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Monday, 4 April 2005, 1400 hrs
TOP STORIES
Let's
take the strategic
high ground, says Wen
Suggesting that India and China
handle their relations from a ‘‘strategic high ground’’, Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao said in Beijing the boundary issue could be solved if the two sides
showed mutual accommodation ‘‘while taking reality into account’’
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
World
Bank lending to
India at all-time high
World Bank's loan to India will for the first time
cross
3.5 billion dollars in a year and it includes a possible 450 million dollars
for tsunami reconstruction work and 300 million dollars for rural roads
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FEATURE PICKS |
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Times of India
F-16s: Can we trust Uncle Sam?
The US offer to sell F16s and F18s to India, announced on March 25, has to be seen in context. True, this initiative is linked to the White House decision to lift the ban on supplying F16s to Pakistan and the more cynical view is that the US manufacturers of these aircraft will now laugh all the way to the bank as the sub-continent gets sucked into an arms race.
This black-and-white reduction is misleading, says UDAY BHASKAR
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Outlook
F-16s:
Iffy-16 Goin' On 30
The US fighter is costlier, outdated, one among other options, and comes with dubious aftersale support,
says SAIKAT DATTA
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India Together
1422 executions in 10 years,
many more?
The People's Union for Democratic Rights recently unearthed government records which show that 1422 executions had taken place in 16 states from 1953–63. The unearthing has led to many questions about the history of death sentencing in post-1947 India, says
BIKRAM JEET BATRA
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Deccan Herald
Where Manchow soup meets Muli paratha
SAMEER NAZERETH writes about the interesting phenomenon of globalisation of taste, where chicken tikka masala has become the “national dish of Britain” and chinese food has acquired a punjabi flavour in India.
 A
complex papacy (Hindu)
Myanmar:
Dialogue on course? (Hindu)
Pope's
death leaves a void (Tribune)
Kolkata's
anti-Left combine
(Pioneer)
Arms
and the ally (Pioneer)
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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
2New
Tamil Inscriptions
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
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What
is India Exclusives
F-16
sale to Pakistan in
US national interest
The US is arming Pakistan with 1F-16 planes to fight its own anti-terror battles
in our neighbourhood, but it
could well ignite trouble
between India and Pakistan, writes ERIC KOO PENG KUAN
On
the tiger trail
USHA
KRIS drives deep into the Kanha forest and falls in love with royalty of the
striped variety
The
communist threat is forgotten, not gone
History
tells us that at
least
53
million people have died of communist atrocities the world over. A bloodbath is inevitable if Nepal is left to its own struggles between the
monarchists and the Maoists, warns
ERIC KOO PENG KUAN
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
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ACADEMIC
PAPERS |
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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
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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
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