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Intelligence Officer's dangerous links - Posted By ashok - The Observer
- 30 September 1996
>>>DR John V George, a deputy director in the Intelligence
Bureau has been marked for his activities relating to a
Christian organisation having international links.
Despite the fact that Dr George was clearly told to
desist from activities of the Theological Society, he
...
Hindutva and dialectics - P Parameshwaran
- Organiser
- 22 September 1996
>>>Shri O.V. Vijayan's entry into the Hindutva debate (see
"Dialectics of Hindutva" The Indian Express, June 17,
1996) has not come a day too soon. Though he labels the
debate phoney, the fact that a distinguished and creative
intellectual like him could not resist the temptation to
...
Misconceptions of the independence movement; and a comment - Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
- The Times of India
- 29 September 1996
>>>At last week's annual meeting of the World Bank and IMF,
many speakers spoke of the need for governments to reduce
controls and trade barriers and let entrepreneurs get on
with the job. They also stressed the vital roles that
governments did indeed need to perform - ensuring law and
...
Hawala: Political Dilemma and the Legal Dimension
Home minister upset with govt action in Rao case
"Saffron Chic" by Mani Shankar Aiyar
Munde's revolver was in aide's car during riot
THE MANU OF OUR TIMES? by Arun Shourie
Taliban Ban Pictures
Editorial TOI: "Red in the Face" - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 4 October 1996
>>>Mr Indrajit Gupta is apparently not the tiniest bit upset about the
midnight missive the government sneaked across to the CBI counsel on the
eve of Mr Narasimha Rao's scheduled court appearance in the Lakhubhai
Pathak cheat- ing case. No matter that he, as home minister, wasn't privy
to the move. No matter also that counsel Gopal Subramaniam has since
...
IND. EXPR.: "In Corruption mera Bharat mahaan ..." by C. Rajghatta - Chidanand Rajghatta
- The Indian Express
- 4 October 1996
>>>India ranks ninth in a corruption index listing 54 coun- tries, according
to a 1996 survey of business attitudes conducted by Transparency
International (T1), a Berlin- based non-governmental coalition that seeks
to curb international corruption.
Nigeria is perceived as the most corrupt country, fol- lowed by Pakistan.
...
ECON. TIMES: "BJP not join bandwagon for 'operation judicial activism'" - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- 3 October 1996
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today neatly distanced itself from the
growing chorus of protests against judi- cial activism by endorsing its
recent actions against politicians. The party general secretary, M
Venkaiah Naidu, who refuted the allegation that the judiciary was
transgressing its limits said that it has "stepped in only because of the
...
TOI: "While Islam as a religion empowers women ....." - Zeenat Shaukat Ali
- The Times of India
- 3 October 1996
>>>The vital factor in the debate over the empowerment of Muslim women is
whether or not contemporary Islam can be visualised as an "emancipatory
force." As the world of Islam is not monolithic, Muslims differ in their
reflec- tions on this issue. It is generally held that though autonomy is
available to women, it is contained and demarcated, and therefore the
...
ET: "VP advises Gowda on dos and don'ts ...." - Political Bureau
- The Economic Times
- 3 October 1996
>>>Former Prime Minister Mr V P Singh today subtly but distinctly laid down a
rulebook of dos and don'ts for the United Front government and its head Mr
H D Deve Gowda in the wake of rampant speculation that the Centre was
protecting Mr P V Narasimha Rao from the legal noose in several cases,
including the $100,000 Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
...
IE: "A last chance for revival" by Amulya Ganguli - Amulya Ganguli
- The Indian Express
- 3 October 1996
>>>There is a medical concept about a condition becoming worse before it can
get better. Perhaps the Congress is nearing the end of the first stage
and, if it can keep its nerve, may be able to begin the process of
recovery. To do so, however, it will have to jettison much of its recent
past and start on a clean slate, as it were.
...
IE: "Ahmadi and trial spark lawyers' protests" - PTI
- The Indian Express
- 2 October 1996
>>>Over 200 members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have
questioned the propriety of the Chief Justice of India, A M Ahmadi
allegedly having a "mysterious" midnight meeting with Prime Minister H D
Deve Gowda at a time when the apex judiciary was seized of several sensational cases involving high political functionaries.
...
TOI: "Prehistoric man thrived here" - Gautham Machaiah
- The Times of India
- 2 October 1996
>>>Extensive exploration by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Karnataka
has revealed that the pre-historic man thrived on the banks of the river
Bhima in Raichur dis- trict.
