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Articles 19921 through 20020 of 21907:
- A Day Of Crowded Images (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 14, 2004)
The sights and sounds of a tour by car with kindred souls can be highly enlightening
- Back To Directed Credit (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 14, 2004)
The Finance Minister's advice to bankers to trim excess investments in government securities and lend more to agriculture, small industries and infrastructure has serious implications.
- Federer The Sorcerer (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2004)
Once Every Generation, a popular sport gets to witness the flowering of a champion whose exploits not only cause history to be re-written but, more significantly, turn sport into super-sport.
- Risks For Women At The Top (Hindu, Andrea Wren, Sep 14, 2004)
As the familiar glass ceiling for women becomes the scary-sounding 'glass cliff', beware the perilous promotion.
- More Friend Than Foe (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 14, 2004)
Why has the Congress given a rather inconsequential politician like Uma Bharti this lease of political life? She would have been deemed a failure as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh within another year and would have disappeared from the public space
- Tasks Before The Twelfth Finance Commission (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 13, 2004)
The Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission, Dr C. Rangarajan, has come out with a characteristically clear outline of the challenges that face the Commission.
- Pseb Losses Not Due To Thein Dam (Tribune, Harpal Singh, Sep 13, 2004)
This refers to the article “Why PSEB is in a financial mess” written by Harbans Singh (July 28). The present financial status of the Punjab State Electricity Board has been attributed by Harbans Singh, a former Chairman of the PSEB to two major factors...
- Neutrality As Virtue (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 13, 2004)
Governance has to spring from political enlightenment. Neutrality cannot be a virtue.
- Sour Grapes Of A Deformed Culture (Telegraph, Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, Sep 13, 2004)
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but sadly, almost all terrorists are Muslims
- Russia Spars With The West (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 13, 2004)
With looming nuclear terrorism, Mr Bush has to keep hugging Mr Putin as a comrade-in-arms
- Protect Nature (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2004)
The NEP should address serious concerns of environmentalists
- Geelani, Backed By Militants, May Toughen Tactics (Tribune, David Devadas, Sep 12, 2004)
Most analysts described Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s visit to New Delhi last weekend as a tepid success but I fear the truth is that the two nations’ relations have regressed over the past few months.
- Long On Policy Announcements, Short On Implementation (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 12, 2004)
A certain amount of sparring, even bickering, between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government and the Left Front that supports it "from outside" is built into the situation.
- Revisiting Greeneland (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Sep 12, 2004)
I was recently invited to see a film based on Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. I agreed because I remembered being moved by the novel as a teenage reader.
- Striving To Restore Sanskrit Glory (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 12, 2004)
Rare are persons like Prof Govind Chandra Pande. He is historian, philosopher, Sanskrit scholar, poet and linguist combined in one. He is, perhaps, the only scholar who has vowed to restore the pristine glory of Sanskrit, fast vanishing as the classical
- After Killing Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2004)
How much smaller did the militants want them to be? As the images of cowering, traumatized, wounded and dead children from the desecrated school in Beslan go out into the world, this is perhaps the only question that seems relevant.
- We Should Not Become Victims Of Money, Says Narayana Murthy (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Sep 12, 2004)
IN a country that is still groping for the right economic models to optimise the wealth creating potential of its people and the right attitudes towards business, wealth creation, governance, and social responsibility
- Kashmir: Why Not A Jointly Owned Demilitarised Area? (Business Line, Sridhar Jagannathan, Sep 10, 2004)
Kashmir has been very difficult local, regional and global problem, causing three major wars and endless strife between India and Pakistan. Apart from the huge sums spent by both countries there is the loss of
- A Paradigm Shift (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2004)
Islamabad's decision to move away from the long-hardened position that it would not develop a meaningful relationship with India until the Jammu and Kashmir issue is resolved must be heartily welcomed.
- Against The Grain (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 10, 2004)
While terms of trade are tilted against agriculture, any move to help farmers is seen as harmful to the economy
- Nehru’S Disservice To Science (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 10, 2004)
The mediocrity of Indian scientists can be traced back to Nehru’s romantic notions about science
- With Love From A Pathan (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Sep 10, 2004)
THOUGH I am Hindu by religion, ethnically I am a Pathan,” the gentleman told me with a touch of pride in his voice. He was tall but rather on the thinner side. We were both waiting for someone in an office room.
- Politics Of Psu Decision-Making (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2004)
The oil and Natural Gas Corporation Chairman, Mr Subir Raha's outburst against contractors using political influence to secure deals is remarkable not because it drew attention to the phenomenon but because
- Taxing Service Exports: Give Up Selective Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 10, 2004)
As there is no service tax on any earnings in foreign exchange for `taxable service', some exporters of services are puzzled about the new foreign trade policy's exemption from tax of services exported.
- Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 09, 2004)
It would be unwise for New Delhi to assume, in the wake of the successful first round of talks with Pakistan, that it can delay or avoid engaging Islamabad on Kashmir.
