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Articles 24121 through 24220 of 26855:
- Palestinians After Arafat (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. Khrushchev’s son delivered a poignant eulogy for his late father.
- Peace Prospects, Post-Arafat (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. I was carrying a message of condolences from Mrs Indira Gandhi for Mrs Khrushchev.
- The Holes In Deep Pockets (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 16, 2004)
Gates law says, "If there isn't a law, there will be". The Indian stock market has always been considered a goldmine for the investing masses provided one was savvy enough to do the right things at the right time.
- Missing Indians (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 16, 2004)
The Economic Times Survey of India's most trusted brands has a straightforward message for the BJP — don't try to market anything’s foreign origin as a disqualification.
- Kashmir In Kathmandu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
The four-day deliberations on the Kashmir crisis in Kathmandu assume significance in many ways. It was not just a gathering of nearly 60 thinking individuals, including Kashmiri separatist leaders
- Waves Of Changes (Pioneer, Mukund B. Kunte, Dec 16, 2004)
The Navy celebrates December 4 each year in remembrance of the audacious attack by tiny missile boats of the 'killer' squadron in the 1971 war.
- The “watan” Factor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
Sisghtseeing can be exhausting. We were on the eleventh day of our land tour that covered — starting from Paris — Bonn, Berlin, Prague, Salzburg and Munich. We had made advance hotel bookings for the first 10 days and left the remaining days open-ended.
- A Film Festival, Not A Carnival (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Dec 16, 2004)
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held on the sands of Panjim’s Miramar Beach, got over last week and the Union minister of information and broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, has announced that next year’s festival, too, will be held in Goa.
- Violent Reminder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2004)
The deadly attack on a musical show by Indian film stars in the Sri Lankan capital has come as a violent reminder of the deep divisions that plague the island and contribute to keeping its ethnic conflict alive and far from a settlement. Investigators hav
- Suraj Parkash — A Magnum Opus (Tribune, Harbans Singh Virdi, Dec 15, 2004)
Kavi Chooramani Bhai Santokh Singh produced the best work of his life Sri Gur Partap Suraj Granth, also known as Suraj Parkash, at the fag end of his life. It is a history of the Sikh Gurus along with Banda Singh Bahadur in a chronological order.
- Between Mnna And Nssp (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's flying visit to Delhi last week has restarted the controversy over the sale of US weapons to Pakistan. Every time India and Pakistan are about to acquire new weapons, a big shindig is raised by the other side on how
- Musharraf’S New Strategy (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 15, 2004)
News, newspaper columns and drawing room gossip normally sustain Pakistani politics. These are now being used to sidetrack and divide the Opposition. The Opposition is making preliminary moves to start a mass agitation.
- Corporates, Capital- Or Capitalist-Owned? (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Dec 15, 2004)
A promoter may dilute his stake so much that other shareholders end up owning the company. Yet, he may call the shots, simply by being able to manage the company better than anyone and, more important, being so perceived by shareholders.
- No 11, Kotturpuram (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Dec 14, 2004)
The address was not imposing. Nor was the person residing in it. She owned no material possessions, laid claim to no property. She did all the household chores and was known to cook her own food.
- The Chavez Phenomenon And The U.S. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 14, 2004)
Shortly after he appeared on national television in October 2001 holding aloft bloody photographs of children killed by the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan, President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela received a visit from Donna Hrinak
- Building Mutual Faith (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 14, 2004)
Peace in the subcontinent is the key to development and real growth. To achieve that we must make Saarc a body that does not permit any infiltration, of any kind, into its portals.
- Jharkhand Chemistry (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2004)
The first expansion of the Union Cabinet by a Prime Minister is usually attended by high expectation. Yet the only Minister Manmohan Singh inducted into the Cabinet late last
- Bharat Ratnas, From Missile To Music (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 14, 2004)
MANY Indian homes wake up to the sweet strains of "Kausalya Supraja Rama" and "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum", rendered with matchless melody and devotion by M. S. Subbulakshmi.
