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Articles 24221 through 24320 of 26855:
- The Brethren In Goa (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Dec 05, 2004)
Since their defeat in the parliamentary elections, the BJP seems to be losing one mask a day, and in full public view.
- Uk Most Conducive For Indian Companies, Says Swaraj Paul (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2004)
Lord Swaraj Paul, one of the most successful Indians in the UK, is the third Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
- Religious Centres And Public Scrutiny (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Dec 05, 2004)
History has illustrated from the time of Buddha that criminals, thiefs and murderers would run to the fold of religion downing saffron robes to escape the hand of law.
- Doctor In The House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2004)
Perhaps the chief minister of West Bengal has something priceless to give away. The king who searched far and wide for a man who would cure the unsmiling princess of her disease of grumpiness promised the successful healer his daughter’s hand.
- I’M Ready But Will They Talk To Someone As ‘Prejudiced’ As Me? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 05, 2004)
If you read this newspaper last Thursday you would have seen your humble columnist’s name splashed across this page in six columns.
- A Ticking Time Bomb? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 05, 2004)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is no longer confined to high-risk groups. There are warning signs that it is women, especially the young, who are among the most vulnerable
- Look Around, God Is Everywhere (Indian Express, Teja Shrikant Lele, Dec 04, 2004)
An oblong bit of stone, a smear of vermilion. A few grains of rice came one day, a diya was lit on another. A few days later, the oblong bit of stone was a stone no more: it had attained iconic status. God had been born.
- Politicians And Their Party-Hopping (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 04, 2004)
The best time to watch antics of politicians on the make are elections: before the names of candidates are announced by the parties, during the campaign and after the results are announced.
- A Palestinian Democracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2004)
The succession to Chairman Yasser Arafat appeared to be proceeding smoothly with former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas on course to take over the various posts the departed leader had held.
- Porn Free (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Dec 04, 2004)
Khajuraho paintings survived because the public then was willing to ‘purchase’ what was being offered to them. Similarly, cyber porn thrives because there is a consumer waiting to click his mouse
- Corporate India (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 04, 2004)
WHAT is it about highly successful entrepreneurs who are able to judge people with brilliant instinct that they cannot come to terms with the obvious possibility of their own children or progeny tearing their legacy into shreds after they are no more?
- Darkness Visible (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 04, 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
- Down With Bandhs! (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 04, 2004)
This is a critical time for West Bengal, particularly Kolkata, which is in the middle of a campaign to restore its old image of being a progressive metropolis, leading the nation from the front.
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Filth In God’S Abode (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 04, 2004)
The arrest of the seer of Kancheepuram brings to light once more the sordid goings-on in places of worship.
- On Another Plane (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 03, 2004)
The public conduct of foreign policy tends to focus excessively on the spectacular. This is as true for India as it is for Western democracies and African potentates.
- Talk Of Court News: Who Loses And Who Wins (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 03, 2004)
These days, there is more action in courts than elsewhere, and judges seem to have the last word on almost anything. What fills the media is the "talk of court news,"
- Tough Task For Musharraf (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 03, 2004)
Pakistan politics is always interesting. To start with, political initiative continues to be held by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. Reports are that the six parties’ religious alliance, the MMA, is trying to snatch this initiative.
- God’S Gender (Indian Express, BRAJESH KR. SINGH, Dec 03, 2004)
Is God male or female? It troubles both rationalists and those of immense faith. Since God is formless and absolute in nature, followers don’t bother about gender identity.
- Muscle Drill (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Dec 02, 2004)
The season of bandhs is back again. Political parties, covering virtually the whole ideological spectrum, are calling them all over the country over various issues and at the
- Pontiff In Looking Glass Land (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 02, 2004)
I have no idea if anything as materialistic as a looking-glass is available in the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham but if there is one Shri Jayendra Saraswati must feel that he, like Alice, has stepped right through into another dimension.
- The Balle-Balle Bridge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat may achieve what the foreign offices in India and Pakistan cannot
- The Threat From N-Weapons (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 02, 2004)
In its historic ruling on July 8, 1996, the World Court held that countries possessing nuclear weapons had not just a “need” but an “obligation” to commence negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament.
- Uncle Sam’S Toxic Ways (Indian Express, R R SHARMA, Dec 02, 2004)
The world’s largest economy still does not believe that economic growth cannot be achieved without protecting life at the same time
- Commodification Of Education (Deccan Herald, SUDHA SITARAMAN, Dec 02, 2004)
In the heady aftermath of Indian independence, the idea of modernisation took on the dimensions of a national mission. It was an integral part of the Nehruvian vision of modernisation that declares stridently its intentions of building an egalitarian ...
- More Riveting Than A Soap (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 02, 2004)
A breaking real real-life story seems set to give all the popular television soaps a run for their money.
- Dazzling Divali Of Mughals (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Dec 02, 2004)
Divali without fireworks? Unthinkable. But this is precisely how it was before the advent of Mughals to India. Celebrating Divali with fireworks is of recent origin, dating back to Mughal times.
