The Indian Analyst, Roundup of top stories on India, Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 2000 hrs
Republic Day greetings!

TOP STORIES
Create jobs, help the young smile, Kalam urges nation
Employment generation in five sectors can bring cheer to young Indians, President Abdul Kalam said in his Republic Day eve address

Weakening dollar a threat
to world economy: UN
The world economy grew by 4 per cent last year, but a rapidly falling US dollar poses a danger to economic stability worldwide, the United Nations has said

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Learning from the Pacific Rim
tsunami alert model
Tad Murty, internationally-renowned oceanographer and tsunami expert, is keen on setting up a warning system in India. He explains its dimensions to PRAKASH M SWAMY

ANALYSIS
India's Look East Policy
Perspectives from the political,
economic and military lenses

Post-Cold War, India has an improved interest in South East Asia. It is competing against a formidable rival, China, on many fronts. ERIC KOO PENG KUAN analyses what factors make the Look East Policy important to India, the response of South East Asia towards India�s new economic engagement, and what advantages India can gain over China in competing for the attention of South East Asia in economic co-operation

REPORT
NRI donates $10 million
to build college in AP
Paila Malla Reddy had to contend with vested interests before his free college could take shape. For children of illiterate farm workers, college education is now a dream within reach, reports PRAKASH M SWAMY

EDITORIALS
Resurgent violence in Jammu and Kashmir
What does it mean to be a Hindu in India?
Indian Elections: Verdict 2004
Meritocracy in the private sector
War on the people
United protest in New York
Appeal from an urban middle class devotee
Pillar of Hinduism
Nov 11 turned out like Sept 11
'Nobody is above the law of our country'
'S P has no regard for law or truth'

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HERITAGE
Perfect, stately and tall
If a temple were ever built to make a statement, this is it. USHA KRIS describes the grandeur of the Rajarajeswaram temple
in Tamil Nadu

NEWS UPDATE
Congressional leaders oppose
F-16 sale to Pakistan
Two prominent US Congressional leaders are running a campaign to drive home that a sale can squander opportunities to strengthen strategic US-India ties

FEATURE PICKS

Pioneer
The spreading Maoist menace
During the past three years, Maoist violence has spread from 57 to 152 of the 493 districts in India. We would do well to remember that even a statesman like Jawaharlal Nehru ruthlessly crushed the peasant communist insurrection in Telangana in 1948, even as he sought to undertake a programme of extensive land reforms. By G PARTHASARATHY

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Times of India
Kidnapping: It's now a rich industry
If you believe in statistics, sample this: 32,085 cases of kidnapping between 1992 and 2004 in Bihar alone, about 20% of these were for ransom, reports ABHAY MOHAN JHA

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Asia Times
Log in here, China tells Indian IT leaders
Long used to being wooed by foreign enterprises, authorities in Beijing are, for once, doing the courting rather than sitting back and receiving it. The focus of their attention: the Indian software industry. As part of their efforts to lure Indian IT heavyweights to set up a base in China�s capital city, authorities have recently established a special Sino-Indian Cooperative Office, says PALLAVI AIYAR

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