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Articles 23721 through 23820 of 26855:
- Bush Sets A Daunting Task (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
When President George Bush rang the Liberty Bell to begin his second four-year term in the White House, the world heard it. His words sounded the determination to increase the number of democracies.
- Ozone In Peril (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
By all accounts, the first-ever strategic dialogue between India and China was more in the nature of a sharing of views and concerns on important issues facing them and the world, than anything else.
- Rss Has Highest Stake In Jharkhand (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 23, 2005)
Of the three States going to the polls next month, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has the highest stake in Jharkhand.
- Second Coming (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Muslim society's 'castelessness' is often held up as a positive contrast to caste-ridden Hindu society. Yet the reality is that Muslims are also stratified in terms of caste.
- Why Can’T Bjp Have More Faith In Hinduism? (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Jan 23, 2005)
I wish the BJP would not inflate Benny Hinn into an Yamaraj of Hinduism. I can understand their compulsions, though.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudl
- Inevitable Triangle (Pioneer, MG Kapahy, Jan 23, 2005)
I agree with the editorial, "Sindh against" (January 5), that the petition in the Supreme Court for replacing the word Sind in our national anthem with Kashmir is both trivial and ludicrous.
- Caste In Injustice (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 23, 2005)
The rhetoric of ‘social justice’ conceals all manner of ills: pandering to sectional interests, appeasing of labour aristocracies, subsidising of dying PSUs and most crucially, robbing of the Indian state of talent by arguing against all forms of merit.
- The Value Of Restraint (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jan 22, 2005)
Often there are surprises in India-Pakistan relations. Until a couple of years ago absence of firing along the Line of Control (LoC) made news. Last week, India, however, was taken by surprise when the news flashed that mortar shelling had taken place fro
- Parties In U.S., Despair Elsewhere (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jan 22, 2005)
Inauguration does not do justice to the exuberant celebrations of this week. Coronation would come closer. Washington ended Thursday with nine official balls.
- Should All Deductions And Exemptions Go? (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 22, 2005)
Deductions and exemptions have been the subject of much debate. Those opposed to them must realise that they are a significant part of the people's savings that form the bedrock of a nation's long-term
- Bush Raises The Banner (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2005)
Most second-term presidents in America tend to bask in the glory of their re-election and gently fade into the night. But not George W. Bush, who has unveiled a radical agenda for America and the world.
- Where The Assessee Won Because The Taxman Slept On (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 22, 2005)
This is not about Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, a TV sitcom, but about Sarabhai M. Chemicals vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara, a case that occupied the Supreme Court recently.
- A Shaft Of Sunlight (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 22, 2005)
These days without fail, the papers are full of news stories which invariably suggest that there is a devaluation in standards relating to human behaviour.
- From Aryana To Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
Aryana was the original name of Afghanistan. If I was to draw up a list of the most unfortunate nations of the world, Afghanistan would be on the top. I went there three times over 30 years ago to do a booklet on the work of UN agencies
- Game For More (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The importance of being Sania Mirza goes beyond what she gained or lost yesterday. It’s about changing the attitude to women’s tennis in India
- Innately Silly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The president of Harvard University, Mr Lawrence Summers, is a bit of a silly man. He forgot who he was. His suggestion, that “innate differences” between the sexes prevent women from succeeding at the highest levels in mathematics
- Restraint Is Worth It (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2005)
Despite the Pakistani denial, Indian forces seem to have gathered enough proof to conclude that Tuesday’s mortar shelling at the Line of Control in the Poonch sector was a violation of the ceasefire agreement signed in November 2003.
