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Articles 21621 through 21720 of 21907:
- The India-Sri Lanka Equation (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 21, 2001)
Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention.
- India Must Grab Japan’s Offer On Developing Rural Tourism (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 20, 2001)
One of the major gains of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s recent visit to Japan was Tokyo’s willingness to be a partner in developing rural tourism in the country. India should seize this opportunity and launch a special project on rural tourism.
- Double Standards (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2001)
Those unfamiliar with the history of contemporary diplomacy might have found the United States' rapidly shifting stand on India's response to the Pakistan-engineered attack on Parliament House on December 13, rather confusing.
- `Crude' Impact Of War (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Dec 20, 2001)
CAN you guess the likely impact of war on terrorism in Afghanistan? A rise in oil price.
- Make Haste Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
I was in Mumbai on Friday, March 12, 1993. In case you have forgotten, it was the day the Memons rocked the city with fifteen massive explosions.
- Shabad In Shimla (Indian Express, Lorenzo Amberg, Dec 20, 2001)
A FEW weeks ago, my wife and I had just about one hour to discover the Mall in Shimla before opening an exhibition on the Swiss Alps in that charming hill-station.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 20, 2001)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Row Over State Burial (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Thirty-eight years after independence the Kenyan government is under pressure to give a man the British colonial government hanged in 1958 for terrorism a state burial.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 20, 2001)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- A Bend In The River (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 20, 2001)
On December 5, the day preceding the ninth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, Hindu belief suffered a serious blow.
- Towards Preserving Peace (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Dec 20, 2001)
Throughout ages, there is hardly a prophet or saint who has not condemned violence and war and preached the gospel of peace, amity and goodwill.
- Islam Is Not The Issue, Muslims Are (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 19, 2001)
For far too long Islam has been allowed to become a licence for any Muslim to do whatever he pleases in its name.
- The Afghan Way Of War (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Dec 19, 2001)
BY the time the Northern Alliance captured Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul, many analysts had begun to question the effectiveness of the American air campaign, waxing lyrical about the resilience of the hardy Afghans and the fanaticism of Al-Qaeda warriors.
- Special To The Express (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2001)
The assault has two prongs. On the one hand violence and terror: these aim at tiring out the victims by inflicting death and carnage.
- Scientist Finds Oldest Rain Drops In Madhya Pradesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
An Indian geologist has discovered imprints of the oldest rain drops that fell on earth about a billion years ago.
- Our Mindset The Biggest Lapse (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 19, 2001)
The hour after 11:40 am on December 13, was a grave hour for the Indian State.
- Terror Band On The Run (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 19, 2001)
Now that the last bastion of the Al Qaida, Tora Bora, has fallen, the days of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar are numbered.
- ‘A State That’s Patronising Terrorists Should Wake Up To The Consequences; In Any Case Its Immediate Neighbours Must’ (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 19, 2001)
• Corresponding to the four ‘‘don’ts’’ are six ‘‘do’s’’: Believe what the ideologues and organisations of the terrorists say.
- Disunited In Distress (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 19, 2001)
This should be the time for all good men to come to the aid of the nation. That is not happening.
- Stepping Up International Pressure On Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
INDIA'S MORAL AUTHORITY to prepare for prudent action against the terrorist threats to its democratic and secular polity should not be put to risk by rhetoric of the kind that the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, resorted to in the Lok Sabha on Tue.
- Sleeping With The Stars (Tribune, G. K. Sharma, Dec 19, 2001)
AS a child I loved Summer Nights. For one solid reason. Never mind even if it was warm.
- Islam Is Not The Issue, Muslims Are (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 19, 2001)
For far too long Islam has been allowed to become a licence for any Muslim to do whatever he pleases in its name.
- Ustr Zoellick Hopes To Boost Russia Wto Bid (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 19, 2001)
WASHINGTON: US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said he hoped a meeting in Paris on Monday with Russian Economic Trade and Development Minister German Gref would boost Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organisation.
- Exasperation Playing A Key Role In The South Asian Drama (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 19, 2001)
People in South Asia are angry and anguished. They react in the same way. When they go to the polls, they are reluctant to return those in power. They don’t want to put their faith in one political party. They prefer a coalition.
- Decisive Stage In Disinvestment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 19, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court has spoken. After the Balco verdict, the argument against disinvestment, or privatisation, is no longer Res Integra.
- Uttaranchal Introduces Para-Gliding To Attract Tourists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
WITH a picturesque landscape ranging from lush green valleys to enigmatic mountain ranges, Uttaranchal is all set to tap its rich natural resources to attract foreign tourists.
- Disunited In Distress (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 19, 2001)
This should be the time for all good men to come to the aid of the nation. That is not happening.
- Stepping Up International Pressure On Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
INDIA'S MORAL AUTHORITY to prepare for prudent action against the terrorist threats to its democratic and secular polity should not be put to risk by rhetoric of the kind that the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, resorted to in the Lok Sabha on Tue.