- Amendments To Seed Law — Yet To Germinate Fully (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 02, 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
- The European Malaise (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Dec 01, 2004)
Soon after the American presidential election results were announced, the British prime minister, Tony Blair, declared to his European Union colleagues that “the American people have spoken”, and it was time to restore
- Asbestos: Housed In Controversies (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 01, 2004)
Are chrysotile asbestos (or white asbestos) products hazardous to health? The Chrysotile Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association (CACPMA) asserts that they are not.
- Shocking Incident (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2004)
In yet another incident on Saturday, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, S Deka, opened indiscriminate fire, killing seven of his colleagues, including a company commander, before he was killed by retaliatory fire at the ...
- Trading With Neighbour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
DESPITE Pakistan’s reluctance to grant the most-favoured nation (MFN) status to India, trade between the two countries is growing at a fast pace.
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Nuclear Challenges In Contemporary World (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 30, 2004)
As disparate the nations are, so are their nuclear weapon strategies. While most abide by the rule of non-proliferation, some, despite being part of the NPT, have leaked their knowledge to suspect nations.
- Bolstering Intra-Regional Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2004)
Nearly two decades after its formation, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is unable to shake off its fetters and ensure the early implementation of the
- Godmen And Citizens (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 30, 2004)
Ask yourself a question: why did the BJP leaders do their little hunger-strike drama on Parliament Street in Delhi instead of doing it outside the math in Tamil Nadu?
- Iran Closer To Nuclear Weapon? (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Nov 30, 2004)
THE New York Times of 24th November carried a story derived from the unclassified version of the CIA report to the Congress on countries acquiring nuclear and other
- Issues And Options (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Nov 30, 2004)
IT is just over two months ago that Mr Manmohan Singh said something in New York which hung over India for a few weeks like a shining star of hope in the context of Kashmir. Such hopes have taken wing before as well.
- The Difference Between Us (Indian Express, SUBHASH GATADE, Nov 29, 2004)
It is time the perpetuation of inequalities, of caste, gender and community, became everyone’s concern
- Sour Dhoklas In Keshubhai Camp (Indian Express, TANVIR SIDDIQUI, Nov 29, 2004)
Despite the BJP’s efforts to explain it away, the rift between Chief Minister Narendra Modi and arch-rival Keshubhai Patel keeps raising its head with alarming frequency
- The Inanity Of It All (Deccan Herald, DAVID AARONOVITCH, Nov 29, 2004)
With Bush-bashing getting so popular, specious theories ensnare even noted writers and their gullible readers
- Policy On Admissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2004)
THE Centre’s new policy on entrance tests for admission to all professional educational institutions is in conformity with its avowed objective of respecting the autonomy in this sphere.
- Who’S In Charge In Iraq? (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 29, 2004)
I have never understood how an administration that wanted a war so badly and will be judged on it by history so profoundly could manage it so sloppily
- The Old Bjp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2004)
The architect of Ayodhya has sought to give the impression that he has found a cause equal in electoral potential to the Ram temple movement of the early 1990s.
- Two Brothers (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 29, 2004)
When big events unfold in the lives of the rich and powerful, it’s inevitable to see how the situation applies to lesser mortals, because though the scale of the big situation is so enormous...
- Working A Democracy (Business Line, Harish Khare , Nov 29, 2004)
We owe it to ourselves to see to it that religion ceases to be the basis of inclusion or exclusion, discrimination or favoured treatment.
- Coalition Compulsions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2004)
The Architect of Ayodhya has sought to give the impression that he has found a cause equal in electoral potential to the Ram temple movement of the early 1990s.
- Engagement By Economics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 29, 2004)
That two technocrats are at the helm in Pakistan and India should ordinarily lead to some optimism about the future of economic relations between the two countries.
- F-16s And Other Lethal Toys For Pakistan (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Nov 29, 2004)
There are clear indications that Pakistan is getting F-16 warjets, besides the eight P3C Orion Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft and a host of other weapons from the United States that would have serious implications for India and the neighbouring region.
- Taking French Connection Beyond Wine & Cheese (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 28, 2004)
While round table conferences, strategic dialogue and visits of political dignitaries have helped mutual understanding, our relations must re-adapt to the new economic realities
- Kargil Echo In Pak Purchases (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 28, 2004)
US deputy Secretary for Defence Richard Armitage had stated on a Pakistani TV channel last month that ‘‘We have gotten (sic) now a steady stream of dependable funding to help the Pakistani armed forces.
- Kashmir: Still In Search Of A Policy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 28, 2004)
The noises are right and the gestures appropriate, but the Manmohan Singh Government has yet to come up with a coherent policy for peace in Jammu and Kashmir
- Fine-Tuning Defence Security Apparatus (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, Nov 28, 2004)
INDIA is facing security problems from its neighbours like Pakistan, Bangladesh and China. Besides keeping good friendly relations with them, it has to evolve a comprehensive strategy to maintain peace with them.
- Sleepless In The City (Telegraph, Vishnupriya Sengupta, Nov 28, 2004)
There are 12 hours in the waking day — but what feels like a hundred in a night for the sleepless.
