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Articles 26121 through 26220 of 26855:
- India, U.S. And Non-Proliferation (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 25, 2003)
The Indo-U.S. negotiations reflect a political commitment to deal with a problem that has long hobbled bilateral relations.
- Dogmas Prevail Over Pragmatism (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Sep 25, 2003)
If economic efficiency is achieved, there will be more than enough money for the uplift of the downtrodden
- Nightmare On Arab Street (Indian Express, Raghav Gupta, Sep 24, 2003)
Forget the military war, what is America doing to win the cultural war in West Asia? Precious little actually
- In Pakistan, It’s Ethical Cleansing Season (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Sep 24, 2003)
Dictatorship bre-eds despair in society, leading to pessimism and a disenchanted people. Disenchantment, in turn, leads to demoralisation and a defeatist attitude.
- India Does Some Shelling In New York (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 24, 2003)
Furious that General Musharraf had secured the floor and grabbed media attention, India on Monday stayed away from an international conference and dismissed an opportunity to explain the battering it continues to receive from cross-border terrorism.
- Reject Devil In The Guise Of God (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Sep 22, 2003)
When religiosity is driven by selfishness, there is a good chance that the devil is being worshipped in the name of God
- Beijing-Moscow-New Delhi Trialogue (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Sep 22, 2003)
The significance of the upcoming trialogue is not to be underestimated because China, India and Russia represent the vast majority of the global population.
- Sonia Calls Maya To Ask About Kanshi, Establishes Connection (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Sep 20, 2003)
Setting off a buzz of speculation in political circles, BSP leader Mayawati today sang Sonia Gandhi’s praises and lashed out at the BJP questioning its ‘‘Hindu’’ credentials.
- Babri Cloud: Sangh Seize The Silver Lining (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 20, 2003)
Advani walks free in demolition case; Joshi quits after he, 6 Sangh leaders face charges, party tells him don’t
- A Developing Relationship (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2003)
PRIME MINISTER ATAL Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Turkey has added content to the relationship between the two countries. These secular democracies were estranged from each other till about a decade ago, largely because each perceived the other as ...
- Back To The Temple (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 20, 2003)
It's amazing how elections bring all Sangh outfits together on the Ayodhya issue. First the RSS and then the BJP promptly endorsed the VHP move to mobilise crowds for the temple. The BJP has steered clear of the issue in its five years in power. A senior
- The Taliban In Our Midst (Indian Express, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sep 18, 2003)
The biggest indoor stadium in Ohio City, USA, was recently alive and vibrant with thousands of people. The event: India Day celebrations. Thousands of Indians from all religious groups were present and participated exuberantly in the festivities. One ...
- Do Not Discredit Islam, It’s Not A Terror Source: Pm (Indian Express, M SHAKEEL AHMED, Sep 17, 2003)
Describing international terrorism as a ‘‘global monster’’, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today flayed the ‘‘selective approach’’ and differing standards of some countries in combating the menace. He also dismissed the Western belief that Islam was
- On The Road To Ayodhya (Indian Express, MIRZA A. BEG, Sep 17, 2003)
Muslims should be magnanimous to resolve the Ayodhya dispute. A laudable idea! Compromise is better if it brings peace. Three questions need to be addressed to attain this worthy aim: Sanctity of religious beliefs; compromise with whom; and will the ...
- Inside Iran, A Persian Paradox (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Sep 17, 2003)
There are civilisations and there are states, but there are few civilisational states, and even fewer civilisational nation-states. India and China represent the latter, and so does Iran which has undergone some remarkable changes in the past quarter ...
- Don’t Delink Muslims From The Rest Of India (Indian Express, M. N. BUCH, Sep 17, 2003)
Proposals that seek to institutionalise a Muslim vote bank are certainly not tools for empowerment
- Exit Via Gujarat (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 16, 2003)
When Prime Minister Vajpayee lands in Zurich at the end of this week after Turkey and en route to the UN meetings in New York, the reception committee will not include India’s honorary consul for 13 years in the city, Thomas Wach. Seems that Wach’s ...
