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Articles 9121 through 9220 of 9735:
- Bill Of Wrongs In The Right Place? (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 08, 2004)
THERE is sufficient rancour among accountants, for varied reasons though. For some, bitterness is due to the Bill of wrongs in the right place, even as there are a few who think that at last the Government has done something right though the timing ...
- Dramatic Progress At Islamabad (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 08, 2004)
Gestures and personal dynamics were as important as the bilateral Indo-Pak issues that dominated the recent SAARC Summit in Islamabad. But most significant was the joint statement issued to the media, where Pakistan said it would not allow any terror ...
- Precious And For Sale (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Jan 07, 2004)
The UNESCO convention of 1970 was held in Paris and its significant focus was to urge its member countries, among which India is one, to adopt measures to safeguard and protect its cultural property and to find ways of preventing cultural treasures from
- Interlinking Of Rivers: Ripples Of Concern (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jan 07, 2004)
NEVER before has any proposal won the unstinted support of the apex court, the first citizen and the chief executive of the country all at the same time. With this unprecedented backing, the Government has pressed in all available resources to steamroll
- Shakespeare Plays With Economics (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Jan 07, 2004)
"NO HUMAN capacity ever yet saw the whole of a thing, but we may see more and more of it the longer we look," said Ruskin. This was internalised by Mr Frederick Turner, the Founder Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas, when he made
- The Renaissance Man (Indian Express, JOHN MEHAFFEY, Jan 07, 2004)
Wearing his beloved Australian cap and allowing himself a rare smile, Steve Waugh left the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday with an imperishable legacy to the international game he graced for 18 years. Waugh’s singular contribution was to blend both ...
- Unani Medicines To Be Patented (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jan 06, 2004)
Health Ministry and CSIR focus on patent applicable format in four European languages, Japanese
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Ulfa Send New Warning To Bhutan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The proscribed ULFA has threatened Bhutan of sleepless nights for flushing out North East-based insurgents from the Himalayan kingdom even as its ideologue Bhimkanta Buragohain remanded to police custody, accused both Bhutan and the Indian Army of
- Restoring Lal Qila (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
AFTER bringing the historic Red Fort under the unified control of the Archaeological Survey of India recently, Union Culture and Tourism Minister Jagmohan has a plan to get the Shahjahan-built fort declared as a heritage monument by UNESCO and make it as
- Us Rover Blinks, Mars In Colour (Indian Express, GINA KEATING, Jan 06, 2004)
The US Robotic probe Spirit beamed panoramic colour images of ‘‘unprecedented clarity’’ back to Earth on Sunday after establishing direct contact with NASA scientists guiding its search for ancient signs of life on Mars. The successful deployment of the
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- A Mullah-Military Alliance In Pakistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jan 06, 2004)
GEN Pervez Musharraf has once again exposed the politicians of his country as being rank opportunists, always ready to barter their principles for political gains. He has done this by entering into a well-calculated deal with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Force Of Corruption (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jan 06, 2004)
In a matter of a few decades, corruption has taken deep roots among the police, mainly owing to political interference
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- Too Easy To Manage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 05, 2004)
The scandalous leaking of the Indian Institutes of Management admission test papers and the attempts of the ministry to gain greater control over the IIMs heighten the need for a thorough review of management education in India, its content and governance
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- 2004 Cast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
There is some solution in sight for the growing city’s constant problem. Expect a flood of cheap housing this year. There will also be more 35-40 storey buildings. Affordable housing will be this year’s chant.
