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Articles 24021 through 24120 of 26855:
- Woes Of Kofi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has full two years to go, yet he has started counting his days. Though he asserted that he would complete his second tenure...
- The Reformer In Rao (Tribune, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 27, 2004)
History will judge Narasimha Rao’s premiership more positively than his own party which had isolated him. When one looks back to examine the moment when liberalisation became a fact rather than a catchword, it was 1991 when Rao took over the reins.
- Year Of Sonia And Gudiya (Tribune, Ramesh Luthra, Dec 27, 2004)
Crimson rays of the setting sun Have settled on the other side of the hill
Proudly proclaimed “eventful”
Thou fragment of time called 2004
Eventful? an illusion mere
- Too Warm For Christmas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2004)
Calcutta has never had the good fortune of even dreaming of a white Christmas. The propinquity of the Tropic of Cancer makes snow in Calcutta beyond the realms of possibility.
- Pervez Musharraf Under Pressure (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Dec 26, 2004)
Pakistan is living through turbulent times and, General Musharraf, its self-styled President, is under tremendous pressure. The United States-led anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan has shaken Pakistan’s polity like no other event in its troubled ...
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- ‘Not Just A Tarnish On Bangalore But Shame On All Of India’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards. Here we present some very angry, disappointed and agitated voices
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- A Gift For Santa (Deccan Herald, KALPANA M NAGHNOOR, Dec 25, 2004)
It was some years ago that I began taking my daughters to children’s Christmas parties. It has always amused me how the children are really enthusiastic about the event. Much discussion and deliberation begin with the letter to Santa.
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Dec 25, 2004)
Twelve years ago, the Babri Masjid was demolished by the forces of Hindutva because they wanted to expand their political base. The tragedy at Ayodhya raises certain crucial matters.
- Hard Choices (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Dec 25, 2004)
We need to be honest with ourselves that principles of freedom of speech and respect for minorities can collide
- Still Talking About Membership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
While the Agreement between Turkey and the European Union (EU) to begin membership talks on October 3, 2005 is significant, the negotiations are likely to be prolonged and arduous.
- Spiritual Ministry? You’Re Kidding! (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 25, 2004)
I learn from reasonably reliable sources that at a lunch hosted by the Prime Minister for owners of India’s leading newspapers, one of his guests suggested that the Government should set up a Ministry of Spiritualism.
- Not Consenting Adults? (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 25, 2004)
Finally, the intimate nature of the BJP’s relationship with the Samajwadi Party is out in the open. But the chumminess is not a new flavour, it has existed all through and was amply manifested on plenty of occasions during the NDA rule.
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 25, 2004)
The terrors of technology are everywhere being manifest in the most extraordinary forms. An entire nation has been taken by storm at the spectacle of a couple of schoolchildren who chose to record their "extracurricular activities"...
- Only Motions Of Negotiating (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 25, 2004)
Yet another opportunity has been missed: Two groups of Indo-Pakistani officials met in Islamabad and failed to agree on anything except to continue talking.
- Unlikely Helmsman (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
"A small Indian village, like a thousand others; an obscure child, like a million others; a non-descript childhood, like any other's; climbed ladders and more ladders, feeling all the while
- Forward, Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2004)
In their speeches in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh, did much to remove some of the misgivings that had arisen over the United Progressive Alliance Governme
- Stop That (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2004)
Those who claim a right only to abuse it end up raising questions about the right itself. This seems to be the case with the debate over the right to strike. There was clearly a note of anxiety in the resolution that the ruling leftists moved in the West
- The Chanakya Of Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2004)
P V Narasimha Rao became prime minister in the shadow of tragedy. Rajiv Gandhi had been assassinated and India was struggling with a political as well as economic crisis.
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- The Outsider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2004)
India’s first prime minister was born great and his daughter achieved greatness, but P.V. Narasimha Rao, who died yesterday, had greatness thrust upon him as prime minister.
