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- Hungama In A Hurry (Indian Express, Arundhati Bakshi-Dighe, Jul 13, 2003)
Even as the heavens open up, Reliance Infocomm’s bounty has already begun flowing onto the streets. Twenty-year-old Sushil Kumar, who owns a makeshift store for basic mobile accessories at Kamla Mills compound in central Mumbai, just outside the buzzing
- Demographic Demonology (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jul 10, 2003)
Spectres of demographic pollution and inundation inhabit all modern right-wing ideologies. They kindle fears of conversion, miscegenation, the blurring of identities and, above all, in a democratic age where numbers matter in politics, the swamping of ...
- Change Of Role (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Jul 09, 2003)
By forcing the sankaracharya to become their message bearer, the sangh parivar has reasserted its right to have the final say on Ayodhya
- Call Of Faith (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2003)
One man’s failure is not necessarily another man’s strength. The innumerable failures of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will in no way compensate for the many weaknesses of the Congress. This apparently elementary axiom has been ignored by the
- The Failed Seer (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 08, 2003)
As the latest round of exchanges between the Muslim Personal Law Board and the Kanchi sankaracharya head towards yet another stalemate over Ayodhya, there is a great sense of foreboding about the implications these exchanges have for Indian politics. An
- The Uncertain Labyrinth (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 02, 2003)
A big question hovering over Indian politics is this: if there is to be a government not led by the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre after the next general election, who will head it? Who are the non-BJP contenders for the prime minister’s office?
- Did It Happen? (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2003)
Vanishing tricks can sometimes be surreally frightening. The Gujarat genocide is now beginning to unhappen right in front of everybody’s eyes. All the 21 people accused of burning 12 Muslims in a Vadodara bakery, following the Godhra carnage last year ...
- Putting The Boot In (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Jun 29, 2003)
Returning to London for the summer has its strange pleasures. First there is the cold rain, which, for the first two weeks after escaping from the vast tandoor called Delhi, can feel very welcome. Then there is what I call the “least worst media in the
- The Promised Land (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2003)
The sagacity of the formula for an Ayodhya settlement and the perfect timing of the proposal raise hopes of a promising dialogue
- Wanted: Twenty20 Vision (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Jun 22, 2003)
The men at Lord’s are trying to save English cricket. The BCCI has a similar problem
- Politics Of Bat And Ball (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2003)
If sports is war minus the shooting as George Orwell had quipped, then Indo-Pak cricket is both war and peace-making rolled into one. It is a proxy war because jingoism during the matches between India and Pakistan touches a note of hysteria. It is peace-
- Bonds Of Debt-- Plight Of State Government Bonds (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 10, 2003)
Banks and mutual funds, which are the biggest players in the debt market, are very clear about their investment preferences.
- Jaswant Asks Sebi To Probe Trade Pattern Of Bank Stocks (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 10, 2003)
: Union finance minister Jaswant Singh has asked Sebi chairman to investigate trading pattern in banking stocks and submit the report at the earliest.
- Meeting India’S Need For Justice (Surendra Nath) (The Financial Express, SURENDRA NATH, Jun 09, 2003)
Over time, courts in India have picked up an unenviable record of delays, with trials in cases involving even serious offences taking years.
- Bird’s Eye View Of A Community (Telegraph, SHAMS AFIF SIDDIQI , Jun 06, 2003)
Indian Muslims have attracted a lot of attention since Partition. And the curiosity has not always been directed at their professed religion. All that however has not really helped the ordinary Muslim in India who remains as confused about himself as ...
- Awake And Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Singing solo is a diva’s dream but not always the best tactic on the political stage. It has taken the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, some time and a few knocks to realize this. Without doubt she is the Congress’s only diva or leader of any kind.
- Cement Firms’ Despatches Go Up In May (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2003)
All leading cement producers ACC, Gujarat Ambuja and L&T have registered increases in despatches in May.
- The Moderate Deputy Pm (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 06, 2002)
As reshuffles go, it is hard to deny that last week’s effort was a bit of a dud.
- The Most Dangerous Place In The World (New York Times, Salman Rushdie, May 30, 2002)
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjà vu replay of the last one. Will the outcome also be a replay of three years ago? Will the conflict be contained again?
- Pakistan Cannot Expect The Support Of India's Muslims (Independent (UK), M.J. Akbar, May 30, 2002)
A revealing but rarely revealed fact is that Muslims in the rest of India give no support whatsoever to the separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority valley of Kashmir, that charming bit of paradise that could trigger off history's first nuclear war.
- Chief Of Riot-Torn Indian State Pleads For Peace (Reuters, THOMAS ABRAHAM, Apr 28, 2002)
The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, who has been accused of turning a blind eye to the country's deadliest religious bloodshed in a decade, appealed for trust between Hindus and Muslims.
