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Shekhar's advice to Gowda - D N Mishra
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>Prime Minister Deve Gowda is getting Information from IB that
Romesh Bhandari, governor of Uttar Pradesh, Is fleecing the state
to the tune of a crore a day. Horrifying reports about the law and
order situation In the state are also reaching the PM. Gowda Is
concerned about Romesh Bhandari. Recently, Gowda rang
...
Jyoti Basu pulled up in party meeting - Sankar Ray
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>Defying the directive from the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of India (Marxist) that the debate on the West Bengal Chief
Minister Jyoti Basu's Open statement that not to join the United
Front Government was " a historic blunder" is to be treated as "a
closed chapter", five Secretariat members of the Calcutta District
...
'We need forward looking politicians'; and a comment - Press Trust of India
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>Former Finance Minister and Congress leader, Dr Manmohan Singh on
Sunday said there was a need for strong and purposeful Governments
both at the Centre and the States to sustain the momentum of
economic reform.
Delivering the convocation day address at the Indian Institute of
...
BJP victory: Enemies' pride? - D N Mishra
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>It is an amazing fact of Indian politics that the victory of BJP
causes Jubilation In the Prime Minister Deve Gowda's camp. Though
it did not celebrate openly, nevertheless, Gowda's trusted
minister, C M Ibrahim, distributed sweets at PM's residence. The
politics behind this Is quite obvious. The day Sitaram Kesri took
...
Intelligence failed to inform police about Babri demolition - Priyanka Kakodkar
- The Times of India
- 3 March 1997
>>>Intelligence sources did not adequately warn the city police about
the impending demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992,
director-general of police R. D. Tyagi told the Srikrishna
commission.
Mr Tyagi was joint police commissioner (crime and administration)
...
Herostealers at work - Mohit Sen
- The Indian Express
- 1 March 1997
>>>The decline of the Congress in the last decade cannot be denied.
The martyrdom of Rajiv Gandhi provided a sympathy cushion but it
could not last long because the then dominant leadership of the
Congress did not want it to continue. It was determined to prove
that the Congress could not only survive but prosper by
...
Expectations: Logic and reality - K Govindan Kutty
- The Financial Express
- 3 March 1997
>>>Unexpected things happen these days. No one expects any Union Home
Minister to be so 'frank as to declare that a state under
President's rule is heading towards "anarchy, chaos and
destruction." Even an extremely self-critical communist may not
allow himself the luxury of such lamentations. Yet that is
...
Kashmiri Hindus do not want to return to Valley - India Abroad News Service
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>Despite Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah's offer of
protection, Hindu government employees, who fled the insurgency in
the Kashmir Valley, say they will defy orders to rejoin their
earlier posts till peace is fully restored Terming as "inhuman" Dr
Abdullah's warning to them to either report to their duties or
...
Going West is best, as the good guru predicted - Shabnam Minwalla and Sameera Khan
- The Times of India
- 2 March 1997
>>>Demi Moore is into it. Roberto Baggio swears by it. Sarah Ferguson
has crossed continents to experience its healing touch.
All three are enthusiastic adherents of some form of alternative
therapy - be it Deepak Chopra's 'Seven Spiritual Laws of Success',
Iyengar yoga, or Ayturvedic massage. For, no longer are the likes
...
HC asks CBI for proof against Advani - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- 3 March 1997
>>>The Delhi high court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) as to what proof it had to establish that the initials 'LKA'
and 'VCS' in the diaries of Jains, the key accused in the Rs 64
crore hawala seam, corresponded to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
president, L K Advani, and former Union Minister, V C Shukla.
Breaking new ground - G M Telang
- The Financial Express
- 3 March 1997
>>>No other American Ambassador to India has been so voluble in public
about what this country should and should not do to promote
regional peace and stability as Frank G Wisner. The impression is
irresistible that he tends to get carried away by his own eloquence
while giving sermons on this subject. His speech at Jammu
...
The BJP's lotus is abloom again - Rajiv Shukla
- The Sunday Observer
- 2-8 March 1997
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party is on a comeback trail particularly in
north India. Sure evidence of this trend is the results of the
recent by-elections held in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, and Orissa. Apart from this, the landslide victory of the
Akali Dal -BJP combine in Punjab and the BJP's showing in the
...
Kudos to Advani - D N Mishra
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>Kapil Sibal is a senior advocate In the Supreme Court and had
unsuccessfully contested last Lok Sabha elections against BJP
spokesperson Sushma Swaraj from South Delhi. Recently, he
surprised many present In the Delhi High Court where he was
appearing on behalf of S K Jain of hawala fame. The case was
...
'UF Govt a cluster of lobsters fighting each other' - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 3 March 1997
>>>Senior Janata Dal leader and former Orissa Chief Minister Biju
Patnaik has termed the United Front Government "a cluster of
lobsters fighting against each other" and "I personally think it
will be unfortunate to call him (Deve Gowda) the Prime Minister".
He said the Government would perform much better" if the Congress
...
Remarry, but no sex: Vatican - AP
- The Pioneer
- 27 February 1997
>>>Divorced Catholics remarry should be urged to stop living in a
"State of sin," the Vatican said Wednesday in issuing guidelines on
the subject for priests.
Priests should counsel those who have not remarried to remain
faithful to their original vows and not enter into other unions,
...
A long ethnocentric barrier - Meenakshi Jain
- The Hindustan Times
- 24 February 1997
>>>The political scene in India seems stalemated with no party able to
make the great leap forward. The ubiquitous caste factor appears
to be once again at work, its long arm preventing cross-varna
alliances. Uttar Pradesh may be an obvious victim, but the malaise
affects the entire union.
US report confirms ISI role in Kashmir - UNI
- The Telegraph
- 24 February 1997
>>>A United States task force on terrorism and unconventional warfare
has confirmed direct involvement of Pakistan's Inter-services
Intelligence (ISI) in sponsoring terrorism in Kashmir.
The task force, set up by a US House Republican Research Committee,
in its report, covered various aspect of Islamic terrorism, its
...
Will Kashmiri Pandits go back? - A N Dar
- The Free Press Journal
- 28 February 1997
>>>One of the most important questions facing Jammu and Kashmir today
is when and how will the migrant Kashmiri Pandits go back. If they
go back, will they be able to go to their ancestral houses? They
must be assured not only jobs but also perfect safety. If they do
not go back, Kashmir's return to normal life will not be complete.
...
China tries to quell the Xinjiang uprising - Aditya Bhagat
- The Pioneer
- 27 February 1997
>>>Xinjiang autonomous province of China, home to China's 8.5 million
Uighurs, a Muslim minority of Turkic origin has been rocked with
violence and rioting. There are conflicting reports of casualties.
According to the Society of Threatened Peoples, a UN affiliated
minority group based in Germany, nearly 300 people have been killed
...
Faith safe mechanism - Nirmalendu Bikash Rakshit
- The Telegraph
- 27 February 1997
>>>Although the 42nd amendment to the Constitution inserted the term
"secular" in the preamble in 1976, the ideal of secularism was
recognized as far back as 1949. The original Constitution tacitly
accepted it by its declaration in the preamble that it would
provide "liberty of thought, expression, faith and belief' to all.
...
VHP army to sound bugle on conversion - Pioneer News Service
- The Pioneer
- 24 February 1997
>>>The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) plans to raise an army of 10.000
committed volunteers to counter the threat of conversion of Hindus
by Christian and Muslim missionaries in sensitive areas,
particularly the North-East.
The VHP strength is also likely to rise tremendously following the
...
ISI active in T.Nadu BJP MPs team tells CM - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Hindu
- 24 February 1997
>>>A three-member MPs delegation from the BJP today impressed on the
Chief' Minister, Mr. M Karunanidhi, that -the Pakistani
Intelligence ' Agency, ISI, was active in Tamil Nadu an d urged him
to take effective steps to curb its operations.
It told the Chief Minister that the ISI operations were taking
...
Home Minister, Mulayam at odds - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 4 March 1997
>>>The issue of replacing Uttar Pradesh Governor Romesh Bhandari over
the question of deteriorating law and order situation in the State
took an ugly turn on Monday with two prominent Union Cabinet
Ministers training their guns on each other and the Bharatiya
Janata Party in the Lok Sabha demanding reopening of the issue of
...
The long wait for a uniform civil code - Rakesh Bhatnagar
- The Times of India
- 4 March 1997
>>>Amendments to a community's personal law with a view to bringing
about changes for betterment is one thing, but to tinker with the
enactments with the sole purpose of introducing 'uniformity' is
another. The former may be an act of reform while the latter would
be an arbitrary action that could attract the disapproval of the
...