- A Tame Finish To A Game Of Same Names (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2004)
WITH one more click on www.icai.org this morning, I advanced the visitor counter to 1989245. That should be a matter of pride for those in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, but I wonder if they are aware of possible encroachments into their
- Cost Management Can Be More Professional (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Sep 09, 2004)
A FEW months back, the chief technical examiner (CTE), Central Vigilance Commission, issued an office memorandum to all chief vigilance officers of public sector units (PSUs) and statutory bodies under the
- The Dangers Of Retirement (Hindu, Michele Hanson, Sep 09, 2004)
Why it is that so many of us remain fighting fit until we retire and then promptly descend into ill-health?
- The New King (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2004)
For Vijay Singh, whose name means victory, it must have seemed like poetic justice
- Surrender Is Not An Option (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2004)
No terrorist attack in recent times has evoked greater horror, condemnation and revulsion than the attack in the small town of Beslan, located in Russia’s Caucasian region, bordering Georgia. Over one thousand schoolchildren and their parents were held
- Punjab’S First Freedom Fighter (Tribune, Madan Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
After half a century of Independence, it is worth remembering those who set out on the road to freedom. Mrs Annie Besant in her book “How India Wrought for Freedom” has given us some facts which are not often mentioned in history books.
- Whiff Of Fresh Air (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2004)
Six years after he was stripped of his Deputy Prime Ministership and tried for corruption and sodomy, Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim has been set free by a 2-1 judgment of the Federal court quashing his conviction in the sodomy case.
- Australia Says Not Intimidated By Jakarta Blast (Suedostasienportal, Reuters, Sep 09, 2004)
Australia would not be intimidated by a powerful car bomb that killed at least eight people outside its Jakarta embassy on Thursday, Prime Minister John Howard said.
- Historic Declarations (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 08, 2004)
Certain statements made by famous persons in certain historical contexts are indelibly etched in memory. The exclamation by King Louis IV, "L'etat c'est moi!" (The State! I am the State!) is the earliest that comes to mind.
- Changing Face Of The Global Indian (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Sep 08, 2004)
The urban Indian metrosexual is busy carving a niche in the world and moulding himself as a global citizen
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- New Foreign Trade Policy — In Step With The Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 08, 2004)
In an era of globalisation, when competitiveness is the key to success in building resilience in the export industries, the trade strategy has to mesh fiscal policy with investment planning, especially focussed on export sectors.
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- Poverty Of Approach (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 08, 2004)
By no stretch of the imagination can the Centre have been pleased with the results of Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's first foray into Manipur last weekend.
- Psu — Paradox Or Dream? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2004)
Going by this latest pronouncements about public sector units (PSUs), the Prime Minister qualifies eminently for the famous definition of a superior mind that can at once hold two opposing ideas in balance.
- India By Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- How Is Indian Industry Faring? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 07, 2004)
A sharp rise in the services share in India's GDP, coming at a time when services exports are booming, has been used to argue that the country is on a new growth trajectory in keeping with global trends.
- Gun-Toting Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2004)
ONE Uttar Pradesh MLC Ajit Singh has been shot dead. A case has been registered against MLA Akhilesh Singh. The line between criminals and politicians seems to have been obliterated.
- French Cheese (Deccan Herald, KAUSALYA RAMASESHAN, Sep 07, 2004)
Having French cheese as a travelling companion can leave a trail of unpopular sentiments
- Bombay Plan And Mixed-Up Economy (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 07, 2004)
After the shift quite far to the Right under the previous BJP-led regime, the economy is seeing a shift Leftward, harking back to the Bombay Plan and the mixed economy concept of Jawaharlal Nehru. But is it moving towards a "mixed-up" economy?
- More And More Women Take To Crime (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
Feminists are surely not going to boast about the crumbling of this male bastion. More and more women are becoming proactive in crime. Gone are the days when women were mentioned in crime stories as passive accomplices or more often as victims.
- Art Of Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
Few would dispute Atal Bihari Vajpayee's adroit navigation of the multi-party coalition spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party over six years in office
- Rss And Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2004)
It is too early to predict whether the recent controversies over Arjun Singh's statement, the Savarkar row, and Uma Bharti's arrest will prove beneficial to the RSS.
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
- Working With The Kid Gloves On (Telegraph, Jyoti Punwani, Sep 07, 2004)
Thanks to the Congress’s half-hearted secularism, the Hindu right is back with a bang
- Agenda For Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2004)
Unemployment is a countrywide serious problem, but in Punjab it has been getting worse. From a 5.6 per cent unemployment rate during the decade beginning 1983, it has risen alarmingly to 7 per cent in the decade starting 1993.
- The Truth, And Nothing Else (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2004)
The appointment of a high-level committee headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court to probe the Godhra carnage will be welcomed by all those who want to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about how coach S-6 of the Sabarmati
- Unforgivable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
There was only one thing to consider when the nightmare began in Middle School No. 1 in Beslan. The extremists had hundreds of children as hostage.
