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Articles 17621 through 17720 of 21907:
- Middle Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2005)
A moment of history may come quite without fanfare. The tussle over the acceptance of a model nikaahnama or marriage contract by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has been simmering for a while.
- Dealing With An Untrustworthy King (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, May 03, 2005)
It is difficult to understand why India has welcomed the lifting of the Emergency by King Gyanendra as a “first step” towards democracy when people are still being arrested,
- Politics Minus Value (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 03, 2005)
The Congress as the leader in the UPA coalition, killing itself and its inmates by non-stop backbiting and betrayal, is encouraging the bureaucrats to run amuck and mislead as well as misgovern. . .
- Goa Beyond Tourists And Those Clichés (Hindu, K. GopiNathan , May 03, 2005)
Maria Aurora Couto's book, Goa — A Daughter's Story, looks beyond the sunny beaches and wild parties
- Of Lost Childhood (Hindu, Geeta Ramaseshan , May 03, 2005)
Despite the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 that prohibits marriages below the age of 18 in the case of girls and 21 in the case of boys the
- Paradigm Shift (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, May 03, 2005)
A thoughtful and provocative examination of the stratum of thought and belief that underlies the intolerant hyper-nationalism of the Hindu Right
- Remembering Them On Press Freedom Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade.
- Trains Crash, While Politicians Clash (Business Line, R. Sundaram , May 03, 2005)
CAN we Indians really understand why the worst rail disaster in four decades took place in Osaka, Japan, recently?
- Grassroots Power (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2005)
Bangalore’s unique botanical park should be preserved
- Who Owns Groundwater? (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, May 03, 2005)
Water should be held in public trust for the benefit of society at large.
- India, China: Top Powers By 2020 (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, May 03, 2005)
Whether the two countries’ present relationship continues to remain peaceful only time will tell
- India's Bill Gates (US News & World Report, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 02, 2005)
If you were the richest man in India, what kind of car would you buy? Wipro Ltd. Chairman Azim Premji is the richest man in India--worth something over $8 billion--so there was some interest in what Premji would do when he recently gave up his 1996 Ford E
- The Return Of The Swayamsevak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries.
- Globalisation Requires Local Citizenship Behaviour Too (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 02, 2005)
As local communities in developing countries rush to attract factories to their neighbourhoods in the name of globalisation. . . ,
- Bandung To Jakarta: Afro-Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, May 02, 2005)
To make the nation's apex legislature totally dysfunctional is a remedy infinitely worse than the disease it is supposed to cure.
- Russia Bolsters Role In West Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, May 02, 2005)
President Putin has shown that despite its limited resources Moscow will not let Washington define the political landscape of West Asia.
- It Is Not An Easy Alternative (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, May 02, 2005)
Thanks to the numbers game, there has never been a genuine Indian third alternative. If the United Progressive Alliance Government goes, the allies will be worse off.
- Building On Heritage (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , May 02, 2005)
As far as India is concerned, China has warmed up over the years, even modifying its stand on Kashmir
- The Snake Of Dreams (Deccan Herald, Tarun Cherian , May 01, 2005)
The book almost succeeds in being a parable for our times; almost succeeds in being a dream that helps people live.
- Incredible India (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 01, 2005)
INDIA is a destination of truly enormous proportions. Encapsulating all its attractions in a single volume, and in what its publishers call as a "
- Through The Viewfinder (Hindu, r kRITHIKA, May 01, 2005)
Wildlife, feature films, current affairs, Alphonse Roy's camera has panned them all. A freewheeling chat with the ace cinematographer
- Creating His Own Muse (Hindu, Nacy Adajana, May 01, 2005)
The body, as represented in D. Ebenezer Sunder Singh's paintings, has homed itself in many avatars. A review of his works that were on display in New Delhi recently
- Celebrating Protest (Hindu, RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU , May 01, 2005)
Namdeo Dhasal was a pioneering poet, who inspired an entirely different literary imagination.
- Versatile Pioneer (Hindu, SELINE AUGUSTINE, May 01, 2005)
Through this biography Sita Anantha Raman reclaims a humanist space for Madhaviah,
- Kingdom Of The Thunder Dragon (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, May 01, 2005)
Beautiful, serene and untouched by time, Bhutan with its simple-minded and hard-working people has M Bhaktavatsala wishing that this Shangri-la can stay uncontaminated.
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, May 01, 2005)
At readings by Indian writers in English, two related questions, or some version of them, will invariably be asked by a member of the audience,
- The River And The Rhythm Around (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, May 01, 2005)
Kalatheera’s effort to bring Indian classical music and dance closer to the common man through Tunga Mahotsava is commendable, writes Sushma Mohan
- ‘Jung’Le Book (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , May 01, 2005)
A collection of the author’s memorable experiences in the land of rhinos and bisons.
