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- A Failed State, A Talibanised Society (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, May 13, 2005)
Pak is unable to think of an identity except as ‘Not India’, except as the country whose mission is to dismember India
- An International Spotlight On The Caste System (International Herald Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 13, 2005)
India's 170 million Dalits, formerly called Untouchables, rejoiced recently when a high government official was arrested for hurling caste-related abuse at his junior.
- Why Doing Business On French Soil Is Difficult (Business Line, Mohan Murti, May 09, 2005)
LAST weekend I was in the City of Lights, Paris. It was here, over 150 years ago, that Victor Hugo addressed the International Peace Congress with these prophetic words.
- Is It Pack-Up For Nfdc? (Times of India, JANARDHAN ROYE, May 09, 2005)
Thousands of aspiring young film-makers will have to put their dreams of making movies on hold if the Union government decides to stop financing film-makers through its premier film financing body, the National Film D
- Tagore's Passionate Engagement With Life (Times of India, M N KUNDU, May 09, 2005)
Essentially a mystic, Rabindranath Tagore tried to bridge the diverse manifestations of the Absolute with the formless Infinite.
- "India Poised To Be An Innovation Leader In Manufacturing Sector" (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join develope
- Iraq Plunging Into Sectarian Violence (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 09, 2005)
The emergence of a number of power centres, many of which operate with American help, could set in motion a long-drawn civil war.
- Movement In Wto Negotiations (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 09, 2005)
Assuming that the developed countries have shifted gears on the ongoing WTO negotiations, it can safely be said that the rich have been finding themselves under pressure in recent months, especially since the end of the failed Cancun ministerial meeting.
- Elders Ignore Rail Accidents (Tribune, Devi Cherian, May 09, 2005)
When Parliament is on, the limelight is always on our MPs’ agenda.
- Our Common Victory And Its Lessons (Hindu, Vyacheslav I. Trubnikov , May 09, 2005)
The 60th anniversary of the victory in World War II should serve as a reminder of the need for unity in facing the challenges in the 21st century.
- A Salvo On Chapra (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 09, 2005)
I have known Mr L. V. Saptharishi for as long as he has been in the IAS both as a member of the West Bengal cadre and as a friend of more than 30 years' standing.
- Mr. Bush And The Riga Axioms (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 09, 2005)
His attack on Yalta shows the U.S. is not interested in cooperative security.
- Global Negotiations On Human Rights (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 09, 2005)
The global human rights forum decides to send represetatives to monitor the human rights situation in Nepal
- Organizing Trade (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, May 09, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
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The visit of the prime minister of China has triggered many comparisons between India and China
- Tight Corners And Right Solutions (Deccan Herald, VARALOTTI RENGASAMY, May 09, 2005)
It is when pushed into a corner that the human mind comes up with its brightest responses
- Awaiting A Good Monsoon (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
In the age-old march of the seasons, the searing heat of May is quenched only when the southwest monsoon arrives in early June.
- Watchword For Judges, Lawyers (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, May 09, 2005)
A few weeks ago Vice-President B.S. Shekhawat was to inaugurate a seminar on public governance but could not, as he had to go to Rome.
- Path-Breaking Verdict (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2005)
The SC has done right by making companies pay penalties for their criminal offences
- It’S Already A World Heritage (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , May 08, 2005)
THE Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar is already a world heritage and priceless treasure. It needs no certificate from any agency, much less the UNESCO.
- Blessed With The Gift Of The Gab (Deccan Herald, Veena Bharati, May 08, 2005)
writes about theatre veteran Hirannaiah whose son ‘Master Hirannaiah’ is keeping the memory of his father alive by staging his plays, as part of Hirannaiah’s birth centenary.
- Father, Son And Holy War (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2005)
Readings on Afghanistan essentially consisted of travelogues, war tales and narratives of the carnage by militant Islamists
- Home And The World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 08, 2005)
Time was when Bengalis could easily bring together their home and the world. One has only to think of the attempt by Michael Madhusudan Dutt in the 19th century to write a Petrarchan sonnet in Bengali. . .
- Fond Memories Of My Parents (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 07, 2005)
My mother died quite some time ago. None of her children can remember what year it was.
- Context Of Company Name (Business Line, S. Murugappan, May 07, 2005)
S. Murugappan discusses a recent apex court decision on the meaning of brand name in connection with central excise duty exemption and its far-reaching implications.
- Nuggehalli To Lahore (Deccan Herald, Vidya Iyengar, May 07, 2005)
Listening to my aunt’s recollections of Lahore are refreshing, especially in the present context.
