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Articles 20821 through 20920 of 21907:
- Rerun In Temple Town (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 21, 2003)
Why all this activity in Ayodhya seems so familiar
- Mulayam And Friends (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
It would take more than photo-ops with businessmen to turn Uttar Pradesh around
- Tempering Of The Temple Man (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 21, 2003)
Is Swami Chinmayanand the VHP’s BJP man or the BJP’s VHP man
- Tourism Hubs To Pop Up Along 800-Km Long ‘riverbed’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Oct 21, 2003)
The mythical Saraswati is yet to be traced but Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan has already announced an ambitious Rs 5-crore Saraswati Heritage Project, which aims to develop the ‘‘Saraswati river belt’’ as a ‘‘cultural-tourist’’ hub with
- Doing Business In Rich And Poor Countries (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 20, 2003)
Businessmen around the world face — and complain about — the different policy regimes, especially when it comes to questions of starting a business. But doing business in poor countries, which score poorly in regulation, credit delivery and infrastructure
- A 'Crisis' Deftly Defused (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
THE LATEST ROUND of Ayodhya-centred mobilisation spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has made one thing clear to political India. It is that, in India's most populous State and also elsewhere, the Ramjanmabhoomi movement does not evoke ...
- Hr Department: A New Agenda (Business Line, S. Sudarshan, Oct 20, 2003)
THE HISTORY of the human resource (HR) departments in India has been reactive rather than pro-active. The HR department has always looked outside for recognition.
- All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Rally (Indian Express, Anuradha C, Oct 20, 2003)
The recent order of the Kolkata high court seeking to exile rallies during busy weekday hours falls into a pattern of similar judgements since 1997, when the Kerala court banned bandhs in the state. Ironically, the ruling comes at a time when rallies are
- Mulayam Too Has A Vision, With A Little Help From Friends (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 20, 2003)
Barely two months in power and fresh from calming Ayodhya, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday packaged a major corporate deal to chart a new roadmap for Uttar Pradesh.
- October Revolution, 2003 (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Oct 19, 2003)
How many in this century remember V I Lenin? Lenin believed and declared that two ‘E’s were imperative for the building of a modern and a mighty state — Education and Electricity. He was absolutely right. Though communism collapsed by the end of the last
- Bjp Strikes Balance: Sp Can Stay, Let Vhp Play (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
With UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav having acquitted himself rather well over the VHP’s Sankalp Sabha programme, it was obviously time for the BJP to come to his defence today.
- Do Nothing, Risk Nothing, Hopefully (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 19, 2003)
With the crucial ‘‘semi-final’’ round of Assembly elections less than six weeks away, the Congress is trying hard to come out of the blue phase it is stuck in, but as of now the party leadership appears bereft of any action plan but one — keep things in l
- Fighting To Keep What Is Theirs (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Oct 18, 2003)
The Bolivian Government's plans to export natural gas have run up against widespread anti-globalisation protests.
- Trouble In Temple Territory (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 18, 2003)
Much as the VHP may try, its Ayodhya mobilisation will not gather momentum this time. It is trying to bring workers from different states and the biggest contingents of kar sevaks are coming from Gujarat.
- Ram Versus Rajya (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 18, 2003)
It’s poll time in two weeks, will the BJP trust its wisdom or succumb to instinct
- Gender And The City (Indian Express, Puja Birla, Oct 18, 2003)
Battle against a mindset
- Dawood Blacklist Moves To Un, Pak Gets Reminder (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
US decision vindicates our stand: Advani
- Why The Terror Tag Is Bad News For The D-Company (Indian Express, J. Dey, Oct 18, 2003)
In the city where he went from a petty neighbourhood thief to the godfather of the underworld, there is quiet celebration in the police. Officials are hopeful that Dawood Ibrahim’s branding as a terrorist will be a blow to the Rs 5,000-crore D-Company emp
- Mellowed Mulayam Thanks Centre As He Calms Ayodhya (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 18, 2003)
In Ayodhya, the day belonged to security forces who, braving stone showers and iron rods hurled by kar sevaks resisting arrest, foiled VHP attempts to hold an assembly for the Ram temple construction.