Taste of subcontinent in British polls - K N Malik
- The Observer
- 5 March 1997
>>>The One Nation Forum, set up by the Tory Party to garner Asian and
Afro-Caribbean support, celebrated its tenth anniversary recently
in the House of Commons.
The Prime Minister John Major addressed the gathering of Indians
and Pakistanis combined. The Forum replaced two other ethnic
...
Has the political elite failed the people? - Ramakrishna Hegde
- The Times of India
- 1 March 1997
>>>Fifty years of independence should be an occasion for joy and
celebration, of pride in having accomplished the objectives our
statesmen had set for us, and an opportunity for setting our goals
for the future. Instead, one is filled with a feeling of
apprehension over the results of five decades of independence.
Congress swan song - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 5 March 1997
>>>There are two ways in which the Congress party can interpret the
results of zilla parishad (ZP) and panchayat samiti (PS) elections
in Maharashtra. It can either boast that it remains the major
player in rural areas or it can thank its lucky stars that its base
has not suffered more erosion. The sensible choice would be
...
Vaishnodevi trust will set up university - Times of India News Service
- The Times of India
- 12 February 1997
>>>The management board of the Vaishnodevi temple, which is among the
richest shrines in the country, plans to spend all its savings on
the "unique" university it proposes to set up, sources here say.
The draft legislation, which has been cleared by the UGC on the
condition that the board invest at least Rs 3 crore a year in the
...
Pillar may throw light on Bihar - Faizan Ahmad
- The Telegraph
- 15 February 1997
>>>The remains of a monolithic pillar of the Ashokan era, recently
found in Patna, may throw light on the history of ancient
Pataligram, around which Pataliputra, the capital of the Magadh
empire, was built.
Calling it a major discovery, archaeologists said it would reveal a
...
Budget a panic reaction to market slump: Manmohan - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Financial Express
- 7 March 1997
>>>Former finance minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh
on Thursday criticised the union budget as 'being on the side of
extravagance' and opposed proposals like reduction in corporate tax
and personal income tax.
Speaking at a meeting of the Congress parliamentary party (CPP),
...
Legendary Saraswati river's course traced - PTI
- The Hindustan Times
- 17 February 1997
>>>Lost courses of legendary Saraswati river, which flowed from
north-east to south-west in millennium, have been traced by
satellite imagery in Jaisalmer district, reports a study.
Recently, interpretation of landsat-imagery of the western part of
Rajasthan revealed buried courses of the river running between the
...
Aurobindo Ashram in knots - T Manivannan
- The Indian Express
- 16 February 1997
>>>Long simmering internal problems in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, a
spiritual institution teaching integral yoga, have now spilled over
to the public arena with matters being brought to court by a
section of its inmates.
The Ashram - a revered institution with a large following of
...
Belligerent Beijing pokes fun at US democracy, human rights - Inter Press Service, Beijing
- The Indian Express
- 7 March 1997
>>>Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping have passed on. For the first time in
China's Communist history, there is no emperor at the helm.
Deng's annointed successor Jiang Zemin is a bespectacled technocrat
who shed tears publicly while reading the dead leader's eulogy.
Jiang does not have the personality that made China's past leaders
...
Artefacts disappear from Buddhist shrine - Faizan Ahmad
- The Telegraph
- 17 February 1997
>>>The Mahabodhi temple at the spot where the Buddha attained
enlightenment had been plundered in a systematic manner over the
past few decades. At least 1,000 precious artefacts had been stolen
from the 1,500-year-old temple and their niches replaced with fake
ones.
Home truths for UF - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 7 March 1997
>>>Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma's decision to admit the BJP-sponsored
motion to recall Uttar Pradesh governor Romesh Bhandari for his
disagreement with Union Home Minister Indrajit Gupta's assessment
of the law and order situation in the state adds a new twist to the
on-going tug of war. Mr Sangma's observation that the treasury
...
Saffron to groom leaders for snap-polls - K V Lakshmana
- The Observer
- 7 March 1997
>>>Top Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders
will hold short training camps, away from the preying eyes of the
media, at different places across the country to prepare them for a
possible snap mid term poll. According to senior party leaders,
the training camps will begin after the BJP's Thiruvananthapuram
...
'Templeton prize is an honour for Athavale' - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Times of India
- 7 March 1997
>>>The news, that Pandurangshastri Athavale, alias Dadaji, has been
awarded the Templeton prize for 1997, has been greeted with joy by
his followers here.
" I am very happy to hear that Dadaji has been honoured. For us,
his teachings, which help us in our everyday life, are more
...
MAN OF STEEL, POWER, AND VISION - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Statesman
- March 3rd 1997
>>>Respected throughout India as a "great Indian", in the words of
Jawaharlal Nehru, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata ranks among the greatest
pioneers of industrial enterprise of all time.
Gifted with the most extraordinary prescience and imagination, he laid
the foundations of Indian industry and contributed to its consolidation.
Not just Bhandari's fate in balance - Vitusha Oberoi
- Mid-Day
- 7 March 1997
>>>The fortunes of Uttar Pradesh Governor Romesh Bhandari are in
balance, along with those of Home Minister Indrajir Gupta, Uttar
Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Jitendra Prasada and to
some measure and the United Front government itself, with the
admission of a motion on the UP law and order situation in the Lok
...
Gowda proposes pruning quota for women, Vajpayee adamant - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Economic Times
- 20 February 1997
>>>The United Front government seems to have jettisoned all its
intentions to amend the Constitution for granting 33 per cent of
seats in the legislature for women.
In a major departure from its promise made during the last session
for passing the Bill in the forthcoming budget session, the
...
Forgive them, they know not what they do: Pope - Reuter
- The Asian Age
- 3 March 1997
>>>The Vatican has told priests to be more understanding towards
married Roman Catholic couples who use contraception and to absolve
them readily of the sin during confession if they repent and
recognise their error.
A 20-page Vatican document Issued at the weekend, marked the first
...
J&K may give up claim on PoK - Kamaljeet Rattan
- The Telegraph
- 1 March 1997
>>>The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will take up the issue of
withdrawing claim over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Mr
Ajatshatru Singh, state tourism minister, said today.
The minister said the Assembly may adopt a resolution, giving up
the claim during Budget Session next month.
Minimum wage won't do for CPM workers - S N M Abdi
- Mid-day
- 5 March 1997
>>>Full-time workers of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West
Bengal, popularly known as 'whole-timers', have appealed to the
party leadership for a pay rise to overcome financial difficulties.
Some of them are paid as little as Rs 300 per month while most are
paid around Rs 1,000, the lowest salary prescribed by the Minimum
...
It's a conspiracy to divide the Hindu society - part 1 of 4 - Ashok Singhal
- The Organiser
- 9 March 1997
>>>Shri Ashok Singhal, working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
regards the recommendation of the Minority Commission as a
conspiracy of anti-national elements active in the country since
the days of British rule. The Britishes, he said, made every
possible attempt for breaking the Hindu society which resulted in
...
Congress move shouldn't help BJP, says Pawar - Times of India News Service
- The Times of India
- 9 March 1997
>>>Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that
the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) felt that the organisation
should not do anything which will benefit the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP).
He said that party president Sitaram Kesri had convened a CPP
...
Surjeet predicts UF's doom, the Cong way - Express News Service
- The Indian Express
- 10 March 1997
>>>CPM general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet has said that the
United Front (UF) could go the Congress way into a political slide
if it continued with the previous Government's economic policies.
"The United Front is missing one point. In the last election, one
factor was the economic policies of the Congress government which
...
We are part of majority. Why accept minority status - part 2 of 4 - Acharya Tulsi
- Organiser
- 9 March 1997
>>>Acharya Tulsi, one of the most Prominent Acharyas of Jain
community, has strongly criticised the National Minority
Commission's (NMC) recommendation to the Central Government for
declaring the Jain community as a minority community. He has said
that the Jain community is rich and well to do and nobody 'm the
...
Slipping up again - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 8 March 1997
>>>Two factors stand out in the results of elections to the 29 zilla
parishads in Maharashtra. First, the Congress has lost its earlier
commanding position in rural Maharashtra despite winning decisively
in 114 ZPs. Second, the Shiv Sena-BJP has opened its account for
the first time outside the urban network from which it has derived
...
Jains are inseparable part of Hindu society - part 3 of 4 - H V Seshadri
- Organiser
- 9 March 1997
>>>Sarkaryavah of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Shri H.V. Seshadri
points out that all the prominent acharyas and munis of the Jam
community have clearly said that the Jains are inseparable part of
the Hindu society. They have gone to the extent of saying that one
that is not Hindu cannot be a Jain. Shri Seshadri told Organiser
...
