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Articles 6821 through 6920 of 9936:
- No Takers For National Hockey Championship Due To Ihf Politics (Tribune, M.S. Unnikrishnan, Dec 15, 2004)
The National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup was once the most prestigious event in the hockey calendar of the country. Many careers were made and many decimated at the altar of the National Championship.
- Way To Go: Growth Plus Egalite (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 15, 2004)
There are three serious issues being raised in the winter seminar season in Delhi. The first is whether India grew faster in the nineties as compared to the eighties.
- Deep Inside Jharkhand (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 14, 2004)
Last week I strayed into rural Jharkhand. I took a bus far away from pucca roads, and drove miles on village paths. Then I realized the secret of Tata Motors’ success
- Erasing The Past (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 14, 2004)
Park Street is now Mother Teresa Sarani. But if public memory is left to such demagogic mercy, our urban pride will wither away
- Governments Must Co-Operate (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 14, 2004)
Yet another urban co-operative bank (UCB), ironically named Prudential, has fallen prey to the deep-seated malaise of this vital yet poorly managed sector.
- The Song Of Dawn (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 13, 2004)
WE lived at the foot of Chuttipara, a mountainous rock that spread over a square kilometre. Legend has it that Ram and Sita spent some time in a cave on this rock during their ‘vanvas’.
- How To Develop A Superpower (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
The United States’ global primacy depends in large part on its ability to develop new technologies and industries faster than anyone else.
- Once In An Epoch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There are relatively few creative people about whom it can be said, without exaggeration, that their achievement is likely to have a following a hundred years from now.
- Exit Of A Legend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
She was the voice behind the Suprabhatham in several homes every morning. The nightingale of India who enthralled three generations of music lovers world over will sing no more.
- Children Of Jehad — Or Victims? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 11, 2004)
AS providence would have it, the Srinagar-based journalist did not have to search for the man who left his wife and daughters in India when he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in pursuit of “azadi” and reached what India refers to as Pakistan Occupied ..
- Consumers Unite! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 10, 2004)
It is a call specially directed to consumers in India, since they are often left in the lurch when they most need help.
- Issues Patently Questionable (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 10, 2004)
In less than two months, India will be obliged to do the follow-up on the WTO-mandated product patent stipulations, and the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, made a strident statement:
- Forget Efficiency. Let’S Do It (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 10, 2004)
In the normal course, I would oppose any new government activity on the grounds that it is probably unnecessary, is likely to increase the power and the influence of an already ...
- Iraq: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2004)
Since there is a total ban on reports of the inch-by-inch decimation of all life and property in Falluja (for the sake of democracy, of course).
- Save The Auditors From Becoming Box-Tickers (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2004)
There used to be that once-in-a-week session that read `moral science' in school timetables. A slot essentially for storytelling, though kind teachers were not against allowing students to do their own thing.
- Empowering The Rural Masses (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Dec 09, 2004)
It seems as though the moment which Jawaharlal Nehru had spoken about so evocatively 57 years ago, of India’s “tryst with destiny” and “the time to redeem our pledge”
- Wanted: Jawaharlal 2005 (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2004)
The year of The Great Political Turnaround is drawing to a close. A few months ago the BJP was the invincible party of India Shining.
- Magic Of Compassion (Deccan Herald, NAVARATNA LAXMAN, Dec 08, 2004)
All of us have a compassionate streak, which requires a simple tug at the heart strings to set it off
- A Wedding For The Aam Aadmi? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 07, 2004)
Orchids from Thailand, a different decor for each wedding function, fancy invitation cards, costing a couple of hundreds apiece; garments glittering with crystals
- The Us Dollar Versus The Chinese Yuan (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2004)
China is under increasing pressure from the US to revalue the yuan. With the US Government unwilling or unable to halt the decline of the dollar, this is seen as the means to prevent a dollar crash that can
- In A Make-Believe World (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2004)
I have known BJP president L.K. Advani from the days he was in journalism. I was then information officer at the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India.
