This blog aims to provide a single point access to all the Opinion-Editorial articles of major Newspapers of Indianoreply@blogger.com (Pradeep Prasad)Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:29:56 +0530Blogger http://www.blogger.com907125http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/en-ushttp://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-politics-of-food-for-hungry_18.htmlFood Security BillGenetic Modified foodhungerThe HinduSat, 18 Aug 2012 00:46:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-4922208841391460974 "Policymakers talk of food security but are reluctant to give universal entitlements to eradicate hunger." The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : The politics of food for the hungry: The solution for hunger lies in proper distribution of grain, and not in bringing technology as the Prime Minster avers when talking of GM crops. If this government cannot prevent the huge stocks from rotting by 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/05/advance-indian-standard-time-by-half.htmlWed, 16 May 2012 17:52:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-1305599706892870145"It would help to reduce the evening peak energy deficit more effectively and without the difficulties of dividing the country into two time zones" The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Advance Indian Standard Time by half an hour .adslot-overlay {position: absolute; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.65); border: 2px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.65); color: white !important; margin:0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/fathers-long-struggle-for-justice.html1993 riotsMumbaiThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 20:24:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-5724104407246406235 "Shahnawaz Wagle died in the 1993 Mumbai riots. Was it an accidental death or cold-blooded murder?" The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : A father's long struggle for justice: Tahir Wagle has fought a relentless battle over 18 years. His dreams of making his teenage son Shahnawaz a merchant navy officer ended in a pool of blood outside his modest home in Mazgaon in South Mumbai on January 10, 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-balwant-singh-rajoana-shouldnt-be.htmldeath penaltyKhalistanpogromRajoanaThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 20:12:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-3192818294247622035 "The Centre has stayed the hanging. Now it must commute the sentence." The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Why Balwant Singh Rajoana shouldn't be hanged: The State and Central governments have powers to commute death sentences after their final judicial confirmation. Issues often alien and irrelevant to legal adjudication — morality, public good, social and policy considerations — are 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/budgeting-for-new-vision.htmlBudgetTamil NaduThe HinduvisionSun, 1 Apr 2012 20:10:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-1874895669065041701 "CM Jayalalithaa unveiled Vision Tamil Nadu 2023, a document that lays the roadmap for improving social indices, infrastructure, and income levels of the people within the next 11 years. It envisages Tamil Nadu as India's most prosperous and progressive State with no poverty, where people would enjoy all the basic services of a modern society. " The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Budgeting for a0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/art-of-schooling.htmlEducationPrivate SectorschoolsThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 20:02:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-4459053813564538353 "Sri Sri Ravishankar has a bizarre logic for privatisation of education — that students from government schools become naxalites and take to violence. Foolish though they are, such assertions prop up the falsehood that government-funded education is a ghettoised ruin, while private sector institutions uniformly make the cut. Genuine thought leadership must dwell on questions such as improving 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/public-needs-both-gavel-and-pen.htmlJudiciaryMediaThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 19:17:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-4106602747354545564 "The Supreme Court's proposal to impose guidelines on how to report cases will be harmful to press freedom and democracy, the bedrock of which is an informed public." The Hindu : Columns / Siddharth Varadarajan : The public needs both gavel and pen: The Supreme Court has seen fit to specify that accredited correspondents must possess a law degree; it has also quantified the amount of 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/halt-all-hangings.htmlcapital punishmentdeath penaltyThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 18:59:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-1233342867125004856 Mahatma Gandhi's India cannot afford to lag behind other countries in abolishing capital punishment. The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Halt all hangings: "Abolitionists around the world argue against the death penalty mainly for two reasons: it has not been proved to be a deterrent and a flawed judicial process can wrongly, and irrevocably, send a person to his death. But over and above 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/shifting-sands-in-mali.htmlDemocracyMalimilitary coupThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 18:49:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-2069272791623606672 "Apart from bringing an abrupt end to two decades of elected government, the recent coup in Mali could exacerbate problems extending far beyond the region. " The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Shifting sands in Mali: Given the decidedly mixed results that ECOWAS military interventions elsewhere in the region have produced, it is important that West African states do not precipitate an armed0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/us-has-dominant-position-in-quota.htmlElectionsPresidentThe HinduUSAWorld BankSun, 1 Apr 2012 18:45:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-6072039164525807776 "An interview with Kalpana Kocchar, Chief Economist, World Bank, South Asia Region." The Hindu : Opinion / Interview : ‘The U.S. has a dominant position in quota calculations'0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/fossil-foot-made-for-climbing-trees.htmlEvolutionprehumanThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 18:36:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-8514035784188459252 "Bones from a foot of a pre-human ancestor that walked the Earth 3.4m years ago suggest the creature was also at home in trees." The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : The fossil foot made for climbing trees: A fossilised foot discovered in eastern Africa belonged to a pre-human ancestor that was adapted to life in the trees. The foot is unusual for the positioning of its big toe, which juts0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-about-town-called-kawhmu.htmlAung San Suu KyiElectionsMyanmarThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 18:31:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-5240691607441478886 "For Aung San Suu Kyi, next week's by-election is an attempt to reach out to the people and affirm her credentials as a unifier of Myanmar." The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : It's about a town called Kawhmu: The political fortunes of Myanmar's famous dissident rest in the hands of an impoverished community, many of whose members come from the country's Karen ethnic minority. For Suu Kyi, 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/time-for-india-to-stand-up-and-be.htmlElectionIndiaPresidentThe HinduWorld BankSun, 1 