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Articles 20221 through 20320 of 21907:
- A World Of Her Own (Deccan Herald, MADHAV C KURUP, Aug 11, 2004)
Inching through the crawling traffic, the sight of an innocent child at play stopped me short
- Battle For Up (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2004)
The Congress has plans for the state and the Samajwadi Party comes in the way
- Man-Made Tragedies Since Independence (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 11, 2004)
The 20th anniversary of Operation Blue Star (storming) of the Golden Temple of Amritsar on June 5/6, 1984, brought to mind other man-made tragedies that occurred since India became Independent:
- Bring The Culprits To Book (Business Line, N C GUNDU RAO, Aug 11, 2004)
For its own smooth functioning, the Dharam Singh govt should bring those involved in the PDS rice export scandal to book
- Wto Framework Agreement: No Cause For Celebration (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 10, 2004)
The August framework agreement on the Doha Round of trade negotiations has been hailed as historic and a victory for developing countries. The Indian delegation has echoed that assessment, even if not in terms as exuberant. C. P. Chandrasekhar and ...
- No Longer ‘A Land Of The Free’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 10, 2004)
OVER lunch on an uncommonly pleasant August Sunday afternoon a friend related a troubling anecdote. An acquaintance, on his way home after a day’s work at his law office in downtown Washington, was stopped by a pair of policemen and ordered to reveal the
- `Blogosphere' Journalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2004)
The evolution of the Internet as a medium of free speech has generated unique modes of personal expression online. The most recent of these is the `blog' or web log.
- The Siachen Impasse (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Aug 09, 2004)
THE just concluded Defence Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan have once again brought the Siachen issue into the limelight.
- The Orphans Of Laos (Hindu, Jason Burke, Aug 09, 2004)
Thirty years ago the Hmong tribe fought for the Central Intelligence Agency. Now all the future holds is exile in the United States.
- Prefer Performance, Not Procedure (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 09, 2004)
If the Prime Minister truly wants a diligent and efficient bureaucracy, he should withdraw the Financial Advisors who breathe down the necks of hard-pressed officials making nitpicking objections
- Whose Coalition Is Better? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 09, 2004)
We have the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Ms Sonia Gandhi to supervise the Prime Minister.
- A National Shame Under Floodlights (Deccan Herald, K R PRASAD, Aug 09, 2004)
The present-day cricketers are more concerned about cash than about their country or its people
- Options Before The Bjp (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Aug 08, 2004)
It would be a mistake if the BJP assumes that a return to militant Hindutva can revive its political fortunes
- Aryans And Chitpavans (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Aug 08, 2004)
Can the Aryan invasion, mythic or real, be used to rationalise the Islamic invasions in medieval era? It's disgraceful if Leftists do it, but then they are known for doing more unreasonable things.
- Lure Of Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Aug 08, 2004)
It is a City that attracts people from different parts of the country, as a result of its rich legacy
- Malaysia’S Quick March (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Aug 08, 2004)
The rendezvous with the new South East Asia is a sparkling discovery. Prosperity, in Malaysia for instance, is not just a trickle down but a solid swathe. When I first came to Kuala Lumpur the airport building was a Lutyens bungalow, today’s ...
- His Peace Efforts Bear Fruit (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 08, 2004)
A decade ago when former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral L. Ramdas, founded the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, people called him “anti-national” and “a crazy person”.
- Defining Lens (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2004)
More than anyone else who has recorded and interpreted the world and the human condition through a camera's lens, Henri Cartier-Bresson, who passed on in Paris on Tuesday, can be called a witness to a ...
- A Plan Bit Too Grand (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 07, 2004)
On the new recommendations in the realm of personal taxation
- Defining Lens (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2004)
More than anyone else who has recorded and interpreted the world and the human condition through a camera's lens, Henri Cartier-Bresson, who passed on in Paris on Tuesday, can be called a witness to a century-the 20th.
