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- Playing both ends against the middle
- Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 31 July 1997
>>>The fact that the CPM is an establishment party cannot be denied. It was
one of the two prime movers of the idea of United Front which rules today.
There were two components in the political engineering of the CPM. One was
to keep the principal party, the BJP, out of power, and the other was to
keep the second largest party Congress out. The CPM made it clear at the
...
Gujral: From graceful swan to ugly duckling - E Jayakrishnan
- The Observer
- 30 July 1997
>>>The image of Prime Minister I K Gujral in the eyes of the Left has
travelled a fun circle, from being perceived as a "progressive individual"
and an "intellectual," moments after he took oath on April, to a "man
without a backbone" and "fulfilling the Congress agenda" at present.
Immediately after the United Front decided to replace Mr. H D Deve Gowda
...
A 'civilising' influence - Virtues of instability in India - M D Nalapat
- The Times of India
- 30 July 1997
>>>When South Asia experts from the "civilised" worn visit India, there is
much tut-tutting about the xenophobic proclivities of the growing tribe of
Indian "hawks" (i.e. those who analyse issues from an Indian perspective).
Unless a "native" goes on and on about what a rotten country this is, and
agrees that the "civilised" perspective is the only correct one, she or he
...
The greening of Gujarat - miracle of Sardar Sarovar - B. G. Verghese
- The Indian Express
- 30 July 1997
>>>North Gujarat was green this July. It had rained torrentially. Mehsana
experiencing a precipitation unmatched in 75 years. Come October and the
landscape will rum brown again, as it usually does for most of the year.
The floods this year were an exception; the more normal predicament is
drought and distress, with water shortage and migration.
Liberal package for migrants mooted - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- 30 July 1997
>>>Largesse is aimed at wooing Hindu Kashmiris back to Valley
The three-member subcommittee constituted under the aegis of the Revenue
ministry to address the return of Kashmiri migrants has recommended the
Jammu and Kashmir government a Rs 2799.11 crore rehabilitation package
including the institution of a Protector General of Migrant Property (PGMP)
...
Language barrier - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Outlook
- 6 April 1997
>>>Be Malayalee, love Malayalam. That seems to be Kerala chief minister E.K.
Nayanar's motto. Participants at the recently concluded chief minister's
conference in New Delhi were surprised at the disdain the minister showed
towards Hindi. The veteran Marxist leader refused to accept the Hindi
transcript of the speech delivered by Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar
...
RSS has a kind of moral authority over the BJP" - Interview - Ishan Joshi
- Outlook
- 6 April 1997
>>>BJP president L.K. Advani has no intention of retiring from politics, and
seems positively rejuvenated at the completion of his gruelling
two-month-long swarna jayanti rath yatra. In turn incisive, analytical and
aggressive, Advani is not a politician on whom it is easy to bestow soft
contours. The BJP may be in the throes of debate over matters of
...
Uphill task for auditors in Left's vanishing act - Raman Kirpal
- The Indian Express
- 29 July 1997
>>>The records cannot be certified or corroborated.
Purpose for which payments were made is not recorded.
Whether the amount was used for the scheme it was meant for cannot be
ascertained.
Details of expenditure are not available.
Gujral, Vajpayee exchange rapid fir over Kashmir - Times of India News Service
- The Times of India
- 29 July 1997
>>>Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral categorically stated in the Lok Sabha on
Monday that there was no question of compromising either on the "secular
unity" and "integrity" of the nation or on the stand that all of Jammu and
Kashmir, as it existed before 1947, was a part of India. He added that the
security and defence of the country was his government's first priority.
Bandhs illegal, rules Kerala High Court - Special Correspondent
- The Economic Times
- 29 July 1997
>>>In a landmark judgment, the Kerala High Court has today declared the
calling for a bandh by any association, organisation or political party as
'illegal and unconstitutional'.
The full bench of the court comprising Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice P
K Balasubramanyan and Justice J B Koshy directed the state and the state
...
India's PM needs help! - Rajat Sharma
- The Indian Express
- 27 July 1997
>>>It is sad to see I. K. Gujral calling himself lachaar. How can the Prime
Minister of India be such a helpless creature?
It would have been all right for Chandra Shekhar to say this. He had just
40-odd MPs with him when he became prime minister. He had Rajiv Gandhi's
sword hanging over him all the time. But he never even for a moment
...
The man to succeed the Pope? - Richard Owen
- The Statesman
- 26 April 1997
>>>As Pope John Paul II visibly declines, the eminence grise of the Vatican,
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Bavaria, the Pope's "Grand Inquisitor" and
chief doctrinal watchdog for the part 16 years, is building an ever higher
profile.
The deceptively soft-spoken and white-haired cardinal was Archbishop of
...
RSS & Independence; and four letters - Tanika Sarkar
- The Hindustan Times
- 18 July 1997
>>>Advani's rath yatras promise us a recurrent fare of spectacles. The BJP
has certainly innovated a unique political method: projecting its agenda
not through arguments and reason, but through the spectacular, the
theatrical, the entertaining.
The last yatra, let us recall, built up a violent movement that did
...
"Punjab is fighting the nation's war" - Jagtar Singh
- The Indian Express
- 26 July 1997
>>>Non-performance, corruption nepotism - the list of allegations against the
Punjab Government is long. The sudden spurt in bomb blasts has added to
the problems of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, raising apprehensions
of revival of militancy which coincides with the Akali Dal-BJP Government
coming to power in Punjab. Badal who has been a votary of more powers, and
...
12th century idol brings devotion to Bengal village - Dhiman Chattopadhyay
- The Asian Age
- 19 July 1997
>>>The discovery of a mysterious five-foot tall deity weighing 15 quintals and
found barely a feet underground by a villager on July 7 has brought Salda,
a small village in Bankura district 18 km from Bishnupur, to national
limelight.
The idol has a large head, a broken nose resembling the trunk of Ganesh and
...
Indian odyssey - Editorial
- The Pioneer
- 18 July 1997
>>>Bharatiya Janata Party president LK Advani's return to the national Capital
at the end of a gruelling 59-day countrywide rathyatra should be a matter
of immense satisfaction for him. Apart from the fact that the yatra has
helped him rediscover his own form, it has certainly enabled his party to
achieve its intended objective of spreading its message effectively in
...
Mr. Yadav's exit - Editorial
- The Hindu
- 26 July 1997
>>>At long last, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav has resigned as Chief Minister of
Bihar, a post to which he clung throwing all established canons of morality
in public life to the winds and causing immense damage to the democratic
polity in the process. Indeed, Mr. Yadav's position as Chief Minister was
rendered untenable even when the CBI made it known that it possessed
...