US has no role in Kashmir dispute, says Kissinger - UNI
- The Economic Times
- 9 March 1997
>>>Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger today said his country
had no role to play in Kashmir and it was for India and Pakistan to
sort out the dispute between themselves.
"It is my personal view," he hastened to clarify while speaking at
the Annual Corporate conference organised by Dow Jones, Asia
...
Minority commission cannot declare a community as minority - part 4 of 4 - Pramod Kumar
- Organiser
- 9 March 1997
>>>Recommendations of the National Minority Commission (NMC) have
always been accompanied by controversies since its beginning in
1978. Now it has made another controversial recommendation by
proposing the Government of India for declaring the Jam community,
which has always been considered an integral part of the larger
...
Communist Kerala citadel crumbling under casteist ostracism - Jose David
- The Indian Express
- 9 March 1997
>>>On the threshold of the 21st century, smokes of untouchability and
caste-based ostracism billow over Kodakkad, ironically painted as a
Communist bastion.
Thirty-odd Vaniya families have been ostracised, preventing them
from attending any wedding, funeral or other social occasions in
...
'Drop Elephanta and revert to Gharapuri' - Gunvanth Balaram
- The Times of India
- 8 March 1997
>>>Scholars and other experts gathered at INTACH's recent seminar on
Elephanta Caves suggested that the Elephanta island once again be
referred to as Gharapuri, its original name.
Their proposal was unanimously accepted by the participants of the
seminar. Applauding the proposal. Richard Engelhardt, UNESCO's
...
Vaghela faces stiff battle from BJP - Dinkar Pandya / Srinand Jha
- The Observer
- 10 March 1997
>>>Radhanpur constituency in Banaskantha district is set to witness a
Mahabharata-like battle next month as Gujarat Chief Minister
Shankarsinh Vaghela makes a frantic bid to enter the Assembly by
taking on a determined Bharatiya Janata Party, which is out to
humble him and avenge its humiliation at his hand last year.
Dangerous portents in N.E. region - H V Seshadri
- Organiser
- 9 March 1997
>>>Pope has denied the charge of immoral inducements like money and
coercion by Christian missionaries for proselytisation. He has
asked for bringing to his notice any single case of a convert
confirming such an allegation. Pope's query is indeed very strange.
He knows only too well that no one already converted will come
...
Gupta to target BJP for anarchy in UP - Harish Gupta
- The Indian Express
- 9 March 1997
>>>After plunging the United Front Government into a near-crisis by
saying that there was "anarchy" in Uttar Pradesh, Union Home
Minister Indrajit Gupta is all set to retrieve the lost ground on
Monday when he will be unfolding the 14-point "Action Plan" to deal
with the situation.
So sad, the Sena's non-fall - Varsha Bosle
- The Observer
- 9-15 March 1997
>>>Surprise, surprise! It' seems that us Marathis aren't the only
fundamentalist-divisive-fascist force in India, after all. That
onus is now shared by the multi-ethnic mix of Hindu population",
and Christians, and Muslims, who catapulted the BJP-SS combine to
power in Bombay in the recent municipal elections. Or as The Asian
...
Gowda's wily games to sideline unwelcome Home Minister - Neerja Chowdhury
- The Indian Express
- 10 March 1997
>>>The genesis of the present controversy in Uttar Pradesh lies not in
the differences between Union Home Minister Indrajit Gupta and
Governor Romesh Bhandari, though the conflict has assumed that
shape. It originates from the differences of approach between Prime
Minister Deve Gowda and his Home Minister.
...
An American discovers the Vedas - David Frawley
- First Jagtik Rhugved Parishad
- 27 December 1996
>>>Why would an American dedicate his life to studying the ancient
Vedas of India? And how could an American, coming from such a
different background, find a deep affinity with the Vedic
teachings, which most Hindus today themselves don't even relate to?
How did such a person get started in studying the Vedas? In the
...
No direct evidence against Advani, Shukla: CBI - Press Trust of India
- The Observer
- 11 March 1997
>>>The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday conceded before the
Delhi High Court that the investigating agency did not have any
direct evidence to establish that BJP president L K Advani, or
former Union Minister V C Shukla received huge bribes in the RS 64
crore hawala seam.
Comrade Surjeet's cut - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 11 March 1997
>>>Comrade Harkishen Singh Surjeet, the redoubtable general secretary
of the CPI(M), has become a very angry man. If his forthright
comments during a television interview are anything to go by,
Surjeet has decreed that this year's Budget is "elitist". "It is
not a pro-poor Budget. It is a pro-monopoly houses Budget", is
...
CPI wants Governor to go - E Jayakrishnan
- The Observer
- 11 March 1997
>>>Despite the Uttar Pradesh Governor's attempt to tone down the
differences between him and the Union Home Minister, the CPI
leadership is mounting pressure on the United Front government to
find a "honourable exit formula" for Mr Romesh Bhandari.
"We want him to go. Mr Bhandari had no business to go public about
...
Gowda stumped as Bhandari's apology finds few takers - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Financial Express
- 11 March 1997
>>>The fate of Uttar Pradesh governor Romesh Bhandari hangs in balance
following intense pressure on the Deve Gowda government to remove
him or at least shift him from the state.
Political circles took Bhandari's apology to home minister Indrajit
Gupta days after the controversy raged in public as a clever ploy
...
Indrajit blames media, exonerates Bhandari - Times of India News Service
- The Times of India
- 11 March 1997
>>>Home minister Indrajit Gupta sought to put an end to the
controversy over the differences between him and the Uttar Pradesh
governor by declaring in the Rajya Sabha on Monday that his remarks
were not directed against Romesh Bhandari but were blown out of
context by the media.
United Front closes ranks to ward off attack - Smita Gupta
- The Times of India
- 11 March 1997
>>>The United Front (UP) presented a united front on Monday when Union
home minister Indrajit Gupta reinterpreted the three explosive
nouns he had used -'anarchy, chaos and destruction' - to describe
the situation in Uttar Pradesh with three adjectives 'political,
social and economic,' in his statement to the Rajya Sabha.
L'affaire Bhandari is unprecedented in many ways - Rakesh Bhatnagar
- The Times of India
- 11 March 1997
>>>Whatever the outcome of the BJP's motion on the alarming law and
order situation in ,Uttar Pradesh is, it may have little effect on
the life of the Deve ,Gowda government. If passed, the motion
would be an indictment of governor Romesh Bhandari, a
constitutional functionary appointed by the President with the
...
Major minority problem - Kamal Siddiqi
- The Indian Express
- 11 March 1997
>>>"There are no Buddhists in Pakistan," says 'Minoo' (Minocher) E
Bhandara, categorically. Bhandara, a brewer by profession, should
know. He has been elected as member of Parliament on the seat set
aside for the Buddhist/Parsi/Sikh communities on several occasions,
besides having served as late President Zia-ul-Haq's adviser on
...
'There is no anarchy in UP. What about Samant's murder?' - Shivani Singh
- The Sunday Observer
- 9-15 March 1997
>>>Ever since Uttar Pradesh politician Arjun Singh Badoria initiated
him into politics almost four decades ago, Mulayam Singh Yadav has
risen steadily from the college union room to South Block.
A popular leader in the Yadav-dominated Etawah district of central
Uttar Pradesh, the former pahelwan grappled his way to centrestage
...
Questions for modern missionaries; and a response - Fr R. H. Lesser
- The Examiner
- 8 March 1997
>>>Sir, With reference to the report that Vatican is concerned about
the problem of Indian theologians, who in the Vatican view,
soft-pedal the proclamation of Christ as Saviour. One needs to be
fair here. Surely the theologians in question are sincere. Also
they are intelligent. And they are more in touch with the real
...
Left in a Cleft - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 11 March 1997
>>>It has now become abundantly clear that the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) is confused about why it is supporting the Deve
Gowda government. Soon after Finance Minister P Chidambaram
presented his budget, a veteran CPM parliamentarian told TV viewers
the budget was "pro-people". Given its contents - and the customary
...
Crime figures contrived to enhance Bhandari's image - Bhavna Vij
- The Indian Express
- 12 March 1997
>>>Does Uttar Pradesh Government Romesh Bhandari have a magic wand? It
definitely seems so because only that could have brought down the
crime rate as drastically as he claims.
"There is no logical reason for the crime figures to come down so
much. There is large scale burking (non-registration of crime).
...
The trouble with Third World leftists - Gautam Sen
- The Indian Express
- 12 March 1997
>>>The failure of Third World elites to understand the West is partly
due to what can be described as sample bias, although private
career interests are important as well. Their exposure to the West
is primarily through its universities which are relatively liberal
though largely powerless. And exposure to the Left in countries
...
