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Starting: Tue 06 Aug 1996 - 00:00:-56471 EDT
Ending: Fri 23 Aug 1996 - 00:00:-65223 EDT
Messages: 31
- A.K.R. Hemmady
- Appeasement or Settlement? Organiser
- 4 August 1996
>>>I hope all political parties not only in West Bengal but
also in the rest of India will rise above immediate
political gains and seriously assess what our secularism
is in practice rather than in theory. Reference is to
the unprovoked vandalism by Muslims on the day of
...
- Amita Verma
- Amulya Ganguli
- From Ram to Trinidadeshwar The Indian Express
- 8 August 1996
>>>A recent report in the Organiser, the sangh parivar's
mouthpiece, referred to the efforts being made by the
Vishwa Hindu Parishad towards the "awakening of Hindus"
in the Caribbean. It referred to the setting up of a
holy teerth named Gangadhara on a river in Trinidad.
...
- AP Venkateswaran & Praful Bidwai
- To sign or not to sign The Pioneer
- 4 August 1996
>>>NO -- AP Venkateswaran
In looking at the heated debate on the early conclusion
of a CTBT in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and
in particular, the 'holier than thou' attitude adopted by
the US and its allies, it is important not to overlook
...
- Behzad Amiri, Wanowarie, Pune
- Barbaric Laws Asian Age
- 4 August 1996
>>>SIR, The Muslim regime of Iran put into effect the new
Islamic punishment bill on July, 9. The bill wihich was
given to the Iranian press by Mullah Mohammad Yazde, the
head of the judicial power, defined death penalty for
insulting Mullah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic
...
- Chandra Bhal Tripathi
- Dara Kadva
- Zoroastrian situation in Iran Organiser
- 4 August 1996
>>>I am a little mystified as to how a purely PR piece
concerning the "Zoroastrian Conference in Iran" appeared
in a journal like the Organiser (147-1996).
A Zoroastrian myself and a columnist in the Parsi weekly
Jame Jamshed of Mumbai, let me enlighten your readers
...
- Editorial
- Blurred Priorities The Times of India
- 22 August 1996
>>>Amongst the biggest of the foreign direct investment
proposals approved by the present government are those of
Perfetti (for the manufacture of toffees and chewing
gum), Warner Brothers (for the setting up of cinema
complexes), Bloomberg (for a wire service network),
...
- Vaghela pitches in The Indian Express
- 22 August 1996
>>>Shankarsinh Vaghela has begun what promises to be a long
battle of attrition against the Bharatiya Janata Party.
It is the only form of warfare he is in a position to
wage at this stage. The BJP Government in Gujarat has
been seriously weakened as the unprecedented dismissal of
...
- No Paper Tiger The Times of India
- 22 August 1996
>>>The impressive turnout at expelled Gujarat Bharatiya
Janata Party leader Shankarsinh Waghela's rally - where
he announced the launching of the Rashtriya Janata Party
- is proof, if any were needed, that the BJP is
hopelessly caught in a caste divide. Himself a blue-
...
- People's Capitalism The Times of India
- 9 August 1996
>>>After five years of unplanned and ill-planned divestment
of government-owned stock in central public-sector
undertakings, with attendant accusations of corruption
and swindling of public assets, the Union government has
finally put in place an institutional mechanism that can
...
- Don't Prevaricate The Times of India
- 8 August 1996
>>>Is the United Front government dragging its feet on the
jurisdiction of the proposed Lok Pal? It will be a
negation of the Common Minimum Programme and the values
espoused by the constituents of the UF if there is any
dilution of the Lok Pal Bill, leaving the Prime Minister
...
- The BJP move on IM(DT) Act Organiser
- 4 August 1996
>>>Ever since the AGP Government returned to power the
people of Assam have been eagerly waiting to hear what
its leaders have to say now about the issue that concerns
them most after the insurgency problem-issue of foreign
infiltration into Assam. And since the problem still
...
