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Articles 23821 through 23920 of 26855:
- Settlers' Fume Over Bias (Gulf News, Neena Gopal, Jan 13, 2005)
This is the showcase relief camp in Port Blair, where about 2,000 indigenous Nicorabese have everything they can ask for.
- For Art’S Sake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court must be the most overworked institution in the country. From emissions to examinations, it has to keep a stern eye on almost every aspect of Indian life.
- Washington’S Odd Ways (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2005)
WHILE there has been concern voiced recently in India about the prospects of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan by the United States, the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tyagi, has indicated that the IAF can handle the situation even if new F
- How Not To Respond To A Tsunami (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2005)
Following Christiano Junior’s death the Football Federation is insisting on ambulances at all grounds. This could make more of a difference than the Government of India’s promise to establish a tsunami warning system. If that sounds cynical there is some
- 15 Years For A Report! Why? (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 13, 2005)
January 13, 1989, was a black day in Jammu when, in anti-Sikh riots, 15 innocent Sikhs were killed in a pre-planned attack on a Gurpurb procession. The provocation to the attack was provided by a group of Sikh youngmen who had joined at the end
- An Interim Relief For The Kanchi Acharya (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 13, 2005)
The undertaking given by the prosecution in the Sessions Court here today that the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, would not be arrested till January 20 should provide a reprieve for the Acharya and his devotees.
- Care, And Not Be Seen (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 13, 2005)
When the talk turns to the etiquette of celebrity giving, you know that normalcy has returned — at least for the media. All may not be quite right with the world yet
- Child’S Play (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Jan 13, 2005)
Watch a toddler at play with building blocks. She picks up a red block and places it on a yellow one. After deep thought, she selects a green block and sets it down next to the yellow one. Frowning in concentration, with an occasional gurgle of contentmen
- Competitiveness Begins At Home (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 13, 2005)
The global produce economy offers India a massive opportunity. India is not a notable producer of branded goods. Its global competitiveness in the context of the majority...
- Censoring The Spirit Of Gandhi (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 13, 2005)
I had a feeling of deja vu when I stood up to address a room full of journalists the other day at the Press Club in Mumbai. I was there to speak on behalf of filmmaker Vijay Ghatge regarding his film Shobha Yatra, which had run into some trouble with the
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Plot Against Mutt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 12, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has never been known for restraint. Even so, she had one redeeming feature: She normally ensured she could not be tripped for her draconian actions on technical
- More Than Just Relief (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 12, 2005)
The Supreme Court's order releasing the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, on bail in the Sankararaman murder case follows well-established principles that govern judicial discretion on the grant of bail.
- Us-Pakistan: A Pampering Relationship (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 12, 2005)
The symbolism of the proposed sale of F-16 aircraft by the US to Pakistan cannot be underestimated when terror is still the instrument of state policy for Islamabad.
- Vindictive? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2005)
When Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi was arrested two months ago, many were quick to spot political motives. In fact, the late night swoop in Andhra Pradesh by a planeload of armed commandos despatched from Tamil Nadu did seem excessive.
- Why Say No To Foreign Aid? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
Tsunami was the worst violation of human rights which nature committed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.
- Government’S Hypocritical Stand (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
While rejecting foreign aid, the Government accepts funds from foreign-aided organisations, for its relief measures
- Dalits Fight Tsunami Daily (Indian Express, Udit Raj, Jan 12, 2005)
This is in response to the expose in The Indian Express, ‘‘Tsunami can’t wash this away: hatred for Dalits’’ (IE January 7). Many justify their Hindu way of living while repeating various cliches like ‘‘Our living is simple and plain’’
- Get Ready For A Repeat Performance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 12, 2005)
Laloo Yadav’s victory will not only reinforce his distinctive politics, but also that which is old and needs to be replaced
- A Decisive Mandate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 12, 2005)
It was always on the cards that the Fatah candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, would be elected President of the Palestinian Authority.
- Fundamentalism, American Style (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 12, 2005)
America appears to be on the brink of descending into `authoritarianism by acclamation.'
- For That Sweet Feeling Of Home (Telegraph, SWAPAN SETH, Jan 12, 2005)
There are cities that ruffle your hair when you land in them. Cities that put their arms around your shoulder and welcome you in. There are very few cities that will still ask a 37-year-old man, “Kaise ho baba?”
- Kolkata, Tripped By Globalization, Now Benefits: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Jan 12, 2005)
Shishir Bajoria has gone from being a victim of globalization to one of its beneficiaries. He wants his city to script a similar comeback.
- Overlapping Faults (Economist, Amitav Ghosh, Jan 11, 2005)
Amitav Ghosh, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26.
- Sting In The Tail (OutLook, S. ANAND, Jan 11, 2005)
There is more trouble in the offing for the Shankara Math in Kanchipuram. Not only have the police nabbed all the conspirators in the Sankararaman murder case
- The Foreign Policy Hand (Indian Express, Mukund B. Kunte, Jan 11, 2005)
To engage a changing world, argued the late J.N. Dixit in these columns, India needs a flexible foreign policy. He went on to steer our foreign and security policy with an unshakeable faith in India’s unrealised potential.