Education is the other area of growth. 40
- Party On The House (Indian Express, Shefali Anand, Jan 04, 2004)
Nineteen century homes in Panaji turn art galleries for a festival in the city’s Latin Quarter
- 2004? It's So Predictable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Tomorrow is yesterday by another name. This is not karmic philosophy. It is only cynicism, which seems to come just so easily if you’re Indian. So sitting down with a notional crystal ball, on a gloomy, sun-eclipsd day in January, to predict the rest
- The Northeast Notebook (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 04, 2004)
Saving the migration cycle
THIS winter, school and college students in Jorhat in Upper Assam are using their holidays to spread an important message. Working for an NGO, they are going from door to door telling people about the importance of saving the
- Child's Play (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Junior cricket in India is run by two bodies, which don’t play ball with each other. A miracle that any talent emerges
- Still At Sea (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 04, 2004)
The promise of this new year allows me to atone in sackcloth and ashes for an injustice perpetrated in these columns in July 2000. I mistook “a decrepit tub strewn with rubbish beyond an ancient jetty” for “India’s first floating hotel” or floatel which
- Sonia, Undisturbed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 04, 2004)
Sonia, we know, answers no questions. Her biographer does not trouble her with too many
- Just Around The Corner (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Part monarchy, mostly Buddhist and a little hop across the border. Bhutan, for Ketaki Ghoge, is both foreign and familiar
- Ava Garderner And The London Bobby (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Jan 03, 2004)
AVA Garderner was one of the most ravishing Hollywood beauties of her time. The Lord had apparently created her in a moment of extreme ecstasy. Life magazine once commissioned her to draw the attention of the London bobby posted at the Buckingham Palace
- Mad About Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 03, 2004)
Not many of us are aware that when Shakespeare wrote his plays and sonnets, there were no dictionaries. There were some compilations of difficult words with their meanings but no one dictionary giving origins, meanings and usages of all words in the
- It’s Raining Runs On Waugh’s Parade (Indian Express, Rohit Brijnath, Jan 03, 2004)
So there finally, amidst the stretching shadows at day’s end, washed by the soft evening sunlight, he stood, the golden boy. That stern language of authority his bats speaks, well it hadn’t quite arrived, the hesitancy was passing but the command had not
- Sikhs In France Seek Help On Turbans (Indian Express, TOM HENEGHAN, Jan 03, 2004)
France's tiny Sikh community is seeking help from India’s Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee to have their traditional turbans exempted from a planned French law to ban Muslim headscarves and other religious symbols from schools. Chain Singh, spokesman for
- Kalyan Attacks Mulayam, Says He Has Followed Coalition Dharma (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Two days ahead of crucial meeting of Rashtriya Kranti Party, its president Kalyan Singh on Friday attacked the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led coalition saying he had nurtured it even after suffering humiliation and even after this if the coalition breaks, others
- Economics And Emotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
JUST AHEAD OF the second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the Centre has got the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, passed in Parliament. This enables People of Indian Origin (PIOs) in selected countries to have a dual nationality status. In doing so, ...
- Bangla, Myanmar Next After Bhutan, Says Army Chief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Army Chief Gen N.C. Vij today claimed that the Bhutan operations against the ULFA, NDFB and KLO have been ‘‘very successful’’ and that apart from breaking the back of the three militant outfits, the total number of rebels ‘‘neutralised’’ so far has ...
- 200 Years Of Turmoil (Hindu, Lydia Polgreen, Jan 03, 2004)
After 200 years of independence, Haiti remains an impoverished and troubled nation.
- Us To Open Biggest Mission In Baghdad (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Jan 03, 2004)
In Prepration for ending its occupation of Iraq, the US is making plans to create the largest US diplomatic mission in the world in Baghdad, complete with over 3,000 staffers. The transition will mark the hand-over of responsibility for dealing with
- Arsenal Take First Step Towards Historic Four-Title Quest (Indian Express, JUSTIN PALMER, Jan 03, 2004)
Arsenal begin their quest to become the first club since Blackburn Rovers in 1886 to win the English FA Cup three years in succession with a tough tie against Leeds United at Elland Road on Sunday. Manchester United, record 10-times winners of the
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- Ready To Face Polls: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
With the air ringing with the talk of early Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has said that he is ‘‘fit and ready’’ to face elections and confident that the people ‘‘are in a mood to give us another five years’’. The PM’s remarks, made in
- Mulayam Cold, Kalyan Fans Fire Under Tea Pot (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
If silence speaks louder than words, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s is deafening. Despite all the noises by allies and rivals, the Uttar Pradesh CM has pointedly shied away from talking to partner Kalyan Singh since his open dalliance with the BJP. Now even Kalyan
- And The Empire Lives On (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Jan 02, 2004)
Early December, a high-profile East African Indian immigrant, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, stunned the world by belatedly returning the title of Member of the British Empire to the Queen. This came within days of the refusal of Benjamin Zephaniah, the dread ...
