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India's Downtrodden Disabled Find
Power In The Law
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the
southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu
were blocked from
entering temples with their
wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi
Balasubramanian knew she had the
law on her side.
Expansive India Sets Trading Sights On
West Africa
Mangoes stand piled high in red,
orange and green stacks, a traditional
sight on the roadsides of
Senegal during the harvest season.
Living In Denial
If governments and political parties
in the West have been accused of
becoming slaves of opinion
polls, their Indian counterparts may
well be charged with treating their
findings with casual disdain.
Bush-Musharraf ‘Deal’
As President Bush approaches the
middle of his second and final term in
office, the
“neoconservatives”, who dominated his
defence and foreign policy
establishment and advocated the
use of overwhelming military power,
particularly in the . . .
South Korean Movie Monster Gobbles Up
Box Office
A new movie monster has emerged from
the waters of South Korea to cause
chaos in the streets of
Seoul, set a new box office record and
raise concern about pollution at U.S.
military bases in the
country.
India-China Trade: A Long Road Ahead
Industry and policy makers need to go
beyond cheering the numbers for
bilateral trade and look to
address the underlying fundamentals
that are in need of transformation.
The Limits Of Us Power
As President George Bush approaches
the middle of his final term in
office, the "neo-conservatives"
who dominated the defence and foreign
policy establishment and advocated the
use of military
power, particularly in the . . .
Where Indian War Dead Are Remembered
Growing interest in memorial rebuilt
by German city of Zossen
Coalition Woes In Jammu And Kashmir
The Congress and the PDP are trapped
in a miserable but mutually profitable
marriage.
S S Menon, Who Served In Israel, China
And Pak, Is New Foreign Secy
In appointing India’s current envoy to
Pakistan, Shiv Shankar Menon, as the
next Foreign Secretary,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has
engineered a rare moment in the South
Block.
Thinking The Unthinkable: A New Map
For Middle East And Pakistan!
As Pakistan raises the decibel level
in accusing India of supporting the
Baloch insurgency, the idea of
a “Free Balochistan” is beginning to
gain ground, if only in the American
academic circles
The Forgotten Aam Aadmi
When this government came to power the
one thing I liked about its Common
Minimum Programme
was the promise of reforms with a
‘‘human face’’.
Changing Patterns
Racial profiling, terror threats,
nervous and culturally ignorant
foreign airline crew/air marshals
could
lead to some significant changes in
airline choices.
Just Why Pns Attract Such Strong Views
The S.S. Tarapore Committee has drawn
a 5-year roadmap for capital account
convertibility with
wide ranging suggestions and
recommendations. However, the issue of
Participatory Notes (PNs)
seems to have once again attracted
strong views and two of . . .
India Links Partnership To Arms Sales
By France
India and
France are keen on jointly developing
cruise missiles, Defence Minister
Pranab Mukherjee
told presspersons after talks with his
French counterpart, Michele Alliot-Marie,
here on Monday.
How They Love To Stereotype Asians
The Molly Campbell case is a family
dispute that has sparked off a media
frenzy simply because of
the religion and ethnicity of those
involved.
Pakistani Crime Busters Help Police
Solve Cases
On the mean streets of Pakistan's
biggest city, crime-weary citizens fed
up with a wave of
kidnappings look to a private crime
fighting unit for help.
Balochistan Shadow Over India-Pakistan
Ties
Escalating conflict in Balochistan
could push President Pervez Musharraf
to adopt an aggressive
position against India.
France For Promoting Truce In Lebanon
French Defence Ministry spokesman
Jean-Francois Bureau on Monday said
the decision to bolster the
country's troop strength in the UNIFIL
(United Nations Interim Force in
Lebanon)
under a renewed
Security Council mandate was to
promote ceasefire . . .
Talibanisation Needs To Be Curbed:
Pranab
India and
France agreed on Monday that they
needed to cooperate in building a safe
and secure
world.
India, France "Not Very Far" From
Nuclear Pact
Paris wants to "ease the energy needs"
of New Delhi "We are moving in the
last phase of this
process" Scorpene submarine deal to be
reviewed France for promoting
ceasefire in Lebanon.
Relevance Of Nonalignment
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will be
attending the 14th Nonaligned Summit
in Havana on
September 15 and 16.
Elephants And Villagers Battle In
Jungles Of Bangladesh
Deep in the forests of southeastern
Bangladesh, a battle rages between
herds of endangered
elephants and villagers whose
livelihoods depend on felling trees
that provide the elephants' habitat.
Just Why Pns Attract Such Strong Views
The S.S. Tarapore Committee has drawn
a 5-year roadmap for capital account
convertibility with
wide ranging suggestions and
recommendations. However, the issue of
Participatory Notes (PNs)
seems to have once again attracted
strong views and two of . . .
Pranab Visits Memorial For Indian
Soldiers In France
Erected in 1927 to honour those who
died in World War-I The Indian Corps
fought its first major
battle at Neuve Chapelle It is now
maintained by the Imperial War Graves
Commission.
These Teeth Aren’T For Biting
M Damodaran, chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Sebi), is known for using his
public speeches effectively to warn
market participants on specific
regulatory issues.
Sri Lankans Flee Horror For Poverty,
Safety In India
Fisherman Chinnathambi Ravikumar was
returning home from a fishing trip
when a sea-battle broke
out between the Sri Lankan navy and
Tamil Tiger rebels.
Terror In Twilight
Is the Hizbul Mujahideen preparing to
come to the negotiating table?
Selling English To The "Natives"
Beware the hype over what is "new" in
the latest dictionary at the
neighbourhood bookshop.
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