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- Let's Get This Straight (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Oct 08, 2007)
A lot of discussion takes place on the need to pursue an independent foreign policy.
- Sonia Targets Left: Deal Critics Are Enemies Of Cong, Progress (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Oct 08, 2007)
Launching a sharp but veiled attack on the Left, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today strongly defended the Indo-US nuclear deal and said that “elements” opposed to the country’s progress were “enemies” not only of the Congress but . . . .
- India's Silence And The Junta (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 08, 2007)
It seems economic and military ties score over the suppression of human rights in Myanmar.
- Faith Gives Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Scriptures affirm that human beings are born to undergo the effects of their individual Karma and this explains the sufferings people experience during their lifetime.
- Gandhiji’S Ram (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, Oct 08, 2007)
Instead of advising Sonia Gandhi to drop her surname if she did not believe in Ram, Rajnath Singh should tell us if he himself shares Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of what Ram stood for.
- India For Better Ties With Myanmar: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Notwithstanding the call of the pro-democracy group to take a tough posture against the Military Junta in Myanmar, India today reiterated its intention to have better regional cooperation with Myanmar now embroiled in internal conflicts.
- Your Pc Faces A New Threat (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Online videos are not just for bloopers and rants some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.
- High On Good Intentions (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 08, 2007)
The National Knowledge Commission has now released its summary report, primarily on higher education.
- Fighting Aids, The Gandhian Way (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Inspired by the Bollywood character Munnabhai, a group of Gandhians here launched a campaign against HIV/AIDS by urging people in a "Gandhian style" to keep themselves away from illicit relationship.
- France’S Fast Moving Leader (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
TALKING about The Age of Turbulence, the recently published book of memoirs by the Wizard of Fed, former US Federal Reserve Board chief Alan Greenspan, would probably be too much economy-speak for a restful morning.
- Images That Hold The World In Our Head (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Oct 06, 2007)
How heartening it is to find that some of the best stories being told in book releases for the festival holidays are told through photographs! A string of recent books affirm the American critic Susan Sontag’s seminal critique on photography:
- Sonia Blackballs Lodhi Road Tunnel Project (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Trans-Yamuna residents would continue to take a circuitous route through Ashram or Pragati Maidan to access the heart of the city.
- It's A Battle Between Ram & Rome: Modi (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Making the forthcoming election a battle between ‘Ram and Rome’, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked every Indian to say Ram was born, so loudly that even “Italy hears it”.
- A Curse Comes True (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 05, 2007)
Nepal's Maoists are working hard to fulfil Gorakhnath's bleak prediction about the Shah dynasty
- Family First, Nation Later (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Oct 05, 2007)
More by coincidence than design, the Congress, by making Mr Rahul Gandhi the general secretary of the party, has tried to capitalise on the increasingly recognised global success of India's youth power. But no one with a sense of history has . . . .
- Comedy Of Errors (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2007)
This book, written by an Oxford don, is a howler-seeker’s delight. Turning to the bibliography, I found a reference to T. Roy, A Countryside in Revolt: Bulandshahr District, 1857.
- World’S First Novel Up For Grabs In Online Auction (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
THE WORLD’S first novel is under the hammer in the one-thousandth year of its birth.
- Tn Bandh Contempt Plea Filed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The ADMK today filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court accusing the ruling DMK alliance of “deliberately, wilfully and wantonly” enforcing the October 1 bandh in violation of the court’s orders.
- Contempt Petition Moved Against Karunanidhi, Baalu (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Thursday moved contempt petition against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Union Minister TR Baalu and four others for wilful disobedience of the Supreme Court order banning bandh on . . . .
- India Seeks Release Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 05, 2007)
For the first time in many years, India has joined the West in seeking release of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi but insisted that the tone of a resolution on Myanmar by a United Nations body should have been less minatory.