- Expanding The Tax Net — Track The Big Spenders-Low I-T Payers (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Aug 07, 2004)
If the Income-Tax Department does its homework diligently and gathers credible information on unexplained expenditure, several thousand people who spend lavishly and far in excess of the income they declare in their returns can be brought within the ...
- A Muted Celebration (Deccan Herald, P V Indiresan, Aug 07, 2004)
Atomic energy continues to be underexploited in our country, and the AEC is not getting the recognition due to it
- Us Aspirations In Space (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Aug 07, 2004)
There are dreams in the US of the day when outer space will be cleansed of bureaucracy and suffused with the spirit of competition
- Eye Of The Century (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2004)
HIS images shaped our way of looking at the world. Henri Cartier-Bresson, born French, was a photographer of and for the world. It was on Monday that the "eye of the century" closed for the last time at the age of 95.
- Cloning Wild Animals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2004)
In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton's thriller published in 1991 and later made into a highly successful film by Steven Spielberg, scientists resurrect long extinct dinosaurs using DNA extracted from blood that had been imbibed by mosquitoes preserved ...
- Much Ado About Birla Millions (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 07, 2004)
The extensive media coverage on the will of a member of the Birla family got me pondering over the pros and cons of having too much wealth, in this case running into mind-boggling millions.
- Punjab Claims On Syl Misleading (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Aug 07, 2004)
THE SYL canal issue is very easy to solve but has been complicated by politics. The issue can be entrusted to a body of renowned engineers for a solution. Since the issue involves engineering details, most people do not understand the game played by ...
- Vajpayee Succeeds (Statesman, Priyadarsi Dutta, Aug 07, 2004)
Can the Aryan invasion, mythic or real, be used to rationalise the Islamic invasions in medieval era? It's disgraceful if Leftists do it, but then they are known for doing more unreasonable things.
- Aryans And Chitpavans (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Aug 07, 2004)
Can the Aryan invasion, mythic or real, be used to rationalise the Islamic invasions in medieval era? It's disgraceful if Leftists do it, but then they are known for doing more unreasonable things.
- Sweet And Sour (Deccan Herald, SAILAJA NIKAM, Aug 07, 2004)
The journeys to and from a conference venue turned out to be diammetrically opposite experiences
- Triple Helix & Indian Science (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Aug 07, 2004)
G.N. Ramachandran's contribution to the elucidation of the triple helix's complex structure is the most important work done in the basic sciences in independent India.
- Importance Of History (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 06, 2004)
The importance of history has been confirmed by two recent articles that appeared in The Pioneer: One, "History as science" (Second Opinion, July 31) by Mr Priyadarsi Dutta and the other, "What's it about history?" (The Cutting Ed, August 1) ...
- Us To Get Osama On Election Eve? (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Aug 06, 2004)
Arnaud de Borchgrave is a renowned journalist, associated earlier with Newsweek and the United Press International (UPI). At present, he is editor at large of The Washington Times and UPI. In an article titled “Real terror culprit” in ...
- U.S. National Security Politicised (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Aug 06, 2004)
There is a vacuum at the heart of George W.Bush's second-term programme.
- The Rape Of Himalaya (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 06, 2004)
For centuries, the mountains, the Himalaya and the Vindhya, and the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Sindhu, Krishna, Mahanadi and Cauvery, have been the cradles of India's civilisation.
- Internal Conflicts In Israel, Palestine (Deccan Herald, P R KUMARASWAMY, Aug 06, 2004)
Sharon and Arafat are beset by opposition from within their own support bases, on the issue of a settlement
- Master Of The Moment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 06, 2004)
The man who was christened l'oeil du siécle (the eye of the century) will see no more. But he leaves behind a world that will remain an admiring observer of many thousands of black-and-white ...
- Take Quality Management To A Higher Plane (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Aug 06, 2004)
In today's world of rollercoaster markets, rapidly shifting competitive structures, escalating customer demands, emerging technologies and intensifying competition, businesses need to respond swiftly.