- Mad Sacred Cows (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 11, 2005)
“Today, economics is separated from, and opposed to both ecological processes and basic needs. While the destruction of nature has been justified on grounds of improving human welfare
- Indo-Pak Talks Going Nowhere (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 11, 2005)
Over a year has elapsed after the much-publicised January 6, 2004 accord between Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf, to resume 1997’s structured, eight-point Indo-Pakistan dialogue for normalising relations between
- The Spellbinding Beauty Of Aihole (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2005)
Aihole is a quiet village, about 146 kms from Hampi and 483 kms from Bangalore. As we drove up from Pattadakkal, we saw all the usual signs of rural life in progress: bright eyed children in long skirts and cholis with pigtails looped up in coloured ribbo
- Poetry And Patriotism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
Should the word Sindh be substituted with the name of some other Indian State, say, Kashmir, in the national anthem?
- Indo-Pak Peace On Right Track, Don’T Derail It Now (Indian Express, Radha Kumar, Jan 10, 2005)
Despite the sceptics who predicted the SAARC summit in Islamabad would achieve little, the summit is clearly a roaring success. SAARC has finally galvanised itself to set clear and time-bound goals for economic cooperation
- North Block Bonanza (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Streamline State’S Admission Process (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jan 10, 2005)
The year 2004-05 witnessed total chaos in admission and fee fixation in the State in the professional courses of higher education like engineering, medical, dental and the Indian system of medicine, homoeopathy, where the private sector’s (both aided and
- The Bathinda Route (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
IT is hard to believe that it took the Centre and the Amarinder Singh government a couple of years to decide Punjab’s contribution in the Bathinda refinery.
- The Vaj And Shaf Show (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Musharraf: From Gen To President (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 10, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf should be pleased as punch. In one month, he has had two brushes with death and lived to tell the tale.
- A People Still At Sea (OutLook, S. ANAND, Jan 10, 2005)
When Baskaran, a fisherman in Nochikuppam, Chennai, is asked what the fisherfolk normally eat for breakfast—is it gruel with dried fish?—he gets angry.
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- After Dixit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The demise of Mr J N Dixit, the National Security Adviser (NSA) to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has created a critical gap in the apex national security and foreign policy decision-making structure.
- The Poet’S Hour (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Jan 09, 2005)
AL-Biruni, the 11th century Arab traveller, noted that there are 88,000 hells as per the Vishnu Purana. He went on to quote different kinds of sins committed by people and the corresponding hells prescribed for them.
- Rjd Got Its Share In Jharkhand, Says Harikesh Bahadur (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 09, 2005)
Soft-spoken and friendly, Harikesh Bahadur is among the most accessible Congress leaders in the AICC office. A member of the Congress Working Committee
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- The Silvery River Without Tsunami (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 09, 2005)
The swish of the diesel engine was feather-soft. From my chair high on the river bank I watched the two ‘ships’ pass. One had two cars on it. People were out on deck in their best clothes.
- From Islamabad, With Care (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 09, 2005)
In the coming months, officials in New Delhi and Islamabad will repeatedly refer the media to the 153 words of the joint press statement issued in Islamabad on January 6 after nail-biting suspense.
- This Is World War Iii, Get Used To It (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 09, 2005)
Airline flights into the United States are cancelled from France, Mexico and London. Armed guards are put onto other flights coming to America. Westerners are warned to avoid Saudi Arabia, and synagogues are bombed in Turkey and France.
- Courage And The Courts (Indian Express, ANIL B. DIVAN, Jan 09, 2005)
The Bar and Bench at Bombay are celebrating this week the 125th year of the completion of the magnificent building housing the high court. It is with a sense of pride that every child of the Bombay Bar must recall some
- ‘Repulse The New Rome ... Jihad Is A Religious-Economic War’ (Indian Express, OSAMA BIN LADEN, Jan 09, 2005)
My message is to urge jihad to repulse the grand plots hatched against our nation, such as the occupation of Baghdad, under the guise of the search for weapons of mass destruction
- State Of The Art (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2005)
Is it just a myth that the courts in India are overloaded with cases? Else the highest court in the land could not have been expected to look into totally nonsensical petitions.
- Song Sung True (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2005)
The single-storeyed house is as anonymous as the colony it stands in. Banaswadi is on the extreme edge of Bangalore, and the no-frills house is seemingly off the map as well.
- Power Of Doubters And Their Fate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
Most scriptural writing warns us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of the o
- No Closed Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department’s (RDPD) recommendation that dalits be appointed as priests in temples is a welcome move and needs to be implemented with earnestness.
