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Articles 23621 through 23720 of 26855:
- Not Quite Cricket (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2005)
The ruckus that broke out in Allahabad on Republic Day after the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal caught senior police officials completely off-guard. First, police did the unthinkable by cremating the MLA’s body without even informing his family
- Rise Of Shias In The Arab World (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 02, 2005)
The American-ordered tensely-awaited first countrywide multiparty election in Iraq in half a century, did go through on Sunday despite the insurgents’ attempts to disrupt it.
- Making Sense Of Sonia's Bihar Campaign (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Feb 02, 2005)
The Congress president Sonia Gandhi's two-day campaign in Bihar in the constituencies going to the polls on February 1 was indeed impressive in terms of mass participation and popular enthusiasm but questions about the real import of the campaign remain.
- Nod To Refinery (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2005)
For years, the Bathinda oil refinery has been treated as some kind of a hot potato by the Punjab Government. At long last, better sense has prevailed and the Cabinet has
- The Last Temptation Of Padma (Indian Express, SUMIT CHAKRAVARTTY, Feb 02, 2005)
With historian Professor Romila Thapar turning down the Padma Bhushan award conferred on her on Republic Day this year, the controversy over the acceptance or non-acceptance of these civilian awards announced by the state on such an occasion has once more
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- Same-Sex Marriages Against Our Ethos (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Feb 02, 2005)
THE Bill on same-sex marriages slated for introduction in Canada shortly raises some disturbing questions on the necessity, legality and morality of the measure.
- Ballot Over Bullet (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2005)
Iraq witnessed its first multi-party elections in half a century on Sunday, under US security arrangements, which inspired a 60 per cent voter turn out despite the shadow of terrorist violence.
- Benny Hinn And Dog-Girl Wedding (Deccan Herald, REUBEN DAVID, Feb 02, 2005)
I am appalled as an Indian to read of my country so deeply lost in mindless religious barbarism. While BJP leaders and Hindu seers rant and rave against a Christian prayer gathering
- Iraq: No Vote On Clarity (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 02, 2005)
Elections in Iraq have come and gone, bringing more people out to vote than expected and fairly peacefully too. But in a country whose future continues to be more uncertain than ever
- Song Of The Sufi (Indian Express, K.K. Khullar, Feb 01, 2005)
Sufism in Sind was an indigenous movement which absorbed in itself the finest of Islam and Hinduism, thereby laying the foundation of what is termed the composite culture of India
- Integrating Economies Into Growth (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Feb 01, 2005)
Dhaka will be hosting the 13th summit of Saarc towards the end of the week. The Islamabad summit last year adopted a landmark framework agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta).
- The Icra Online Mutual Fund Rankings 2005 (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
Investors in equity found appreciation in calendar year 2004 both because of the bullish trend in the market and the superior performance of the fund managers in picking up the right stocks.
- The Truth About Godhra? (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Feb 01, 2005)
This past Saturday, 75 members of India’s intelligentsia wrote a letter to the prime minister. Under the aegis of Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD), they demanded the immediate release of those arrested by the Gujarat police for allegedly setting
- Achtung! Here Be Demons! (OutLook, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2005)
The recent violations of the more than a year-long ceasefire along the LOC by Pak army and its allegations of violations by the Indian security forces appear for now as isolated incidents, but it is best seen in conjunction with pressures faced ...
- Mutthu Taandavar (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 31, 2005)
In 1560, in the Tamil town of Seergazhi, a son was born to a family of temple musicians. It was a resonant old year in history: Akbar had literally thrown off his regent, Bairam Khan, and assumed full power; the Roman Catholic church was
- Those Unreliable, Moody Communists (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Jan 31, 2005)
Many breakfasts later, the Left is still acting as if they are the Opposition rather than allies of the Manmohan Singh Government
- Suicide Bombers & Hunger Strikers (Hindu, Terry Eagleton, Jan 31, 2005)
Suicide bombers also die in the name of a better life for others; it is just that, unlike martyrs, they take others with them in the process.
- Step I: Acknowledge The Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2005)
Deep crisis” are the two words Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi used to sum up the Muslim world on Thursday...