- The 4.50 To Bangalore (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2003)
Call centres in India could end up servicing Britain’s railway system. So why the worry?
- On A New Flight Path (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2003)
By all accounts it was not a well-debated plan, but the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, apparently trusted his guts and donned the cloak of a visionary,
- Stop The Rot (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 17, 2003)
Far from India evolving into a casteless society, assertion of caste and community identities is becoming more and more aggressive, to the point of promoting internecine violence and vitiating orderly governance.
- Treaties And Cancun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 17, 2003)
In India, a treaty should be circulated before it is signed with information being made available to the people who, along with the States, should be widely consulted.
- China's Big Leap In Space (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2003)
WITH THE LAUNCH of its first "yuhang yuan" (or space traveller), China has joined Russia and the United States as elite, space-faring nations of the world, becoming the first developing country to achieve this distinction. Rocketry was conceived ...
- How Not To Sell A War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2003)
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States put together a historic, worldwide coalition to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan and destroy al Qaeda.
- Bali Raises Visions Of Asian Century (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 16, 2003)
Since the "Look-East" policy was enunciated in 1993, India has made good headway in promoting greater co-operation with South-East Asia. Those gains were consolidated further at the Asean Summit, where member-nations committed themselves to creating a con
- Making Trouble But Going Nowhere (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE SHOCK FORCES OF THE Sangh Parivar, spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, have nowhere to go in Ayodhya — having demolished the Babri Masjid more than a decade ago but unable to take forward the project of building a Ram temple on ...
- Sonia's Friends And Foes (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 16, 2003)
Her friends and foes alike refuse to let Sonia Gandhi's natural handicaps define the limits of her leadership
- Engineering A Makeover For Gujarat (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 16, 2003)
FOR the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, the last couple of months have been all about re-engineering, restructuring and reinventing the business outlook of his State.
- The Ltte And The `Kp Factor' (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Oct 15, 2003)
The LTTE has made it unequivocally clear that the future of the ceasefire will depend on Colombo's response to its counter-proposals.
- Senseless Dispute Over Ayodhya (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 15, 2003)
Neither a temple nor a mosque should be built at the disputed site. A university of religions should come up there
- 1992 Mandir Poster Boy Gets His Face Read The Night Before (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 15, 2003)
Just hours away, the VHP rally is the talk of Lucknow. But in No. 2 Mall Avenue, barely 7 km from tomorrow’s rally venue, a man flits in and out of the living room, studiously avoiding all talk on the VHP. It’s the last thing Kalyan Singh wants to discuss
- Political Earthquake (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2003)
FROM body building to body politic? Well, that is the nature of the dramatic transition the former fitness buff and the current hero of action-cum-adventure packed movies, Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger has made in California by replacing the State's Governor .
- Cancun: A Mere Show Of Strength (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 15, 2003)
NOT totally unexpectedly, the Cancun Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation meeting has concluded without yielding any agreement. The major stumbling blocks were the massive agricultural subsidies (estimated at be around $300 billion annually by the
- Ebcs? Quite Untenable (Indian Express, S. S. Gill, Oct 15, 2003)
When the Mandal Commission submitted its Report in 1980, B.P. Mandal told me, “Mr Gill, I know how much work you have put in as secretary of the Commission. But let me tell you that today we have performed the immersion ceremony of our Report
- Temple Versus Terror (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Oct 15, 2003)
October 17 is not a climactic point. VHP is in it for the long haul
- Message From The East (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
The India-Thailand free trade agreement is part of a wider good neighbour policy
- That Sinking Feeling (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Oct 15, 2003)
During the 1990s I spent much of my time focusing on economic crises around the world — in particular, on currency crises like those that struck south-east Asia in 1997 and Argentina in 2001. The timing of such crises is hard to predict. But there are war
- Cancun Is Dead, Long Live Wto (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 15, 2003)
Those who are gloating over the failure of the Cancun Ministerial and hoping that the WTO is dead are as wrong as they can be. The trade body and negotiations will live on, but hopefully become more open and less complex
- Dial Reform (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 15, 2003)
First in a four-part series on the bureaucratic, legal mess that’s crippling the future of Indian telecom
- `One Country, Two Systems' Formula Under Test (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 15, 2003)
AS IF to test the tenacity of its unique "one country, two systems" paradigm, Hong Kong has been constantly buffeted by challenges — economic, political and social ever since its reunification with China in July 1997.
