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Articles 18921 through 19020 of 21907:
- 'Taxation Is The Bane Of Tourism' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jan 06, 2005)
Param Kannampilly, the managing director of Concept Hospitality, which owns a chain of ecotels under the brand Orchid and Lotus Suites believes there’s a lot more the government should be doing to make 'Incredible India' a big success.
- America Has A Moral Obligation To (Gulf News, Colin L. Powell, Jan 06, 2005)
Now that George W. Bush has a mandate for a second term, he intends to pursue his goals for economic development with the same determination that made possible the liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- Colonisation Of The English Language (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 06, 2005)
Recently, I was in West Bengal, a state known for its elevated culture, its immense sensitivity to the literary heritage of Bengali, and its extraordinary achievements. But then, I also experienced a deep-rooted anxiety prevailing over the entire state.
- A View From The Water (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Jan 06, 2005)
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than in Goa? The western coast, the safer coast, where fairy lights still glitter on beach shacks while on the opposite side of the peninsula, the hydra-headed monster that rose out of the sea ten days ago conti
- Economy On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
It has been rare for the country to usher in a New Year with such optimism. The state of the economy inspires hope. Foreign institutional investors and rating agencies are upbeat on India’s future.
- Make Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
Those who want to change things should know what they are up against. Some of his comrades seem to be Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s worst enemies.
- Us Slips In Luring The Best (Deccan Herald, SAM DILLON, Jan 05, 2005)
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world’s best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalisation.
- War Budget Dwarfs Aid Spending (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 05, 2005)
The victims of the tsunami pay the price of war on Iraq as U.S. and British aid is dwarfed by the billions both spend on slaughter.
- The Tsunami Relief Effort (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Jan 05, 2005)
A question many of us ask is: Does India need outside help in a disaster? Technically I would say no. We have the expertise, certainly.
- A Wave To Drown The Tsunami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 05, 2005)
Amid the deep gloom of tsunami devastation, as one watched the almost surreal scenes of thousands of dead and lakhs rendered homeless or reduced to penury, there were a few silver linings too.
- Agent Of Change (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 05, 2005)
P.V. Narasimha Rao’s manner of leaving had all the hallmarks of his long, tempestuous political life. He left on the eve of the 80th birthday of the man he called his life-long friend and adversary
- In Fond Memory (Deccan Herald, SANDHYA VASUDEV, Jan 05, 2005)
She would respond to any name we tiny siblings would call her. She was ‘Paachi’ to my elder sister, ‘Chappi’ to my brother, ‘Achhi’ to my small sister and ‘Nakmi’ to me, until we were able enough to address her by her dignified name ‘Lakshmi’.
- Looking Back In Wonder (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Jan 05, 2005)
A tsunami-ravaged exotic Asia once again provides the backdrop to a Western adventure
- R-Day In Tragic Times (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2005)
There have been some suggestions that we either cancel the Republic Day Parade or at least scale it down as a mark of respect for the terrible tsunami tragedy that has befallen us and cost the lives of tens of thousands of Indians.
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Nature Of Man (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
As devastated areas struggle to face life after tsunami, stories of how animals, with the benefit of prior awareness, survived, and helped humans to do so, are surfacing along with those of miraculous escapes
- To Engage A Changing World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2005)
Among the foreign policy challenges India will face in the foreseeable future would be the requirement to structure new equations with important power centres of the world after the end of the Cold War and disintegration of the Soviet Union
- To Go Or Not To Go Is The Question (Hindu, Carl Wilkinson, Jan 04, 2005)
As the extent of the devastation wreaked by the tsunami unfolds, many are having to decide whether going ahead with planned holidays will help or hinder the local people.
- Trauma Of Learning A Language (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jan 04, 2005)
AS a rule learning a new language can be “very rewarding experience since in effect it introduces a new world to you. It can, however, be quite taxing and frustrating too especially if the language to be learnt belongs to a family of languages which is...