The dutiful wife - Editorial
- The Indian Express (Chennai)
- 26 July 1997
>>>Yet again, Laloo thumbs his nose at public opinion
So when it came to choosing a successor, the so-called messiah of the poor
could not find anyone from among the teeming millions of the State but his
better half. It is a measure of Laloo Prasad Yadav's confidence in the
legislators who have been propping him up all these years that he could not
...
Freeing the nation from Laloos - H.K. Dua
- The Times of India (Bangalore)
- 26 July 1997
>>>Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, the man who has come to symbolise corruption and
degeneration of the political system, has at last resigned, but not without
exacting a price. Facing arrest and a stint in the lock-up - judicial or
otherwise - he has ensured that he is succeeded by his wife. While the law
has almost caught up with him, Mr Yadav has seen to it that power remains
...
Call to cleanse blood-stained history with Queen's visit - Nirupama Dutt
- The Indian Express
- 28 July 1997
>>>While Punjab is getting ready for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II of
England and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on October 14, 1997, at
Amritsar, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the country's
Independence, there has come a demand for an apology by the British
Government for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.
'You will be killed, go back to Hindustan' - Pushpa Iyengar
- The Sunday Times of India
- 27 July 1997
>>>He is Germany's first non-white mayor. And, he's an Indian. More to the
point, a Hyderabadi. But his way of ending every sentence with a "Ja"
leaves little doubt as to where he has spent most of his life.
When he was elected the mayor of Altlandsberg, a town near Berlin, in 1993,
Dr Ravindra Gujjula was the only foreigner in this historic place of 6,000
...
Accusations galore - Kuldip Nayar
- The Afternoon Despatch and Courier
- 24 July 1997
>>>The Indo-Pak propaganda war has neither abated in fury nor in invective
Except for a meeting of foreign secretaries from India and Pakistan in
September, there is nothing which would evoke optimism over relations
between the two countries. Both have tested missiles and deployed them near
the border Accusations and counter-accusations are galore. The propaganda
...
Underground, militancy lives on - Maloy Krishna Dhar
- The Indian Express
- 25 July 1997
>>>The bombing in Bathinda and crude effort to incite communal violence at
Baghapurana, near the ancestral village of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, are
symptomatic of the ISI's renewed interest in Punjab. Apprehensions have
been expressed about the exploitation of dormant Sikh militants in Punjab
and the existence of arms caches in remote rural areas. The combined forces
...
Kesri sets deadline for Cong comeback - Vijay Simha
- The Indian Express
- 25 July 1997
>>>Congress President Sitaram Kesri today set a definite time-frame for his
party to be back in power saying it would "face the ultimate challenge
within one to one-and-a-half-years when the Congress would come back just
as Indiraji had come back ill 1980".
Kesri has thus set the dock for the I K Gujral government after assuring
...
As polls are 'round the corner', BJP formulate new tactics - Anil Saxena
- The Times of India
- 25 July 1997
>>>Firmly believing that the next Lok Sabha elections, "which are round the
corner", would see the Bharatiya Janata Party in power at the Centre, its
national executive is to meet here on Saturday to chalk out strategies.
The party's top brass would debate how to consolidate the gains of BJP
president L.K. Advani's two-month Swarna Jayanti Rath Yatra. Party
...
BJP national executive to meet tomorrow - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 25 July 1997
>>>Working on the premise that the ruling United Front coalition Government
headed by Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is bound to fall apart sooner
than later, the BJP will be formulating its strategy to cross the hump in a
possible mid term poll at its two-day National Executive meeting beginning
in the capital on Saturday.
UF Govt in bind on Opp demand for Central rule - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 25 July 1997
>>>The United Front Government at the Centre was caught in a bind on Thursday,
with the noose tightening round the neck of Bihar Chief Minister Laloo
Prasad Yadav following the Patna High Court's rejection of his anticipatory
bail petition and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Opposition stridently
demanding imposition of President rule in the State.
Line of Control is a no-holds-barred free fire zone - Dinesh Kumar
- The Times of India
- 25 July 1997
>>>Dine Kumar finds that India has no response to Pakistan's continued pushing
to terrorists into the Kashmir Valley
Chaukas Post (Line of Control): even as India and Pakistan are working on
holding yet another round of foreign secretary level talks, the third so
far this year, there has been no let-up in Islamabad's support to terrorism
...
House of shame - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 25 July 1997
>>>Even by the abysmally low standards Parliament has set for itself,
Wednesday's events must rank as extraordinary. For it is not every day that
a presiding officer threatens to resign or refuses to adjourn the House.
That the normally sanguine Mr P A Sangma felt constrained to express
himself so strongly goes to show there is only so much even a patient man
...
I've no magic wand to stop graft: PM - HT Corespondent
- The Hindustan Times (New Delhi)
- 21 July 1997
>>>"I do not have a magic wand to end corruption," Prime Minister Inder Kumar
Gujral said in interview to Home TV.
"Corruption, I say with great regret and pain, has seeped into the veins of
our nation," he said, adding that it would disappear "only when the people
learn to resist the demand thing."
...
12 Weddings and a Fatwa - Soma Wadhwa (Meerut)
- Outlook
- 23 July 1997
>>>The Meerut clergy kicks up a furore as destitute Muslim women take Hindu
grooms
Marriages should unite. But these weddings have divided violently. And a
tense Meerut looks on fearfully as the fight between the Muslim clergy and
the district administration here over the marriage of 12 Muslim
...
End-game - Editorial
- Frontline
- 25 July 1997
>>>It would be too flattering to assign to Laloo Prasad Vadav's desperate and
sordid power play a central causative role in the downfall of the United
Front Government which cannot (at best) be more than a few months away. The
Gujral regime seemed self-propelled in that direction, incapable as it was
from the start of taking any kind of principled stand against anyone
...
Caste as a tear-jerker - Swapan Dasgupta
- India Today
- 28 July 1997
>>>There can be no second opinion that the "Desecration" of Babasaheb
Ambedkar's bust in Mumbai, earlier this month, was one of those tasteless
acts that vitiate the atmosphere. Regardless of who was actually
responsible for the vandalism, the fallout was entirely to their
satisfaction. There was police firing, people were killed, life in
...
Imaginary homelands - Swapan Dasgupta
- India Today
- 28 July 1997
>>>Shashi Tharoor's new book straddles a grey area between a nice read and a
minor work
It may sound excessively cruel. but there are strong indications that the
50th anniversary of Indian Independence is essentially a publishing event.
The number of anthologies, commissioned and uncommissioned, histories and
...
Mayawati enjoys honeymoon with BJP: to hand over rule - Prajnan Bhattacharya
- The Observer
- 24 July 1997
>>>"I am enjoying working with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and even their
MLAs are more comfortable with me," Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati
said when asked about her relations with the coalition partner.
In an exclusive interview to The Observer of Business and Politics, the
Chief Minister, reiterating her commitment to hand over the chair to BJP
...