The findings assume importance because the evidence unearthed by the ASI
ranges from the second to the 18th century, which goes to prove that this
...
ET: "Transparency, UF-style" - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 2 October 1996
>>>Union law minister Ramakant Khalap should resign imme- diately. There is
no other honourable course open to him or to the ruling coalition if it is
true that he directed the CBI to not oppose former prime minister
Narasimha Rao's bail application in the Lakhubhai Pathak case. Further,
if the law minister acted at the behest of the prime minister, the latter
...
The Infidel is rising again in Mother Russia
Re: Why feminise corruption? - Madhu Kishwar
- The Indian Express
- 4 October 1996
>>>Most countries have failed to give due space and representation to women in their political institutions. But
in the case of India, the problem is more serious because
while in other countries women are inching forward bit by
bit, in our country the participation of women in politit-
...
The Taliban: Myth and reality - Praful Bidwai
- The Economic Times
- 4 October 1996
>>>As has been their wont in recent years, a number of
commentators on security affairs have rushed into print
on the Taliban militia's takeover of Kabul, describing it
as part of a grand design involving the spread of predatory Islamic fundamentalism, which has serious implicaca-
...
In corruption mera Bharat mahaan, but hum se aage hain Pakistan - Chidanand Rajghatta
- The Indian Express
- 4 October 1996
>>>India ranks ninth in a corruption index listing 54 countries, according to a 1996 survey of business attitudes
conducted by Transparency International (T1), a Berlinbased non-governmental coalition that seeks to curb
international corruption.
on.
Red in the face - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 4 October 1996
>>>Mr Indrajit Gupta is apparently not the tiniest bit upset
about the midnight missive the government sneaked across
to the CBI counsel on the eve of Mr Narasimha Rao's
scheduled court appearance in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. No matter that he, as home minister, wasn't
...
UN body slams India for untoucability
Muslims lobby for a CM of their own choice - Rahul Karmakar
- The Indian Express
- 7 October 1996
>>>Realising the importance they have come to occupy in all
the parties' scheme of things in Uttar Pradesh, Muslims
are now pushing for a chief minister belonging to the
community.
Prominent Islamic leaders backing the Bahujan Samaj Party
...
Gujral calls for secularism to move into a less static sphere - Nirmal Mitra
- The Economic Times
- 7 October 1996
>>>Secularism should be an instrument of change and not
remain in a static condition like it has for the last 50
years of Independence, external affairs minister I K
Gujral said in New York on Saturday night.
Addressing a dinner gathering of leading members of the
...
A bitter Afghan harvest awaits Pakistan, USA - S K Singh
- Sunday Observer
- 6-12 October 1996
>>>The Taliban, created and backed by Pakistan, have stormed
into Kabul without any real fight. Their earlier takeovers of Herat, Jalalabad and Sarobi were also without any
bloodshed. 'Silver bullets got them these victories', as
they say in traditional Afghani. But then the question
...
If govt were a company, the chairman would be in jail - Jay Dubashi
- Sunday Observer
- 6-12 October 1996
>>>Imagine a company with a sales turn-over of Rs 1500 crore
- nearly as big as Mahindra & Mahindra or Ashok Leyland.
The company doesn't make any profits, but keeps borrowing
money, nearly Rs 600 crore a year. It has a huge debt,
about Rs 8000 crore, but that doesn't seem to bother its
...
Taliban takeover concern for whole region: British High Commissioner - Sandeep Unnithan
- The Indian Express
- 7 October 1996
>>>The British High Commissioner to India David Gore-Booth
said that last week's takeover of Afghanistan by the
Taliban militia has worried all the countries of the
region including Iran, Russia and India.
Gore-Booth, who was in the city, spoke to Express News
...
Congress - the last straw - Rajni Kothari
- The Pioneer
- 29 September 1996
>>>This article is from an earlier data. It is being sent to
indicate the thinking of the author at that time.
For some years now we have been witness to an amazing
spectacles the virtual collapse of a major and in many
ways unique and distinctive institution in the annals of
...
UN Warns Kabul About Women's Rights
The Women Held Hostage by Islam
ET: "Magic lure of ancient cures" - Nasima H Khan
- The Economic Times
- 22 September 1996
>>>This article is from an earlier data. It is being sent to
indicate the thinking of the author at that time.
A virtual, stampede on Tuesday, the last of the five-day
Mystique India '96, proclaimed the success of the firstever exhibition on ancient Indian sciences, arts and
...