- Root Cause (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 21, 2005)
The smart machinery has moved into place, but is looking rather tatty. With its renowned precision, the Bharatiya Janata Party has allotted days, places, jobs and the people to go with each in the campaign for the forthcoming assembly elections in three s
- Party At Crosspurpose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 21, 2005)
India and Pakistan seem determined to restart the cross-border bus from Munabao in Rajasthan to Khokhrapar in Sind, what with talks slated for the first week of March. Come summer, both Hindus and Muslims will get
- Unnatural Sexuality Versus Natural Justice (Indian Express, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 21, 2005)
Is it natural to be normal? This is the fearsome question that lies unrecognised at the heart of the furore around the issue of Section 377 of the IPC.
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Out Of Jurisdiction, Again (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2005)
In yet another act completely out of jurisdiction, the Election Commission has undertaken to examine whether the release and use of the Justice U.C. Banerjee interim report on Godhra amount to a violation of the model code of conduct.
- No Symbolism Please, They Are French (Indian Express, Ayesha Chawla, Jan 21, 2005)
On January 17 as hundreds of Sikhs, Muslims and Jews took to the streets of London to protest, it became evident that people are not willing to give up their religious identities which are as important to them today as
- Money To Burn? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 21, 2005)
If a country’s prosperity is defined in terms of the foreign exchange assets it holds, India had never had it so good. Foreign exchange holdings at this moment exceed $ 130 billion.
- Minor Spark (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
The India-Pakistan ceasefire along the Line of Control and international border, in force since November 2003, was violated with Pakistani mortar fire on Tuesday. The issue remains shrouded in mystery, as Islamabad has stated that the
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Keys To The Mind (Indian Express, VESSANTARA, Jan 20, 2005)
The female deities in Buddhism express the qualities of Enlightenment through a tremendous range of appearance and archetypes. The mature and beautiful Prajnaparamita, whose body is a galaxy of golden Buddhas
- Interim Report On Godhra Incident (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 20, 2005)
One can find fault with the timing of the release of the interim report of the Justice U. C. Banerjee Committee and the BJP can heap all the accusations it wishes on the Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- Stop This Overkill (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 20, 2005)
Ever since the arrest of Shri Jayendra Saraswati, the senior pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt, on a murder charge, the entire Sangh Parivar, and other Hindu religious groups in India and abroad have kept up an unrelenting
- Technically Speaking... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
Pakistan, it appears, has made up its mind to seek World Bank intervention over the Baglihar project issue. While it is within its rights to do so, it may not be the wisest of moves.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- Champion By Chance (Deccan Herald, PETER COLACO, Jan 20, 2005)
Reading of the fabulous money that sportspersons make these days, I begin to regret that I passed up an opportunity that might have led to the big bucks.
- Seeking The Truth On Godhra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2005)
The interim report of the Justice U.C. Banerjee committee represents the first time that some light has been shed on the "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" that is the Godhra train tragedy.
- A New Resolve On Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2005)
Speaking in Kolkata, the Prime Minister sent a bold message to the allies to be partners in progress in creating a caring economy.
- Aids: Lessons From Botswana (Tribune, Brig (retd) Charan Singh, Jan 19, 2005)
I have worked for more than 20 years in Botswana as communication adviser and have observed the AIDS phenomenon unfolding in that country right from zero to the epidemic level.
- Lure Of Luxury (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2005)
A real estate promotional write-up in a newspaper inviting people to “live in luxury” came as a revelation. Conspicuous consumption in his country saddened the American economist Thorstein Veblen, who coined the phrase a hundred years ago.
- Knowing Global Power (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 19, 2005)
When I read the report of the National Intelligence Council of CIA, ‘Mapping the global future’, which has assessed the rise of China and India as major global powers by year
- Faith Healing? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The miracle healer from God channel, Benny Hinn, is not going to have an easy ‘crusade’ in Bangalore when he arrives on a three-day trip on January 21. His “Prayer for India” has already attracted widespread protests across the board, from fundamentalists
- Gandhi And Godse (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 19, 2005)
In Indian history, two Hindu leaders had changed the course of Hindu destiny for the worst. One was Raja Jaichand of Kannauj, whose treachery led to the establishment of Muslim rule in India.
