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- Asiaweek
- Sarah's reel life Wilhelmina Paras Manila
- 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 Today
- From the BJP party president L K Advani
- 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
...
- Communalism Combat
- The writing on the wall; and a comment Nikhil Wagle
- 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
...
- First Jagtik Rhugved Parishad
- An American discovers the Vedas David Frawley
- 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
...
- India Today
- Silent revolutionary - On Pandurang Shastri Athavale N. K. Singh
- 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
...
- Indian Currents
- Hindu-Christian relationship Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - 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,
...
- Mid-day
- Defending Mulayam T V R Shenoy
- 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.
- Caste-ing about for an alliance Lajpat Rai
- 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
...
- Polls apart (Excerpt) Farrukh Dhondy
- 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
...
- Left with no option Praful Bidwai
- 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
...
- Minimum wage won't do for CPM workers S N M Abdi
- 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
...
- Not just Bhandari's fate in balance Vitusha Oberoi
- 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
...
- Organiser
- Strengthening Hindu Consolidation H. V. Sheshadri
- 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
...
- Xinjiang in grip of riots Muzaffar Hussain
- 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
...
- Making India Hindu - a book review M. V. Kamath
- 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
...
- Dear Mrs Albright M V Kamath
- 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
...
- Hindu-Muslim cleavage - Agenda Stanley Lane-Pole
- 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
...
- Dangerous portents in N.E. region H V Seshadri
- 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
...
- Radiance Viewsweekly
- Sunday
- A cry for the left Rajdeep Sardesai
- 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
...
- The Afternoon Despatch & Courier
- The Asian Age
- From respect to ridicule: UP's gradual decline M. K. Narayanan
- 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
...
- Mulayam, BJP make a fine art of communalism Seema Mustafa
- 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
...
- Forgive them, they know not what they do: Pope Reuter
- 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
...
- The Business Standard
- Modernisation versus westernisation Jaswant Singh
- 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
...
- The Economic Times
- Changing stripes? Editorial
- 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
...
- BJP prefers Gowda, but only at a cost Political Bureau
- 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
...
- A summer's tale of three presidents T V R Shenoy
- 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
...
- Getting touchable Editorial
- 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
...
- A lesson from Thailand Editorial
- 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
...
- Hurricane in UP - part 2 of 3 Nikhil Chakravartty
- 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.
...
- Collective irresponsibility! T V R Shenoy
- 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
...
- Hurricane in UP - part 3 of 3 Arun Nehru
- 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
...
- Hurricane in UP - part 1 of 3 Ajit Bhattacharjea
- 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.
- US has no role in Kashmir dispute, says Kissinger UNI
- 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
...
- The Examiner
- Inter-religious dialogue in Pakistan UCAN
- 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
...
- Questions for modern missionaries; and a response Fr R. H. Lesser
- 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
...
- The Financial Express
- Breaking new ground G M Telang
- 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
...
- Expectations: Logic and reality K Govindan Kutty
- 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
...
- The Free Press Journal
- Beware of false prophets M V Kamath
- 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
...
- Inevitable gamble in UP Editorial
- 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
...
- Gowda living in a cuckoo-land M V Kamath
- 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,
...
- A novel experiment in coalition politics Free Press News Service
- 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
...
- Confusing signals from across the border Shyam Khosla
- 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
...
- Will Kashmiri Pandits go back? A N Dar
- 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.
...
- The Hindu
- Saffron flags fly high Mahesh Vijapurkar
- 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
...
- ABVP leader shot dead on OU campus Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - 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 Hindustan Times
- Saffron is fine for Chinese Red S. Rajagopalan
- 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.
...
- Mindless violence, not jihad Sultan Shahin
- 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
...
- Atal challenges left in Marxist heartland HT Correspondent
- 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
...
- Leftist byplay Editorial
- 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
...
- Hope for Chakmas Editorial
- 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
...
- The Uighur revolt Editorial
- 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
...
- Land that never was N. C. Menon
- 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
...
- Oh, for a civil war! (Excerpts) Amulya Ganguli
- 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
...
- Legendary Saraswati river's course traced PTI
- 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
...
- A long ethnocentric barrier Meenakshi Jain
- 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.
- The Indian Express
- Unintegrated North-East Kuldip Nayar
- 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
...
- BJP to be backseat driver Arati R Jerath
- 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
...
- Private fantasies of Gujral Swapan Dasgupta
- 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
...
- Revolving-door politics Editorial
- 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
...
- Pandit killings shock Muslims too Aasha Khosa
- 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 -
...
- Beyond sactimoniousness Swapan Dasgupta
- 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
...
- SC wants action on Vohra report Agencies
- 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
...
- Answer to petro-dollar conversions Abhijit Atre
- 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.
- UP hot seat awaits a 'suitable boy'; and a comment Political Editor
- 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
...
- If UP is bad, Bihar is the worst P.C. Singh
- 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
...