- Boat-Ride On The Ganga (Hindu, TULSI BADRINATH , May 01, 2005)
`It is a sensitive situation,' said the guide, little aware of the irony wrought by his words. For next to him were scholars meeting in Varanasi t
- Sethusamudram Gets The Green Signal (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Apr 30, 2005)
The Centre has cleared the proposal to dredge a ship channel across the Palk Straits, an idea conceived 150 years ago
- Governance Reform For India's Forests (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Apr 30, 2005)
The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 reaches out to the Adivasi communities and seeks to make them active protectors of the forest, while strengthening their livelihood possibilities.
- These Lords Are Losing Their Splendour, Majesty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
24-foot tall Bahubali statue at Basadihalli has floral scrolls on its legs
The village does not have even one Jain family
The Bahubali statue at Bastitippur has back-support
It could have been the prototype for Gomateshwara
- Lifetime Achievement Award For Krishnaswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Ninth recipient over the last four decades and the first from Afro-Asian continents
- Supreme Court Museum On India’S Legal History (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Apr 30, 2005)
The development of constitutional law and judicial administration is an important part of the history of a country,
- Where Left Meets Right (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 30, 2005)
Earlier this year, I was at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where I had been asked to give an after-dinner talk to the students.
- Reforming Un (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 30, 2005)
Barring the bit where it has been suggested that India along with the other aspirants for a place in the Security Council should not have full veto powers,
- Fallujah, Iraq's Very Own Guernica (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 30, 2005)
Ruined, cordoned Fallujah is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality.
- `Huge Potential For Japan-India Trade Ties' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2005)
Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumihas emphasised the importance of India and Japan working as "partners" against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
- Steps For The Future (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Apr 29, 2005)
Bharatanatya moved out of the temple for its own good. But it brought with it attendant issues not entirely salubrious
- A Cry In The Wilderness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Apr 29, 2005)
The pattern is getting stylized. Every few months, state chief ministers are called in in New Delhi to discuss national security,
- Lost Tribe Of Israel’ In Manipur, Mizoram (Tribune, Simon Denyer, Apr 28, 2005)
All together, they dip their middle fingers into plastic cups of grape juice, calling out in Hebrew the names of the 10 plagues they believe their God sent to curse the ancient Egyptians. Plastic Israeli flags and photographs of Jerusalem adorn the chipbo
- Japan, China And A "Troubled Past" (Deccan Herald, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Apr 28, 2005)
The new row between Tokyo and Beijing over the past is a pointer to their future tussle for primacy in reshaping the global order.
- Climb Every Mountain... (Deccan Herald, B V Prakash, Apr 28, 2005)
End an exhilarating trek up the not-so-famous Maradigudda hill with a little prayer at the temple at the top.
- Science Not Getting Its Due (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Apr 28, 2005)
The post-modern life is now without divine intervention. All human enterprises are now directly or indirectly based on some scientific ideas.
- Vat On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2005)
By exempting petrol and diesel from value added tax (VAT), the empowered committee of state finance ministers,
- On `Money Trail' And Savings Rate (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Apr 28, 2005)
Little attention has been paid to the reported high saving/investment rate and the proposed tax on cash withdrawals in excess of Rs 10,000 from banks. Both are quirks, the first of statistics and the second of the political economy, says A. Vasude van. .
- Mobile (Phone) Classroom (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 27, 2005)
The race for the American presidency is likely to be won painfully, vote by vote and with old-fashioned canvassing.
- Enduring Legacy Of A Visionary (Hindu, Muthusamy Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- Victim Of Petty Play (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Apr 26, 2005)
The Congress, true to form, is assaulting those, within its borders, who deliver
- Un Escap Survey — Reaffirms Resilience Of Regional Economies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 26, 2005)
While assessing the impact of the tsunami and the soaring oil prices on the economies of the Asia-Pacific region, the UN ESCAP Survey contends that the impressive economic performance under conditions of generally low inflation reaffirms the resilience...
- Better Late Than Never (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 26, 2005)
The helmet rule for two-wheeler riders will finally come into effect in six city corporation limits of the state within a month, after months of dithering over the issue by the government.
- A Fight For Land (Hindu, Kristy Siegfried , Apr 26, 2005)
A community's seven-year legal fight for its ancestral territory is nearing its climax in a test of South Africa's land reform laws.
- Of Fanciful Flying Machines (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Apr 26, 2005)
The stiff competition between Boeing Company of the US and Airbus Industrie of Europe has been a long story of neck-to-neck racing, with both seeking supremacy in the airplane manufacturing industry.
- Asia-Africa Bonds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2005)
The two-day gathering of over 100 Asian and African leaders at Bandung (Indonesia) that ended on Sunday underlined the growing expectations from India in the Afro-Asian context.
