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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 21907:
- And The Empire Lives On (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Jan 02, 2004)
Early December, a high-profile East African Indian immigrant, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, stunned the world by belatedly returning the title of Member of the British Empire to the Queen. This came within days of the refusal of Benjamin Zephaniah, the dread ...
- Five Days That Could Change The World (Indian Express, Rohit Brijnath, Jan 02, 2004)
Ganguly’s men eye greatness, as Aussies keen to give Steve Waugh a grand farewell
- Disgruntled Diaspora (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Ministry of External Affairs and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry are jointly organising the second Pravasi Bharathiya Divas on January 9-11 at New Delhi with the usual pomp and circumstance. The significance of January 9
- `Stock Market Is A Buffet Waiting To Be Relished' (Business Line, Virendra Verma, Jan 02, 2004)
Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala loves stocks. It has been that way since his childhood. Today he is arguably the largest individual proprietary investor and one of the biggest single taxpayers of Mumbai. Mr Jhunjhunwala describes the current market as a buffet ...
- Missiles Are Cost-Effective (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Jan 02, 2004)
RECENTLY the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, UK, hosted the first ever workshop on missile issues in South Asia that was attended by strategic experts from India, Pakistan and China, the three countries in the region with ballistic missiles.
- How Do They Get Rich? (Hindu, Virginia Postrel, Jan 02, 2004)
The process of economic development is hard to repeat. The great mystery is why.
- Mutiny In Punjab Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY fire know how to survive: they bunker down and conserve their ammunition until an opportunity to hit back presents itself. For reasons known only to the Congress rebels in Punjab, they have chosen to charge out of the ...
- Death Be Not Proud (Telegraph, Gargi Gupta, Jan 02, 2004)
This book was written with an agenda. As the prologue says — “I write this book for you, Danny, because you had the courage...to die with your hands in chains but your heart undefeated... to do justice to you...to show that you were right...I write this
- Home And The World (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , Jan 02, 2004)
Western secular modernity viewed history as a panoptical narrative produced by rigorous scholastic enterprise and based on solid, unalterable archival evidence. It scornfully dismissed other possible sources like autobiographies, memoirs and local lore
- A Question Of Identity (Telegraph, SHAMS AFIF SIDDIQI , Jan 02, 2004)
The rise of Hindutva in our country has brought to the fore issues of religious, social and cultural identity. It has led to a fresh evaluation of India’s heritage, its culture and religious thoughts. In the circumstances, Indians must learn to think ...
- Ashes For India, Dust For England (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 02, 2004)
India are poised to replace England as Australia’s major cricketing rival, Australia’s retiring captain Steve Waugh said on Thursday. Waugh said the growing rivalry between Australia and India was starting to match the intensity of the traditional Ash
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- You Can’t Scoop The Future (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2004)
It’s that time of year again when every newspaper, every magazine, every television channel you turn to is awash with year-end remembrances and new-year predictions. Not because the year gone by is truly memorable (though some are arguing 2003 will make
- Seeing Through The False Front (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Jan 01, 2004)
The British may have bagged the Hooghly riverfront project, but for the rejuvenation plan to have relevance local sanction is a must
- India Offers Fresh Peace Pack To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 01, 2004)
As part of its new year gift to the sub-continent, India today proposed to hold talks with Pakistan on starting bus routes across the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international boundary in Rajasthan, hiking the strength of their respective missions
- Ernie Ready To Take On Tiger In Desert Classic (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
South African Ernie Els confirmed today he will go head-to-head with world No 1 Tiger Woods at the 2004 Dubai desert Classic over the Majlis course at the Emirates Golf Club from March 4 to 7. Els, the only man to win the Classic twice, in 1994 and 20
- Are You Neck-Deep In Numbers? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
GADGETS come with user's manual, software ships with help facility, research papers have ample footnotes, and there are commentaries for difficult poetry. However, much of company-speak is not accompanied by some help to understand. Understanding
- ‘inshallah Kashmir Will See Peace This Year’ (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 01, 2004)
Standing against the backdrop of the idyllic Dal Lake, Hurriyat Conference Chairman Maulvi Abbas Ansari points above—to the migratory birds who sail against the water currents. That’s who Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf have to
- Swami Army Gear Up For Sydney (Indian Express, NEENA BHANDARI, Jan 01, 2004)
The thrill of a series-decider coupled with the emotions surrounding the farewell match of Australia Test captain Steve Waugh have provided supporters of both teams the perfect excuse to break into grand celebration during the Sydney Test, irrespective of
- Leading The Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
IF SONIA GANDHI came tantalisingly close, last Sunday, to suggesting that the Congress party would not make her prime ministerial candidature a necessary condition for a pre-electoral alliance, a day later the party's spokesman came close to ...