- Muslims must fight the lunatic fringe Sultan Shahin
- 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
...
- The trouble with Third World leftists Gautam Sen
- 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
...
- Crime figures contrived to enhance Bhandari's image Bhavna Vij
- 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).
...
- Major minority problem Kamal Siddiqi
- 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
...
- Comrade Surjeet's cut Editorial
- 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
...
- Gupta to target BJP for anarchy in UP Harish Gupta
- 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.
- Surjeet predicts UF's doom, the Cong way Express News Service
- 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
...
- Aurobindo Ashram in knots T Manivannan
- 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
...
- Congress swan song Editorial
- 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
...
- HC asks CBI for proof against Advani Press Trust of India
- 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.
- Herostealers at work Mohit Sen
- 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
...
- The Nation, Pakistan.
- Islamic leaders summit: a gathering of eagles Ikram Sehgal
- 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
...
- The Observer
- UP gets a popular government Editorial
- 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
...
- Down but not out in Kashmir Editorial
- 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
...
- Price of secularism D N Mishra
- 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
...
- Women priests Kiran Thakur
- 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
...
- Anarchy in unison Dina Nath Mishra
- 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
...
- CPI wants Governor to go E Jayakrishnan
- 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
...
- So sad, the Sena's non-fall Varsha Bosle
- 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
...
- Vaghela faces stiff battle from BJP Dinkar Pandya / Srinand Jha
- 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.
- Saffron to groom leaders for snap-polls K V Lakshmana
- 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
...
- Taste of subcontinent in British polls K N Malik
- 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
...
- Home Minister, Mulayam at odds Observer Political Bureau
- 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
...
- Kudos to Advani D N Mishra
- 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
...
- BJP victory: Enemies' pride? D N Mishra
- 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
...
- Jyoti Basu pulled up in party meeting Sankar Ray
- 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
...
- Shekhar's advice to Gowda D N Mishra
- 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
...
- The Organiser
- The Pioneer
- Muslim Indians must focus on common aspirations Syed Shahabuddin
- 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
...
- Muslims sore over AGP govt's apathy Shubhadeep Choudhury
- 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
...
- Farooq, Ajatshatru are defying nation's integrity Kanchan Gupta
- 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
...
- China tries to quell the Xinjiang uprising Aditya Bhagat
- 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
...
- Remarry, but no sex: Vatican AP
- 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,
...
- The Statesman
- Imams to protest against HC order Statesman News Service
- 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
...
- MAN OF STEEL, POWER, AND VISION Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - 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.
- The Sunday Observer
- Inspirational Affinity Dina Nath Mishra
- 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,
...
- Pak Christians demand a separate province Aditya Bhagat
- 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
...
- 'We are for a strong India' Vicky Sindhu
- 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
...
- Who will expose the journos? Deepali Nandwani
- 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.
- The BJP's lotus is abloom again Rajiv Shukla
- 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
...
- The Telegraph
- PM offers olive branch to Imam Rasheed Kidwai
- 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.
- Left scuttles films on da Gama Pranay Sharma
- 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
...
- Licensed to kill Arvind N. Das
- 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
...
- Licensed to kill Arvind N. Das
- 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
...
- State to go easy on decibel ban Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - 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)
...
- J&K may give up claim on PoK Kamaljeet Rattan
- 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.
- Pillar may throw light on Bihar Faizan Ahmad
- 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
...
- Faith safe mechanism Nirmalendu Bikash Rakshit
- 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.
...
- US report confirms ISI role in Kashmir UNI
- 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
...
- The Times of India
- BJP camp adopts a wait and watch attitude Anil Saxena
- 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."
...
- BJP will experiment with new alliances Anil Saxena
- 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,
...
- Promises to keep - UF fails to open its account Praful Bidwai
- 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
...
- Queering the pitch Editorial
- 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
...
- Poor Gamesmanship Editorial
- 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
...
- Matter of faith Editorial
- 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
...
- Harappan culture unearthed in Gujarat Harry David
- 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
...
- Government, at Last (in Uttar Pradesh) Editorial
- 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
...
- U.S. Congressman denies charge Ramesh Chandran
- 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
...
- Godman wages 'star wars' to save Laloo Raj Kumar
- 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
...
- West vs the rest K R Malkani
- 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
...
- Crisis of ideas parochialisation of the polity Narendar Pani
- 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
...
- Sena's success story A S Abraham
- 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
...
- UP on the Verge of a breakdown Prakash Singh
- 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
...
- Left in a Cleft Editorial
- 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
...
- United Front closes ranks to ward off attack Smita Gupta
- 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.
- 'Drop Elephanta and revert to Gharapuri' Gunvanth Balaram
- 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
...
- Slipping up again Editorial
- 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
...
- Home truths for UF Editorial
- 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
...
- Has the political elite failed the people? Ramakrishna Hegde
- 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.
- The long wait for a uniform civil code Rakesh Bhatnagar
- 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
...
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