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Articles 8821 through 8920 of 9735:
- Beyond The Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
The devastating bomb blast at Dimapur railway station in Nagaland and the series of terrorist explosions in Dhubri, Darrang and Kokrajhar districts of Assam over the weekend are perhaps the clearest indication that the National Democratic Front
- Left Without Reason (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 05, 2004)
The infantile questioning of government and its policies is carried on relentlessly by those men and women who opted to sit out — the classic syndrome of the big bully who wants everything his way without the responsibility.
- Crowded Skies (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 04, 2004)
Increasing competition in the civil aviation sector brings its own set of problems.
- Undaunted By Disability (Tribune, Vijay Oberoi, Oct 04, 2004)
AT 3 pm on September 12, 2004, history was made when Navin Gulia, a young man with a 90 per cent paralysed body and 100 per cent medical disability, did the impossible, by driving non-stop from Delhi to the highest motorable pass in the world ...
- Uneasiness About The `Hindu' Tag (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 03, 2004)
When an angry mob attacked and burnt a historic mosque in the heart of the city on September 1 last, many here wondered how such an incident could have occurred in a high security zone so close to the Royal Palace and Army headquarters.
- Remembering Shastri (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 03, 2004)
Like the guy in the famous Mae West song, the Manmohan Singh Government has taken its time to decide on a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country's second Prime Minister.
- An Election Too Close To Call (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 03, 2004)
Like the guy in the famous Mae West song, the Manmohan Singh Government has taken its time to decide on a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country's second Prime Minister. Even if belated, the decision merits a hearty ...
- How The Myth Crumbles (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 02, 2004)
Two myths have been exploded in recent years — one is that you have to be cast in the heroic role to become a hero; the other is that all people are basically peace-loving.
- Democracy In The Maldives (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Oct 02, 2004)
There is a growing demand for political reform in the Maldives where power is concentrated in a strong executive.
- Politicians’ Antics In The Public Eye (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 02, 2004)
There are two things politicians know well how to do: One is to exploit people for their own benefit; and the other is how to remain in the public eye. The first is done by a simple trick known from ancient times: when riding on a donkey’s back have ...
- Thinking Aloud On Rule Without A King (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 01, 2004)
It is a paradox of political life in Nepal that of all the demands raised by the Maoist insurgents in the past few years, their call for a democratically elected Constituent Assembly has proved to be the most subversive one.
- Morning Walkers (Deccan Herald, SUDHA MADHAVAN, Sep 30, 2004)
Except for the young lovers, most morning walkers have the common goal of keeping fit
- Politics Of The Moving Horse (Deccan Herald, A V S Namboodiri, Sep 30, 2004)
The BJP is unconsciously using the ashwamedha concept to build up its political strength
- Terrorism Reaches The Saudi Door (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 30, 2004)
One consequence of the Nine Eleven terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon has been the salience of Saudi Arabia in American consciousness.
- Taj Mahotsav (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2004)
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling directing the Uttar Pradesh government not to go ahead with the 350th anniversary celebrations of the Taj Mahal without the explicit clearance of the Archaeological Survey of India and the security agencies came just in time.
- Just In Defence (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Sep 29, 2004)
Recent events seem to have cast a shadow on how the nation views the institution of its military. In the hierarchical divisions between the societal institutions of a democracy and its military institutions, when seeming conflicts occur, it is always the
- Classed In (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2004)
“Alas, slowly will Tamil perish/ As languages of the West flourish.” This was a Tamil poet’s fear in the early 20th century. But Subramania Bharati’s apprehensions were unfounded.
- Festival Fiasco (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2004)
The Taj Mahal is too precious a heritage site for mindless festivities
- Death Of A Social Crusader (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2004)
With Mulk Raj Anand’s death on Tuesday, India has lost its Charles Dickens. This is how Anand was acclaimed when his novel “Untouchable” (1935) finally appeared in print after 19 initial rejections.
- Making Research Humane (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2004)
When it comes to conducting experiments on animals, drawing the line is difficult. This applies virtually to every country independent of its scientific research ethic. India is no exception.
- Manmohan-Musharraf Meeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 29, 2004)
Though marked by the usual rhetoric, bilateral relations between India and Pakistan did thaw out further in the warmth of the personal dynamics between Dr Manmohan Singh and Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Population Threat To Wildlife (Deccan Herald, SANJAY GUBBI, Sep 29, 2004)
If the Govt does not pay attention to the population boom, it could prove disastrous for our natural resources
- Should We Clear The Way? (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Sep 29, 2004)
The new director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India, C. Babu Rajeev, has a few targets to meet in his new assignment as the head of India’s largest government-run institution for heritage properties.