- Drifting Backwards (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union Labour Minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific temper” that inspired the....
- Peace Comes Knocking Once Again (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 06, 2004)
Thuingaleng Muivah, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) is given to saying
- A Ticking Time Bomb? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 05, 2004)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is no longer confined to high-risk groups. There are warning signs that it is women, especially the young, who are among the most vulnerable
- Darkness Visible (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union labour minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific
- Globalisation: Need For Fairness (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Dec 04, 2004)
More fairness should be injected at all levels. That includes respecting core labour standards, promoting basic social protection, and reducing unbalanced patterns of investment and trade.
- On Another Plane (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 03, 2004)
The public conduct of foreign policy tends to focus excessively on the spectacular. This is as true for India as it is for Western democracies and African potentates.
- Global Action Against Terrorism Should Be Concerted And United (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 03, 2004)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is not a leader who flinches from answering difficult questions. In a written response to questions provided by The Hindu, President Putin does not believe that it is possible...
- Government Should Walk The Talk (Deccan Herald, Pradeep Kumar, Dec 03, 2004)
A study conducted by the State’s Commissioner for Disabilities shows a neglect of such issues especially in rural areas
- Commodification Of Education (Deccan Herald, SUDHA SITARAMAN, Dec 02, 2004)
In the heady aftermath of Indian independence, the idea of modernisation took on the dimensions of a national mission. It was an integral part of the Nehruvian vision of modernisation that declares stridently its intentions of building an egalitarian ...
- Circles Within Circles (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
In an age of reform, the Congress faces a new challenge: to recast itself in less feudal ways
- About A Chap Called Alexander (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
The current pointless tussle over the bisexuality of Alexander of Macedon is only the latest and cheapest tribute paid to our fascination with him.
- Mines Claim More Lives Than Firing (Tribune, Ramesh Ramachandran, Dec 01, 2004)
Wheelchair-bound Raj Kaur (50) rues the day she was reduced to a mere statistic. In April, 2002, she stepped on a mine while crossing a field in her village in Ferozepur district.
- Consumers Unite! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 01, 2004)
It is a call specially directed to consumers in India, since they are often left in the lurch when they most need help.
- Can We Centre The Northeast? (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 01, 2004)
The Northeast is at the center again, this time for the right reasons. The recent VVIP visit emphasised the criticality of the region as a spring board of activity for furthering India’s interests to the east
- Common Minimum Programme (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2004)
So very often the ubiquitous comrades remind the United Progressive Alliance Government to function within the Common Minimum Programme parameters.
- Reforms Gone Haywire (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 29, 2004)
The word, “comprador”, of 16th-century vintage, has its roots in the Portuguese language. It has, however, travelled far and wide since.
- Taking French Connection Beyond Wine & Cheese (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 28, 2004)
While round table conferences, strategic dialogue and visits of political dignitaries have helped mutual understanding, our relations must re-adapt to the new economic realities
- Sleepless In The City (Telegraph, Vishnupriya Sengupta, Nov 28, 2004)
There are 12 hours in the waking day — but what feels like a hundred in a night for the sleepless.
- Recognise Teachers’ Worth To Suit Changing Times (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, Nov 28, 2004)
What a society values is usually reflected in its system of rewards. For instance, if the American society values the services of a doctor, lawyer or even a taxi driver, its reward system pays for their services correspondingly.
- Why My Family Are Fighting For Justice - 20 Years On (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Nov 28, 2004)
Twenty years ago my grandparents, Trilok Nath and Kamla Bahel, boarded a night train from the Indian city of Hyderabad to their home in Bhopal. They were lucky. It was delayed. Had the train left on time they would almost certainly have died.