UP on the Verge of a breakdown - Prakash Singh
- The Times of India
- 12 March 1997
>>>The Union home minister's statement that Uttar Pradesh was heading
towards "chaos, anarchy and destruction" has caused great
consternation. Even under President's rule, things are getting out
of hand in the state. There is a political vacuum, administrative
paralysis, economic stagnation, intense caste and communal hatred
...
ABVP leader shot dead on OU campus - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Hindu
- 5 March 1997
>>>Three unidentified gunmen, suspected to be members of the banned
Radical Students' Union (RSU), shot dead M. Chandra Reddy, an ABVP
leader, in his room in Hostel-E on the Osmania University campus on
Tuesday morning. A stringer of a Telugu daily, Raghunandan, who was
with Reddy at the time of attack, sustained a bullet injury on his
...
The police did a marvellous job the night the city was plunged in darkness - Nozer Balsara (Letter)
- The Afternoon Despatch & Courier
- 12 March 1997
>>>The blackout in Maharashtra on February 28, while Finance Minister
P Chidambaram was presenting the Union Budget, saw the Mumbai
police at their very best. No sooner had the city plunged into
darkness, than the local police's presence was felt on the roads,
in wireless vans, in traffic police jeeps, on motorcycles... urging
...
Saffron flags fly high - Mahesh Vijapurkar
- The Hindu
- 9 March 1997
>>>In a dramatic yet rare gesture, the Shiv Sena supremo, Mr. Bal
Thackeray, the other day prostrated himself on the stage at a rally
to thank the voters for unprecedented support to the saffron
alliance in the civic elections in the major cities of Maharashtra.
But little did he realise that only a week later, a similar mood
...
Oh, for a civil war! (Excerpts) - Amulya Ganguli
- The Hindustan Times
- 11 March 1997
>>>So Brigitte Bardot, the one-time sex symbol and now animal rights
activist, has little hesitation in writing in the well known La
Figaro, "France, my homeland...... is again being invaded by this
foreign, especially Muslim, over-population...... From year to
year, we see mosques flourish across France while our church bells
...
Imams to protest against HC order - Statesman News Service
- The Statesman
- 8 March 1997
>>>While leaders of minority religious communities have agreed to the
"spirit" of the recent order of the Calcutta High Court restricting
the use of microphones in places of worship, those belonging to the
Muslim community in ding certain Imams have expressed
"difficulties" in abiding the court directives and plan to appeal
...
Modernisation versus westernisation - Jaswant Singh
- The Business Standard
- 10 March 1997
>>>While reading a review of Samuel Huntington's latest book "The
Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of World Order", I began to
reflect on our current state - as a nation, a society, even as
people. Huntington, in this oft-discussed book, scorns some of the
assumptions that have characterised American thinking, particularly
...
Hindu-Christian relationship - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - Indian Currents
- 6 March 1997
>>>The following is the Statement of a Workshop on "The Issues in
Hindu-Christian Relationship" held in Madurai, (19-11 October 1995)
Introduction
1. We, a group of Hindus and Christians, gathered for a Workshop of
Hindu-Christian Relationships, Madurai Kamaraj University,
...
UP situation bad, says Kesri: to decide party stand today - T K Devasia
- The Observer
- 12 March 1997
>>>Congress president Sitaram Kesri, while maintaining that he fully
agreed with Home Minister Indrajit Gupta's view that the situation
in Uttar Pradesh was bad, said his Party would decide its stand in
the Parliament on the issue on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Kesri said both
...
Muslims must fight the lunatic fringe - Sultan Shahin
- The Indian Express
- 13 March 1997
>>>With the demise of the Muslim leadership along with the demolition
of the Babri Masjid, one had heaved a sigh of relief. It was hoped
that the resultant vacuum would allow a sensible leadership to
emerge. For a time it did appear that the hope would not be
belied. Some genuine secularists started coming together and
...
Hurricane in UP - part 1 of 3 - Ajit Bhattacharjea
- The Economic Times
- 13 March 1997
>>>(Amidst acrimony and patch up efforts, the unprecedented impasse in
Uttar Pradesh continues. Should Governor Romesh Bhandari step down
or be dismissed or retained? Three experts discuss)
Romesh Bhandari should have resigned and been replaced as governor
of Uttar Pradesh by now.
Hurricane in UP - part 3 of 3 - Arun Nehru
- The Economic Times
- 13 March 1997
>>>(Amidst acrimony and patch up efforts, the unprecedented impasse in
Uttar Pradesh continues. Should Governor Romesh Bhandari step down
or be dismissed or retained? Three experts discuss)
Governance is never done by .press interviews. Home minister's
statement on February 24 indicating that UP was moving towards
...
From the BJP party president - L K Advani
- BJP Today
- 1-15 March 1997
>>>Dear friend,
Misfortunes, they say, do not come singly. The same seems true
about happy tidings. For the BJP, the month of February has been
realty packed with exhilarating news.
The month began with the Delhi Cantonment Board elections. The BJP
...
Anarchy in unison - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 13 March 1997
>>>In a rare honest moment, home minister Indrajit Gupta observed last
fortnight in Lok Sabha that UP is slipping into "anarchy, chaos and
destruction". Looking at the multidimensional crisis in the state,
this was an apt description of the situation obtaining on all
fronts, be it constitutional, administrative, law and order or, for
...
State to go easy on decibel ban - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Telegraph
- 7 March 1997
>>>The Speaker, Mr Hasim Abdul Halim, lent support to the Hindu Court
ruling on use of loudspeakers at religious shrines. Mr Halim,
however, said offering prayers and conducting puja were matters of
personal faith and belief. "A devout Muslim must offer prayer five
times a day. But is it necessary to announce prayer times (azaan)
...
Collective irresponsibility! - T V R Shenoy
- The Economic Times
- 12 March 1997
>>>In the first 45 days of 1996 there were 859 murders in Uttar
Pradesh. In the first 45 days of 1997 there were 928. In the first
45 days of 1996 there were 157 cases of rapes registered in Uttar
Pradesh. In the first 45 days of 1997 there were 175 of them.
In the first 45 days of 1996 dacoits staged eight hold-ups on the
...
Sangh parivar gears up to foil Vaghela's plan - R K Mishra
- The Pioneer
- 9 March 1997
>>>Teaming up with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Sangh Parivar has
begun marshalling its forces in a determined bid to take on the
rebel-turned ruler Shankersinh Vaghela, who his making his maiden
bid for the Assembly from Radhanpur constituency in north Gujarat
on April 5.
Licensed to kill - Arvind N. Das
- The Telegraph
- 7 March 1997
>>>This seems the season for the planning commission to discover ugly
home truths. First it found out that the government's economic
strategy is deeply flawed. Then it concluded that the figures of
people below the poverty line were cooked up in a way that showed
the finance ministry wished to prove there are three types of
...
Land that never was - N. C. Menon
- The Hindustan Times
- 10 March 1997
>>>A Geographical entity that never was, a phantasmagorical concept
that only existed in the fevered imagination of a few fringe
elements in India and their self-deluded supporters abroad, managed
nevertheless to haunt New Delhi and Washington for quite a while
this month. Hackles were raised in the Indian Parliament and
...
Farooq, Ajatshatru are defying nation's integrity - Kanchan Gupta
- The Pioneer
- 8 March 1997
>>>As a nation we do not miss any opportunity to berate those who seek
to defile or defy the Constitution of India. Indeed, great
emphasis, both moral and political, is laid upon the need to not
only swear loyalty to the Constitution but also the inviolability
of its letter and spirit. The emphasis is all the more when it
...
ISI hand seen in Bhatkal riots (in Karnataka) - Pioneer News Service
- The Pioneer
- 10 March 1997
>>>KINDLY SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED PART ABSOLVING THE SANGH PARIVAR
A commission of inquiry, appointed by the Karnataka Government, has
blamed the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan for
creating communal disturbances, which claimed 17 lives four years
ago, in the coastal town or Bhatkal.
Hurricane in UP - part 2 of 3 - Nikhil Chakravartty
- The Economic Times
- 13 March 1997
>>>(Amidst acrimony and patch up efforts, the unprecedented impasse in
Uttar Pradesh continues. Should Governor Romesh Bhandari step down
or be dismissed or retained? Three experts discuss)
The Manner in which Romesh Bhandari has functioned as governor of
Uttar Pradesh entitles him to be dismissed forthwith from the post.
...
Licensed to kill - Arvind N. Das
- The Telegraph
- 7 March 1997
>>>THIS IS REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT ASKING THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING TO BE MORE SELF SUFFICIENT. THE LEFTISTS NOW SEE ANOTHER
VESTIGE OF STATE PATRONAGE SYSTEM GOING AWAY FROM THEIR HANDS.
