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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- All Those Jaunty Angles (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
"To be in love with oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance," said Oscar Wilde, who should have known. Dev Anand has no reservations about his charm, his importance and his popularity.
- Pulling Africa Out Of Low-Growth Loop (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 10, 2007)
An Unctad report, analysing the low economic growth of African nations, argues that only strong state intervention can ensure efficient functioning of markets and allocate the available limited resources in an optimum manner consistent with . . . . ..
- Prime Minister Asks States To Expedite Urban Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday urged all States to work closely with the Union government for effective implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which was aimed at improving the cities.
- Back To The Village (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2007)
On Monday, the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, told a conference in New Delhi that growth was meaningless if it did not reach the rural masses who form the bulk of the nation’s population.
- Monks & Military (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 10, 2007)
A SEA of humanity surges through the streets of Yangon. As the new tide of peaceful protest lashes the military dictatorship, video camera-wielding citizen journalists document the story for the world outside.
- Time We Gave Up Growth? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Oct 10, 2007)
Economic growth is a political sedative, snuffing out protest as it drives inequality.
- India Wants 'More Inclusive' Globalisation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Warning against social consequences of increasing phenomenon of jobless growth in developing nations, India has said partnerships between governments and private sector can explore means of corporate social responsibility as an instrument for . . . .
- Kerala's Shame (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
Sunday's mob attack on a 40-year-old hapless pregnant woman and her two children in Edappal, Kerala, is appalling.
- God’S Children? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
With the azaan at 4.30 am, all comes to life in and around the magnificent Jama Masjid in Delhi.
- Playing Against The Odds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2007)
“I’m not a guy. Otherwise, I could have become a cricketer,” said India’s biggest woman sports star, Sania Mirza, on September 18 in Calcutta, where she was to take part in the Sunfeast Open tennis championship (but an injury forced her to withdraw).
- No Music To Upa Ears: Maya Slams Cong Over Deal And Ram Affidavit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Weighing her options days after she backed Sonia Gandhi for fielding Pratibha Patil in the Presidential polls, BSP chief Mayawati today attacked the Congress over its handling of the nuclear deal and the Ram Sethu controversy.
- Finance And The Real Economy (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 09, 2007)
At a time when reports of losses resulting from the subprime crisis are on the rise, a paradoxical surge in global stock markets is inducing an element of complacency.
- Obama Has Not Lived Up To His Early Promise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Hillary Clinton’s young rival for the Democrats’ presidential nomination needs to get back to being different.
- Cm Quits, Claims He May Even Back Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Amid high drama and a lot of speculation on a rapprochement between the estranged coalition partners, the BJP and the Janata Dal(S), Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy resigned from his post on Monday evening.
- India In Grip Of Political Tensions: Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Tensions in India over a civil nuclear pact with Washington that threatens the survival of the country’s ruling coalition worsened on Monday ahead of a visit by the UN’s atomic energy chief.
- ‘Jd(s) Pursuing Opportunistic Politics’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s State-wide rally to highlight the refusal to transfer power to it by the Janata Dal (Secular) entered Chitradurga on Monday.
- Mma’S Self-Destruction (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The MMA has made a laughing stock of itself. Not that the opposition’s other components are any better:
- Voila! Gowda Dons Secular Coat Again (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Oct 09, 2007)
It was only thanks to some shrewd manipulation by Kumaraswamy and Yediyurappa who were not guided by any principles, but to somehow grab power that an unholy alliance was struck to gain backdoor entry to the government.
- Stunned By The Speech (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 09, 2007)
It was a rather special Sunday treat to find the otherwise we-know-it-all-before-it-happens press a trifle stumped and wholly confused after hearing Sonia Gandhi’s speech in a district of Haryana where she had gone to lay the foundation . . . . ..
- Opportunism, Karnataka Style (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 09, 2007)
Haryana has had the distinction of giving the Indian political lexicon the terminology “Aya Ram Gaya Ram” to denote opportunistic floor crossings in order to acquire or retain power for personal profit.
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Look Immediate East (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
For the past weeks, many of us who have travelled to Burma and respect the history and culture of that country and its wonderfully sensitive people, have been deeply concerned by the rush of tragic news of shootings and indiscriminate . . . .
- Pedalling A Solution (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
When improved cycle rickshaw, with speed gears and ergonomic design, was launched in Agra in 1997, the future of poor man's public transport had started looking up.
- Let's Get This Straight (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Oct 08, 2007)
A lot of discussion takes place on the need to pursue an independent foreign policy.
- What The Maid Never Mentioned... (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Oct 08, 2007)
Stray comments in the book will make the reader stop and think. This is a book that makes the maid a more human entity.
- Cruel Indifference (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 08, 2007)
Karnataka’s international sportspersons, including four-time world billiards champion, Pankaj Advani, have vehemently protested the state’s government’s refusal to recognise and reward their achievements in cash and kind.
- False Magic (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Of the various kinds of quacks, some are more dangerous than others. But the witch-doctor is the most dangerous of them all.