- In Search Of Lost Pride (Indian Express, GOPAL K. AGARWAL, Jan 19, 2005)
Years of subjugation and Hindu philosophy have created a mindset which does not react to aggression or exploitation.
- Taking Advantage Of Public Generosity (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 19, 2005)
AS non-resident Indians dig deep into their pockets to help the tsunami victims, there is a heightened concern that sectarian groups are exploiting the tragedy for their own divisive goals.
- Dual Citizenship — Driven By Pride And Pragmatism (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 18, 2005)
India's move to allow dual citizenship can be seen as another step ahead of an emerging global power that will allow unhindered trade in services and free the citizenry to pursue opportunities wherever they arise.
- How To Rebuild Better (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
On the tsunami front, the real and strenuous work on relief and other structural changes will have to be addressed. How do you rebuild? Do you leave the conceptualizing and planning of the reconstruction to the PWD and government
- Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
No one will acknowledge it, but slowly and surely the Palestinians are becoming tomorrow’s Kurds — a people without a land. It is a tragic irony that the Wandering Jews have a home, thanks in the first instance to Britain as the then colonial power.
- Elections In Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 18, 2005)
The strategy of the 16-party United Iraqi Alliance is to institutionalise Shia majority and defer confrontation with the U.S. to a later stage.
- Tribals Looking Down A Barrel In Balochistan (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 18, 2005)
With its deep, warm sea waters, extremely rich mineral resources and most vital strategic position, southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province has been the
- Right To Information (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 18, 2005)
The Freedom of Information Act has not yet been enacted. Our Supreme Court, in its celebrated judgement delivered in 1980, spelled out this right from the fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
- Within The Law (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2005)
Nothing is so bitter as the wrangling that follows when friends fall out. The situation can get quite confusing when the chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- Same-Sex Marriage Debate Follows Pm To India (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
The debate over same-sex marriage followed Prime Minister Paul Martin on his overseas trip Tuesday, prompted by an edict two days earlier by the spiritual leader of Sikhism in India denouncing the practice.
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- History Has Been Made, Now Overcome It (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jan 17, 2005)
Handshakes are not often termed ‘‘historic’’, but the one between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf last week readily earned the adjective.
- Afghanistan In Search Of A State (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Jan 17, 2005)
A new sense of optimism has been generated following the Loya Jirga’s approval of a draft constitution to build a future Afghanistan democratically. The charter, ratified after a last-minute deal to accommodate minority interests, nonetheless falls short
- Dixit Worked Too Hard To Promote Indo-Pak Relations (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 16, 2005)
The death of J.N. Dixit last fortnight not only created a void in the national security apparatus but also affected the negotiations with Pakistan over Kashmir. One of the first tasks Dixit addressed himself to when he took over as National Security Advis
- Vajpayee Clears The Way (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 16, 2005)
The entire non-BJP political segment faces an unprecedented dilemma. In fact, it is not even a dilemma. A dilemma presupposes a choice.
- Up And Down It Goes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2005)
Uttar Pradesh — with a population that could have made it the seventh largest nation in the world — has been unfortunate in its leaders. While other states, even neighbouring Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, are seriously attempting to
- Property Rights For Daughters: Much More Needs To Be Done (Tribune, J.S. Toor, Jan 16, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has recommended amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, bringing about changes in the manner of devolution of the coparcenary property giving equal rights to daughters.
- Good Prince Hal (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jan 16, 2005)
The sporting of a Nazi armband by Harry Windsor could be written off as a misadventure by a spoilt, ignorant and insensitive 444prince had it not been for bits of history which are conveniently forgotten.