- Fiscal Management — Why Not A Financial Stability Unit? (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Aug 05, 2004)
The adoption of a well-defined tariff methodology will promote healthy competition among gas marketing entities, and consumers would then have the option of sourcing gas from different locations or producers through the common grid.
- Wto Accord: Faulty Frame, Rude Reality (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Aug 05, 2004)
There is much brouhaha over the framework agreement reached by World Trade Organisation members in Geneva last week, with the developing countries in an exult over the concessions drawn from the developed nations. Nothing could be farther from reality.
- A Wasteful Tour (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 05, 2004)
Deccan Herald drew furious response from readers, forcing Mr Poojary to react
- Murder In Manipur (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Aug 05, 2004)
Thousands of people in Imphal witnessed a horrifying scene on July 15. A dozen women, both young and old, assembled at the gate of Kangla, the historic seat of the Manipur kings. One by one, they shed their clothes to the last thread, all the while ...
- Muslim Troops For Iraq (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 05, 2004)
TWO ground realities about Iraq are bound to have far-reaching and long-term consequences, especially for the presidential elections in the United States. First, the resistance to American “occupation” — unaffected by the “transfer of sovereignty ...
- Bjp In Trouble (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2004)
There is to be no end to the Bharatiya Janata Party's current troubles, judging by the warnings and threats hurled in its direction — first by its spiritual mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
- Harry Potter Is A Capitalist Pig (Deccan Herald, ILIAS YOCARIS, Aug 03, 2004)
The Harry Potter series has provoked a debate among literary theorists about the novels’ underlying message
- Moratorium: A Sanatorium For Angry Depositors? (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 03, 2004)
Everything was smooth in our lives, except for noisy scenes in Parliament and market ups and downs, with an added dose of entertainment in the form of vanishing Ministers and astonishing wills, till the
- Kerry On The Rise (Hindu, Paul Harris, Aug 03, 2004)
After the strongest speech he has ever given, the Democrat candidate is starting to convince America he can oust President Bush.
- Recall Provision — People's Leash, Short And Tight (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 03, 2004)
It will be a folly for the political class to assume that its sovereign masters, the people, will put up indefinitely with oppression and hardship.
- Terrorism And Regional Economics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2004)
Compared with the often-tense atmosphere at meetings of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which invariably became a prisoner of India-Pakistan equations
- Why Do The Rich Not Take Unctad Seriously? (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 03, 2004)
EVER since the World Trade Organisation came into being in 1995, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has been under attack from the rich countries for doing excellent work for the developing countries in the international ...
- Ceremonial Send-Offs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2004)
CONVENTIONS ARE NOT easily overturned, as the genteel, publicity-shunning Manmohan Singh discovered to his dismay on the morning of his departure for the BIMST-EC summit in Bangkok.
- A Step Forward (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2004)
Trade and economic development, terrorism and tourism are among the several issues on which BIMSTEC members have pledged to co-operate in the coming years.
- When Information Entertains (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2004)
Right now, people in America are unwilling to escape into the world of fantasy and want to confront the harsh facts
- A Communist Rishi (Hindu, Gopal Gandhi, Aug 02, 2004)
A tribute to Hiren Mukherjee, lifelong Communist, accomplished Parliamentarian and scholar, who passed away on July 30.
- What’S Uncle Sam Up To? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 02, 2004)
The American effort is to absorb both India and Pakistan in its power system by managing their rivalry.
- An Open Letter To All Indians Anywhere (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Aug 01, 2004)
Watching Americans celebrate their Independence Day on July 4 was an experience of sorts for me. It naturally made me compare how we celebrate our own Independence Day back home.
- Pot Calling The Kettle Black (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 31, 2004)
Two topics which generated much heat and hangama in Parliament caused me much amusement. One was the opposition’s denunciation of ‘tainted ministers’ in the treasury benches.
- Leap Into Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
Blackholes may have more information to reveal than science knows about them
- Pity The Man Who Wins (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Jul 31, 2004)
Given the state of the American economy, it would be better for John Kerry if he lost the presidential election.