- Wave Of Compassion Or New Tide? (Hindu, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 08, 2005)
A US-backed peace initiative in South Asia began more than a year ago. Apart from several confidence-building measures, several new ideas were floated in an attempt to resolve the half-century Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
- Will Nda Stay Or Fade Away? (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 08, 2005)
THE BJP-led NDA’s rule came to an end in May 2004 but will the NDA as a political entity survive or fade away ? Since the NDA was formed in 1998 for capturing power by the BJP and some of its ideological allies, the loss of an instrument of governance ...
- Love Your Body, Love Yourself (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
The long-distance call was from Osho’s commune in Pune. On the line was the editor of Osho Times, Amrit Sadhana.
- Caste Away (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2005)
Disasters test a society in diverse ways. They take proof of the country’s preparedness to spring to the rescue of people struck by nature’s fury. In the relief and rehabilitation operations undertaken, they extract an account of the norms and principles
- Change The Mindset (Pioneer, Prem P Kapoor, Jan 08, 2005)
N Jamal Ansari puts forward a baffling and convoluted logic in his article, "Ayodhya and after" (The Pioneer, December 25). He laments that even after 12 years
- Death Of The Holiest River (Indian Express, SURESHWAR D SINHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Alarmed by various reports that all was not well in the Bhagirathi basin, members of a group of five NGOs led by Paani Morcha surveyed the area recently. The group of 25 volunteers
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Jan 08, 2005)
India is very rich in water resources. We get 5 per cent of the worldwide rains though we account for only 2 per cent of the total land mass. So, we should rank high in water availability but we rank a poor 133 among 170 countries in water
- Public Debate On Privacy (Telegraph, Sanjay Banerjee, Jan 07, 2005)
The baazee.com incident, and the one involving Kareena Kapoor and her male companion, pose vital questions already forgotten by the media — the right of privacy, freedom of expression and the archaic Indian laws on public decency and morality.
- Let The Anthem Be (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2005)
‘Jana Gana Mana’ has survived many controversies. The latest has arisen from a PIL filed in the Supreme Court for removal of the word ‘Sindh’ from the anthem.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- The Unexploited Rural Market (Business Line, K. Dadoo, Jan 07, 2005)
THE Indian marketeer has come a long way from the 1960s and the 1970s, when supply could never effectively reach demand and shortages and scarcity prevailed all over the country.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 07, 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 loudly
- Vote In Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 07, 2005)
Each day we get closer to the Iraqi elections, more voices are suggesting that they be postponed. This is a tough call, but I hope the elections go ahead as scheduled on January 30.
- Needed, A Strategy (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 07, 2005)
Apropos KPS Gill's article, "What is India's grand strategy?" (The Pioneer, December 11), India's "grand strategy" should begin with its national aspirations. Since the country has no desire to conquer alien territory, its foreign policy would be essentia
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- Clueless (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2005)
The saddest thing about the Indian Museum’s stolen Buddha is the comedy of the aftermath. This is the comedy of belatedness, of a bemused, but concerted ineffectuality that is left with nothing much to cling to other than desperate
- Preventing Political Tsunami (Pioneer, VK Grover, Jan 06, 2005)
As one sits down to put pen to paper, one cannot shake away the images of grief and the colossal tragedy which struck on the 26th of December.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Women In Islam (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Jan 06, 2005)
The denial of minority rights has largely been blamed for the backwardness of the Muslim society. Their religious conservatism and obscurantist approach are regarded as some of the other factors.
- Tsunamis Won't Stop Jihadis (Asia Times, B. Raman , Jan 06, 2005)
Some security aspects of the widespread tragedy caused by the December 26 tsunamis have not received the attention they deserve.
- A Man Of Words (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 06, 2005)
INITIALLY the column arrived once a week. Since the writer did not want to fold his manuscript, he always sent it in a large envelope. He also took care to send it a few days before the date of publication.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Farewell To Arms (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 06, 2005)
Mahmoud Abbas is all set to succeed Yasser Arafat as rais of the Palestinian Authority but he has never thought much of his leader’s mantle. He has no use for the olive green military fatigues Arafat always wore
- J.N. Dixit - A Tribute (Hindu, Gopal Gandhi, Jan 05, 2005)
"I will come and call on you at Banga Bhavan, Gopal," he said when I spoke to J.N. Dixit a fortnight ago, "protocol is protocol."
- Make Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
Those who want to change things should know what they are up against. Some of his comrades seem to be Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s worst enemies.
- Us Slips In Luring The Best (Deccan Herald, SAM DILLON, Jan 05, 2005)
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world’s best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalisation.
- National Time Pass (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2005)
The ways of the Supreme Court, like that of God, are inscrutable. Instead of dismissing a petition — seeking the deletion of ‘‘Sindh’’ from the national anthem and substituting it with a word like ‘‘Kashmir’’
- Need For A Universal Egs (Hindu, Prabhat Patnaik, Jan 05, 2005)
Confining the Employment Guarantee Scheme to particular areas on the ground that they have "implementation capacity"
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