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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Baseless And Prejudiced (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Oct 29, 2007)
To write critically about a religion and its community is one thing, but to denigrate them deliberately is quite another.
- Nothing Racist About It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 29, 2007)
That racial discrimination is abominable is granted. But should political correctness drive us to the extent that we refuse to admit that races exist?
- It’S A “Treasure For Mankind,” Says Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday visited the world famous Terracotta Warriors museum in Xi’an, where the first contacts were made between the ancient Chinese capital and India.
- Korea Calling (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
When a work assignment led me to Korea, I was quick to do my research.
- ‘Nehru’S Policies Caused Kashmir Problem’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Accusing successive Congress governments of "inept handling" of internal security, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday said the "faulty" policies of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru are responsible for the Kashmir problem.
- Evolution & Impasse ~Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
There was a time when Marxism promised to provide a major plank for an ideological and political assault on the bourgeois civilisation.
- Memories Of Horror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
The collector of Ahmedabad has ordered the blackout of TV channels beaming the sting operation of the post-Godhra pogrom.
- ‘In The Tulsidas Ramayan, Sita Is Not Ram’S Wife But His Sister. Only In The Valmiki Ramayan Is She His Wife’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Do you think that, over the last 10-15 years, coalition politics has been the antidote to the poison of separatism?
- Brand Yoga, With Care (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
Yoga should be branded as a means to achieve self-development and not as a means to propagate a particular religion.
- Towards Light, Truly And Surely (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Oct 29, 2007)
The prayer for being led from darkness to light (tamaso ma jyotir gamaya) involves first the fair admission of the fact that one is still groping and unsure of what is right or wrong and that the real truth could be far different.
- Portrait Of Dalip Singh Saund To Be Unveiled In Us Congress (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A portrait of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American Congressman, will be unveiled in the US Congress at an official ceremony next month.
- Desires, To Die For (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
The nest in the blue pine spews out a feathery fledgling. It has to learn to fend for itself or perish in the jungle.
- Class Apart, Some Mps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
What does globalisation have to do with caste relations in India? How does secularism differ from country to country? Can game theory be used to negotiate stable political coalitions? Read on.
- 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.
- The Best And Worst Of Khushwant Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These books are handsomely hardbound and easy on the eye, but except 'Train to Pakistan', some of the matter has lost relevance today.
- 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.”
- For A Cool Splash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The forest guard at the Bhoothapandi checkpost told me that an uphill drive of less than five km would take me to the Vattaparai waterfalls.
- For That French Feel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The French Tourist Office in India is celebrating “French Connection 2007” in full swing these days. As part of the celebrations, it is working towards publicising Rhone Alps as an ideal vacation spot for the Indian globetrotters.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Slice Of Paradise Getaway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Signboards that promise paradise are a dime a dozen on the road to Kovalam.
- 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 . . . .
- Uk To Fight Forced Asian Marriages (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
After years of finding itself unable to deal with the phenomenon of South Asian families in Britain forcing their children to marry people from the Indian sub-continent, the British government has now stepped up measures to tackle the problem.
- 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.
- Sonia Gandhi Meets Chinese Premier Wen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Book Release (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The release of the book ‘Augustine Joseph Bhagavathar: Sangeeta Natakathile Athulya Prathiba,’ written by Qutbuddin, will be held under the aegis of Centre For Heritage Environment And Development, at the EMS Memorial Town Hall, Kochi . . . . .
- Need For Self-Effort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
There is a saying that if a person attains Self-realisation generations of his lineage before and after him become blessed. It is logical to doubt how this can be possible as ignorance, which is the cause of bondage, afflicts every individual. . .
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Reminiscent of the Scottish highlands, it leaves you spellbound
- The Malnad Experience (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Heritage Not just a house with a view, but also some great food
- Indian Police Warn Suicide Bombers Planning Attacks In Mumbai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai looking for new targets just over a year after a series of explosions tore through the city’s commuter rail network killing 188 people, police warned on Friday.