- Privatisation Is At Sea, Let's Push It To The Ocean (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 31, 2004)
From the heights that privatisation was taken to, we now see it wallowing in the chasms of uncertainty.
- Healing Of A Great Wound (Hindu, Peter Avis, Jul 30, 2004)
The first day of August marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis. Nearly 200,000 Poles died in the fighting that lasted until October 2.
- A Gay Drama In New York (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jul 30, 2004)
MY two-year stint at New York University (1988-90) was in many ways full of events and surprises, for New York, also called “the Big Apple” by the Americans, appears to be perpetually on show, what with bands and banners and buntings
- Corporates To Better Village Life (Deccan Herald, ANIL CHAKRADEO, Jul 30, 2004)
Corporates can be involved in rural development by offering them income tax incentives
- Detoxify Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 30, 2004)
President A P J Abdul Kalam’s suggestion regarding the setting up of a standing council for school text books merits serious consideration.
- The Furies Come To Life (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Jul 30, 2004)
For years, public opinion in the Northeast has protested against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but to no avail.
- India And China: A Shifting Paradigm (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2004)
Until recently politics had been in command of Sino-Indian ties. Now economics has begun to drive the relationship.
- A Piece Of History (Deccan Herald, INDU SUBRAMANIAN, Jul 29, 2004)
At 60 plus, we braved the heat and travelled up north, for a chance to be together again
- The Spirit Of The 20th Century (Deccan Herald, A V S Namboodiri, Jul 29, 2004)
Neruda captured the blood on the 20th century’s streets, soaked his words in it and recreated them into flowers of fire
- Whales Win A Reprieve (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
Environmentalists worldwide must feel a sense of relief and achievement that a proposal to lift the ban on hunting of whales for commerce was defeated at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) held recently in Sorrento, Italy.
- The Untapped Connotations (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jul 28, 2004)
There is need to open up the literary treasures in Tamil, a living classical language, to the world at large
- Move For Quota In Private Sector (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 28, 2004)
THE misuse by the political class of one of the positive aspects of modern governance — affirmative action in favour of the underprivileged — is a distressing feature of India’s post-1947 history.
- Going Home To The Valley... (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jul 28, 2004)
This was the first time I was visiting Kashmir without my mother by the side. Though I had never thought I could muster the courage to return to her homeland without her, there were temptations that I found hard to resist.
- Budget: `Core' Weaknesses Not Addressed (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Jul 27, 2004)
The Budget was expected to give a major boost to infrastructure in the country. However, the measures announced may not quite be enough for the scale and speed of development needed.
- Informed Debate, Mellowed Mood (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jul 27, 2004)
From the days when a mere walk-out shocked Dewan Mirza Ismail, the legislative council has come a long way
- Horrors That History Can Sober Us With (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 26, 2004)
There are many mails that have come in response to the previous piece `If only banging our heads can make us saner...', which was about our ineptitude in handling calamities such as the one that struck in Kumbakonam.
- Punjab Water Imbroglio (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
With better management, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan can meet their needs with much less water than they seek
- Re-Assess Water Needs (Pioneer, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
THERE are three different but inter-connected ways of looking at the recent water-related developments in Punjab: as political developments, as legal questions, and as issues of water management.
- Resolving The Crisis In Traffic Management (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 26, 2004)
It is said that over 200 vehicles are being registered daily in Bangalore city. For anyone who has sat for hours in a vehicle trying to get through Airport Road or Dairy Circle, the future must seem like a nightmare.
- The Soren Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done the right thing in asking Coal Minister Shibu Soren to submit his resignation. It would have been much better had he acted earlier.
- Punjab’S Decision On Syl Sticks In Centre’S Throat (Tribune, Rajinder Puri, Jul 25, 2004)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh protected his political interests by rushing through the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act (2004), abrogating water-sharing agreements with neighbouring states.
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