This seems the season for the planning commission to discover ugly
home truths. First it found out that the government's economic
...
If UP is bad, Bihar is the worst - P.C. Singh
- The Indian Express
- 14 March 1997
>>>Home Minister Indrajit Gupta's honest confession about the
unfortunate development in Uttar Pradesh must be appreciated. The
veteran leader has rightly accepted the fact that India's
politically most important state is heading towards "chaos, anarchy
and destruction". It would have been appreciated more had the
...
Sena's success story - A S Abraham
- The Times of India
- 14 March 1997
>>>The outcome of the zilla parishad (ZP) and panchayat samiti (PS)
elections in rural Maharashtra is definitely a shot in the arm for
the Shiv Sena (SS) as well as for its junior ally, the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), with which it runs the state. True, the
alliance has won only four of the 29 ZPs and about a third of the
...
Who will expose the journos? - Deepali Nandwani
- The Sunday Observer
- 16-22 March 1997
>>>Have you ever wondered how hypocritical the media can be?
On one hand it takes pride in being the 'protector of democracy',
who takes the lead in exposing the corrupt men who inhabit this
great country. On the other, it Indulges in the same corrupt
practices It seeks to expose.
An identity crisis? And a response - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan / CNF
- The Observer
- 15 March 1997
>>>Indian Muslims, comprising so large a segment of the population,
are in a position to tip the political balance of the entire
country.
Yet, paradoxically, it is the Muslim community, more than any
other, which is suffering from political deprivation. Individually
...
'Bihar is facing a class struggle, I'm holding it together' - Ajit Kumar Jha
- The Times of India
- 17 March 1997
>>>Despite an overconfident demeanour, the Bihar chief minister, Laloo
Prasad Yadav, is a worried man these days. The occasional smile and
the earthy one-liners have been replaced by late nights spent
poring over files. With the pressure of the Patna high court, the
CAG report, and a growing army of critics building up, Mr Yadav is
...
'We are for a strong India' - Vicky Sindhu
- The Sunday Observer
- 16-22 March 1997
>>>Though Shiromani Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal had been
in limbo for almost two decades, he remained the fulcrum around
which Sikh and Punjab politics revolved. Admired by some for his
political stamina, mass base, and tireless campaigning, and flayed
by others for his fundamentalist leanings, opportunism, and
...
Crisis of ideas parochialisation of the polity - Narendar Pani
- The Times of India
- 17 March 1997
>>>The defeat of the Janata Dal in the prime minister's erstwhile
constituency a while ago has been interpreted, cutting across party
lines, as a vote against outsiders. Considering the fact that the
Dal's film star candidate belonged to the neighbouring district and
prime minister's home district is itself not far away, Ramnagaram's
...
Mulayam, BJP make a fine art of communalism - Seema Mustafa
- The Asian Age
- 15 March 1997
>>>NOTE: Such article are examples of what is considered to be
intelligent analysis.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to a person, have the expression
of the proverbial cat that has just licked fresh cream. Members of
Parliament of this august party can be seen strutting through the
...
Women priests - Kiran Thakur
- The Observer
- 15 March 1997
>>>About 22 years ago, in 1975, a silent movement to introduce women
to yet another men's bastion had begun.
Shankarrao Thatte, who had a flourishing business of a
wedding-cum-conference hall in the heart of Pune, initiated a
movement to make women into priests. The orthodox Hindu men priests
...
Hindu-Muslim cleavage - Agenda - Stanley Lane-Pole
- Organiser
- 16 March 1997
>>>Are Hindus and Muslims one nation? Or two different nations -
distinct and apart? Were they ever one nation in the past 1200
years of living together in one country - India? Can they ever be
one nation in the future? Reams of pages have been written on this
subject before and after 1947, but without the final answer. The
...
HUNGRY GHOSTS - Mao's Secret Famine (Excerpts) - Part I of IV - Jasper Becker
- Organiser
- Mon, 17 Mar 97 22:10:31 EST
>>>About the book from cover jacket
In the tradition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, journalist Jasper
Becker's penetrating account of China's four-year famine uncovers
the truth behind one of the darkest chapters in history. Hungry
Ghosts is the horrific story of the state-sponsored terror,
...
HUNGRY GHOSTS - Mao's Secret Famine (Excerpts) - Part IV of IV - Jasper Becker
- Organiser
- Mon, 17 Mar 97 22:11:33 EST
>>>ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate 1. The famine in the Ukraine in 1932-3 was to presage an
even greater disaster in China during the Great Leap Forward:
I. Collecting the emaciated corpses of Ukrainian famine victims
for cremation
...
HUNGRY GHOSTS - Mao's Secret Famine (Excerpts) - Part II of IV - Jasper Becker
- Organiser
- Mon, 17 Mar 97 22:10:53 EST
>>>FOREWORD
One of the most remarkable things about the famine which occurred
in China between 1958 and 1962 was that for over twenty years, no
one was sure whether it had even taken place. Whatever else the
Communists in China might have done, it was widely assumed that
...
HUNGRY GHOSTS - Mao's Secret Famine (Excerpts) - Part III of IV - Jasper Becker
- Organiser
- Mon, 17 Mar 97 22:11:19 EST
>>>AFTERWORD
This book has tried to establish what happened during a famine but
it also describes what happens when a country and its leader
descend into total madness. China was gripped by what Carl Jung
once termed a 'psychic epidemic', when all rational behaviour is
...
The Uighur revolt - Editorial
- The Hindustan Times
- 11 March 1997
>>>It would be naive to imagine that the Dalai Lama's appeal to the
Chinese authorities, exhorting them to desist from using brute
force to quell the Uighur revolt in Xinjiang, will cut much ice
with a wrathful Beijing bent of! retribution. If anything, the
Dalai Lama's call for restraint, coming as it does on the eve of
...
Hope for Chakmas - Editorial
- The Hindustan Times
- 11 March 1997
>>>Given the many false dawns of the past, the agreement between India
and Bangladesh over the repatriation of Chakma refugees to their
homeland in the Chittagong Hill Tracts districts can be welcomed
only with cautious optimism. lie two sides first agreed on the
modalities of repatriation in 1994 and about 5000 Chakma refugees
...
Price of secularism - D N Mishra
- The Observer
- 17 March 1997
>>>Secular Muslims suffer a lot in today's politics. This is what has
happened to Mushirul Hassan, the acting Vice-Chancellor of the
Jamia Milia University. He is not favoured because he criticised
the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. The government appointed a committee,
with A H Kidwai as its chairman, to prepare a panel for
...
UP hot seat awaits a 'suitable boy'; and a comment - Political Editor
- The Indian Express
- 18 March 1997
>>>Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has initiated the process of sounding
out various leaders about the possible successor to Romesh Bhandari
in Uttar Pradesh. Besides broaching the subject with senior
leaders of the United Front, he has met Satyanarain Reddy, who was
governor in Uttar Pradesh some years ago and Rajasthan governor
...
Inter-religious dialogue in Pakistan - UCAN
- The Examiner
- 15 March 1997
>>>Stressing that inter-religious dialogue is critical for the Asian
Church, a conference has found negative attitudes and differences
within the Church as obstacles to true dialogue. Asian Journey '97,
a Muslim Christian dialogue conference, said that issues such as
the seeming contradiction between faith witnessing and dialoguing
...
Judaeo-Christian: A fabricated link between two unlike religions - Matthew Parris
- The Asian Age
- 17 March 1997
>>>What is the "Judaeo-Christian tradition"? The currency of the
phrase is growing, yet it seems to have crept upon us without
anyone asking that question. Politicians and leader writers have
started drop-ping it nonchalantly into their texts, and, in an age
prone to ambush from pseudo-recondite language employed with
...
West vs the rest - K R Malkani
- The Times of India
- 18 March 1997
>>>Multinational corporations are routinely complaining that they do
not have a level playing field in India - and that justice and WTO
alike demand that they get it. On the other hand, Indian
businessmen also feel that they are denied a level playing field
vis-a-vis MNCs and that they must be protected from the cowboy
...
I was not prepared to live in Pakistan - Josh Malihabadi
- The Asian Age
- 12-13 March 1997
>>>Cast your steady and loving stare at poesy's Laila.
Well past lexicons and glossaries, can you get a glimpse?
Meanings do not flutter over the heads of syllables
You have to descend inside the bosom of words to feel the
experience.
Godman wages 'star wars' to save Laloo - Raj Kumar
- The Times of India
- 19 March 1997
>>>It is perhaps a measure of Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad
Yadav's desperation that he has fallen back on the resources of a
godman who claims to be fighting a 'star wars' campaign on his
behalf.
The man in his fifties could be dismissed as of no consequence but
...