IE: "Hussain's brush with Hindutva ....." - Antara Dev Sen
- The Indian Express
- 8 October 1996
>>>The maverick painter is in the spotlight again. And maybe for once,
regretting it. M F Husain's paintings of Hindu goddesses, including that
of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, has created quite a stir due to
their lack of clothes.
Of course, the paintings are not new. Nor is the tradi- tion of portraying
...
ET: "Aurveda brings a zing thing ..." - Gita Madhusudhan
- The Economic Times
- 27 September 1996
>>>This article is from an earlier data. It is being sent to
indicate the thinking of the author at that time.
Stressed? Overworked? Head for your next holiday to
India - that's the new sales pitch adopted by the Government of India's tourist offices abroad.
.
Observer: "They also serve ..." - Deepali Nandwani
- The Observer
- 22 September 1996
>>>This article is from an earlier data. It is being sent to
indicate the thinking of the author at that time.
Over a hundred years ago, Bal Gangadhar Tilak took Lord
Ganesh out of the confines of the home, exhorting believers to join him in public veneration and worship of the
...
TOI: "Marching to UF's Tune Left in the Lurch" - Praful Bidwai
- The Times of India
- 8 October 1996
>>>If Mr Deve Gowda had deliberately planned to discredit the United Front
government and make it forfeit half its moral prestige and political
goodwill in a single day, he couldn't have done it more efficiently than
he did on September 30. The wholly indefensible manner. in which he
rushed to rescue Mr Narasimha Rao by subverting every norm of political
...
IE: "Kashmir's Autonomy Bogey" - Jagmohan
- The Indian Express
- 8 October 1996
>>>Before and during the recent elections to the State Assembly of Jammu and
Kashmir, the issue of autonomy was resurrected. After the elections, too,
it will remain at the centre stage of politics of the State and its relations with the Union.
Few in the country, however, understand the implications of the autonomy
y
...
Ashok Mitra on Loan Defaulters
WSJ: Indians Favor Local Brands Over Foreign, Survey Finds
Ceasar's sardar - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 8 October 1996
>>>It was long suspected and has now been proved - Dr Manmohan Singh is a politician after all, not a mere technocrat. He has been made a member of the Congress Working
Committee, a sign that he has arrived. Even more, it is
a sign that the new Congress president, Mr Sitaram Kesri,
i,
...
The middle class parentage of Rao's fobbies; and a comment - Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
- The Indian Express
- 8 October 1996
>>>Now that P. V. Narasimha Rao's political wheel of fortune
has turned, what is being said about the man is quite in
contrast to what was said about him when his star rose on
the political horizon five years ago. At that time, a
journalist said in an earnest tone, "We don't need char-
...
Alarm bells for Gowda as new axis develops around Kesri - Neerja Chowdhury
- The Indian Express
- 8 October 1996
>>>"Chacha" Kesri is weaving a web to catch Gowda on the
wrong foot. He has threatened the withdrawal of Congress
support. By choosing to administer the warning in the
context of Uttar Pradesh (that the United Front should
support Mayavati to form government in Lucknow since the
...
Keep it up Mr Kesri - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 8 October 1996
>>>The ji huzoor man, as Mr Sitaram Kesri was known until
recently, is displaying happy signs of coming into his
own. For some one in the business of collecting funds
for the party - apart, of course, from revelling in his
role as a loyalist -Mr Kesri has shown rare pluck in
...
Taliban's pedigree - Nikhil Chakravartty
- The Observer
- 9 October 1996
>>>The lightening occupation of greater part of Afghanistan
by the new Muslim fanatic army of the Talibans has not
only come as a surprise for political observers but has
thrown a serious challenge to the stability of the entire
region. The Taliban is known to have been reared, armed
...
India's strange silence on Afghanistan baffling - Seema Guha
- The Times of India
- 8 October 1996
>>>India has once again been caught on the wrong foot in
Afghanistan. The fast-paced development in the Afghanistan capital, which led to the capture of Kabul and the
installation of an interim government by the Taliban
recently, apparently came as a total surprise to India.
.
Supreme Court must not delay judgement on corrupt politicians - Rakesh Bhatnagar
- The Times of India
- 8 October 1996
>>>Though neither judicial activism nor political vandalism
is responsible for exposing our leaders' past - but
rather the logic of events that has brought it about - a
special session of Parliament is being demanded by
"aggrieved" politicians to discuss "judicial activism."
...
