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Articles 19021 through 19120 of 21681:
- A Manageable Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2005)
Pakistan's decision to refer the Baglihar dam issue to the World Bank is regrettable since it stands in stark contrast to the positive engagement with India that has unfolded over the past many months.
- Restraint Is Worth It (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2005)
Despite the Pakistani denial, Indian forces seem to have gathered enough proof to conclude that Tuesday’s mortar shelling at the Line of Control in the Poonch sector was a violation of the ceasefire agreement signed in November 2003.
- Party At Crosspurpose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 21, 2005)
India and Pakistan seem determined to restart the cross-border bus from Munabao in Rajasthan to Khokhrapar in Sind, what with talks slated for the first week of March. Come summer, both Hindus and Muslims will get
- The Thaw And The Talks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2005)
The sign on this road should read: curves ahead, drive with caution. When Union Home Minister L.K. Advani sits down to talk to the Hurriyat Conference faction led by Abbas Ansari tomorrow, it will mark a historic moment in this country’s
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Minor Spark (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
The India-Pakistan ceasefire along the Line of Control and international border, in force since November 2003, was violated with Pakistani mortar fire on Tuesday. The issue remains shrouded in mystery, as Islamabad has stated that the
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Many Different Paths To Prosperity (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Jan 20, 2005)
Every year, the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation bring out a book called The Index of Economic Freedom, the centrepiece of which is an index ranking countries
- Say Chak De Phatte To That (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jan 20, 2005)
This past month I have been pumping the accelerator up and down the Grand Trunk Road to Chandigarh and beyond, to Ludhiana, taking in the sights and smells of a rich countryside
- Technically Speaking... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
Pakistan, it appears, has made up its mind to seek World Bank intervention over the Baglihar project issue. While it is within its rights to do so, it may not be the wisest of moves.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- Go Beyond Status Quo (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Jan 20, 2005)
The reaction in the media to the proposal of troop pull out from Siachen was premature. Even if there were to be any agreement on the issue, its shape and modalities are yet to be worked out.
- Vat Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2005)
The white paper on the State Value Added Tax (VAT) and the finance minister’s renewed commitment to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is welcome. The move towards the State VAT has been in the works for many years.
- Gandhi And Godse (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 19, 2005)
In Indian history, two Hindu leaders had changed the course of Hindu destiny for the worst. One was Raja Jaichand of Kannauj, whose treachery led to the establishment of Muslim rule in India.
- In The Pipeline (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2005)
It is always a matter of time before economic logic triumphs over political or nationalist rhetoric. So the pipeline that can now be laid to carry natural gas from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh is actually a victory for the economic argument.
- Dual Citizenship — Driven By Pride And Pragmatism (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 18, 2005)
India's move to allow dual citizenship can be seen as another step ahead of an emerging global power that will allow unhindered trade in services and free the citizenry to pursue opportunities wherever they arise.
- Bus To Muzaffarabad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2005)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks about the proposed Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service show that he is not as much interested in providing this facility to the people of Kashmir as in exploiting their sentiments.
- Tribals Looking Down A Barrel In Balochistan (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 18, 2005)
With its deep, warm sea waters, extremely rich mineral resources and most vital strategic position, southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province has been the
- India Struggles To Carve Out New U.N. Role (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
India's self-reliance in the tsunami disaster has shown the new face of an emerging regional power that wants to punch its weight in the United Nations — with help from Canada — says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Crisis In Balochistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 17, 2005)
All this talk about an Iran-Pakistan-India hydrocarbons pipeline has had an unintended effect of aggravating the Balochistan crisis inside Pakistan. Baloch nationalists have long been protesting against an insensitive Centre that is insensitive to their p
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- History Has Been Made, Now Overcome It (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jan 17, 2005)
Handshakes are not often termed ‘‘historic’’, but the one between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf last week readily earned the adjective.
- Partners, Seriously (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jan 17, 2005)
Eyebrows were raised when Colin Powell recently announced that the United States had offered its “good offices” to promote reconciliation between India and Pakistan.
- The Fine Art Of Budget-Making (Business Line, S. Venu , Jan 17, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to do a hurried job of presenting this year's Budget on July 8, 2004, as he was called on to do so within a short period of his assuming office as Finance Minister.
- Afghanistan In Search Of A State (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Jan 17, 2005)
A new sense of optimism has been generated following the Loya Jirga’s approval of a draft constitution to build a future Afghanistan democratically. The charter, ratified after a last-minute deal to accommodate minority interests, nonetheless falls short
- Playing Tactical Games (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 17, 2005)
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are not amused. President General Pervez Musharraf has usurped a key element of their political agenda — peace with India — without as much as nodding ‘‘thank you’’.