LEGAL STATUS OF KRISHNA JANMA BHOOMI.
Harappan civilisation evolved in India claim archaeologists - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Free Press Journal
- 17 March 1997
>>>A team of archaeologists claim to have unearthed sufficient
evidence to suggest that Harappan civilisation evolved in India,
contradicting the hypothesis that the ancients migrated from Sind
and Baluchistan, reports UNI.
The team of archaeologists, led by Dr Vasant Shinde of the Deccan
...
ARTICLE 370 SHOULD GO
Confusing signals from across the border - Shyam Khosla
- The Free Press Journal
- 18 March 1997
>>>Change of guard in Pakistan aroused great expectations in New
Delhi. Pakistan watchers were quick to discover a great
opportunity for normalising relations between the two neighbouring
countries. Subsequent developments showed that the optimism was
premature. The euphoria is fast evaporating thanks to confusing
...
"Our relation with RSS - a source of great strength to us" - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - Sunday
- 16-22 March 1997
>>>What is the BJP's relationship with the sangh parivar and what is
the nature of your relationship, as BJP president, with Professor
Rajendra Singh, the RSS' sarsangchalak?
L.K. Advani: The RSS reflect., a bias, an attitude, towards the
BJP. Studies on the working relationship between the RSS and the
...
Answer to petro-dollar conversions - Abhijit Atre
- The Indian Express
- 20 March 1997
>>>Wanted : "Full-time missionaries for the progress of Hindu
religion... to work in the fields of propagation of religion;
health centres; orphanages; child-care centres; temples; youth
organisations; backwards areas..." and related jobs in
administration, accounts etc.
Silent revolutionary - On Pandurang Shastri Athavale - N. K. Singh
- India Today
- 31 March 1997
>>>As dusk hovers over Maroli, a fishermen's hamlet in Gujarat, the
villagers gather in a temple by the seashore for their evening
aarti. But this is no ordinary temple. For, alongside the
ubiquitous paintings of the gods hangs a photograph of a man. His
name is Pandurang Shastri Athavale. And for 30 lakh people across
...
Ibrahim ventures South playing the Muslim patriarch - N P Chekkutty
- The Indian Express
- 20 March 1997
>>>Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Civil Aviation
C M Ibrahim has made good use of every opportunity to fly down to
Kerala.
Within nine months as Union Minister, Ibrahim has visited this city
over half a dozen times and stayed on for two to three days on
...
U.S. Congressman denies charge - Ramesh Chandran
- The Times of India
- 21 March 1997
>>>An irate Congressman, Dan Burton, branded as 'baloney' and a 'cock
and bull story' charges in the press that he had threatened a
lobbyist of the Pakistan embassy here for campaign contributions.
Mr Burton, who is currently the chairman of the House Government
Reform and Oversight committee that is investigating White House
...
Government, at Last (in Uttar Pradesh) - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 21 March 1997
>>>A year and a half after the BJP withdrew support to the then BSP
government, causing Uttar Pradesh to come under President's rule,
the two parties have reunited to restore elected governance in the
state. The tumultuous nature of the earlier BSP-BJP coalition
notwithstanding, this must be seen as a welcome development, if
...
SC wants action on Vohra report - Agencies
- The Indian Express
- 21 March 1997
>>>The Supreme Court today recommended appointment of a high level
committee to ensure in-depth investigation into the nexus among the
politicians, bureaucrats and mafia dons, highlighted by the N N
Vohra Committee, and to secure prosecution of those involved.
The committee, with all necessary powers, should be appointed on
...
The Karma Conundrum - Decoding the Direction of Destiny - Chaturvedi Badrinath
- The Times of India
- 21 March 1997
>>>Karma had held the individual so completely responsible for what he
made of himself, that the burden of it seemed far too much to bear
alone. In the domain of karma there is neither grace nor reprieve.
One is entirely alone with one's acts and their inevitable
fruition. This, the freedom to choose but subjection to the fruits
...
UN gives clean chit to India's record of religion tolerance - Chitra Subramanian
- The Indian Express
- 21 March 1997
>>>A United Nations human rights official has said that India's
record of religious tolerance is "satisfactory" and even though the
country's economic and social equations tug at levels of tolerance
of individuals and specific groups, India's commitment to
secularism and democracy are institutionally secure and generally
...
VHP bent upon stoking fires in Mathura and Varanasi - Dr. S. Ausaf Saied Vasfi
- Radiance Viewsweekly
- 2-8 March 1997
>>>The oncoming agitation for the templisation of mosques at Mathura
and Varanasi is not because the agitator are brimming with devoting
for lord Rama and lord Krishna. The entire process is an essay in
gaining power at the Centre. How to drive home this double-talk and
double-deal to an average Hindu is the point, opines Dr. S. Ausaf
...
Leftist byplay - Editorial
- The Hindustan Times
- 19 March 1997
>>>The letter sent to Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda by the leaders
of the two Communist parties, Forward Bloc and the RSP might give
the impression that they are an aggrieved lot, deeply unhappy over
the functioning of the UF Government. Their complaints relate to
the latter's failure to honour several commitments made in the
...
Muslims sore over AGP govt's apathy - Shubhadeep Choudhury
- The Pioneer
- 19 March 1997
>>>Even as the ruling Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Muslim voters
of Assam embraced each other before the last Assembly elections,
their relations have already entered a phase of bitterness, and
parting of ways may not be far away.
While the ruling party is clearly in a dilemma about what to do
...
Harappan culture unearthed in Gujarat - Harry David
- The Times of India
- 20 March 1997
>>>The early Indus valley civilisation (circa 2500-1600 B.C.) was not
confined to the two valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro some
four hundred miles a art from each other - but has been found to
extend to Rajasthan, Gujarat and even Haryana.
The two major excavation works carried out in Dhola Vira in Kutch
...
ISI-aided activities on the rise in Malabar region - P. K. Surendran
- The Times of India
- 20 March 1997
>>>The Pakistan's Inter-State intelligence-aided subterranean
activities are on the rise in the Malabar region of north Kerala.
Bomb-haul, murders, seditious graffitti, burning cinema theatres,
and threats to moderates are becoming to rule rather than an
exception.
A novel experiment in coalition politics - Free Press News Service
- The Free Press Journal
- 20 March 1997
>>>The final details of the dramatic BJP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh
were worked out in close secrecy in New Delhi on Tuesday night
between the top leaders of the two parties. The first serious
contacts between the two parties began after the Punjab polls, when
a process of "re-thinking" began within the BSP fold in view of the
...
Matter of faith - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 20 March 1997
>>>Mao Zedong had ended his last interview with journalist Edgar Snow
on a note that perplexed many. He said he was now preparing to
meet his maker, words which created waves all around as they
conveyed that in the closing days of his career the Marxist
revolutionary had found faith in the Almighty. West Bengal police
...
Re: Left scuttles films on da Gama - Pranay Sharma
- The Telegraph
- 5 March 1997
>>>The Deve Gowda government has will held permission to two foreign
television companies planning to make films on Vasco da Gama voyage
to India, following opposition from Left parties.
The two television companies Sociedade Independent Communication of
Portugal and the US-based Maryland Public Television sought the
...
Poor Gamesmanship - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 22 March 1997
>>>Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has, as usual, proved his
detractors wrong. The 'mother of all rallies' has turned out to
have deserved the billing it got; indeed, judging by the crowds
that thronged the 'garib maharailla', the scandals and such that Mr
Yadav was alleged to have been involved in would seem to have made
...
Gowda living in a cuckoo-land - M V Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- 20 March 1997
>>>Hardanahalli Deve Gowda, the accidental Prime Minister of India who
is rapidly making himself the laughing stock ,of intelligent
citizens has come to the astounding conclusion that the concept of
a coalition government at the Centre has come to stay. Everyone is
welcome to his delusions and Gowda is welcome to his. The truth,
...
Beyond sactimoniousness - Swapan Dasgupta
- The Indian Express
- 22 March 1997
>>>An unintended consequence of the country's drift to a
market-friendly economic regime is that it has forced the political
class to acknowledge the obsolescence of existing terms of
discourse. With the state climbing down from the "commanding
heights" of the economy and yielding ground to private initiative
...
Inevitable gamble in UP - Editorial
- The Free Press Journal
- 21 March 1997
>>>They have indeed pulled off a coup. The BJP-BSP agreement on the
formation of a coalition government in UP did come as a bolt from
the blue to the United Front leaders. But the most shocked were
that thuggish UP Governor, Romesh Bhandari, and his principal
patron Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. Yadav, one of the more
...
