajesh (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 27, 2007)
As the nuclear deal comes under threat for political reasons, there is a sudden spurt in BJP-US engagement with US Ambassador David Mulford meeting former NSA Brajesh Mishra on Friday, two days after he met Leader of Opposition . . . .
- A Unique Trail (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2007)
On my last trip to Calcutta, I had what can only be described as a uniquely bhadralok experience: I bought a book by a Dasgupta about another Dasgupta, which was sold to me by a third Dasgupta, after he had been guided by a fourth Dasgupta.
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- Us Wants Nuke Deal By Jan (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 27, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government and the United States have not given up on the nuclear deal which is very much "alive" and on the cards. US undersecretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns, in an interview to National Public Radio. . .
- Us Optimistic About N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Harping on a year-end deadline for the nuclear deal with India, the US has said it will be good to get it voted in the Congress by coming January.
- Sanctions Doomed To Fail: Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 27, 2007)
An expression of U.S. hostility towards us, says Tehran
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Reminiscent of the Scottish highlands, it leaves you spellbound
- Burns: Bring N-Deal To Us Congress By January (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 27, 2007)
The Left, notably the CPI(M), may be furious over the United States setting an informal year-end deadline for the civil nuclear deal, but Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has once again stressed the timeline, saying it would be . . . .
- Save The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
It is obvious that the US-India civilian nuclear deal is now in the doldrums.
- A Rising Bachelor Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
Once loath to reveal breakdowns in social stability, China's State Population and Family Commission admitted last winter that "the increasing difficulties men face finding wives may lead to social instability".
- Cpi(m) For Religion As A Criterion For Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his party favoured an amendment to the Constitution for including religion as a criterion for providing reservation benefits.
- Cpi(m) For Religion As A Criterion For Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his party favoured an amendment to the Constitution for including religion as a criterion for providing reservation benefits.
- U.S. Deadline An Insult, Says Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Rebuffing U.S. insistence on India moving fast on the nuclear deal, the CPI(M) on Thursday said setting of such deadlines was an “insult” to Indian democracy.
- Mulayam Briefs Karat On Third Front Meeting (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Oct 26, 2007)
With the Manmohan Singh government and the Left parties engaged in the war of nerves on the nuclear deal, communists have paced up the process of engagement with the UNPA to put pressure on the Congress-led coalition and corner it on the floor of. . .
- Kashmir Integral To The India Story (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
Today the relationship between India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir completes sixty years. It was on this day, October 26, 1947, that the ruler of the state, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the government of . . . .
- U.S. Committed To Diplomatic Solution: Rice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
As the United States imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Washington remained committed to “‘a diplomatic solution.”
- Q&a: 'N-Deal Will Widen The Base Of Indo-Us Relations' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Phillips Talbot worked as India correspondent for Chicago Daily News before partition and in the early years after freedom. His recent book, An American Witness to India's Partition, is primarily a collection of his reports.
- 3 Humility Was Never What It Used To Be (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
A successful businessman friend has a point of view which can perhaps be contested. His premise is that when one’s success and fame spreads and as one wins regard, honour and respect from powerful persons, wealthy patrons and learned scholars . . . .
- Wanted: Kaliyug Ka Ravana (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
Countless effigies of Ravana were burnt in different parts of India on Sunday night.
- Cpm Lambasts Us 'Insistence On N-Deal' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Rebuffing US insistence on India moving fast on the nuclear deal, the CPI(M) on Thursday said setting of such deadlines was an 'insult' to Indian democracy.
- ‘Given The Nature Of Competitive Politics And Fractured Mandates... Difficult For Us To Do What Is Manifestly Obvious’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2007)
Never before has the Indian economy sustained close to 9 per cent growth year after year for so long. Most projections suggest that we should be able to sustain this rate into the medium term.
- Power Play (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 25, 2007)
In an article, M.D. Nalapat explains how the Congress “bowed to the CPM bully,” and why “Prakash Karat knows Sonia Gandhi better than Manmohan Singh”.
- Towards A Faraway Peace (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 25, 2007)
We are closer to peace than ever before,” said Shimon Peres at his official presidential home in Jerusalem last week.
- Singh Raises New Hope Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Y.P. Rajesh, Oct 25, 2007)
India’s beleaguered prime minister is determined to push a nuclear deal with the United States despite stiff opposition from his communist allies, a lobbying group quoted him as saying.
- Ec Show Cause Notices To Bjp, Cong Leaders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Election Commission today issued showcause notices to Gujarat BJP president Purshottam Rupala and senior Congress leader and party general secretary B.K.Hariprasad for violating model code of conduct by making allegations and personal remarks . . . .