Casteist policies of parties dividing society: Scindia - HT Correspondent
- The Hindustan Times (New Delhi)
- 21 July 1997
>>>Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia has said
that the nation was facing the worst political and social chaos witnessed
during recent times. The onus to extricate the country out of this mess
lies on the younger generation, he said.
Addressing the national council and State presidents meetings of the Youth
...
HEARD IN THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Sunday
- 20-26 July 1997
>>>HEARD IN THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS
We thought he'd be a sheep in wolf's clothing. But I. K. Gujral turns out
to be a goat in goat's clothing.
A general, on the Gujral doctrine favouring friendship with the neighbours
especially Pakistan
...
How to end corruption - Editorial
- The Economic Times
- 24 July 1997
>>>It is not enough for the Prime Minister, Mr Inder Gujral, to bemoan the
fact that corruption has become pervasive. He must do something about it.
Some time ago the home minister, Mr Indrajit Gupta, also moaned helplessly
about corruption. These two gentlemen are honest rarities in a profession
dominated by rogues. Yet the whole system in India is so flawed that two
...
Border edited for UK screens - Mahesh Hebbar
- The Asian Age
- 23 July 1997
>>>International distributors of the Bollywood film Border have decided to
delete two scenes from the controversial film being screened here after
intense pressure from Britain's Muslim community.
The move came after a five-member delegation from the self-styled Muslim
Parliament gave its own verdict last week, calling for censorship and
...
RSS to add ideological tinge to Independence - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Hindu
- 9 July 1997
>>>The so-called "non-political" RSS, parent organisation of the Bharatiya
Janata Party, seems to have a clearly defined political agenda of using
religion to create a political divide between the majority community and
the minorities that is not news. but what is, is the exploitation of the
golden jubilee of India's Independence to push further its divisive politics.
Primary priorities - Learning lessons from Himachal - Jean Dreze
- The Times of India
- 23 July 1997
>>>The universalisation of elementary education in India, mentioned in the
Directive Principles of the Constitution as an overwhelming national
priority, has turned out to be an elusive goal. According to recent NCAER
data, only 1 0 per cent of the adult population in rural India has studied
until class 8. And the number of illiterate persons in India today is about
...
Graf to quit church to save on millions - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Asian Age
- 23 July 1997
>>>Mannheim, Germany: Former world number one tennis player Steffi Graf will
save millions of marks in church tax after leaving the Roman Catholic
Church, Sueddeutscher Rundfunk radio reported on Tuesday. It said Graf's
home town Bruehl, and the archdiocese of Freiburg, would now lose hundreds
of thousands of marks a year. Under agreements between the government and
...
Underworld don tries luck in politics - Olga Tellis
- The Observer
- 22 July 1997
>>>The nexus between politicians and criminals in Maharashtra, which peaked
during the regime of former Chief Minister Sharad Pawar is now passe.
Underworld don Arun Gawli, who has a string of murders to his credit, made
his thundering political debut under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya
Sena. Around one lakh people took part in the morcha and shouted slogans
...
A world beyond domestic problems - Inder Malhotra
- The Observer
- 23 July 1997
>>>It is understandable that the country's attention remains focused on the
political circus being enacted by. the likes of Laloo Yadav, his inveterate
critics who want him out, the CBI which blows hot and cold in the same
breath, and the leaders of the 'core' groups of the ruling United Front who
still don't know what, if anything, they decided during their marathon
...
Cong to revert to socialism - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 23 July 1997
>>>In pursuance of the Congress efforts to revert to the 'socialist' line, the
economic resolution of the party - to be adopted at the plenary session in
Calcutta - is being drafted in a manner that the required changes are
suitably incorporated.
The economic resolution is incidentally being drafted by the very person
...
Scams taint LF panchayats in S 24-Parganas - Debasish Chattopadhyay
- The Telegraph
- 28 March 1997
>>>A string of panchayat-related scandals involving disappearance of public
funds in the region of Rs 3.5 crore are rocking district South 24 Parganas
1 forcing the government to put a number of CPM-run-panchayat bodies under
the microscope.
The funds were meant for investment in development projects drawn up for
...
BJP wants to see CM behind bars - Express News Service
- The Indian Express
- 23 July 1997
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded immediate dismissal of the
Shankersinh Vaghela Government and the Chief Minister arrest for "fomenting
caste-wars".
A party delegation of six MPs and two former ministers on Tuesday met
President Shanker Dayal Sharma in New Delhi and submitted a details
...
Rajyaguru wrote the letter - Express News Service
- The Indian Express
- 23 July 1997
>>>The letter written by a cabinet minister to Chief Minister Shankersinh
Vaghela, alleging corruption in the recent transfers of deputy collectors
has kicked up a controversy and generated considerable heat on Tuesday.
The disclosure of the identity of the letter's author on Tuesday gave new
dimension to the whole controversy. The minister, who dashed off the letter
...
Dismiss Bihar, Gujarat CMs, BJP urges President - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 23 July 1997
>>>In the last moments of Shanker Dayal Sharma's tenure, the BJP on Tuesday
urged the President to dismiss Bihar and Gujarat chief ministers Laloo
Prasad Yadav and Shankersinh Vaghela.
Two delegations of BJP members called on President Sharma at Rashtrapati
Bhavan and sought the dismissal of the two chief ministers and imposition
...
Temple will be built on the disputed site: Sankaracharya - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Times of India
- 7 July 1997
>>>Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham on Sunday said
a grand temple devoted to Lord Ram will be constructed at the controversial
Ram Janambhoomi site in Ayodhya by Hindu devotees in the near future,
With the demolition of the disputed structure there, "it is no more a Babri
masjid, but the birthplace of Lord Ram", the Sankaracharya told reporters
...
A fit case for dismissal - Maharashtra and Bihar - Kuldip Nayar
- The Indian Express
- 21 July 1997
>>>I have not been able to comprehend the argument of Shiv Sena Chief Bal
Thackeray and the BJP's Jaswant Singh that the Maharashtra Government
should not be asked to quit until Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav
was ousted. What is the connection? Both deserve to be dismissed, the
first on the grounds of communalism and the second on corruption.
If horses could laugh! - Editorial
- The Statesman
- 10 July 1997
>>>IF the Government have lost their balance and are living on their nerves,
they are giving a pretty convincing demonstration of it. They removed
Joginder Singh from the CBI on the eve of his retirement; the Prime
Minister complained about him but added in the same breath that he has
promoted him, which he has not. Laloo Prasad Yadav is immediately relieved:
...
A view to the killings - Ramabai colony riots - Tavleen Singh
- The Afternoon Despatch and Courier
- 21 July 1997
>>>The Buddhist monk was an eyewitness to the killing. From his little,
blue-washed house on the edge of Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar he saw the
policemen as they ran towards the Harijan colony around 7.30 a.m. on the
morning of July 11. "They had guns" says Bhante Kashyap "but I had no idea
what they were planning. They shouted to me to go into my house, then I
...