Depoliticisation key to reforming SGPC - Jasbir Singh Ahluwalla
- The Times of India
- 8 October 1996
>>>On the eve of the elections to the general house of the
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee, on October 13,
it would be appropriate to highlight some of the issues
that are of deep concern to the Sikh community, as distinct from those that may be immediately relevant for the
...
Hindu chauvinists are doing a Taliban on MF Hussain - Dilip Raote
- The Economic Times
- 10 October 1996
>>>The Hindu Taliban are at it again, his time led by Mumbai's cultural imam, Pramod Navalkar. Their target is
artist MF Hussain, who's taken to Hindu and film goddesses ,after he was tired of horses.
Hussain is evolving, unlike his detractors who are going
ng
...
Clash of statutes - No reason to delay Christian personal law reform - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 10 October 1996
>>>The Supreme Court ruling that the church cannot annul a
marriage conforms to the principles laid down in its
earlier judgments that where the personal laws clash with
general laws, the latter will prevail. The judgment
followed the annulment of a marriage by the church, on
...
For democracy's sake, the Congress must not die - Sudheendra Kulkarni
- The Pioneer
- 10 October 1996
>>>Mr Sitaram Kesri has played a master stroke by inducting
Dr Manmohan Singh into the Congress Working Committee.
It may well turn out to be a brilliant, albeit desperate,
last over sixer scored in vain by an almost discarded,
doddering old player with an inglorious record, who
...
Appeasement on the agenda - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 10 October 1996
>>>Jammu and Kashmir has passed through a decade-long turmoil due to Pak-sponsored terrorism in the state. Today,
when successful state assembly elections have been conducted, we are faced with two contradictory feelings -
euphoria and the lurking suspicion that things may not
ot
...
The winner loses - Posted By ashok - The Observer
- 11 October 1996
>>>The aphorism, the winner loses, aptly sums up the outcome
of the UP assembly elections. The BJP is poised to
emerge as the single largest party in a hung assembly.
With counting for just five seats left to be taken up (at
the time of writing), the party has bagged 155 seats
...
Like Delhi, Like Lucknow? - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 11 October 1996
>>>Uttar Pradesh has demolished several myths about Indian
politics today. One, in a triangular contest, the BJP
would come up resounding victors. Actual performance
shows that the committed saffron voter is spread thinner
on the ground than expected. Two, the Congress-BSP
...
Poll strategy blamed for BJP's setback
There should be no outraging of faith by obscenity and slander - Dionne Bunsha
- The Times of India
- 11 October 1996
>>>The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party's objection to
painter M.F. Husain's nude depiction of Hindu goddesses
has sparked a debate on artistic freedom. The Times of
India spoke to literary critic, author and former head of
the English department of Mumbai university Vrinda Nabar,
...
Hung again - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 11 October 1996
>>>Instability would appear to be the fate of Uttar Pradesh
politics. Since 1989 it has had close to half a dozen
governments run by as many political parties and combinations. The uncertain verdict of the just-concluded
assembly polls has only added to the confusion. The
...
Kalyan being blamed for BJP's dismal show - Arati R. Jerath
- The Indian Express
- 11 October 1996
>>>The BJP's poor showing in UP is being attributed in party
circles to three main factors - the overt Mandalisation
of the party, the lack of an emotive issue to subsume the
casteist nature of these elections and the poor selection
of candidates.
Back to the future - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 11 October 1996
>>>Since the electorate, like the consumer, is always right,
the political parties will have to see the UP results not
in terms of individual gains and losses but in much
broader terms than they are accustomed to. What is more,
they will have to consider this particular verdict in the
...
Sages call to combat hunger at Tirumala conclave - Express News Service
- The Indian Express
- 11 October 1996
>>>Sardar Manjit Singh, chief of the Akal Takht, Amritsar,
has called upon Dharmacharyas and Peethathipathis to come
out of their shells (peetam), and go to the masses to
revive the age-old venerable custom of annadanam (giving
food to the hungry).
Husain should have known better - a letter - S Merchant
- Afternnon
- 11 Oct 1996.
>>>This refers to the nude paintings of Hindu deities by Mr M F Husain which
have hurt the feelings of many Hindus. Many intellectuals, artists and
other leading citizens and self-professed secularists have taken up the
cudgels for Mr Husain on the pretext that any action against the artist
would tantamount to curbing creativity.
Death by honour - Farrukh Dhondy
- Mid-day
- 10 October 1996
>>>Once upon a time, or to be more precise, in the late 50s
in Trinidad, a Mr Kilgour was tried for the murder of a
lady, Joyce, whom he was alleged to have stabbed to
death. The trial, like that of O J Simpson in recent
times, became a cause celebre.