- A Shameful Anachronism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2007)
The eyes of the world are on Burma. Over the past week, we have seen monks and ordinary people alike unite in peaceful protest at a failed and illegitimate government and the hardship it has created.
- Vietnam To Iraq, The Same Old Story (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Oct 05, 2007)
In March 1966 when I first arrived here, to cover Indira Gandhi’s first official visit to the United States as Prime Minister, the main issue in the United States was Vietnam.
- Secularism Politicised (Asian Age, Dr P.C. Alexander, Oct 05, 2007)
Two days ago the nation celebrated Gandhi Jayanti with the usual reiteration of its adherence to the great legacies left behind by the Mahatma, particularly the legacy of secularism.
- Bjp Should Let Jd(s) Be In Power (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Oct 05, 2007)
Political activity is quite unpredictable in coalition politics and results from Karnataka will surprise all political parties including the JD(S).
- Aiadmk Files Contempt Suit Against Karuna (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
AIADMK on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Union Transport Minister TR Baalu and four others, accusing them of wilfully violating the SC order not to . . .
- “India Will Be Key Ally In 20 Years” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A top Bush administration official has expressed the hope that the civilian nuclear deal with India will be done and that Americans, in about 20 years, will look at India as one of the U.S.’ two or three most important relationships.
- 'India-Us Ties Go Beyond Nuclear Deal' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The India-US civilian nuclear deal is not the only thing going in the relationship between the two countries and its collapse for any reason would not imply a return to a "negative situation", according to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Given Death And Life In Jail, Who Are They Waving At And Why? (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Justice took 13 years to arrive but when it did, Uma Krishnaiah is more scared than satisfied.
- 15 Women Die In Stampede In Mughalsarai Railway Station (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Fifteen women were killed and 48 people injured in a stampede on the staircase of an over-bridge at Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
- Above The Nobel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
BETTER late than never, the Swedish Nobel Committee has regretted not awarding Mahatma Gandhi its coveted Peace Prize.
- 'Indian Yale Students Get 90% Funding' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Yale, rated as one of the world's top universities, isn't the preserve of children of the rich alone. Its doors are open to the brightest and best around the globe including India, whose "typical" students get a 90% scholarship, says . . . .
- Terror-Hit Afghanistan Turns To Gandhi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
For the first time the Gandhian ethos of non-violence and peace were celebrated in the terror-hit Afghanistan on Bapu's 138th birth anniversary.
- Magic, Miracles, Mysticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
She has a degree in music, veena training from Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, knowledge of Sanskrit and love of research. Yet, despite her father’s insistence, she began writing about Carnatic music with great trepidation.
- Old Soldier Stands In The Way Of Democracy (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The old soldier who leads Burma is called "the bulldog" — for good reason.
- On The Footsteps Of Kumaraswamy... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was the most sought-after man on Tuesday as each move of his, every statement made by him was closely monitored not just by the media or his party workers but also by the BJP leaders, particularly, Deputy Chief . . . .
- Rajnath To Sonia: Drop Gandhi From Name (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to drop Gandhi from her surname, if she did not believe in Lord Ram, a faith that was characteristic of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Bridging North-South Divide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 04, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu CM irritated many Indians by rhetorically wondering whether Rama had studied engineering while responding to the demand that the chain of sand bars linking India and Sri Lanka should not be disturbed by the Sethusamudram project since . . .
- Exhibition On Gandhi At Un (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 04, 2007)
A photo exhibition which takes viewers through the various phases of Mahatma Gandhi's life and emphasizes his message of peace, non-violence and brotherhood opened at the world body headquarters here.
- Valley's Youth Invoke Mahatma Gandhi For Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
In the run-up to Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, Kashmir debated the relevance of his philosophy and work ethics and the state government approved cash reward for school and college students who produced the most eloquent speeches on. . .
- Gandhism ‘Important’ For Militancy-Hit J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), general secretary and member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Ashok Sharma today said Mahatma Gandhi's principles of "truth" and "non-violence" had much importance in this militancy- affected state.
