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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 9735:
- Alvi: Befitting Honour For Noted Urdu Writer (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 09, 2005)
Urdu is considered one of the sweetest languages of the world. It is spoken by about 104 million people around the globe. Its birth was the direct result of the synthesis between the invading armies of Mahmud of Ghazni with the civilian population ...
- Squeeze Water Off Chinese Data, Add A Dash Of Guesswork (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 08, 2005)
For those who do not know, these are just a few proverbs from China. If, as a businessman, you want to look at a big market, where the 1.3 billionth consumer was born two days ago
- Power Of Doubters And Their Fate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
Most scriptural writing warns us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of the o
- No Closed Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department’s (RDPD) recommendation that dalits be appointed as priests in temples is a welcome move and needs to be implemented with earnestness.
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- Two Cheers For Ganguly (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Bengalis have long felt a sense of victimhood, of somehow being denied or deprived by the rest of India.
- Love Your Body, Love Yourself (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
The long-distance call was from Osho’s commune in Pune. On the line was the editor of Osho Times, Amrit Sadhana.
- Caste Away (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2005)
Disasters test a society in diverse ways. They take proof of the country’s preparedness to spring to the rescue of people struck by nature’s fury. In the relief and rehabilitation operations undertaken, they extract an account of the norms and principles
- Change The Mindset (Pioneer, Prem P Kapoor, Jan 08, 2005)
N Jamal Ansari puts forward a baffling and convoluted logic in his article, "Ayodhya and after" (The Pioneer, December 25). He laments that even after 12 years
- Death Of The Holiest River (Indian Express, SURESHWAR D SINHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Alarmed by various reports that all was not well in the Bhagirathi basin, members of a group of five NGOs led by Paani Morcha surveyed the area recently. The group of 25 volunteers
- Public Debate On Privacy (Telegraph, Sanjay Banerjee, Jan 07, 2005)
The baazee.com incident, and the one involving Kareena Kapoor and her male companion, pose vital questions already forgotten by the media — the right of privacy, freedom of expression and the archaic Indian laws on public decency and morality.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- The Unexploited Rural Market (Business Line, K. Dadoo, Jan 07, 2005)
THE Indian marketeer has come a long way from the 1960s and the 1970s, when supply could never effectively reach demand and shortages and scarcity prevailed all over the country.
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- Public Institutions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Although it is widely if not universally endorsed and admired, democracy as a political system is still on trial in many parts of the world.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- We Need Our Mohan Bhargavas (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Jan 06, 2005)
‘Swades’ makes a strong case for patriotism seen not as Pakistan-bashing but as unabashed India-loving
- Colonisation Of The English Language (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 06, 2005)
Recently, I was in West Bengal, a state known for its elevated culture, its immense sensitivity to the literary heritage of Bengali, and its extraordinary achievements. But then, I also experienced a deep-rooted anxiety prevailing over the entire state.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Trust In A Time Of Trouble (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 04, 2005)
The last week has been grim, truly grim. A natural disaster of enormous magnitude swallowed up thousands of people and rendered hundreds of thousands homeless.
- How Nature Changes History (Indian Express, DONALD G MCNEIL JR, Jan 04, 2005)
Two earthquakes in 1999 brought ancient enemies Greek and Turkey together as they rushed to each other’s aid. Will the tsunami bring Lankan govt and rebels to peace table?
- Iran’S N-Ambitions (Tribune, Sudarshan Bhutani, Jan 03, 2005)
Iran’s nuclear ambitions cannot be considered separated from its relations with the United States of America. Ever since the 1979 revolution in Iran, the US has made no secret of its desire to bring about a change of regime in Teheran.
- For A Memorial To Partition (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jan 03, 2005)
WHAT do the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Foundation, both located in New York, possibly have in common with a proposed memorial that I have in mind for our own country, commemorating
- India’S Policy Failure In Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 03, 2005)
King Gyanendra subverted multi-party democracy within months of becoming the king and appears to be in pursuit of an executive monarchy.
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- We The People (Plain Dealer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 02, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- Imperialism Lives On (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jan 01, 2005)
For the western media, a tourist's tragedy is more important than that of the local people.
- Good Morning, It’S 2005 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The calendar is an artificial construct but it is without doubt a useful way to mark the passing hours; to demarcate time past from time present and time future and, importantly, to imagine new beginnings.