- Where Osama Bin Laden Went Wrong (Asia Times, Vikram Sood, Dec 24, 2004)
By the middle of 2001, the Taliban, along with their friends in al-Qaeda and the powerful Pakistani establishment, had begun to get weary of the unending resistance from the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
- Threat Of Identity? (Pioneer, M Yusuf Khan, Dec 24, 2004)
The ulema-led insistence on a separate identity is the other peril facing the Hindus," writes Prafull Goradia in the article, "What should be Hindu strategy?" (November 2) How can any identity
- A Ghost Election For Iraq (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 24, 2004)
The only Indian journalist to have visited Iraq in recent weeks, Mohammad Ahmad Kuzmi, has just returned with fascinating insights.
- Apocalypse Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 24, 2004)
The last week of every year is conventionally a time for merriment which peaks on New Year's eve when the rich splurge in five star hotels, a thousand parties explode and tipsy revellers sway in lit-up downtowns where multitudes gather to ring in the new.
- Islands In The Sun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 24, 2004)
The Maldives President, Abdul Gayoom, seems to regard Indian policies towards his regime as a protective political insurance. The time may have come to clear this misconception.
- Father Of Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 24, 2004)
The management expert will style Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao as the only Prime Minister of India who thought out of the box. Indeed, starting 1991
- Mob Violence And Right To Artistic Expression (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
The decision taken by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to cancel further performances of the play Behzti can only be described as a capitulation to mob rule. Stuart Rogers, the executive director of the theatre....
- Nothing But The Ire Of The Mediocre (Indian Express, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Dec 23, 2004)
It is utterly ridiculous to ask for a moratorium on non-Kannada films, which shows a paranoia about outsiders
- The Meaning Of Life (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 23, 2004)
K. Venkatesh passed away on December 17. His poignant efforts to serve others even in death raise profound moral questions that no society will find easy to answer.
- The Reason For Christmas (Indian Express, SHAJI MATHEWS, Dec 23, 2004)
One of the key underlying themes of Christmas is that God became man. Why? Because, even as man was made by God in His own image, due to man’s sins, he moved away from God.
- Wheel Is In Experienced Hands (Pioneer, VK Grover, Dec 23, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were both in New Delhi this month. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Vientiane, Laos, interacting with South East Asian leaders.
- A Bill Of Her Own? (Indian Express, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendments are inadequate.
- A Cosmopolitan Culture Going Nuts (Indian Express, SUJATA SRINIVASAN, Dec 23, 2004)
America can outsource jobs to Bangalore but it’s wrong to screen Hollywood films here! Such hypocrisy has few parallels
- Opportunities For Peace (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 23, 2004)
Yet another opportunity has been missed: Two groups of Indo-Pakistani officials met in Islamabad last week and failed to agree on anything except to continue talking. One group discussed CBMs (confidence building measures) and the possibility of strategic
- Recovery In Fits And Starts (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 23, 2004)
Within a couple of years of its passing, amendments have been made to the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFESI).
- Inhuman Torture (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 22, 2004)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld loves making wars and wallowing in wordplay. After destroying enough civilian lives along with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and before turning on Iraq he used some of his time devising lawless detention of alleged
- Obstinate Image (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 22, 2004)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has reportedly asked public relations executives present at a recent meeting organised by the Public Relations Society of India
- Habitually Subservient (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 22, 2004)
The four articles on Ayodhya (Think Pad, December 4) presented four different facets of the Ayodhya problem but not one went into the root of the conflict.
- Junk Yard (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2004)
Antiquated is not always antique. This simple truth needs to be reiterated in India which is an antique land full of antiquated laws. One such law forbade photography in Indian airports.
- It’S Bijli, Sadak, Pani. But Can Laloo Do The Rewrite? (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 22, 2004)
Lok Sabha polls may be just six months old, but Laloo Yadav is facing a vastly different situation. For once, he has to fight an election on a positive agenda, and he isn’t as invincible as he appears
- Who Paid For Aq Khan Network? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 22, 2004)
A year ago, around this time, startling revelations were tumbling forth from Washington about how a Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Mr AQ Khan, had set up a global chain of illegal nuclear trade with branch offices in
- End Of A Great Innings (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Dec 22, 2004)
The first captain to lead India to a test victory, Vijay Hazare was probably the greatest batsman the country has produced
- Why Tony Blair Will Fail (Hindu, David Hirst, Dec 22, 2004)
The United States is too partisan to see that the Palestinians cannot give more.