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Dev Anand is something of a Bollywood institution. For generations of filmgoers he has remained Hindi cinema’s most charismatic personality.
- 31 Jailed, Including Chief Of Al-Umma (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Oct 25, 2007)
Thirty-one persons, including leaders of the banned Muslim extremist body Al-Umma, were sentenced to life today by the special court here for being the main conspirators in the serial bomb blasts that rocked this city nine years ago.
- We're Off To A Good Start (Times of India, Manmohan Singh , Oct 25, 2007)
India is a nation on the move. I am confident that our time has come.
- Open Society (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2007)
The United States of America is a country where there are no Americans. This paradox dissolves in the face of the reality that the few original Americans who exist live in reservations.
- The Question's About Origin (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
This refers to Mr Jatinder Nath Joshi's article, "Plethora of evidence"(October 11), which is in response to my article on Kerala School - a summarised form of my write up.
- Bobby Jindal, Who? (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 25, 2007)
There's nothing about the new Louisiana Governor that's Indian. Why celebrate his win?
- Cong-Ruled States To Have Upa Manifesto (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Congress central leadership today announced it would integrate the UPA’s election manifesto with those in Congress-ruled states and review it every three months to prepare for the 2009 election.
- Policing Issues (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 25, 2007)
The need to protect law-abiding people, especially senior citizens, women and children, from street bullies is as important as the fight against terrorism.
- The Unfinished Agenda Of Economic Reform (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
There is no lack of thinking on what needs to be done to sustain and further accelerate growth.
- City With A Future (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
IN his “edict”, Le Corbusier summed up his own estimation of what he had accomplished with Chandigarh by saying that it was planned to “human scale”. The city’s architect had attempted to put its residents in touch with nature, while allowing for . . . .
- The Question Of Inequality (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 25, 2007)
Income and wealth inequalities are rising alarmingly in India but they barely figure in public discourse. Yet, they threaten to undermine social cohesion.
- General (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
GENERAL (retd.) S.F. Rodrigues took over as Administrator for the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Governor of Punjab in November 2004. In this interview, he speaks of his vision for the development of the city. Excerpts:
- Sarabhai's Vision (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Governments lay down policies, but their implementation depends a lot on the personality and outlook of officials who, in turn, influence policymaking.
- Southern Revolt (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The book identifies the revolt by sepoys in Vellore in 1806 as what Hobsbawm calls “proto nationalism”.
- Spirit Of Unity (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 25, 2007)
The systems of governance prevail and are seen as enduring, to be looked up to for redress in times of chaos in the country.
- Finding The Peace Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
We need to embrace a more realistic approach to dealing with human conflicts.
- Kalam Conferred Honorary Doctorate Of Science (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Wolverhampton in the UK in recognition of his eminence in the international community as a scientist, educationist and statesman.
- Politics On The Move (Indian Express, D K Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Think of a block Congress president riding a spanking new Toyota Innova on the narrow, pot-holed lanes of a Gujarat village. Senior Congress leaders are already chuckling at the thought of Life-After-Innova for all the block and district Congress . . . .
- Pakistan And Its Prisoners Of Destiny (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Oct 24, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto knows how to press the right buttons when speaking to Western audiences through the mass media.
- Sonia’S Kow-Tow (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2007)
That Congress president Sonia Gandhi is heading to China later this week is good news.
- Us Sets Year-End Deadline For N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
In a development that underscored the lengthening odds against the nuclear deal, the Bush administration on Tuesday set a year-end deadline for the Manmohan Singh government to wrap up negotiations with IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
- N-Deal Politics Reflect Divided Nationalism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Whether or not the Indo-US nuclear deal goes through, the bickering among the ruling Congress party, which wants to set the seal on the agreement, its coalition partner the CPM and the opposition BJP, unfortunately reveals sharp political . . . .
- Manmohan Singh Blames Fractured Mandate, Politics (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that competitive politics and fractured mandates make it difficult for the government to pursue, sustain and further accelerate growth.
- No Seat Change By Modi For Polls (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will not change his constituency and will seek re-election to the Assembly in December from Maninagar in Ahmedabad city.
- Us Confident It Can Get Deal Done (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Even as the Centre put the landmark civil nuclear energy deal with the US on hold, the White House expressed confidence that it can still get it done.
- The Yasukuni 'Hero' (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 24, 2007)
In a Japan of resurgent nationalism, Radha Binod Pal’s dissenting judgment in the Tokyo war trials wins easy admirers.