- What Intifada? Islamabad Has Its Own Future To Make (Indian Express, Kunwar Idris, Sep 15, 2003)
Israel has no ill-will towards Pakistan. It is Pakistan that closes doors on Israel. Israel has done Pakistan no bad turn nor, ironically, have the Palestinians ever reciprocated Pakistan’s warmth and devotion to their cause. In fact, the Palestinian lead
- Healthy Exegesis (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 15, 2003)
OUT of evil cometh good, they say. Out of the terror of 9/11 has emerged an attempt on the part of scholars and savants of different religious persuasions to understand the true nature of Islam. It is an eminently sensible and desirable development.
- Streetfighting Fears (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 14, 2003)
On a perfect morning in Srinagar last week as I sat on the roof of a houseboat on the Dal Lake listening to happy, hopeful tales of the Valley’s first real tourist season in a decade, news came of the explosion in Sabzi Mandi. Six people were killed and a
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2003)
In Stem this Alien Nation, P Chidambaram has cited the Punjab precedent. In my view there is no comparison between the Sikh situation in the 80’s and the Muslim situation now. The Sikh militancy did not arise from despair or alienation but from the ...
- Farming A Friendship (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2003)
The India-Israel relationship is about more than just fighting terrorism
- India Without A Clue At Cancun (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 11, 2003)
India has thus far made only feeble attempts to get an opportunity for professionals and semi-skilled to work anywhere in the world without visa harassment.
- Sree Narayana Guru (Indian Express, V. MANIYAN , Sep 11, 2003)
Like Adi Sankaracharya, Sree Narayana Guru (whose birth anniversary was yesterday) propagated Advaita (non-duality) in the early 20th century.
- Believe It Or Not (Indian Express, ANNA M M VETTICAD, Sep 11, 2003)
A colleague was sent scurrying off the other day on a mission to interview a lady who her publicist described as ‘‘India’s volleyball captain Nandita Singha.
- Now Science Is Behind Us On Ayodhya, Says The Deputy Pm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 11, 2003)
: Joining the debate over the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Ayodhya excavations,
- The Story Of Two Sayyeds (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Sep 11, 2003)
The community doesn’t heed the call of the grand old man of Aligarh anymore
- This War On Terror Is Bogus (Deccan Herald, Michael Meacher, Sep 11, 2003)
The 9/11 attacks gave America an ideal pretext to use force to
secure its global domination
- Indo-Pak. Rivalry In Afghanistan (Hindu, Aunohita Mojumdar, Sep 11, 2003)
Without the problems of a contiguous border, India has been able to reap the rewards of being a neighbourhood friend.
- Why We Are All Not Terrorists (Indian Express, Nilofar Suhrawardy, Sep 10, 2003)
Of late sharper emphasis and focus are being accorded to haunting questions related to Muslims’ standing in Indian society. Secularists need to spare a thought to a mundane, even crude, question: What prevented them from turning to terrorism and/or ...
- Gujarat’s Blindspot (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 09, 2003)
What is the difference between dictatorship and democracy? In the first, one person changes the people; in the second, the people change that person. When I read about the treatment meted out to Zakia Jaffrey after she had deposed before the Nanavati-Shah
- Maneaters Of The Desert (Indian Express, Shelley Walia, Sep 09, 2003)
Israeli democracy is a facade. For non-Jews it is an unequal, unjust society
- The Wrong Signal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
INDIA AND ISRAEL share a relationship that has grown rapidly and covers diverse fields. Official visits by the leaders of countries having ties of this sort are important since they reinforce and add impetus to exchanges of a more mundane nature. ...
- Settle Ayodhya Before Vhp Gets Into Act: Rss (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 08, 2003)
Encouraged by the Archaeological Survey of India report on the excavations carried out at the Ayodhya site, the entire RSS leadership, led by Sarsanghchalak K S Sudarshan, met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today and urged him to resolve the temple ...
- Stem This Alien Nation (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 07, 2003)
I can fill this column — nay, the whole page — with names of Muslim men and women, all Indians, who have achieved distinction in different walks of life. Because, among the 110 million Muslims, there are thousands of distinguished men and women. We can...
- Unifying Personal Laws (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Sep 06, 2003)
Personal laws may be reformed from within, without a quantum leap into a common code.
- Proof Of Marriage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
THE SUGGESTION MADE by the Supreme Court for enactment of a law that will make registration of marriages compulsory merits active consideration by the Centre. For an official record of marriages will be of immense value — like the register ...