- Lashkar's New Wave Of Recruits From Indian Expatriates (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2004)
Even as the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has come under pressure to de-escalate its jihad in Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation has unleashed its formidable capabilities to inflict a far more painful all-India war. Lashkar cells operating from Dubai,
- Mutiny In Punjab Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY fire know how to survive: they bunker down and conserve their ammunition until an opportunity to hit back presents itself. For reasons known only to the Congress rebels in Punjab, they have chosen to charge out of the ...
- A Question Of Identity (Telegraph, SHAMS AFIF SIDDIQI , Jan 02, 2004)
The rise of Hindutva in our country has brought to the fore issues of religious, social and cultural identity. It has led to a fresh evaluation of India’s heritage, its culture and religious thoughts. In the circumstances, Indians must learn to think ...
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- A Weekly Is Born (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 01, 2004)
Were he around, Sachin Chaudhuri, the founder-editor of the journal, Economic and Political Weekly, would have been bemused to see that his journal has become a phenomenon, the imprimatur of recognition for young social scientists, and èminences grises to
- Seeing Through The False Front (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Jan 01, 2004)
The British may have bagged the Hooghly riverfront project, but for the rejuvenation plan to have relevance local sanction is a must
- Reading The Bible (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Jan 01, 2004)
THE other day an old friend dropped by and casually asked what I had been lately reading. “Well, just some stories from the Bible”, I said. Being a pious Hindu he began to pray for my soul saying that if I liked stories our two epics would be a far better
- Sri Sarada Devi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
Why are such heavy prices demanded of exemplary lives? Today is the 150th birthday of a modern Hindu saint. Hark at her tale. One day, Shyamsundari, the wife of a poor but pious priest, Ramchandra Mukhopadhyay, made her way back from her father’s house to
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- Another Fallen Hero (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
THE NAÏVETÉ OF sections of Western leaders and opinion makers stands exposed by the fading saga of Eduard Shevardnadze, with the inevitable parallels to what happened to Boris Yeltsin, another of the Western heroes, bringing them more embarrassment th
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Cat: Cancelled After Taint (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 24, 2003)
Exam paper leaked: CBI busts nationwide racket, says gang leaked medical, bank exam papers too
- Three Fool-Proof Ways Of Cooking Ghoos (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 23, 2003)
Traditional definition of bribe (or ghoos, in Hindi): A sum of money or other reward offered or demanded in order to procure an (often illegal or dishonest) action or decision in favour of the giver.
- An Education For The Future (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
When we speak of the “quality of education”, it becomes imperative to address the important issue of “what kind of education”? Education, to my mind, is an organised system that facilitates learning so that each individual imbibes the process of understan
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
The full text of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture delivered by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, this week.
- The Biharis Who Never Saw Bihar Until Last Night (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 21, 2003)
: Twenty eight-year-old Mukti Yadav has never been to Bihar. He has only seen its outline on a map of India. And that was very long ago: he was a child then, studying in an Assamese-medium school. Home has always been Assam for Mukti, a Bihari.
- Bush Among The Non-Believers (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 21, 2003)
If even the UK is sceptical of his Iraq policy, George W. needs a new plan
- Iftar At Ayodhya’S Hanumangarhi Temple (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
For the first time ever a largely-attended roza iftar was organised in the campus of Hanumangarhi temple on Thursday evening.