Archaeological body to discuss Ayodhya - Press Trust of India
- The Observer
- 21 July 1997
>>>The World Archaeological Congress which created a controversy, three years
ago here by discussing the Ayodhya issue has decided to reopen the topic at
its next meeting in May 1998 to be held on the Island of Brac in Croatia,
the congress authorities have announced.
The full WAC Inter-Congress at "the destruction and conservation of
...
'Helpless' Gujral seeks support in battle against graft - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express
- 21 July 1997
>>>The, Prime Minister, I K Gujral, today said "something drastic" had to be
done about those in ministerial positions who were corrupt and expressed
regret that corruption had "seeped into the veins of the nation."
In an interview to a private television channel, Gujral said, "I am not
tolerating corruption but I have not discovered that magic wand where I can
...
Cong.divided on the Demand for state govt.'s dismissal - Mobin Pandit
- The Afternoon Despatch and Courier
- 21 July 1997
>>>The Congress is divided on the issue of dismissal of the Shiv Sena-BJP
government in Maharashtra. The section opposed to Sharad Pawar In the state
Congress - feels that dismissing the saffron dispensation could prove
disastrous considering that the Sena has been persistently talking of a
planned conspiracy behind the desecration controversy Involving Dr.
Police becoming more politicised: Ribeiro - Radha Basu
- The Times of India
- 21 July 1997
>>>The recent death often Dalits in police firing at Ghatkopar has raised a
controversy regarding police handling of public protests. While the police
justify the opening of fire, civil liberties groups and several political
parties have criticised the police for allegedly being trigger-happy.
The Times of India contacted veteran policeman Julio F. Ribeiro, who bas a
...
Munde hits out at Arun Gawli - Express News Service
- The Indian Express
- 21 July 1997
>>>The deputy chief minister, Gopinath Munde today ridiculed underworld don
Arun Gawli for "trying to project himself as a national leader." The
statement, coming two days after the Gawliled Akhil Bharatiya Sena held a
mammoth morcha at Kala Ghoda and demanded Sena-BJP government's dismissal,
seems to be an attempt to placate Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray who is of
...
Sena-BJP govt yet to cross the hurdle - Pramod Pagedar
- The Economic Times
- 21 July 1997
>>>Ten days after the violence following the desecration of Babasaheb
Ambedkar's statue in north-eastern Mumbai suburb Of Ghatkopar, guessing
still goes on in the political circles here whether or not the beleaguered
Shiv Sena-BJP government is likely to be dismissed by the Centre.
The speculations about the coalition government's dismissal have been
...
Kathmandu replaces Dubai for Mumbai's underworld - J Dey
- The Indian Express
- 22 July 1997
>>>Leniency with trans-border travel documents has further helped criminals
Dubai, the haven for Mumbai's mafia in the 80s and early 90s, is fast being
replaced by Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. Members of the Dawood Ibrahim
gang, in particular, seem to have made the mountain city their haunt.
A tourist paradise, otherwise synonymous with peace and natural beauty,
...
ISI uses Nepali Muslims for anti-India campaign - Pranava K. Chaudhary
- The Times of India
- 22 July 1997
>>>Pakistan has been funding the growth and spread of Muslim fundamentalism in
the Terai region of Nepal for which it is actively using Islamic Yuva Sangh
of Nepal (NIYS), according to sources in the intelligence department.
Influential Nepali Muslims are being used by the ISI to provide assistance
to anti-India elements, say the sources.
Gujarat spillover - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 22 July 1997
>>>The Shankarsinh Vaghela government in Gujarat cannot evade responsibility
for the string of bandhs and the concomitant violence in the aftermath of
the desecration of B R Ambedkar's statue in Mumbai. Though the state-wide
bandh was called by the Dalit organisations, the ruling Rashtriya Janata
Party, in conjunction with the Congress, joined in to support it,
...
BJP MLA's financial aid to police kin - Satinder Bains
- The Indian Express
- 22 July 1997
>>>Militants' families accused of filing fake complaints against police.
In an unprecedented gesture, a BJP MLA has provided financial assistance of
Rs 10,000 each to families of 16 Punjab police personnel who are at present
in the Central Jail here.
The policemen are facing trial in various criminal cases associated with
...
Kesri's Congress - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 22 July 1997
>>>Who said Sitaram Kesri had no ideas, not to speak of an ideology? Look how
cleverly he advised Laloo Prasad Yadav to resign after asking his party
MLAs to abstain from a crucial vote of confidence! He has also disproved
the assumption that having concerned himself, over the years, with party
funds he would have little to say about the finer aspects of party life.
The better tamasha - Farce stands in for governance - T. V. R. Shenoy
- The Indian Express
- 19 July 1997
>>>"History," Atal Behari Vajpayee said (mischievously quoting the guardian
deity of communism), "repeats itself - first as tragedy, then as farce!" He
was reacting to the spectacle of I. K. Gujral taking over from H. D. Deve
Gowda.
Sound travels at 1,088 feet per second. But its speed evidently diminishes
...
Get up, stand up-Gujral needs tough & fight wimp factor - Vir Sanghvi
- The Afternoon on Sunday
- 20 July 1997
>>>No matter how well intentioned Prime Minister Inder Gujral may be, there is
now little doubt that he neither understands political timing nor
appreciates the need to seem tough and committed to what he believes.
The latest in a series of own-goals is the abrupt transfer of CBI director
'Tiger' Joginder Singh. Tiger should never have been appointed to the job.
ICHR sits on project for 25 years - Sakina Yusuf Khan
- The Times of India
- 20 July 1997
>>>In what is easily the worst academic scandal of recent times, the Indian
Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has failed to deliver in 25 years a
project it was assigned to complete in five years. That too, after
spending a whopping Rs 2 crore.
What is even more shocking is that renowned historians such as S. Gopal,
...
For the bereaved, Gawli's aid arrives before Sena's - Mini Pant Zachariah
- The Asian Age
- 19 July 1997
>>>Government aid is yet to reach them but Arun Gawli has reached out to the
families of the 10 dalits shot dead in police firing at Ramabai Ambedkar
Nagar last Friday.
The Dagdi Chawl don's mother took a token Rs 5,000 aid to the families of
each of the 10 dead within 48 hours of the tragedy, gratefully accepted in
...
Gujral accuses politicians of adopting 'double standards' - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Economic Times
- 19 July 1997
>>>The Prime Minister, Mr I K Gujral, today accused politicians of adopting
'double standards' on corruption and said the country could not progress if
people charged with corruption refused to quit high offices.
Inaugurating a seminar on 'Strengthening civil society: voluntary action
and government response', Mr Gujral said persons facing corruption charges
...