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- Turkey’S Quest For Eu Membership (Deccan Herald, RAJEN HARSHE, Jan 04, 2005)
A historic agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey in December has paved the way for the opening of talks on the eventual accession of Turkey to the EU as a full-fledged member.
- How Nature Changes History (Indian Express, DONALD G MCNEIL JR, Jan 04, 2005)
Two earthquakes in 1999 brought ancient enemies Greek and Turkey together as they rushed to each other’s aid. Will the tsunami bring Lankan govt and rebels to peace table?
- For A Memorial To Partition (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jan 03, 2005)
WHAT do the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Foundation, both located in New York, possibly have in common with a proposed memorial that I have in mind for our own country, commemorating
- Conspiracy Of Silence (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Jan 03, 2005)
Tehelka.com has exposed the conspiracy behind Zaheera Sheikh's turning hostile. According to the expose, Ms Sheikh demanded Rs 25 lakh for changing her statement in court.
- A Time To Mourn (Indian Express, DAVID BROOKS, Jan 03, 2005)
I have this week’s front pages arrayed on the desk around me. There’s a picture of dead children lined up on a floor while a mother wails.
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- Why Didn’T They Tilt At Windmills? (Indian Express, H.R. SURI, Jan 03, 2005)
Apropos of the news report, ‘Watershed’ (IE, December 26), while technology devised by the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO) — a voluntary organisation for generating electricity thorough watermills
- Not Ready For Greatness (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 03, 2005)
The inability to shed outmoded thoughts is the reason behind the country having taken more than two decades to marginally raise its average economic growth rate from 5.5 per cent to 6.5 per cent despite the potential to sustain double-digit growth rates.
- More Fun Than Films (Telegraph, Sashi Kumar, Jan 03, 2005)
Having to put up with a poorly organized film festival in Goa without criticizing Goa itself is a difficult task. Indeed, Goa was at its carnivalesque best during the ten days of the international film festival held there earlier this month.
- Seeking The Hand Of God In The Waters (Indian Express, JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, Jan 03, 2005)
Let's turn to history. The date: Nov. 1, 1755. The time: past 9 am on All Saints’ Day, a Catholic holiday. The scene: Lisbon, the devoutly Catholic capital of the devoutly Catholic Portuguese empire, shook — first a big earthquake
- Rao’S Moment In Indian Politics (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2005)
The death of P.V. Narasimha Rao is an occasion to evaluate the dichotomous relationship that exists between politics and governance in India.
- A Wave Of Indifference (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2005)
What a devastating, heartrending way for the year 2004 to end. A week since the tsunami hit and the death toll still rises and we still reel from the shock of nature’s brutal reminder that with all our technology and our scientific discoveries we are noth
- Reversing Swings (Plain Dealer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 02, 2005)
What will be one of the most enduring images of Indian cricket in the year gone by? Perhaps of captain Sourav Ganguly biting his jersey, his limbs hanging loose
- The Naturalized Violin (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jan 02, 2005)
December is the most musical month of the year for Carnatic music lovers in Chennai. I lived in Chennai (then Madras) for some years when I worked in a publishing house
- New Challenges, Old Concerns (Plain Dealer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 02, 2005)
Yet another eventful but tsunami-struck tragic year rolls into history. And amidst the ongoing revolution of rising expectations and the lopsided response system, the people have managed to keep their hopes alive
- Early Warning System Didn’T Help In 1999 Orissa Cyclone (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 02, 2005)
Five minutes after the earthquake off Sumatra, seismologists in at least 20 Indian stations should have known about it.
- The Spin That Helped Bush Into A Doosra Term (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2005)
The film Fahrenheit 9/11 depicts the US President, Mr George Bush, as doing nothing but watching kindergarten children several minutes after he was informed of the WTC attacks.
