The Indian Analyst, All the news and views you need on India, Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 1800 hrs

TOP STORIES
Promise: Parliament seat reservation for women
National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi said all hurdles in reserving seats for women would be cleared soon

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
India wins neem patent battle
India has won a 10-year-long battle at the European Patent Office against the grant of patent on use of neem as a fungicide, citing it as traditional knowledge available with farmers and the scientific community

FEATURE PICKS

Asia Times
Ominous call to arms in South Asia
Pakistan detects a distinct shift in Delhi's military purchase strategy, with Indian planners now focused on the specific goal of neutralizing Pakistan's nuclear warhead capability. Rattled leaders in Islamabad are developing their response: all the prerequisites for an arms race are in place. By SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD

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Indian Express
A superpower by 2050? Just impossible
With massive corruption and close to a third of the population living below the poverty line, for India to be the most developed nation in the world appears far-fetched. A debate

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The Hindu
Vanishing wetlands
India's wetlands are in danger of disappearing unless urgent action is taken, warns G ANANTHAKRISHNAN

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Tribune
The lost letter
Let pundits and patriots gloat over India overtaking China�s growth rate, becoming a scientific superpower and challenging American technological achievements. What matters at the humdrum level is the debasement of values, vulgarisation of taste, and disintegration of institutions like the Post and Telegraph Department which is �celebrating� 150 years of existence, says SUNANDA K DATTA RAY

EDITORIAL PICKS

Unavoidable: Prez rule in Bihar (Hindu)
Cord blood banking (Hindu)
Use president's rule (Tribune)
Two worlds (Tribune)

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