Canker in the soul - Editorial
- The Observer
- 19 July 1997
>>>Kudos to Mr Suraj Mandal for his profound comment: That corruption is
irrelevant. True, the term corruption is no longer relevant for the
conscience of those who practise politics in this country. In this
fiftieth year of the country's independence, corruption has become
synonymous with politics more than ever before. We are indeed grateful to
...
Terrorism is against the tenets of all religions - Inder Sawhney
- The Times of India
- 19 July 1997
>>>The eventual victim of Islamic fundamentalism will be Pakistan itself.
Former director-general of Punjab police Kanwar Pal Singh Gill is credited
with wiping out terrorism in Punjab. In fact it is his crusade against
terrorism which has made him a controversial figure, particularly with the
human rights activists. Recently, following the suicide by A S Sandhu, who
...
Infuriated by desecration, Nashik dalits storm mosque - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Asian Age
- 19 July 1997
>>>Apparently piqued over the desecration of a statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
in the Ganjma area of central Nashik, dalit activists painted a derogatory
portrait and pelted stones on two mosques while damaging scores of vehicle
belonging to a particular community here on Friday.
This unprecedented attack occurred at 6.30 am and surprised the early
...
How to win Americans and influence Washington - Chidanand Rajghatta
- The Indian Express
- 18 July 1997
>>>Several developments with grave security implications for India have
unfolded in the last fortnight. Pakistan claims to have successfully tested
a Hatf-3 missile with a range of 800 kms. American intelligence reports
have again indicated that Chinese medium range missiles can target
installations and cities across most of India. The Islamabad-Beijing
...
Now resign and go - Editorial
- The Free Press Journal
- 18 July 1997
>>>The passage of the confidence motion moved by the beleaguered Bihar Chief
Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav in the State Assembly early in the week changes
nothing. For, his resignation was sought not because he had lost support
in the Assembly but due to his arraignment in the Rs 950-crore fodder scam.
The bizarre proceedings in the State Assembly were further proof of the
...
Orissa's knights in shining armour - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 17 July 19970
>>>Out of 30 districts of Orissa, 10 are affected by drought. Among these 10,
undivided Kalahandi and Bolangir are the worst hit. Conditions in 29 blocks
of the 37 falling under these districts is miserable. For the last five
years there has not been adequate rains in this 'area resulting in
continuous drought. Practically the people have been left to their fate by
...
Hijacking the Congress agenda - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Indian Express
- 17 July 1997
>>>Express correspondents across the country look at the impact of Bharatiya
Janata Party president Lal Krishna Advani's Swarna Jayanti Rath Yatra.
After two months on the road, L.K. Advani is back in the Capital. In a
journey that covered almost the entire country and the heat and dust of
summer, the BJP chief tried to drive home two points. One, in order to
...
No intention of quitting public: Advani - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 17 July 1997
>>>Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Krishna Advani said on Wednesday that
he had neither any intention of retiring from public life nor opting out of
future elections.
He said that he was not against contesting elections as and when they were
held. He, however, said that he would not contest any Lok Sabha byelections.
Capitalist children of socialism - T.J.S. George
- The Indian Express
- 18 July 1997
>>>Socialist capitalism may sound like a contradiction in terms, but that is
precisely what China has developed as State policy. Corporate analysts say
that for this reason alone, if nothing else, Hong Kong will keep growing as
an international business beehive.
The 'red chip' companies are cited as the best examples of socialist
...
The reluctant Sanyasi - Editorial
- The Times of India
- 18 July 1997
>>>In an era dominated by television appearances and sound bites, and VIPs
paranoid with personal security, rare is the politician who embarks on a
mass contact drive except at election time. Bharatiya Janata Party
president Lal Krishna Advani, along with former Prime Minister Chandra
Shekhar, can be said to belong to that vanishing breed of political leaders
...
Alienation is born of misrule - Hari Om
- The Indian Express
- 17 July 1997
>>>Dr Farooq Abdullah makes use of all available fora in and outside India to
reiterate that his government is committed to making the Union Government
redefine the state's relations with New Delhi strictly in accordance with
the provisions of the October 26, 1947 Instrument of Accession, the January
26, 1950 Constitution Application Order and the July 24,1952 Nehru-Sheikh
...
Eng language gives a one-dimensional view - Hans-Georg Wieck
- The Times of India
- 17 July 1997
>>>The use of English, the language of the former colonial power, Great
Britain, has gained a special role and meaning in India. In the presence
of more than a dozen regional languages in India, English not only
continues to be useful for intra-India communication, but also is an
effective means of communicating with the rest of the world,
...
Gurus are the real representatives... - S. Charnjiv Singh
- Organiser
- 13 July 1997
>>>Sardar Charnjiv Singh, President, Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, will be the chief
guest at Bradford Centenary Hindu Marathon in the United Kingdom, to be
held on July 13, 1997. The Hindu Marathon is an annual event and over the
last few years has become. a prominent sports event in the athletic
calendar in which different nationals residing in the UK take
...
Rath Yatra will help propel BJP to power - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 16 July 1997
>>>BJP president Lal Krishna Advani's apolitical Swarn Jayanti Rath Yatra will
propel the BJP into power at the Centre by helping it annexe new
territories. This claim was made by the BJP's four general secretaries who
handled four different legs of Advani's two-month long Yatra across the
country.
Raising the value of "Muslim Indians" in politics - M V Kamath
- Organiser
- 13 July 1997
>>>Why asks the editor of Muslim India, Syed Shahabuddin, is there hardly any
Muslim Indian figuring in the power game that is being currently played in
Delhi? And the answer that he himself provides is that perhaps the stakes
are too high and only those communities which command a high value in the
political market place and their representatives who are fully skilled in
...
Heavyweights' bout: Laloo wins the first round - Parwez Hafeez
- The Asian Age
- 16 July 1997
>>>As had been predicted in this column two months ago, Laloo Prasad Yadav
refused to give up even in the face of seemingly impossible odds. He stuck
to his guns even when it seemed that he was completely isolated in the
Janata Dal and the United Front. To describe his predicament he himself
found a parallel in Saddam Hussein. The present situation is so fluid and
...
Lukewarm response - Editorial
- The Asian Age
- 12 July 1997
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party President L.K. Advani's yatra through the length
and breadth of the country will come to an end on 15 August at New Delhi.
Compared to the rath yatra of 1990 which left a trail of destruction in its
wake, this appeared to be a tame political event and was treated as such by
the national media. The BJP leader drew unexpected crowds in Kerala and
...
For Pakistan, Kashmir holds key to better ties - Prakash Nanda
- The Times of India
- 11 July 1997
>>>Pinning his hopes on the outcome of the talks between the foreign
secretaries of India and Pakistan last month, the Pakistani high
commissioner to India, Ashrat Jehangir Qazi, believes that progress on the
outstanding issues of concern of both "in a self-sustaining and stable
manner" will go a long way in bringing the two countries closer.