- Smear test for Delhi BJP The Pioneer
- 6 August 1996
>>>The murky controversy over the alleged rape of an inmate
of the Capital's Nari Niketan, while working as a
domestic help in the Health Minister, Mr Harshvardhan's
residence, shows no signs of abating. In fact, the issue
may gather momentum now that the woman has delivered a
...
- Interview with Yogesh Vajpeyi
- Javed Anand
- K Govindan Kutty
- A party without difference Financial Express
- 19 August 1996
>>>It will be sonic time before what Shankarsinh Waghela can
mean to Gujarat or his former party is known. His new
party will take shape in a few days with a resolve to
work for Gujarat's interests which his former party has
allegedly ignored all along. The new party will
...
- Khursheed Ahmed
- No joining the BJP The Pioneer
- 7 August 1996
>>>Sir-This is apropos of Mr Ramesh Diwan's letter, 'A
charter of duties' (The Pioneer, July 30), in response to
Syed Shahabuddin's letter, 'Is BJP a picnic spot?' (July
24), which in turn was a rejoinder to Mr Diwan's earlier
letter, 'Muslims should join the BJP' (July 17).
- M D Nalapat
- M J Akbar
- Question Time After Noon
- 20 August 1996
>>>It is not easy to celebrate one's fiftieth birthday, as
Bill Clinton is discovering. We all know what he would
like to do: emulate his hero Jack Kennedy and get a 1996
version of Marilyn Monroe to make his day, or night. We
all know what he is going to do: listen to Hillary
...
- Three facts and Two assumptions Asian Age
- 4 August 1996
>>>Fact Number One: Saffron sunrise on horizon. If another
general election is held anytime in this century, the
Bharatiya Janata Party will come to power at the Centre,
possibly on its own and certainly in the company of a few
satellites happy with the regional clout they would get
...
- Posted By NARMADACEM.MD@SM7.sprintrpg.ems.vsnl.net.in
- Radheswar
- Hospital at Ayodhya The Asian Age
- 5 August 1996
>>>Sir, Ms Seema Mustafa suggested in her column (Come
elections and it is always back to Ayodhya, July 13) that
a well-equipped hospital be set up at the controversial
site in Ayodhya. It is an excellent suggestion. I suggest
that all Masjids and Mandirs in the country be converted
...
- Raja Menon
- Ram Swarup
- The ethics of conversion Hindustan Times
- 5 August 1996
>>>Regarded from a deeper angle, Christian proselytizing is
an arrogant idea, a denial both of God and of one's
neighbour; it denies God, denies his working in others,
denies the many ways in which he fulfills himself. It
helps neither the missionaries for the converts.
...
- Suhail Siddiqui
- Hindutva Vs Secularism Organiser
- 4 August 1996
>>>It can be said that "BJP's Fascism" is better for Indian
Muslims than the 'secularism' practised by the Congress
and others for the last 50 years. When the entire
country is discussing the definition of secularism the
point of view of Muslims also needs to be understood as
...
- Swagato Ganguly
- Virtual Spirituality The Times of India
- 8 August 1996
>>>As Indians we profess to be a uniquely spiritual people,
although within the classical three-fold schema of human
aims set forth as dharma, artha and kama and later
expanded to include moksha, only the last refers
unambiguously to spiritual goals.
- The Times of India News Service
- Vidhyadhar Date
- Zafar Jung
- Indian Muslims need in-house reforms The Indian Express
- 8 August 1996
>>>Article 44 of the Constitution directs the State to
secure to all citizens a Uniform Civil Code. The debate
of the Constituent Assembly in this regard does not seem
to signify values to be incorporated in such a code. On
the contrary, on providing safety to various minority
...
Last message date: Fri 23 Aug 1996 - 00:00:-65223 EDT
Archived on: Sat Jun 14 1997 - 11:39:03 EDT
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