About Us l Feedback l Guest Book l Archives l Search
Quick links to the What is India data base
States | Parties| Religion | Terrorism | Neighbours | Bilateral Relations

 The Indian Analyst

TOPICS ON OUR DATABASE

Agriculture
Art
ASEAN
Constitution
Defence
Democracy
Economy
Education
Environment
Feature
Foreign Affairs
Health
Heritage
Human Rights 
Indian Bureaucracy
India-Pakistan 
India-US Relations
Jammu and Kashmir
Nagaland
Nuclear
Politics 
Population 
Poverty
Religion
Science & Technology
Terrorism
Tourism
UN and India
Women
Defence
Democracy
Economy
Education
Environment
Feature
Foreign Affairs
Health
Heritage
Human Rights 
Indian Bureaucracy
India-Pakistan 
India-US Relations
Jammu and Kashmir
Nagaland
Nuclear
Politics 
Population 
Poverty
Religion
Science & Technology
Terrorism
Tourism
United Nations 
Women

SOURCES

Deccan Herald
Indian Express
Hindustan Times
The Hindu
Pioneer
Economic Times
Times of India
Statesman
Tribune
Business Standard
Business Line

Tsunami relief 
Tribune Fund
Hindu Fund
Tsunami helplines
Unicef
Oxfam
Network for good
Doctors without Borders
CNN Listing 

What is India DAILY ROUND-UP

Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 1400 hrs

TOP STORIES
Chandrayan likely to
carry US payload 

The US has evinced keen interest in placing a payload aboard India's first spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayan-I

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
FM says no to cut in excise
duty on petro products
P Chidambaram turned down Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's plea for a cut in excise duty on petroleum products. A petrol and diesel price hike has now become inevitable 

New!

TODAY'S NEWS ANALYSIS
More fodder for thought
Oil worries again

Recent News Analyses

More fodder for thought
Oil worries again

The Lalu problem
India turns East

The Denel deal

FEATURE PICKS


Pioneer

Strategic balance needed in Asia 
As news broke about the forthcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to India commencing on April 28, international observers could not help noting how skillfully India had exploited its diplomatic options by developing new dimensions to its relations with the USA on the one hand, while mending fences and strengthening its economic ties with China on the other. By G PARTHASARATHY 




* * *

Outlook

Habits Die Hard
Back home, Musharraf's warm gestures are seen through cold, jehadi eyes. Will the Kashmir struggle be abandoned, they ask. By MARIANA BAABAR

* * *

Indian Express
The politics of dancing girls 
Maharashtra’s campaign does not stand the basic test of common sense. As long as there are girls willing to dance and earn a living this way, there will be customers willing to pay and intermediaries willing to organise such shows,
KUMAR KETKAR

 EDITORIAL PICKS

Pakistan: Watch closely now (Pioneer)
Blood: Promote altruism, not trade (Hindu)
Tokenism won't do
(Hindu)
Kolkata's anti-Left combine
(Pioneer)
Arms and the ally (Pioneer)

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 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

 



OP-ED

What is India Exclusives

Cutting down a heritage

USHA KRIS brings back hard evidence to show that fullgrown trees are being cut at the Kanha national park while the authorities make themselves scarce

F-16 sale to Pakistan in
US national interest

The US is arming Pakistan to fight its own anti-terror battles, 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

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

 

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


setstats 1

setstats 1