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Articles 26521 through 26620 of 26855:
- Righting And Rewriting Indian History (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Jan 22, 2002)
The on-going dispute over Indian history and the behaviour of some of its protagonists is little short of amazing.
- Here Was A Man (Pioneer, S. V. Nair, Jan 22, 2002)
It happened during my college days in the early 1960s in my native place, Trivandrum.
- A Spontaneous Consensus (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jan 22, 2002)
Colin Powell visited New Delhi briefly early last week. L.K. Advani and George Fernandes have been in Washington.
- Rights And Wrongs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2002)
There have always been debates on the definition and scope of human rights, but there cannot be any excuse for the state to take away these rights.
- Putting It Bluntly (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 22, 2002)
The Union Home Minister, Mr LK Advani put it succinctly when he said during an exclusive interview with The Pioneer that his quarrel was not with General Pervez Musharraf but with Islamabad which should change the policy formulated by General Zia-ul Haq.
- Readying For The World (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 22, 2002)
With all the discussion on Doha, agreement on agriculture, Rio after 10 years, the budget for agriculture, you must be a bit jaded like me. So I decided to get back to the field.
- Poll Time In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2002)
DESPITE THE ABYSMALLY low standard of living, destruction caused by floods and an insensitive administration, the political discourse in the villages of Uttar Pradesh has always reflected a deep sense of maturity.
- Escalation Of The Battle Within? (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Jan 22, 2002)
Much of the focus of the events of the past few weeks, in the aftermath of the December 13 attack on the Indian Parliament, has been on the possibility of a major war breaking out between India and Pakistan.
- Negotiating In Good Faith (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 22, 2002)
Now that the Americans are leaning on us to do what we should have the good sense to do on our own, it is but a matter of time (and face-saving) before we and the Pakistanis find ourselves at the negotiating table, with the Americans.
- The Case For De-Escalation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2002)
THE DEFENCE MINISTER, George Fernandes, is absolutely correct when he says that other nations do not have the right to demand that India pull back its troops from the western border.
- Kashmir: Lessons Of History (Hindu, Navnita Chadha Behera, Jan 22, 2002)
The great Indian success story lies in its total faith in democracy... and devising rules of the game in away that allows power sharing among different communities. The challenge lies in extending that logic to Jammu and Kashmir.
- Suspended Belief (Telegraph, Ashok Kapur, Jan 21, 2002)
September 11 and December 13 were major setbacks to American and Indian interests in relation to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- The Truth About Govindacharya (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 21, 2002)
There are events which seem small in themselves but which become watersheds in the country’s political life. Belchi in 1977 was about more than the killing of a few Dalits in a backward village of Bihar.
- Dalit Agenda And The Action Plan (Pioneer, K. S. Chalam, Jan 21, 2002)
Keeping the past experiences of the Dalit movement and the present socio-economic situation in the country, an agenda is to be prepared.
- A Fine Balance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 21, 2002)
The American secretary of state, Mr Colin Powell, performed a remarkable balancing act during his recent visit to India and Pakistan.
- ‘India’s Been Too Sceptical, Should Give Us The Benefit Of Doubt’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2002)
Over the past decade Fareed Zakaria has emerged as one of the premier foreign policy commentators in the United States.
- For Fruitful Talks (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 21, 2002)
While the governments of India and the United States watch out for the kind of action Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf takes on India's demand for the custody of 20 persons, wanted for involvement in terrorist and other heinous crimes.
- Economics: Beyond The Definition (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Jan 21, 2002)
AS EARLY as 1932, Lionel Robbins said in The Nature and Significance of Economic Science that a century earlier J. S. Mill had stated that the definition of a science had invariably not preceeded but followed the creation of the science itself.
- Down A Middle Path (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2002)
In Kashmir, we need to defeat terrorism through democracy.
- Fraud And God (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 21, 2002)
A famous cartoonist-writer came up to me on Pongal night at a popular Delhi hangout called Rick’s. We were a large, gregarious table of journos, writers and people in the book business, enjoying the post-party party of the launch of a new author.
- Insecure In The Middle (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jan 20, 2002)
Once, in the Sixties, being middle class meant ironed clothes to wear, enough to eat, a newspaper to read, a watch to tell time by and, perhaps, a scooter to ride to work.
- Fundamental Faultlines (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Jan 20, 2002)
Yossef Bodansky ranks as one of the pre-eminent names in the study of terrorism.
- For Peace That Passes Terrorism (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jan 20, 2002)
The perceptible change in tone and urgency among the leading protagonists of the war against terrorism - the US and Britain - and the consequent increase in pressure on Pakistan to take meaningful action against terrorism.
- Action, Not Words (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2002)
As expected, United States' Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Delhi began and ended on a cordial note.
