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- Wit, Or Wisdom? (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Apr 05, 2005)
A ready and witty retort which comes in a flash, without pre-meditation, is so telling in its effect that the victim wants to vanish from the scene.
- Reforms And Importance Of Trade Liberalisation (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Apr 05, 2005)
Higher growth and welfare on a sustained basis demands a lot more than just correcting a bad trade regime...
- Mugabe — Victorious But Isolated (Tribune, Meera Selva , Apr 05, 2005)
A CRUSHING election victory has tightened President Robert Mugabe's grip on in crisis, and the main opposition party on Sunday demanding a rerun of a poll they insist was rigged.
- Sops For Separatism (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Apr 05, 2005)
Those familiar with Muslim League politics between 1906 and 1947 will not be surprised at Mr Badrul Islam's demand in his article..,
- Witness To Hope (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Apr 04, 2005)
IT was well past midnight when the train steamed into the central station in Rome. On the way to an old age home where my host offered to put us up free for a few days, he took a detour to show us the Vatican. Darkness enveloped the building complex.
- Spring Fever Hits The U.K. (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Apr 04, 2005)
If the Labour and the Conservative Party are in disarray, the largest third party, the Liberal Democrats, appears to be incapable of cashing in.
- New Scenario For India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Apr 04, 2005)
With both the US and India exploring a mutually beneficial relationship, neither should encourage unrealistic expectations
- Keeping The Dialogue On Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 04, 2005)
FOREIGN MINISTER NATWAR Singh was not looking for any breakthrough during his recent visit to Yangon.
- Judgement Day (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 04, 2005)
There are two lonely communists in India today-Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and CPI(M) Politburo member Biman Bose
- John Paul Ii (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2005)
Christiandom has lost an abiding symbol and the world a colossus in the death of Pope John Paul II.
- Fringe Benefit And The Multiplier Effect (Business Line, P V Indiresan, Apr 04, 2005)
Taxing fringe benefits may offer immediate small gains but larger losses later on.
- A Complex Papacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 04, 2005)
CARDINAL KAR0L WOJTYLA, he with the Polish name that Vatican-watchers found close to unpronounceable when his ...
- Bihar Cleans Up After Laloo (Deccan Herald, J P Yadav, Apr 03, 2005)
It’s a purge, well almost, in post-Laloo Bihar.
- Corrupt Ias Officers Must Be Brought To Book: Pradhan (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Apr 03, 2005)
Sharat Pradhan, 50, is a newsmaker in the real sense. Known for his tireless campaign in exposing corruption, this time he is in the limelight for being the whistleblower leading to the CBI raids against the consensually most corrupt IAS officer of . . .
- Sympathy For The Devil (Telegraph, Ruchi sharma, Apr 03, 2005)
Bahuj saras, I could say as a Gujarati, in fact, I would even say fankdu thayu, meaning, respectively, “very good” and “what happened is fantastic”
- Where Manchow Soup Meets Muli Paratha (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
SAMEER NAZERETH writes about the interesting phenomenon of globalisation of taste, where chicken tikka masala has become the “national dish of Britain” and chinese food has acquired a punjabi flavour in India.
- Aiims: Human Touch Missing (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Apr 03, 2005)
Memory gets so flickery nowadays. What is the name of John F. Kennedy’s book “Let Us Praise Famous Men”? I was reminded again and again of it in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where I had time to watch things at leisure for about 17 days.
- The Dance Festival Of The Season (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
Veteran dance critic SUNIL KOTHARI attends the Khajuraho dance festival, after an interval of three years.
- Pm Keen To Meet Wen (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
Dr Manmohan Singh, who returned from Mauritius on Saturday, said India would persuade Pakistan to encourage contact between citizens of the two countries.
- The Great Leveling (Washington Post, Thomas L. Friedman, Apr 03, 2005)
On a modern-day passage to India, Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times,
- F-16s On Radar, Let's Re-Count Dollars (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 02, 2005)
RENU Kohli's "Liberalizing Capital Flows," from Oxford (www.oup.com) couldn't have come at a better time.