- Exhibition On Gandhi Organised In Sri Lanka (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
In commemoration of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a three-day photographic exhibition reflecting the ethos and various facets of his life was inaugurated here.
- Simply Shastri (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Oct 03, 2007)
The day after Lal Bahadur Shastri’s birth anniversary, R. Venkataraman remembers the man who embodied the reassuring answer to a nation’s troubled question: ‘After Nehru, who?’
- Down-To-Earth Sunita Floors Fans (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Tuesday morning saw Sunita Williams at Bluebells International School, engaging with students in an interactive session. Children from Sanskriti and from Modern School were also present.
- The Man Who Bought Bapu Manuscripts (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Oct 03, 2007)
The manuscripts of Mahatma Gandhi, auctioned earlier this year at Sotheby’s, London, were bought by a man called Tom Tar Singh, it emerged on Tuesday.
- A Disgraceful Book (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
It is not even worth the price of the paper it is printed on. That such a book could be compiled by a professor of History is indeed a sad commentary on the state of academic research at some Indian universities.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Will Be Done: Burns (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
A top Bush Administration official has expressed hope that the civil nuclear deal with India will be done and that the Americans, in about twenty years, would be able to look at India as being one of its two or three most important relationships . . .
- “Mahatma’S Message More Important Today” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
“Mahatma Gandhi’s message is more important today than ever before because nations across the world are grappling with the threat of conflict, violence and terrorism.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Unlearn Before U Learn — Seven critical factors to get out of the Rut: Kamekish; Promilla & Co., publishers in association with Biblophile South Asia, C-127, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 550.
- Revival Of Agriculture (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Oct 03, 2007)
A road map for rescuing farmers from the prevailing agrarian crisis in several parts of the country
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Humra Quraishi, Oct 03, 2007)
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son has come up with an insightful biography of his father
- It Is Important To Listen To All Viewpoints: Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Left concerns over India-U.S. nuclear deal “no cause for alarm”
India confronting terrorism scourge
for a long time
Huge allocation made for agriculture
- Kashmir Continues To Be A Ray Of Light Amid Darkness: Azad (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Thousands of school and college students attended concluding function of the State-wide debate on Gandhian philosophy of truth and non-violence and its relevance in the 21st century organised at SKICC here today where Chief Minister. . .
- Pre-Poll Bonanza (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
PROMPTED by the standoff with the Left on the US nuclear deal, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance seems to have started preparing itself for a mid-term poll. Indications are many.
- Upa Recycles Nda Scheme (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Oct 03, 2007)
The Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) that the UPA Government launched on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday is not new. It is the continuation of another scheme, Janshree Bima Yojana (JBY), launched in 2000 under the NDA rule.
- Community Development Office To Reach Out To Nris (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
To provide a direct interface between the Indian government and NRIs in the US, a Community Development Officer (CDO) has been appointed in Washington by Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs.
- Centre Mulls 'Covert Quota' Routes To Appease Sc-Sts, Obcs (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Oct 03, 2007)
After burning its fingers in the quota cauldron, the Centre is mulling 'covert' routes for reservation in academic institutions for SC and ST.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Will Be Done: Burns (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
A top Bush administration official has expressed hope that the civilian nuclear deal with India will be done and that Americans, in about twenty years, would be able to look at India as being one of its two or three most important relationships. . .
- India Tribals Begin Massive March (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Thousands of landless farmers and tribal people in India are setting out on a massive protest march to the capital, Delhi.
- Ban Underscores Gandhi’S Relevance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
UN secretary-general Mr Ban Ki-moon has said that “Mahatma’s inspiration is needed now more than ever,” in his message to mark the first observance of the International Day of Non-Violence today.
