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Articles 19821 through 19920 of 20587:
- Senseless Dispute Over Ayodhya (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 15, 2003)
Neither a temple nor a mosque should be built at the disputed site. A university of religions should come up there
- Senseless Dispute Over Ayodhya (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 15, 2003)
Neither a temple nor a mosque should be built at the disputed site. A university of religions should come up there
- Cancun: A Mere Show Of Strength (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 15, 2003)
NOT totally unexpectedly, the Cancun Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation meeting has concluded without yielding any agreement. The major stumbling blocks were the massive agricultural subsidies (estimated at be around $300 billion annually by the
- Pied Pipers Inc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
Desperation feeds a shadowy migration industry - so does inequitable globalisation
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- Iraq... Where There Are More Questions Than Answers (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 15, 2003)
ONE of the saddest and, perhaps in the long term, the most horrific, aspects of the ouster of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq is the push the country seems to be getting in the direction of religious fundamentalism. About 60 per cent of the country's po
- Hindutva Rate Of Growth (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Oct 14, 2003)
There is hype and hypocrisy in economic projections
- Welcome To The New Hotel Gujarat (Indian Express, Rupam Jain, Oct 14, 2003)
Burnt in riots, owners sell; Mughlai cuisine goes veg
- Boost To India-Thailand Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
BUT FOR THE 1997 economic meltdown, Thailand might have emerged as the leading Asian Tiger among the Southeast Asian countries. Its economy was growing at a robust eight per cent of GDP. The country has now recovered from the problem, though the ...
- Oil Smoothens A Dynasty's Rule (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 14, 2003)
The big game in the Caucasus is bound to gain momentum after the presidential elections in Azerbaijan where both Russia and the U.S. have decided dynastic succession is the best option.
- Mercy Or Murder? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2003)
In France the medical profession has been calling for some legal framework for the widely practised act of euthanasia.
- Patents For Peace And Happiness (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 13, 2003)
Indian scientists should be encouraged to assign their patents to a bank to be used for the common good.
- Please Spare Us Our Silly Points (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 13, 2003)
Hurry back, all is forgiven. Ditch MAX for Morrison or Atul Wassan. Bring with you, your lovely, moist smile, your transparent saris and ignorance of cricket. Rescue the India-New Zealand cricket series from the commentary of men more dead than alive and
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- Egyptian Conjoined Twins To Go Under The Knife (Indian Express, Jon Herskovitz, Oct 12, 2003)
US doctors began surgery on Saturday to separate two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at their heads. The operation will involve about 20 surgeons and could take as long as two days.
- The Maya Behind The Raids (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 12, 2003)
What I like about Mayawati is her honesty. That may sound like a funny thing to say but I am being completely serious. I like her for never having made any attempt to hide her millions.
- Astrological Falsehoods (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Oct 11, 2003)
Some weeks ago one of our leading national dailies carried the findings of a group of scientists who examined the claims made by astrologers about their ability to forecast future events. They scrutinised thousands of biodatas of people born on the same..
- Enlightenment, Buddha Style (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 11, 2003)
If India’s east is to emerge at all, Kolkata and West Bengal must be the engine
- Astrological Falsehoods (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Oct 11, 2003)
Some weeks ago one of our leading national dailies carried the findings of a group of scientists who examined the claims made by astrologers about their ability to forecast future events. They scrutinised thousands of biodatas of people born on the same d
- Return Of The Hawala Calculations? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 10, 2003)
Suddenly, the BJP's political rivals find themselves having to answer to the investigative agencies.