Holy terrorists; and a comment - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 12 October 1996
>>>Beauty shall save the world. Every art seeks to renew
the hope of Dostoevsky. But it has never been an easy
passage for imagination, which defies the wisdom of
reality managers. The banished poet, the burned pages -
history is littered with the dark residues of art's
...
ISI is more powerful than Pak govt - Dinesh Kumar
- The Times of India
- 12 October 1996
>>>"Agencies like the ISI (Inter Services intelligence) are
more powerful than the government in Pakistan. The
Pakistani ISI masterminded the March 1993 Mumbai serial
bomb blasts..."
These were among the candid observations of some Pakista-
...
Prodigal's return - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 12 October 1996
>>>Dr Farooq Abdullah's landslide victory in the recent
Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections is reminiscent of
his illustrious father Sheikh Abdullah's equally impressive showing in 1977. Both elections were largely free
and fair and based on the agenda of the state's autonomy
...
Quran society seeks action against Husain - Posted By ashok - The Free Press Journal
- 7 October 1996
>>>The Quran-Hindi Society India on Sunday asked the union
government to take stringent action against noted artist,
M F Hussain, if he is found to have denigrate Hindu
deities in his paintings, reports PTI.
"India is a secular nation and here no body has the right
...
UP outcome a lesson to all parties - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 12 October 1996
>>>The political parties may claim what they what to prove
and what suits them, but the outcome of the 1996 Uttar
Pradesh assembly elections has given the message that if
the non-Bharatiya Janata Party forces want to keep the
BJP away from the government, they have to remain united
...
Leave Husain alone - Editorial
- The Free Press Journal
- 7 October 1996
>>>Maqbool Fida Hussain was once described by a journalist
as the nearest thing to God on earth. For this wild
imagery in cold print - and a couple of cover stories in
the weekly that he was then editing - this hawala-tainted
journalist was richer by at least a couple of Hussain
...
Mr M F Husain's indifference to the feelings - Reply by Ashtekar
5 dead an mob sets ablaze churches in Indonesian city - Posted By ashok - The Times of India
- 13 October 1996
>>>Around 3,000 rioters in the eastern Indonesian city of
Situbondo torched more than two dozen Catholic institutions, killing at least five people, in violence touched
off by rumours that the church was harbouring a controversial Muslim leader, authorities said on Saturday.
ay.
The task in Kashmir - G M Telang
- The Financial Express
- 14 October 1996
>>>For once, the US Assistant Secretary of State, Robin
Raphel, has openly deplored Pakistan's intransigence on
Kashmir. Her sharp reaction to Benazir Bhutto's denunciation of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as
a sham is a far cry from her vigorous espousal of the
...
Vital decision for Kashmir - Kuldip Nayar
- The Indian Express
- 14 October 1996
>>>Ideally, elections in Jammu and Kashmir should have been
held after a political settlement. But the Government's
predicament was how to find representatives who had the
backing to negotiate. It could have held talks with the
Hurriyat leaders. They represent a movement which,
...
Artistic freedom vs social responsibility PART - II - Arpita Singh
- The Times of India
- 13 October 1996
>>>We are back, it seems, to those dark times when, the
Muslim invaders damaged the temples. Religious . sentiments blinded them and they were unable to appreciate the
sheer beauty, the unequalled excellence of the sculptures
that adorned the structures. All they could see was the
...
Islamists for Khilafat - PTI
- The Asian Age
- 7 October 1996
>>>A symposium organised by the Students Islamic Movement of
India on Sunday called for establishment of Khilafat, a
world government on the basis of moral principles laid
down in the Quran and Sunnah.
The symposium held at the Haj House here, was organised
...
Political scenario bleak : RSS chief - HT Correspondent (New Delhi)
- The Hindustan Times
- 6 October 1996
>>>Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Prof. Rajendra
Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) today said that the Indian polity
had become steeped in corruption and there was urgent
need for greater activism by good persons to cleanse it.
The septuagenarian RSS leader was speaking on the current
...
Artistic freedom vs social responsibility PART - I - Iqbal Masud
- The Times of India
- 13 October 1996
>>>Limits to artistic expression. are essential because the
wellbeing of the community. is more important than the
individuality of the artist. And if the community is
given priority over the voice of an individual, the
imposition of certain boundaries are necessary. These
...
The case against Husain - Arjun Bhagat
- The Pioneer
- 15 October 1996
>>>M F Husain has been painting (literally) the country red
by depicting Goddess Saraswati without any garbs. So let
us talk about artistic expression and its "limitless"
horizons also referred too as poetic or artistic licence.
