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- Causes of demise of Buddhism in India Arun Shourie
- July 24, 1998
>>>"There can be no doubt that the fall of Buddhism in India was due to the
invasions of the Musalmans," writes the author. "Islam came out as the enemy
of the 'But'. The word 'But,' as everybody knows, is an Arabic word and
means an idol. Not many people, however, know that the derivation of the
word 'But' is the Arabic corruption of Buddha. Thus the origin of the word
...
- Asian Age
- Music video on Pokhran Haima Sukhu
- July 9, 1998
>>> Mumbai: A psalm in the form of a music video
heralding the indomitability of the Indian spirit and reflecting the joyous
mood and heightened patriotism after the Pokharan nuclear blasts will be
aired on all major television channels from July 10.
...
- Economic Times
- Hindustan Times
- A 'dream tour' of Chandni chowk Pankaj Tuli
- July 9, 1998
>>> Here's a bit of Arabian Nights stuff fanciful enough to make
Shahjehan turn around in his grave. The idea is to put the
unique 2 km stretch of road, starting from Red Fort down to
the Fatehpuri Masjid on the world tourism map since this is
the only road of its kind that weaves through all the major
...
- Failure of Pakistan as a nation Zafar Jung
- July 3, 1998
>>> India and Pakistan, repre senting the two great religions of
Hinduism and Islam,
could have withstood the challenges of the modern world
better than any other
developing country if the "two-nation theory" had not played
...
- India Abroad
- BJP counsel, at MIT, speaks on budget Posted By OFBJP Editor - July 10, 1998
>>>Boston (USA): Dinesh Vyas, a member of the Indian Supreme Court bar and
legal counsel to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, recently talked on "the
Indian budget and the impact of sanctions on post-nuclear India" at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA on June 21.
The talk was organized by the India Quality Group (a think tank of OFBJP)
...
- India Today
- Nobody loves us Tavleen Singh
- July 12, 1998
>>> This week finds me in a nationalist mood. Not khaki
knicker-saffron flag BJP chauvinist but nationalist in the
real sense. The mood is due to a combination of
circumstances, general and personal. Heading the general
category is the disgust I felt as I watched on television
...
- Indian Abroad
- Hundred days and thrust for news ways to governance Kanchan Gupta
- July 10, 1998
>>> T a k i n g s t o c k o f a G o v e r n m e n t s p e r f o r
m a n c e d u r i n g i t s f i r s t h u n d r e d d a y s i n
o f f i c e i s s o m e t h i n g u n i q u e l y I n d i a n ,
s o r t o f a f i r s t t e r m e x a m i n a t i o n i n w h
i c h t h e e x a m i n e r s a r e r u t h l e s s l y b r u t a
...
- Indian Express
- Blessed are the tyrants Kuldip Nayar
- July 7, 1998
>>>Practically every day brings an evidence of America's bias against India.
The latest is that President Clinton wants Beijing to be South Asia's
policeman. New Delhi is right in describing it as a reflection of
"hegemonistic mentality of a bygone era."
...
- Mid-Day
- Post-power postures M V Kamath
- July 9, 1998
>>>There is no worse animal in India than a frustrated politician.
And there are so many in this country. There is, for example,
Subramanian Swamy, who has to make news now and then by saying
some revolting and outrageous things.
...
- New York Times
- Pioneer
- PTI
- Rediff on Net
- The great Indian soap opera Varsha Bhosle
- July 2, 1998
>>> You'll have to agree: last week's been a laugh riot. I'd
thought that I was the only one with an evil mind, but
an e-pal beats me to it. This guy is what I perceive as
The Old Man From The Mountain -- flowing beard, shrewd
twinkling eyes et al -- though he's neither old nor from
...
- Rediff on the Net
- Sonia accused of creating Christian coterie Geroge Iype
- July 16, 1998
>>>Resentment is brewing in the Congress as a section of leaders charge
Sonia Gandhi with cultivating a coterie of Christian leaders in the party.
Some Congress leaders allege that ever since the Italy-born Sonia took
over the party leadership four months ago, she has packed her official
...
