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- Victory And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 20, 2004)
The camaraderie that won them a brilliant victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election might have never been there, judging by the public battle between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party over the post of Chief Minister.
- A Skewed Debate (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 20, 2004)
The Western media cannot pick and choose situations for special "softly, softly" treatment and expect all to toe the line while they themselves show disregard for other people's sensitivities.
- Unshackling Rural Markets - For Authentic Engagement, First (Business Line, R. Gopalakrishnan, Oct 20, 2004)
Corporates should think about rural markets more holistically rather than from a pure consumer marketing viewpoint. There is a crucial role also for the government, which must move to authentic ...
- Predatory Pricing: Lessons For India Inc (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Oct 20, 2004)
Predatory behaviour constitutes a class of anti-competitive action where prices are set so low as to eliminate competing undertakings and, thereby, threaten the competitive process itself.
- Rbi On The Edge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 20, 2004)
A section of market players sees the scrapping of this week's auction of dated securities worth Rs 5,000-crore as an indication from the Reserve Bank of India that it has no idea of marking up the Bank Rate or the repo rate ahead of the Credit Policy ...
- Old Party (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 20, 2004)
Failure seldom makes a virtue of tolerance. Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu has only himself to blame if he did not expect to be sacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party after it lost the Maharashtra polls.
- An Early Awakening (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 20, 2004)
In the days of my youth I was not known for any great accomplishment either in my studies or on the sports field. I did, however, learn the facts of life at an early age though the first time I was faced with one I was terrified.
- Peccadillo Polls (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 20, 2004)
With precisely a fortnight to go before the presidential poll in the United States of America, you might imagine that Americans — at least the
- Top Three States - A Socio-Economic Comparison (Business Line, Jeevan Prakash Mohanty, Oct 20, 2004)
The Assembly election in Maharashtra is crucial for its possible ramifications on national politics. The election is being fought on several issues.
- Whither The Technological Development Plan? (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Oct 19, 2004)
The Tenth Plan (2002-07) does not look at the role of government in the upgradation of technological capabilities or in addressing the technological challenges ahead.
- Us Presidential Debates — High Point Of American Democracy (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 19, 2004)
One may not agree with the US policies and worldview, but there is no gainsaying the commitment of the nation and its people to upholding the spirit and temper of democracy.
- The Kremlin Consolidates (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 19, 2004)
Vladimir Putin's planned political reforms will strengthen his hold on Russia's restive regions and Parliament.
- The Cobbler (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Oct 19, 2004)
THE ding-dong bell at eleven sharp announces he is here. A tall, dark man in kurta-pyjama, who enquires if there are shoes to be polished or mended. He is different as the only sounds he can emit are gurglings and the only words he can hear are our ...
- Bidar By-Election Pointer (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 19, 2004)
The fact that the Congress and the JD(S) did not unite against the BJP is not necessarily a bad thing
- Self-Reliance In National Defence (Hindu, C. Manmohan Reddy, Oct 19, 2004)
Building self-sufficiency in critical areas of technology is a matter of long-term national policy.
- Dressed Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2004)
It must be a strange experience to get beaten up by one’s colleagues for what one has chosen to wear to work. And that too, with umbrellas.
- Generally Speaking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2004)
WHEN a former Deputy Chief of Army Staff argues in public that the induction of women in the Army’s officer cadre does not augur well for the force, one cannot but sit up.
- Musharraf As Strong As Ever (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Oct 19, 2004)
PAKISTANI politics is deceptive. The government of the day thinks it is in full control of the situation and there are no serious problems other than the threat from Al-Qaeda and a few other terrorist groups that want to kill President Pervez Musharraf.
- Ntpc Soars High (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2004)
The initial public offer of the Government-owned electricity generating company, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC), has evoked a tremendous response from investors of all categories.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Serving To Fly (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Oct 19, 2004)
Last week, newspapers reported that four international airlines had decided that, from next month, they will raise the frequency of flights that they operate to the Trivandrum International Airport.
- Economic Migration In Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 19, 2004)
While many observers continue to think of cross-border labour migration in terms of the movement of labour from the South to the North, in Asia most of the recent labour movement has been within the continent.
- Rising Costs Of Transport (Tribune, Ravinder N. Batta, Oct 19, 2004)
WHILE the importance of transport in a growing economy cannot be overstated, there are related costs that need to be kept in view by policy-makers. Such costs are usually external to those who make use of transport and are often unaccounted for.
- All Eyes On The Carnival (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Oct 19, 2004)
Whoever is the next president, certain trends in the US will favour India
- Congestion At Ports - Better Connectivity The Way Out (Business Line, Santanu Sanyal, Oct 19, 2004)
With an estimated 10 per cent growth in traffic in the first six months of the current fiscal — 175.8 million tonnes compared to 160 million tonnes in the corresponding previous period
- Romantics And Classics (Deccan Herald, VARALOTTI RENGASAMY, Oct 19, 2004)
There are two types of people — the romantics and the classics. The romantics are allured by the form, the beauty as it appears on the surface, while the classics concern themselves with the substance behind.
