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Articles 21621 through 21720 of 26855:
- Path To Liberation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Scriptures stress the importance of chanting the names of God in Kali Yuga as a sure path to salvation, since it is conducive to the cleansing of one's mind. There is no need for any inhibition, embarrassment or fear when singing the name of the Lord.
- Faith In Women Demands That You Trust Them Without Reservation (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2005)
These are days when almost half the news is reserved for reservation, be it about quota in private colleges, or of seats of power for women.
- To Accommodate The Curious Mind (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Aug 26, 2005)
To withdraw the national curriculum framework is to silence dissent against orthodoxies — both that of the left and the right, says Nivedita Menon The author is reader in political science, Delhi University
- A Dalit Perspective On Reforms (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Aug 26, 2005)
The Constitutional obligations can be met by giving Dalits a voice in policy-making to help in their upliftment
- Musharraf’S Discloser On A.Q. Khan Raises Questions (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Aug 26, 2005)
General Musharraf has now disclosed for the first time that Dr A.Q. Khan, the Pakistani metallurgist who confessed to having proliferated to Iran and Libya also provided centrifuge technology to enrich uranium to North Korea.
- Partial Victory : But Will Kang Be Able To Perform? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 26, 2005)
If GS Kang needed a reason to resume his charge as Bihar chief secretary — after abruptly going on leave on 29 July — it came when the Governor divested his adviser,
- In And Out Of Gaza: Coping With A Depleted Inheritance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The recent watershed development in the Middle East brings with it a huge challenge that the Palestinian Authority must now face.
- India For `Humanitarian' View Of Sarabjit Case (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 26, 2005)
Strong sentiment for sparing his life The Government is hopeful that consular access would be granted taken by Pakistan
- India Moves To Spread Wealth (Christian Science Monitor, ANUJ CHOPRA , Aug 25, 2005)
A $9 billion plan guarantees the country's rural poor 100 days of work per household every year.
- Mutiny’S Bounty (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 25, 2005)
Each time an Indian filmmaker attempts to recreate the past, the resident bore stands up and yelps, ‘‘But this is not history.’’
- Rising Power (Statesman, SP Seth, Aug 25, 2005)
An important indication that the United States is worried about China’s incursions into the Asia-Pacific region is the inroads it has made into Australia.
- Bandh Karo Bandh Ko (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
is obviously because of our common past that we in the Indian sub-continent have certain identical traits --- positive as well as negative --- whether we are in this country or in Pakistan or Bangladesh on our two sides.
- Arms: Question Is Not Of Display Alone (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2005)
Display of arms has been banned in the country to facilitate peaceful Local Bodies’ polls. A directive to this effect has been issued by Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar.
- Where Are The Sisters? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
It should come as no surprise that four members of a family, including two sisters — Arifa and Saba Baloch — suspected of having been trained to carry out suicide attacks, have been missing since their arrest from Swat on June 4. Post 9/11,
- No Confrontation, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2005)
THERE has been friction between the legislature and the judiciary in the past as well. But never has it reached such a flashpoint,
- Eye Of The Law (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2005)
Government speaks up on the fatwa
The government’s clarification on the fatwa has come rather late in the day...
- Landmark Legislation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2005)
Women finally get equal rights on ancestral property
- Palace In Ruins (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
What is the most popular identification mark of the trans-Himalayan district headquarters of Leh which is an international destination?
- Need For Interfaith Harmony (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Aug 25, 2005)
No one who is true to the principles of any of the world’s major faiths, which are based on values of truth, justice, piety and decency, can ever be a religious intolerant and bigot.
- The Drama And Trauma Of Gaza (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2005)
A great media circus is being played out in Gaza as the Israeli army evicts Jewish settlers to return the strip of land to the Palestinians, who were dispossessed in 1967.
- The Jack Bauer Syndrome (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Aug 25, 2005)
Think Of it as the dilemma of 24. In the TV thriller, hero Jack Bauer has 24 hours to avert a catastrophe
- Challenge Of Israeli Unilateralism (Hindu, Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Aug 25, 2005)
Parallel unilateralism can build self-rule without concessions.
- Fenced In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Aug 25, 2005)
Suddenly we have discovered to our dismay that the fence that we are setting up to keep the Bangladeshis out could very well keep them in.
- Riddled With Contradictions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2005)
While the committee mandated to draw up Iraq's constitution submitted its draft minutes before the expiry of the August 22 deadline, the interim parliament decided to wait for another three days before voting on the measure.
- Accounting's Key Role In Human History Is Of Creating Institutionalised Memory (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 25, 2005)
In Chapter XX, titled `Of the tradesman's keeping his books, and casting up his shop', of The Complete English Tradesman, Daniel Defoe writes about a tradesman who could not write, but could still manage `with so many ingenious knacks of his own'.
- The Road After Gaza (Dawn, Robert Malley and Aaron D. Miller, Aug 25, 2005)
ISRAEL’S disengagement from Gaza is a historic event, but for Palestinians and Israelis it will soon be history.