Apr 2012 18:10:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-2164548547114436407 "The two-cornered contest for the top job in the World Bank is an opportunity for India to objectively assess which person is the right choice." The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : A time for India to stand up and be counted: The World Bank is at a turning point, and India has a major voice in deciding its future. The serious candidates (Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/saudi-spring-waits-to-arrive.htmlArab SpringSaudi ArabiaThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 17:46:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-6008581495197039250 "The decades-old winter of frozen and fossilised structures and systems in the Arab world are thawing. And Saudi Arabia is no exception." The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : A Saudi Spring waits to arrive: The institution of monarchy does provide a buffer between the monarch and his subjects in the form of a government structure. The king has the privilege of sacking a besieged government 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/perils-of-short-termism.htmlBudgetdeficitFinanceThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 17:07:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-7571222942454738884 "The infrastructure deficit has been widening year after year and is one of the principal reasons holding back economic growth. Finding money for infrastructure projects, which have long gestation periods, has been an especially challenging task. The Finance Minister has proposed strengthening financial institutions dedicated to infrastructure. The pool of tax free infrastructure bonds for 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/brics-starts-building.htmlBRICSThe HinduWorld BankSun, 1 Apr 2012 16:55:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-8377282015843189594 "While the BRICS five have repeated their criticism of the slow pace of reform in the International Monetary Fund and called for modified international financial institutions which better reflect today's global pattern of economic power, their key Delhi move has been the plan for a new development bank" The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : BRICS starts building: While the BRICS bank idea will0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-bird-flu-research-should-be.htmlepidemicGuardian NewspapersH5N1ScienceThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-8564498004537177815 "H5N1 bird flu has caused serious disease and deaths in humans. The virus has not, however, sparked off an influenza pandemic as it cannot spread efficiently from human to human. But recent experiments has shown that only a handful of mutations would allow the virus to spread efficiently among mammals. The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has asked the authors as well as 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/wild-people-as-tourist-stops.htmlAndaman IslandsJarawasThe Hindutribal rightsSun, 1 Apr 2012 16:08:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-3591689941753984596 "Over 120 years after Sherlock Holmes' novel, the racist stereotype of the savage Andamanese persists." The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : The ‘wild' people as tourist stops: The revelations in the U.K. newspaper The Observer that police have been complicit in the “human safaris” in the Andamans was truly disturbing. The sort of descriptions presented in 'Sign of Four' - Sherlock Holmes novel 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/04/purely-moral-loneliness-of-adrienne.htmlThe HinduSun, 1 Apr 2012 15:47:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-1706285814339664604 "Adrienne Rich was that rare figure, a lavishly gifted poet and splendid intellectual who readily dirtied her hands at the barricades of social revolution. She collaborated with activist colleagues to claim social and political space for women and people of alternative sexuality during the 1960s and 1970s, even as she composed some of the most memorably sensuous and intellectually supple poems 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/03/there-was-state-sponsored-distortion-of.htmlAmar Bondhu RashedBangladeshSheikh Mujibur RahmanThe Times of IndiaFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:21:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-5100827001669680796 Q&A As the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh's war of liberation arrives, Mahbub Hassan Saleh, Bangladesh's deputy high commissioner to India, spoke with Rakhi Chakrabarty about preserving this struggle's history, deep ties between India and Bangladesh - and how a film festival aims at strengthening links and memories created from this war: Interview - Q&A -The Times of India, March0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/03/myanmars-future-is-now.htmlAung San Suu KyiIndiaMahatma GandhiManmohan SinghMyanmarNational League for DemocracyRajiv GandhiSoutheast AsiaThe Times of IndiaThein SeinFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:17:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-2806599068423218797 India must strengthen bilateral ties as its neighbor starts on a new path Myanmar's Future Is Now Myanmar now finds itself engaged in the democratic process and in a rebuilding phase that hopes to propel the nation onto a new path. It is crucial, says Rajiv Bhatia, former ambassador to Myanmar, for India to strengthen its bilateral ties with its neighbor.  "Suu Kyi articulates her 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/03/budget-blitz.htmlBudgetFinance MinisterIndiaJug SuraiyaThe Times of IndiaFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:14:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-4966744472880024287 No country is as obsessed with the FM's annual hisaab as India is Budget Blitz Jug Suraiya elaborates the period during the budget when the whole of India finds itself hooked to the Finance Minister's accounts.  -The Times of India, March 23, 2012 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/03/those-white-papers.htmlBudget 2012-13Indian RailwaysKashmirTamil NaduThe Times of IndiaWhite PaperFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:12:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-2798342309021924114 When you want change, don't write one Those White Papers During the proceedings of the recent Budget 2012-13, Pranab Mukherjee promised to produce a white paper on black money. But history suggests that a production of white paper in the public domain seldom creates action and, subsequently, change. -The Times of India, March 23, 2012 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/03/handle-with-care_23.htmlBhattacharyasChild WelfareIndiaNorwayThe Times of IndiaFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:09:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-5913416240000069985 Child welfare must be the priority in the custody case in Norway Handle With Care It is seen from the fresh details pouring in, that the Bhattacharya's had not been forthcoming about their domestic problems. At the same time, neither have Norwegian authorities been proactive in explaining their stand.  However, what remains important at the end of it all is the welfare of the 0noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)http://opinion-editorials.blogspot.com/2012/03/common-touch.htmlAmerican PoliticsIndiaIndian PoliticsMitt RomneyRahul GandhiThe Times of IndiaThu, 22 Mar 2012 20:51:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743856281487496866.post-2766772050648000315 It's something Mitt Romney and Rahul Gandhi are trying too hard to show they have The Common Touch "There is one person standing in the way of dynastic power grabs. Some patronizingly refer to him as the "common man"" -The Times of India, March 22, 20120noreply@blogger.com (Team Op Ed)