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Articles 21821 through 21920 of 26855:
- Canadian Storyteller Dips Into Indian Myth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
From the Ramayana to the Bhagvatam, Canadian Paul Connolly has written a variety of tales for children based on Indian classics, finds out Swati Anand.
- Valuable Addition To Buddhist Literature (Deccan Herald, TARA KASHYAP , Jul 24, 2005)
The book would have made a greater impact on the reading public if the matter had been presented in a more organised manner.
- The Shahenshah Of Shivaji Park (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 23, 2005)
Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist with the Free Press Journal and so did R K Laxman. Both were self-taught and good at their jobs. Both had a sense of humour: Laxman’s was kindly, Thackeray’s acerbic. Both applied for a job with The Times o
- Raids On Newspapers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE raids on the offices of some newspapers and weeklies, and the arrest of several journalists and even newspaper hawkers in Karachi by the law enforcement agencies were both unwarranted and arbitrary.
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pakistan Observer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 23, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting. As the Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao Cabinet, he had acquired some insight into the complex US mindset.
- Londonistan Calling (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 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.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE recent Indo-American nuclear deal seems to go beyond the realm of Indo-Pakistan relations and has wider implications.
- We Agree With President (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2005)
DURING his comprehensive address to the nation on Thursday, President Pervez Musharraf covered a number of subjects having a bearing on internal situation, external relations, Pakistan’s image and its economic future.
- Enfant Terrible (Deccan Herald, Prabhakar Kulkarni, Jul 23, 2005)
My infant son has this knack of getting his parents embarrassed, with child-like ease
- Fright In Pakistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 23, 2005)
While there is little improvement in Indo-Pak ties, US favours to India cause consternation in Islamabad
- Eavesdropping On History (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jul 23, 2005)
PRESIDENT Richard M. Nixon suffered from the ultimate form of paranoia — he eavesdropped on himself. Not content with keeping a meticulous written record of his presidency — perhaps the most exhaustively documented of any US president — he installed a voi
- `Talibanisation' Bid In A Pakistan Province (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 23, 2005)
The NWFP Assembly's passing of the Habra Bill, seeking to enforce adherence to Islamic laws, has caused ripples in Pakistani society
- Nuclear Threats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has raised a significant question vis-à-vis Pakistan’s nuclear assets.
- Hindus Make Ideal Emigres (Pakistan Observer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 23, 2005)
This refers to the article, "Sun never sets on Indians" (The Cutting Ed, July 17), by Mr Chandan Mitra
- London Struck Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2005)
THE second series of blasts in London, exactly 14 days after 7/7, has, expectedly, struck panic and intensified the already high state of alert against terrorism.
- Wounded Civilization (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2005)
Where there is ineptitude, there is hope. London seems to have escaped on Thursday because terrorists failed to detonate the bombs. There was alarm but there were no fatalities.
- Banish Religion From Public Life (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Jul 23, 2005)
TWO WEEKS on, London is stricken once more. The death cult strikes again, unstoppable in its deranged religious mania.
- Singh In His True Colours (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2005)
INDIAN Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has made a scathing attack on Pakistan that smacks of traditional venomous attitude of New Delhi towards Islamabad. At a time when Pakistan was under renewed pressure in connection with unfortunate incidents in Lond
- Understanding A Controversial Legislation (Hindu, M.S. Prabhakara, Jul 23, 2005)
While admitting the opportunism that went into the making of the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983, the political circumstances that had made it necessary at that point of time cannot be ignored.
- Pakistan Cracks Down On Madrasas (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 22, 2005)
There is still no official confirmation that Pakistan has arrested Haroon Rashid Aswad, a British Muslim sought by London.
- Blasts Hit London Tube, Bus Again (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 22, 2005)
London Police Commissioner said there was only one casualty and no one had been killed in the planned attacks as the bombs failed to explode
- 'Ultras May Seize Pak N Bomb' (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 22, 2005)
Dr Singh said India had to fall back on a nuclear programme in view of reckless proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in its neighbourhood.
- From Peak To Peak, A Steady Climber (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Jul 22, 2005)
“People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” This quote by Dalai Lama fits Girish Kasaravalli’s profile best.
- Insurgency Turns Communal (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 22, 2005)
Sunnis are now convinced the Shias intend to transform Iraq into a Shia theocracy by imposing Shia clerics, religious forms, political ideologies, and social mores on the entire populace.
- Hindu Woman Absolute Owner Of Property (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
The Karnataka High Court has held that the Hindu woman holds absolute ownership of her property, either movable or immovable, acquired before or after the commencement of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
- Sc Sets Aside Election Of Cong Mla (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
The Supreme Court has taken serious note of an interpolation (insertion) made by a Returning Officer (RO) on the nomination paper of a BJP candidate, quashing the election of a Congress MLA Surendra Singh Negi in Uttaranchal.
- Islam’S Twisted Image (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Jul 22, 2005)
ENOUGH can never be said about Allah. For, “If all the trees on earth were pens and the Ocean (were ink) with seven Oceans behind it to add (its supply) yet would not the Words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing).” (31:27).