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- Wretched Of The Earth (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 30, 2003)
Muslim Indians are natural allies of others marginalised by an upper caste Hindu elite. Second in a two-part series
- By God’s Grace (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 30, 2003)
There are are many things about religions that elude my grasp. I try to find answers in books or seek elucidation from friends interested in such subjects. When it comes to Christianity, I turn to Jaya Thadani who is a practising Roman Catholic and goes
- By God’s Grace (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 30, 2003)
There are are many things about religions that elude my grasp. I try to find answers in books or seek elucidation from friends interested in such subjects. When it comes to Christianity, I turn to Jaya Thadani who is a practising Roman Catholic and goes
- Muslims Need To Establish Political Clout (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 29, 2003)
Forget emotionalism. Draw up a hard-headed electoral strategy. First in a two-part series
- Mumbai, A Salaam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
This metropolis and its people from all walks have shown the world how to fight terrorism
- The Kaaba (Indian Express, Mehru Jaffer, Aug 28, 2003)
Often I wonder as I prostrate in the direction of the Kaaba, the hollow shrine shaped like a cube in the heart of Mecca, why I do so when Muslims are told to bow before none other except Allah?
- The Hindu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
THE HINDU, FOUNDED on September 20, 1878, is the oldest surviving major newspaper of Indian nationalism, by which we mean the great socio-political movement that won freedom for India from colonial bondage and helped consolidate the gains ...
- What’s Wrong With Conversion Laws? (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Aug 26, 2003)
The conversion laws enacted in the country are designed to target the Christian community
- Give Iraq Politics, Rest Will Follow (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 26, 2003)
Iraq needs a regular party system. It’s only getting NGOs which can’t channel political urges
- The Marriage Ratio (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 25, 2003)
Can two such negative social trends as dowry and the poor sex ratio ever yield anything positive? While the large print (national media) dwells on divisive issues like caste and religion, the small print (regional media) is documenting events that may ...
- The Ramanandis (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 25, 2003)
This is not about upholding agendas but about our right to know. Thus, when Swami Nritya Gopal, who succeeded Swami Paramahans as head of the Ramanandi sect in Ayodhya, says, “Hindus and Muslims will build the temple together”, it may not necessarily be a
- Temple Takeovers (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 23, 2003)
Government involvement in the running of temples is detrimental to both politics and religion.
- Cricket And The Faithful (Indian Express, HASAN MANSOOR, Aug 23, 2003)
As Saeed Anwar begins preaching at a mosque, his former team-mates rethink religion too
- India’s Magic Realism (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Aug 22, 2003)
Producing 30 per cent of America’s doctors but not one Al-Qaida terrorist
- Devastating Strike In Baghdad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
THE SUICIDE ATTACK on the headquarters of the United Nations in Baghdad is a big blow to the attempts of the United States to induct the U.N. in some kind of legitimising role for the occupation. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for ...
- ‘he Took On The Mahatma’ So Modi Goes To Get Ashes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
Chief Minister Narendra Modi may have gone to Geneva to fetch the ashes of freedom-fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma but his government has already pitted the man against the greatest of them all — Mahatma Gandhi — by digging into the archives and issuing an
- Manipulating Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Aug 20, 2003)
Afghan security has come to be defined in terms of Hamid Karzai's extent of authority over provinces outside of Kabul
- A No-No To Negaholism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Political leaders should take Arun Shourie’s prescription on dealing with the world seriously
- Does Bjp Really Want The Code? (Indian Express, COLIN GONSALVES, Aug 19, 2003)
Both in the Shah Bano case and in the Sarla Mudgal case, the Supreme Court found successive governments ‘‘wholly remiss’’ in acting in accordance with Article 44 of the Constitution in bringing into force a uniform civil code and requested the prime ...
- Terrorists In Saffron (Indian Express, Swami Agnivesh, Aug 19, 2003)
Hindutva is pseudo-Hinduism and derives inspiration from Hitler, Mussolini,
- Blame Game On Reservation (Deccan Herald, S Simhadri, Aug 19, 2003)
All major political parties, except those of the oppressed castes, subtly oppose empowerment of the OBCs
- Hitting The Prayer Mat When Power Blacks Out (Indian Express, Khalid Hasan, Aug 18, 2003)
Had all the enemies of Islam, past, present and those yet to be born got together to wreak vengeance on this religion and those who are identified with it, they could not have achieved in a hundred years what the authors of 9/11 managed in just a few ...
