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Articles 20721 through 20820 of 21907:
- Reading Maketh The Man (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Nov 04, 2003)
I don't find the book on my side of the bed. So I look at the other side of the bed and still don’t find it. I look for it on the small glass table behind my bed. No book. No Donna Tartt’s Secret History. I have been reading it for the last two days and t
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
n I am in total agreement with Tavleen Singh’s opinion that Atal Behari Vajpayee should have been elected as Prime Minister 25 to 30 years back (From midnight alley to dawn’s highway, The Sunday Express, Oct 26). It is our misfortune that a statesman like
- Our Other Neighbour In The North (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 02, 2003)
Our neighbour, Nepal, is in acute distress.
- Shining India Or Area Of Darkness? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 02, 2003)
In a village in Maharashtra, last week, in the dak edition of a badly printed newspaper I read that by 2050 India’s economy will be number three in the world. The village has no water, erratic electricity, no sanitation, no healthcare and a shabby little
- The Enron Question (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 02, 2003)
When P.P. Vora took over as chairman of IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India), he came with the distinction of having successfully collected over Rs 1,000 crore for the National Housing Bank (NHB), in the 1992 Scam related dispute with ANZ Grindlays
- Tigers Point To Indo-Lanka Accord For Federal State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
: The historic power-sharing plan announced by Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Saturday relies heavily on a amendment based on the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord which the rebels repudiated at the time.
- Pulled Up By Ec, Jogi & His Men Loudly Knock (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 01, 2003)
If you happened to be outside the Election Commission today, you would have got to see a part of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Because Chief Minister Ajit Jogi showed up at the EC door in full force to present his case and counter the ‘‘trumped-up
- Maturity Begins At Home (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 01, 2003)
Is India’s foreign policy being managed brilliantly, or poorly? You can also pose that question differently. How well is India’s leadership looking after her interests and position in a world that has changed faster than you would have imagined even after
- Hot Destination: Central Asia (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 01, 2003)
After successful diplomacy in Southeast Asia, India is now primed to replay its historical role in Central Asia after a gap. A series of initiatives are on the anvil. These visits underline India’s new policy towards Central Asia.
- Long Overdue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2003)
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S draft notification requiring urban property developers to obtain environmental clearance for large projects is a welcome step. Under the terms of this notification, developers of building projects for more than a thousand ...
- Vice President Off To Myanmar With Goodwill For The Generals (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 01, 2003)
Refusing dialogue with a military dictatorship on its western front, India seems to be busy courting one in the east. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat flies out on Sunday to cement ties with the Myanmar junta, the highest-level visit since former Pr
- A Tycoon Is Taken Down (Hindu, Sergei Blagov, Nov 01, 2003)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's supporters link his arrest to the larger corporate game. There were reports that Yukos was in multi-billion dollar tie-up talks with the U.S. oil majors.
- Retain The Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2003)
INDIA HAS WISELY decided to persist with the latest peace initiative, taking in its stride the less than wholesome response from Pakistan to the proposals made on October 22. It is in India's strategic interest to promote normalisation of ...
- Sugarcoating Pota (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 31, 2003)
What has been proposed is an embarrassing gimmick to counter the mounting criticism of gross abuse of POTA by empowering powerless committees to prescribe ineffective remedies.
- How Cynical Is This? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
Pak response to Indian initiatives smacks of bad diplomacy. But India must not be deterred
- Hindutva Versus Hinduism (Indian Express, SARAL JHINGRAN, Oct 31, 2003)
Hinduism is the most difficult religion to define as it does not have a Book, a prophet or a common creed. Consequently, both its supporters and critics can take up any one of its various aspects and present a conception of it that is nowhere near the rea
- Cbms Become Cross-Border Mudslinging (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
‘Only issue in J&K is PoK... stop terrorism, compensate victims’
- Dr Mahathir Made The Right Call (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 31, 2003)
IT IS nearly two weeks since the APEC summit ended. In the media world, that is a long time ago. The event is all but forgotten. It was a forgettable event except for those who dressed up in colourful shirts to pose for pictures.