- Erasing The Past (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 14, 2004)
Park Street is now Mother Teresa Sarani. But if public memory is left to such demagogic mercy, our urban pride will wither away
- F-16 Sale Endangers Peace Process (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 14, 2004)
New Delhi’s apprehensions about the proposed sale of U.S. defence equipment to Pakistan have become cause for considerable strain in an otherwise robust U.S.-India relationship.
- Beyond Nuclear Stability (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 14, 2004)
As India and Pakistan start talks on nuclear and conventional military confidence-building measures this week in Islamabad, part of the attention of the negotiators should be riveted on those outside the room
- Autonomy For Kashmir (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 13, 2004)
With the militants having unleashed a wave of violence and killings in the Valley, the nation was facing a serious situation in Kashmir. Besides deploying the security forces in numbers, the Union government did not know what else to do.
- Ram And Roti (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
Ram and Roti do combine to make an effective political pitch. By highlighting the success of Mr Narendra Modi in stimulating the economy of Gujarat, Mr LK Advani sought to reinvigorate the morale of the BJP's
- Road To Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2004)
Among the subjects Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz discussed when the latter was in New Delhi recently was transit rights for India to Afghanistan and Iran through Pakistan.
- The Song Of Dawn (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 13, 2004)
WE lived at the foot of Chuttipara, a mountainous rock that spread over a square kilometre. Legend has it that Ram and Sita spent some time in a cave on this rock during their ‘vanvas’.
- Responsibility (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 13, 2004)
Srisri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal’s case has seen the most peculiar reactions and they are predictable from a mile away.
- Democracy Quickening In India, Slowing In West (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Charles Taylor has been described as a leading interrogator of modernity. He sees its grandeur. And its malaise — the alienation, sense of impending social dissolution, and what he calls the ‘‘spiritual flatness’’ at the heart of the secular age.
- Robust Exports: The Invisible Realities (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 13, 2004)
A breaking real-life story seems set to give all the popular television soaps a run for their money. The viewers are agreed that it is `riveting stuff' and this appears to be driving such shows as Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Kusum and Kyonki Saans Bhi Kabhi Bahu
- Pakistan Becomes A Us Protectorate (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 13, 2004)
Following the 9/11 commission report, the US Congress is enacting legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission. The commission in its recommendations had focussed attention on the need for the US helping Pakistan to develop a promising,
- Giving Terror A Chance (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 13, 2004)
On December 9, Parliament repealed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2002 and passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill with Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil declaring that "those involved in terrorist activities are also our ...
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 13, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- It Is In Giving That They Receive (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 13, 2004)
While the Christmas season brings with it the feeling of generosity and of giving to others, such humanistic motivations are not sufficient for all.
- Once In An Epoch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There are relatively few creative people about whom it can be said, without exaggeration, that their achievement is likely to have a following a hundred years from now.
- Exit Of A Legend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
She was the voice behind the Suprabhatham in several homes every morning. The nightingale of India who enthralled three generations of music lovers world over will sing no more.
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 12, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- Strategic Partner? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2004)
The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld’s maiden visit to India after the President, Mr George Bush’s electoral victory, is an acknowledgement of the ‘’strategic partnership’’ that has evolved between the two countries.
- Rumour Ambushed (Tribune, Brig Harwant Singh, Dec 11, 2004)
IN 1983-85, I was posted as General Staff Officer Grade One, Operations [GSO-1 (Ops)], at HQ 8 Mountain Division at Zakhama near Kohima.
- Reining In The Military (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 11, 2004)
The NHRC should step in to investigate the extent of human rights violations by the security forces in J&K
- Parliament Live (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2004)
When he took charge as Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee, India's senior-most parliamentarian, promised to bring order and discipline to a House that seemed
- Children Of Jehad — Or Victims? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 11, 2004)
AS providence would have it, the Srinagar-based journalist did not have to search for the man who left his wife and daughters in India when he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in pursuit of “azadi” and reached what India refers to as Pakistan Occupied ..