- When Cheap And Free Spelt Mega Value (Business Line, Aarati Krishnan, Jan 01, 2004)
MISSED the stock market rally? Take heart. If you are a consumer of branded products or services, there are still plenty of reasons to pop the champagne at the end of 2003. It was a year in which marketers, eager to lure new consumers into their fold,
- Setting Bloodhounds On The Watchdogs' Trail (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2004)
TODAY is January 1, and you want to wish everybody, "Happy New Year!" Yet, if you run into any accountant, the greeting may not be appropriate. The CA Act is undergoing change, and the forebodings are already on the DCA's site for all to see — "a Bill
- Asean Ties: India Must Look To The East With Greater Vision (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 31, 2003)
INDIA has moved purposefully in developing a broad economic and strategic partnership with the dynamic countries of South-East Asia.
- Avoiding Future Shock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
ENABLING CITIZENS THROUGH education and skill enhancement is more critical today than at any other time. There is fairly well founded concern that in the next decade the country could find itself performing a difficult balancing act: catering to ...
- Missing Pieces In The Jigsaw (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2003)
In the topsy-turvy universe of insurgency-scarred Jammu and Kashmir, the abnormal became the normal. So thoroughly had violence permeated life, whether it was the terror perpetrated by militants or by the police/army, that blood on the streets became as
- Bhujbal Turns In Papers, Telgi Is Stamped All Over (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
Maharashtra Deputy CM resigns, fig leaf: freedom of the press; NCP may replace him with two from party
- Reviving Civil Society (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 23, 2003)
After the recent state-level elections, political parties have apparently realized that governance is important. More accurately, they have realized that governance is important for winning elections. Whe- ther this hypothesis is true is debatable. But...
- Still Not The Perfect Shine (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 22, 2003)
At a recent conference on globalization the discussion was focussed on the “how” rather than the “what” or “why” issues that had dominated the subject until recently. The success stories of Indian companies that had begun to look at the world as the ...
- Fishing And Troubled Waters (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 20, 2003)
Tamil Nadu has several security concerns about the evolving situation in Sri Lanka.
- Family Calling (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 18, 2003)
Visitors to 10 Janpath on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday were surprised to see Priyanka in active attendance. Usually she keeps herself well hidden from hoi polloi flocking to Sonia’s residence, bearing flowers, dholaks and good wishes. This year, however, she
- `India Rising' - Will It Ride The Demographic Wave? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 18, 2003)
In about 50 years, India's surging population may be more a boon than a bane, if a recent Goldman Sachs projection comes true. With a surplus of working age people vis-à-vis current G-6 biggies such as the US and Japan, India could benefit fro m low ...
- Post-Reform Anomaly — Parts Not Keeping `Full' Pace (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Dec 17, 2003)
THE overall growth rate of the country should not blur our vision to the growing disparities in the prosperity level, per capita income and job opportunities from State to State. The strategy for a higher growth in these sub-par States should be multi
- Uma Ministers Will Get Osds: Officers On Sangh Duty (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Dec 16, 2003)
Soon after they took oath in the Assembly today, Chief Minister Uma Bharti and her newly-elected MLAs made it a point to call on BJP organising general secretary Kaptan Singh Solanki. So who’s this man? Loaned to the BJP, this RSS functionary will soon...
- `Hartal Tourism' (Business Line, Anupama. R , Dec 16, 2003)
COME to Kerala. Experience the magic of the lush green landscapes and backwaters. Have a wonderful time in one of the world's favourite holiday destinations. And occasionally watch your life come to a standstill on a hartal.
