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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 21907:
- Challenges To Islam (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Aug 25, 2006)
An attempt is made here to touch upon some of the serious challenges exclusive to Islam. The first point that irks humans about religion, per se, is that religion tries to control and guide human conduct.
- Road To Telangana Hyderabad, Congress Politics Are In The Way (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 25, 2006)
The indefinite fast undertaken by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao is oddly reminiscent of the one in the early 1950s that led to the creation of Andhra state, though no two persons can be as dissimilar as Potti Sriramulu . . .
- Rise Of Women Ceos In Indian Industry (Business Standard, T Thomas, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite familial and societal restrictions, Indian women executives can perform better than their western counterparts.
- Arms And The Raj (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Britain emerged as the world’s sole superpower during the first half of the 19th century. Despite withdrawals from North America between 1837, the date of Victoria’s accession to the throne, and 1861, the . . .
- Largest Hindu Temple Opens In Britain (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Europe's largest Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Venkateswara has been opened to the public with a week-long festival during which priests will perform rituals to sanctify the shrine.
- Difficult Words (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 25, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last Tuesday, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi.
- Lessons From The School (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Since the formation of the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College by Syed Ahmad Khan, now known as the Aligarh Muslim University, this educational institution had always been the nerve centre of the Muslims, and of the whole country.
- The Threat To Native Identity (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , Aug 25, 2006)
A short poem in Ladera Este, Octavio Paz’s book of poems, speaks of a man who “invented a face for himself”.
- Odd Opposition To The Ode (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Aug 24, 2006)
How is it that Islamic leaders don't feel as threatened by terrorism as by the National Song?
- Tirumala Temple To Get A Sparkling Look (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Balalayam', performed every 12 years, to conclude on August 25 .
- Mumbai Blasts Suspects Travelled From Lucknow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The contents of an anonymous letter sent to the Station Superintendent of Lucknow railway station alleging that three persons involved in the Mumbai bomb blasts had travelled to Vadodara on August 20 by Sabarmati Express has sent the Government . . .
- Future Of The Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
After having wasted huge amounts of public money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles two former Foreign Ministers, Jaswant Singh and Natwar Singh, the Members of the Rajya Sabha showed they are capable . . .
- Panel Submits Report On Chilkur Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Chief Minister urged to make report public The Government constituted the committee after devotees resisted the move of the Endowments Department to take over the Chilkur Balaji temple.
- Alarm On Mumbai-Bound U.S. Plane (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Northwest Airlines flight returns to Amsterdam airport escorted by F-16s; 12 passengers arrested
- Kumaraswamy Dismisses `Evidence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says people of the State and the media have been taken for a ride
- Is Living Injurious To Health? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The renewed pesticides-in-cola controversy is an example of stoking emotions with inaccurate data and faulty analysis; it is a useful reminder of the need for accurate scientific reporting
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Doha Talks Failure — Giving The India-Asean Fta A New Thrust (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 24, 2006)
The deadlock in the Doha Round talks paves the way for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement that was hobbled by the squabbling over the negative list.
- Curdling Social Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
So the Union Cabinet has cleared a draft Bill on reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions that will include members from the ‘creamy layer’ of the category.
- National Song That Unites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
The ongoing controversy over Vande Mataram is an insult to our freedom movement and the nation as a whole.
- Happy Birthday, Calcutta (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Very few cities in the world were founded on a particular date or by a particular individual. Cities do not generally have dates of birth and/or a founder.
- Us Crackdown Setback For Ltte (Asia Times, M.R. Narayan Swamy, Aug 24, 2006)
The arrest of eight Tamil men in the US on charges of attempting to buy sophisticated weapons marks a new low for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, now battling the most serious military and diplomatic challenges in its three-decade history.
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- Marlboro Lights To Go Up In Smoke? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
They are the world’s best-selling cigarettes, a fashion prop for celebrities, an icon of marketing and the preferred smoke of millions.
- India Free To Conduct N-Tests: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Allaying fears about the Indo-US nuclear agreement being detrimental to India’s long term strategic interests, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said India would abide by the “unilateral moratorium” on nuclear tests but would be free to . . .
- Alarm Bells (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
It is high time that alarm bells started ringing in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Archaeology And The Vedas (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Pathak, Aug 24, 2006)
Harappan studies have reshaped our understanding of the urban efflorescence in South Asia.
- Exploring Tourism Potential Of Jammu And Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
If Kashmir is paradise on earth, Jammu is the gateway to reach this heaven. Similarly, Ladakh is the crown of India; all the three regions of the State of Jammu and Kashmir have been blessed by nature with much more to be offered to the tourists.