- The Daily
- Promoting US-China ties M V Kamath
- July 7, 1998
>>>What is the matter with President Bill Clinton that he should so
abjectly consent to eat out of Chinese hands and accept any
humiliation imposed upon him? First, the Chinese insisted that on
his visit to Beijing, Clinton should not make at stop-over in any
other country. This obviously referred to Japan. It is like India
...
- The Free Press Journal
- Will BJP Government be out of the woods? M. V. Kamath
- July 23, 1998
>>>Poor Congress! Poor United Front! In fact, poor everybody in opposition!
They just do not seem to know what to do. The two Yadavs have 'united' and
Mulayam Yadav and Laloo Prasad Yadav have decided to bury their bloodied
hatchets to form a new party. Ms Mayavati is spending her time trying to
explain that she has no difference with her leader Kanshi Ram.
- India can do without N-club membership M V Kamath
- July 16, 1998
>>>In his exclusive interview to Malini Parthasarathy of The Hindu,
Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State, appeared to be
earnestly addressing himself to the task of narrowing the gap
between the U.S. policy perception and that of south Asia,
particularly India. On the other hand, the Secretary of State, Ms
...
- US willing to sell its soul to China M.V. Kamath
- July 2, 1998
>>>Ask any man in the street anywhere in the world which of the two
countries - China and the United States - is more powerful and
the instant reply would be: the United States, of course! And
the reply could not be more wrong. In recent weeks China has
shown without the shadow of doubt that it is the stronger of the
...
- The Hindu
- The Indian Express (Pune)
- The Observer
- A strike that failed Dina Nath Mishra
- July 23, 1998
>>>The eight-day postal strike which ended on July 16 was
politically motivated and was part of a strategy to create
uncertainty in the minds of the people about Vajpayee-led
government. The strike achieved nothing. Piles of mailbags heaped
up for more than a week in the head post offices (HPOs). Post and
...
- History will not forgive Clinton Ravindra K Sinha
- July 15, 1998
>>>Jawaharlal Nehru once said: "Nuclear powers are under a delusion.
Even this mighty source of power is not going to enable the
countries who possess it to Impose their will on other
countries... . Those who desire peace should know once for all
(sic) that there can be no world peace, no equilibrium or
...
- Good performance despite obstacles Dina Nath Mishra
- July 9, 1998
>>>There seems to be a strong undercurrent among the non-political
citizenry throughout the country that the Vajpayee government is
not being allowed to function by allies like AIADMK and opponents
like Laloo Prasad Yadav, Jyoti Basu and Mulayam Singh. The AIADMK
leader, Jayalalitha, has been delivering shocks to the Vajpayee
...
- Does the CPM own West Bengal? Dina Nath Mishra
- June 25, 1998
>>>The CPM, which has been running a political fiefdom in West
Bengal for about two decades is by far the most worried, among
political parties, by the BJP's arrival at the centre. The
ideological leader in both UF governments, it is now trying to
provide leadership to the entire opposition, including Congress.
- The Pioneer
- THe Telegraph
- The Time of India
- The Times of India
- Nuclear risk reduction key issue for talks K Subrahmanyam
- July 27, 1998
>>>During this week's SAARC summit in Colombo, Prime Ministers Atal Bihari
Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif are expected to resume the dialogue between their
two countries. The resumption of dialogue will be in the aftermath of both
India and Pakistan conducting nuclear tests and declaring themselves
nuclear weapon states. In a sense, this could be considered a new
...
- Epidemic of Nuclearism - Profile of Genocidal Mentality Ashis Nandy
- July 10, 1998
>>>===========================================================Editor's Comment: Nandy has made a serious indictment of the western
society. The United States has had the bomb for 55 years now. So much of
what he writes about the genocidal mentality should apply to it, and one
should see the effects of them in place. Surely the United States should
be a most dangerous place to live. It is amazing...
- Times of India
- UNI
- Pant Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - July 29, 1998
>>> India did not follow up the 1974 nuclear test for 24
years because of pressure by some ''well meaning
friends,'' said National Security Council Task Force
Chairman K C Pant.
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