- Tussle For The Crown (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 21, 2004)
Although Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have outmanoeuvred Jacques Chirac within France's ruling party for the moment, the President is not without a few aces of his own.
- Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
Even the most active of institutions may miss something just below its nose. The higher judiciary in India today is in one of its most active phases, directing its attention to issues ranging from pollution to bandhs to the right to food
- In The Pipeline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The Iranian gas offer to India through a pipeline is over 15 years old but it has not yet materialised because of the Pakistan factor
- One Kind Of Death Wish (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
Two simple things became clear while I lay in my hospital bed recovering from surgery — that all cricket teams should take to wearing white like they used to in the old days — it is so much more elegant
- A New Low Of Public Morality (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 21, 2004)
The question is moral, not legal,’’ said Mahatma Gandhi when a Punjab Congress leader, Sardul Singh Kaeshwar, argued that he was not legally bound to return a sum of Rs 500 since the loan was time-barred.
- Baazee.Com Case — Why Was Ipc Not Invoked? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
The failure of the Delhi police to invoke Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in effecting the arrest of Mr Avnish Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of the auction Web site Baazee.com
- Human Rights (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 20, 2004)
The ancient Hindu lawgiver Rishi Jaimini laid down that the law of the land is greater than personal law. English law, which the Indian Penal Code follows, is rooted in the Ten Commandments.
- Kick-Off For Junior (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 20, 2004)
The death of Brazilian footballer Christiano Junior on the grounds at the finals of the Federation Cup at Bangalore on December 5 had created much bad blood between the Dempo Sports Club of Goa and Kolkata’s Mohun Bagan, with the two rapping each other fo
- Quest For Dignity (Deccan Herald, G R MULKY, Dec 20, 2004)
Hopes of peace in West Asia brighten as a moderate leader is set to succeed Yasser Arafat in Palestine
- New Territory (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2004)
Paradoxes are hard on the brain. A culture, which has for generations believed that women themselves are property, chattel that can be owned or bought or sold or given away, might find the notion of women as equal inheritors of family property paradoxical
- Listen To The Pseudo-Politician (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 18, 2004)
A few days ago I was chatting with a friend, a Mumbai stockbroker. This was a man in his late thirties, sophisticated, upper class, and a fervent BJP supporter
- Fuel For Taps (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2004)
Looking for alternative sources of low-enriched uranium or switching to a first-ever fully mixed oxide loaded reactor are options to keep the Tarapur Atomic Power Station running.
- Bad Food From Good Bahu (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards.
- Prospects For Peace, Post-Arafat (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 18, 2004)
It appears that once the new Palestinian President is elected, moves will commence for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. For any peace process to be sustainable, the Palestinian Authority should quell terrorist violence and adopt democratic governance
- The Indian Connection (Deccan Herald, JOSEPH BERGER, Dec 18, 2004)
A divide exists between Guyanese immigrants of Indian descent and their Indian brethren, in the US
- Some Disquieting Thoughts (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 18, 2004)
I am not a famous journalist. Nobody except poor old me recalls that it was in this column, 11 months ago-113 days before May 13 to be precise-that the first hint of Mr Manmohan Singh's coming Chinese torture as the Prime Minister of a communist-backed co
- The Young In Pakistan Want Peace (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 18, 2004)
BY the time our plane took off, two hours late, for the 50-minute flight to Lahore we were handrags. For weeks Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Home Ministry, High Commission, Intelligence and all manner of agencies had kept us on tenterhooks with pinpricks a
- Shackled King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 18, 2004)
The king has fallen on hard times. Whereas once, born free, he roamed the forests and hills as the monarch of all he surveyed, today, sequestered in cubby spaces where smaller animals would feel cramped, the majestic beast is kept as trophy by circus-owne
- Trial By Public Opinion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 18, 2004)
No sooner is a celebrity charged with a crime than the media and politicians take it upon themselves to be arbiters of his fate. The police and the judiciary are shoved into the background and these self-appointed judges pronounce their verdicts to the pu
- To Thine Own Self Be True (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 18, 2004)
We set up lofty ideals for ourselves only to compromise with them to save our skins. The commonest example is the resolve never to tell a lie — and then lie like troopers to get out of awkward situations.