- Lessons In Piety (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Jan 31, 2005)
Recently, at a family gathering, a woman, after making sure that I was within earshot, took off in a singsong manner, cooing on the cardinal importance of conducting umpteen pujas, vraths, etc, which, apparently, she observed.
- Check It Out (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 31, 2005)
The media in India is apparently free. But much of the large print media is concentrated in the hands of families. Many are driven by the urge to maximize profits
- Quest For New Un Chief (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jan 31, 2005)
Among the many attributes that a Secretary-General of the United Nations is required to have by convention is an unusual name. From Trigvie Lie to Kofi Annan, every Secretary-General sported a name that took people time to learn, whether it is the ...
- Riding The Tiger (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 30, 2005)
The grenade attack on an Awami League rally at Habiganj, Sylhet, on Thursday, which caused the death of a former finance minister of Bangladesh, SAMS Kibria and three others, and injuries to around 150
- Waiting To Explode (Pioneer, DR Ahuja, Jan 30, 2005)
Balochistan is on the tip of a volcano. It is experiencing the worst kind of insurgency and unrest since the 1970s. The latest incident was an attack on Sui gas field which left dozens of people dead.
- Commerce & Crisis Hit Wayanad Students (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 30, 2005)
At age five, Anushree is the youngest commuter on the bus. The Class I student spends 12 hours a week this way. That too, crossing the State border twice each day.
- Right To Negative Vote (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 30, 2005)
Looking at India's fractured polity and the quality of persons picked up for state and parliamentary elections, I tend to endorse the support extended by the Election Commission to the petition filed before the Supreme Court
- Pipeline To Trust (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 30, 2005)
The most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours.
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- Dr Ambedkar And The Constitution (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 30, 2005)
We celebrated the 55th Republic Day and held the traditional Republic Day parade with the usual pomp. My thoughts turned to our Constitution and our founding fathers, particularly Dr B R Ambedkar, the principal architect of our Constitution.
- America’S Missionary Zeal To Impose Democracy (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
Iraq votes today in an election that George W Bush sees as a triumph of his foreign policy. In Davos, from where this column comes this week, there has been a puzzling absence
- Bush's Vision Of Terror-Free World (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 29, 2005)
The US-led grand alliance against terror needs an institutional base, in the form of a Global Network for the Elimination of Terror, with Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries of the Arab world and G-7 as members
- Beseiged, At Davos (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 29, 2005)
This year at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, did the Davos Men and Women really sound a little more beseiged?
- Till Elections, Foxes Will Let Poultry Live (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
Even as the US mourns its `deadliest day' in the land that Saddam bequeathed to Bush, the world watches if Uncle Sam's election gamble in Iraq will pay off. But that may matter little to our netas who are busy
- Thy Kingdom Come (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
I have added two new words to my vocabulary: thearchy and millenarianism. Thearchy (as opposed to theocracy meaning government by priests) means rule by god. Millenarianism is the belief in the end of the world in our lifetime.
- The End Of Truth (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 29, 2005)
The timing and manner in which the judge, U.C. Banerjee, disclosed the interim findings of his inquiry into the burning of the train at Godhra have done grave harm to the cause of truth.
- Gandhi’S Approval For My Disapproval (Hindu, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
We celebrate Bapu Gandhi’s birthday (on October 2nd) and we pay homage to his memory on anniversaries of his martyrdom on January 30. Of the two, the one of greater significance is the latter, because it sums up our failures:
- A New World Order? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 29, 2005)
What now appears to be the case is that George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden have become rival fanatics
- Killing Of Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The ruthless killing of Allahabad MLA Raju Pal of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and of Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra of the Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh typify the rising cult of political and faction-ridden violence today.
- Taking The Lead (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 28, 2005)
In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami that devastated communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there has been a spirited debate over India’s disaster management capabilities.
- We Will Not Discriminate Against Ltte-Held Areas: Kadirgamar (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 28, 2005)
A MONTH after the tsunami wrecked two-thirds of Sri Lanka's coastal areas, its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is of the view that the island-nation's worst recorded natural disaster "has been a spur...
