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Articles 21721 through 21820 of 26855:
- The Divine Name (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
The songs (Abhangs) of the saints of Maharashtra are known for their emphasis on devotion.
- Biography Of Ramanuja (Hindu, K. K. A. Venkatachari, Aug 16, 2005)
Through Originally the Ramanujarya Divya Charitam by Pillailokam Jeer (16th Century A.D.), the Guruparampara Prabhavam and other earlier works have given the biography of Ramanuja, the uniqueness of this work is in focussing on the important events in ...
- Sme Package: Lingering Lacunae (Hindu, P. M. Mathew, Aug 15, 2005)
The basic issue is a lack of vision of the Government on the role of a vital sub-sector of the economy
There is need for a professional approach to SME policy through proper coordination of initiatives of different agencies
- Divine Grace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
The Pancharatra Agama speaks of five forms of Lord Narayana. The first and foremost of them is the form "Para", as he presents Himself in Srivaikuntam.
- Ongc Jv Bids For Oil Firm In Kazakhstan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
The Bombay High oilfield was producing 265,000 bpd before the accident and is expected to pump about 230,000 bpd by the end of September.
- Chandrika To Renew Efforts For Devolution (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Aug 15, 2005)
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Sunday said she would "redouble" her efforts to provide for political devolution to find an end to the island-nation's decades-long separatist conflict.
- Infrastructure To Transfer Krishna Water (Deccan Herald, T. Ramakrishnan, Aug 15, 2005)
Andhra plans to facilitate speedier flow Andhra Pradesh plans to facilitate speedier flow of floodwater to Chennai
- An Islamic Reformation (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Aug 14, 2005)
When Sir Iqbal Sacranie, head of the Muslim Council of Britain, admitted that “our own children” had perpetrated the July 7 London bombings,
- The Carpet Makers (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Aug 14, 2005)
The weavers of Pattamadai mats continue to hold on to their dying art, despite problems.
- High Alert In Srinagar, Valley Ahead Of I-Day (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 14, 2005)
"Good number" of foreign militants roaming around, may plan strikes
Biggest threat is from the suicide squad
The practice of "crackdowns" is back
- Arguments For A Better World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 14, 2005)
Amartya Sen's new book, The Argumentative Indian, is an original journey into the history of ideas. He says India's traditions of democratic discussion and secularism stretch back longer than we care to think. Excerpts from an interview.
- Burglar’S Choice (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Aug 13, 2005)
The temple administrators spent a fortune on auspicious occasions but did not guard the temple
- Explore In All Directions With Quantum Spirituality (Times of India, PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, Aug 13, 2005)
There are no controversies or contradictions in existence. But human beings are always in conflict.
- Putting The Clock Back (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 13, 2005)
The learned doctor Zakir Naik (Quran TV) was holding forth on the importance of sporting beards and moustaches.
- Expert Teacher (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2005)
To realise God requires a great effort. The mind that seeks to grasp God needs to empty itself of other thoughts and fill it with thoughts of God.
- Cabinet Clears 18000 More Pilgrims For Haj, Agrees To Extra Air Fare (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
Despite stiff opposition by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Cabinet tonight approved more seats for Haj pilgrims, doling out more subsidy per seat.
- Incorrect Reading Of Religious Texts (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 12, 2005)
Human Beings, in nearly all cultures, have long engaged in a rather strange activity.
- A Climate Of Fear In Britain (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Aug 12, 2005)
The impression in the West that Islam is a militant religion is, to a large extent,
- Pak Pm Rejects Status Quo On Kashmir (Tribune, Khaleeq Kiani, Aug 11, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that status quo on Kashmir was unacceptable to Pakistan as progress on other issues with India was not possible without resolving the core issue.
- Resolute Devotee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2005)
God never fails in honouring His commitment to protect His devotees who submit themselves totally to Him.
- Overcome Pain With Faith, Hope, Love (Times of India, M P K KUTTY, Aug 11, 2005)
The sorrow and pain of those who lost their loved ones and possessions in the Mumbai floods will probably last for a long time to come.
- Chinese Chakkar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2005)
The iconoclastic Dravidian rationalist ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasami Naicker once lamented to the effect that all his life he had propagated the breaking of idols,
- Candlelit 97 (Times of India, RONOJOY SEN, Aug 11, 2005)
What does one do on turning 97? The question might at best be rhetorical for most people. But not so for my grandmother who celebrated her 97th birthday last Sunday.
- India's Marxists Learn Dialectic For Software: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Aug 11, 2005)
Answering calls from U.S. customers who need help troubleshooting computer bugs or tallying company accounts is a common task in India's outsourcing centers, where such work is usually devoid of political meaning.
- Cabinet Will Decide On Fuel Price Hike: Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Despite the recent hike in prices of petrol and diesel state-owned oil marketing companies say they are incurring cash losses and have demanded a further hike.
- Focussed Approach (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Attaining the Supreme Being is possible by fixing one's mind constantly on Him.