- Scourge Of Litigation (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Nov 27, 2004)
Paradoxically, the government has emerged as the biggest litigant in the administration of justice. Judges and lawyers are generally blamed for clogged up courts
- The Marriage Season (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 27, 2004)
Back from an assignment, I discovered that my little daughter was in a jubilant mood. She held a wedding card in her hand which said, ‘Vaishali weds Anil’. A glance at it revealed that our neighbour’s daughter was to be a bride. “So, the marriage season i
- Secular Because We're Indian, Not Because We're Hindu (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2004)
It is common for Ministers to talk gas, much to our discomfort. However, when the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, talked about gas a couple of days ago, announcing that the LPG price would not go up in steady arithmetic progression, relief was
- Fight Corruption Through Religion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 27, 2004)
Year after year some international organisation or the other publishes a list of nations in the order of corruption that exists in them. And year after year India is listed among ten of the most corrupt in the world.
- New Kashmir Idea (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Nov 26, 2004)
As an author of the revised Naya Kashmir document, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar on his maiden visit to the state on November 17.
- Lpg Relief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 26, 2004)
Consumers in general and housewives in particular are bound to heave a sigh of relief, now that the government has decided to roll back its decision to increase the price of domestic cooking gas by Rs 5 per cylinder each month.
- Get This Bill Passed (Indian Express, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Nov 26, 2004)
Recently a group of MPs submitted a memorandum to the prime minister, highlighting the problems of Christians of Scheduled Caste origin.
- 1971: Lest We Forget (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Nov 25, 2004)
Both India and Bangladesh are guilty of not working towards building a win-win relationship due to their internal and external political preoccupations.
- Of Discretion And Allotments (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2004)
By changing the allotment of a plot of land to a Calcutta High Court judge in 1987, the Supreme Court has stepped in to undo an instance of the blatant misuse of judicial authority.
- Why Reminisce? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 24, 2004)
The other day I sauntered into a public library and asked for a much-talked about book of reminiscences written by a long time friend of mine who retired from a high official position.
- Learning From Washington's Economic Woes (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 24, 2004)
Recently released OECD figures show that the US is no longer the No. 1 destination for foreign direct investment. Its apparent disregard for both economic and diplomatic fundamentals, and blithe glossing over of gigantic deficits and huge underfunded....
- Pontiff Remembered (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Nov 23, 2004)
Amid the controversy raging round the arrest of Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham and protests rocking the country, I slipped into memory lane and remembered my several meetings with the previous pontiff — H H Chandrasekara Saraswati
- Internal Democracy Subversion (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 23, 2004)
The less-than-skin-deep love for inner party democracy is the common thread of ideology, or lack of it, running through almost all the centrist political parties.
- India-Pakistan Pm Meet (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 23, 2004)
It is clear that the Pakistani team is coming prepared to discuss a wide range of issues. However, the outcome of this meeting will depend on whether both sides are approaching it with a determination to muster the will to succeed...
- Purana Qila, Naya Manzil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 22, 2004)
The common noun congress means a coming together of like-minded people. However, in India, the Congress as in the name of India’s grand old political party has come to symbolise the reverse!
- The Road To Mumbai (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 22, 2004)
Thirty years ago when I shifted from Bombay — it had not yet been re-christened Mumbai — to Delhi I drew much sympathy for moving from India’s urbs prima to a backwater.
- 'India Can Help Vietnam Integrate With World Economy' (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 22, 2004)
Expressing the hope that India would help Vietnam integrate with the world economy, the Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Nguyen Dy Nien, said his country had a "high appreciation of the Indian position in the [Asian] region and the world" in the political ...
- This Is Not Music (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 21, 2004)
At a recent paper-reading by, and discussion with, Perry Anderson at the Seagull Resource Centre, the subjects attended to were multiculturalism; its relationship with religion;
- Human Recorders (The Economic Times, RAGHUKRISHNAN, Nov 21, 2004)
Journalists are voyeurs. Each tragedy brings in its wake not just cops, not just ambulance-chaser attorneys but the members of the Fourth Estate. The greater the suffering, the more the number.