China's challenge: India should not ignore it - M D Nalapat
- The Times of India
- 14 July 1997
>>>India was among the first countries to recognise the Mao Zedong regime in
Beijing, and demand that it occupy the China seat at the UN Security
Council. There wasn't even a ritual expression of concern on our part when
units of the Peoples Liberation Army moved into Tibet and began
Han-culturising the province. And Nehru became a cheerleader for Communist
...
PM is scared to ask Laloo to quit, concludes BJP - Observer Political Bureau
- The Observer
- 11 July 1997
>>>Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is willing to strike but is scared to
hurt Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav. This is what the BJP makes
out of Gujral's comments on the corruption issue that he made in a public
speech at Badaun. Here too, when the Prime Minister exhorted the corrupt
politicians and bureaucrats to quit, he did not have the courage to name
...
Jamia in a mess - Firoz Bakht Ahmed
- The Hindustan Times
- 6 July 1997
>>>Q. Why have you tendered your resignation despite being ahead in the race
for the, Vice-Chancellorship of Jamia?
A: Sorry, I was not in the running for any office. Besides, following the
appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor rather clandestinely, my moral
authority to continue in the scat was undermined. I thought it was not
...
Ram upstages freedom icons as rath enters UP - Radhika Ramaseshan
- The Telegraph
- 4 July 1997
>>>>From the word go, BJP supporters in Uttar Pradesh were crystal clear about
the agenda they had set for the part chief, Mr L.K. Advani, as his swarna
jayanti rath rolled into Ujiyar Bharoli from Buxar in Bihar. It was Ram,
Ayodhya and Hindutva.
The war cry of "Jai Shri Ram", recalling the turbulent Ram
...
'Aid' to Northeast is shoring up corrupt Govt. - Sunil Sethi
- The Times of India
- 14 July 1997
>>>Those eager to improve or enlarge their image by chanting the mantra of
peace and development must necessarily find a suitable backdrop for their
recitals. What better place to stage such a performance than the Northeast,
a region plagued by years of social unrest, economic stagnation and
political violence and also a place sufficiently distant from New Delhi for
...
Empowerment brings acceptance of small families - Anita Anand
- The Times of India
- 11 July 1997
>>>World Population Day on July 11 is an opportunity to reflect on the shifts
and successes of population issues. This is partly due to the focus of
health programmes moving away from reducing the population to other
techniques encouraging people to have smaller families.
The plan of action adopted at the International Conference on Population
...
Banglore underworld behind attack Asian Age - Sandya Mendonca
- Mid-day
- 9 July 1997
>>>Even as shock ripples of the attack on the city office of The Asian Age are
yet to subside, fingers are pointing at the underworld.
Editor-in-Chief M J Akbar admitted that the report on the Herbron incident
could only be seen as "causal". The only way the attack was being linked
to the report was because the resident editor had received a couple of
...
The heretic of Colombo - Jonathan Steele
- The Guardian Weekend
- 5 July 1997
>>>Father Tissa Balasuriya has spent half a century in the service of the
Roman Catholic Church. Now he has become the first priest to be
excommunicated over a doctrinal issue. What has this Sri Lanka social
worker done to enrage the Vatican so much? Jonathan Steele reports
The white-haired gentleman shuffles across his humid office, insistent on
...
Cong. leaders may have to declare assets - MPCC - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The Afternoon Despatch and Courier
- 10 July 1997
>>>The recent announcement by the newly appointed president of the Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), Mr. Ranjit Deshmukh, that he will be
asking partymen to declare their personal assets has irked several of his
senior party colleagues.
Most Congress leaders feel Mr Deshmukh made the announcement publicly in
...
TN Dalit fora threaten to disrupt ID festivities - Pioneer News Service
- The Pioneer
- 7 July 1997
>>>A Section of Dalit organisations in Tamil Nadu has decided to disrupt the
golden jubilee celebrations of the nation's Independence Day.
This decision was taken after a Statewide bandh, which was called by
various Dalit organisations, flopped on Friday. The bandh was called to
protest against the brutal killing of six Dalits, including a panchayat
...
CPM, BJP clash over Hindu support - Pioneer News Service
- The Pioneer
- 4 July 1997
>>>The recent killing of two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Kerala,
allegedly by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers, is proof enough
that the clashes between the supporters of the CPI(M) and the BJP-RSS
combine have their roots in the past.
The clashes were most macabre in 1970s at Thalessary -- the constituency
...
The perils of pauline - Sarah Ferguson
- The Sunday Telegraph Magazine
- 6 July 1997 >>>Australia, says Pauline Hanson, is in danger of being "swamped by Asians",
and she, as leader of the new One Nation Party, is the person to save it.
Sarah Ferguson went with the ex-chip shop owner on a barnstorming tour of
the Sunshine Coast.
"Wake up Austray-ya!" Pauline Hanson's flat, untutored accent cuts through
...
Old fiery self - Ajay Singh
- The Pioneer
- 5 July 1997
>>>The yatra was an effective mass-contact programme in the States where the
BJP is a strong political force. However, it appeared a political paradox
that in the Hindi-heartland, where the BJP is a substantial force, the
yatra could not generated the same interest and enthusiasm as it did in
West Bengal, Kerala and Orissa.
Go - even if you leave in chaos! - C R Irani
- The Statesman
- 5 July 1997
>>>The Prime Minister has been an apparatchik all his life and his lack of
experience of politics, as she is played, is painfully evident. By
succumbing to the pressure of his family to rescue Ashok Jain from the
attentions of the Enforcement Directorate, he threw caution to the winds
and proclaimed to all the world and in particular to Sonia Gandhi that he
...
In the footsteps of Rama - Abhijit Chandra Chandra
- The Pioneer
- 4 July 1997
>>>To all outward appearance, Dr Ramautar Sharma is like any other
office-going Indian - but for his interest in Rama, of Ayodhya fame. It was
this interest that inspired Sharma's unique attempt to retrace the
legendary hero's journey across the Indian subcontinent.
Says the 48-year-old adventurer. "Fifteen years back I became interested in
...
Janata Dal split - Chronicle of a suicide foretold - Ajit Kumar Jha
- The Times of India
- 9 July 1997
>>>By splitting itself over the issue of presidentship, the Janata Dal has
launched itself on a course of political harakiri. While the party has lost
in the Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav, its most charismatic face
after former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Mr Yadav has
ironically deprived himself of his national springboard even while forming
...
Winning the alienated Kashmiris - Hari Om
- The Hindu
- 3 July 1997
>>>The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president, Dr.
Farooq Abdullah, uses all available fora in and outside India to reiterate
that his government is committed to making the Centre redefine the State's
politico-constitutional relations with New Delhi strictly in accordance
with what was provided for in the October 26, 1947 Instrument of Accession,
...