- After Gujarat Earthquake: Some Building Blocks Towards Safety (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Jan 20, 2002)
ANNIVERSARIES of tragic incidents are normally observed by paying homage to the victims.
- Killing Pressure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2002)
There are certain traits in Western Society that are seemingly exclusive to it.
- Let's Not Ease The Pressure On Pakistan (Pioneer, Sumant Dhamija, Jan 20, 2002)
All of America's immediate short term objectives in respect of Afghanistan achieved, and Pakistan, basking in the afterglow of international attention and flush with funds, will now shift its focus completely to Kashmir.
- Brother George And Brother Paul (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2002)
What was our venerable rakhsa mantri up to in Toronto at the end of the US leg of his jaunt abroad?
- Welcome To Moscowashington (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 19, 2002)
As the subcontinent fetes Colin Powell, step back three decades in time, almost to date. Then get down to figuring out this funny new world.
- Now, Economics Will Drive Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 19, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 18. Sino-Indian relations have long been on hold, thanks to decades of mutual distrust and political wariness.
- Fundamental Faultlines (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Jan 19, 2002)
Yossef Bodansky ranks as one of the pre-eminent names in the study of terrorism.
- The Powell Touchdown (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2002)
If US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s purpose in touring the subcontinent was to ferry messages across the heavily militarised border between India and Pakistan, his visit must be termed a success.
- All For Your Country (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2002)
Seven years ago I received an invitation to deliver a series of lectures in certain Norwegian universities. I knew no one in Norway.
- Never Say Quit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2002)
He should have been worrying, not celebrating his 52nd birthday at his home in Mumbai’s Malabar Hills.
- Let's Not Ease The Pressure On Pakistan (Pioneer, Sumant Dhamija, Jan 19, 2002)
All of America's immediate short term objectives in respect of Afghanistan achieved, and Pakistan, basking in the afterglow of international attention and flush with funds, will now shift its focus completely to Kashmir.
- When Some Deadly Sins Combine (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 19, 2002)
There are many items on the credit side of ageing that can offset debits like physical debility and the ailments which afflict us as the years go on:
- Burden Of The Past (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2002)
Pragmatism weighed with the BJP when it dropped 41 sitting legislators in Uttar Pradesh while announcing candidates for 309 seats in the state. The party has identified them as the least likely to win in the February elections.
- Action, Not Words (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2002)
As expected, United States' Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Delhi began and ended on a cordial note.
- Killing Pressure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2002)
There are certain traits in Western Society that are seemingly exclusive to it.
- Left Out In The Cold, Some Warm Comfort For Pakistan’s Minorities (Indian Express, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Jan 19, 2002)
LAHORE: For Cecil Chaudhry, war hero and rights activist, the news came straight out of the blue.
- For Peace That Passes Terrorism (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jan 19, 2002)
The perceptible change in tone and urgency among the leading protagonists of the war against terrorism - the US and Britain - and the consequent increase in pressure on Pakistan to take meaningful action against terrorism.
- The New U.S. Factor (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2002)
A DEFINITIVE DE-ESCALATION of the emotionally surcharged crisis across the India-Pakistan divide and a substantive resumption of dialogue between the two countries constitute the exploratory purpose of the Powell mission to Islamabad and New Delhi.
- Rain Of Death (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Jan 19, 2002)
If at first it was like a spectacular war movie played out on a giant screen, soon it struck too close for comfort.
- For Defensible Frontiers (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
INDIA’S war against terrorism has entered the second phase since December 13.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Musharraf's Speech And Indian Muslims (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 18, 2002)
Whether the Pakistani General will follow up his speech with reforms or not, will be seen in the due course.
- Destination South Asia (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jan 18, 2002)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell is currently on a visit, his second in the past one month. Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji was also in India with his delegation.
- Undermining Ties (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 18, 2002)
Recent reports about the United States' stand on Israel's sale of Phalcon Airborne Early Warning Command and Control System (AWACS) and Arrow series of anti-tactical ballistic missiles (ABTM), do little good to the increasingly close Indo-US relations.
- Burying The Zia Legacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2002)
BY delivering that speech last Saturday General Pervez Musharraf has embarked on a path which will conclusively end (if he succeeds, that is) the era inaugurated by General Zia-ul Haq.
- Vajpayee's Third Shot At Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 18, 2002)
Mr.Vajpayee now has the unprecedented combination of international and regional circumstances to push for a final solution to the vexatious dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.
- The Bend In The Sutlej (Indian Express, S. P. Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
SYL has always stood for controversy in Punjab. Now that the Supreme Court judgement has directed the Punjab Govt to complete the project in a year, political parties are rehashing their rhetoric and sharpening their knives.
- Convenient Fire (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 18, 2002)
The fire that gutted a large portion of the 16-storey Shaheed-e-Millat Secretariat in Islamabad on Wednesday was certainly not an accident.
