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Articles 20121 through 20220 of 21907:
- Environment-Friendly Policies Needed (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Aug 20, 2004)
There is need to reverse the country’s policy on natural resources pursued during the NDA rule
- Future Of The Commodity Futures Market (Business Line, A. S. Jeyakumar, Aug 20, 2004)
The Indian commodity futures market has had a long and chequered history. Despite the huge potential, this market has not performed as expected.
- Reservations In Private Sector (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Aug 20, 2004)
India ought to have an affirmative policy of the kind that America has for the private sector
- Just After (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2004)
The history of the Gujarat riot cases is a fable of determination and faith. The Supreme Court’s recent order for a review of all 4,200-odd cases, including the 2,000 declared “closed”, is of remarkable significance particularly for this reason.
- An Olive Branch That Extends To Oil (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2004)
For days, our Ministers have been putting their heads together and toiling with oil in closed rooms. And, quite dazed, we anxiously await announcements of duty cuts that are supposed to mollify us.
- Gender Imbalance In West Bengal (Tribune, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 19, 2004)
The recent West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 focuses on two major public initiatives that have characterised the state in the past 26 years: land reforms and decentralisation.
- Let Democracy Not Fail The Poor (Hindu, Amarjeet Sinha, Aug 19, 2004)
The real challenge of making democracy work lies in letting the poorest households determine the course of their lives.
- Messenger To Mercury (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Aug 19, 2004)
The mission to Mercury will enable scientists to study not only its evolution but also the entire solar system
- Monsoon Sensitivity In Kasauli (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 19, 2004)
Dusk in Kasauli. A profusion of dahlias splashed on the hillside. Droplets of rain sparkling diamond-like in their corollas. A green canopy of fragrant pines giving Kasauli its unique sub-Himalayan vegetation. Old fashioned cottages, veiled by
- Revolution In A Shopping Mall (Tribune, S. L. Rao, Aug 18, 2004)
Distributive inequity characterizes economic growth in India from the Eighties till now, though even those below the “poverty line” are found to
- Portrayal Of Conviction (Tribune, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Aug 18, 2004)
THOSE who lived in Lahore during the pre-partition days felt nostalgic on witnessing the coverage which the media gave to the city at the time of the cricket matches.
- Punishment Against The Tide (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Aug 18, 2004)
Public opinion against capital punishment is gathering momentum in India and may lead to a de facto abolition of it
- Iaf Needs At Least 300 Aircraft (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Aug 18, 2004)
THE Indian Air Force is roaring for jetspeed at the Ministry of Defence for new aircraft simply because most of its MiG series of combat aircraft are coming to the end of their lives.
- Guarding The Guard (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Aug 18, 2004)
Getting caught off-guard by your own guard, taking pot-shots at you, can be quite unpleasant
- Plans For A Town (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Aug 18, 2004)
Gujarat received its first World Heritage Site nomination this year when UNESCO declared Champaner one of India’s best preserved examples of an authentic medieval city
- The Origins Of Terror (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 18, 2004)
The carnage billed as the war to end all wars, which began 90 years ago this month, bears a profound responsibility for the world as it is today.
- Go Arjun, Go (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2004)
The RSS-Arjun Singh battle should embolden the liberal community to rediscover its voice and its faith in Nehruvian values.
- Boat Tragedies (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2004)
These recur frequently only because there are no proper bridges across the rivers
- India In 1865 (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Aug 18, 2004)
George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, printed in 1867 a Statistical Abstract Relating to British India ...
- Monsoon Forecast For Every District (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 17, 2004)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted a "normal" south-west monsoon for the country as a whole when it issued its seasonal forecast in April and reiterated this assessment in an updated forecast at the end of June.