- Bjp's Woes In Chhattisgarh Now (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 05, 2002)
THE SPLIT IN the Chhattisgarh unit of the BJP may not surprise anyone.
- Principle Of Discounting Given The Go-By? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
THE Supreme Court is expected to have the last word in settling an issue.
- Nstl: Making Waves In Ship Design (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Feb 04, 2002)
NESTLING amid rich greenery, the Naval Science and Technology Laboratory (NSTL) at Visakhapatnam lies totally hidden from public gaze.
- Stop Press (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Feb 03, 2002)
Why did the BJP government in Gujarat contemplate bringing the Press under the Consumer Protection Act?
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Feb 02, 2002)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Difficult Sail For India Inc (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Feb 02, 2002)
PERFORMANCE-WISE, it has been a forgettable year for the Indian corporate sector.
- Peak Season Blues (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Feb 01, 2002)
IT’S peak tourist season in old world Bikaner, but the town looks desolate and dead. The slew of heritage resorts — palaces, havelis, hunting lodges, et al, present a sombre appearance.
- General's 'Hurt' Rings Hollow (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Jan 31, 2002)
President Musharraf abused Indian hospitality at Agra. He converting a breakfast meet with eminent editors of India into a press conference and had it telecast live to PTV.
- New Roads (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2002)
It also suffered a humiliating defeat in the prestigious Shahjahanpur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where its nominee was the widow of the late Jitendra Prasada, a stalwart of the party.
- A New Dd Channel But Who Wants Bad News (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 28, 2002)
As a Republic Day gift to the nation, Doordarshan has bestowed upon us a new channel: DD Bharati. Simultaneously, it has relieved DD News of its responsibilities.
- Rising From Rubble (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2002)
On January 26, last year, the earth convulsed violently in Gujarat, killing 20,000 people, destroying 1.2 million homes, flattening 11,600 schools, 1,200 health care centres and hospitals besides leaving 20 million people utterly helpless and shaken.
- Rising From Rubble (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 26, 2002)
On January 26, last year, the earth convulsed violently in Gujarat, killing 20,000 people, destroying 1.2 million homes, flattening 11,600 schools, 1,200 health care centres and hospitals besides leaving 20 million people utterly helpless and shaken.
- Aftershocks (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Jan 26, 2002)
As we celebrate another Republic Day it might be worthwhile to spare a thought for the many ways in which our power elite nobs our weakest citizens of the little they have.
- A Year After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2002)
IT IS A year today since the terrible Kutch earthquake took 30,000 lives and caused a loss of some Rs. 13,000 crores through destruction of private and public economic assets.
- Terrorism: Now In The East? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 25, 2002)
On December 22, 1994, two boys in Domkal in West Bengal's Murshidabad district discovered several bombs very near a temporary dais from which Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, now Chief Minister of West Bengal.
- No Options Left (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 25, 2002)
It is difficult to accept at face value the claim by the Dubai-based don, Aftab Ansari, that Tuesday's attack on Calcutta Police personnel in front of the city's American Center was meant to avenge the death of his associate Asif Reza Khan.
- One Year Of Trauma (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 25, 2002)
GUJARAT Chief Minister Narendra Modi is in a self-congratulatory mood. He is pleased with the progress achieved in rebuilding the earthquake-affected areas in the state.
- Shifting Thrust? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2002)
Whether Tuesday's attack on the American Centre in Calcutta was carried out by the terrorist organisation Harkat-ul Jehad-e-Islami, which has a substantial presence in the eastern part of the subcontinent, or a relatively unknown outfit.
- Bharti Pact With Cell Cos Heading For A Jam (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 23, 2002)
THE interconnect agreement between cellular operators and Bharti Telesonic Ltd (BTSOL) for routing mobile-to-mobile STD calls, announced with much fanfare in end-December, seems to be heading for trouble.
- After Gujarat Earthquake: Some Building Blocks Towards Safety (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Jan 20, 2002)
ANNIVERSARIES of tragic incidents are normally observed by paying homage to the victims.
- Holding Back The Give-Aways (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 19, 2002)
FOR the first time in several years, a concerted effort is being made to phase out or scrap the incentive provisions in the income-tax code. First, the Parthasarathy Shome panel was set up to advise on tax policy for the Tenth Plan.
- Rabi Oilseeds Output Set To Recover (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
OUTPUT of rabi oilseeds is set to stage a modest recovery this year, according to the Delhi-based VMA Oilseeds Research and Development Institute (VORDI).
- Tatas, Hughes Call Off Talks For Basic Merger (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Tatas and the Hughes group that had announced in early August last that they were considering an alliance in basic telephony services, today said they have called off talks.