- Justice Done (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
ALL IN ALL, the Delhi High Court's verdict in the high-profile Parliament attack case will be remembered less for whom it convicted and more for whom it acquitted. In acquitting S.A.R. Geelani, a Delhi college lecturer, and Afsan Guru, wife of ...
- War-Weary `Liberators', Wary Iraqis (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2003)
THE US President, Mr George W. Bush, continues to reiterate that terrorists in Iraq won't "intimidate the US or Iraqis in rebuilding that nation. Our coalition is growing in numbers and growing in strength
- East-West Swap Only Solution (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2003)
It’s impossible to recover all the Indian territory lost to China. An east -west swap is probably the best way out
- East-West Swap Only Solution (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2003)
It’s impossible to recover all the Indian territory lost to China. An east -west swap is probably the best way out
- Can Margaret Thatcher Be Cloned? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
The Tories have dumped their leader, but the future may not be that bright
- Fairness In Deficit? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
THE REVISED INTERCONNECTION Usage Charge regime announced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India can bring down the long-distance tariffs (both national and international) for fixed line subscribers even as it raises the bill for cellular and limite
- This Is Our Hell — Or Heaven (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Oct 30, 2003)
Afterlife is a minority interest in the great religions. For them, this world matters more than the next
- A Brief History Of Meaning (Indian Express, John E. Mcintyre, Oct 30, 2003)
The story of the OED is a combination of period play, human drama and adventure
- More Fingers Crossed Than Thumbs Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Pak says bus to Muzaffarabad OK but under UN supervision since it’s ‘disputed’
- Will Credit Policy Help Re-Ignite Growth? (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 30, 2003)
Taking the economy to a higher growth trajectory involves a multi-pronged strategy covering foreign investments, exchange rate, domestic reforms and so on. In the circumstances, the primary question the new RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, might choose to ad
- Dec 13 Attack: Two Get Death, Two Get New Life (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Raising the bar for cases being tried under POTA, the Delhi High Court today acquitted two accused in the December 13 Parliament attack case while upholding the death penalty against two others
- This Is Our Hell — Or Heaven (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Oct 30, 2003)
Afterlife is a minority interest in the great religions. For them, this world matters more than the next
- Challenges To The Mining Industry (Hindu, N. N. Sachitanand, Oct 29, 2003)
While the private sector is fragmented into small units, which are under-capitalised, ill-planned and unsafe, public sector mining projects suffer from over-manning, poor work culture and political interference.
- In Nahan, Army Gets Its Cutting Edge (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 28, 2003)
A few weeks after Gen N C Vij took over as the army chief, he sent out a letter asking for a comprehensive review of the special forces, their training and the on-hold modernisation. The immediate beneficiary of the initiative was the Special Forces Train
- Hartals And Hideaways (Indian Express, J. L. Gupta, Oct 28, 2003)
It was October 1956. I had moved from the princely town of Patiala to the country’s most well-planned city, Chandigarh. Exactly 46 years later, on October 31, 2002, I was on board the Boeing to report for my new assignment in the state of Kerala.
- New Ash, Old Wave (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
Let’s wait a while before we give Bollywood a new name
- Fdi As Propeller Of Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 28, 2003)
FDI flows remain one of the most dynamic constituents of the global economy. They are less volatile than portfolio flows and can make domestic firms more competitive. But given their inherent threat to local firms, and the cultural and social tensions tha
- Throw Pota Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
THE SHORT AND benighted history of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (2001) and Act (2002) has made some things clear. Adopted under cover of re-empowering the state to combat terrorism post-September 11, this extraordinary law was bad in ...