- The Use And Misuse Of Pota (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 10, 2003)
The curious case of the Union Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources, M. Kannappan, should have woken the country to the problems being created by the use and misuse of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) but it evidently has
- The Message From Manuke (Indian Express, Sadhna Mohan, Oct 10, 2003)
A village in Punjab shows how the spread of AIDS can be contained
- To Catch A Mouse (Indian Express, Kalpana Parikh, Oct 10, 2003)
An animal rights activist’s bandicoot dilemma
- Arnie, The Son-In-Law Of Camelot (Indian Express, Elizabeth Mehren, Oct 10, 2003)
At a family conclave, the largely Democrat Kennedys resolved to help Republican Schwarzenegger
- The Man Who Refused To Go Quietly (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 10, 2003)
As JP’s centenary year ends, politicians barely bother with him. But to anyone who remembers the Emergency, he is immortal
- The Day After, She Picks Up Kanshi Ram’S Rs 7.5-Lakh Tab (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 10, 2003)
Yesterday, a furious BSP leader Mayawati alleged that the CBI, during its search of her home, had taken away the Rs 5.5 lakh ‘‘her party workers had collected from poor Dalits’’ for their leader Kanshi Ram’s medical treatment. Today, Batra Hospital, where
- Worst Jobs In Science (Indian Express, Peter Carlson, Oct 09, 2003)
And you thought research was fun...
- Dengue Spreads Wings Across India (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 09, 2003)
4,720 cases, 78 deaths reported
- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Arnie Swaggers In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Does the Californian result symbolise the best of democracy? Or the worst?
- Making Services Work For Poor (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 09, 2003)
Broad improvements in human welfare will not happen till poor people receive wider access to affordable services in health, education, water, sanitation and electricity, warns WDR 2004. Rightly concluding that no one size fits all, it describes eight, and
- A Spammer In The Works (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 09, 2003)
EVERYBODY is a king in a democracy, proclaims a popular saying. And Raja is too common a name, either as a standalone or as a suffix. The latest, however, to join the band of Rajas is Pulli Raja and nobody seems to know who he is.
- Mci Diagnosis To Govt: 11 Medical Colleges You Cleared Too Sick To Work (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Oct 08, 2003)
AP prime culprit, may affect 900 students
- Making Nfl Privatisation Work (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Oct 08, 2003)
FOLLOWING the lukewarm response to the Government offer for divestment of 51 per cent of its equity holding in the National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr S. S. Dhindsa, has reportedly renewed his demand for
- Under The Saffron (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2003)
NCERT textbooks scandal: it’s the quality of education that matters, not its colour
- Bobby Ready To Change Diapers And Louisiana (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Oct 08, 2003)
In-laws ecstatic: how whizkid is expecting his 2nd kid and the top job
- Uma Bharti Thinks She Is Already The Cm (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 07, 2003)
If she had somehow managed to put behind the controversy over her cake offering to Hanuman, BJP’s chief minister hopeful Uma Bharti has walked into a new one in the final run-up to the Assembly polls: she had to cancel a Dussehra dinner for the who’s who
- Louisiana’s Great Indian Hope Trick (Indian Express, Lee Hockstader, Oct 07, 2003)
Bobby Jindal is a deeply religious Republican whizkid. Can he save a whole American state
- Bobby Jindal One Step Away From Us Poll History (Indian Express, Scott Gold, Oct 06, 2003)
Touting Republican values, he defies Indian label and is favourite in the race
- Hiv-Positive Children Will Get Free Drugs (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 05, 2003)
Sushma makes a promise which will cost ministry thrice its budget
- Not Just Numero Uno (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 05, 2003)
Film star and producer Sanjay Khan’s Numero Uno is among the many film and television companies that dumped equity at astronomical prices on Unit Trust of India (UTI) under the chairmanship of P. S. Subramanyam during the Ketan Parekh-led boom.
- Where’s The Culture In Nationalism? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 05, 2003)
For reasons I have never fully understood religious fanatics love writing letters. No sooner do I mention Hindutva or jehad in this column than fanatics of one kind or other start bombarding my mailbox with venomous epistles. And, because Hindu fanaticism
- Brand Gandhi At Modi Mela (Indian Express, Amrita Shan, Oct 05, 2003)
It was a simple card. Off-white, oblong, with a sketch of a pair of round-framed spectacles. It was the kind of card that would not have merited a second glance had the sender not been Narendra Modi.
- Puja Ends Today, Govt Prays For River Hooghly (Indian Express, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 05, 2003)
As the Durga Puja festival ends tomorrow, the State Environment Ministry and an NGO here are keeping their fingers crossed. They are worried about the Hooghly River where more than ‘‘20 thousand clay-idols’’ will be immersed after the puja.