- We Enjoy Strong Internal Democracy: Cpi(m) Leader (Hindu, MALABIKA BHATTACHARYA, Dec 18, 2004)
About four years ago, West Bengal's mainline Opposition parties such as Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress tried in vain to cause a rupture in the ruling CPI(M)...
- Daughter, Equal Citizen (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2004)
Exactly sixty years ago, freedom fighter Hansa Mehta had observed with startling clarity that equality between the sexes should be the basis of citizenship in India. If the proposal to amend the Hindu Succession Act 1956
- Cabinet Expansion In Karnataka (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Dec 17, 2004)
WITH the Cabinet expansion of Karnataka’s first-ever coalition government taking place on Wednesday, with the swearing in of 18 Cabinet ministers and two ministers of state rank, more than seven months after Chief Minister Dharam Singh took over
- Re-Engaging Organised Religion (Hindu, N. Ravi, Dec 17, 2004)
The travails of the Kanchi Mutt should prompt deep reflection on the part of religious leaders in general on how best to manage the temporal affairs of the institutions they run.
- Halo And Grammar (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Dec 17, 2004)
THE number of stories about Churchill which are doing the rounds run into hundreds and as can well be expected the vast majority of them end up showing him having the upper hand. A handful of these stories is given below.
- The Ticking Bomb Inside Mosque And Madrasa (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 17, 2004)
A range of authorities have pointed to the urgent danger brewing in Muslim ‘religious’ centres, the porosity of our borders and demographic threats. Yet to voice them invites the charge, ‘communal’
- Holding Up Arab Reform (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Dec 17, 2004)
For years now it’s been clear that the Middle East peace process has left the realm of diplomacy and started to become an industry, with its own GNP of conferences and seminars.
- From Crutches To Physiotherapy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 17, 2004)
The All India SC&ST Confederation's rally at Delhi's Ram Lila Maidan in support of reservation in private sector, judiciary and armed forces portends major economic and social upheaval.
- Fair Share Of Property (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2004)
THE Union Cabinet’s clearance of a Bill for amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, to ensure a fair share of family property for daughters has not come a day too soon.
- Famous Victors (Pioneer, Yogendra Bali, Dec 17, 2004)
December 16, 1971, marked the 'Victory Day' of one of the most decisive and unique battles fought by India against an aggressive neighbour, which always sought military solutions to its own domestic and international problems.
- That Voice Of Silk And Flame (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2004)
It says something of the eclectic character of Lucknow and its environs in the ’50s and ’60s and M.S. Subbulakshmi’s genius, that her performances at the Baradari in Qaiserbagh are remembered to this day by those who have lived to tell the tale.
- Fair Law For Fair Sex (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2004)
The Union Cabinet will initiate a Bill in Parliament to confer equal inheritance rights of ancestral property to daughters. A welcome move, the Bill will go a long way in giving women equal rights.
- Saint And Sinner (Indian Express, OSHO, Dec 16, 2004)
Meditativeness and love are opposites. Meditativeness needs aloneness, love needs the other. Sexuality and meditation are opposites.
- Pak-Centric Perceptions (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Dec 16, 2004)
There is an essential asymmetry between India and Pakistan, which strategists in the two countries often ignore. As a consequence, whenever Pakistan gets a fresh supply of sophisticated weapons as has happened recently, India gets prickly
- Attracting Fdi, Chilean Style (Hindu, Jorge Heine, Dec 16, 2004)
To attract the FDI India needs, it can follow the Chilean model of developing a public concessions system to build infrastructure.
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