- Raj Painting Sells For Over $1m (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A historic painting of a meeting between British and Indian officials during the days of the Raj has sold for 12 times its estimated value.
- The Swat Carnage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE anachronistic idea which Fata represents — that the tribal area is beyond the jurisdiction of Pakistani laws — is expanding instead of shrinking.
- Terrorists On The Prowl In Mumbai? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai should rise in gratitude to a cabbie who alerted Mumbai police about four suspected terrorists ~ three men and a burqa-clad woman ~ who used his taxi to scan the city under suspicious circumstances on 22 and 23 October as part. . .
- Mumbai On High Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Mumbai police on Friday put the city on high alert, and released the sketches of three persons suspected to be doing “reconnaissance” around religious places.
- Taxi Driver Raises Mumbai Terror Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai police today sounded a red alert and released sketches (in pictures) of three suspects, who could be suicide bombers or part of a larger terror cell planning a strike in the city, after a taxi driver raised the alarm.
- Sudden Impact (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The day is still etched in memory. The year was 1998. As an enthusiastic fresher to college, I had stayed back to attend the last class in economics, curbing my hunger for another hour.
- Surround Festive Sound (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Oct 26, 2007)
You will get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. I wish someone would convert Henry Higgins’s cryptic suggestion to Eliza Doolittle into the Eleventh Commandment.
- Is Bjp Alienating Another Ally? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 26, 2007)
If murmurs of protest from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab are any indicator, the BJP appears to be following a plan through which it is all set to alienate yet another partner from its much depleted National Democratic . . . .
- Indian Gay Prince Would Have Proposed To Oprah (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
He is the gay prince. She, the queen of talk shows. When Manvendra Singh Gohil, scion of the royal family of Rajpipla in Gujarat, met Oprah Winfrey on her show, both appeared awestruck.
- Mystical Hymn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The works of mystics are not just great, inspired literature but expression of their coming face to face with God.
- Rajasthan Bjp Chief Rules Out Removal From Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Denies confrontation with State RSS leadership
- Gelling With Pen (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , Oct 26, 2007)
He had long waited for the day. The day when he signed to the world that he was a grown-up too.
- Children Of The Apocalypse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2007)
In Paradise Lost, Book IV, when Satan views the created universe for the first time, he finds among the living creatures “Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall,/ God-like erect…”
- 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”.
- Excavations (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2007)
In an attempt to recover the lost works of Aristotle, Sophocles and Catullus, archaeologists are to restart excavations at the ancient city of Herculaneum in Italy, where a Roman library lies buried beneath 90 ft of lava from the eruption of . . . .
- Spiritual Knowledge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
There are two types of knowledge: that which is about this world and hence perceptible to the senses and the mind (Dhrishta), and the other knowledge pertains to the unseen (Adhrishta).
- The Malnad Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A home in rain-drenched Thirthahalli opened its doors to discerning tourists four months ago.
- Mamata Leaves Home For A Cause (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 25, 2007)
With Indian political parties at both the national and regional level being run like family businesses, it is unusual to find a leader who has left home to get closer to the people.
- 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.
- Karnataka’S Thriving Tibetan Settlement (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
With heavy maroon robes flapping in the wind, auto-rickshaws speeding down an empty road, seated inside are three bald novices, Buddhist monks on their way to Kushalnagar to watch a film.
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2007)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh would have found quite a few sympathisers when he spoke about the difficulties a fractured mandate throws up.
- Contrasting Tales Of Resurgence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 25, 2007)
Even if things fall apart on the Indo-US nuclear deal and elections are held early, the polls will be a proper democratic exercise, unlike in Pakistan, where a free and fair election and democracy are still a mirage.
- 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 . . . .
- Cinema And Real Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
A society of castes not only creates a diabolical mind but also kills all values of humanity. The caste cultural values force us to speak morality but makes us act on immoral beliefs...
- Rs. 50-Crore Vintage Car Museum To Come Up In Bangalore (Hindu, Shankar Bennur, Oct 24, 2007)
A museum of vintage and classic cars has been planned in Bangalore. Karnataka Vintage and Classic Car Club has acquired a four-acre plot at Rajarajeshwari Nagar for the museum with a floor space of two lakh square feet accommodate over 300 cars.