- Selective Credit Control (Business Line, A. Seshan, Aug 17, 2004)
In India, selective credit control means control over advances against the security of "sensitive commodities'' such as foodgrains, oilseeds and sugar. There has been considerable misunderstanding about the purpose of SCC, whose objective is not to fight
- A Question Of Identity (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 17, 2004)
In Britain there is now a new "class" of Asians and blacks, almost as xenophobic and intolerant as the white racists who once intimidated their parents and grandparents.
- Do Nris Need A Minister? (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Aug 17, 2004)
THE Government of India has appointed a Minister for Overseas Indians who will hold an independent charge. Most observers of diaspora affairs have not welcomed either the creation of a separate ministry or the appointment of Mr Jagdish Tytler, as Minister
- Reservations About Reservation (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Aug 16, 2004)
The manner in which reservation has been conceptualised and implemented by the Indian state is sadly wanting.
- The Coming Global Recession In 2005 (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Aug 16, 2004)
A recession may be looming especially with the unprecedented rise in world oil prices, which have historically presaged every recession in America.
- Challenge Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 16, 2004)
That Manmohan Singh would not waste an occasion as important as the Independence Day address to the nation on empty promises and perfunctory announcements was obvious
- Trade With Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2004)
Once again, India has offered to improve its trade relations with Pakistan. Pakistan is yet again indifferent to the Indian proposals, including the opening of the Wagah-Attari border for trade.
- In Good Spirit (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Aug 16, 2004)
It was the summer of 1991. We had been in France only a few months and decided to beach-bathe on the Mediterranean. We booked ourselves a gite — an outhouse —in a small mountain village close to the coast.
- Manmohan's Expansive Menu For Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 16, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in his Independence Day address to the nation, reiterated his commitment to vigorously pursue the current peace process with Pakistan.
- Debates In Parliament (Hindu, Arvind P. Datar, Aug 16, 2004)
Paralysing House proceedings does not solve any problem. In the long run, it will only affect the credibility of Parliament as an institution.
- The Cause Of Aids Prevention (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Aug 15, 2004)
Contrary to repeated efforts by women activists to persuade Mrs Sushma Swaraj to use her considerable political clout to counter the anti-women, anti-social and ultimately ineffective public health AIDS strategies and lead with sensitive, gender
- Shape Of Laloo Trains To Come (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 15, 2004)
Encouraged by the success of the kulhar experiment, Rail Mantri Laloo Prasad Yadav is believed to be toying with the idea of bringing about several other revolutionary changes.
- Nandita: A Bright & Articulate Artist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 15, 2004)
Ghoom Tanna” , a short video film by Salman Ahmed, Pakistan’s noted song-writer and lead guitarist, manifests the urge of the people of India and Pakistan to open a new chapter of harmony and prosperity in the sub-continent.
- Recapitulating History To Illuminate The Present (Tribune, David Devadas, Aug 15, 2004)
August 15, 1947, was a very different day in Jammu and Kashmir than it was in the rest of the country. Uncertainty and strife were the order of the day there on the day when both India and Pakistan were celebrating their new-found independence.
- A Visible Symbol Of Manipuri Hurt (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2004)
Spread over 200 acres in the heart of Imphal, no place is more important than Kangla fort in Meitei cosmology. The pride with which Manipuris speak of the 2000 years of history present
- Knowing Is Believing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 15, 2004)
There is a peculiar irony about the right to information in this country. The Freedom of Information Act was passed in 2002 and has lain in uninformative silence ever since.
- Manipur On The Boil (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 15, 2004)
Put it down to inexperience, indifference or sheer indolence but the tardy political reflexes of the Centre as the crisis in Manipur began unfolding last month marks the first real blot in the copybook of the Manmohan Singh Government.
- Pm Goes His Way, Traffic Its Way (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 14, 2004)
Till a few months back, each time the former PM’s cavalcade of cars passed along our road, the police stopped all other traffic. It did not matter if children reached school late or an ambulance got held up.