- Destination Jobsville (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 14, 2003)
A little over 40 million persons are registered with the employment exchanges in India. Employment exchanges are established by the State governments as a funnel through which a job-seeker will pass in order to ensure fairness and non-discrimination in...
- Ancient Village Dholavira Gets Mr Fix-It Mahajan (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 13, 2003)
The village of Dholavira, near the legendary Indus Valley site, has been a makeshift home to archaeologists. It was further pushed off the map by the killer quake three years ago. Now, it’s emerging from the ruins: telephones, drinking water, electricity,
- Mountain Development: Rappelling Up, The Chinese Way (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 12, 2003)
Mountains occupy two thirds of China and support nearly one half of the population. Mountain regions contribute significantly to the Chinese economy accounting for 31 per cent of GDP and producing 35 per cent of grains and 54 per cent of primary ...
- Clearing The Clouds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
THE NARESH CHANDRA committee's report has made a clear pitch for far-reaching reforms in the aviation sector and suggested disinvestment in the national carriers — Air India and Indian Airlines. Though the report, submitted to the Civil ...
- Touching The Horizon (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Dec 09, 2003)
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the broadest measure of the health of the economy. Real GDP is defined as the total money value of final goods and services produced by labour and property located within a country during an accounting year. Gross value ...
- Power Of ‘parkati’ Women (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2003)
The educated woman is not as politically irrelevant as the pundits think
- Index Funds And The Performance Paradox (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Dec 08, 2003)
DIVERSIFIED equity funds have on an average outperformed the index funds by 40 percentage points in the current market rally. Empirical evidence, however, suggests that in the long run index funds outperform active funds. But that is a large trade-off...
- Poll Notes Of A Limo Liberal (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 06, 2003)
View from Rajasthan’s ground zero: How Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
- An Image That Many Pakistanis Resent (Tribune, Ethan Casey, Dec 05, 2003)
WHEN you are in Lahore, in the north-east of Pakistan near the Indian border and the main city of the country’s dominant Punjabi ethnic group, it’s possible to feel remote from Peshawar along the country’s north-west frontier — barely 300 km away.
- Hope In Air, Pak Team Arrives Today (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 30, 2003)
A six-member Pakistani delegation will arrive here a day in advance for crucial civil aviation talks.
- India Back On Haute Map Of Rich Tourists (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 30, 2003)
Untouched by the crushing hordes of backpackers and moksha mobs that throng the Indian landscape seeking their kitschy kismet, the global ultra-luxe tourist, has found his own pleasure haven here. India has bounced on the haute map of the jetsetting ...
- Why Poll Talk In Alwar Refers To The Asian Development Bank (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 29, 2003)
In the land where Ashok Gehlot scored his biggest victory in the run-up to these elections by arresting Pravin Togadia, drains and pipelines are the only thing that anybody is interested in. Trishuls and Togadia just don’t matter, much to the ...
- Wah, Waugh! (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
Here is a great cricketer, and a great human being too
- The Curse Of The K Women (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 28, 2003)
A new study uncovers how women in soap operas change a society they don’t necessarily reflect
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Didi Kept On Hold So She Turns In Phones (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 28, 2003)
PM reminder: no dial tone
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- Rural India And Media: Emerging Permutations (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 28, 2003)
It is all about the dialectics of change in the Indian media. The novelty is that for once this change is not being triggered by anything that is happening in the urban pockets of the country.
- Quality Of Justice Is Not Strained (Indian Express, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 27, 2003)
Don’t blindly increase the strength of the judiciary. Make the process of judge selection more rigorous
- Chaos Rules In Somalia (Hindu, Marc Lacey, Nov 27, 2003)
A decade after the U.S. withdrawal, anarchy reigns in Somalia, a reminder that the `war on terrorism' will not be over even if calm someday replaces chaos in Iraq.
- House Privileges And The Courts (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 27, 2003)
When life and liberty are put in jeopardy by the House on the ground of breach of privilege, the court's verdict about the privilege is final.
- 56 Years After Birth, Mha Hands Over Jakli To Mod (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is finally coming home. An order signed and stamped recently has finally brought the regiment to the Ministry of Defence nearly 56 years after it was hastily raised to save Srinagar and other parts of the state.