- Police Kill India's 'Robin Hood' (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2004)
India's most wanted criminal, who once boasted of cutting up his victims and feeding them to fish, has been shot dead in an hour-long gunbattle with police in a jungle in southern India.
- Why India Needs Stronger Currency. Asia, Too: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 18, 2004)
On Oct. 12, a small conference was convened here in New Delhi on India's huge debt load. The focus was on the need for the new government to be more open and avoid the backroom maneuvers that left Asia's No. 4 economy so indebted.
- Getting The Cream For Civil Services (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 18, 2004)
If the quality of Indian administration is to improve, staff selection must be pushed down, even beyond the Hota panel suggestion, to the school level. Like the khoa test of dairymen, it will force colleges and
- Mirage Muddle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2004)
Only an official IAF Court of Inquiry will be able to say what caused these crashes
- No Alternative To Reforms (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 18, 2004)
The Left has always been a marginal force in India. Given the belief that its ideology has a special appeal for the poor, it can seem odd that the Left has never made much headway in this country, except at a regional level such as other non-Left
- Petro-Product Prices — Soft-Pedalling Can Hurt Govt Hard (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 18, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government appears to be treading on thin ice on the issue of oil price adjustment even as the crude price zooms relentlessly.
- No Advantage, Global Investing (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Oct 18, 2004)
UTI Mutual Fund proposes to launch a fund that will invest in stocks constituting the Dow Jones Global Titans 50.
- Mid-Term Appraisal Of Plan Targets (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 18, 2004)
The Mid-Term Appraisal presents the Planning Commission an opportunity to tackle certain problems head-on.
- Meaning Of Life And Spirituality (Deccan Herald, SWAMI GURUDASANANDA, Oct 18, 2004)
The goal of one’s life should be to transcend one’s outer self and realise the inner divine self
- From One Job To The Next (Telegraph, S. S. Chawdhry, Oct 18, 2004)
More flexible labour laws which permit retrenchments and the use of contract labourers are needed if India is to emulate the success of the south Asian economies
- Derrida's Derring-Do (Deccan Herald, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2004)
Although Jacques Derrida (who recently died) is hailed by Western scholars for having performed a philosophical derring-do by propounding his theory of deconstruction, the fascination for the mysteries of words is as old as civilisation itself.
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- A Meeting With Satyajit Ray (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Oct 18, 2004)
When I read a comprehensive article about Satyajit Ray in The Tribune written in a nostalgic vein, I suddenly recalled my visit to Calcutta 17-18 years ago. I could be wrong about some dates and places, for my fading memory in old age sometimes gives me a
- John Kerry For President (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
This is The New York Times' editorial endorsement of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, for the American presidency.
- Winning Trend (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2004)
The trend that was prominent in the general elections earlier in the year has been confirmed by the assembly elections in Maharashtra
- Significance Of China's Economy To Global Growth (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 18, 2004)
It should come as no surprise that China is a dominant player in the world economy today. A huge economy that has maintained a consistent
- Sweet Sadness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 18, 2004)
Within the space of a fortnight, two front-ranking French citizens have shuffled off their mortal coils.
- The Role Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2004)
India needs to take imaginative initiatives in its relations with its neighbours to contain extremism in its north-east
- Transparency Matters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2004)
PUNJAB Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh can explain away the two major court orders which went against his government on Saturday.
- Save The Cotton (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 18, 2004)
The prospect of a record harvest notwithstanding, a crisis is brewing for cotton farmers. The preliminary crop estimates doing the rounds are more damaging to farmers than rewarding.
- Shabby Treatment To A Creative Genius (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 17, 2004)
Anupam kher Kher is an angry man. He seems unable to come to terms with the humiliation heaped on him by Marxists who dubbed him as an RSS man. Possibly, taking a cue from the CPM General Secretary, Harkishan Singh Surjeet’s attack on Anupam Kher, the Uni
- Death Of A Hero (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Oct 17, 2004)
Before a phenomenon called Garfield Sobers emerged on the cricket scene, most cricket lovers would have named Keith Miller as the greatest all-rounder the game had ever seen.
- On A Losing Streak (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Oct 17, 2004)
India's scorecard of 105 for 6 at draw of stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against Australia may have seen strong men weep in their cups.
- Just Not In Order (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Oct 17, 2004)
India's collapsed justice system has several ironies. One is that while developed nations have young prime ministers and old judges, we have old prime ministers and relatively young judges.
- Bush, Blair Should Find New Epithets To Flog (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 17, 2004)
WHAT a raft of elections we’ve just had — and all apparently to solidify democracy. For most of them even Lithuania perhaps America and Britain take the credit — making the world, they say, a “safer place”, clearing the air of the pollution emitted ...
