The Indian Analyst, All the news and views you need on India, Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 1700 hrs

TOP STORIES
Navy fitting subs with missiles
Missiles will give submarines, inducted into the Navy between 1986 and 2002, strike capability to hit warships as well as surface targets from a distance of up to 40 nautical miles from ocean bed

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
More foreign banks coming
An increasing number of foreign banks are keen on opening shop in India to be able gain a critical mass by April 2009, when private banking space is expected to open up for the foreign players

FEATURE PICKS

Indian Express
Balle balle at Mohali
As the Punjabis press New Delhi and Islamabad to loosen up a little and set new standards for contact and connectivity across South Asian borders, they will pave the way for change on other frontiers, says RAJA MOHAN

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Financial Express
What's happening to oil prices?
After Atlantic benchmark crude prices topped $55/bbl in last year, there was a widely shared consensus that prices had clearly overshot and relief would come sooner than later. By SAUMITRA CHAUDHURI

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India Together
No pesticides, no Bt cotton, no pests!
Six years ago, Punukula village in AP was no different from many other cotton farming regions. Pesticide overuse and environmental poisoning were rampant, and so were pests. But by 2004, the village had successfully charted a simple escape route. DEVINDER SHARMA looks at the lessons

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Indian Express
Secular=Communal
Hatred is not the stuff of democracy. A democrat disagrees. A democrat argues. A democrat does not hate. Above all, a democrat respects the Opposition. By SAGARIKA GHOSE

EDITORIAL PICKS

A break from Lalu (Indian Express)
Cricket: Invite the general (Indian Express)
Bond of cricket (Tribune)
N-power: Critical acclaim (Hindu)

OP-ED

What is India Exclusives

Special for Shivaratri
Perceptions of Shiva
in ancient India
Ancient Indian literature and iconography represent Shiva both as a malevolent and a benevolent god. Shiva is both giver and destroyer, explains ROHITHA EASWER

Time to stare
USHA KRIS introduces young readers to the joys of star gazing

The logic in having an N-missile
Pakistan has just test-fired another nuclear missile.
An analysis by
ERIC KOO PENG KUAN

Coorg for coffee?
USHA KRIS visits an estate-turned-resort, and is charmed by the sights and sounds of Karnataka's coffee district

Bihar a major pollution zone
The US, China and India
Why the scoffing at Hinduism?
PIL against seer: Court's ire
CIA task on Pak anti-terror drive
Nepal coup shows US hypocrisy
Indian style democracy in Iraq
Death from stampede avoidable
Tsunami: Tad Murthy speaks
India's Look East Policy
NRI donates $10 m for college
Resurgent violence in J&K
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
Middle class devotee's appeal
Pillar of Hinduism
Nov 11 turned out like Sept 11
'Nobody is above the law'
'SP has no regard for law'
Temple: Perfect, stately and tall
US leaders oppose F-16 sale

ACADEMIC PAPERS

What is India Exclusives

Media intervention in dairy development in Karnataka
Rural broadcasting is critical for dairy development. District radio stations and low power TV centres can play a significant role in encouraging proper dairying practices, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU
and E NARAYANAPPA

Journalism education:
A quality perspective
India brings out 45,000 newspapers, journals and periodicals in 105 languages and dialects. Yet journalism education is neglected. Experts must produce quality learning material and orient training to media needs, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU and MADHURA VEENA M L

Philosophy of
Bhaja Govindam
Hinduism: Universal religion
Health education in India

INSCRIPTIONS

ONLY ON WHAT IS INDIA

South Indian Inscriptions

Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work published by the Archaeological Survey of India

Volume 8
Chola Inscriptions

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 12

Pallava Inscriptions

Volume 14

Pandya Inscriptions

Volume 16
Telugu Inscriptions
of the Vijayanagara Dynasty

Volume 17

Inscriptions Collected
During 1903-1904

Interesting links

Southern Asia Collection
at the University of
Chicago Library
Photographs, digital resources, exhibitions, bibliographies, links

US-India Friendship
Online resource for friends
of India