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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 9936:
- Manmohan Makes Pitch For Democracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 15, 2005)
"We believe that it empowers the most humble citizen and gives him a sense of dignity"
- Let There Be Light (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2005)
Salman Rushdie Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate
A few weeks ago, in a column written in response to the London bombings, I wrote about the urgent need for a “reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern age”.
- C.N. Annadurai's Mission Incomplete (Hindu, R. Kannan, Sep 15, 2005)
Today is the 96th birth anniversary of Anna. His sense of mission, his simplicity, compassion, and talents may seem outmoded. But so long as human values remain a worthy goal, his legacy will be relevant.
- What You Need Is A Prefix, A Pullover And A Tattoo To Complete The Caricature (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 15, 2005)
MR BHARAT S, a chartered accountant, says he's afraid of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) implementing what he considers a dangerous idea currently being tossed about: The CA prefix.
- Indian Intelligence Agencies Under Fire (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 15, 2005)
Following the example of a section of the American intelligence operatives,
- N-Deal Must Work, Never Mind Internal Debates: Singh To Bush (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
India expects the United States to deliver on the historic nuclear pact signed in July by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W Bush,
- Afghan Ballots Carry Mullahs, Jihadis, Women (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 15, 2005)
A mullah, a feminist, a jihadi, and a communist: It sounds like the start of an Afghan joke, but instead, it is the makings of Afghanistan's first-ever elected parliament.
- It's Time For Boldness On The Siachen Issue (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 14, 2005)
The India-Pakistan peace process will get the credibility and longevity it needs if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf find a way to bring their soldiers down from the world's highest battlefield.
- Forty-Three Years On (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2005)
The spin doctors on both sides would probably portray it as being of marginal significance;
- Art Of Political Speak, Fatwa And All That (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 14, 2005)
Seasoned politicians are masters at saying the right thing at the right time.
- Militant Liberals In Need Of A Re-Think (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Sep 13, 2005)
Those who sign up to a clash of civilisations pander to racism while engaged in a charade of moral grandstanding.
- A New Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Efforts are on by the Orissa Association,Mysore to restore a dilapidated 12th century Lord Bhoga Narasimhaswamy Temple near Mysore.
- Social Novels (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Sep 13, 2005)
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- Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Sep 13, 2005)
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- Sri Lanka: India Dithers, China Waits (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
With India dragging its feet on a defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan commentators are now calling on the government to consider other options.
- Challenge For The Muslim World (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2005)
It is a known fact of history that the Muslim Ummah has remained a champion of justice and fair play and a symbol of balance and tolerance and has never been an instrument of terrorism, extremism and anarchy.
- Israel: Question Of Recognition (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Sep 13, 2005)
I am going to add one more metaphor to the mixed metaphors I have already used as the basis of this series of articles on what should be Pakistan’s approach to the world outside.
- Our Image Abroad (Dawn, Touqir Hussain, Sep 13, 2005)
There has been much debate in the country recently about Pakistan’s image abroad.
- India For Stepping Up Ties With France: Manmohan (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India was committed to further strengthening the "privileged relations of strategic partnership" with France.
- America Bids Farewell To The Rule Of Law (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 12, 2005)
A Federal Appeal Court's ruling in the Padilla case means President Bush now has the right to lock up anyone, forever, without charge.
- Fringe Benefit Tax: Exempted Items (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
Concessions to employees by way of allotment of shares, debentures or warrants directly or indirectly under employees stock option plan or scheme are outside the purview of FBT.
- Bihar Assembly Election, Mark Ii (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
Here is another record that will delight Bihar watchers: it is the first State in India's electoral history to go to the polls twice in the same year. Elections were held in three phases to the Bihar Assembly in February 2005.
- The Problem With Reforms... (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 12, 2005)
Over the last few weeks, votaries of economic liberalisation (including this newspaper) have been wringing their hands at the inability of the UPA government to make headway on economic reforms.
- Perfecting The Past (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Sep 11, 2005)
The present is always a difficult place to live in. Given the all-too-obvious imperfections of the present we have to make do with, it’s always instructive to see how much some people crave a perfect past.
- When Men Tread Female Turf (Deccan Herald, Staff Reporter , Sep 11, 2005)
The Gotipua dance, performed by young male dancers in feminine roles, has played an important role in preserving Orissa’s dance heritage, writes Jayalakshmi Yegnaswamy.
- Mapping History Of The Garden City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2005)
Much-loved Bangalore was, it seems, a hit with the British too. Giridhar Khasnis on Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha’s book Deccan Traverses, which traces the history of the city.
- Us Moves Gingerly On Nuke Ties With India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 10, 2005)
The Bush administration has begun to feel its way around the legislative jungle in order to reach the goal of civilian nuclear cooperation with India.
- A Linked Future (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2005)
Alice Hardgrove’s scholarly work on Marwaris cites European Jews and the Chinese of Indonesia.