- No Wins Or Losses (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 06, 2004)
“With the right policies, this is a war we can win, this is a war we must win, and this is a war we will win,” said Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, in Tennessee on August 31.
- Headed For An Impasse? (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 06, 2004)
New Delhi should leave Mr Kasuri with no doubt that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India
- Fighting Shadows (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Sep 05, 2004)
In an unforgettable poem, the almost-forgotten genius, Sukumar Ray, spoke of the exploits of Jagai who single-handedly fought the assault of seven Germans.
- Show On Changing Concept Of Marriage (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 05, 2004)
INDIA Habitat Centre's Visual Arts Gallery has a week-long exhibition titled 'Marriage, marriage, marriage' It will remain open till September 8. The exhibition covers response entries received for the Sixth All-India Unnati competition on the theme
- Back To The Message (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2004)
It is entirely appropriate that a Muslim, a Hindu and a Sikh — namely Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr Manmohan Singh — visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 400th anniversary of the
- Ill-Considered Decision (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2004)
The order of the designated POTA court in the case against Vaiko and eight Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) partymen is astonishingly misguided and ill-considered.
- Give Savings A Break (Business Line, R. Anand, Sep 04, 2004)
THE Kelkar Task Force report dealing with personal taxation has analysed in detail the historical problem of inducing individuals to invest in savings instruments with tax breaks being the driving force. Tax concession for savings is an international
- Firing Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2004)
Keeping a mystery alive is an art. It is an art that has been perfected over the years by politicians and administrators in India. So the Nanavati commission, set up by the Gujarat government to “investigate the course of events that led to the setting on
- City Under Siege (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2004)
Protests should be symbolic rather than shows of strength
- The Benefits Of Doubt (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
Most scriptural writings warn us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of ...
- Parliament Under Suspension (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Sep 04, 2004)
Abstaining from political action in Parliament will result in anarchy and chaos and the Opposition stands to lose more than anyone else.
- How `Adequate' Is Basel Ii (Business Line, P. S. Iyer, Sep 03, 2004)
THE Bank for International Settlements has, for over the last decade and a half, been grappling with the issue of how much capital a bank should have.
- Befitting Package (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
The occasion was grand and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a package to match. The 400th Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Granth Sahib saw the first Sikh Prime Minister of the country in an expansive mood, who went out of his way to fulfil the wishes and
- Renaissance Through Revolution (Deccan Herald, THABO MBEKI, Sep 03, 2004)
Africans need to understand the impact of apartheid, to be able to design policies and programmes for the future
- Countering Terror (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Sep 03, 2004)
Where counter-terrorism violates human rights, it produces state terrorism directed against a nation's own people.
- Would President Chirac Refuse To Meet Dr Manmohan Singh? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement, on Wednesday, that he was "hopeful of a positive outcome" for turban-wearing Sikhs in France is welcome.
- Vibrant Religion (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 03, 2004)
Sikhism has always preached the values of love, equality and fight against injustice
- The Olympics According To Zeus (Tribune, Vikramdeep Johal, Sep 03, 2004)
The Olympics are over, and it’s time for a roundup. Many journalists would be doing that, making extravagant use of Greek phrases, but even all of them put together cannot match my experience, objectivity and vocabulary.
- When Neighbours Meet (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 03, 2004)
The coming meeting of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan is unlikely to produce the big steps needed to take the dialogue process forward.
- Fragmented Society And Athens 2004 (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 02, 2004)
As long as apathy, corruption and selfishness plague our society, we cannot hope to succeed in any collective effort
- Space Tech For Global Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 02, 2004)
There is need for greater cooperation among space powers to promote global security essential for world peace
- Unwriting History (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 01, 2004)
Arjun Singh may be looking for a vaccine to detoxify education, but the infection is already too widespread
- The Centre Must Hold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 01, 2004)
The Manmohan Singh Government should not allow itself to be swept off its feet by the frivolous public discourse.
- Present Continuous (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Sep 01, 2004)
A bold and challenging voice has emerged in the past few years: that of a section of the Dalit intelligentsia, most well-known among whom is Chandra Bhan Prasad.
- Rooting Out Jehadi Terrorism — A New Look For Us Intelligence? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 01, 2004)
The bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission, recently submitted its report to the US President, Mr George W. Bush.
- Unchanged Quarter Century For Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 01, 2004)
At the end of a quarter century of struggle, the typical farmer is as badly indebted as he was at the beginning but stands vindicated and cleared of all charges of being indolent, ignorant and incompetent.
- How To Sell Culture (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Sep 01, 2004)
The Olympic Games are over, and many in India feel that this large and wonderful country has much to do and miles to go. The 2008 Beijing Olympics is going to be a grand affair — the Chinese are very good at showcasing their culture and giving it a
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