- Sticking Taint (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2005)
Just how important Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav's 24 Rashtriya Janata Dal MPs are for the survival of the UPA Government at the Centre can be ascertained from the breathtaking statement made by the Law Minister,
- Mind Your Language, Sir (Tribune, Amar Chandel, May 07, 2005)
WHENEVER we say that such and such term is “unparliamentary”, the implication is that the particular set of words is unfit to be used in Parliament. In other words, whatever is said in a house of representatives is supposed to be a byword for grace . . .
- Blair's Historic Win (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2005)
With Labour winning Thursday's parliamentary election in the UK, Prime Minister Tony Blair has been assured a place in history.
- After Societies Collapse, Only Ruins Remain For Tourists (Business Line, D. Murali , May 07, 2005)
Jared Diamonds s : Collapse from Penguin is an unusual bestseller. The author is a professor of geography, in his third career after teaching physiology and ecology, and the book is on "How societies choose to fail or survive".
- Mapping The Earth From A New High (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , May 07, 2005)
With Cartosat-1 in orbit and the launch of Cartosat-2 also planned, the sky is the limit for Indian remote sensing.
- Not Quite Blaring (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 07, 2005)
The message of a general election manifests itself in strange ways. In the early hours of Friday, Mr Tony Blair became the first person to lead the British Labour Party to a third consecutive election victory.
- A Serious Drug Problem (Hindu, Paul Krugman, May 07, 2005)
The 2003 Medicare bill is an object lesson in how special interests hold America's health care system hostage.
- Voters Teach Labour The Iraq Lesson (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 07, 2005)
As expected, fear of the Conservative Party trumped anger against the Iraq war in the British general election to give the Labour Party an unprecedented third term in office.
- Vietnam 30 Years Later (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 06, 2005)
On Sunday, it was heart-warming to see a front-page photograph of Vietnam’s legendary military hero,
- Afghanistan: Challenges Abound (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 06, 2005)
Afghanistan was liberated in November 2001 from the clutches of the Taliban, which had totally dehumanised the people, particularly women, with its absurd diktats.
- How Punjab Act Favours Haryana (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, May 06, 2005)
When Punjab passed the Punab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004, it sent shock waves all over, forcing the Central Government to make a presidential reference to the apex court, which is yet to start proceedings on the reference.
- New Planes, New Skies (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, May 06, 2005)
Runway 32L at Toulouse airport in France is well known to aviation enthusiasts.
- Home Away From Home (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, May 06, 2005)
The British club replicated for its guests, as best it could, the authentic English experience . . .
- A Peep Into History (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 06, 2005)
Nine years before Pokhran-I, the Americans believed that India would go nuclear
- Mamata's Moment Of Reckoning (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2005)
If Many Theorists are convinced that economic growth is impossible without making compromises on environmental policy,
- An Almost Irreversible Process (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2005)
Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief ofThe Friday TimesandThe Daily Times, and his wife Jugnu Mohsin, Publisher and Managing Editor of the weekly newspaper, represent the independent and courageous face of Pakistani journalism
- What Is The Optimum Rate Of Tax? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 06, 2005)
A flat tax revolution is now sweeping Central and Eastern Europe. Disgusted with the oppression and unnecessary trouble that people suffer at the hands of the tax collector,
- Back From The Dead (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, May 06, 2005)
The entire country seems to have demonstrated against the Japanese attempt to rewrite history in their textbooks, by whitewashing the Rape of Nanjing in 1937 by their occupation troops,
- April Was Not For Fools (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 06, 2005)
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.
- End Consumption, Nurture Savings (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, May 05, 2005)
It is time to move away from a consumption-driven economy to a savings-nurturing society.
- University Politics Are Vicious Precisely (Business Line, D. Murali , May 05, 2005)
AFTER Tuesday's news that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India got a sharp rebuke from the Government for lending the ICAI name to a new university,
- Reaping What It Sowed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
The suicide bombings in Iraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are signs of the struggle that the U.S. attempt to erect democracy in Iraq has touched off.
- Safe Roads And Sane Cities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
If an illustration were needed to demonstrate that John Galbraith's famous characterisation of India as a "functioning anarchy" still applies, it would be the roads and traffic.
- Three Words Still Mean Divorce (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade. Here are details of a few of the instances, as compiled by the World Association of Newspapers to mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3:
- Nuclear Double Standards (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2005)
Non-weapons states accuse nuclear powers of double standards.
- Gaza Dreams Of Life After The Israelis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2005)
For All The political strength that United States President George W. Bush gained at the end of the last electoral cycle, there are enough signs that the early months of his second term will not be trouble-free.
- Iraq's Deepening Sectarianism (Hindu, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, May 04, 2005)
Two years ago Shia and Sunni lived happily alongside each other. Now they are divided by fear and hatred.
- Yale, India, And The Failure Of The `Global University' (Hindu, Ajay Gandhi, May 04, 2005)
Yale, through its historical amnesia about its roots in colonialism and slavery, its unethical investment policies and demeaning work culture, abrogates the responsibility it claims to bear as a global university.