- Govt Issues 7 Pc Oil Bonds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2005)
The government today announced the issue of 7 per cent oil bonds, maturing in 2012, for Rs 5,762.85 crore to liquidate outstanding claims of oil companies.
- China Gets Proactive Diplomatically (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 10, 2005)
Peace, development, and cooperation on a global scale are the focus of China's policy.
- A Million Bridges (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
World Islam has been in crisis, its billion or so adherents being variously in a state of bewilderment, frustration, anger and despair.
- Blair For Promotion Of Indo-British Educational Links (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 09, 2005)
The British Govt seems keen on promoting Indo-British educational ties. This bid is in view of providing students with mutli- cultural experiences.
- Heroes And Charlatans (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 09, 2005)
Over the past few weeks, I have busied myself trying to understand the dynamics of an encounter that agitated corporate India of the Twenties and Thirties — the conflict between the fledgling Scindia Steam Navigation Company and the well-entrenched Britis
- Forty Years After 1965 War (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 09, 2005)
COME September 6 and every year our neighbour to the west observes the “Defence of Pakistan Day”.
- Blair Announces £10 Million For Exchange Programmes (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2005)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday announced that £10 million would be allocated by the British Government to promote academic and educational exchanges between the two countries.
- Forget Us, Eu Beckons Indian Students (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 08, 2005)
The US cannot be the only country running away with Indian hearts and minds — and Indian students.
- Eu Backs India’S Entry Into Select N-Fusion, Tech Club (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 08, 2005)
Chances of India joining the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project brightened today with the European Union (EU) backing India’s bid. It also opened the doors for Indian participation in the EU-led Galileo project, Europe’s own g
- Zakat Distribution Flaws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The Sindh government has denied that it has failed to distribute two billion rupees in the Zakat fund to the poor.
- Face The New Reality (Telegraph, Barun De, Sep 07, 2005)
A commoner or a statesman, in today’s world both are vulnerable to the same fate — murder without any hope of justice,
- Making History Is Hard Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2005)
`Historic' is a word that has been devalued not a little by its indiscriminate use in the course of the détente process in Jammu and Kashmir. Yet the fact is the wheels of history are turning, however slowly.
- The Modern Samurai (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 06, 2005)
Next Sunday, Japan goes to the polls. Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, called an early election — an unusual move in a compromise-loving country where politicians paper over differences and keep governments going. But it is typical of this . . . .
- Court's Remarks Against Geelani Unfair, Say Teachers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
"The comments amount to passing a civil death sentence and must be expunged"
- Just Reprimand (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The Election Commission has rightly reprimanded the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government in Haryana ....
- India: A Super Power Or A Failing State? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
The term “failed state” entered our lexicon, initially, in the context of Somalia, Afghanistan, and now, increasingly, for Iraq.
- For A Child-Inspired Education System (Hindu, Yash Pal, Sep 06, 2005)
Children's questions do not respect the insularity of disciplines normally taught in our schools and colleges. Creativity often resides at the boundaries of disciplines.
- Philosophical Works Of Appayya Dikshita (Hindu, GODAVARISHA MISHRA, Sep 06, 2005)
Appayya Dikshita was a prolific writer in Sanskrit who enriched Indian philosophical systems
- Case For Imperialism (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
This book by a distinguished scholar dares to question the accepted shibboleths of our times. It is highly provocative and will incense many. It is the first well-argued neo-conservative (Bush) case for empires and for the U.S. acting as a truly imperial
- Election Commission Pulls Up Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
"Remove lotus symbol from social science textbooks for class VI students"
- National Curriculum Framework & The Social Sciences (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Sep 05, 2005)
Textbooks should certainly be child-friendly but it is equally necessary that the schoolteacher should be made child-friendly. Teachers need a more intensive exposure to social science concepts, changes in data and methods in history, and critical enquiry
- Story Of Blunders By Delhi And Islamabad In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
It’s been a real tragedy of errors which has made Kashmir suffer.
- Issues Unaddressed (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
The tourist season is about to come to an end and so is the first phase of the coalition rule.
- Now And Again : Summer Of ’52 (Statesman, MAITREYI CHATTERJEE, Sep 05, 2005)
My schooldays in the early fifties had one important day. November 14 was a holiday just for schools because it was Chacha Nehru’s birthday.
- Teachers’ Day In Our Times (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Sep 05, 2005)
For most of the people of my fifty-plus generation Teachers’ Day brings nostalgic memories of our school days.
- Universities Under Siege (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Sep 05, 2005)
Having reasonably played a good and successful role the Indian university system as a whole is under siege.
- Retold, In A Hurry (Hindu, S. SIVADAS, Sep 04, 2005)
Dharker was given three months to write the book, the deadline for the re-enactment of the Dandi march. That shows...