- Figuring The Tsunami (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
As the world rallies to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, comparisons may help illustrate the force of the tidal waves and the resulting enormity of the crisis:
• The earthquake that caused the tidal waves measured 9.
- A Happening Year (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
I wish my readers Merry Xmas and a happy 2005 with many Xmasses and new years to come. In my little family, we need no excuses to celebrate.
- We The People (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 01, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- The Tsunami Learning Curve (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Jan 01, 2005)
Amidst the trials and tribulations of thousands who were hit by the sudden tsunami, this is an attempt to look at the overall malaise rather than an isolated incident.
- New Year Resolve (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2005)
The temple bells have pealed; the people have greeted one another and politicians have conveyed their message to the nation. Yet another new year is upon us.
- Teaching Lore (Deccan Herald, PRABHU HARLE, Jan 01, 2005)
In the early ’70’s, the Government middle school in Pollibetta, a very small town in Coorg, had some of the finest teachers — Kaveramma, Poovamma, Devamma and a host of others
- Satanic Verses To Behzti (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 31, 2004)
You cannot threaten to kill someone or force a ban simply because you do not like what is written.
- Zero As Hero (Indian Express, K. DURGA PRASAD , Dec 31, 2004)
India's significant contribution to the world of mathematics is zero. And zero’s gift to the English-speaking world is shorthand. Yes, Sir Issac Pitman devised shorthand by cracking the zero.
- 2004: In Transit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
The more things change, the more they don't remain the same. That is the anti-climactic moral of 2004, whose end makes its beginning unrecognisable.
- Nagapattinam Burns Its Dead (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 30, 2004)
Cormorants hovered overhead and the stench of death hung in the air, as Armymen and hundreds of volunteers dug out hundreds of bodies from under ....
- Nicobar Village Leaves Behind A Graveyard, From Past & Present (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 30, 2004)
If and when anyone from the local administration or any relief agency travels 6 km from the deluge-struck IAF base here, as The Indian Express did today
- Lost Worlds? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 30, 2004)
With the death toll mounting, the tsunami that devastated southern Asia has passed into the records as the biggest yet. From the staggering wreckage and collective lamentation has risen the spectre of a new dread:
- The Holiday Party (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 30, 2004)
Meeting Salman Rushdie on his brief visit to India earlier this month, I was struck by his almost childlike delight in becoming part of the extended Palghat Brahmin fraternity, courtesy his marriage to Padma Lakshmi.
- Beyond Harry Potter (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2004)
It will be six long, lingering months before it casts a spell on readers. But the penultimate novel of J.K. Rowling's seven-part series has notched up a staggering number of advance orders
- Bias Against The Self-Employed (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 30, 2004)
The policies the Government is pursuing could well render unemployable all those who are self-employed now. There appears to be an inherent bias against the self-employed
- Main Language (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2004)
One of the worst, and the least commented upon, impact of the growing influence of the sangh parivar is its association with Sanskrit. The scriptures to which the parivar alludes to are all written in Sanskrit.
- India’S Pro-Active Foreign Policy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Continuity was the main theme of Indian foreign policy in the year 2004 as New Delhi stayed engaged with the world in a pro-active manner with particular focus on neighbours like Pakistan and China.
- Tsunami Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 29, 2004)
After every horrendous tragedy on the scale of Sunday's tsunami, when the mind has digested the statistics and the gory images, and the consoling words have been said...
- Coping With Depression (Hindu, Nick Johnstone, Dec 29, 2004)
'Depressed' describes a debilitating illness. It is not a word to idly bandy about.
- Face The Facts (Pioneer, Ram Gopal, Dec 29, 2004)
In his article, "Ayodhya: The futility of talks" (December 4), Mr SP Gupta, a noted archaeologist, has given ample historical and archaeological evidence to support the claim that a Hindu temple existed prior to Babri
- Baptised, But Boundary Remains (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 28, 2004)
The gutter inspectors are out, revelling in the discomfort of devout Hindus, telling us exactly what's wrong with us. To begin with, it's the Brahmins and the caste system, a euphemism for the fact that we're still a predominantly Hindu society.