- Pro And Active (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2004)
Mohammed Fazal is far from dumb. In fact, Maharashtra’s governor has shot his mouth off on matters ranging from police transfers to mahurats at Raj Bhavan
- Natural Proclivities (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Aug 14, 2004)
Reading Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s response (“A guru and his followers”, The Telegraph, August 8) to my two-part article has left me feeling more puzzled and less enlightened than before.
- Terrorism Beyond The Spectacle (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Aug 14, 2004)
Recently, on a French television channel, I had the good surprise to watch a young and handsome Marlon Brando answering questions about his career and his hobbies in rather fluent French. Soon the discussion veered to his favourite topic...
- Indelible And Lucid (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 14, 2004)
Our Tamil brethren have names a yard long and difficult for us, poor northerners, to pronounce. Of them, Brahmins known to us colloquially as Tam Brams, also have the sharpest of minds and can outsmart the rest of us, be it in science
- Smooth Transition (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 14, 2004)
Singapore’s new leader is expected to continue existing policies
- Ways Of The Cat (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2004)
One does not know whether it is a descendent of Macavity, the prowling tom TS Eliot wrote about in his Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, but if its exploits are any indication, then very possibly it is.
- Appeasing All The Way (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 14, 2004)
The latest proposal of the Congress-led UPA Government to constitute two minorities commissions is yet another act of Muslim appeasement. The Congress has most often been pro-Muslim rather than pro-Indian.
- Conman And The Cleric (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Aug 14, 2004)
Innumerable are the stories of smooth-talking Charles Sobhraj conning the well-to-do. But few people know how he conned Maulana Masood Azhar out of all his money when they were lodged in the high-security ward in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
- Fewer Tiers, Less Tears (Business Line, R. Anand, Aug 14, 2004)
The report of the task force on Implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Vijay Kelkar, was submitted on July 16, 2004.
- It Is Easier To Deny Climate Change (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 13, 2004)
People choose to believe the climate change deniers because the truth is harder to accept.
- Spare A Thought For Blue Bull (Tribune, Baljit Singh, Aug 13, 2004)
THE Blue Bull is endemic to India alone, that is, it is not found anywhere else in the world, which places it in the class of living world heritage that needs to be preserved to posterity.
- The Name Is The Thing (Tribune, M. K. Agarwal, Aug 13, 2004)
“WHAT is the latest move of Sonia Maino?” you are asked. The question fails to register any feeling with you because you can’t, in the first instance, identify the subject.
- Yearning For Authentic Governance (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 13, 2004)
India's stark socio-economic disparities have many causes, one of which could be the high modal income ratio. The difference in incomes between those employed in the government sector and those outside is among the highest in the world.
- Athens 2004 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 13, 2004)
THE greatest, grandest sporting spectacle of the world is about to start. The next fortnight will be filled with drama, triumphs, tribulations, laughter, tears, razzmatazz and much more.
- Freedom From Want (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 13, 2004)
Such is the ordinariness of the 58th year in the life of a nation that it will rarely be treated as more than a fleeting calendar event.
- Now And Then (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Aug 12, 2004)
Comparing the present with the past is a useful hobby, especially when experience is on your side
- Bridge Too Far (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2004)
This is one bridge-built over the Yamuna and linking Allahabad with Naini on National Highway No 27-the Samajwadi Party has burnt with the Congress.
- Rather Than Reservation In Private Sector (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 12, 2004)
The Government's focus should be on making entrepreneurs out of large segments of civil society, especially those belonging to Scheduled Castes/Tribes or Other Backward Classes, rather than providing limited job opportunities in listed companies...
- Need For Compact Ministries In State (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Aug 12, 2004)
Backroom bargaining and the politics of accommodation make for jumbo-sized ministries in the State
- Monsoon Ahoy (Tribune, Vijay Oberoi, Aug 12, 2004)
Monday was a day of ecstasy, but come Tuesday and everyone was down in the dumps, not early in the morning, but as the day progressed. The monsoons deigned to turn up, after an agonising wait for a month, in which everyone suffered
- Laying Pota To Rest (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2004)
The Union Cabinet's decision to lay the Prevention of Terrorism Act to rest will be welcomed by all those who value democratic freedoms and respect for human life and dignity.