- Peace On The Rails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2004)
Reports that India and Pakistan are to revive the rail link between Sindh and Rajasthan have come at a time when the relationship between the two countries is under
- The General’S Moves (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 27, 2004)
Musharraf not only faces a threat from the domestic opposition but also has to contend with pressures from America
- The Marriage Season (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 27, 2004)
Back from an assignment, I discovered that my little daughter was in a jubilant mood. She held a wedding card in her hand which said, ‘Vaishali weds Anil’. A glance at it revealed that our neighbour’s daughter was to be a bride. “So, the marriage season i
- We Are In Denial (Indian Express, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Nov 27, 2004)
If you come across a Communist, with a Hindu name, and ask him about his identity, he will deny being a Hindu.
- Secular Because We're Indian, Not Because We're Hindu (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2004)
It is common for Ministers to talk gas, much to our discomfort. However, when the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, talked about gas a couple of days ago, announcing that the LPG price would not go up in steady arithmetic progression, relief was
- A Heady Brew Of Religion, Law And Politics (Hindu, N. Ravi, Nov 27, 2004)
With faith-based assertions of innocence and shock contending with swift condemnation and gloating over the discomfiture of a religious leader, the notion of holding one's judgment till the trial is concluded is receding.
- Advani’S Agenda (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2004)
Those who remember history are also condemned to repeat it. So it would appear from BJP President L.K. Advani's resounding call, at the party's national executive
- Elephant In The Room (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 27, 2004)
India, Pakistan and the elephant in the room. That was how it looked to the Guardian when Shaukat Aziz met Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
- Fight Corruption Through Religion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 27, 2004)
Year after year some international organisation or the other publishes a list of nations in the order of corruption that exists in them. And year after year India is listed among ten of the most corrupt in the world.
- Can't Blame The Manufacturer If Men Used Women's Shirts (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2004)
Mopeds may be out of fashion on city roads, but the recent case of Balkrishna Industries Ltd that came before the Mumbai Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) was about a moped dispute.
- Pitching The Maratha Warriors (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Nov 26, 2004)
After public awareness films and ads over the years, Sachin Tendulkar’s appeal will soon work for hockey. You’ll soon spot the maestro in an ad promoting the inaugural Premier Hockey League (PHL), to kick off on January 13 next year
- Stumbling And Lurching Along (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 26, 2004)
India and Pakistan are embarked on a three-legged cross-country with the finishing line visible only through a telescope. It will be reached
- The Sankaracharya Case (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 26, 2004)
The controversy over the arrest of the Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Mutt exposes the hypocrisy of political Hinduism.
- Hello, Silence (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 26, 2004)
I have been an unabashed admirer of the US for almost 30 years now and every time I visit the US I always seem to pick up some little nugget that vindicates my position.
- Intolerance Unlimited (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 26, 2004)
Two apparently unconnected incidents that took place recently in two different parts of the globe are disquieting for the identical message of intolerance they conveyed.
- A Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 26, 2004)
India and Pakistan took one more step forward to consolidate their relations with each other through a meeting of their Prime Ministers in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Get This Bill Passed (Indian Express, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Nov 26, 2004)
Recently a group of MPs submitted a memorandum to the prime minister, highlighting the problems of Christians of Scheduled Caste origin.
- A Moronic Gas-Guzzling Republic (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 26, 2004)
Brave young US soldiers are dying defending the values of a land given over to petty politics and selfish consumerism
- Post-Arafat Era Depends On Palestinians And Us Policy (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 25, 2004)
Colin L. Powell is in West Asia this week on his final visit to the region as the Secretary of State. To some, Mr Powell's trip symbolises the final flicker of American empathy for the Palestinian cause;
- Resilient Resistance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2004)
With the Election Commission of Iraq deciding to hold parliamentary elections on January 30, 2005, the United States-led forces in illegal occupation of the country apparently believe that they have enough time to crush the freedom movement.
- Respect The Kashmiri Identity (Indian Express, Balraj Puri, Nov 25, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the press in Srinagar that India was willing to consider any proposals from Pakistan on Kashmir, subject to two conditions. One, there would be no redrawing of international boundaries.
- Terrorism Rooted In Malnutrition (Deccan Herald, SANKAR RAY, Nov 25, 2004)
Researchers see a link between malnutrition from the post-natal phase and the antisocial mindset in teens
- A Fearless Fighter, He Went Where Few Had Gone Before (Indian Express, AJIT GULABCHAND, Nov 25, 2004)
My personal memories centre on a very ill man who loved his daily drive in his elegant stretch Chrysler. I was always a part of those rides and the car is still with me.
- Here To Stay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 25, 2004)
A great many English teachers in West Bengal owe an easy life to what calls itself communism in the state. Getting to teach a language without bothering to know it very well is a rare privilege.
- A Powerless Weapon (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Nov 25, 2004)
The popular mood is against bandhs. Parties that hope to survive have to reflect this change in their strategies
- Hunger Strike (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 25, 2004)
Fasting once in a while is good for health. The leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party must have had this well-known medical dictum in mind when they decided to undertake a relay hunger-strike to protest against the arrest of the seer of Kanchi.
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