- Dissent In Dadar Has Just Gone Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 27, 2003)
Packaged as counter to WEF in Davos, stage being set for WSF in Mumbai
- Bonanza For The Flying Public (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 27, 2003)
There can be no two views on the fact that the new open skies policy taking shape will be of great help to the flying public through lower fares and higher efficiency in inflight services, baggage handling, and more convenient connections.
- Festival Of India (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 27, 2003)
So many reasons for Diwali
- Unsettled Frontiers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
We need steady, even if slow, progress in addressing the border dispute with China
- Management Of India's Forex Reserves (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 27, 2003)
It is a matter of pride that India has moved from being a country that faced a BoP crisis to one that has official foreign exchange reserves of nearly $90 billion. The RBI has done an admirable job of managing the country's external liquidity and debt pos
- A Good Start (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
A JOB WELL begun is nearly half done. The talks on the vexed boundary dispute with China, in a new format, seem to have got a reasonable start last week.
- Wanted, Tirupati Management In Karbala (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 27, 2003)
You cannot help marvelling at the manner in which the queues at Tirumala are managed. Not only are the pilgrims regulated, the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam management uses the money pouring into the hundis for creating more facilities for them.'
- Wanderlust (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 27, 2003)
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
- Track Is Being Laid For Train To Pakistan (Indian Express, Bhavana Vij, Oct 26, 2003)
Gauge conversion on, 2,500 km to Sindh will be just 100 km from Barmer
- Social Reformer, Spiritual Leader Athavale Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Social reformer and founder of the Swadhyay Parivar, Pandurang Shastri Athavale died following an acute cardiac arrest at his residence in Khetwadi, Mumbai on Saturday. He was 84.
- Bad Values (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 26, 2003)
On October 10, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred 12 companies and all their directors from the capital market for five years for failing to redress investor grievances. Three out of these were Indo Biotech Herbal Remedies, Indo Biot
- Pm Trips Up Kalam (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 26, 2003)
President Abdul Kalam had to be content touring Bulgaria, Sudan and the UAE on his first state visit abroad. Many of the exciting destinations he would have liked to have traveled to had already been visited by Vajpayee, or else are on the PM’s itinerary
- Witness Protection (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Oct 26, 2003)
Nothing shakes public confidence in the criminal justice delivery system more than the collapse of a prosecution owing to witnesses turning hostile and retracting their previous statements. Generally the reason is the unholy combination of muscle and mone
- Dissent In Dadar Just Went Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 26, 2003)
Packaged as a counter to the World Economic Forum in Davos, stage being set for World Social Forum in Mumbai
- ‘vhp Should Cooperate With Bjp And Support Pm’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
VHP is an independent organisation and the BJP does not get defensive about their activities. BJP is also concerned about certain issues such as Ram temple in Ayodhya, Gorakhsa etc. But BJP has its own clear cut views on such issues. When issues are commo
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- Is The End Of The Oil Age Nigh? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
Rapid advances in fuel cell technology could usher in dramatic changes
- Ship-Breakers Ahoy: Clean Up Time (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Oct 25, 2003)
Last week, as Alang celebrated the arrival of Hellespont Grand—the biggest vessel to arrive at the ship-breaking yard — the Supreme Court ordered ship-breakers and their regulators to get their priorities right: worker safety and environment protection fi
- A Sparkling Season (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
With caution and sense, the current optimism can be sustained well beyond these festive times
- Dressed Up For Days, Aziz Now Has Somewhere To Go (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 25, 2003)
MEA moves to clear Pak envoy’s requests for meetings; works on air links, too
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- Welcome Aboard A Sexist Flight (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Oct 25, 2003)
To hold ‘unpresentable’ air hostesses responsible for the woes of AI and IA is hogwash
- Give Us A Month For Homework: Hurriyat (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Oct 24, 2003)
‘Our response by Id (Nov 27), we will use time to build a consensus, get feedback from public’
- Leaving On A Jet Plane (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
As the age of the Concorde and supersonic travel ends, why speed is not always sound
- Preparing For The Inflow (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 24, 2003)
If the open skies policy takes off, facilities at airports and the tourism infrastructure will have to be enhanced to deal with the rise in passenger arrivals.