- A Relook At Defence Agreement (Tribune, N. Kunju, Jul 21, 2005)
THIS refers to “Mission to Washington” by Mr H.K. Dua (July 5). The 10-year agreement on defence and military affairs regarding future collaboration between India and the US signed by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherji has, ironically, been hailed by the op
- One Man’S Unreason (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jul 21, 2005)
asks why the CPI(M) must keep yielding ground to Subash Ghisingh, since his demands are always wanting in logic
- Gurupurnima Celebrates Devotion And Love (Times of India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Jul 21, 2005)
Gurupurnima is called the day of the Master. Actually, it is the day of the devotee. As a student you probably went to primary, middle and senior school. You collected information; you learned about the mind, about computers, mathematics, how two plus one
- Silent Night (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
It may now be possible for citizens of India to sleep peacefully at night without being disturbed by blaring music from a neighbour’s stereo or loudspeakers screeching bhajans at the local jagran.
- Empires Good And Evil (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 21, 2005)
On June 1, 2004 The Royal Geographical Society in London held a debate whose motion was "The British Empire was a Force for Good".
- No Madrasa Link To London Attacks (Hindu, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
COLIN POWELL and Donald Rumsfeld were not known for their close agreement on matters of foreign policy, but one thing that they were united upon was the threat posed by Pakistan's madrasas.
- Facts Do Not Speak (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Jul 21, 2005)
What is a “fact”? In an age beset by bitter disputes about reality, the word itself, and its close relative “truth”, become embattled.
- A Largely Bourgeois Endeavour (Deccan Herald, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
Al Qaeda-type terrorists are not the type who seek out madrasas. Most of them are highly educated
- Sunni-Shia Relations Hit Rock Bottom In Iraq (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 21, 2005)
The National Dialogue Council has opted out of Iraq’s constitutional commission after the killing of two of its members.
- Black Mark Against The White House (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 21, 2005)
AS American presidential scandals go, it doesn’t seem like much. Although the liberally inclined sections of the press in the United States have been parading the inevitable comparisons — Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, Monica Lewinsky — the hype does
- Website Bloomers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 21, 2005)
WHAT do Asif Ali Zardari, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, Faisal Saleh Hayat and Dr Farooq Sattar have in common? They — and other high-ranking politicians — are all listed on the Exit Control List recently updated on July 14
- Linking Pakistan With London Blasts (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 21, 2005)
AT the media reconciliation committee meeting in Lahore on Tuesday, PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has termed London blasts as crime against humanity, but condemned the attempts by the Western media to link Pakistan with the terror attacks. Meanwh
- Pak Too Should Demand N Status (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 21, 2005)
REPORTS emanating from Washington suggest that US has decided to allow India to acquire the same facilities as accorded to an NPT member State, a move tantamount to recognizing India as a nuclear weapon State. An understanding to this effect is understood
- Another Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
Sudden changes of tune invariably hide a twisted tale. The government of West Bengal has decided that it will not support the establishment of any more madrasahs in the state.
- More Trouble In Southern Thailand (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 21, 2005)
The situation in southern Thailand continues to deteriorate. A series of recent attacks indicate a troubling new sophistication by the Islamic insurgents there. The government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has responded with legislation that gives
- Spirit Of Kashmiriyat (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The people of Kashmir have taken an important step towards restoration of normalcy in the strife-torn state with a historic meeting between leaders of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat and representatives of the Pandit community.
- A New Nuclear Era (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 21, 2005)
THE Bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday’s about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such. By declaring that it would help India build nuclear power plants and import advanced weapons, the administration has made good on it
- Britain To Hold Summit On Terrorism (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 21, 2005)
Britain plans to call a summit of leaders from countries affected by terrorism to discuss a common strategy, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on Wednesday.
- 3 Troops, 2 Others Killed In Car Blast (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 21, 2005)
A person claiming to represent the Hizbul Mujahideen called a news agency and said the militant group was responsible for the blast.
- Pakistan Detains 200 Militants (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 21, 2005)
Pakistan has detained more than 200 suspected militants as part of the crackdown on extremism after the London bombings.
- Kanchi Seers To Stay At Tirupati For Two Months (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
Senior pontiff of Kanchi Mutt Sri Jayendra Saraswathi and junior pontiff Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi will be performing their chaturmasya vrata at Tirupati from July 21 to September 18.
- Speaking Silence (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
Differently-abled artist Khaled Mohammed's paintings demonstrate his penchant for bright colours and swirling lines
- Islamic Law Must Evolve (Times of India, Asif Jalal, Jul 21, 2005)
The fatwa on Imrana has raised plenty of heat and passion. Some saw it as a women’s issue, others as a fit case to push the uniform civil code. But what was lost sight of in this din was a more fundamental issue: Is the law of Islam capable of evolution?
- Selling The United States Of America In India (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 21, 2005)
STATECRAFT The Government needs to prepare itself to lead an open debate in which no issue is beyond democratic scrutiny.