- How To Break Free (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jan 14, 2002)
In a recent report released by the Madhya Pradesh state human rights commission, jails and lock-ups across several towns in the state were seen to openly flout the 1997 Supreme Court guidelines that had called for respectable living conditions.
- The Time Is Now (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 13, 2002)
The current crisis between India and Pakistan provides a unique opportunity to resolve the longstanding dispute over Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Time Is Now (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 13, 2002)
The current crisis between India and Pakistan provides a unique opportunity to resolve the longstanding dispute over Jammu and Kashmir.
- Food For Debate (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 12, 2002)
THE introduction of Chapter XIV-B in the income-tax (I-T) law with effect from July1,1995, has provided grist to the judicial windmill. Within a short period of 5-6 years, controversies erupted on almost every aspect of the law.
- Food For Debate (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 12, 2002)
THE introduction of Chapter XIV-B in the income-tax (I-T) law with effect from July1,1995, has provided grist to the judicial windmill. Within a short period of 5-6 years, controversies erupted on almost every aspect of the law.
- Mobile Subscribers Touch 5.48 M (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 12, 2002)
THE cellular subscriber base in the country has touched 5.48 million, having gained over 2.6 lakh additional customers in December 2001.
- The Madhavpura Saga (Business Line, C. P. Velayudhan Nair, Jan 11, 2002)
The reports of three more Gujarat-based co-operative banks tracing the path of Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank are really shocking.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
- Fighting Terrorism: Not This Way (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 11, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 10. Over the past fortnight, three incidents have taken place on the law and order front in three States.
- Fighting Terrorism: Not This Way (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 11, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 10. Over the past fortnight, three incidents have taken place on the law and order front in three States.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
- The Makings Of A Police State? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 11, 2002)
The BJP-led coalition is converting India into a police state in which legislation bypasses Parliament and targets ordinary citizens.
- The Makings Of A Police State? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 11, 2002)
The BJP-led coalition is converting India into a police state in which legislation bypasses Parliament and targets ordinary citizens.
- The Year That Went By (Pioneer, C. P. Chinda, Jan 10, 2002)
Year 2001 will be remembered as one of the turbulent years of Indian history.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Wah Taj (Indian Express, Monirupa Bhattacharya, Jan 08, 2002)
So you see the Taj Mahal everyday?’’ People have often asked me this question on learning that I belonged to the city of Taj.
- Cross Border Rings (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
There is something very odd and ridiculous about the Central government’s decision to close down public phone booths that offer long distance call facilities in the border districts of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Lessons In Disaster Management (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jan 07, 2002)
It's nearly one year since one of the worst ever earthquakes rocked Gujarat. Relief work is still on. The progress report on the education front is impressive, though.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- All Houses Are Not Equal (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 05, 2002)
AS IT is, there is a uniform tax-free limit of Rs 50,000 applicable across the board to, among others, all individuals.
- All Houses Are Not Equal (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 05, 2002)
AS IT is, there is a uniform tax-free limit of Rs 50,000 applicable across the board to, among others, all individuals.
- So That Drought Never Returns (Indian Express, Anil Agrawal, Jan 04, 2002)
IN the last few weeks since the media storm on drought hit our politicians, several of them have made statements regarding the importance of a community-based rainwater harvesting strategy to drought proof the country...
- Peak Season Blues (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Jan 04, 2002)
IT’S peak tourist season in old world Bikaner, but the town looks desolate and dead. The slew of heritage resorts — palaces, havelis, hunting lodges, et al, present a sombre appearance.
- Agriculture Outgrowing Problems, But... (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 03, 2002)
IT WAS A rebound year for the country's farm sector, following 2000's drought-induced disaster of a harvest.
- Agriculture Outgrowing Problems, But... (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 03, 2002)
IT WAS A rebound year for the country's farm sector, following 2000's drought-induced disaster of a harvest.
- The Future Is Out There (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2002)
RECENTLY Abdul Kalam stepped down as principal scientific advisor to the government for the purpose, purportedly, of concentrating his energies on his much touted mission to transform India.
- Telecom: Waking Up To Competition (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Jan 01, 2002)
LIBERALISATION of telecommunications, indexed by the increase in opportunities for private telephone companies (P-Telcos) to emerge and thrive, received a tremendous boost in 2001.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- ‘Our Common Problem Is Poverty, Terrorism Delays Its Solution. Let’s Fight It, This Is The New Year’s Challenge’ (Indian Express, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
MY dear fellow cou -ntrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- Telecom: Waking Up To Competition (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Jan 01, 2002)
LIBERALISATION of telecommunications, indexed by the increase in opportunities for private telephone companies (P-Telcos) to emerge and thrive, received a tremendous boost in 2001.
- India Will Triumph Against Terrorism (Telegraph, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
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