- The Pressure Cooker (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 08, 2007)
It is sometimes strange to see the political class, that is supposed to have emerged from the grass roots and represents the masses of India, be so insensitive to the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
- Grease Palms And Govern (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has sacked more than 10,000 policemen in September 2007 on the ground that their recruitment and selection process was not fair.
- People’S Anger (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The brewing public anger against rampant corruption in the public distribution system has erupted into widespread violence in several districts of West Bengal.
- The Witch And A Poet (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
I no longer bother to read best sellers or books touted to have earned their authors advance royalties of millions or more dollars or pounds, writes Khushwant Singh.
- The Burmese Junta: India's Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Humanitarian aid should pour into crisis-ridden Myanmar to relieve the suffering population.
- Dealing With Plenty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2007)
From a lofty position of decisive inaction the Reserve Bank of India over the week engaged in some reluctant intervention in the foreign exchange market to mop up some of the capital inflows to prevent a further . . . .
- An Acre Of Green Grass (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2007)
If you drop a coin and don’t pick it up immediately, someone else will. That’s nature’s law. Calcutta — or West Bengal for that matter — must be one of the few places on earth where, if you neglect a piece of land, it’s snatched away by someone else.
- Courting A Fine Balance (Indian Express, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 06, 2007)
India is a live democracy, and it is the duty of every live democracy to encourage protest in all its forms. Tragically for India, the Supreme Court has declared the right to strike and to hold a bandh unconstitutional.
- Special Article (Statesman, Sumer Kaul, Oct 06, 2007)
Thanks to the severely professional and bent-on-revenge Aussies, the post-T20 euphoria has gone for a six, and this of the very second ball, so to speak. In Bangalore rain saved India; in Kochi nothing could.
- Power Tussle In Bangalore (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Oct 05, 2007)
The mess in Karnataka reflects the failure of coalition politics in that State in particular and the country in general. At the moment, going to the people for a fresh mandate seems the best possible solution
- Shameful Silence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2007)
It is time India speak up against Myanmar's junta.
- Religion As A Force For Good (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
The Burmese monks' protests against the military junta prove the merit in religion.
- Bjp Wants Jd(s) To Be Blamed For Break Up (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
As the endgame of the BJP-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka is played out, BJP is waiting for its partner to take the first, formal step towards snapping ties as the saffron outfit wants the onus of dishonouring the power-sharing pact to firmly stick . . . .
- Why India Should Opt For Nuclear Power (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 05, 2007)
France, which has 80 per cent nuclear electricity, has the lowest cost of electricity in Europe and the lowest per capita carbon emission; Korea and Japan prefer imported nuclear energy to other forms of energy; and China is investing. . .
- The Hill's Next Big Player Is Made In India (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
The India lobby is also eager to use Indian Americans to put a human face - not to mention a voter's face and a campaign contributor's face - on its agenda.
- Nrega And Rural Employment: In Orissa, Corruption Robs The Poor (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
In reality, the Rural Employment Scheme has made virtually no impact on the livelihood security of Orissa’s rural poor. Unless transparency safeguards incorporated in the NREGS are implemented in letter and spirit, the scheme may just sound radical. . .
- Lobbying For India On Capitol Hill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
The fall’s most controversial book is almost certainly “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” in which political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt warn that Jewish Americans have built a behemoth that has bullied policymakers . . . .
- Bjp Plans Farmers Rally In December (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has plans to organise an all-India farmers’ rally here on December 25 to coincide with the birthday of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Evil Forces Impeding N-Deal: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday said ‘evil forces’ were working against the country’s interest without understanding the problems in their entirety and trying to impede ‘123 Agreement’ with the US.
- The Heights Of Fame (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
In an age where the world is supposed to be getting flat, it stands to reason that the highest point on earth is not getting any loftier.
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Stop This Farce (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
By enforcing an undeclared bundh in Tamil Nadu over Sethusamudram issue, the DMK government has shown a lofty contempt for the judiciary.
- Time To Quit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The people of Karnataka are bewildered at the cynical power game being played out between the two coalition partners – the JD(S) and the BJP – over the so-called transfer of power.
- Accountability At Polls (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 04, 2007)
A NO-holds-barred confrontation between President General Pervez Musharraf and his political foes over the last few years has not only had a profoundly debilitating effect on the teeming masses, it has also made a . . . .
- The Plot Thickens (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 04, 2007)
THE plot as scripted by General Headquarters and Washington is making rapid strides towards the denouement desired by the presidency.
- Food Shortfall Looms In Crisis-Hit Myanmar: Un (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
High food prices helped drive Myanmar's people onto the streets, and the junta's bloody crackdown has only worsened the threat of hunger and malnutrition, UN aid workers and rights groups say.
- For South Asian Cooperation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
LOOKING at the history of South Asia, it becomes obvious that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has not come up with sufficient initiatives to synergise the process of cooperation and give it an institutional base.