- It’S About Aid And An Image (Deccan Herald, DAVID E SANGER, Jan 01, 2005)
As Asia suffers through a 9/11 of its own — a natural calamity instead of a man-made one, but at least 25 times more deadly — President Bush’s response in the coming weeks may well determine his success in repairing relations strained by three years of th
- Indo-Pak Ties Need To Be Warmer (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 01, 2005)
Ali Nawaz Memon is worried about visiting India. Frantically leafing through the pages of his well-travelled passport the former World Bank official pauses to scrutinise his recently acquired Indian visa.
- Imperialism Lives On (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jan 01, 2005)
For the western media, a tourist's tragedy is more important than that of the local people.
- Good Morning, It’S 2005 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The calendar is an artificial construct but it is without doubt a useful way to mark the passing hours; to demarcate time past from time present and time future and, importantly, to imagine new beginnings.
- Living With Fear, Trauma In Emerald Isles (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jan 01, 2005)
Queues of water buckets and bins line the street-side during daytime, as anxious residents wait for water tanks to reach them. In the night, while the more hardy and less fearful don’t mind being within buildings
- Figuring The Tsunami (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
As the world rallies to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, comparisons may help illustrate the force of the tidal waves and the resulting enormity of the crisis:
• The earthquake that caused the tidal waves measured 9.
- A Happening Year (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
I wish my readers Merry Xmas and a happy 2005 with many Xmasses and new years to come. In my little family, we need no excuses to celebrate.
- 2004: A Watershed In Our History (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
The year 2004 ushered in changes important enough to be recorded in the history of our country. With the defeat of the parties belonging to the Sangh Parivar in the General Election in May, the danger of India losing its secular character and becoming a H
- `Consistency' In The Skies (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 01, 2005)
The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, should be congratulated for retaining the very scarce quality of consistency in Government policy
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The new threat, like the old one, derives from water. The tsunami that killed at least 77,000 people in the Indian Ocean basin has now put millions of others at grave risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, dysentery and
- Flight To Freedom (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 01, 2005)
The decision to allow private airlines to fly abroad is welcome, with two caveats. One, there should be no glitches in the public sector airlines’ plans to add to their fleet.
- Reversing Swings (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 01, 2005)
What will be one of the most enduring images of Indian cricket in the year gone by? Perhaps of captain Sourav Ganguly biting his jersey, his limbs hanging loose, with eyes woebegone like a labrador's
- Reflections On Disaster (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Jan 01, 2005)
Calamities will happen. But what is shocking is that as a nation, we are repeatedly caught off guard and lose lives and property due to mismanagement, lethargy and a couldn’t-care-less approach
- New Challenges, Old Concerns (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 01, 2005)
Yet another eventful but tsunami-struck tragic year rolls into history. And amidst the ongoing revolution of rising expectations and the lopsided response system, the people have managed to keep their hopes alive
- Our Planet, And Our Duty (Indian Express, BOB HERBERT, Jan 01, 2005)
One moment the kids were laughing and skylarking on the beach, yelling and chasing one another, sweating in the warm bright sun. The next moment they were gone.
- New Year Resolve (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2005)
The temple bells have pealed; the people have greeted one another and politicians have conveyed their message to the nation. Yet another new year is upon us.
- Teaching Lore (Deccan Herald, PRABHU HARLE, Jan 01, 2005)
In the early ’70’s, the Government middle school in Pollibetta, a very small town in Coorg, had some of the finest teachers — Kaveramma, Poovamma, Devamma and a host of others
- The Generation Ex (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jan 01, 2005)
The migration of Indian minds to the west, particularly to the United States, came in three broad streams.
- The Tsunami Brings Us Together (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 31, 2004)
The Armed Forces have already embarked on one of the biggest rescue missions in their history
- The Conquest Of Power (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 31, 2004)
There are moments in contemporary affairs which are imbued with too much history. When Sonia Gandhi declined to be the prime minister of India she created such a moment.
- Thaw In Relations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2004)
Army Chief General N C Vij’s week-long visit to China has been described as a historic one. It is for the first time in over a decade that an Indian Chief of Army Staff has visited China. But more importantly the visit is a milestone as it signals...