- A Village Called Telgi (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Nov 20, 2003)
Karim Lala has drawn up a complex map of subterfuge and collusion
- Iron Man Nationalism And Polls (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Nov 19, 2003)
Chief Ministers of Gujarat often pride themselves as Sardar Patel, the Iron Man, as he was fondly called. Perhaps Narendra Modi, too, thinks he’s another Sardar. As the BJP’s star campaigner in the coming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan an
- Up In The Andes, The Incas Reclaim Their Lost City (Indian Express, John Noble Wilford, Nov 19, 2003)
Some forgotten cities in the mountains of Peru, abandoned to overgrown ruin, remained ‘‘lost’’ only because their possible significance was not fully appreciated by earlier explorers. That happened to a place known as Llactapata.
- Minority Report, Parsee Way (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 19, 2003)
The community has a recipe for harmonious integration
- The Crippled Poet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
Grace that shone in Guruvayoor
- Newsreel 09.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
IN WHAT was seen as a tussle between the legislature and the fourth estate, the judiciary toes a cautious line. Acting on a petition by The Hindu, the Supreme Court stays the arrest order issued by the Tamil Nadu Assembly against five of the daily’s senio
- Konark & Fibre-Glass Ducks (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 15, 2003)
My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page
- Commonwealth 2010 In Delhi: The Uncommon Dividends (Indian Express, R. Ramachandran, Nov 15, 2003)
The sporting merits may still be up for debate, but there are few doubts that the Commonwealth Games 2010, to be held in Delhi, could mean a radical makeover for the national capital. And anyone who has seen Delhi before the 1982 Asiad will say amen to th
- India As Icon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Branding the country could invite business as well as tourism
- Go Learn The Art Of Living, We Will Pay, Govt To Bureaucrats (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 14, 2003)
Several Central ministries have issued circulars to officers and staff to instantly enrol for Sri Sri Ravishankar’s week-long ‘Art of Living’ course, with the tab of Rs 1,500 being picked up by the Government of India.
- Why Miracles (Indian Express, O. P. Sharma, Nov 13, 2003)
Ramakrishna Paramahansa said no
- Bihar Needs A Bihari Pill (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 13, 2003)
Look at points of light in heart of darkness
- Shining Light (Hindustan Times, V Kaushik, Nov 10, 2003)
C.V. Raman was the exception and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the work he carried out mostly in Calcutta, for what is famously known as the Raman Effect.
- End Of An Era (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Nov 09, 2003)
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer was not only a titan on stage, but also an outstanding teacher. Four generations of his students speak to GOWRI RAMNARAYAN on the memories of the venerable patriarch of Carnatic music, who died recently.
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
With regard to P Chidambaram’s Our other northern neighbour, I have some questions to ask. You observe that ‘‘The Maoists are reported to be receiving help from China.’’ Can you give any reliable information indicating that China is helping the Nepal Maoi
- This Mrs G And That Mrs G (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 09, 2003)
Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary went by almost unnoticed. There was that little fracas over grandson, Feroze Varun, being denied entry (or so he said) to her samadhi and there were the usual pictures of Sonia, family and flunkeys seated in mournful reme
- Iran's Sensible Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
IRAN HAS AVERTED a conflict with the United Nations Security Council by meeting a deadline set by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA had called upon Iran to suspend efforts to enrich uranium, permit intrusive and short-notice ...
- All In The Family (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Check the list of candidates: succession continues to knock out competition
- `We And The Americans Are Looking In The Same Direction' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 06, 2003)
In the midst of chaos that is Baghdad today, its Deputy Mayor for Technical Affairs, Mr Faris Alasam, retains his calm and sense of humour. In an interview to Business Line in his office in Baghdad, he was optimistic about Iraq's future, but said the Amer
- Train To The Roof Of The World (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Nov 06, 2003)
A railroad to Lhasa from China has meant more jobs for the Chinese, few for Tibetans
- Babus And The Ballot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
The bureaucracy and the polity are separate entities: the CEC’s useful reminder
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