- No End To Corruption (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
As far as I can recall, it is the first time that a responsible government functionary has said something sensible and realistic about corruption. Some time ago, the Auditor-General of Pakistan stated in a gathering that, in his opinion, bribery and . . .
- Vanishing Equity In Higher Education (Hindu, M. Anandakrishnan, Aug 24, 2005)
If the Supreme Court judgment on abolition of quota in private unaided colleges comes into force next year, many deserving socially backward students will be deprived of access to higher education.
- The Ever-Elusive 8 Per Cent Growth Rate (Business Line, Rabi N. Mishra, Aug 24, 2005)
That higher growth is essential to improve the quality of life of the people is no more a topic for debate.
- Business Of Leadership (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2005)
Britain’s wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill may have proved to be Adolf Hitler’s nemesis.
- Modernise Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2005)
President Musharraf has a tough task on his hands
- Nepal: Dangerous Drift (Tribune, S.D. Muni, Aug 24, 2005)
A recent study published in an American journal places Nepal at the 37th place in a list of 60 prospective failing states all over the world.
- How The G8 Lied To The World On Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
World Leaders are now preparing for the millennium summit to be held in New York next month,
- Boosting Stock Market (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2005)
A new set of corrective measures meant to retrieve the slumping Karachi Stock Exchange and to revive its surging trends introduced following Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s intervention has made positive impact on the country’s stock market.
- Khan And Us Perfidy (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Aug 24, 2005)
We have it now on the authority of Ruud Lubbers, a long-serving former Prime Minister of Holland,
- India's Economic Opportunities And Perils (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Aug 24, 2005)
The prospects of traditional manufacturing sectors such as textiles have become bright.
- Registration Is A Must (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
The madressah registration drive is not going to be as easy as previously thought, going by what happened in Islamabad on Monday.
- Reining In The Madressahs (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 24, 2005)
Last week the government issued an ordinance requiring all the madressahs in the country to get themselves registered with the authorities.
- No Room For Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
The regularity with which the India-Bangladesh boundary erupts in clashes between the two border security forces is alarming.
- India : Democracy Eroded (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Bahl, Aug 24, 2005)
The constitution of In-dia is known to be the best document written and enacted in the world of democracy, but practically the facts on ground seem to be diametrically opposite to the principals of government formation and governance.
- Churning Of Mind (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
Darul Uloom's latest fatwa asking women to wear veils if they wish to join politics has accelerated the process of churning of minds of the members of the Muslim community across the country.
- Over-Reaction? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2005)
Or prejudice portrayed
There is an awful lot more than the proverbial egg on the face of the UP police, and a section of the media too,
- Keep Lexus Subsidy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2005)
Brilliant plan: don’t raise oil prices, let PSUs make losses, then, as per CMP, disinvest
- Listen To Nowshera Women (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2005)
A group of women from Nowshera agitated outside the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on Monday against,
- Islamic Seminary Narrows Fatwa's Use (Los Angeles Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2005)
LUCKNOW, India — An influential Islamic seminary has said clerics should not issue religious edicts on political issues or matters that do not concern Islamic law.
- Saddam Changes Lawyers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
The news from Baghdad is that Saddam Hussein has fired all his defence lawyers and wants new ones.
- King Fahd’S Many Legacies (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 23, 2005)
Following his assassination by a royal prince, King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was succeeded by Khaled, the deceased king’s half brother.
- Un Resolutions Obsolete For Solving K-Issue (Daily Excelsior, L C Kaul, Aug 23, 2005)
Addressing a public meeting organised by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, on the first anniversary of the party, at Hyderpura,
- The New Face Of Mccarthyism (Dawn, MADELEINE BUNTING, Aug 23, 2005)
A campaign is being orchestrated through the media to destroy the credibility of many of the most important Muslim institutions in Britain, including the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
- Sustaining Our Shared Way Of Life (Hindu, Tony Blair, Aug 23, 2005)
The measures I am proposing are directed against extremism and extremism only — whatever form it takes, and whichever faith it claims to represent. They are not aimed at decent law-abiding British Muslims — or Britons of any other faith
- Bjp's Crisis Widens And Deepens (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2005)
The more the Bharatiya Janata Party tries to stamp out the flames engulfing its house, the fiercer they seem to grow.
- Humanity — Revisited (Tribune, Manmohan Kaur, Aug 23, 2005)
IT was mid-June. The sun was at its glorious best when I spotted a friend of mine loaded with shopping bags moving with great difficulty towards her car.
- Defending The Wrong Man (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2005)
Many years after the Babri mosque demolition, Mr L.K.Advani remembered that it was the “saddest day” in his life.
- Cruise Missiles In Sub-Continent — The Sino-Pakistani Nexus (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 23, 2005)
India cannot be too careful about the manner in which China is supplying Pakistan with missiles to give latter the capability to strike at cities all across India.