- Election Nearing (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Dec 19, 2001)
For some strange reason, this year's Delhi Gymkhana elections campaign left me in a pensive mood, and sent me travelling to the past. Gone are the days of canvassing conclaves where one could get chai-samosa, if not actually whiskey-kebabs.
- ‘We Would Welcome Further Removal Of Qrs And Import Duties’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 18, 2001)
Whil e Solvakia’s main effort is to belong the European family of countries, it sees a lot of business promise in India, says the country’s Ambassador, Ladislav Volko.
- Diversity Through Subaltern Prism (Pioneer, Syed Ali Mehdi, Dec 18, 2001)
There has been a tendency among scholars of Muslim history to view it as a biography of caliphs, sultans, shahs and shaykh al-Islams:
- Clear Evidence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 18, 2001)
There is no ambiguity in the accusation this time. India has clear evidence of Pakistans Inter Services Intelligence's (ISI's) role in masterminding the horrendous attack on Parliament House.
- Yashwant Sinha’s Hidden Agenda (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 18, 2001)
While addressing the World Economic Forum, Yashwant Sinha has outlined six areas on which he would lay thrust in the coming days. These reflect the interests of the bureaucracy and foreign investors more than that of the economy.
- Sign Language (Indian Express, Janaki Ganesh, Dec 18, 2001)
The municipal corporations of various cities and towns across the country probably feel that they have discharged their responsibilities quite well by putting up the standard signs which proclaim certain areas to be ‘‘horn free zones’’.
- Sri Lanka's Political Experiment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
THE DIFFICULT CHOICE made by the Sri Lankan President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, to personally relinquish her powerful portfolios, defence and finance, has certainly facilitated the relatively smooth formation of a new Government.
- High Living, Simple Thinking (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Dec 18, 2001)
EVER since the times of Upanishads, simple living and high thinking has been a basic tenet of all religious writings.
- India's Corporate Economy -- Fallen Between Two Stools (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2001)
GROWTH is uniquely dependent on household savings. Long-term investments are aggregated from household savings that flow in trickles.
- ‘Dsp Has Started Reaping The Benefits Of Modernisation’ (The Financial Express, S. K. Bhattacharyya, Dec 18, 2001)
Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) in West Bengal, one of the four integrated steel plants of government-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is struggling hard to come out of the red.
- History Meets Dharma In Politics (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 18, 2001)
An inscrutable destiny, Mahakaal, has presented modern India with a strange paradox.
- Blue Danube In Himachal (Pioneer, Roswitha Joshi, Dec 18, 2001)
I have known Arun Kirpal for years as a chicken farmer.
- Shaking The Symbols (Telegraph, MANVENDRA SINGH, Dec 18, 2001)
Two almost simultaneous events last week are certain to shake the contours of India’s national security perceptions and preparations.
- Phenomenon Of Micro-Politics (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Dec 18, 2001)
Although privatisation is a key concept in the present-day form of democracy and it is a crucial component of the larger contemporary phenomenon called liberalisation, when it is put into practice in the sphere of politics it does tend to erode.
- Going Back To China (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 18, 2001)
On board Air China 109. Beijing-Hong Kong. I had long thought the shortest crossing from the First World to the Third was at Erez, the frontier post which divides Israel from Palestine.
- Will The New It Policy Really Benefit Kerala? (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Dec 18, 2001)
The information technology (IT) policy, which the Kerala government unveiled recently,has set a laudable minimum growth level of 100 per cent a year and lays thrust on greater private participation.
- A Matter Of Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001)
BY CALLING FOR a focus on the human rights of the weaker sections, the President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, has made a timely intervention in the country's social discourse.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Understanding Indian Muslims (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Dec 17, 2001)
Cultural heritage and political aspirations of a community are as much a factor in influencing its behaviour as its theological beliefs.
- Our True Heroes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2001)
At the tenth anniversary celebrations of The Pioneer on Friday, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a wonderful, thought-provoking remark about the brave security personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty.
- December 13: Who Is To Blame? (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Dec 17, 2001)
THE December 13 attack on Parliament on December 13 is a challenge to the free world, not only in India.
- Relief For Ex-Detainees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2001)
It takes time to realise and right the wrongs committed in the heat of the moment. But it has taken the Punjab Government unduly long — about 10 years — to compensate some 300 persons who were detained in Jodhpur jail after Operation Bluestar in 1984.
- Averting The Decline Of The East (Pioneer, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Dec 17, 2001)
Culture is the measuring rod of civilisation.
- Girls Defy Hurdles To Pursue Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2001)
Twelve years of insurgency have not been able to dampen the pro-education spirit of the girls in Udhampur region of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Assault On Nationhood (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Dec 17, 2001)
The terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001, so soon after the collapse of the Taliban in Afghanistan, reinforces two perceptions, one by India and another by Pakistan.