- Keeping The Peace Process On The Rails (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 26, 2005)
India and Pakistan have to keep up the momentum created in New Delhi. Enlarging the constituency of peace means the two Governments must give up the temptation to score points and claim victories.
- Of Divided Families (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Apr 25, 2005)
Commenting on the peace process between India and Pakistan, which started a year ago, this writer had warned against euphoria lest it should turn into hysteria.
- A Gene That Travelled From India With The Portugese (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Apr 25, 2005)
The genetic propensity for a rare nerve degenerative disorder probably originated in South Asia. ...
- Two Significant Developments (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 25, 2005)
India-Pakistan bonhomie notwithstanding, the right-wing elements in both countries are girding up their loins
- No (U)lip Service (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 25, 2005)
The regulatory changes insurance regulator IRDA has lined up for Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) are sound...
- Moral Police Not Moral Policing (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 25, 2005)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, and India, need policemen with moral standards and professionalism, not moral policing by the state. . . .
- Religious Paths To World Peace (Deccan Herald, K Hussain , Apr 25, 2005)
The philosophies of both Jainism and Islam are relevant today for the establishment of global peace and harmony
- The General And Cricket (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Apr 25, 2005)
Cricket, mangoes, Kashmiri food, security and Musharraf were the flavour of the week gone by. With them came the VIPs, all attending various banquets in honour of the General...
- Kathakali's Queen (Hindu, K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN , Apr 24, 2005)
Kottakkal Sivaraman has won recognition for his portrayal of female characters in Kathakali. A profile. K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
- A Mask That Was Pierced? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 24, 2005)
do you think there is any chance that he could have written it?'
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- Stimulating A Debate (Deccan Herald, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 24, 2005)
Interesting book notwithstanding some glaring assumptions of ‘the Indian state being taken over by communalism’ or spread of religious misgivings by teleserials.
- Desert Rhapsody (Hindu, RAHUL CHANDAWARKAR , Apr 24, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- Moodbidri — Woods Of Yore (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Apr 24, 2005)
A two-hour drive from Manipal, Moodbidri offers one a glimpse of Jain culture.GOWRI RAMNARAYAN
A two-hour drive from Manipal, Moodbidri offers one a glimpse of Jain culture.GOWRI RAMNARAYAN
A two-hour drive from Manipal,
- Maestro's Spell (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 24, 2005)
When Zubin Mehta comes to his hometown, Mumbai, there is a ripple of excitement that runs through the city. a certain section of the city. He finds the times for a freewheeling chat.
- Vikram Seth: Writer Of Standing (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 24, 2005)
PRESENTATION of 'Pravasi Bharatiya Samman' award to Vikram Seth was delayed by four months but the occasion last week to honour this great writer of the present generation was memorable.
- Change Of Mood Among Militants (Tribune, David Devadas, Apr 24, 2005)
SO excited have most of us been over President Musharraf's changed stances since Agra that Syed Salahuddin's announcement during the General's visit has gone largely unnoticed.
- Japan Backs Off The Indefensible (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 23, 2005)
Japan's apology for the "tremendous damage and suffering" it caused "through its colonial rule and aggression ...
- Jp's Legacy Hangs Fire (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Apr 23, 2005)
A series of Jayaprakash Narayan's writings may not be completed for lack of funds.
- Reducing Oil Dependence In The Future (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Apr 23, 2005)
It is time we followed traditional wisdom by fully exploiting indigenous sources of energy — both commercial and non-commercial — to fuel the growth of our economy.
- All About A Grandmother (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 23, 2005)
The joint family has spawned words in Indian languages which do not exist in any other languages of the world.
- Politics Of The Bus (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Apr 23, 2005)
FOR a variety of reasons, most of which have to do with security concerns of the two states, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is still very restricted and closely monitored.
- Singapore Airlines To Hike Fuel Surcharge (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2005)
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has announced an increase of $8 per sector on the fuel surcharge that is being charged on long-distance flights operated by it from May 6.
- Slowdown In Haryana (Tribune, N.K. Bishnoi, Apr 23, 2005)
Haryana, an old success story of the Green Revolution, continues to be a relatively high per capita income state.
- Rickety Service (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 23, 2005)
In a state where the Finance Minister himself admits the government’s inability to deliver in many areas, one should not expect much from, or complain about, government institutions, specially those in the service sector.
- "The Future Doesn't Hang On A Single Man" (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Apr 23, 2005)
Israeli Vice-Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, says his Labour party will leave the government if Israel halts the process of peace with the Palestinians.
- Mothers Of Indian Journalism (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 23, 2005)
Till Independence, journalism was a male monopoly. I can’t recall a single woman who made her mark as a reporter, a correspondent or an editor of a journal.
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