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2004)
The legacy of Raja Ramanna is that he helped build up a large pool of scientists and technologists to address the country's needs of energy and national security.
- The Missing Link (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Sep 28, 2004)
India is emerging as an IT giant even as farmers in Andhra Pradesh are ending their lives in economic despair.
- Airports Can Be A High-Flying Business (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Sep 27, 2004)
After much debate, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has floated tenders for 49 per cent stake in the Mumbai and Delhi airports, and given the green signal for the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore airport project.
- A Study In Contrast — Punjab And Bihar (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Sep 27, 2004)
Being better off does not make a State better, especially when it just means getting more than others from the Centre.
- Poetry Loses A Major Presence (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Sep 27, 2004)
Arun Kolatkar sculpted poetry out of language with the chisels of surprise and epiphany.
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf in New York last week might be committing that
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
If a week IF A WEEK in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days. So dramatic has the transformation been that a casual observer might be forgiven for failing to make a
- Happy 350th, Taj Mahal (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2004)
India on Monday began celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal, the world-famous example of Indo-Islamic architecture visited by millions of tourists every year.
- Regeneration (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Sep 26, 2004)
For some time now, I’ve been meaning to write about how one work of art might catalyse, and bring into existence, another.
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2004)
What’s a political innocent doing in the Planning Commission? Many even in the Congress are wishing Montek Singh Ahluwalia had been left undisturbed in his IMF job
- Unnumbered Heads (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2004)
The furore over the census figures for Indian Muslims recalls Ying Ma, a Chinese American campaigner against black militancy, describing racism as “the hate that dare not speak its name”.
- The Women Of The Sangh (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Sep 24, 2004)
The Sangh relentlessly argues for the liberation, enlightenment, education and employment of Muslim women, something that it rejects in its notion of the ideal Hindu woman.
- Unthinkable Breaches (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 24, 2004)
Two egregious breaches of security that would have been unimaginable in India in respect of Rashtrapathi Bhavan or Parliament occurred in Britain within a short span of two days this month.
- Reunion At Brigades (Deccan Herald, DEEYA NAYAR, Sep 24, 2004)
A chance meeting with a long-lost friend reminded me that the world indeed is a small place
- Research At The University Level (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 24, 2004)
If breakthroughs are to be made in science, there is a need to involve young people in research at universities
- Iran And Non-Proliferation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2004)
While Iran has the the capacity to enrich uranium to weapon grade levels, it is apparently less interested in developing nuclear arms than in securing external assistance for its energy programme.
- Statue Talk (Deccan Herald, VIJI SUNDARAM, Sep 22, 2004)
Caught in varied poses, many immortal figures have been set in stone in Bangalore
- Fall From Us Favour (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 22, 2004)
The Americans’ attitude towards Saudi Arabia and its radical Islam is undergoing a change
- Defamation Litigation: A Survivor's Kit (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 21, 2004)
The Supreme Court judgment in the Nakkeeran case is the main tool in the survival kit for honest media and other critics of politicians against libel litigation.
- India Should Change Its Nepal Strategy (Deccan Herald, ANITA CHERIA, Sep 21, 2004)
A strong Nepal will also work in India’s interest and will help in forming a stable south Asia
- Minister’S Footwear (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, Sep 21, 2004)
Fortunately for this cop, the minister’s slippers gave their owner the slip outside a temple
- Packaging An Idea Into A Tourist Destination (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 20, 2004)
I love my wine but cannot distinguish a merlot from a cabernet sauvignon. As long as one is prepared to say that the wine served has ...
- Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Sep 18, 2004)
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s visit to Delhi last week was confirmed only a day before, due to the compound crisis created by the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu, street protests by political formations opposed to the government and the rioting ...
- They're Jamming The Brakes When Montek's Pushing The Pedal (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 17, 2004)
Except serious economists, there were very few who even knew what "Plan" was currently running.