- All Those Jaunty Angles (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
"To be in love with oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance," said Oscar Wilde, who should have known. Dev Anand has no reservations about his charm, his importance and his popularity. As he says in his Preface: "
- How To Make Poverty Sexy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
WITH everyone’s attention focussed on General Musharraf’s re-election it seems silly to bring to your notice the rather dull issue of Pakistan’s progress on the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- Revival Of Agriculture (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Oct 03, 2007)
A road map for rescuing farmers from the prevailing agrarian crisis in several parts of the country
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
In India, as elsewhere in many parts of the world, a number of communities practise different forms of nature worship. One such significant tradition is that of providing protection to patches of forests dedicated to deities and/or ancestral spirits.
- Rs. 10 Crore For Banjara Development Corporation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
It will help the community to join the mainstream: Revu Naik
Rs. 1 crore for construction of Banjara Bhavan
in Gulbarga city
276 veterinary doctors to be recruited on
direct appointment basis
- Pre-Poll Bonanza (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
PROMPTED by the standoff with the Left on the US nuclear deal, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance seems to have started preparing itself for a mid-term poll. Indications are many.
- Un Urges Junta Chief To End Crackdown (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Myanmar junta boss Than Shwe on Tuesday in a bid to end a bloody crackdown on the biggest democracy protests in 20 years, a diplomat said.
- Upa Recycles Nda Scheme (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Oct 03, 2007)
The Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) that the UPA Government launched on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday is not new. It is the continuation of another scheme, Janshree Bima Yojana (JBY), launched in 2000 under the NDA rule.
- The Changing Indian Woman (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 03, 2007)
One of the finest panel discussions that formed part of the Incredible India@60 campaign in New York, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Tourism and seven other ministries, was the one titled ‘Women and Global Leadership’.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Oct 03, 2007)
The import of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat for the second consecutive year (2007-08) and 55 lakh tonnes during 2006-07 imply that our food security is at risk.
- Panchayat Kitchens, In Lieu Of Pds (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 01, 2007)
According to the Times of India (September 17, 2007), an estimated Rs 31,500 crore worth of grain has been siphoned out of the Public Distribution System in the past three years, with UP and West Bengal being the worst culprits.
- Pakistani Students Leave For India Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Twelve Pakistani students will leave for Chandigarh, India, via Wagah today (Monday) to participate in the second ‘Indo-Pak Students Peace Camp’.
- Diseases Triggered By The Mind (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
A new study finds that women with anorexia have distinct differences in the insulta -- the specific part of the brain that is important for recognising taste -- according to a new study by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and . . .
- Women Benefit More From Social Transformation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
In Kerala, Mizoram, Delhi and Chandigarh, with high female literacy and work participation, violence against women is also high. Gendered constraints exist even among the relatively more egalitarian tribal people.
- Giving Up The Free Press (Deccan Herald, Jackson Diehl, Oct 01, 2007)
The free press survived even as Mubarak moved methodically to crush other nascent centres of opposition in the past 18 months, including liberal political parties, a movement of judges seeking greater independence for courts, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Ap Parties In Poll Mode (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
It is raining poll promises in Andhra Pradesh. Sensing possibility of a snap poll, political parties are vying with one another to display competitive populism and holding out promises to lure voters.
- Sc Bans Dmk Bandh Over Ram Setu (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Oct 01, 2007)
In a severe jolt to the Karunanidhi-led DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today banned Monday’s state-wide bandh called by it on the Sethusamudram issue in the backdrop of the Chief Minister questioning the very existence of . . . .
- Myanmar: Europe Puts Onus On India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Forty-one days after the protests began in Myanmar and blood once more was spilt on its streets, the talk in European capitals is all about bringing pressure to bear on India to "do something".
- Sc Stops Tn Shutdown By Dmk: Bandhs Are Illegal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Slamming the very concept of a bandh and the perceived defiance of law, the Supreme Court today stopped the DMK-sponsored Tamil Nadu bandh called tomorrow to demand early completion of the Sethusamudram shipping canal project.
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- Incredibly Simple Solutions (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 01, 2007)
This week’s column is inspired by three things: the Clinton Global Initiative’s redefinition of the fight against poverty, the sight of cycle rickshaws in New York City and the dismal spectacle of corporate and bureaucratic India colluding to . . . .
- Rajapaksa Reiterates Commitment To Talks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 01, 2007)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asserted that terrorism in the country is nurtured by funds from overseas and urged the international community to help his government cut off the flow of funds to the terrorists.
- Bandh Stopped, Dmk To Fast (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Sunday directed the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu not to go ahead with its proposed bandh on Monday demanding speeding up of the Sethusamudram project.
- Violence In Burma (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
After nearly two decades, Burma is again being rocked by pro-democracy protests which the Burmese military is trying to crush in the only way it knows: by using brutal force.
- Real Data, Real Solution (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Despite India’s wonderful, ongoing and very real economic progress, it has a serious problem. The most frenetic of cheerleaders will have to admit that India’s status as a rising global power sits very uncomfortably with its very real levels of poverty.
- A Feast After A Fast: Ramzan In Dhaka (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 01, 2007)
My first trip to Dhaka was in the middle of Ramzan during May in the early Nineties. I had to leave in a hurry with a business associate, a pure vegetarian, to finalise a tender bid with my friend Iqbal’s company and brush up some more contacts.
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