- Trust In Us (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
Christopher Columbus, as Mr Manmohan Singh reminded his audience in Washington, came upon America thinking he had landed in India. But it has taken India more than five decades of deliberation to discover the United States of America.
- Awe Inspiring Elu Sutthina Kote (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The historical fort in Chitradurga with its picturesque surrounding locales makes an ideal choice for a weekend getaway.
- Food Prices Go Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
The import of five essential items from India allowed in the first week of May has not materialised even after the passage of 75 days and prices of some of these items have almost doubled since.
- Uk Blasts: Pak Says Plotter Of Indian Origin (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 21, 2005)
Pakistan has told the British government that the bomb mastermind they are searching for is a British-born and Indian-origin militant called Haroon Rashid Aswat
- American Idol (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 21, 2005)
In the 1950s, the British people did not know that there was a new country called Pakistan. They were shocked into its existence after Fazal Mahmood, the great bowler, almost single-handedly defeated England at the Oval with his unplayable leg cutters.
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Vhp For Tight Security At Shrines (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2005)
The VHP termed the piece of land occupied by the minority community on the north side of the temple complex as “vulnerable” and asked the Centre to acquire it.
- Guru's Charisma Leads You To Your Self (Times of India, Swami Chaitanya Keerti, Jul 20, 2005)
What is the difference between a guru, sadguru and mahaguru?
- Janus-Faced Colonialism In India (Times of India, Gopal Guru , Jul 20, 2005)
Dalits, Bahujans gained from British encounter
- Taliban Members Arrested In Pak (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Jul 20, 2005)
Pakistani security forces have arrested some suspected Taliban officials in a raid in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, police said on Tuesday.
- Exploring Consciousness Beyond Body And Mind (Times of India, M N KUNDU, Jul 19, 2005)
Omnipresent consciousness, an elemental essence of the ultimate Being, is no longer a subject of meditation restricted to eastern mystics
- Asian Ecumenism (Hindu, FELIX WILFRED, Jul 19, 2005)
History of Asian ecumenism which has acquired its own identity and vibrancy
- Politicisation Of Culture (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 19, 2005)
The door on which a great part of this volume hangs is the rise of Hindu nationalism and what it entails in our understanding of India and Indian politics
- Kalam To Visit India’S Oldest Mosque (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2005)
People in this ancient town are getting ready to receive President A P J Abdul Kalam who is scheduled to visit India’s oldest mosque
- Three Suicide Bombers Recently Visited Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 18, 2005)
As investigations into last week's London attacks progress, it has emerged that three of the suspected suicide bombers recently visited Pakistan.
- From Tipu To The Raj Bhavan (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 18, 2005)
The Residency or the present Raj Bhavan was used as a VVIP guest house after Independence before Governor S M Srinagesh occupied it.
- Bomber Visited British Parliament (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
A statement issued by Muslims leaders said everyone must confront the problems of Islamophobia, racism, and economic depravation .
- A Quiet Holiday That Never Was (Hindu, Kanchi Kohli , Jul 17, 2005)
With commanding views, Mussoorie presents a fairyland atmosphere to tourists. Or does it?
- Potter Magic Reveals (Times of India, HIMANI DALMIA, Jul 16, 2005)
Human beings have conjured the fantastic and dabbled in the paranormal since the very beginning.
- Divine Will Prevails (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2005)
Among its many unique features, the epic Ramayana's detailed exposition of the Saranagathi principle is considered foremost,
- Character In Islamic Context (Dawn, Prof. Mohammed Rafi, Jul 15, 2005)
The character of a person consists of all the qualities that make him distinct and reflect his nature.
- Kanchi Seer Denied Entry Into Rameswaram Temple (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 15, 2005)
: Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal was denied entry on Thursday,
- Shakespearean Humour In A Time Of Terror (Tribune, Philip Hensher , Jul 14, 2005)
THE Royal Shakespeare Company, which has just announced that its 2006-7 season in Stratford will include performances not just of every play, but of the narrative poems and the Sonnets, is confident that Shakespeare’s appeal and, indeed, relevance,
- Why The West Gets Religion Wrong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
What unites both conservatives and liberals is their mutual insistence on the exclusivity of their vision
- Rabia & Meera (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
It is a matter of great historical significance that two woman saints, Rabia Basri of the Sufi mystic tradition and Meera Bai of the Bhakti cult, separated by a span of more than eight centuries, had preached and practised the mystic philosophy . . .
- Sc Scraps Law On Illegal Migrants (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
AASU has welcomed the verdict while Muslim organisations have said that this might lead to harassment of Indian Muslims.
- Lawyers’ Stir: Kanchi Case Hearing Put Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
The Chengalpattu Principal Sessions Judge Akbar Ali on Tuesday put off to July 25 framing of charges against Kanchi Shankaracharyas — Jayendra Saraswati and Vijayendra Saraswati
- Hurriyat For Resuming Talks With Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Kashmir in order to restart the Centre-Hurriyat dialogue process.
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