- Science And The Tower Of Babel (Deccan Herald, B M Hegde, May 04, 2005)
Science has created a language barrier between the various sub-specialists, that they don’t talk anymore
- Why There Should Be A Hope In Hell (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 04, 2005)
The success of Bhalki, a village in Bengal, shows that it is possible to follow a model of governance which is not Western, writes Bhaskar Ghose
- Why Unbundle Pseb? (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 03, 2005)
Privatising or unbundling public sector enterprises/ boards in India/Punjab should be seen as a part of the policy shift made in July, 1991.
- Trade Facilitation: A Paramount Need (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , May 03, 2005)
Signalling the shift to a new paradigm of export-optimism, the annual supplement to the five-year foreign trade policy hiked the export target from $80 billion to $92 billion for 2005-06.
- Presidents Face Hard Work In Moscow (Hindu, Alexander Konovalov, May 03, 2005)
Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush have a range of sticky issues to sort out at their upcoming summit.
- Confusion In Indian Policy (Tribune, S. D. Muni , May 03, 2005)
India has almost blinked to the King of Nepal on the question of arms supply. These supplies were put on hold on February 1, 2005, following King Gyanendra’s coup against the democratic system and leadership.
- `We Will Turn Zero-Debt By 2005-06 End' (Business Line, Nithya Subramanian , May 03, 2005)
I do not think Max India has any business to have debt, as it is the holding company. By the end of 2005-2006, we will become a zero-debt company.
- Remembering Them On Press Freedom Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade.
- Small Steps (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2005)
The model nikahnama is a step forward, but there is need to go further . . .
- Who Owns Groundwater? (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, May 03, 2005)
Water should be held in public trust for the benefit of society at large.
- A Gut Punch To The Middle (Hindu, Paul Krugman, May 03, 2005)
BY NOW, every journalist should know that you have to carefully check out any scheme coming from the White House.
- The Return Of The Swayamsevak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries.
- Further Reflections On The Credit Policy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 02, 2005)
At First sight, the latest Credit Policy seems a "do-nothing" statement, leaving the crucial bank rate and cash reserve ratio unchanged.
- Obsessed About Colleague’S Work Ethic? (Tribune, Amy Joyce , May 02, 2005)
You noticed it one day coming into the office: The receptionist was on a personal call.
- Creativity Is In Everybody (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, May 02, 2005)
Creativity is a universal concept. Everybody is creative — all we have to do is remove barriers of fear, criticism and familiarity in everything we do. Creativity applies to all domains.
- Russia Bolsters Role In West Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, May 02, 2005)
President Putin has shown that despite its limited resources Moscow will not let Washington define the political landscape of West Asia.
- Building On Heritage (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , May 02, 2005)
As far as India is concerned, China has warmed up over the years, even modifying its stand on Kashmir
- Aid, Rewards Or Returns? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 02, 2005)
Aid programmes provide lucrative careers to bureaucrats and benefits to the organisers but offer little to the poor. It would be better to have a system of performance-based rewards
- Cooperating For The Right Purposes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
India and Japan appear to be placing undue emphasis on their common quest for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council
- India's Bill Gates (US News & World Report, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 02, 2005)
If you were the richest man in India, what kind of car would you buy? Wipro Ltd. Chairman Azim Premji is the richest man in India--worth something over $8 billion--so there was some interest in what Premji would do when he recently gave up his 1996 Ford E
- Bangalore's Big Dreams (US News & World Report, Terry Atlas, May 02, 2005)
India's major outsourcers now offer complex tech services, like design engineering
- The Snake Of Dreams (Deccan Herald, Tarun Cherian , May 01, 2005)
The book almost succeeds in being a parable for our times; almost succeeds in being a dream that helps people live.
- Ray Of Hope For Ray Fans (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, May 01, 2005)
speaks with Pam Cullen, who has closely associated with Indira Gandhi and Satyajit Ray, and even runs an organisation in memory of the film-maker genius.
- Exploring Silence (Hindu, S. DIWAKAR , May 01, 2005)
Kannada has had a rich tradition of little magazines. The latest, Deshakaala, may just become the catalyst for new literary movements,
- The Fleeting Moment (Hindu, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , May 01, 2005)
Amit Chaudhuri, in his poetry and fiction, celebrates the ordinary.
- Bang On Target (Deccan Herald, S Nanda Kumar , May 01, 2005)
It takes great courage to write a book. It takes even greater courage to write a book about an author faced with writer’s block, and peppering it with liberal dos
- Celebrating Protest (Hindu, RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU , May 01, 2005)
Namdeo Dhasal was a pioneering poet, who inspired an entirely different literary imagination.
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