- Valley Of Stupas (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The Krishna Valley region has a rich heritage of Buddhist art befitting one of the greatest centres of Buddhism.
- Growth Through Social Justice (Frontline, John M. Alexander , Oct 24, 2007)
Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him.
- A Radical Legacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh and his comrades belong to those momentous decades in Indian history – the late 1920s and 30s – when options were more open, popular aspirations ran high and “revolution” and “national liberation” were current in the political . . . .
- Time Running Out For Nuke Deal: Burns (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Time is running out for a landmark nuclear deal between India and the United States that has been stalled by opposition from four leftist parties in India, a top U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday.
- Statement In Court (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
[Through this brilliant statement Bhagat Singh demolished the basis of the Sessions Court judgment and emphasised the importance of motive. The motive of action, he argued, should be the main consideration while judging the offence of an accused.]
- ‘Liberate Him From Misinterpretations’ (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh, who created a stir through his revolutionary ideas and courageous actions, stands alone in the galaxy of martyrs for his maturity as a thinker who had an alternative framework of governance for independent India.
- Bhagat Singh (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE revolutionary nationalist phase of the freedom struggle, of which Bhagat Singh was an iconic figure, was a brief, powerful and violent episode in a movement otherwise considered to be peaceful.
- Hindi Print Media (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
“We need a Hindi version of Citizen Kane. The time is right for it.
- “We Would Like To See The Transition To A Democratic Government” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 23, 2007)
Thant Myint-U, 41, grandson of the former United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant, was in New Delhi this week, having recently completed The River of Lost Footsteps, an account of the rise and fall of Burma from a histo rian’s perspective.
- Sino-Indian Strategic Ties To Gain Strength Under Hu (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Sino-Indian strategic relations are expected to get further fillip during the second innings of Chinese Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, who is all set to offer a red carpet welcome to Congress President Sonia Gandhi here this week.
- Man From Malerkotla (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2007)
Whenever an Indian leaves the country’s shores, one dream recurring in his mind is to make it big in the foreign land.
- Bangalores Blues (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2007)
It is never easy to adequately meet the infrastructure needs of Bangalore City, which, in the last decade-and-a-half has turned out to be one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
- Breaking Colonial State Structures (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Oct 23, 2007)
NO nation in the modern world has risen to prosperity and power unless its people have been blessed with three reforms in governance.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Communicate with Emotional Intelligence: John Eaton, Roy Johnson; Jaico Publishing House, 121, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai-400001. Rs. 175. The World Trade Organisation — From Singapore to Hong Kong — 2 Parts: NS Bansal; Mittal Publications . . . . .
- Killing Kills The Purpose (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 23, 2007)
Ajmer Sharif on October 11 was one more episode of terrorism in a long Islamist series which is believed by many to have begun during the Munich Olympics on September 5, 1972 called Black Friday.
- Indo-Us N-Deal & Indo-Pak Peace Process (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
According to an eminent American scholar Noam Chamsky the ‘Indo-US nuclear deal may well reverse the progress India and Pakistan have already made in their bilateral relations and prevent the laying of the gas pipeline from Iran to India through . . . .
- Kalam Conferred Honorary Doctorate Of Science (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, Chancellor of the University, presented the Doctorate to 76-year-old Kalam at a special ceremony at Wolverhampton last evening.
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
It’s such an unassuming place that you will feel humbled being there. Meghalaya has innumerable ‘heavens on earth’ yet it doesn’t go bragging. You wonder why this State doesn’t get its deserved attention, while places no t half-as-stunning find admirers.
- Understanding China (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The most important factors explaining China’s progress since the deaths of Mao Zedhong and Zhou Enlai have been the spread and quick absorption of modern Western technology under conditions of relative peace and tranquillity.
- In Meditative Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Temples today are surrounded by concrete structures. But there was a time when places of worship and Nature co-existed beautifully.
- 'N-Deal Will Send Signal To Outlaws On How To Reward A Nation' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The nuclear deal with India will send a strong signal to "outlaws such as Iran" on how a country could be "rewarded" if it behaves, the US has said as it questioned New Delhi's assertion on "civilisational ties" with Tehran.
- Bobby Jindal Faces Tough Tasks Ahead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Bobby Jindal, an Oxford-educated son of Punjabi immigrants who scripted history by winning the Louisiana Governor race, faces daunting challenges ahead when he takes over one of the poorest and low-literacy level States of the United States . . . .
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