- Indo-Us Defence Ties Come Alive (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 14, 2003)
Indo-US observers love to tell this story. Secretary of State John Forster Dulles once explained American interests in Pakistan. Pakistan, said Dulles, in an interview to Walter Lippmann given in the fifties, were the true fighters in South Asia. After al
- Hindutva Rate Of Growth (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Oct 14, 2003)
There is hype and hypocrisy in economic projections
- Party Pooper Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
If BJP’s anniversary do is overshadowed by Ayodhya, it has only itself to blame
- Smelling The Tokyo Rose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 14, 2003)
Defence Minister George Fernandes makes no attempt at hiding his affection for Japan. Apart from a painting of Mahatma Gandhi — said to be painted by a Burmese refugee who lives in his house — the only other decoration on the walls of Fernandes’ South....
- Market Forces In The Animal Kingdom (Indian Express, Alan C. Miller, Oct 14, 2003)
The US may allow trade in endangered animals if it subsidises conservation projects
- Boost To India-Thailand Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
BUT FOR THE 1997 economic meltdown, Thailand might have emerged as the leading Asian Tiger among the Southeast Asian countries. Its economy was growing at a robust eight per cent of GDP. The country has now recovered from the problem, though the ...
- Disinvestment In Danger (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 14, 2003)
The imbroglio over the attempts to privatise HPCL/BPCL, and now bringing up the issue of splitting up IOC could actually jeopardise the entire divestment programme of the Union Government, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, who looks at the oil PSU s privatisat
- Amitabh, My Friend (Indian Express, M. K. Das, Oct 14, 2003)
Want to make friends in Egypt? Here’s how...
- Corporate Credit Portfolio — Baking Assets On The Fire Of Securitisation (Business Line, Venkat Ramaswami, Oct 14, 2003)
The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SRFESI) was definitely a strong indication that the corridors in New Delhi were waking up to calls from Wall Street. It is time for the wake-up signal to b
- Trains, Buses Diverted To Keep Out Kar Sevaks (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Oct 13, 2003)
As the Sabarmati Express pulled in at the Ayodhya railway station this evening, very few got off. And not a single one from S-6, the infamous Godhra coach. In the near empty coach, a passenger said police in Jhansi forced people off the train. He was not
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- Hayden's Grand Symphony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL Test score is a cricket record that has been celebrated over the years by schoolboy and seasoned critic alike. It is hardly a surprise, then, that the latest champion to conquer that peak, the Australian opener Matthew ...
- Industry Split Over Fta With Thailand (Indian Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Oct 12, 2003)
The ink is hardly dry, but some sections of the domestic industry are already taking stock of how the just signed Indo-Thailand free trade agreement (FTA) will impact their fortunes.
- Newsreel 05.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Smooth sailing Indo-US relationship is getting on to a new ‘Gliding Path’. Secretary of State Colin Powell tells the US media that the agreement on cooperation in high-technology, space launch equipment, civilian nuclear energy and missile defence would..