- Building A Healthy Nation (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Apr 02, 2005)
We should gainfully employ available technological tools to provide health care to the hitherto inacessible rural areas
- Advani’S Failure (Tribune, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 02, 2005)
Mr Narendra Modi is as good as a pariah abroad. Most of his party colleagues in Gujarat too would like to see his back at the earliest.
- First, Buy Time (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Apr 02, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam calls for deferring the fringe benefit tax
- Gross National Democracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 02, 2005)
Jigme Singye Wanggchuk, the King of Bhutan, once said his country's "gross national happiness" was more important to him than its gross national product.
- Life Terminated? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 02, 2005)
Euthanasia is in the news again as family, lawyers and politicians differ on Terri’s death
- In The Free Land (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Apr 02, 2005)
Narendra Modi had been denied entry into the Land of Free....
- Terri’S Right To Live (Or Die) Generates Debate (Tribune, Elizabeth Mehren, Apr 02, 2005)
She was in the middle of a business call, and had mounds of work. But the minute Sue Kelman heard Terri Schiavo had died on Thursday, she couldn't wait any longer.
- Preparing For The Succession (Asia Times, Viju Naravane, Apr 02, 2005)
While electing a successor to Pope John Paul II, will the Church return to the old tradition of electing an Italian pope or will the Cardinals take into account the fact that most Church followers now come from outside Europe and opt for an African, Asian
- Sting Back In Anger (Pioneer, Sanjai Srivastava, Apr 02, 2005)
Casting couches have preoccupied the nation of late. Interestingly, the intelligentsia, the media in particular, seem divided.
- To Live, Or Not To Live (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 02, 2005)
TERRI Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman, has, at last, passed beyond the mortal threshold. But the abounding speculation on the legal, ethical and moral questions that her condition once again brought to the fore, and divided not just people in ...
- Preparing For The Succession (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Apr 02, 2005)
While electing a successor to Pope John Paul II, will the Church return to the old tradition of electing an Italian pope or will the Cardinals take into account the fact that most Church followers now come from outside Europe and opt for an African,...
- Stung By The West (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 02, 2005)
Back in the 1850s, Karl Marx wrote a series of essays on the results of British rule in India
- Man As Dog’S Pet (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Apr 01, 2005)
Every dog must own a man” was the headline of an article in the Readers’ Digest many years ago.
- Legality Of Denying Visa (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Apr 01, 2005)
The controversy over the U.S. denial of a visa to Narendra Modi cannot be raised to the level of an international crisis.
- Leak From Within? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 01, 2005)
On the face of it, there is nothing surprising about the threat held out by four little-known terrorist organisations-Save Kashmir Movement, Al-Nasiren, Al-Aarifen and Farzand-e-Millat-to passengers travelling by the first and second runs of the Srinagar-
- Fuel For Arms Race (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Apr 01, 2005)
FIFTEEN years ago the US had promised to sell F-16s to Pakistan. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the company manufacturing the aircraft, took the necessary advance for it. Then there were sudden changes in the global and regional strategic environment.
- Pumping Up The Infrastructure Sector (Business Line, Subhasish Roy , Apr 01, 2005)
Faster progress on infrastructure largely depends on both effective demand for projects and proper usage of funds
- Eagle Is Blinded (Pioneer, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 01, 2005)
No visa for Mr Narendra Modi. No entry to Maulana Kalbe Sadiq. No World Bank/IMF loans if India does not 'check' human trafficking.
- America Awakened, Modi Demonised (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Apr 01, 2005)
Denial of a US visa to Modi should be viewed in the light of the larger campaign against minority rights’ violations.
- Reforms Overdue (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2005)
The UN needs to be re-structured to remain relevant in the post-Cold War period
- The Neocon Revolution (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Apr 01, 2005)
U.S. unilateralism was a means of breaking the old order. Now it is building new alliances.