- An Avoidable Tragedy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 28, 2005)
The death of 258 men, women, and children after a stampede at the Kalubai temple at Mandradevi near Satara, Maharashtra, on January 25 was not just tragic;
- Divided By Diversity (Indian Express, Balraj Puri, Jan 28, 2005)
Among the internal causes that contributed to or accentuated the problems the state of Jammu and Kashmir is faced with, most were inherent in its over centralised unitary form of Constitution which has in-built provisions for tensions
- Fatal Pilgrimage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
Huge congregations are inevitable in a country like India where religious fervour is exceptionally high and politicians thrive on huge rallies. Such mammoth gatherings merit crowd management of the highest order.
- Myths About Spirituality (Indian Express, YOGI ASHWINIJI, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality, as the word suggests, is a dimension which dwells in the world of the spirit, the etheric world.
- Poll Promises In Iraq (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 27, 2005)
In AD 632, the Prophet Mohammed was returning from Mecca to Medina when he had a premonition. Halting the caravan he proclaimed to the 120,000 pilgrims who were accompanying him,
- Some Raw Intelligence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2005)
The interminable buzz of speculation over J.N. Dixit’s replacement should now thankfully cease with M.K. Narayanan, special advisor to the prime minister on internal security, being named as the country’s new national security advisor.
- Why Conversions Are Not Desirable (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality is to a country what faith is to a seeker. It constitutes the foundation, the underpinning and the base upon which the entire edifice of values, public sensibility and consciousness is built.
- Musharraf’S Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Just over a year ago the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, agreed in Islamabad that following an assurance from Gen Musharraf that he would not allow Pakistan-controlled territory to be used fo
- Stained Padma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2005)
A large number of foreigners have made India their home, empathised with its people and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Indians because they fell in love with this land.
- Stampede Deaths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2005)
Over 250 pilgrims, mostly women and children, were killed and several injured in a stampede on Tuesday at Mandradevi temple at Wai in Satara district of Maharashtra.
- Eu With Israel (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Jan 27, 2005)
While a raging debate over Turkey's admission in the European Union is on, has somebody thought about the possible inclusion of Israel in the EU?
- The Other Pervez From Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
It's easy to forget that Karachi-born Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) is a nuclear physicist when he hops around the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research auditorium switching off bulbs to screen his documentary Crossing the Lines-Kashmir
- Where Bush Can Tackle Tyranny (Hindu, Gary Younge, Jan 26, 2005)
If George W. Bush wanted to tackle tyranny, he could start with regimes under U.S. control. But liberty clearly has limits.
- Dressing Up For Davos (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 26, 2005)
Davos is the cold snow-bound Swiss town where the annual World Economic Forum, which is "Committed to improving the state of the world," brings together everybody who is anybody in global politics, global business and global do-gooderism.
- New Republic (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2005)
The life of a republic is nothing without challenges. The Indian republic, immediately after its birth, was faced with the daunting task of making itself a major player in the community of nations.
- Instant Injustice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 26, 2005)
It was an encounter that lasted more than two hours. The Punjab policemen, when attacked, opened fire from their AK-47s and SLRs, and shot dead the alleged assailant.
- Immigration Equals Prosperity And Power (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
When it comes to making accurate predictions, America’s intelligence establishment has something to prove these days... Nevertheless, the US National Intelligence Council’s new document, Mapping the Global Future, has compelling things to say about the pl
- Hundreds Die In Temple Stampede (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Jan 26, 2005)
More than 200 Hindu pilgrims, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede and fire while visiting a temple in western India on Tuesday, authorities said.
- No Home To Call One’S Own (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 25, 2005)
Over a thousand people in Orissa have been asked to “quit India”, but the decision smells of double standards
- The Afghan Story (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 25, 2005)
There was a time, not too long ago, when Afghanistan made front pages. Taliban, Bamian, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharief had become almost household words in India
- Iraq's Flawed Election (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 25, 2005)
The upcoming election in Iraq is unlikely to lead to the formation of a truly representative national assembly.