- Dashrath’s Disqualification (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Oct 04, 2003)
Chasing what-ifs to their logical end
- On Keeping A Diary (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 04, 2003)
Mahatma Gandhi kept a daily diary all his life. I have been keeping one for the last 30 years. However, what he recorded in its pages was very different from what I have been noting down in mine. I am entirely in agreement with him that a diary is a most
- `No Standards World-Wide For Pesticide Residues In Soft-Drinks' (Business Line, Ameer Shahul, Oct 03, 2003)
IN RESPONSE to the article "Killing pests or poisoning people?" by Ameer Shahul (Business Line, September 2), Mr Sanjiv Gupta, President and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola India, writes
- Pseudo-Victory At Cancun? (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Oct 03, 2003)
No doubt, the firm stand by the G-21 was a major moral victory for the developing world at Cancun. But the latter also lost out by the sidelining of other issues vital to their progress. As much as the rich countries need to pay serious attention to the..
- Strangers Within (Deccan Herald, Leela Ramaswamy, Oct 03, 2003)
To be wary of strangers is a natural thing, but it could be a total stranger who bails you out.
- A Few Leaves Off Corporate Governance (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Oct 02, 2003)
THE function of a company in the economic life of a nation has, over the years, been transformed and it is no longer the sole concern of its shareholders, directors and creditors. It has to conduct its activities with due regard to the interest of the ...
- The Importance Of Government Audit (Business Line, Subramanyan Sundaresan, Oct 02, 2003)
TWO months ago, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, addressing a conference of the Comptroller and Auditor General officers, criticised the government audit system, and said it had reduced the Executive to a prisoner of procedures rather than ...
- Congress(i) And Poll Preoccupations (Business Line, Rup Lal Sharma, Oct 02, 2003)
THE by-poll results are out and most major parties have some gains but also suffered major upsets, especially the Congress(I). Its losing the by-elections to the two Lok Sabha constituencies of Sholapur (Maharashtra) and Ernakulam no doubt came as a ...
- Naidu Survives Landmine Blast (Indian Express, S Gopinath Reddy, Oct 02, 2003)
Naidu suffers minor injuries, minister, MLAs hurt; blast hits CM’s car in convoy
- Jharkhand To Centre: This Chairman Is Too Old For Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2003)
A cosy post-retirement posting for a bureaucrat is nothing unusual in India. But this case is not. The Jharkhand government has protested against the Power Ministry’s decision to give an extension to J C Jaitley, chairman of the Damodar Valley Power ...
- Comfort Food, Discomforting Theory (Indian Express, Rob Stein, Oct 01, 2003)
A new study establishes stress increases appetite. Sounds fun? What happens later doesn’t
- Vegetarian_power (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 01, 2003)
THE recent news that eminent personalities, with the former President of India, Mr R. Venkataraman, in the lead, took part in a meeting in the Theosophical Society, Chennai, on Rukmini Devi's contribution to vegetarianism roused my curiosity.
- State's Role In Basic Servics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2003)
Governments cannot, citing a lack of resources or poor administrative capabilities, hand over basic services in large part or in full to the market.
- Energy Security (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 30, 2003)
Even after 50 years of planning, the country has not achieved self-reliance in energy supply.
- Chronicle Of A Collapse Foretold (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Sep 29, 2003)
"Victory" or "failure" are wrong words to describe the outcome of the Cancun meeting. Cancun was just one event in a continuing struggle over the role of the WTO in the economies of the world.
- Because Food Matters (Indian Express, Bharat Dogra, Sep 29, 2003)
The solution is out there. So why are we still poisoning ourselves?
- Living With The Mob (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Sep 26, 2003)
If you live in Sena land, you must live with its rules. One has watched Shiv Sainiks impose sundry bandhs in Mumbai and block the city’s lifeline—its trains—for hours and aggressively advance the cause of Mee Mumbaikar.