- Iron Man Rumsfeld (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 11, 2004)
The timing could have been much better, but we can still see some positives out of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to India.
- Furore Over Attachment Of Assets (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 11, 2004)
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has sought amendments to the Seed Act, 1952 in the light of the ongoing farm crisis in the State following the failure of seeds in cotton, maize and other crops (The Hindu, October 25).
- Focus On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 11, 2004)
The latest World Employment Report (WER) brought out by the International Labour Office in Geneva has a chapter "Why Agriculture Matters",
- Agriculture Is No Holy Cow (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Dec 11, 2004)
THE one issue on which no political party wants to express a firm view is the taxation of rich agriculturists under the income and wealth tax Acts.
- Changing Face (Deccan Herald, GAYATRI CHANDRASHEKAR, Dec 10, 2004)
The passive train traveller is the one constant feature of a London that has changed over the years
- Holiday In Lahore (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Dec 10, 2004)
Once on a weekend holiday in Lahore, I walked into the room of my buddy, Khan Chand Duggal, in the Ewing Hall hostel of the Forman Christian College. I had never stayed with him earlier.
- Human Rights: A Sad Anniversary (Deccan Herald, MARIO SOARES, Dec 10, 2004)
Without respect for human rights, the opponents of terrorism will be on the same moral level as terrorists
- Insurgents Target Aid Workers In Iraq (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 10, 2004)
International aid workers, whose humanitarian mission afforded them protection in areas of conflict, now find that their flags offer little defence against an unprecedented spate of terrorist attacks in Iraq.
- Forget Efficiency. Let’S Do It (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 10, 2004)
In the normal course, I would oppose any new government activity on the grounds that it is probably unnecessary, is likely to increase the power and the influence of an already ...
- The Trial Of A Seer (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 10, 2004)
From the whodunit and the ‘howdunit’ to the unholy mess of it all — the arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati has raised a host of issues.
- Kill The New Bill (Telegraph, Gyan Pathak, Dec 10, 2004)
The Lok Sabha has finally scrapped the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, but made way for another controversy in the form of the unlawful activities (prevention) bill.
- Assisting Crime Victims (Hindu, K. T. Thomas, Dec 09, 2004)
The plight of those who suffer when a crime is committed deserves more attention.
- How Many Types Of Equality? (Indian Express, Babu Joseph, Dec 09, 2004)
Contemporary political discourse is replete with references to our national ethos. On the one hand, political parties owing allegiance to the right of the centre ideology have
- Temples Of Dissent (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Dec 09, 2004)
The Uttaranchal government has proposed a move to bring a legislation in the next Assembly session to bring the famous Char Dham temples under direct government control.
- The Favourite Whipping Boy (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 09, 2004)
Is India conspiring to wipe a neighbour called Bangladesh out of the face of the earth through “desertification” of the country or
- What’S Left Of Bengal (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 09, 2004)
The degeneration of West Bengal into one of the most backward states in India, and of Calcutta into little more than a very big mofussil city, began somewhere in the mid-Sixties. That was the time when we saw the use of “mass movements”, bandhs, hartals,
- Mother’S Priceless Gift (Deccan Herald, G. Srinivas Rao, Dec 09, 2004)
The recent tragedy of the theft of the Nobel medallion of Rabindranath Tagore, won by him in 1913, has made me take a fresh, fond look at my mother’s slate.
My mother, Radhamma
- Kashmir Roadblock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
Negotiations can never bring out the desired result if either of the two parties involved has a rigid attitude. This explains why the technical-level talks between India
- Wanted: Jawaharlal 2005 (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2004)
The year of The Great Political Turnaround is drawing to a close. A few months ago the BJP was the invincible party of India Shining.