- Much Ado About A Non-Issue (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 17, 2004)
The question of the army uniform of Musharraf is insignificant in comparison with what he has done
- Prisoner’S Dilemma (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 17, 2004)
Have not the left left it a little too late? They are livid at the decision to induct representatives of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and American consultancy
- Science Is Not Technology (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 17, 2004)
If India is to make technology advancements, it has to focus on strengthening its science base too
- Selective Amnesia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 17, 2004)
FEW bureaucrats have wielded as much power as Mr P.C. Alexander. He has a knack to cultivate those in power. He was Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers – Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi.
- Abode Of Peace (Deccan Herald, Vidya Iyengar, Sep 16, 2004)
It was tragedy that brought this family to inhabit ‘Shantivilas’... and to forget...
- Haksar Is Relevant (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2004)
The intellectual concerns and commitments of P.N. Haksar remain relevant in these troubled and confusing times.
- Weapons, Gods And Naxalites (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Sep 16, 2004)
Organisations of the suppressed classes cannot lay down arms as long as Brahminic forces use violence
- Of Bangladesh And Nepal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 16, 2004)
FOR over a week talks between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr K Natwar Singh and Mr Mahmood Kasuri, had unsurprisingly hogged the headlines and kept South Block busy.
- Kasuri And Ghulam Ali In India (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 15, 2004)
Within a week of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr Natwar Singh and Mr Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, meeting in New Delhi for another round of Indo-Pak dialogue
- Save It From Decay (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Sep 15, 2004)
There are different degrees of conservation and a variety of interventions to choose from but each has a price tag.
- A Day Of Crowded Images (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 14, 2004)
The sights and sounds of a tour by car with kindred souls can be highly enlightening
- Advani’S Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2004)
IT is indeed doubtful whether the BJP has come to terms with its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. The party was so confident of a victory that when the Congress surged ahead of it and formed a government with the support of its allies and the Left, all
- Back To Directed Credit (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 14, 2004)
The Finance Minister's advice to bankers to trim excess investments in government securities and lend more to agriculture, small industries and infrastructure has serious implications.
- Budgets Sans Mysteries, Please (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 14, 2004)
Budgets are complex documents full of mysteries and uncertainties. The Kelkar Task Force has articulated a simple and transparent tax system. It is now up to the Finance Minister to implement the recommendation, coalition dharma and all
- Push For Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2004)
India should nudge the Nepal government and the Maoists to the negotiating table
- India's Poor Bring Back Gandhi Clan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2004)
In a stunning turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accepted defeat Thursday, opening the way for the Congress party to return to power for the first time in eight years.
- Child Marriages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2004)
NO purpose would be served by expressing surprise or shock over reports of child marriages in free India. The questionable custom continues to enjoy social sanction in parts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and several other states. In ancient India,
- The Roots Of Rage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 13, 2004)
After forty years of insurgency by a few, Manipur is now boiling. The rage is universal, among young and old and especially among women.
- Protect Nature (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2004)
The NEP should address serious concerns of environmentalists
- Striving To Restore Sanskrit Glory (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 12, 2004)
Rare are persons like Prof Govind Chandra Pande. He is historian, philosopher, Sanskrit scholar, poet and linguist combined in one. He is, perhaps, the only scholar who has vowed to restore the pristine glory of Sanskrit, fast vanishing as the classical
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Watching Hypertension (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2004)
The revelation that there has been a sharp rise in the prevalence of high blood pressure in the United States over the last decade must prompt a closer review of the public health challenge hypertension poses worldwide.
- Historic Blunder (Pioneer, Ram Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
Ms Sandhya Jain in her article, "UPA's jazia through backdoor" (Opinion, August 24), laments: "A rag-tag anti-Hindu coalition is playing with the dharma and cultural sensitivity of the people, even as a pusillanimous BJP
- Rajiv's Limpets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2004)
There was no need to raise eyebrows when someone in the Bharatiya Janata Party called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a modern Shikhandi.
- India And Nepal's Insurgency (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 08, 2004)
The survival of democracy in Nepal is important to India. But only that country's democratic political leadership can ensure it.
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- India By Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
- On Suicides (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 07, 2004)
Diehard accountants are happy when members of other professional bodies do not get the same recognition as CAs get in statutory assignments.
- Fighting Shadows (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Sep 05, 2004)
In an unforgettable poem, the almost-forgotten genius, Sukumar Ray, spoke of the exploits of Jagai who single-handedly fought the assault of seven Germans.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Back To The Message (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2004)
It is entirely appropriate that a Muslim, a Hindu and a Sikh — namely Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr Manmohan Singh — visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 400th anniversary of the
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