The Indian Analyst, All the news and views you need on India, Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 1900 hrs

TOP STORIES
US says Modi issue will not
affect ties with India
Playing down its denial of visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the US said it had nothing to do with the "close partnership and good friendship" with India

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
IISc will be MIT of the East,
thanks to grant, enterprise
The finance minister may have blessed the Indian Institute of Science with Rs 100 crore for upgrading, but it was already gearing up to be one with its own resources

FEATURE PICKS

Tribune
Not much confidence yet
The single most important achievement of the agreement on the documentation required to travel on the bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad is that it has kept alive the fledgling peace process between India and Pakistan. The lack of any progress on any of the issues being discussed under the composite dialogue process had raised a question mark over the process, says

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Financial Express
Do we need an innovation policy?
What about the cheap Chinese goods flooding Indian markets? What happens when anti-dumping investigations are initiated against a Chinese exporter in India? By KUMKUM SEN
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Indian Express
India's diplomatic sting
The establishment wants the PM to discuss with Musharraf the relative merits of Sehwag and Afridi. It should be seen instead as a moment to consolidate the peace process. By RAJA MOHAN

EDITORIAL PICKS

Rice menu not nice (Pioneer)
Embittered by Bt cotton (Pioneer)
BJP backs out of VAT (Tribune)
Maintain the balance (Tribune)
Law and evolution (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

Impact of Karnataka government advertisements
A study spread over several districts revealed a surprising variety in media taste and advertisement impact, says Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU

Training for careers
in journalism
India needs a national council of professionals to study the problems and prospects of media training, say Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU
and M S SAPNA

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, write Dr B P MAHESH CHANDRA GURU and MADHURA VEENA M L

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

INSCRIPTIONS

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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
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