- How Would You Respond To Knock-Knock, Who's There? (Times of India, RAJINDER SINGH JI MAHARAJ, Aug 10, 2005)
The realisation of our separation from the Supreme is a harbinger to the state of union.
- Social Benefactor (Hindu, J. Parthasarathi, Aug 09, 2005)
SRI VAISHNAVA RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY — A Commemoration Volume of "Maaca-Svami" Gadadharacharya (Hindi-Sanskrit-English): Ram-priya Sarma — Editor; Quarters No. 7, T.N.B College, Bhagalpur, Bihar-812007. Pub. by Sanjay Kumar, Jagdishpur, Nawbatpur, Patna.
- In Proper Perspective (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2005)
It requires great strength of mind to practise detachment that scriptures prescribe as an antidote to the afflictions associated with the vicious cycle of birth and death.
- The Myth Of Discrimination (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2005)
Chandigarh : While holding forth on the plight of minorities in India, politicians and religious leaders generally tend to paint an extremely alarming picture.
- Means To Liberation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2005)
There are two objectives in human life and the first is engagement in the world to enjoy material pleasures and the other is pursuit of liberation from bondage.
- Mansur Al-Hallaj (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 08, 2005)
While touring Iran last month, I liked to sit alone at the back of our coach, sorting all the Persian baggage I carried in my head.
- Basava Coins: Place Of Release To Be Decided (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
Union Minister for Finance P Chidambaram has directed the State government, the Basava Samithi, seers and followers of Basavanna to decide on a suitable date and place to release the coins on Basavanna.
- Teej: The Festival Of Swings (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
A popular festival in Rajasthan, Teej is devoted to goddess Parvati, celebrating her reunion with lord Shiva, says Abha Sharma.
- A New Recipe (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Aug 07, 2005)
In Ashok Banker's hands, the Ramayana comes into its own
- Rekindling Iran’S Revolution (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Aug 07, 2005)
It was in March 1989 that I put a fundamental question about the historical status of Iran’s Islamic Revolution to a small but distinguished group of Iranian intellectuals visiting the embassy residence in Tehran:
- Islamic Law: A Divine Gift (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Aug 05, 2005)
Law can simply be defined as a set of rules governing human conduct. The western concept of law presupposes a state.
- Light On Dharma (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2005)
The declaration of the Lord in the Bhagavad Gita during His incarnation as Krishna,
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2005)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Feast On Festivals (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Rao, Aug 04, 2005)
The end of Aashada marks the beginning of the festive season in the Hindu calendar. Flower and fruit vendors and shops selling puja articles hope to do better business in the coming months starting with Shravana.
- God Submits To Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2005)
The spiritual tradition asserts that the Lord's most important vow is to fulfil the word of His devotees because they are dear to Him.
- Meet On Cognitive Skills For Children (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2005)
Manonandana Centre, a Bangalore-based organisation that provides special education to mentally challenged children, is organising a seminar on the ways of facilitating development of cognitive and language skills in children at their centre premises . . .
- Militants ‘Trying To’ Create Afghanistan Like Situation In Jammu & Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
While Mr Irshad Mehmood Member, Policy Planning Institute, Islamabad, has stated that no government in Pakistan “can stop militancy in Jammu and kashmir so long the Kashmir issue is not resolved”,
- Losing My Religion (Times of India, NANDITA KATHPALIA BAIG, Aug 03, 2005)
To be honest, I don't know if I would have ever thought so deeply and been so concerned regarding what I am going to write about if my husband's great-grandfather hadn't been a Muslim,
- Material Success Through Principles Of Yoga (Times of India, SWAMI KRIYANANDA, Aug 03, 2005)
Sri Yukteswar Giri, my param-guru, was quoted in Param-hansa Yogananda's 'Autobio-graphy of a Yogi': "So long as you breathe the free air of earth, you are under obligation to render grateful service".
- Kanchi Acharya Issues Notice To Two Officials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2005)
For not permitting to perform pujas
- Grace Redeems Man (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2005)
He who chooses God, has already been chosen by Him, is an oft-quoted adage in the spiritual tradition.
- No Better Solution Than Autonomy, Says Omar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2005)
New Delhi, Islamabad have corrupted Hurriyat: Yasin Malik
- Benefits Of Peace Should Be Felt: Dialogue Group (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 01, 2005)
India, Pakistan, militants told to move forward
Take the situation to a non-violent phase
Reopen Poonch-Rawalakot, Mirpur-Jammu and Kargil-Skardu routes
Involve people in peace process
- There Is No Such Thing As 'Islamic' Terrorism (Times of India, SYED ZAFAR MAHMOOD, Aug 01, 2005)
So-called Islamic organisations are under scrutiny as likely suspects for both the attack on the disputed site in Ayodhya and the suicide bombings in London. This has created two impressions:
- The Religion Of Humanity (Hindu, VIVEK PINTO, Jul 31, 2005)
Can religion be a source of positive values in political life, rather than a convenient weapon for mobilising the passions of the mob?
- Religion And The World (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 30, 2005)
In his foreword to Philosophical Remarks, Wittgenstein famously said: “This book is written to the glory of God, but nowadays that would be chicanery, that is, it would not be rightly understood.”