- A Wmd Called Oil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 17, 2004)
Exactly 31 years ago today, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec, founded in 1960) cut oil exports to the USA and other countries
- "A First Step" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2004)
What does the Andhra Pradesh Home Minister, K. Jana Reddy, think of the tremendous response to the rallies and meetings of the Communists Party of India (Maoists) and the CPI-ML (Janashakti) in various parts of the State?
- It Is A Matter Of Concern For All Bangaloreans (Deccan Herald, DR SURESH BALAKRISHNAN, Oct 17, 2004)
It would be naďve to take a parochial view and dismiss today's controversy about industry participation in IT.com as one that concerns only some IT companies and the government.
- Stalemate In The Northeast (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Oct 16, 2004)
As things stand, there simply is no ground for any kind of talks or even talks about talks with ULFA.
- Narrow Outlook On Broadband (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2004)
The Broadband policy announced on Thursday, is a disappointment, coming as it does after much expectations were raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations on the subject.
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (The Economic Times, Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan , Oct 16, 2004)
In his speech to the first meeting of the reconstituted Plan panel, earlier this month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for “a development ...
- Regulation Diet Is Not For All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
As the economy liberalises, the nature and extent of regulation, especially of natural monopolies, has come to occupy the centre stage of economic policy thinking.
- Lethal Scrap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
There is no mystery about the munitions that have been surfacing in different States over the last few days. The rockets, missiles, shells, and grenades came into the country in consignments of imported steel scrap.
- Software Big Bang (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2004)
Large IT companies have performed well, reinforcing India’s strength in the field
- Legality Of Iraq War Does Matter (Hindu, Robin Cook, Oct 16, 2004)
It can only be a matter of time before the invasion of Iraq is challenged in court.
- Still The General (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2004)
Musharraf’s actions ensure that Pakistan essentially remains a military regime
- The Growing Cancer (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 16, 2004)
For nearly two centuries and a half India in its own ways has been contributing to richness of the English language. Over 7,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary have been borrowed from Indian languages.
- Winner Doesn't Take It All (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 16, 2004)
Is prize money earned for a caption taxable? Yes, according to the Allahabad High Court
- Significance Of Court Supervisory Powers (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Oct 16, 2004)
A writ petition cannot generally be entertained at the show-cause notice stage unless an exceptional case is made out, for instance, that the approach of the authority is erroneous in law.
- Fencing B’Desh Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
The Cabinet Committee on Security, which discussed the Bangladesh factor in the Northeast on Wednesday, informed the nation that the fencing work on the eastern border will be over by March 2006, as scheduled.
- Broadband And Bottlenecks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
Broadband connects over 120 million Internet users worldwide to an online universe of rich content.
- Business Cycle Is `Alive And Well' And Winning Nobel Too (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2004)
Business cycles attracted attention this week because Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott won this year's Nobel economics prize for their `highly innovative' analysis of economic policy and the driving forces behind
- Mosquito Repellent That Didn't Help A Tractor Company (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2004)
Tractors help in ploughing. But a tax tribunal had to plough through tractors recently, when deciding the Escorts case.
- 85th Amendment On Promotions (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Oct 16, 2004)
The Punjab Government, especially Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, has been repeatedly asserting that the 85th Amendment to the Constitution would be implemented soon.
- Of Names And Name-Calling (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Oct 16, 2004)
By using animal names for human beings in a derogatory manner, we are degrading these life forms too
- Good Times, Bad Times (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
I discovered at the cost of considerable time and trouble that writing about the immediate past is more difficult and hazardous than writing about the hoary past.
- India To Make A Mark In Chip Design (The Economic Times, THOMAS P ABRAHAM, Oct 16, 2004)
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader with revenues clocking over $7 billion in 2003, has been developing and delivering semiconductor solutions and products that play a vital role in enabling today's convergence technologies.
- Just Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2004)
The police are human, they are allowed to make mistakes. They might, by mistake — or mistaken good intentions — confine the minor victim of a reported rape in the police station for two days instead of the alleged rapist.
- Wows For Mr Biswas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
Senior Left leaders, who disdain globalisation, should learn from Mr Kanti Biswas, the Marxist education minister of West Bengal. Mr Biswas’ recent request to ...
- Birmingham Track Ii (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Oct 15, 2004)
THE Track II wallahs are way ahead of politicians and officials pursuing the composite dialogue and CBMs. Barring the complex core issue for Pakistan — Kashmir — and the less interactable but linked problem for India of cross-border terrorism
- Back On The Roll, Mr Fm? (The Economic Times, YASHWANT SINHA, Oct 15, 2004)
It was a little over two months ago, that finance minister P Chidambaram presented the UPA government's first Budget on July 8, 2004.
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- White Elephant (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
THE brouhaha over the induction of foreign consultants into the committees of the Planning Commission has deflected attention away from the fundamental question about the continued usefulness of the Commission itself.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
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