- Mumbai Gets Ready To Celebrate Ganeshotsav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
As the ten-day Ganesha festival draws near, the idol-makers in the metropolis are busy giving final touches to the deity with a passionate zeal.
- Us Plane Bound For India Escorted Back To Holland (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Twelve passengers were arrested from a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines flight that returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after the pilot raised an alert over worrying behaviour, the Dutch ANP news agency reported.
- Bush To Raise Funds For Indian Baiter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
President George W. Bush has no reservations about raising money for a Republican Senator under sharp criticism for calling a rival-campaign worker of Indian descent “macaca,” the White House said today.
- British Media All Praise For Bismillah Khan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The British media showered encomiums on Indian shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan, seeing him as symbolising all that is best about Hindu-Muslim unity.
- Shed Passive Approach To Security (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Aug 24, 2006)
Another strike at Mumbai has benumbed our nerves and made us feel helpless in the face of the inevitable. India’s history right from 1947 onwards had been to yield, to buy peace.
- On The Wings Of “Bole So Nihal” (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Aug 24, 2006)
THE Malaysian Airlines late-night flight to Kuala Lumpur to Delhi is delayed by good 50 minutes because a number of passengers are still waiting in the long queues. Those on time start drowsing after the long rigmarole at the Indira Gandhi . . .
- Road Ahead For N-Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
AFTER having wasted huge amounts of the tax payer’s money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles, two former Foreign Ministers, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Natwar Singh, the members of the Rajya Sabha, showed they are capable . . .
- Victory Elusive In Modern War And Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
In the wake of the war in southern Lebanon, claims of victory are legion. Hardly had the shooting stopped than Sheik Hassan Nasrallah was asserting that Hezbollah had triumphed. Others see Syria or Iran or even Shiite Islam as the big winner.
- ‘Money Goes To Black Coat, White Coat And Thieves’ (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Aug 24, 2006)
Janardhan Reddy released 4 video CDs and 1 audio CD. While 3 video CDs showed the conversation (in Hindi & English) among the mine owners, exporters and a ‘sting’ operator, the audio CD . . .
- Five Lives Of Vande Mataram (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Aug 24, 2006)
The appropriation of cultural creations for political purposes may be inevitable, but it should not happen in a state of arrogant ignorance.
- Pm Fails To Impress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha last week may have earned him a lot of admirers and silenced both BJP and the Left, but Organiser is clearly not impressed.
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 24, 2006)
Analysis- Farcical security measures in airlines have been enforced more on the British side of the Atlantic than American, to the discomfort and fury of both the crew and passengers.
- Lok Sabha Clears Salary Hike For Mps (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite opposition from Left parties that MPs’ salaries were being raised at a time when farmers were committing suicide and there was large-scale unemployment, the Lok Sabha today pushed through the Bill with support from the . . .
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- Bear The Cross (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Not very smart and quite insensitive, perhaps. But that’s not reason enough for officials to press for re-christening of Hitler’s Cross.
- How Lighthouse Keeper Saved Bismarck (Hindu, Luke Harding , Aug 24, 2006)
He was rescued while swimming in Biarritz.
- Organised Riots & Structured Violence In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
What are called Hindu-Muslim riots in India are, in fact, more like pogroms, and have recently, in Gujarat and elsewhere, taken the form of genocidal massacres and local ethnic cleansing as well.
- Eight Held In U.S. For Supporting Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2006)
In two separate cases, eight persons have been arrested and charged by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with conspiracy to provide "material support and resources" to the LTTE.
- Mysore City Development Plan To Be Submitted To Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Revised plan will incorporate heritage component, says D.T. Jayakumar
CDP to be submitted within 60 days
This is necessary for JNNURM funds.
- Rail Concession Sought For Sabarimala Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Government urged to clear apprehensions of devotees .
- What Confucius Taught About Sitting Quietly (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 23, 2006)
Zhuangzi, the great Daoist sage who lived in the 4th century BCE, told an illuminating story about Confucius. One day his favourite disciple Yan Hui triumphantly announced that he could not remember anything Confucius had taught him.
- Pakistan: No Word From India On Sir Creek (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 23, 2006)
Says meeting was scheduled in August; statement denied by India
Defence Secretaries agreed on meeting on joint survey of creek in May
Consultations underway between two countries to "improve and update" travel restrictions on diplomats.
- Smoking Kills And Your Right To Know (Daily Excelsior, Narinder Sharma, Aug 23, 2006)
Four million unnecessary deaths per year, 11,000 every day. Its rare - if not impossible - to find examples in history that match tobacco's programmed trail of death and destruction.
- Selling For A Song (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Could HRD Minister Arjun Singh have been so swayed by his own project to articulate state-authorised history texts that he actually thought he could escape the experience of his Congress party on holding any . . .