- Bedside Manners (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2003)
Visiting Kanshi Ram in hospital has become the new measure of political relevance
- Blair Faces Hard Labour (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 26, 2003)
The Labour party's own rank and file is in revolt against the Prime Minister, Tony Blair's policies.
- What Next, After Cancun? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 26, 2003)
While many experts had predicted that the Cancun negotiations would fail over the question of agricultural subsidies, they actually collapsed because of the insistence of developed countries to bring on board the Singapore issues. However, the ministerial
- Birthday Party Thoughts (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Sep 25, 2003)
Most Indians were gratified to hear that J.M. Lyngdoh had been awarded the Magsaysay Prize. But should that mean that the (doubtless overworked) Chief Election Commissioner should rest on his laurels, ignoring his primary responsibility — namely the duty
- Delayed Action On Trademark Law (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2003)
NEARLY FOUR YEARS after the relevant bills were passed by Parliament, the Union Government has notified the revamped law governing trademarks and the new law granting protection for geographical indications of products. This inordinate delay ...
- Why This Cuts A Sorry Picture For Cong Only Karunakaran Can Say (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2003)
The posters said it all: Karunakaran and Indira Gandhi beaming at the voters with Sebastian Paul posing alongside.
Ernakulam today saw a Congress nightmare on the streets as supporters of K Karunakaran, who is at loggerheads with partyman and Chief...
- Joshi At Home, His Deputy At Work With A Cobra Necklace (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 24, 2003)
His resignation on the table, Murli Manohar Joshi may already have a worthy successor in the Union HRD Ministry. Minister of State Sanjay Paswan who, after Joshi’s love for Vedic mathematics and astrology, wants tantrik practices and exorcism included in
- Health Ministry Gets Sc’s Strong Dose: Don’t Mess With Mci (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 24, 2003)
The Supreme Court today sent a clear signal to the Union Health Ministry not to mess with the Medical Council of India, the independent regulatory body which the apex court itself cleaned up.
- To Help You Choose, Govt To Rank Private Colleges (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Sep 23, 2003)
HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi may be now keeping his entire department in limbo but days before he resigned, he took a far-reaching decision: the Government will grade and rank all licensed private engineering and management colleges across the country
- The Political Case For Reform (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 23, 2003)
The Supreme Court has done well in reminding us that the politics of reform and the reform of politics are two sides of the same coin.
- Saving Lives Of Farmers (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 23, 2003)
Instead of identifying families below the poverty line, it is better to identify heavily indebted families and help them
- Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 22, 2003)
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 saw a unique seminar organised by the Madras School of Economics to discuss the World Bank's recent report on "India: Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty". Chaired by eminent economist Dr Raja Chelliah, the seminar was attended by a ...
- Sonia Calls Maya To Ask About Kanshi, Establishes Connection (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Sep 20, 2003)
Setting off a buzz of speculation in political circles, BSP leader Mayawati today sang Sonia Gandhi’s praises and lashed out at the BJP questioning its ‘‘Hindu’’ credentials.
- Disinvestment And Parliament (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Sep 19, 2003)
Questions of disinvestment are not to be decided by super-Ministers and accountants. Public companies are the nation's assets.
- Kanshi Ram’s 95-Yr-Old Mother Battles The Personal And Political (Indian Express, Bajinder Pal Singh, Sep 19, 2003)
Telephone lines are dead in Kanshi Ram’s Ropar village home, family waits for TV, press updates on his health
- The Taliban In Our Midst (Indian Express, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sep 18, 2003)
The biggest indoor stadium in Ohio City, USA, was recently alive and vibrant with thousands of people. The event: India Day celebrations. Thousands of Indians from all religious groups were present and participated exuberantly in the festivities. One ...
- Transforming The Bjp (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 18, 2003)
Even after five years in power at the Centre, the BJP has not undertaken the essential task of transforming itself into a `normal' political organisation.
- China And India — A Study In Contrast: Perspectives In Economic Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 18, 2003)
While the contrasts between the two countries are stark, it may be too early to write off India as a "lumbering giant" which has lost the race to the "Crouching Tiger". India's stable financial system and the better-organised legal machinery may still ...
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