- Chimes Of Unfreedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2005)
In Maharashtra the rules of tolerance and public discourse have been rewritten. In banning Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by James W. Laine, the Sushil Kumar Shinde government has unveiled a new order governing intellectual discourse and rowdy criti
- Bori Shame: Intolerance Tolerated (Indian Express, DILIP CHITRE, Jan 16, 2005)
This is the first time in my life that I am sitting down to write an article while an commando sits in my living room to protect me from possible assailants. This provision has been made by the home minister of my state
- It’S Time To Build Bridges Over Ditches (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 16, 2005)
While visiting Istanbul, Turkey, the other day, I took a long walk along the Bosporus near Topkapi Palace. There is nothing like standing at this stunning intersection of Europe and Asia to think about the clash of civilisations
- Portrait Of A Revolutionary As A Young Woman (Indian Express, MADHU TREHAN, Jan 15, 2005)
Pentimento — in art, the reappearance in an oil painting of original elements of drawing or painting that the artist tried to obliterate by over painting. If the covering pigment becomes transparent
- The Law In A Self-Serving System (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 15, 2005)
The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya, Jayendra Saraswati, has shocked India. Clearly, the Supreme Court’s observations on the bail plea of the Kanchi Peetham, indicate that there is not even an iota of evidence to connect the Kanchi Shankaracharya to a
- Trust The Public, Ignore The Private (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 15, 2005)
In trying to think through whether we should press ahead with elections in Iraq or not, I have found it useful to go back and dig out my basic rules for Middle East reporting
- Those Days Of Our Lives (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 15, 2005)
It seems hard to recall now that for close to half a decade following Independence we lived with the odd assumption that we were better off being protected from the truth about many things.
- Mind Without Fear (Deccan Herald, SUJATA RAJPAL, Jan 15, 2005)
I was to be in Indonesia on 26th December, but much to the chagrin of my kids, the trip had to be cancelled due to an official engagement.
- Has The Un Arrived? (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 14, 2005)
A monumental human tragedy like the one that devastated communities along the Indian Ocean rim on December 26 should not, ideally, become a trigger for settling scores. The case for restraint is all the more compelling in view of the staggering generosity
- Just 7 Km From Devastation (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Jan 14, 2005)
Whenever you find hundreds of thousands of sane people trying to get out of a place and a little bunch of madmen struggling to get in,’’ wrote the legendary American foreign correspondent H.R. Knickerbocker, ‘‘you know the latter are newspapermen.’’
- Notional Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has done well to dissuade Mulayam Singh from chasing the elusive dream of a non-Bharatiya Janata Party, non-Congress `third front.'
- Orderly Admissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
FOR far too long, admissions to medical and other courses have been taking place in a haphazard manner with the education boards, state governments and college managements merrily bending rules.
- The Great Wall Of Shopping (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Jan 14, 2005)
This boardwalk advertisement greets at least half a million passers-by every day on Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai's premier commercial thoroughfare, where almost 40 years ago hordes of vigilant Red Guards waved Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.
- A Great Rush To Give (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 14, 2005)
The “little emperors” of China are not all that self-centred after all. Six- and seven-year-olds — single children all — are queuing up outside embassies and Red Cross centres to donate their savings to tsunami victims.
- Doctor’S Savvy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2005)
Meetings with representatives of industry catch Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his most persuasive. In the presence of men and women impatient with the thickets of political rhetoric around economic policy, he visibly relaxes.
- An Act Of God? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 14, 2005)
The little schoolboy who innocently quizzed the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, about God may have, unknowingly, joined a worldwide debate around one of the most profound philosophical questions raised by the tsunami disaster
- Leave It To The Court (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court's order granting bail to the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi - even as the Tamil Nadu Government moved ahead with the arrest of his junior
- Last Resort (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
Violence is usually a loser’s last resort. But Mr Subash Ghisingh routinely threatens to use it to win elections in Darjeeling. Come elections and he threatens to go back to the violent days of the Gorkhaland agitation unless he has his way.
- Karachi Opens Door To Us Forces (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 13, 2005)
Having teamed up with the US to help eliminate Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan is once again proving its worth in the "war on terror", this time in Washington's quest against Iran.
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