- Taking Wing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2004)
The grey clouds that covered the Indian skies are slowly parting. The clear and free blue sky is not completely visible yet but there is no doubt that the skies will soon be free of clouds.
- Satanic Verses To Behzti (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 31, 2004)
You cannot threaten to kill someone or force a ban simply because you do not like what is written.
- Pie In The Sky (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
The Union Cabinet’s decision to allow Indian private airlines to fly on foreign routes, barring the Gulf sector, deserves to be welcomed.
- Slavery: Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 31, 2004)
Lincoln’s approach to slavery raises not only certain ethical questions but also many parallels in today’s context
- Through A Glass, Brightly (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 31, 2004)
Today is a special day for our company, for all of us directly associated with it and, I hope, also for those who have come here to join in as we celebrate its 50th founding day.
- Uneasy 2005 (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 31, 2004)
The advent of 2005 is taking place under the dark shadow of the Sumatran tsunami. (Incidentally, it is wrong to call it (phonetically) sunami since the prefix `su' in Sanskrit stands for auspiciousness and benevolence
- We Called Her Susan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 31, 2004)
Susan Sontag, who died yesterday at 71, was one of the few intellectuals with whom Americans have ever been on a first-name basis. It wasn’t intimacy that gave her this status;
- While We Were Sleeping (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Dec 31, 2004)
Even as we struggle to come to terms with the trail of death and destruction left by the sea surges that hit our unwary shores just a day after Christmas, we need to realise that all crises opens up new opportunities.
- Wings To Aviation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2004)
The government’s decision to allow domestic private airlines to fly overseas is a welcome and much-needed move. Predictably, the left parties have opposed it fearing loss of revenue for the government-owned Indian Airlines (IA) and Air India (AI), but the
- Look Beyond Status Quo (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 31, 2004)
The reaction in press on the troop's pull out from Siachen had been premature. Even if there were to be any agreement on the issue, its shape is still to be worked out.
- Where Forests Saved The People (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 31, 2004)
The Nicobar group of islands will never be the same again. Their shapes have changed. After Sunday's tsunami, some of the islands have become smaller, yielding ground to the sea on the south-eastern side.
- Race To Aid Tsunami Victims (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Dec 31, 2004)
The death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunamis has soared to above 120,000 with the discovery of huge numbers of further victims in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Though the biggest relief operation in history is under way, tens of thousands more may now
- Analysing Consumer Behaviour (Business Line, Vineet Hemrajani, Dec 31, 2004)
To reap the maximum benefits from data analytics, firms have to invest in the right technology, hire the right people and develop standardised and robust processes of data collection, data retrieval, data analysis and strategy implementation.
- 2004: In Transit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
The more things change, the more they don't remain the same. That is the anti-climactic moral of 2004, whose end makes its beginning unrecognisable.
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- Flight To Freedom (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 31, 2004)
The decision to allow private airlines to fly abroad is welcome, with two caveats. One, there should be no glitches in the public sector airlines’ plans to add to their fleet.
- Framing The Tsunami (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 31, 2004)
In the age of the globalisation of disaster, it illustrates the limits of empathy. Or you could simply call it disaster tourism. And it wasn’t immediately striking. In fact, in the wake of the all-destroying tsunami
- Help! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
THE immediate response of Indian corporates towards the victims of the tsunami disaster has been positive, and prompt, with leaders among the blue-chip companies and banks offering help in cash and kind.
- More Commitments For India, China (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 30, 2004)
The rules of the game in the economic field are increasingly being changed for India, China and Brazil
- Moscow And Multipolarity (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 30, 2004)
Russia is building new alliances and using oil to counter the United States' attempts at regime change in its neighbourhood.
- Nagapattinam Burns Its Dead (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 30, 2004)
Cormorants hovered overhead and the stench of death hung in the air, as Armymen and hundreds of volunteers dug out hundreds of bodies from under ....
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