Home truths, colonial lies - Interview - Max Martin
- Down to Earth
- 30 June 1997
>>>A noted Gandhian historian, Dharampal, has enquired into various facets of
pre-British Indian society. He has authored several books, including Indian
Science and Technology in the 18th Century and The Beautiful Tree. In a
conversation with Max Martin in Delhi recently, he spoke on India's
achievements in agriculture and science, the efficacy of indigenous systems
...
Theory of relativity - Andre Beteille
- The Hindustan Times
- 14 June 1997
>>>It is a mistake to believe the traditional Indian family is on the decline.
'The joint family is not declining in frequency in India nor will it die
out in the near future. The proportion of joint households is as large
today, in both rural and urban areas, as it was 150 years ago.'
What is it that Indians value most, something that they regard as an end in
...
How the poorest will pay for US smokers - David Usborne and Tim Cornwell
- Independent on Sunday
- 6 July 1997 >>>The tobacco industry faces a =A3220bn health settlement in America, write
David Usborne and Time Cornwell - but the market for cigarettes is booming
in developing countries
The Landscape of America is about to change. With his knowing eyes and
cowboy complexion, the Marlboro Man is shortly to step down from billboards
...
Papal ties with Islam upset Washington - Bruce Johnston (Rome)
- The Sunday Telegraph
- 6 July 1997
>>>The Vatican is courting controversial new friends in the Islamic world and
Middle East to try to increase the Catholic Church's influence.
Colonel Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, became the Pope's latest diplomatic
ally when they exchanged ambassadors earlier this year. The Pope already
has links with Saddam Hussein.
Politics of vendetta - Editorial
- The Indian Express
- 9 July 1997
>>>Arrest of Raghavan does not do Marxists proud
Four decades ago when Glory, who was in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was
killed in a police firing, it became a political liability for then Chief
Minister E.M.S. Namboodiripad eventually leading to the dismissal of his
government. But successive governments never thought of hauling him up in
...
Relaunching Evangelization - Ram Swarup
- The Observer
- 5 July 1997
>>>Western arms, prestige and policies have been the greatest factors in
recent centuries for the spread of Christianity. But those methods are
losing some of their importance and they need to be supplemented modified.
The Mission strategists have been discussing other methods of spreading.
They have examined world's non-Christian population sector by sector, and
...
Chandrika is upset as Muslim Cong. hobnobs with LTTE - Seema Guha
- The Times of India
- 6 July 1997
>>>There have been conflicting reports from Colombo of an apparent deal
between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka
Muslim Congress. Given the LTTE's past record of attacks and massacre of
Muslim peasants in the eastern province, a rapprochement between the Tigers
and the Muslim Congress raises some fundamental questions about the often
...
Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram to the fore - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Organiser
- 6 July 1997
>>>The Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram has taken up a massive drought relief programme
in Orissa State in association with the Bhansali Trust of Gujarat. Various
committees have been formed at different levels such as panchayat,
taluka, block and district. The process was completed before April
15, 1997. A total of 3800 villages falling under 495 panchayats in 32
...
BJP gives RSS key role in organisation - Saroj Nagi
- The Hindustan Times
- 29 June 1997
>>>In a move that has far-reaching implications in reinforcing the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh's influence with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the party
has amended its constitution to call for the appointment of only a
"full-time worker" as a general secretary in charge of the organisation.
In the RSS-BJP terminology a "full-time worker" or a "whole-timer" is a
...
An open letter to Jaipal Reddy - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - The BJP Today
- 16-30 June 1997
>>>My dear Shri Reddy.
I am sorry that I am constrained to write to you on a subject about which
my partymen and I personally feel very unhappy. This relates to the way
Doordarshan and AIR have been blatantly ignoring the Swarna Jayanti Rath
Yatra by Shri L.K. Advani. Doordarshan has particularly and wilfully been
...
A case of civilizational failure - Jagmohan
- The Hindustan Times
- 29 June 1997
>>>Why have we instead of building a mighty India - "mighty in thought, mighty
in deeds, mighty in culture and mighty in service to humanity" - landed up
building an India that is mighty in corruption, mighty in casualness,
mighty in callousness and mighty in criminalisation of politics and
politicisation of crime? How have we collected so many rotten eggs in our
...
Da Gama ray - Editorial
- The Pioneer
- 24 June 1997
>>>It is indeed an irony that as the Indian nation prepares itself to
celebrate 50 years of freedom from British colonialism, the Union
Government, in association with the Government of Kerala, is all set to
honour another coloniser, the 15th century Portuguese plunderer Vasco da
Gama, as well as ceremonially commemorate the fifth centenary of his
...
DD, AIR black out news of Yatra - M. Venkaiah Naidu
- The BJP Today
- 26-30 June 1997
>>>The manner in which Doordarshan and All India Radio have so far blacked out
all information about the Swarna Jayanti Rath Yatra amounts to muzzling the
Opposition by a Government that talks of freedom of information but
practices the most reprehensible means of censorship. The day he took
charge as the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Shri Jaipal Reddy had
...
Why I am not a commie - Varsha Bhosle
- The Sunday Observer
- 6-12 July 1997
>>>In March 1989, a little after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against
Salman Rushdie, The Observer, London, published an anonymous letter from
Pakistan. It stated, "Salman Rushdie speaks for me.... Mine is a voice
that has not yet found expression in newspaper columns. It is the voice of
those who are born Muslims but wish to recant in adulthood, yet are not
...
Women's worth - Parivar's brand of liberation - Lalita Panicker
- The Times of India
- 5 July 1997
>>>The disturbing turmoil in national politics has ensured that the United
Front government will not have to address issue like the controversial
Women's Reservation Bill days, virtually no political formation, barring
the Left, looked upon this empowering measure with sympathy. While the
Left has been consistent, the BJP's recent pro-reservation position
...
"Not retiring from public life" - Advani - Shyam Khosla
- Organiser
- 6 July 1997
>>>Politely but firmly rejecting Bihar Government's request to use a
bullet-proof car and vest during his journey through the troubled
State, BJP President L.K. Advani takes threats to his life in his
stride. He however, blames New Delhi for its "criminal amnesia" over
Bihar. Advani is extremely gratified by the massive response to his Yatra
...
1947-1997: who got the cream? - R Vijayaraghavan
- The Financial Express
- 3 July 1997
>>>We all know the answer to that question. But, since we are going to
celebrate 50 years of freedom with a big. bang in less than two months from
now, it is surely essential to pose the question and repeat the answers.
It will probably be only a ritual: but, who knows, sense may suddenly
descend on us, just as freedom did 50 years ago, and in the next 50 years
...
Have we become inured to terrorist killings? - Dinesh Kumar
- The Times of India
- 3 July 1997
>>>"We are not a country that forgives. We don't forget. We seek
retribution." These harsh remarks were made by US State Department
spokesman Nicholas Burns on June 19 soon after Mir Aimal Kansi, the
assassin of two CIA officials, was brought to the United States after being
caught in Pakistan. That the US government spared no effort for tracing
...