- Dixit Worked Too Hard To Promote Indo-Pak Relations (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 16, 2005)
The death of J.N. Dixit last fortnight not only created a void in the national security apparatus but also affected the negotiations with Pakistan over Kashmir. One of the first tasks Dixit addressed himself to when he took over as National Security Advis
- Vajpayee Clears The Way (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 16, 2005)
The entire non-BJP political segment faces an unprecedented dilemma. In fact, it is not even a dilemma. A dilemma presupposes a choice.
- Show Them The Money (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 15, 2005)
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates our electoral rhetoric.
- Larger Than Us (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Jan 15, 2005)
Every day when I go to work, I sit in Jinnah’s chair. It’s made of solid brown leather. Solid, much used, very comfortable. The leather is a bit worn out and cracked but you could never guess its age.
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 15, 2005)
Following Thursday’s trilateral agreement, India will get natural gas from Myanmar through a pipeline via Bangladesh
- Has The Un Arrived? (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 14, 2005)
A monumental human tragedy like the one that devastated communities along the Indian Ocean rim on December 26 should not, ideally, become a trigger for settling scores. The case for restraint is all the more compelling in view of the staggering generosity
- ‘Our Govt Is Committed To Creating ... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2005)
In a judicious choice of venue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Left Front-ruled West Bengal for a seminal statement on the economic goals of his government. Addressing the CII partnership summit 2005, in Kolkata on
- Brilliance Is Not Enough (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Jan 14, 2005)
The untimely passing of J.N. Dixit has raised some old questions of why the country went in for the National Security Council/Advisor system that the US follows in a presidential system of governance.
- India-China Military Equations (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 13, 2005)
The visit of General N C Vij, Chief of Army Staff, to China in December 2004, is one more step towards military diplomacy between New Delhi and Beijing. He is the second serving army chief to visit China
- Karachi Opens Door To Us Forces (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 13, 2005)
Having teamed up with the US to help eliminate Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan is once again proving its worth in the "war on terror", this time in Washington's quest against Iran.
- There Is No Core Issue (Indian Express, Premvir Das, Jan 13, 2005)
During a recent visit to India, many retired military officers of Pakistan, known “hawks” when in uniform, said retirement had transformed them and they now realised human values and aspirations were more important.
- Washington’S Odd Ways (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2005)
WHILE there has been concern voiced recently in India about the prospects of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan by the United States, the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tyagi, has indicated that the IAF can handle the situation even if new F
- A Fateful Day In 1931 (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jan 13, 2005)
Recently I saw one of the three movies made on the martyr Bhagat Singh whose saga of rise and destined cease has remained a most moving and awesome event in the history of India’s struggle for freedom.
- Engaging The Diaspora (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement that the offer of dual citizenship will be extended to all those who migrated after January 26, 1950, that is, after India became a Republic
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Us-Pakistan: A Pampering Relationship (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 12, 2005)
The symbolism of the proposed sale of F-16 aircraft by the US to Pakistan cannot be underestimated when terror is still the instrument of state policy for Islamabad.
- Why Say No To Foreign Aid? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
Tsunami was the worst violation of human rights which nature committed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.
- Government’S Hypocritical Stand (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
While rejecting foreign aid, the Government accepts funds from foreign-aided organisations, for its relief measures
- Competition Breaks Cartels (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
Cartels operate across the economy, particularly in the intermediate goods and services sector. They hike production costs, thus making finished goods less competitive.
- Fundamentalism, American Style (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 12, 2005)
America appears to be on the brink of descending into `authoritarianism by acclamation.'
- Troubled Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2005)
IT is unfortunate that the India-Pakistan talks on resolving the Baglihar dam issue has broken down. This has happened at a time when the two countries have been
- Roots To Riches (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 11, 2005)
Nobody is quite ready to go all the way. But the right sort of gestures have to be made. This, more or less, is the official Indian attitude to dual citizenship. It is a combination of slightly forced liberalism
- Indo-Pak Talks Going Nowhere (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 11, 2005)
Over a year has elapsed after the much-publicised January 6, 2004 accord between Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf, to resume 1997’s structured, eight-point Indo-Pakistan dialogue for normalising relations between
- Poetry And Patriotism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
Should the word Sindh be substituted with the name of some other Indian State, say, Kashmir, in the national anthem?
- Indo-Pak Peace On Right Track, Don’T Derail It Now (Indian Express, Radha Kumar, Jan 10, 2005)
Despite the sceptics who predicted the SAARC summit in Islamabad would achieve little, the summit is clearly a roaring success. SAARC has finally galvanised itself to set clear and time-bound goals for economic cooperation
- North Block Bonanza (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- The Vaj And Shaf Show (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Musharraf: From Gen To President (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 10, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf should be pleased as punch. In one month, he has had two brushes with death and lived to tell the tale.
- India Should Spare More Personnel ... (Hindu, SUJATA SRINIVASAN, Jan 10, 2005)
"I think the very presence of a woman officer reduces violence ... She is a symbol of peace, life, dignity, and reconciliation ..