- Should Congress And (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 04, 2005)
Unconventional wisdom is rarely honoured. But what is happening in India in political permutation and combination is a rarity as yesterday’s friends and foes are friends today.
- Karan Singh's ‘Solution’, Omar Abdullah's ‘Formula’ (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Sep 04, 2005)
It made an interesting if not hilarious reading. On the same day, same newspaper, two honourable gentlemen from the State hogged the headlines with their respective advice about how best to resolve the socalled Kashmir issue.
- Somewhere In Time (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
India’s most poignant novelist’s last book was also his magnum opus. Strangely the book has remained largely unacknowledged till now.
- We Don’T Have A Minority Status, Says Jamia Vc (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 04, 2005)
Leading historian, academician and educationist, Professor Mushirul Hassan, the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Milli Islamia is committed to changing the face of the university.
- Understanding The Past (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 04, 2005)
As a student of History and having studied at La Martiniere School in Lucknow and spending a great deal of time studying and being surrounded by the 'relics' of 1857
- Ode To Mercurial India (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 04, 2005)
The versatile nature of this vast country is revealed through the pen as well as through some spectacular images in this book.
- Communists Will Change — If It Suits Them (Deccan Herald, SUNANDA SANYAL, Sep 04, 2005)
Who says Communists do not change? They do, over time. The costs the people pay as a result are enormous, though.
- Bouncing Off To Banavasi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Chayapathi recreates the grandeur of the Kadambas with his religiously satisfying trip to Banavasi in Karnataka.
- Speed Up Growth: Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Prime Minister unveils statues of Gandhiji, Ambedkar, Nehru at Assembly complex
- Discovery Of Pakistan? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Given the historical baggage that weighs the two nations down, Aitzaz Ahsan's The Indus Saga: From Pataliputra to Partition may just reinforce established mindsets on both sides of the Indo-Pak border. After all,
- Time To Take Tamil Nadu Forward: Prime Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Manmohan releases Vaiko's book, praises his breadth of scholarship
"Prison a stepping stone, not a boulder"
Strong bonds with Vaiko: Karunanidhi
No trace of self-pity in book: Ram
- Square Peg In A Round Hole (Hindu, Usha Bhagat, Sep 04, 2005)
So much has been written about Indira Gandhi that not much can be expected from any new book on her.
- Democracy Revisited (Hindu, Rajni Kothari, Sep 04, 2005)
To contest one's own formulations in public is no mean job; especially when they have been articulated forcefully. But, scholar-activist Rajni Kothari sets out to do just that in his monograph Rethinking Democracy.
- Demystifying General Dyer (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 04, 2005)
He does not think he would have enjoyed Dyer's company if he had met him in the officer's mess. Nigel Collett talks about the controversial General and his recently-published book.
- Growing Up Pains (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Sep 04, 2005)
A light and entertaining read, the story will stay with you a long, long time.
- A New Theory On Mad Cow Disease (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
British team of scientists suggests origins in the Indian subcontinent
- British Theory On Mad Cow Disease Purely Conjectural: Indian Scientists (Hindu, Sahana Charan , Sep 03, 2005)
Indian scientists and medical professionals have described as "purely conjectural" and "far-fetched" the theory put forward by some British scientists that the mad cow disease might have originated from contaminated animal feed imported from this country.
- Japan For Investment In It (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Sep 03, 2005)
India is an emerging global power and investors from Japan are eager to invest in Information Technology and manufacturing sectors in the country," according to Consular General of Japan Yoshiaki Kodaki.
- "India Can Become An Economically Powerful Nation" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Youth power will provide it the necessary edge, says Chidambaram
- A Doubter Who Likes Bhajans, Keertans (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 03, 2005)
“He who doubts the existence of God perishes,” wrote Bapu Gandhi. I count myself among the doubters but I have not perished yet; as a matter of fact I’ve had a longer innings than Bapu’s and am still batting.
- Whose Integration? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2005)
The unity of India has always been a question of its diversity. The great empires of Indian history — the Maurya Empire, the Gupta Empire and the Mughal Empire
- Need For God's Grace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2005)
It is necessary to invoke divine grace for achieving success in any undertaking because man can only make all possible efforts and apply his skill and acumen.
- Bhatnagar Award For B’Lore Scientists (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 03, 2005)
Two Bangalore-based scientists are among the 11 selected for this year’s Bhatnagar award, one of the country’s most prestigious prizes given in science and technology research.
- Last Words On The Raj (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 03, 2005)
“A historian must make do with such ideas as he has, but he might always try to send them out in better shape.”
- Colours Of Love Fuel Guinness Dream (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Their love blossoms in myriad colours. Basant Jain and Anita Jain are living up to their wedding vows with all sincerity but in a distinct fashion. On recognising their distinctiveness of being a rare couple, they have now decided to enter the Guinness Bo
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