Advani gains a new stature - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 3 July 1997
>>>Referring to the swarna jayanti rath yatra, the SP president and defence
minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has said, "I pity BJP president Lal Krishna
Advani. Despite his swarna jayanti rath yatra running across the country
for more than one month to mark India's 50 years of Independence, Mr Advani
had failed to hit page one headlines, earlier due to the Congress president
...
Have we become inured to terrorist killings? - Dinesh Kumar
- The Times of India
- 3 July 1997
>>>"We are not a country that forgives. We don't forget. We seek
retribution." These harsh remarks were made by US State Department
spokesman Nicholas Burns on June 19 soon after Mir Aimal Kansi, the
assassin of two CIA officials, was brought to the United States after being
caught in Pakistan. That the US government spared no effort for tracing
...
Advani gains a new stature - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- 3 July 1997
>>>Referring to the swarna jayanti rath yatra, the SP president and defence
minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has said, "I pity BJP president Lal Krishna
Advani. Despite his swarna jayanti rath yatra running across the country
for more than one month to mark India's 50 years of Independence, Mr Advani
had failed to hit page one headlines, earlier due to the Congress president
...
1947-1997: who got the cream? - R Vijayaraghavan
- The Financial Express
- 3 July 1997
>>>We all know the answer to that question. But, since we are going to
celebrate 50 years of freedom with a big. bang in less than two months from
now, it is surely essential to pose the question and repeat the answers.
It will probably be only a ritual: but, who knows, sense may suddenly
descend on us, just as freedom did 50 years ago, and in the next 50 years
...
BRIEF PROFILE OF ORGANISATIONS
'Indrajit kept in dark about CBI chief' - E Jayakrishnan
- The Observer
- 2 July 1997
>>>The Left constituents on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral
of "keeping Union Home Minister Indrajit Gupta in the dark" before abruptly
shifting CBI director Joginder Singh.
Senior Left leaders said that "the Home Minister was totally kept in the
dark, even though Joginder Singh has been promoted and transferred to the
...
Malafide transfer - Editorial
- The Observer
- 2 July 1997
>>>Mr Joginder Singh has the dubious distinction of being the first CBI chief
to have been sent packing by the Prime Minister. His exit also marks a
departure from established tradition. Most CBI chiefs have had secure
tenures, and for good reason. Quite a few have. even been granted service
extensions. This has not been the lot of Joginder Singh. His transfer
...
Guile of Gowda (excerpt) - Javed M. Ansari
- India Today
- 7 July 1997
>>>Note: This excerpts is being parted to indicate have extra-constitutional
methods are used. And the same Times of India talks about democracy of
furthermore the rest of the so-called intellectuals do not since to be
concerned.
At the meeting, Gowda even threatened to blow the whistle on what he called
...
Vajpayee - the right PM candidate, in the wrong party - Tavleen Singh
- The Afternoon Despatch and courier
- 30 June 1997
>>>Last week I travelled to Lucknow with Atal Behari Vajpayee. He was going
on a routine constituency visit, he goes twice a month, and I was going
with the idea of doing a television programme on him visiting his
constituency. We travelled Ist Class A/C, he in a coupe and me in one of
those four-berth numbers, which, while we were still at New Delhi railway
...
Myopia of Muslim Leadership in India - Sultan Shahin
- The Times of India
- 30 June 1997
>>>The communal cauldron refuses to boil over. The post-Babri phase of Muslim
politics has made the former Muslim leadership pretty desperate. Both the
religious and secular leadership has tried various stratagems. One issue
after another has been raised, from reconstruction of the Babri Masjid to
reservations for Muslims in services, educational institutions and
...
Cabinet Capers - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - India Today
- 7 July 1997
>>>A strange affliction seems to have gripped Chief Minister J. H. Patel's
jumbo-sized, 45-member Cabinet. It's not just the scandals dogging his
ministers but, seriously, the manner in which they are getting absolved of
charges. Recently, Minister for Municipal Administration Merajuddin Patel
was accused of attempting to bribe a woman journalist. The issue was taken
...
Where has all the money gone? - Sourabh Sen (Calcutta)
- Sunday
- 22-28 June 1997
>>>(CAG's report on West Bengal's finances leaves the Jyoti Basu government
red in the face)
Twenty years is a long time in politics and two decades of uninterrupted
rule surely calls for celebration. But it's been a different kind of
fireworks for West Bengal's Left Front government which rode to power on 21
...
Deccan trap may be floating on oil - Press Trust of India
- The Indian Express (Nagpur)
- 30 June 1997
>>>Discovery of thick Pediments under the basalt cover of Saurashtra in
Gujarat have tremendously raised hopes of finding huge oil reserves under
the hitherto unexplored Deccan trap, according to scientists at the
National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)here.
The NGRI is one of 40 laboratories under the Council of Scientific and
...
Unpatriotic Muslims do not belong here - Khalid A-H Ansari
- Mid-day
- 30 June 1997
>>>1."The heat and dust over the film Border defies comprehension."
2. "The film may have shown Pakistan in unfavourable light. That does not
mean Indian Muslims have been 'poorly portrayed'."
3. "Islam enjoins its followers to be loyal to the country in which they
reside."
...
A nation in search of its lost greatness - Ram Swarup
- The Observer
- 1 July 1997
>>>(Indian Marxists saw no good in their own people and wanted their
transformation in the Western image)
India is celebrating fifty years of its Independence. During these years,
it was often ruled by people who brought it little credit. Currently, it
is under a government composed of parties some of which had opposed this
...
Time to turn history the right way round - Sk Sadar Nayeem
- The Telegraph
- 23 June 1997
>>>For the past two years an impression had gained ground that the Bharatiya
Janata Party had learnt to play its role as a responsible political party.
To gain greater acceptability, the party made no efforts to evoke mass
frenzy during this period. Even L.K. Advani's rath yatra seemed a far cry
from the 1992 yatra undertaken in the name of Ram. Advani appeared intent
...
Assam ill-equipped to fight militancy - Samudra Gupta Kashyap
- The Indian Express
- 29 June 1997
>>>Besides the fact that militancy is still to be brought under control, there
is one more reason the Army may not be withdrawn just yet from Assam: the
state's heavily short-staffed police force, which is in no position to
carry on the battle.
While about seven senior IPS officers deployed with it are currently under
...
Nayanar's pilgrimage to Rome irks BJP - Shubhadeep Choudhury
- The Pioneer
- 22 June 1997
>>>Straying from Karl Marx's diktat that they should stay away from the "opium
of the masses", some of his comrades seem to have drifted into religion for
electoral convenience. The CPI(M) politburo member and Kerala Chief
Minister E K Nayanar is a case in point.
The Chief Minister, along with his Cabinet colleague Pinayari Vijayan and
...
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