- Divali Gift (Tribune, Anurag, Dec 17, 2001)
“I would accept a gift if it is reasonable, if it is big I would not. One needs to look at the practice of giving Divali gifts from the Indian cultural perspective rather than saying in general that receiving of gifts by government servants is corruption.
- General Aurora Recalls ’71 War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2001)
The military hero of the 1971 war that resulted in freedom for Bangladesh has said the “turning point” came after Indian troops crossed the Meghna river even though the Pakistanis had blown up a strategic bridge.
- A Matter Of Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001)
BY CALLING FOR a focus on the human rights of the weaker sections, the President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, has made a timely intervention in the country's social discourse.
- Needed A Truth Commission (Indian Express, Harpal Singh, Dec 17, 2001)
Justice delayed is justice denied. By this yardstick, the miscarriage of justice has already occurred for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage in the wake of Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh body guards.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Understanding Indian Muslims (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Dec 17, 2001)
Cultural heritage and political aspirations of a community are as much a factor in influencing its behaviour as its theological beliefs.
- It Is Diplomacy Season (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
India, quite naturally, is mightily elated by what is travelling by air from across the western border.
- There Is No One Loyalty (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 16, 2001)
If we refuse to learn from the happenings around us today, it would be a miracle if we did not have to pay a high price for it tomorrow.
- Reading Messages From The Past (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 16, 2001)
December 6 has become a standing reminder of many things. One is that we, as a nation, are yet to agree about what happened to us over the period before the British arrived;
- Good Time Ends Badly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2001)
Bad tidings for those who have made freebies their mainstay. Now that Jagmohan is here in the tourism department, he is likely to give bureaucrats a very hard time.
- It’s Perversion, Not Policy (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Dec 16, 2001)
A recent edition of the riveting programme, The Big Fight, on the Star News television channel was a revealing experience. The subject was the communalisation of education.
- A Poet Without A Post Office (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 16, 2001)
There are several wisps of stories floating around poet Agha Shahid Ali. But one of the most famous — and one of the most endearing — is the one about a little encounter at a Barcelona airport.
- Naga Talks Need New Address: India (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, Dec 16, 2001)
The recent meeting between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN I-M) at a hotel in Osaka, Japan.
- Saving History From Distortion (Tribune, Satish K. Kapoor , Dec 16, 2001)
Whatever the praxis of historical interpretation, the prime facts of history remain incontrovertible. None, for example, would dispute that Kalachuris were known as Haihayas;
- Reading Messages From The Past (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 16, 2001)
December 6 has become a standing reminder of many things. One is that we, as a nation, are yet to agree about what happened to us over the period before the British arrived;
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 16, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Jinnah’s Role In Partition Of India: A Reappraisal (Tribune, P.K. Ravindranath, Dec 16, 2001)
While conventional wisdom and perceived understanding of history has it that almost all the principal actors on the political stage, except Mahatma Gandhi.
- Full Frontal (Pioneer, Onkar Chopra , Dec 16, 2001)
You must go to the school today and tell our son's teacher to let him sit on the front seat.
- Lashing A Vicious Tongue (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
Some time ago I wrote about a discovery I made: a new Indian novelist of unusual talent named Anita Rao Badami. I read her second novel The Hero’s Walk which impressed me profoundly.
- Parliament Re-Dedicates Itself To Fighting Terror (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 15, 2001)
THE day after the appalling event at the temple of the world's largest democracy, Parliament was distinctly solemn.
- Soppy Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 15, 2001)
IF THE FINANCE Ministry has its way, the tax incentives on small savings a principal source of parking of surpluses for small investors, should be on their way out, come next fiscal. But that would be unfortunate. On two counts mainly.
- Selective Cleansing Won't Do (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2001)
THE DISMISSAL OF Mr. Amarmani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Trade Tax and Institutional Finance, may well be held out as evidence of the BJP's value-based politics.
- Sectarian Outfits Cash In On Rival Fronts’ Blame-Game On Kerala Violence (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Dec 15, 2001)
The sectarian violence rocking Kerala since December 6, the ninth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
- Crisis Of Civilization (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2001)
The spectre of violence now haunts the globe. The terrorist attack on Parliament House on Thursday demonstrates that the phantasm is a terrifying reality.
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Sezs: Hubs Of Economic Activity? (Business Line, Alice George, Dec 15, 2001)
SPECIAL Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced by the EXIM Policy 2000, may not have the desired economic results in terms of increased foreign exchange earnings and foreign investments if the fundamental issues and systemic bottlenecks are not resolved.
- Tamil Nadu Plans To Make Tourism ‘A Spiritual Experience’ (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Dec 15, 2001)
Tamil Nadu is right now in the green room, dressing up to entice the world to its enduring heritage and enchanting beauty.
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