- Up The Reform Alley (Asia Times, Udayan Bose, Apr 01, 2005)
The professor said he wanted me to speak to a group of non-resident Indian students who wanted to know from someone who has practised in India...
- Academic Emergency (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Apr 01, 2005)
Noam Chomsky wrote in 1992: "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." How dramatically relevant this is in the Indian educational context of recent times!
- 1,000 Women For Nobel Prize (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Apr 01, 2005)
WHAT would it be like if 1,000 women of different ages, religions and nationalities together receive the Nobel Prize for Peace in the coming October? This is not an idle mid-spring daydream but a possibility that women activists have been working on...
- `Baby Is A Blank Cheque Made Payable To The Human Race' (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 01, 2005)
NAUGHTY as always, some celebrity wags are watching the waistline of Britney Spears, and speculating `baby on board', but Johnson & Johnson, and Wipro have a different `baby' on their boards' agenda.
- The Speed Of Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court has rightly extended the tenure of fast track courts by a month from April 1 and directed the Centre to explore ways to arrange funds, in the interregnum, so that they can continue for another five years.
- Diaspora And Citizenship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 01, 2005)
To set in motion the process of granting dual citizenship to people of Indian origin, the Centre had two options.
- Embracing India As A Rising Power (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Mar 31, 2005)
Another type of earthquake hit the Indian Ocean area last week. It was a tectonic shift by the US to form a close strategic partnership with India, land of a billion people, nuclear weapons, and a huge Muslim population.
- Embracing India As A Rising Power (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Another type of earthquake hit the Indian Ocean area last week. It was a tectonic shift by the US to form a close strategic partnership with India, land of a billion people, nuclear weapons, and a huge Muslim population.
- India's Energy Quest In Latin America (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Mar 31, 2005)
Besides acquisition of oil and gas fields, India should consider buying crude oil from Latin America on a regular basis
- Looking Back On The First Love (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Mar 31, 2005)
It was my first job in a newspaper. Not my first job ever so I couldn’t claim the ignorance of a trainee.
- The Peaceful Rise Of China (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Mar 31, 2005)
The Chinese are fond of new slogans.
- The American Offer (Tribune, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Mar 31, 2005)
The new US offer to India is not just about F/16 aircraft and nuclear power plants as portrayed in our media.
- Malayalam Fiction Loses Its Legend (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Vijayan’s novel Khasakinte Ithihasam (The Legend of Khasak) marks an epoch in Malayalam literary history and divides it into post and pre Khasak.
- Can The Bjp Afford To Backtrack? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 31, 2005)
No political party that wants to rule over a continental polity can afford to be unmindful of the need to sustain its reputation for consistency, credibility, and transparency.
- Arms And The Ally (Pioneer, Ashish Sarkar, Mar 31, 2005)
The United States has agreed to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan
- Bjp’S Somersault (Deccan Herald, G THIMMAIAH, Mar 31, 2005)
The BJP, which did the spadework for the VAT process, is now opposing it under pressure from traders
- German Economy: A Turnaround In Sight (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Mar 31, 2005)
With signs of recovery, the German economy could be the main beneficiary of Chancellor Schroeder's reform process that incidentally has triggered much controversy and emotional debates.
- Pakistan Star Takes Cricket Diplomacy A Step Further (Tribune, Justin Huggler, Mar 30, 2005)
WITH Pakistan’s cricket team touring India, Pakistani fans staying at Delhi to watch one of the matches, the subcontinent is abuzz with talk of cricket diplomacy. But one Pakistani cricketer appears to have taken it further than everyone else - he has...
- Making A Killing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2005)
The quintessential American arms dealer, Basil Bazarov, in the Tintin comic book, Tintin and the Broken Ear (1937), sells armaments to two warring South American countries
- Losing Kathmandu (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 30, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
The political crisis in Nepal continues unabated and it seems that there is little India can do to influence the course of events.