Ex-Congress MLA decries own men for desecration - Times of India News Service
- The Times of India
- 24 March 1997
>>>Former Congress MLA Nandkumar Jhavre has alleged involvement of his
own party leaders in the Shrirampur statue-desecration incident
which claimed one life and destruction of substantial public
property last week.
Mr Jhavre and some of his party colleague said in a statement that
...
Pandit killings shock Muslims too - Aasha Khosa
- The Indian Express
- 24 March 1997
>>>The overwhelming sympathies of Muslim neighbours and the attention
showered by the authorities and separatist leaders is no
consolation for a distraught Dulari Bhat.
A mother who heard her only son's desperate cries for help and a
wife who heard the gunshots being pumped into her husband's body -
...
A lesson from Thailand - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 25 March 1997
>>>Economic miracles may take the form of bubbles if there is 'no
redistribution of wealth. Some of the east Asian tigers are
examples of this. Thailand's economic miracle, for instance,
appears to be bursting like a bubble. Around 20,000 Thai villagers
have been squatting outside Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's
...
Queering the pitch - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 25 March 1997
>>>Two factors appear to have weighed with those responsible for the
dastardly killings of seven Kashmiri Pandits outside Srinagar on
Friday. The first is the crucial secretary-level talks between
India and Pakistan, scheduled for March 28, which have been widely
viewed as a breakthrough in the nearly frozen relations between the
...
Getting touchable - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 21 March 1997
>>>Some will denounce the new BJP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh as
rank opportunism aimed at attaining office without regard to
principle. In fact, it is far less opportunist or unprincipled than
the attempt of Messrs Deve Gowda and Romesh Bhandari to prevent an
elected Assembly from operating. The Allahabad High Court had
...
Islamic leaders summit: a gathering of eagles - Ikram Sehgal
- The Nation, Pakistan.
- 22 March 1997
>>>The Islamic Summit at Islamabad is a unique opportunity for leaders of
member countries of the most resurgent religion of this century (and
foreseeably the next as well) to have a meeting of minds as to the
dangers facing the Muslim Ummah because of (1) internal conflict and
(2) the pressures of external civilizations. We face daunting problems
...
Down but not out in Kashmir - Editorial
- The Observer
- 25 March 1997
>>>The cold-blooded murder of seven members of the minority community
near Srinagar on Friday is a revealing reminder in more ways than
one. First and foremost, it marks the mounting desperation of an
insurgency on the retreat. The retreat has been made obvious enough
by the elections that saw a high voter participation despite dire
...
From respect to ridicule: UP's gradual decline - M. K. Narayanan
- The Asian Age
- 24 March 1997
>>>In the halcyon days immediately following Independence and for some
years thereafter, it was often said that "India is Bharat that is
Uttar Pradesh." At the time the people of other states in the
country had reason to feel jealous of UP's pre-eminence and the
lead it provided in national affairs. No longer does this state of
...
UP gets a popular government - Editorial
- The Observer
- 21 March 1997
>>>Professional BJP baiters may call the BJP-BSP alliance in Uttar
Pradesh an opportunistic one. But there will be few takers for
such a formulation. On the contrary, large sections of the state's
populace, as also democratic opinion in the rest of the country,
are likely to welcome the arrangement. Ms Mayawati of the BSP will
...
'Racism in the UK, but middle class South Asians escape it' - Ashley D'Mello,
- The Times of India
- 25 March 1997
>>>Lord Meghnad Desai, director of the Centre for the Study of Global
Governance at the London School of Economics, was in Mumbai
recently to attend a seminar. Lord Desai, who supports
globalisation, said, "I am still a Marxist even though some people
think otherwise." A graduate of Mumbai University, Lord Desai went
...
Promises to keep - UF fails to open its account - Praful Bidwai
- The Times of India
- 26 March 1997
>>>When the United Front was cobbled together after the last Lok Sabha
elections, it appeared to be the logical alternative to the
Congress and BJP, although its durability was in doubt. It
promised to evolve into a broadly social-democratic, secular,
federal formation which might address problems and agendas that the
...
Temple trustees must have faith in Hinduism : HC - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Hindu
- 5 March 1997
>>>The Madras High Court has held that trustees to temples must be
persons who believed in the tenets of Hinduism and who would
preserve protect and promote the best interests of the religious
institution of which they were the trustees.
The court said "atheists have no place on the Board of Trustees of
...
BJP-BSP accord a failure of secular parties' - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 21 March 1997
>>>THE Left parties admitted on Wednesday that the BJP-BSP alliance in
Uttar Pradesh was a failure of the secular parties to "iron out
their differences." They blamed certain leaders in the United
Front, belonging to UP, for thwarting the formation of the
Congress-BSP-UF Government in the state by "bringing their ego into
...
Kashmir conflict floundered on misplaced political will - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- 25 March 1997
>>>The history of the first armed conflict between Indian and Pakistan
could have been an entirely different story had the leadership of
this country been equipped with the necessary experience and
knowledge to provide higher political direction to their
commanders, says in expert.
Dear Mrs Albright - M V Kamath
- Organiser
- 23 March 1997
>>>Dear Mrs Albright: Namaste (It is, in case you have't been briefed,
the Indian way of respectfully, greeting friends and strangers).
And congratulations on being confirmed as the Secretary of State,
especially since you are the first woman to attain this position of
power in the, entire history of the United States. May You utilise
...
Common non-BJP programme : a boomerang in the making? - Neerja Chowdhury
- The Indian Express
- 24 March 1997
>>>It is time the United Front and the Congress found an agenda which
goes beyond "keeping the BJP out." The fear of a saffron upsurge
may be a good glue to get 14 parties to hang together and it may
keep Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda smiling beatifically a little
longer, but it is giving new momentum to the BJP.
Making India Hindu - a book review - M. V. Kamath
- Organiser
- 23 March 1997
>>>In his preface to the book on India that he has edited. David
Ludden says that in December 1992 it became obvious to him that
American college teachers did not have good enough books on hand
for teaching about the history? of politics and communal conflict
in India. He therefore set out to fill the lacunae. Scholars were
...
Revolving-door politics - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 21 March 1997
>>>Since conventional wisdom has heralded the era of coalition
politics in India, it is difficult to fault either the BJP or the
BSP for carrying that process to its logical conclusion in Uttar
Pradesh. Charges of opportunism and unprincipled conduct may have a
certain validity when viewed through the prism of ideological
...
The writing on the wall; and a comment - Nikhil Wagle
- Communalism Combat
- 1997 March
>>>The out come concluded elections to the Bombay Municipal
Corporation has shocked many- It was generally believed that this
round of polls would be crucial for the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance.
The present government was voted to power in March 1995. About 15
months later, in May-June, 1996, came the Lok Sabha elections. On
...
A cry for the left - Rajdeep Sardesai
- Sunday
- 23-29 March 1997
>>>Consider the following litany of irrelevance.
The Left urges the nation to reverse the economic policies
initiated by Dr Manmohan Singh. The finance minister, Mr P.
Chidambaram, wants to Asianise the Indian economy by integrating it
even further with the other global tigers. Result: Thiru
...
Xinjiang in grip of riots - Muzaffar Hussain
- Organiser
- 23 March 1997
>>>These days blood is being spilled in China over alleged communal
and racial discrimination. China's biggest province-Xinjiang-is in
the grip of bloody riots. If these riots. continue, Yinjiang may
any day, separate from China. Although China has not divided, as
the Soviet Union did, if the situation does not improve, China will
...
A summer's tale of three presidents - T V R Shenoy
- The Economic Times
- 26 March 1997
>>>The recent drama of Uttar Pradesh was a bit like the battle of
Alamein.
It was, as Churchill remarked, "....... not the end. It wasn't
even the beginning of the end. But it was, perhaps, the end of the
beginning." Nine months ago the United Front swept in on an
...
PM offers olive branch to Imam - Rasheed Kidwai
- The Telegraph
- 23 March 1997
>>>The Prime Minister, Mr H.D. Deve Gowda, is keen to open a line of
communication with the of Jama Masjid, Syed Abdullah Bukhari.
Mr Gowda's son, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, called on the imam yesterday,
seeking his "blessings". Mr Kumaraswamy said the Prime Minister
wanted to meet r& Bukhari.
Atal challenges left in Marxist heartland - HT Correspondent
- The Hindustan Times
- 23 March 1997
>>>Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today charged the United
Front Government of leading the country to instability by pursuing
"negative brand" of politics, which had also exposed the inner
contradictions of the 14-party coalition Government.
Addressing a public meeting at the sprawling brigade parade ground
...
Mindless violence, not jihad - Sultan Shahin
- The Hindustan Times
- 15 March 1997
>>>The Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Gilani has exhorted Indian
Muslims to join "jihad" in Kashmir. Participating in the
anti-nationalism campaign organised by the Students Islamic
Movement of India (SIMI), Syed Gilani has regretted that the Muslim
ummah (community) was indifferent to the jihad in Kashmir. Warning
...