- The Principal (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Dec 28, 2004)
I reached Lahore, by bus or train, I do not remember, took a tonga and dashed off to S.N. Das Gupta College. I cannot recall where it was. Perhaps Nisbet Road. There, on the verandah of the college, I met this man, somewhat short-statured, polite, simple
- Defining Hindutva (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 28, 2004)
The championing by the BJP of the Hindu ethos at its Ranchi meeting would be welcomed by all supporters of Hindutva.
- Seers And Scoundrels (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 27, 2004)
Why cavil at the phenomenon of their existence — godmen and godwomen are an integral part of the landscape. They are our heritage; they define the current milieu too.
- Sacred Science (Indian Express, DANIEL GOLEMAN, Dec 27, 2004)
Little is known about the Dalai Lama’s intense personal interest in the sciences; he has said that if he were not a monk, he would have liked to have been an engineer
- Assault On Hinduism (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 27, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 26, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- Lover Of Obscurity (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 25, 2004)
P.V. Narasimha Rao made a revealing complaint and an intriguing request at our last meeting two years ago.
- Lost In Cypherspace (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 25, 2004)
Policemen across the country have been on the prowl to counter cyber crime and porn, even beating up women users of a cyber cafe in their pursuit of public decency.
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Dec 25, 2004)
Twelve years ago, the Babri Masjid was demolished by the forces of Hindutva because they wanted to expand their political base. The tragedy at Ayodhya raises certain crucial matters.
- Hard Choices (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Dec 25, 2004)
We need to be honest with ourselves that principles of freedom of speech and respect for minorities can collide
- This Matter Of Plastic (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 25, 2004)
In the classic movie, The Graduate, the young Dustin Hoffman is advised to get into plastic, the surest way to conquer the world. Well, Dustin, you may have ignored that advice, but India and Indians have not.
- Unlikely Helmsman (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
"A small Indian village, like a thousand others; an obscure child, like a million others; a non-descript childhood, like any other's; climbed ladders and more ladders, feeling all the while
- The Crusade For Monoculture (Asia Times, Chanakya Sen, Dec 25, 2004)
The prophet-provocateur of international relations, Samuel P Huntington, is back to rattle some bones with a combative teaser on American identity.
- Running Out Of Options (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Dec 24, 2004)
In this era of high tech election strategies — of course side by side with good old “yatras” — I am reminded of how Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Iron Man of India and home minister in Nehru’s first cabinet
- Profits Beyond Piracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
The centre's intention to enact legislation to curb optical disc piracy, revealed by the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Jaipal Reddy, at the International Film Festival of India at Goa
- Where Osama Bin Laden Went Wrong (Asia Times, Vikram Sood, Dec 24, 2004)
By the middle of 2001, the Taliban, along with their friends in al-Qaeda and the powerful Pakistani establishment, had begun to get weary of the unending resistance from the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
- ‘A Reserved, Dignified Man’ (Indian Express, DEVENDRANATH DWIVEDI, Dec 24, 2004)
The death of P V Narasimha Rao is a grave loss to the country and a personal loss for me. Narasimha Rao became prime minister when the country was going through the trauma of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- For Liberty's Sake (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2004)
In ruling that the indefinite incarceration of non-citizens suspected of `terrorism' is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the United Kingdom's Law Lords ...
- Mob Violence And Right To Artistic Expression (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
The decision taken by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to cancel further performances of the play Behzti can only be described as a capitulation to mob rule. Stuart Rogers, the executive director of the theatre....
- Unending Unrest In Nepal (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Dec 23, 2004)
During his 10-day visit to India, beginning today, King Gyanendra will mainly meet the new Congress leadership and seek their advice and consultation on how to break the protracted political deadlock in his country.
- A Bill Of Her Own? (Indian Express, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendments are inadequate.
- Some Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Dec 23, 2004)
Despite being perceived as a failure, Orissa’s power sector reforms hold possibilities for the Centre and other states
- None Does Offend (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 22, 2004)
There was a time when the world strove to be civilized. That meant that such qualities as truth, honesty, compassion, and all that we call “good” were considered not just desirable in themselves
- Not Too Late (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 22, 2004)
What goes around finally does come around, even if it takes years. With a court in Chile ordering the house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet, President of the country between 1973 and 1990
- Habitually Subservient (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 22, 2004)
The four articles on Ayodhya (Think Pad, December 4) presented four different facets of the Ayodhya problem but not one went into the root of the conflict.
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