- Al-Qaeda Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
The attack by suspected militants with links to the al-Qaeda on the US consulate at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia indicates that contrary to claims by the Saudi government, the militant infrastructure and network in the kingdom remains in a position to strike ev
- A Void In The Ranks (Telegraph, Arshi Khan, Dec 08, 2004)
Yasser Arafat’s death on November 11 was a real setback to the west Asia peace process. The French president, Jacques Chirac, who went to the Paris hospital after hearing of the death
- Constitution, Parliament, And The People (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Dec 08, 2004)
Unless we eliminate the nexus between politics and crime and also between politics and religion, the country is in danger of losing its identity.
- British Home Secretary In The Dock (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Dec 08, 2004)
One always admired the British Home Secretary, Mr David Blunkett, a blind person, who has admirably handled two of the most important and challenging portfolios of education and home affairs.
- Strike It Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2004)
Bandh has become a bad word of Indian politics. The awareness of the destructive and wasteful aspects of bandhs has been driven by the judiciary, which has rightly seen a bandh as a coercive instrument that infringes on the freedom of individuals.
- The Long Road To Gender Equality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2004)
The bill proposed by the Law Minister, H.R. Bhardwaj, to amend the law to grant women equal rights to Hindu undivided family property will be a significant step in bringing the Hindu law of inheritance in accord with the constitutional principle of equali
- The Patiala Spirit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE ongoing Indo-Pak Punjab Games and the World Punjabi Conference that concluded at Patiala last week cannot be treated as ordinary events.
- Festival Amid The Ruins (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
A wonderfully sunny, early-winterish December morning in Delhi was the setting that launched the Old World Theatre Festival supported by Mahindra and Mahindra.
- From One Ancient Civilisation To Another: Stop That Bomb (Indian Express, RYAN FLOYD, Dec 07, 2004)
India could win valuable concessions if it brokers peace between Iran and the West
- In A Make-Believe World (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2004)
I have known BJP president L.K. Advani from the days he was in journalism. I was then information officer at the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India.
- Malnad Splendour (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Dec 07, 2004)
Shimoga is one of the rainiest and most scenic districts of Karnataka. This is where the river Sharavathi has its source (there is a small Shiva temple on top of that source). Called ‘Ambutheertha’,
- Politicians With God On Their Side (Hindu, Max Hastings, Dec 07, 2004)
These American hijackers have made the world a more dangerous place.
- Prabakaran's Warning — Text And Context (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 07, 2004)
Anything the LTTE leader says has to be viewed against his uncompromising commitment to the establishment of a separate, independent state.
- India Shifts Gear On Iraq Policy (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, Dec 07, 2004)
India's relations with Iraq appear poised for transformation, with Iraq's interim foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, scheduled to visit New Delhi this month.
- Faith And Fact (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2004)
Those who thought Uma Bharti might have been subdued by her suspension from the Bharatiya Janata Party after her televised clash with Lal Krishna Advani were evidently wrong.
- Care Givers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2004)
Reverence can be overdone. Especially if it is public reverence for a religious official in a secular country. The arrest of the sankaracharya of Kanchi
- Drifting Backwards (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union Labour Minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific temper” that inspired the....
- Touch Of Class (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 06, 2004)
Corporate training and development is a major activity conducted by business schools, consulting firms, human resource departments of companies, management associations and others.
- Navy For The High Seas (Indian Express, RANJIT B. RAI, Dec 06, 2004)
This piece may read like a footnote to Navy Day but it concerns the nation at large. Every year the navy chooses a theme as its mission statement for the coming year and pursues it vigorously.
- Of Many Forked Tongues (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 06, 2004)
The BJP has begun to speak of Hindutva and Bharatiyata interchangeably to make its ideology more acceptable to allies.
- Time To Get Serious On Kashmir (Hindu, Howard B. Schaffer, Dec 06, 2004)
New Delhi and Islamabad need to agree on concrete steps that could change the situation on the ground in Kashmir.
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