- Back To The Future (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 17, 2003)
Just before Saint Valmiki wrote his Ramayana, or contemporaneously, there were other works written by Buddhist scholars on a legendary hero called Rama. Likewise, there were stories of Rama written by Jain scholars belonging to the two schools of the Jain
- Messenger’s The Message (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
The Prime Minister’s Red Fort speech was a familiar message of unity and progress
- Vajpayee Goes Out In The Rain With His Pak Olive Branch (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 16, 2003)
Sending his most categorical signal ever that he was committed to the peace process with Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today invited Islamabad to walk ‘‘together with India on the road to peace,’’ a road he said would be littered with land
- Six In A Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
AN ADDRESS FROM the ramparts of the historic Red Fort is an occasion for a Prime Minister to salute the nation as well as to showcase his administration's political and economic achievements. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first Prime Minister ...
- Kalam Prayer: No Mandir-Masjid (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 15, 2003)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today made a passionate plea to pull India out of the politics of religion and called for a ‘‘moratorium’’ on issues that seek to impede the country’s development.
- The Humble Protest Is Reborn, Recognise It? (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Aug 13, 2003)
Please do not insist on making conversation.’’ This warning board seems strange at a maidan where a social crusader is protesting, what else, corruption. Nearby, a minister holds court on a red-carpetted stage. Both are on hunger strike, but it doesn’t
- Who's Afraid Of A Uniform Civil Code? (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Aug 13, 2003)
A uniform civil code will focus on rights, leaving the rituals embodied in personal law intact within the bounds of constitutional propriety.
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear (Deccan Herald, SHABANA AZMI, Aug 13, 2003)
Marital and domestic violence may be a private affair but its public consequences are serious
- Election Reforms And `Shekhawat Formula' (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 13, 2003)
To have 107 elections in a litlle over a decade-and-a-half is something developing countries, such as India, can ill afford.
- A Bold Verdict (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
AN INDONESIAN COURT'S verdict, convicting and sentencing to death a key figure behind the Bali bombing of 2002, could well prove a landmark in the fight against global terror. When the country with the largest Muslim population in the world ...
- ‘i See Myself As A Courier Boy, Trying To Deliver My Father’s Message’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 11, 2003)
Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s son and anointed successor, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Gateway Of India in Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk.
- Laws Of Inequality (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
PERSONAL LAWS govern marriages, divorce, inheritance, succession, custody and maintenance. They govern a woman's rights to equality at home. In varying degrees, the personal laws of different religions subvert women's constitutionally guaranteed right
- It Is About Equality, Not Uniformity (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Aug 10, 2003)
The political debate... has revolved around uniformity of civil codes and has largely ignored issues of equality.
- Muted Voices Of Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
THE WORK done by women's organisations working with Muslim women has, over the last decade, created an environment where they are asking for change. According to Hasina Khan of the Mumbai-based Awaz-e-Niswaan "70 to 80 per cent of women want a change in
- Be Swift, Be Just (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2003)
Three events in three different parts of the world hold out powerful lessons for us in how to deal with terrorism. An Indonesian court has found Amrozi bin Nurhasyim guilty in connection with last year’s Bali bombing. The court has pronounced a death sent
- No Sufia, Not You (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Aug 08, 2003)
What could drive a soft-spoken, God-fearing doctor to inhumanity? What could lead him to believe his God wanted him to learn about explosives, and then detonate bombs in buses and trains? What did he feel when his innocent victims were literally torn ...
- It's Social Aspects (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 08, 2003)
ANY new technology inevitably brings in its wake social costs and consequences. Information technology (IT) is no exception. However, there has as yet been no definitive work on its social aspects and their precise implications and ramifications.
- Need To Unite All Minorities (Deccan Herald, K. S. Parthasarathy, Aug 08, 2003)
The BJP seems impatient with what it feels as an attack through such developments like religious conversions striking at its very base. It also seems to arrogate to itself the role to protect Hinduism against whatever it thinks as challenges. While the
- Right To Contest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
IN A NARROW legal sense, there can be no objection to the Supreme Court judgment that upholds the constitutionality of the Haryana law that bars anyone having more than two children from becoming a sarpanch or a panch of a panchayat. The ...
- Putin's Peace Plan In Peril (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 08, 2003)
A few more suicide bomb attacks can undermine the credibility of Mr. Putin's peace efforts in Chechnya.
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