The debate on Husain's depiction of the goddess Saraswati
...
Sins of mission: Mother Teresa attacked again - Posted By ashok - The Asian Age
- 15 October 1996
>>>Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity are under
attack in the West once more, this time over gross neglect of children in homes run by her order.
A former volunteer in her order has charged that "while
the nuns pray, the young, the sick and the dying lie
...
Go soft on BJP: It is going the secular way - Sankar Ghosh
- The Asian Age
- 15 October 1996
>>>The Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results are out and
the Bharatiya Janata Party has, despite all manoeuvring,
emerged the crucial, single largest party in the biggest
Assembly of the most populous state in the country.
Although the BJP leadership is clearly disappointed at
...
Is Islamic goodwill for Hindus possible? - David Frawley
- The Organiser
- 14 October 1996
>>>Hindus today are often asked to express goodwill for
Islam and help minority Muslims in India, who often fell
oppressed under the Hindu majority rule. However Hindus
are also minorities in various Islamic countries. Therefore the complementary question must arise, is there any
...
The seeds of calamity - Nadav Shragai
- The Pioneer
- 8 October 1996
>>>For many long years, the work Israel carried out in the
Western Wall Tunnel and the Hasmonean Tunnel was one of
the openest secrets in the world; almost every foreign
visitor from the rank of ambassador and up was taken to
the spot.
Indologists discount Aryan influx theory - Nitish S Rele
- The Economic Times
- 16 October 1996
>>>A CONFERENCE of over 300 Indologists here has rejected
the Aryan invasion theory.
The conference on `Revisiting Indus-Saraswati Age and
Ancient India,' attended by scholars all over the world,
was aimed at correcting the 'distorted Hindu history,'
...
Art vs Freedom - Prabhakar Begde
- The Times of India
- 17 October 1996
>>>The vandalism of paintings by Husain at the Husain-Doshi
gufa in Ahmedabad, which is itself a classic example of
imaginatively blended art and architecture, is saddening.
I am a great admirer of Husain's work and his various
endeavours in the field of art and even had an opportuni-
...
Does faith need the crutch of wisdom? - Anees Jung
- The Pioneer
- 14 October 1996
>>>These are days of Shradh, my servant said. He will take
a few hours off on Saturday, and go to the Jamuna river.
He will take a bath in its sacred waters, visit the
temple on its shores, feed the children who gather for
the occasion, distribute coins and return home. Only
...
Donation to Clinton puts Gandhi foundation chief under a cloud - Manuwant K. Choudhary
- The Afternoon
- 17 October 1996
>>>Mr. Yogesh Gandhi, the great-grand-nephew of Mahatma
Gandhi and founder president of the Gandhi Foundation, is
under a cloud for having donated US$ 325,000 towards the
presidential election campaign of Bill Clinton. This is
the highest donation given by an individual to a politi-
...
Subversion through foreign funds - TV Rajeswar's
- The Observer
- 17 October 1996
>>>While reviewing the CBI Investigations in the St Kitts
case, the Supreme Court bench of Justice J S Verma and
Justice P N Kirpal directed that a thorough probe be
carried out into the antecedents of donors and the donations amounting to crores of rupees to Chandraswamy's
...
Art of Freedom - The What And The How - Soumitro Das
- The Statesman
- 16 October 1996
>>>A society that codifies norms of artistic representation
to make them conform to any other is not a free society.
A free society is one in which artistic freedom is potentially absolute - it is up to the artist to use as much
of it as he wishes. The demands of an artist's discipline
...
Implementation of verdicts - K N Goyal
- The Statesman
- 14 October 1996
>>>Many politicians have been saying that they will abide by
the Court verdict on Ayodhya. This is easier said than
done. In this context one recalls a dispute between
Sunnis and Shias over certain plots in Mohalla Doshipura,
Varanasi. Litigations started in 1931. Shias won the
...
Ebb tide for saffron lobby - Amulya Ganguli
- The Indian Express
- 17 October 1996
>>>The first sign that the BJP was no longer as happily
placed as before was discernible in the Lok Sabha poll in
which the party's share of the vote did not move up from
what it was five years ago - 20 per cent. But, delighted
by its emergence as the largest group in Parliament and
...