Strengthening Hindu Consolidation - H. V. Sheshadri
- Organiser
- 23 March 1997
>>>Pratinidhi Bandhugana
I welcome you all-the esteemed members of the newly elected Akhil
Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha - to this historic birthplace of our
organisation. We are also right in the presence of the inspiring
symbols of Param Poojaneeya Doctorji and Param Poojaneeya Shri
...
Left with no option - Praful Bidwai
- Mid-day
- 27 March 1997
>>>The Communist Party of India (Marxist) seems bent upon scoring a
'self-goal'. Take the Bhandari episode. Although this has seemingly
been eclipsed by the Bharatiya Janata Party-Bahujan Samaj Party
alliance (to be discussed in the next column), it remains relevant.
Indrajit Gupta was correct both m raising an alarm over rising
...
Tibet all set to enter Western consciousness via Hollywood - Richard Bernstein
- The Times of India
- 27 March 1997
>>>One thing the Academy Awards did not have this year was a speech on
Chinese repression in Tibet by Richard Gere, the actor who has led
the way in Hollywood's growing concern for Tibetan rights.
But in a larger sense, Mr Gere banned as an Oscar presenter after
his televised denunciation of China in 1993 -no longer needs to
...
Polls apart (Excerpt) - Farrukh Dhondy
- Mid-day
- 27 March 1997
>>>Some two years ago, the TV company for which 1 work transmitted a
polemical piece on Mother Teresa which said that she accepted money
for her mission from known fascist totalitarians and which featured
British women who had worked for her saving on camera that they had
left because some of those who came under its care could have been
...
Saffron is fine for Chinese Red - S. Rajagopalan
- The Hindustan Times
- 24 March 1997
>>>Much to the chagrin of the Left parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party
is all set to expand its new-found links with the Communist Party
of China (CPC) and place the budding relationship on a firm
footing.
Curiously enough, all this is happening at the CPC's initiative.
...
BJP to translate rally success into campaign - Abhijit Dasgupta
- The Pioneer
- 24 March 1997
>>>Emboldened by the massive turnout at the Brigade Parade Grounds
rally here on Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now
decided to give a "renewed thrust" to its campaign against the Left
parties nationwide and does not consider the Congress as the "main
enemy" any longer.
Muslim Indians must focus on common aspirations - Syed Shahabuddin
- The Pioneer
- 24 March 1997
>>>Islam stands for equality of man who is collectively Allah's
vice-regent on earth-Khalifatullah-fil-Arz. In Islam the measure
of status is piety, not power or position or profession or wealth.
Yet, Muslim India has an in-built caste system, quite parallel to
what exists in Hindu India. Caste came into Indian Islam with the
...
Beware of false prophets - M V Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- 27 March 1997
>>>The Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Gilani is exhorting Indian
Muslims to join-Jihad in Kashmir. He has been 'warning' Indian
Muslims that if they fail to do so, they may one day he
'answerable'. To whom they would be answerable Gilani has
mercifully left unsaid. He has also charged Indian Muslims of
...
Caste-ing about for an alliance - Lajpat Rai
- Mid-day
- 28 March 1997
>>>The other day, I met Ilyas Azmi Bahujan Samaj Party's member of
Parliament from Uttar Pradesh at a small get-together of close
friends at the residence of Advocate Syed Jalal. In his hour-long
discourse on Uttar Pradesh politics, Azmi gave no hint of the
forthcoming alliance between his party and the Bharatiya Janata
...
BJP will experiment with new alliances - Anil Saxena
- The Times of India
- 29 March 1997
>>>Encouraged by the "upward trend in the party's graph," top leaders
of the Bharatiya Janata Party" (BJP) are now busy formulating an
action plan to bring about "a change at the Centre."
Although final touches to the action plan would be given at the
party's national executive meeting in Thiruvananthapuram next week,
...
Private fantasies of Gujral - Swapan Dasgupta
- The Indian Express
- 29 March 1997
>>>If there is one thing editors fear more than being hauled up by the
Supreme Court on a contempt charge, it is the proverbial printer's
devil. But it was no ordinary misprint that embarrassed the
editors of the Delhi edition of The Indian Express sometime last
month. In his rush to meet the paper's deadline, a distracted
...
Defending Mulayam - T V R Shenoy
- Mid-day
- 28 March 1997
>>>Twenty Four hours after the Mayawati-led Bharatiya Janata
Party-Bahujan Samajwadi Party ministry was sworn in, there was a
hilarious public meeting in bad. It was addressed by some of the
biggest in the United Front - including Prime Minister Deve Gowda
and Comrade Surjeet.
BJP is on the trail of a comeback everywhere - Rajiv Shukla
- The Observer
- 29 March 1997
>>>The crucial meeting of the national council of BJP,
scheduled to take place on 5th and 6th April in
Triruvanathapuram, is likely to formulate a strategy to
further strengthen its base in southern states,
particularly Karnataka and Andhra.
Chidambaram, too, has a grouse against Babus - Pallab Bhattacharya
- The Observer
- 29 March 1997
>>>Finance Minister P Chidambaram has severely criticised
the bureaucratic way of functioning, particularly in the
banking sector, which has been responsible for the tardy
growth of Indian economy.
Mr Chidambaram said that the need of the hour was to
...
BJP prefers Gowda, but only at a cost - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- 31 March 1997
>>>Although elated over the crisis gripping the Deve Gowda government,
the BJP has decided to play a poker game and resist from revealing
its hand.
The party leadership, reconciled that it will not get a second shot
at forming the next government, is working on a plan to convert the
...
BJP camp adopts a wait and watch attitude - Anil Saxena
- The Times of India
- 31 March 1997
>>>A jubilant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to "wait and watch"
the fast changing political developments following the withdrawal
of support by the Congress to the Deve Gowda government. The
party's central leadership feels that "things are certainly moving
towards a mid-term poll."
...
Changing stripes? - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 31 March 1997
>>>One significant feature of the expansion of the BSP-BJP government
in Uttar Pradesh is the inclusion of four Muslims. It seems more
than what the Muslims could manage under 'secular' dispensations,
and appears all the more impressive when viewed against the
backdrop of angry protests against inadequate representation to the
...
Text of the damning letter (from Kesri) - United News of India
- The Indian Express
- 31 March 1997
>>>Following is the text of the letter handed over by Congress
president Sitaram Kesri to President S D Sharma, withdrawing the
party's support to the United Front (UF) Government.
Respected Rashtrapatiji,
The Congress Working Committee extended its support to the 13-party
...
BJP on wait & watch, hopes for elections - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 31 March 1997
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday decided to adopt a policy of
"wait and watch" over the fast developing and fluid national
political situation in the wake of withdrawal of support to the
United Front Government by the Congress.
Top party leaders also expressed the opinion that the country was
...
Pak Christians demand a separate province - Aditya Bhagat
- The Sunday Observer
- 30 March -
>>>Anti-minority riots are not new to Pakistan which has a long
history of religious violence. Yet, the recent anti-Christian
riots stunned Pakistan observers by their sheer barbaric intensity.
So shocking was the violence perpetrated on the minority community
that Archbishop Daniel Tasleem has demanded separate province for
...
Sarah's reel life - Wilhelmina Paras Manila
- Asiaweek
- 28 March 1997
>>>The memo from President Fidel Ramos was handwritten and
businesslike to the point of being curt. It commanded: "Take all
necessary action to defer public showing of said movie due to
anticipated extremely negative impact on Philippines-U.A.E.
relations and risk of failure in negotiations to save John Aquino."
...
BJP to be backseat driver - Arati R Jerath
- The Indian Express
- 31 March 1997
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party hopes to fish in troubled waters over
the next few days in a bid to frustrate Congress president Sitaram
Kesri's efforts to form the next government.
An emergency meeting of party office bearers held this evening
decided that the BJP would not press its claim for power at the
...
Unintegrated North-East - Kuldip Nayar
- The Indian Express
- 31 March 1997
>>>Very few Indians know about the North-East. They should, because
the situation there is worse than what it has been at the height of
militancy in Kashmir. Most governments in the region exist only on
paper, being neither competent to enforce law nor powerful to bring
order. When the situation goes out of hand, the dependence is on
...
LOK SABHA PARTY POSITION (as of 31 March 1997)
Inspirational Affinity - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Sunday Observer
- 30 March -
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance has been
described as a marriage between political untouchables and a social
untouchable. The comment has certain merit.
After the general elections of 1996, the way 13 parties joined
hands together to save 'secularism' and to keep BJP out of power,
...
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