- Tsunami: Poverty, The Epicentre Of Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 25, 2005)
THE Asian tsunami has with all its catastrophic consequences pushed poverty at the centre of global concerns in 2005, giving a thrust to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including halving of the world's poor by 2015, and progress on th
- ‘Our Computer Is Our Head And Our Gandhi Cap ... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 25, 2005)
In their trademark white shirts, pyjamas and Gandhi topis, the dabbawallahs of Mumbai are a unique service which has not only attracted the attention of Forbes magazine but also of environmentalists around the world
- ‘Change Must Touch Common Indian’ (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jan 25, 2005)
AS ideas crowd his mind and momentous events about the journey of the Indian Republic fill his imagination, words, soft and chiselled, come in a slow measure. Former President K.R. Narayanan, a diplomat, a trained yogi and a man of great learning...
- Alliance Of Diverse Minds (Indian Express, SONYA PHILIP, Jan 25, 2005)
It’s India’s “silent condition”. Condition, not illness — what can be called being learning disabled. Teachers know it exists among 15 to 20 per cent of their students, parents know it affects their children’s sense of self-worth because
- Arrogance In Uniform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 25, 2005)
Often the uniform of the policeman or jawan, instead of inducing a sense of social responsibility in those who don it, appears to have the very opposite effect. It becomes a badge of arrogance, not honour.
- Best Option (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Buying peace may be the best option in some situations. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has done the right thing by preferring peace to a confrontation with Mr Subash Ghisingh.
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 25, 2005)
THE most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours. India and Bangladesh will survive without Myanmar gas but they will not survive comfortably if, in the absen
- Facts And Fears (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Gathering data is an important part of some experiments. Hence, from the present look of things, the “Gujarat experiment” is still, in a sense, going on. Quietly and systematically, a new “survey” is being carried out in the village schools.
- A Glimpse Of The Lost Grandeur (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2005)
The legends may compare Balligavi to Lord Indra’s Amaravathi or Lord Kubera’s Alakavathi but reality is quite disappointing. Both the village and the temple are in ruins and not what it used to be
- Seer’S Arrest: Not Just A Legal Issue (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Jan 24, 2005)
The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya has been played down as a mere law and order question by the Government of Tamil Nadu, ignoring its political, religious and social upshot
- Run Of Hooligans (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 24, 2005)
The violent way in which the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Hindu Jagran Vedike chose to protest the ‘Festival of Blessings’ programme by American evangelist Benny Hinn must be condemned in the strongest terms.
- Victory Via Mars (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 24, 2005)
As the world’s two largest democracies prepare to vote again, incumbents in India might find it useful to watch George Bush. The president of the US, fighting what has been billed as a very crucial foreign policy election,
- The Man Who Oils India's Wheels (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Jan 24, 2005)
No US ambassador since John Kenneth Galbraith massaged the Indian ego more efficiently than Robert D Blackwill. The former envoy to India (2001-2003) is now reportedly
- The Not-So General Elections (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 24, 2005)
Let me stick my neck out and predict three new trends in the 2004 campaign. One, that this election, more than any in our memory, will be fought on issues of economy and governance.
- The Tired, Retired Admiral (Indian Express, Rajiv Shukla, Jan 24, 2005)
Some facts stare you in the face. Take the Admiral Gorshkov. It’s old, retired, straight from the junkyard. Yet this ship will be commissioned in the Indian navy in mid-2008, after a payment of $ 1.5 billion (Rs 7,000 crore). Why? Only Defence Ministry of
- United States And The World (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 24, 2005)
Continuity rather than change may well be the mark of the second Bush administration's foreign policy.
- More Smoke (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 24, 2005)
It is a record of kinds, that the true cause of the burning of one coach in a train should persist in eluding investigators. With forensic tools, post-mortem findings and eyewitness accounts, a burnt coach should be the simplest mystery to penetrate.
- Hold Your Fire (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 24, 2005)
Amidst the hype surrounding the composite dialogue process between India and Pakistan that has been on since the Islamabad summit of January 2004
- Keep The Treasures Under Lock And Key (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 24, 2005)
Protecting the nation’s heritage is a costly affair, not only in terms of the funds needed but also in the commitment it demands
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