- Law Of The Averages (Deccan Herald, A V SRINIVAS, Aug 12, 2004)
In our family, those who do not get past the high benchmark of intelligence are at once declared ‘average’
- Governor Sets Social Agenda (Tribune, Swati Vashishtha, Aug 12, 2004)
The recent political showdown between the Congress and the BJP over the sacking of four Governors has sparked a national debate. While carefully choosing to keep himself from commenting on the issue, Governor of Uttranchal Sudershan Agarwal has a ...
- What Price Truth If It Does Not Hiss? (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 12, 2004)
CLAUSE 56 of the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2004 has been robbing accountants of sleep for the last about a month.
- Bush’S Pet Goat And Decision-Making (Deccan Herald, P. R. Chari , Aug 12, 2004)
National security issues cannot be endlessly debated, but a collective decision is better than an individual one
- Bush Draws Sustenance (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Aug 12, 2004)
There are parallels that can be noticed between many policies and actions of Reagan and Bush
- War For Minds (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2004)
The outburst of the Education Ministers of BJP-ruled States at a meeting of the Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) is only "Chapter Two" of a long-running struggle against partisan control over what should constitute "learning" for young minds.
- Vertical Mirage (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Aug 12, 2004)
Not all who chase dreams abroad find that the streets there are paved with gold
- Toxic History (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2004)
THE education ministers of the five BJP-ruled states did not cover themselves with glory by boycotting the first meeting of the newly constituted Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) on Tuesday.
- Reagan Years (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2004)
Reagan’s leadership saw the end of the Cold War and changed the face of global politics
- Time's Up (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Aug 12, 2004)
RAMESH Sawant is employed in the Mumbai Mint. Day in and day out, he is to peer closely for hours together at those freshly minted coins that pass by him and pick out those which are deformed, defaced or distorted.
- The Threats Within Pakistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 12, 2004)
Subnationalism and Islamic nationalism have jointly surfaced in Pakistan, but these should not be mixed up
- Trade-Off On Transit (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 12, 2004)
A decision by India and Pakistan to offer each other transit facilities for energy and goods will in one stroke reorder the geopolitics of the region.
- When Ladakhis Lost Innocence (Tribune, Baljit Singh, Aug 11, 2004)
Primitive logistics and forces of harsh geography were the twin factors which shielded Ladakh’s ancient identity against external influences, from the first dawn right up to the decade of 1940s.
- Uncertainty About Indo-Israeli Ties (Deccan Herald, P R KUMARASWAMY, Aug 11, 2004)
The Manmohan Singh government can be expected to tone down the pro-Israeli posture pursued by the NDA government
- The Ten-Year Cycle (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 11, 2004)
Going by fluctuations in the fortunes of political parties in India, the BJP could be in for a long period of decline
- Star Material (Business Line, Leela Ramaswamy, Aug 11, 2004)
If you can fool some of the people a lot of the time, you are star material for the big screen
- Reality Check On Interest Rates (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2004)
The announcement of a sharply higher inflation rate last Friday — 7.52 per cent for the week ended July 24 against 6.52 per cent for the previous week
- Bush Adds To Political Science (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Aug 11, 2004)
The US still has no agenda to give genuine sovereignty to the Iraqi people, even after the proposed transfer of power
- First Day Minister (Deccan Herald, K V RAO, Aug 11, 2004)
Mr Minister received a number of surprises on his first day in office, that continued into the next day
- Fdi In Aviation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2004)
The UPA government move to hold consultations with investors before taking a final decision on whether to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the domestic aviation sector is a step in the right direction.
- Diplomacy Sidelined (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Aug 11, 2004)
The United States' charge sheet against Iran is lengthening almost by the day, presaging destabilising confrontations this autumn and maybe a pre-election October surprise.
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