- Saffron Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2002)
An able prime minister always minds his back garden and looks beyond his garden fence to the world outside.
- Gentlemen End Up Losers (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Jan 18, 2002)
The 'men of reason' referred in A Surya Prakash's 'History Sheet of a rouge state' (Opinion, December 27) have, no doubt, spoiled India's case since the very beginning.
- Kutch Revisited -- With Rubble & Uncertainty For Company (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Jan 18, 2002)
BHUJ, Anjar and Bachhau in Kutch district live alone in the ruins of last year's earthquake, with the choking rubble piling up in select corners of the towns.
- Budget Musings 2002 — Ii: Bringing Prosperity Within Reach (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 18, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will be the first to admit that by effecting savings within the Government itself, he will be able to lessen the pressure on resources to a great extent. There are many avenues that immediately suggest themselves.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- No Rewards For Pakistan (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, Jan 17, 2002)
India and Pakistan have found something on which to agree: This is not the moment to challenge the United States by escalating their long and nasty conflict into a shooting war.
- Act Together (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
It was felt that the laws relating to judicial separation, divorce and anullment of marriage were widely different.
- Many A Slip... (Pioneer, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Jan 16, 2002)
By issuing the formal notification for polls in four states, the Election Commission has set the dice rolling in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttaranchal and Manipur.
- Hollowness Of The Secularist Paradigm (Pioneer, Rakesh Sinha , Jan 16, 2002)
RSS mouthpiece Panchajanya organised an interesting competition in its December 30, 2000, issue, asking its readers to identify the name of the national daily which gave the headline.
- Talking With China (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 16, 2002)
Pakistan would have featured in Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's talks in Delhi even if these were held when India-Pakistan relations were not in their current critical phase.
- Secular, But Not Uniform (Telegraph, NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT , Jan 16, 2002)
It is interesting to note that the recent Supreme Court judgment in favour of providing maintenance to divorced Muslim women beyond the three month iddat period has resulted in a heated controversy within the Muslim community.
- Here's A Warning General! (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jan 16, 2002)
President Pervez Musharraf sure has a twisted sense of humour.
- Eating Out Of The General’s Hands (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Jan 16, 2002)
There is no big difference between Osama bin Laden and Maulana Masood Azhar.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- Time Ripe For Peace Parleys (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Jan 16, 2002)
We are delighted that the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's new year appeal to Pakistan to return to the way of peace has now evoked a matching response from the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf.
- You Can Do Better, India (Hindu, John Laxmi, Jan 16, 2002)
The Honourable Home Minister, L.K. Advani,
It was nice to attend your speech in New York at the India-America Chamber of Commerce dinner.
- A Moment To Seize In Kashmir (New York Times, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Jan 16, 2002)
The national address by President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday has been praised both in Pakistan and internationally, but it has also generated debate on the real intent behind it.
- Towards All-Party Diplomacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
THE NATIONAL CONSENSUS on ways to deal with Pakistan in the context of the recent terrorist attack on Parliament House in New Delhi must serve as the motive force of India's planned all-party diplomacy.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- You Can Do Better, India (Hindu, John Laxmi, Jan 16, 2002)
The Honourable Home Minister, L.K. Advani,
It was nice to attend your speech in New York at the India-America Chamber of Commerce dinner.
- Resurrection (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
The dreams of Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, to rejuvenate the economy of the state ride on the future of Haldia Petrochemicals Limited.
- Impersonal Law (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
Thus, although Hindu personal law has been drastically modified, Muslim personal law has remained untouched. The apex court has, of course, ordered the government to go ahead with the uniform civil code.
- Time Ripe For Peace Parleys (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Jan 16, 2002)
We are delighted that the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's new year appeal to Pakistan to return to the way of peace has now evoked a matching response from the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf.
- Towards All-Party Diplomacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
THE NATIONAL CONSENSUS on ways to deal with Pakistan in the context of the recent terrorist attack on Parliament House in New Delhi must serve as the motive force of India's planned all-party diplomacy.
- Couturier In A Confused World (Telegraph, Seema Goswami, Jan 16, 2002)
In France, the retirement of designer Yves Saint Laurent has been the cause of something approaching national mourning.
- Return To Shimla (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 15, 2002)
Well, where do we go from here? Pervez Musharraf has read out a speech scripted in Washington, translated in Islamabad. It says all the things the Americans wanted to hear. Heard music is sweet.
- Biggest Losers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 15, 2002)
Unfortunately, the biggest losers in the war on terrorism will be third world countries and most Muslim majority states.
- More To Say (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 15, 2002)
The American secretary of state, Mr Colin Powell, arrives in south Asia at a critical juncture in the recent history of the region.
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