- Time For A Wake-Up Call (Hindu, S. Akbar Zaidi, Oct 23, 2003)
Pakistan has been left behind, in terms of economic growth, by other SAARC countries and particularly by India.
- Asian Economic Integration: Pathway To Security And Prosperity (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 23, 2003)
The obsession with Pakistan has distorted the conduct of India's foreign policy. This has not allowed the country to emerge as a constructive partner with Asean and SAARC, and other regional powers such as China, Japan and South Korea. The Prime Minister'
- Sino-Indian Boundary Talks (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 23, 2003)
Conditions seem more propitious today than ever before for rapid progress in the border talks between the two Asian giants.
- Possessed By None (Indian Express, K K Khullar, Oct 23, 2003)
Baba Farid, the first poet of Punjabi
- Third Round At Aksai Chin Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 23, 2003)
India and China will sit across the table today, for the third time, to discuss a lingering border dispute
- The Guilty Men Of 1962 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2003)
Forty one years ago, there was a war. And then along came a crorepati
- October Spring (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 23, 2003)
• PM Vajpayee’s daring gambit on poll-eve
• A dozen radical proposals to the General
• Talks with Hurriyat raised to level of DPM
Let Srinagar bus to Muzaffarabad
- Beijing Comes To Delhi Today To Put History Behind (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
No 2 in Chinese Foreign Ministry to start boundary talks with Mishra
- A New Asian Economic Integration (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 22, 2003)
India's compulsions of integrating with Asean have assumed a new urgency with the recent failure of the WTO Ministerial at Cancun and the threat issued by the US of bypassing WTO for bilateral trading arrangements. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee pushing the idea
- Big Change In The Air (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
The aviation sector seems to finally be emerging from a timewarp
- Canada Calling (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 22, 2003)
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien arrives in New Delhi later this week and so what if he’s perceived as a sort of lame duck back home. With Chretien promising to retire in February, a succession race within his Liberal Party has Finance Minister Paul
- Private Airlines Get First Window In Foreign Skies (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 22, 2003)
All Indian airlines, not just Indian Airlines, can fly to Lanka
- Why Is This A Very Happy Diwali? Top Answer Is Reforms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
There’s something deeper to the optimism than the rain god, write Advisor to Finance Minister Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah, Consultant, Dept of Economic Affairs
- Jobs, Medical Aid Thrust Areas In Marad Package (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Job creation, infrastructure expansion, medical aid and water and power supply are the thrust areas in the massive Marad development package of which a draft was prepared today. The draft, evolved at a meeting of senior officers of various government depa
- Following The (Business Line, George Ninan, Oct 22, 2003)
IN Patrick O'Brian's nautical yarn, the Mauritius Command, fourth in the Aubrey-Maturin series, our heroes set off to take Mauritius thereby making the Indian Ocean safe for the English East India Company. The Mauritius influence on the Indian economy app
- Opening Up The Skies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
WHETHER IT WAS planned or spontaneous, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's limited open skies offer to the designated airlines of ASEAN countries has set the ball rolling. The Civil Aviation Minister, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has announced a limited ...
- Dawood's Connections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
DAWOOD IBRAHIM KAKSAR'S freedom to move from one sanctuary to another will be restricted with the United States Treasury Department designating him a terrorist. However, the Treasury Department's decision might not deprive Dawood of the ability ...
- Gandhi On Secular Law And State (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Oct 22, 2003)
Gandhi and Nehru had differences. But they had strong mutual synergies on vital issues.
- Cornering Heathrow? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
AN AIRPORT SLOT provides a carrier with the right to take off/land from the facility. Air India and several foreign airlines are believed to be upset that British Airways, the dominant airline in London's Heathrow, continues to buy up the limited number o
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