- Qazi Threatens To Close Down Madaris (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 30, 2005)
Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi has threatened that the Madaris that fail to get themselves registered by the deadline of December this year would face closure. Speaking at a seminar in Islamabad on Thursday he said the Interior Ministry is introduci
- Buchman’S Crusade (Tribune, Samir Mukerjee, Jul 29, 2005)
When I was in Cambridge in 1951, I used to come across a pleasant English undergraduate from Trinity Hall.
- Human Values In Islam (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Jul 29, 2005)
From time immemorial humanity has been divided into groups owing to vanity and self-conceit, based on race, caste or creed.
- Islamic Voice Of Reason And Reform In America (Times of India, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jul 28, 2005)
Every religion has two sides to it, the essential and the aberrant.
- Quiet Flows The Cauvery (Deccan Herald, B V Prakash, Jul 28, 2005)
Twenty six kms from Mysore is the temple of Ardhanareeshwara on the right bank of the Cauvery, at Gargeshwari. One can enjoy both the temple and the scenery on a visit.
- Picking Up Of Dawn’S Staffer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 26, 2005)
Law enforcing agencies in Sindh have picked up a reporter of the daily Star, a newspaper published by the Dawn Group of Newspapers.
- Inspiring Humility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
Humility is a trait that is most difficult to cultivate, since it has to be genuinely felt and be ingrained in oneself. Conventional wisdom present in the many religious,
- As Good As It Gets (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2005)
As you tune into India’s great debate on the nuclear pact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has signed up with President George W. Bush, don’t let the experts flummox you with all the jargon.
- Abode Of Compassion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The Supreme Being is described as the abode of compassion who is always benevolent towards His devotees.
- Power Shift (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2005)
Iran-Iraq rapprochement is changing Gulf geopolitics
- Oil Companies Seek Fresh Price Review (Hindu, Sushma Mohan, Jul 25, 2005)
Petrol being under-priced by about Rs. 3 a litre and diesel by Rs. 4
Pressure from the Left may stall any fresh price revision
Burden of under-realisations on kerosene and LPG remain
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- Clash Of Personalities Is A Waste Of Time (Times of India, ANSHUL CHATURVEDI, Jul 25, 2005)
Why do we waste precious time and energy in deliberating on personality clashes? When two individuals develop deep differences, it leads to mutu-ally destructive animosity.
- Women Talk Of Rights (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jul 25, 2005)
Shobha De ko gussa kyon atta hai? A recent event organised to discuss women’s issues by FICCI ladies went completely astray as the moderator Shivani Wazir introduced panelist Shobha and asked the author to please tell them how she stayed so fit.
- Indecent Proposal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2005)
Marrying the personal to the political has been carried too far by the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat.
- Extremism: Causes And Consequences (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jul 24, 2005)
THE terrible bomb blasts in London, now described as 7/7, coming in the wake of 9/11, the Bali carnage and Madrid bombings, have once again brought into focus the hard fact that terrorism today is the single most threat to peace and stability of nations a
- Hindus Make Ideal Emigres (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
This refers to the article, "Sun never sets on Indians" (The Cutting Ed, July 17), by Mr Chandan Mitra.
- A Dreadful State Of Mind (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 24, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting.
- Londonistan Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
Pakistan's President and military chief Gen Pervez Musharraf's charge that Britain must look within to discover the real instigators of Islamist terror in that country is not wide of the mark
- Kanchi Seer Turns 71 Amid Fanfare (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Senior Kanchi mutt seer Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal celebrated his 71st birthday amidst his devotees at Tirupati on Saturday.
- Who’S Attending Dawood Daughter’S Wedding? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Indian intelligence agencies are reported to be keeping a close watch on the much talked about wedding here on Saturday of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter with former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad’s son
- Documentary Evokes Debate On Partition (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 24, 2005)
ARE we going backwards? No, not just by way of bleak power and water output, but seeing the Jinnah mania that’s gripped us. Maybe, the Partition chaos had been simmering in our psyche for too long and just about needed the go ahead by that one utterance.
- More Attacks To Hit Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
IT should have been clear even before this week’s events that Britons are in for the long haul. Now each day’s events lend detailed weight to that reality.
- Selling Evil Without A Cause (Japan Times, GREGORY CLARK, Jul 24, 2005)
If British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to prevent more London bombings, he needs to come up with some better arguments to condemn Islamic militancy.
- Extremists And State Power (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jul 24, 2005)
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan hit the nail on the head when he said the other day that terror would not end till the governments stop using extremism as a tool of power.
- End Of The 'Calm' For Israel, Palestinians (Japan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 24, 2005)
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called for a "period of calm" when he took over the late Yasser Arafat's job in January, and for a while some people allowed themselves to believe that peace was within reach. But that delusion depended on the belief that
- Egypt Blasts (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
FOLLOWING close on the heels of the London bombings, Saturday’s devastating series of suicide explosions that killed 88 people at the tourist resort of Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt should leave no doubt that the arena for the war on terror continues to expand
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
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