The seven about-to-vanish sisters - Ashok Mitra
- The Pioneer
- 17 October 1996
>>>Elections, some sort of, have taken place in Jammu &
Kashmir. Few even amongst the devoutly patriotic minded
will have the taste or inclination to offer an affirmative response to the query whether these elections have
been either "free" or "fair". Nothing is fair in love
...
Different communities viewed freedom variously says EMS - Bisheshwar Mishra
- The Times of India
- 17 October 1996
>>>Communist leader E.M.S. Namboodiripad on the topic of
'Marxism, religion and caste' at the Jawaharlal Nehru
University to a packed and attentive audience on Tuesday,
traced through India's struggle for independence, the
different perspectives that had evolved for viewing the
...
Article 356: UF doublespeak - II - Ashwani Talwar & B S Nagaraj
- The Indian Express
- 18 October 1996
>>>Twenty-four hours is a long time in politics. United
Front chief ministers spent Tuesday trashing Article 356
at the Inter-State Council meeting. At the United Front
Steering Committee meeting on Wednesday evening they were
pleading for the invocation of the discredited Article in
...
For them secularism is only a slogan to acquire power - Subhash Kirpekar
- The Times of India
- 18 October 1996
>>>That secularism is not a force that binds "secular
forces" is perhaps evident from the shenanigans of the
United Front constituents - the Congress, the Bahujan
Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party - as they try to form
a government In Utter Pradesh, currently in a flux.
A Sleight of Hand - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 19 October 1996
>>>Uttar Pradesh has thrown up a conundrum calculated to fox
the keenest student of the Indian Constitution. There
are no known answers to how the mess should be cleaned
up. Perhaps that is why the United Front government
decided to invent one. But unfortunately for it, its
...
Bhandari sheds pretence of neutrality, hopes for a non-BJP govt in UP - Posted By ashok - The Economic Times
- 19 October 1996
>>>Uttar Pradesh governor Romesh Bhandari added yet another
controversy today to his long list by admitting that he
was still hopeful that anti-BJP parties would eventually
be able to arrive at an understanding to provide a stable
government and that was why he had kept the assembly
...
Politics of caste is fast eroding Left base, admits CPM - Bhaskar Roy
- The Times of India
- 19 October 1996
>>>In a remarkably frank assessment of its strength, the CPM
has admitted that the advent of caste politics has deeply
eroded its base and even threatened the relevance of its
ideology of class struggle.
In a review of the party's performance in the recent
...
Alienation of Some Intellectuals
Hindujas, Paul provide links between India, UK Labour; and create problem - Sanjay Suri
- The Economic Times
- 22 October 1996
>>>The rivalry between the Hinduja brothers and Swraj Paul
is beginning to affect India's relations with the opposition Labour Party of Britain.
The attempts at diplomacy through businessmen have surfaced again following the Labour Party's decision to send
nd
...
So near yet so far: RSS fed up with old BJP story - Pradyot Lal
- The Asian Age
- 21 October 1996
>>>Disquiet and a sense of deja vu - these are the two
dominant emotions within the Sangh Parivar even as the
"war" on UP governor Romesh Bhandari is well and truly
declared.
But much more than the sheer anger and frustration at
...
Politicians play games, people pay the price - Seema Mustafa
- The Asian Age
- 19 October 1996
>>>Uttar Pradesh, after an extended round of elections at
considerable cost to the exchequer (but of course no one
talks of that) is back under President's Rule. Nearly
10 days of sulks, threats, allegations, all coming under
the bracket of "hectic negotiations" has led to naught.
...
Bhagwan Imperium and the RSS; and a response - Bhupendra Yadav
- The Pioneer
- 7 October 1996
>>>Not just breakfast cereals. even nationalism conies
packed in different shapes and flavors. There is ethnic
nationalism which magnifies ancient tribal hatreds.
Bosnia is the worst example of it. Counterpoised to this
is civic nationalism of which Gandhiji's Congress was an
...
Khilafat: A call to reject the state - Varsha Bhosle
- The Sunday Observer
- 22-26 October 1996
>>>On October 7, tucked away from the front pages, a small
PTI news item reported a symposium held at the Haj House
in Mumbai and organised by the Students Islamic Movement
of India to call for establishment of Khilafat, the
Quranic concept of a world government based on moral
...
The unemployables- the saffron victory at JNU will exact a comic price - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 21 October 1996
>>>The Jawaharlal Nehru University's spectrum shift to
saffron in the students union elections should come as no
surprise. The red bastion has been crumbling for some
years thanks to the efforts - or lack thereof - of three
successive communist student bodies, boneless wonders
...