- Map Blues For Cong In Amethi (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 12, 2003)
Chhatrapati Shahuji dist is history, more work for party
- Ayodhya Gates Shut, Sena Men Held (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Over 1,500 Shiv Sena activists were arrested on Saturday while trying to proceed towards the venue of their proposed Ram Bhakt Sammelan here banned by the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Presidential Shuttle (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 12, 2003)
It's not just the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who are bitten by the travel bug. President Abdul J. Kalam is also constantly on the move, shuttling between Delhi and other parts of the country
- Tashkent Se Aaya Mera Dost, He Wants A Bit Of Bollywood (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Oct 12, 2003)
Hindi-speaking Uzbek at the film festival shops for the Khans
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
P. Chidambaram, commenting on the attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, advocates a separate Telengana state as a solution to the endemic Naxalite violence that is plaguing the state for the past two decades (An attack seeks answers,
- The Shia-Sunni Equation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
THE EXIT of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime has set off a power struggle among Iraq's two main Muslim sects. The Shias, who form the single largest community in Iraq and constitute 62 per cent of the population, are the chief contenders.
- Astrological Falsehoods (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Oct 11, 2003)
Some weeks ago one of our leading national dailies carried the findings of a group of scientists who examined the claims made by astrologers about their ability to forecast future events. They scrutinised thousands of biodatas of people born on the same..
- Suspicious Times (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
CBI would do well to remember that it, finally, is accountable only to the public
- Enlightenment, Buddha Style (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 11, 2003)
If India’s east is to emerge at all, Kolkata and West Bengal must be the engine
- Astrological Falsehoods (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Oct 11, 2003)
Some weeks ago one of our leading national dailies carried the findings of a group of scientists who examined the claims made by astrologers about their ability to forecast future events. They scrutinised thousands of biodatas of people born on the same d
- Ncert Denies With Straight Face, Advani Says Chief Told Me Only 3 Lines Are ‘similar’ (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Oct 11, 2003)
After a meeting with NCERT director J S Rajput whose authors are accused of plagiarising parts of a Class XII textbook on world history, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today that ‘‘it can happen that thoughts are expressed in a similar fashion.’’
- The Message From Manuke (Indian Express, Sadhna Mohan, Oct 10, 2003)
A village in Punjab shows how the spread of AIDS can be contained
- Avoidable Confrontation (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 10, 2003)
THE people of the Bengal Presidency, during the British regime, as also of the successor State of West Bengal, in independent India, have always been politically aware and in the forefront of mass movements for causes which they regarded as important.
- The Man Who Refused To Go Quietly (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 10, 2003)
As JP’s centenary year ends, politicians barely bother with him. But to anyone who remembers the Emergency, he is immortal
- For Us Author, It’S A Copy But In Ncert It’S A ‘tally’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
It’s plagiarism, I don’t like it one bit’
- Bombay Echo In Bali Over Janis Joplin And Rap (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 09, 2003)
A tourist paradise turns on the music and dances to forget nightmare
- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Uncertain Times In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 09, 2003)
Afghanistan continues to fragment politically. The blame is being put on the warlords but the malaise runs deeper.
- Amethi Nama (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Mulayam Singh Yadav is quite right on this one
- Looking East (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2003)
THE MOVE TO upgrade the level of the Bangladesh-India-Myanmar-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) forum to a summit needs to be welcomed. For six years now, the regional economic cooperation forum, which seeks to bridge South Asia ...
- Govt Plans Tools Of The Trade For Std 9 Students (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 06, 2003)
Vocational schooling to meet the expected rise in numbers at secondary level
- Not Just Numero Uno (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 05, 2003)
Film star and producer Sanjay Khan’s Numero Uno is among the many film and television companies that dumped equity at astronomical prices on Unit Trust of India (UTI) under the chairmanship of P. S. Subramanyam during the Ketan Parekh-led boom.
- Brand Gandhi At Modi Mela (Indian Express, Amrita Shan, Oct 05, 2003)
It was a simple card. Off-white, oblong, with a sketch of a pair of round-framed spectacles. It was the kind of card that would not have merited a second glance had the sender not been Narendra Modi.
- Concertos In Confinement (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Oct 02, 2003)
It is not music alone that saves the pianist in Roman Polanski’s film on the Holocaust
- To Islamabad Via Washington (Indian Express, V A Pai Panandiker, Sep 29, 2003)
Like it or not, march to peace with Pak will require US ‘vehicle’
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