- Save The Lions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
Efforts to save the Asiatic lion from extinction have suffered a grievous blow with five lions being electrocuted near the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat.
- 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.
- Bounteous Grace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Spiritual tradition accords the pride of place to the Guru as it is through his grace that a seeker of liberation can attain his objective. The term “Guru” means one who dispels his disciple’s ignorance.
- 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.
- 'Indian Market Is Overridden With Greed’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2007)
Buy what others are discarding and sell what others are craving. Look for the hated, the unloved and the distressed business.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2007)
High-voltage talks are on this week to counter terrorism in the subcontinent, and it may just be coincidental that the move comes in the wake of explosions in Ajmer, Ludhiana and Karachi.
- 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.
- Award For University Hall (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 24, 2007)
“SUPERB interdisciplinary technical achievement … elegant renewal of one of the city’s finest Victorian buildings.”
- Cloud Of Mystery (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2007)
Yet another monsoon is over and, with that, yet another test for the prediction skill of the statistical long-range forecast (LRF) model of the India Meteorological Department (IMD); this time it was a new model with a new methodology (Frontline, June 1).
- 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 . . . .
- Mystique Of Moscow (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE structure of a megalopolis is clear, simple and immediately recognisable: airports, railway stations, public transport, supermarkets, cinemas, theatres and nightclubs.
- No-Win Situation (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 24, 2007)
PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh’s public presentations on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal have, as a rule, been characterised by an element of drama. In his spirited promotion of the deal he went to the extent of throwing down a challenge of midterm . . . .
- Other Voices - American Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
IT’S not much of a murder mystery because the culprit is always the same: Public libraries get killed by local government budget slashers.
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Contract Killing (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 24, 2007)
THE killing of 17 Iraqis at Baghdad’s Nissour Square by contractors (read mercenaries) of the United States military firm Blackwater on September 17, once again highlights the controversial role played by the hired guns of the occupation forces.
- Why I Am An Atheist (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Excerpts from the article Bhagat Singh wrote in reply to a remark made by Bhai Randhir Singh, a Ghadarite, in Lahore Central Jail in 1930-31.
- ‘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.
- Wb Bids Emotional Farewell To Durga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The five-day Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal finally ended as the state bid a tearful adieu to the goddess and her children on Sunday.
- Ancient Theatre Tradition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
KATHAKALI, THE classical dance-drama of Kerala, is a unique combination of literature, music, painting, acting and dance. Besides being Kerala’s invaluable gift to global art, it is also the creative blend of India’s cultural traditions.
- Pilgrim Centres (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Oct 23, 2007)
This book is a spiritual illumination taking the reader to various places of pilgrimage down south with the author acting as the guide.
- Hindi Print Media (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
“We need a Hindi version of Citizen Kane. The time is right for it.
- Back On Track (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2007)
The agreement reached by European Union leaders at the recent Lisbon summit on a new treaty for the 27 member states could end a six-year period of uncertainty over the political and institutional future of the world’s largest trading bloc.
- Maoists Helping Palace, Claims Nepal Minister (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
A senior Nepali Congress leader has accused the Maoists of helping the Royal Palace by postponing the 22 November crucial assembly polls.
- Special Article (Statesman, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 23, 2007)
There is a saying in Bengali, pagoler go badhey ananda. It means that a mad man rejoices at the killing of a cow.
- N-Deal On Hold For Now: Centre (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Shying away from admitting that it had put the contentious Indo-US nuclear deal into cold storage, the Manmohan Singh government today, however, sent clear signals that it would not be able to push through the deal by stepping over its . . . . .
- Spiritual Wisdom (Hindu, C. L. Ramakrishnan , Oct 23, 2007)
The Culmination of Detachment: English translation of the discourses by Upadhyaya Amar Muni, pub. by Sugal & Damani, No.11, Ponnappa Lane, Triplicane, Chennai-600005. Rs. 299.
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