- What Chance Ipi? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
Reports emanating from Islamabad suggest that Pakistan, Iran and India are expected to start trilateral negotiations on the IPI gas pipeline by November.
- Looking Beyond Gaza Evacuation (Dawn, Mahdi Masud, Aug 23, 2005)
Published on April 30, 2003, the roadmap for a Middle East settlement, sponsored by the Quartet (comprising the US, the UN, Russia and the EU) called for a comprehensive settlement based on a two-state solution.
- Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Aug 23, 2005)
Image is all and hand-pulled rickshaws must go. But, asks Parimal Bhattacharya, what of the other sordid sights that Calcuttans must live with?
- Shujaat Warns Of Muslim Retaliation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2005)
Former Prime Minister and ruling PML Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that hate crime against Muslims in the Western countries is on the rise,
- Beyond Self-Denying Tolerance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2005)
In refusing consent for the privilege motion against The Pioneer in which columnist Swapan Dasgupta charged him with partisanship in conducting the proceedings of the House,
- True Islam Or Islamic Formalism? (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Aug 22, 2005)
Bernard Lewis, a western scholar of Islam recently wrote a book with the title “What went wrong?”
- Orthodoxy Unveiled (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
IT is unfortunate that immediately after the Supreme Court took cognizance of a petition against the practice of issuing “fatwa”, the authorities of Darul-Uloom, Deoband, have come out with one making wearing of veils mandatory for Muslim women entering p
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 22, 2005)
While most of the world, and especially local analysts like us, have remained focused (for understandable reasons)
- The West And Asia's Perceived Dominance (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 22, 2005)
Many observers of the global economy have noticed the rising importance of Asia in the global power equation.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
We are reproducing the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Submit Daily Statements On Hedging In Oil: Rbi To Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
According to RBI the move, besides keeping a tab on the hedging operations, is aimed at curbing speculation in the market.
- Digest On Dharma (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The scriptures never tire of emphasising the importance of upholding Dharma (righteousness) in life. Dharma is the very basis of the universe and hence an individual can enjoy peace of mind only when he does not swerve from Dharma.
- Not Forgetting The Gujarat Carnage (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 20, 2005)
A pakistan television network based in Dubai asked me whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would tender his apology to Indian Muslims as he had done in the case of Sikhs for the Delhi riots 21 years after the violence
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Aug 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Withdrawal A Wise Step (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2005)
Perhaps, only Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could get Israel’s Disengagement Plan implemented as he has already started doing it.
- Common Human Failings (Dawn, Haider Zaman, Aug 19, 2005)
The Quran says “Allah wants to lighten your burden, for human beings have been created weak by nature” (4:28).
- Tackling Religious Extremism (Dawn, Sohail Mahmood, Aug 19, 2005)
Undoubtedly, Pakistan has suffered tremendously because of the sectarian and Islamic extremist phenomenon. A number of extremist organizations grew out of the earlier jihad in Afghanistan during the 1980s. At the time, the war was strongly supported
- Jesuit Mission-Ii (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The Jesuits started the first printing press in India in 1556. Antonio de Monserratte (1556-1600) was the first person, after Ptolemy, to make a map of India.
- Saints, Subjects And The Universal Indian (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Aug 18, 2005)
While it’s true that Indian modernity, as we know it, is concomitant and congruent with colonialism,
- Nature Of The Reality (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The Narayaneeyam of Narayana Bhattatiri is revered in tradition as the very essence of the Bhagavata Purana.
- Geelani’S Sidelining A Boost For Aphc (Tribune, M. L. Kak, Aug 17, 2005)
The mood is upbeat in the APHC camp led by Molvi Umar Farooq after Islamabad refused to recognise Syed Ali Shah Geelani as the representative of people of Kashmir.
- End This Chorus Of Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Roy Hattersley, Aug 17, 2005)
It is uncivilised to demand that Muslims abandon their way of life. It’s enough if they obey the law
- Dharma Wins Finally (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
The Mahabharata enjoys a unique status among the scriptural texts. It is longer than the Puranas Vyasa wrote,
- Batter & Overcome The Ego To Attain Liberation (Times of India, Suresh Jindal, Aug 16, 2005)
Buddhahood is the birthright of every sentient being or jiva, reminds His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to which all must aspire; it is not a ‘revelation' given to one favoured individual by an invisible and arbitrary Superior Being.
- Rise Of Islamic Fanaticism (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 16, 2005)
In the post 7/7 days Tony Blair has made a point: the problem is suicide bombers who are inspired by Islamic extremist ideas.
- The Benefits Of Zen (Deccan Herald, Bhagyalakshmi Venkatesh, Aug 16, 2005)
The word Zen is the Japanese term for the Chinese ‘chan’ which means ‘dhyana’ in Sanskrit. Of the various schools of Buddhism, Zen Buddhism is noted for the quickest achievement of supreme reality.
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