- Get Well Soon: Bjp Chief Tells Congress (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 03, 2007)
Lord Ram is firmly back on the BJP political agenda. Party president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday led the party’s day-long dharna in the Capital to protest against the Centre’s affidavit in the Supreme Court on Ram Sethu and against Tamil Nadu Chief . . . .
- Does Mahatma Gandhi Matter? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 01, 2007)
It may sound like a blasphemous question to ask about someone hailed as the Father of the Nation, whose portrait hangs in every government office and court hall, whose picture is emblazoned on currency . . .
- Rising Rupee, Escalating Worry (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 01, 2007)
Widespread disruptions have been caused by the rising rupee. Even 39 rupees will fetch a dollar.
- Pakistani Students Leave For India Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Twelve Pakistani students will leave for Chandigarh, India, via Wagah today (Monday) to participate in the second ‘Indo-Pak Students Peace Camp’.
- Pakistan Army And The Nation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 01, 2007)
The politics in Islamabad today is posited by the opposition as a battle for civilian rule and the confinement of the Pakistan army to its constitutional role.
- Hindu Gods In Hindi Cinema (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Oct 01, 2007)
Indian cinema is probably the most analysed, dissected and diagonised aspect of the country's values and culture. Rachel Dwyer, the author of this excellent work, refers to some three hundred odd books and articles on the subject which shows the . . . .
- Missing Link To Mystery Of Tsar's Children (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
There is a "high degree of probability" that bone fragments found recently near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg are those of a daughter and son of the last Tsar, forensics experts said Friday.
- Why Nehru Opposed Us (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The book, India and the United States: Politics of the Sixties, by Kalyani Shankar, provides insights into the India-US relationship in the 1960s.
- Defiant But Conciliatory (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 01, 2007)
IRAN’S complex constitution obliges the president of the republic to defer to the greater authority of the supreme leader and the Assembly of Experts. Thus Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Rafsanjani have a role that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cannot ignore.
- In Pursuit Of Excellence (Tribune, Rajesh Kochhar, Oct 01, 2007)
Panjab University Chandigarh completes sixty years of its eventful existence on October 1, 2007. The occasion provides a convenient opportunity for taking stock of the past, understanding the present and planning for the future.
- 6 Die, 49 Injured In Assam Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Six persons were killed and 49 injured and a gas pipeline of Assam Gas Company Limited was blown off in separate incidents of violence including three blasts in eastern Assam today.
- Fundamental Judgments (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 01, 2007)
No, the Allahabad high court judge did not make the statement he made, in casual fashion, at a seminar or a university debate.
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son has come up with an insightful biography of his father
- Towards Darkness (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Thee following is an excerpt from the book, Values Devalued: Indira to Rao, by BP Saha, printed here with the permission of the writer.
- Fresh Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Sarat Chandra Mishra’s Public Affairs, Governance and Management is a book that recommends itself to us with its simple and clear exposition and effective style of expression.
- Beyond The Infinite (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
In A Mathematician’s Apology GH Hardy said “The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colours or the words must fit together in a harmonious way.
- Sonia Leaves For Ny, To Address Un Assembly (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will flag off a rally here to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Tuesday, which will be celebrated . . . . ..
- Scholar With A Banker's Mind (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A few months back, I had the privilege to listen to Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank at the Sophia College Auditorium in Mumbai. The organisers had forewarned us, "The man we are honouring is an independent thinker; he had transformed . . . . .
- Upa Lines Up Major Sops For October (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Left's firm stand on India-US civil nuclear deal has pushed the Congress-led UPA Government into election mode.
- Indians To Celebrate Gandhi Jayanti (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Indian Embassy and the Indian Association in Poland are making elaborate preparations to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti in Warsaw on October 2.
- India Needs A Stable Burma (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 01, 2007)
It's an awkward time to be presiding over neighbourhood relations. Writing in Saturday's Guardian, Aung Zaw, a Burmese exile and Editor of the Thailand-based Irrawady magazine, proffered a view that is certain to make Indians squirm.
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