- The Poet’S Hour (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Jan 09, 2005)
AL-Biruni, the 11th century Arab traveller, noted that there are 88,000 hells as per the Vishnu Purana. He went on to quote different kinds of sins committed by people and the corresponding hells prescribed for them.
- From Islamabad, With Care (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 09, 2005)
In the coming months, officials in New Delhi and Islamabad will repeatedly refer the media to the 153 words of the joint press statement issued in Islamabad on January 6 after nail-biting suspense.
- Needed A Cohesive Military Doctrine (Tribune, Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar, Jan 08, 2005)
A country’s military doctrine is the outcome of a number of factors, which impinge on its national security. Some of these are fixed like its geography and other vary such as the interests of its neighbours or the rest of the world.
- State Of The Art (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2005)
Is it just a myth that the courts in India are overloaded with cases? Else the highest court in the land could not have been expected to look into totally nonsensical petitions.
- Media Doesn’T Hinder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
PAKISTAN has begun responding to India's initiative to liberalise its visa regime for journalists from across the border. President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have asked its High Commission in New Delhi to give multiple entry visas for Indian jou
- 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.
- Wave Of Compassion Or New Tide? (Hindu, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 08, 2005)
A US-backed peace initiative in South Asia began more than a year ago. Apart from several confidence-building measures, several new ideas were floated in an attempt to resolve the half-century Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
- We'll Be Jumping The Gun If We Buy The Idea (The Economic Times, B CHELLANEY, Jan 08, 2005)
India has not been offered a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, with or without veto power.
- Great Budget Expectations — Helping The Economy Take Wings (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2005)
Subject to the considerations set out earlier, what are the options before the Finance Minister? It is a constant refrain of the financial commentariat (the latest coinage signifying the commentators as a class!)
- Let The Anthem Be (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2005)
‘Jana Gana Mana’ has survived many controversies. The latest has arisen from a PIL filed in the Supreme Court for removal of the word ‘Sindh’ from the anthem.
- New Realities For Ocean’S 10 (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 07, 2005)
Accelerated globalisation in adversity: this could well be one of the striking consequences of the tsunami. Altruism or its exact opposite on the part of donors and administrators of aid will be spotted by recipients in distress.
- Hail The New Textile Maharaja (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Jan 07, 2005)
Beginning this year, the world has moved from a four-decade paradigm that limited the developing countries' textile exports to advanced nations, unleashing trade worth ...
- More Open Skies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2005)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to allow established private airlines to operate to foreign destinations with the exception of West Asia is on expected lines and represents another step towards a liberal open skies policy in the civil aviation sector.
- Remembering A “noorjahan” (Tribune, R.K. Kaushik, Jan 06, 2005)
JULIA Glancy, the wife of Sir Bertrand James Glancy, Governor of pre-partition Punjab from April 8, 1945 to April 7, 1946, used to be called “Noorjahan” of Punjab at that time by the Urdu press of Lahore because of her beauty, assertiveness, prudence and
- 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
- The Human Touch (Deccan Herald, ELIZABETH CHERIAN, Jan 06, 2005)
Two incidents that took place some time ago show that most people have innate goodness in them and that it is the politics of the nations and the feelings of ill will built up over a period of time that cause human beings to act in the ways they sometimes
- J.N. Dixit - A Tribute (Hindu, Gopal Gandhi, Jan 05, 2005)
"I will come and call on you at Banga Bhavan, Gopal," he said when I spoke to J.N. Dixit a fortnight ago, "protocol is protocol."
- National Time Pass (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2005)
The ways of the Supreme Court, like that of God, are inscrutable. Instead of dismissing a petition — seeking the deletion of ‘‘Sindh’’ from the national anthem and substituting it with a word like ‘‘Kashmir’’
- Sri Lanka And The Tsunami (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2005)
Sri Lanka is stranger to large-scale death and destruction. But the death and destruction caused by a 20-year-old internal conflict could not have prepared the country
- When Truth Is No Defence (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 05, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- Let The Rivers Of Friendship Flow (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jan 05, 2005)
The project for interlinking rivers in India is so closely intertwined with Bangladesh that the time has come for both countries to finalise a long-term and massive development and disaster prevention plan.
- Uncertain Certainties (Gulf News, M.J. Akbar, Jan 04, 2005)
It is natural: in the first week of January every right-thinking Indian wants to know what will happen in the coming year.
- To Engage A Changing World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2005)
Among the foreign policy challenges India will face in the foreseeable future would be the requirement to structure new equations with important power centres of the world after the end of the Cold War and disintegration of the Soviet Union
- A Diplomat And A Gentleman (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2005)
In most regional initiatives in South Asia, in crucial negotiations with China, through the sensitive post-Soviet years in Afghanistan, behind tough-talking, no-nonsense deliberations with Pakistan, stood the rock-like presence of J N ‘Mani’ Dixit.
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