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 23, 2006)
Farcical security measures in airlines have been enforced more on the British side of the Atlantic than American, to the discomfort and fury of both the crew and passengers.
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Now Is The Time To Think And Act (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is called 'Bardo'. When a person is about to die the chief Lama holds his hand and chants the Bardo.
- Mumbai Muslims Targeted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Is it a crime to be a Muslim in Mumbai?” That was CPM MP Brinda Karat’s question in the Rajya Sabha following reports that Muslims were being specifically picked up for interrogation by the police in the aftermath of the 7/11 blasts.
- Non-Resident Parliamentarians (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2006)
On one point there is hardly any scope for doubt. Most people in this country — indeed an overwhelming majority of them — respect and rely on the higher judiciary far more than they trust any of the other institutions that comprise the republic’s . . .
- Subsidising Ills (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
It is not a good idea for business to masquerade as philanthropy. Both the state and promoters of multi-speciality hospitals need to come to terms with this fact.
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- Gender Bias In Schools (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In the research on gender bias in schools of Pakistan, I found limited, but relevant information about Pakistan. A point to note here is that I could not find as much literature on Pakistan, as I had envisioned.
- Nuclear-Armed Iran Would Be "Dangerous", Says Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The White House warned Tuesday that a nuclear-armed Iran would be "dangerous" to the world but declined to assess Tehran's reply to a offer to end the standoff over its atomic programmes.
- Opposition Sadly Lowers Its Esteem (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 23, 2006)
MMA parliamentarians staged chaotic scenes in the National Assembly on Monday following introduction of a Bill to protect women from misuse of Hudood laws.
- When Shehnai Silenced The Sitar (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Aug 23, 2006)
It was a friendly battle between shehnai and sitar. And the pipe prevailed over the string.
- Wise Use Of Rti (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2006)
The Right to Information Act is certainly historic in that it places in people's hands for the first time a powerful instrument to extract information out of the governing class and expose to the glare of the public the hitherto hidden genesis and . . .
- Parliament Allows One-Dish Wedding Meals (News International, Asim Yasin, Aug 23, 2006)
In a rare show of unity in the parliamentary history of the country, the opposition and the government joined hands on Tuesday in both the Houses of parliament separately to give approval to a bill that allows one-dish wedding meal.
- Do Reality Tv Shows Dehumanise? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
The past 30 of the hardly 60 years history of broadcast television has been distinguished by a more fundamental question: “Does TV itself dehumanise?”
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- Milky Way (Tribune, Renu Bhardwaj, Aug 23, 2006)
Way back in 1995, when Ganesha obliged his devotees by drinking the milk offered to Him, I happened to be in Indonesia. “Didi, Lord Ganesha is drinking milk here in India. See if He favours you,” informed my younger sister Shobhna on phone from India.
- Musharraf Offers Cooperation Against ‘Freelance Terrorists’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered India exchange of information and cooperation amongst their intelligence agencies to ward off terrorist attacks, and to join hands in investigations and in moving against “freelance terrorists”.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Keeping The Ustad’S Legacy Alive (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 23, 2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan’s immediate family, citizens of the city he loved, his admirers across the world as well as the state government of Uttar Pradesh are trying in their own ways to carry on his legacy. ‘Khan Sahib’ as he was fondly called passed away on
- Mumbai Police Kills One Pak ‘Terrorist’, Nabs Another (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Mumbai police today claimed to have killed one Pakistani terrorist and nabbed another in an early morning operation in the city’s Antop Hill area today. Mumbai’s Police Commissioner A.N Roy told reporters this afternoon that the Anti-Terror . . .
- A Burden Long Shed (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Aug 23, 2006)
What do the names Macaulay and Kipling mean to you? It’s an odd question to raise, you may think, as India enters its 60th year of independence. Yet it wasn’t I but an Indian who raised it.
- 'An Attempt By Centre To Gain Political Mileage' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
An issue settled long back is unnecessarily being unsettled to score political gains. This is tragic.
- Bhadarwah, Wah, Wah! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
Nobody should grudge Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad the satisfaction of exploring tourism potential of Bhadarwah.
- A `Lip-Package' For Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 23, 2006)
Farmers all over the country, particularly those from Vidarbha and other regions with high incidence of suicides, were hoping that the Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech, would try and explain what had gone wrong with his package and . . .
- Hitting Some Minor Chords (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 23, 2006)
There are two issues concerning the latest harrumphfest being conducted over India’s national song, Vande Mataram. One, is Vande Mataram a ‘religious’ song pertaining to Hindu nationalism?
- Optional Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
In 1986, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court exempted two children of the Jehovah's Witness sect from singing the National Anthem at their school in Kerala.
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