Left ponders over JNU debacle, ABVP rejoices - Shakir Husain
- The Asian Age
- 21 October 1996
>>>A shocked Left on Saturday blamed the division among
their own ranks for the defeat in the Jawaharlal Nehru
University Students Union elections as the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, student wing of the Bharatiya
Janata Party, rejoiced its first major victory at JNU.
.
Govt sleeping over ISI activities in N-E mosque - Shankar Ray
- The Observer
- 26 October 1996
>>>Garikhana Masjid, on the Guwahati-Shillong road, is a
regular meeting place of several Muslim fundamentalist
groups, which sometimes send its representatives from
different parts of south Asian countries, to hold strategic meetings, according to an officer of a central intelel-
...
New dawn at JNU? - TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan
- Business Standard
- 21 October 1996
>>>Few things in recent times have given me more perverse
satisfaction than the outcome of the latest students'
union election at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
in Delhi. Having been a stronghold of the Left for almost
a quarter of a century, the union has now been captured,
...
Pak's wicked designs - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Observer
- 26 October 1996
>>>There might have been quite a number of powerful detonators used only by the defence establishments in pulling
down the Babri Masjid of Ayodhya on December 6,1992,
according to data and information collected for the
Pakistani Intelligence outfit, Inter-Service Intelel-
...
Lax Ledt let ABVP grow in JNU - Prabal Pratap Singh
- The Pioneer
- 21 October 1996
>>>The overwhelming success of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi
Parishad (ABVP) in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) elections held last week can be attributed to the complacency of the Left, disillusionment
of students with it and the splitting of the Leftist
st
...
It's a crown of thorns, Vaghela tells partymen - Dinkar Pandya
- The Observer
- 25 October 1996
>>>"It is a crown of thorns," Mr Shankarsinh Vaghela, now
the chief minister of the state, is reported to have
remarked to some of his close colleagues, who were jubilant at the prospect of the power coming to the party.
This, in short, sums up the real feelings of Mr Vaghela -
...
Near-sweep by ABVP in JNU polls - HT Correspondent
- The Hindustan Times
- 19 October 1996
>>>The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU),
,which is considered to be the best preserved seat of the
leftists has turned saffron with the Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) recording an impressive win in
the students' union elections, results of which were
...
Near-sweep by ABVP in JNU polls - HT Correspondent
- The Hindustan Times
- 19 October 1996
>>>The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU),
,which is considered to be the best preserved seat of the
leftists has turned saffron with the Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) recording an impressive win in
the students' union elections, results of which were
...
Red compromises on ideology to keep saffron forces at bay - Posted By Ashok V Chowgule - The Observer
- 26 October 1996
>>>IT is becoming apparent that the Left, especially the CPI
(M), Is increasingly feeling exasperated with the policies and actions of the United Front government. Over
the economic issues, particularly, foreign direct investment, public sector disinvestment, foreign participation
on
...
Warm gesture of Berliners moves yoga guru Iyengar
After doing Brutus, Vaghela turns Hamlet
Controversy shrouds yagna
The miracle that no longer is
No go for NGOs
Peaceful band against ABVP student's murder
Surjeet gives up hopes on secular UP govt
Take the debate out of the Sena's paradigm; and two responses
Defining minorities in India
And now, it is Husain's turn to be painted nude
Way out in UP - Coalition through time-sharing
BJP is not cadre-based party : Advani
With UF as the enemy, the BJP does not need friends
The North East in ferment - TV Rajeswar
- The Observer
- 31 October 1996
>>>Prime Minister Deve Gowda has just concluded an extensive
visit to the north eastern states to acquaint himself of
the problems of the region. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura constitute the 'arc of crisis' in India's sensitive north
...
The 'communal' quirk of Indians - Swagato Ganguly
- The Economic Times
- 31 October 1996
>>>Now that the Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary has
come out with an Indian English supplement, I hope it has
an entry for the word 'communal.' The 'C' word got me
into trouble in the US; my audience was not used to
hearing Indian English.
Rolling back the reds - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 31 October 1996
>>>This year's results of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) elections provide an excellent picture of the continuing battle between courage of conviction and anomaly of confusion, between the forces of
status quo and those of change, and between followers of
of
...
Taliban provoke a debate - Amulya Ganguli
- The Indian Express
- 31 October 1996
>>>The manner in which the Taliban's medievalism has inspired a debate on the rights of Muslim women would
suggest that sometimes good does come out of evil.
Before Taliban's extraordinary decrees drew the world's
attention, Iran was regarded as among the most repressive
...
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