- Making World A Better Place To Live In (Tribune, Sitakant Mahapatra, Nov 21, 2004)
AN issue that is being hotly debated these days is the changing focus of culture and development. A host of parameters have entered into the debate as to what
- Sex Sells, As Always (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Nov 20, 2004)
Whenever young people toying with the idea of starting a publishing house come to consult me, I tell them, “if you do not have government
- Not An Outsider (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 20, 2004)
A Singaporean friend who minces no words was blunt on the telephone. “Bush’s ‘house nigger’ has gone,” he bellowed,
- Cashing In On Kashmir (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Nov 19, 2004)
Foreign minister Natwar Singh is probably right when he says we should not expect miracles on Kashmir from the ongoing dialogue with Pakistan.
- To Boss With Love (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , Nov 19, 2004)
On October 16, my terribly-in-tune-with-times son chirpily remarked, “Mom, today is Boss’ Day.” Really, but why, I unkindly wondered. Now, which boss deserves to be put on a pedestal?
- The Challenges Before Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 19, 2004)
There can be no doubt that the Kanchi Sankara Mutt is going through a rough patch and its followers are totally upset with the developments climaxing in the arrest of the
- Uma Bharti, Bjp And Sonia (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Nov 18, 2004)
The BJP has to move forward from its Sonia fixation and start looking at roti and makan issues
- Beyond Protocol (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 17, 2004)
Sonia Gandhi should have gone to Cairo for the funeral service of Yasser Arafat. There are relationships between leaders that transcend protocol or clinical diplomatic dissection.
- Protecting Local Cultures (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 17, 2004)
While nations should not be closed to other cultures, they must safeguard their cultural diversity too
- A Date With Nehru (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Nov 16, 2004)
JAWAHARLAL Nehru had become the darling of the nation well before Independence, and a meeting with him was a privilege that few could miss out on if a providential occasion had come their way.
- Pm Sets The Real Pace (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 16, 2004)
The Prime Minister is a person who not only knows where he is going but has the courage to proclaim his convictions and the decisiveness to do what he regards as imperative to take the nation forward to its rightful destiny.
- Investing In Scholarships (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 15, 2004)
Even as there is talk of reservations in the private sector, corporates should organise, collectively, a nationwide scholarship programme for talented poor children, as woefully poor-quality education lies behind the demand for reservation.
- Memorial In The Mind (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 15, 2004)
WHERE even the birds speak chaste Sanskrit lives Mandan Mishra,” a villager is believed to have told Adi Sankara when he enquired about the residence of the great Sanskrit scholar in the 8th century.
- Murder In The Mutt (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 15, 2004)
THE people in general and the Hindus in particular are shocked over the arrest and incarceration of the Shankaracharya of Kanchi, Swami Jayendra Saraswati.
- Need To Spread Public Awareness On Diabetes, Says Dr Bajaj (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Nov 14, 2004)
ONE has to fight obesity to prevent diabetes, says eminent endocrinologist and Honorary President of the International Diabetes Federation Dr J.S. Bajaj. In an exclusive interview to The Sunday Tribune
- Sensitising Youth On Peace, Cooperation (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Nov 14, 2004)
I used often to write to a friend of mine, Ijaz, that I was waiting for that evening to come when I could take a taxi to Delhi airport, but a ticket at the counter, and take the short flight to Lahore to go and stay with him in Shadman.
- Visions And Verdicts (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Nov 13, 2004)
Tomorrow, November 14, is the birthday of India’s first prime minister. This is an appropriate moment to reassess his legacy, but only before issuing a disclaimer: your columnist is not a member or supporter of the Congress party.
- Irrelevance Of Ownership (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Nov 13, 2004)
Legal ownership of assets is no longer a pre-requisite for claiming depreciation under the I-T Act
- Governors Not Centre’S Lackeys (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 12, 2004)
The recent controversy over the transfer of Governor S.S. Barnala of Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu raises a question of deep constitutional propriety: what is the status of a governor and would it be unfortunate if it were allowed to be slurred over
- Inter-Linking Of Rivers — Untested Hype, Unresolved Issues (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 10, 2004)
The project to interlink six major rivers promises to remain bedevilled for a considerable time by unresolved engineering, operational and financial issues.
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