- Siachen: A Step Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
India and Pakistan should move toward ending this meaningless high-altitude confrontation
- New Germany In New Europe (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 25, 2003)
Germans are alarmed at the cowboy politics of Bush’s America
- Our Punjab Vs Other Punjab: Cbm In Making (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
Fifty-six years after Partition, India and Pakistan finally seem ready to bury the hatchet. At least in the sports arena.
- Not Just Fire, Hold Men Too: India To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 25, 2003)
Weeks before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee travels to Islamabad to participate in the SAARC summit, India today announced it would reciprocate Pakistan’s unilateral decision to cease fire along the Line of Control by also holding its fire from Id da
- For An Ocean Outlook (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Nov 25, 2003)
India's perspective on the world is indeed changing. But the pace needs to be quickened and the ocean dimension never forgotten.
- Atrophied Roots Of American Capitalism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Nov 24, 2003)
From being a beacon for the free world, America could end up as an example of the anarchy that results from brute and unchecked financial Darwinism, with disclosures about the American corporate world and financial market shenanigans showing no signs of a
- Behind This Bleeding Crescent (Indian Express, Molly Moore, Nov 24, 2003)
Veysel Demirtas, his face inexpressibly sad, picked through the gaping yaw of splintered wood and glass shards that was once his small restaurant across the street from the British Consulate in the historic heart of Istanbul.
- The New Great Game (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 24, 2003)
APEC, ASEAN+3 and now JACIK, an alphabet soup in a changing Asia
- When Silence Breeds A Crime (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Nov 24, 2003)
In October, news of the rape of a Swiss diplomat in Delhi took over the front pages of national dailies and was all over the TV networks. Reports, features and editorials pointed out how unsafe Delhi is for women, why rapes happen, and what could be done
- Destination Nowhere (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 24, 2003)
Terrorists are in the fear business, every time we visibly imprison ourselves, we let them win
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
- Three Fool-Proof Ways Of Cooking Ghoos (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 23, 2003)
Traditional definition of bribe (or ghoos, in Hindi): A sum of money or other reward offered or demanded in order to procure an (often illegal or dishonest) action or decision in favour of the giver.
- This Pace, Make It A Habit (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 23, 2003)
Gravitas, a gravelly voice and deliberate silence have worked well for my friend Jaswant Singh, the Finance Minister. But even Mr Singh must speak occasionally, and he has done so through his Ministry’s Mid-year Review (MYR) released a few days ago.
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Why The Abhijit Kale Story Is Less Likely Elsewhere (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Nov 23, 2003)
The most surprising point in the Kale controversy is not that it happened, but that it took so long — more than 70 years into India’s Test history — for something like this to happen. Because the appointment and functioning of Indian cricket selectors is
- Dreadful E-Bombs Are More Sci Than Fi (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Nov 22, 2003)
AS an increasingly wired world comes to grips with the constructive (GSM/CDMA phones) and destructive (e-bombs) abilities of digital wireless technology, experts are wondering if all the electromagnetic waves unleashed would not pose a health hazard.
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- Judeo Video, Govt Audio (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 22, 2003)
Why this spycamaraderie when none of the Govt’s Top Eleven will drink themselves silly, fondle cash in hotel rooms?
- Hurriyat Ends Friday Prayers: Yes To Talks (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 22, 2003)
Using the platform of the historic Jamia mosque on the last Friday of Ramzan, the Hurriyat Conference today approached thousands of worshippers to seek ratification of its decision to talk to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
- The Biharis Who Never Saw Bihar Until Last Night (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 21, 2003)
: Twenty eight-year-old Mukti Yadav has never been to Bihar. He has only seen its outline on a map of India. And that was very long ago: he was a child then, studying in an Assamese-medium school. Home has always been Assam for Mukti, a Bihari.
- Sound Of Music Heiress Does An Encore (Indian Express, Sara Neufeld, Nov 21, 2003)
She was 16, going on 17. Now, at 90, Agathe von Trapp writes her autobiography
- Fire In Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
Militant parochialism, as seen in Assam, poses a serious threat to the nation
- Welcome Order (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Good preventive action by the Supreme Court in Jayalalitha cases
- Douse This Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Quick. If Bihar and Assam cannot control this violence, the Centre must step in
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