- Annan’S Make-Believe (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 30, 2005)
Given the UN’s subservience to the US, the UN Secretary General’s grandiose vision of change will stay a mirage
- Living With Tsunamis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 30, 2005)
THE killer tsunami of December 26 last was the kind of calamity that just cannot be erased from public memory
- Budget Ignores Dalits (Tribune, Udit Raj, Mar 30, 2005)
On no occasion 119 Dalit MPs have ever debated the fund allocations made for Dalits in the Central Government Budget, and if it was done by someone, replies prepared by bureaucrats and the answer of the Finance Minister would have silenced him.
- Rights Record To Influence Ties With Us, Says Rice (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 30, 2005)
The report claims that India’s human rights enforcement record has been bad and was in need of improvement, while Pakistan’s track record remained poor.
- The Us Comes Out Fighting With F-16s (Asia Times, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Mar 29, 2005)
Islamabad is elated, India is miffed: the decision by the United States to sell F-16 strike fighters to Pakistan involves much more than a simple sale of arms - important geostrategic undercurrents are at play involving not only the Indian sub-continent,
- The Us Comes Out Fighting With F-16s (Asian Age, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Mar 29, 2005)
Islamabad is elated, India is miffed: the decision by the United States to sell F-16 strike fighters to Pakistan involves much more than a simple sale of arms - important geostrategic undercurrents are at play involving not only the Indian sub-continent,
- Us Arms Industry Fishing In Troubled South Asian Waters (Antiwar.com, Ranjit Devraj, Mar 29, 2005)
By offering nuclear-capable F-16 Falcon fighters to Pakistan and the even more advanced F-18 Hornets to India, Washington has shown a cynical readiness to profit from the long-standing rivalry between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors, say analysts.
- Gats And Freedom Online (Agence-France Presse, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 29, 2005)
India must use the Internet to expand the reach of its online services and open a wider market for its professionals, who can offer their talent to overseas clients
- Anatomy Of A Revolution (Agence-France Presse, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Mar 29, 2005)
In Kyrgyzstan, there have been deviations from the revolutionary script choreographed in Washington and finessed in Georgia and Ukraine
- Arabs And Democracy (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2005)
THERE IS MUCH talk of a new democratic awakening in the Arab world after the elections in Iraq. Those who think in this vein assert that several recent developments prove the proposition that the desire for a liberal political order is spreading in West..
- Creating Sustainable Employment Models (Agence-France Presse, V. Kumaraswamy, Mar 29, 2005)
ONE of the few well-rounded employment guarantee models I have seen is the Panchakki water mill of Mughal vintage in Aurangabad.
- Euro Bungling (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 29, 2005)
The Uncertainty over migration to superior emission-control norms from April 1 has ended with the Cabinet last week approving the implementation schedule
- Making A Killing (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 29, 2005)
The quintessential American arms dealer, Basil Bazarov, in the Tintin comic book, Tintin and the Broken Ear (1937), sells armaments to two warring South American countries.
- Privacy Invaded (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2005)
ALL it took was just one cellphone diary to be put on the Net, and concerns about individuals' privacy came to the fore again.
- N-Arms: India For No First Use Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
New Delhi may not be signatory to the NPT, but it is responsible N-power that has always exhibited utmost restraint, said Natwar.
- Aids Awareness & Yakshagana (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
Dharwad: Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan - a popular slogan is never forgotten by Indian farmers. Our country celebrates the birth anniversary, birth centenary or death anniversary of almost every freedom fighter and national leader.
- The Bjp’S Modi Problem (Agence-France Presse, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 29, 2005)
Irrespective of one’s views on the propriety of the US denial of a visa to Gujarat’s Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, he has become a symbol of the biggest dilemma to face the Bharatiya Janata Party in the era of its post-general election defeat
- India Must Wait & Watch To See Gift Horse Fly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
If the US really wants to make India a major global power, what stops it from giving New Delhi what it gave to France?
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