The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : Saturday, August 05, 2006

Online edition of India's National Newspaper Saturday, August 05, 2006

Opinion

News Update

News
Front Page
National
States:
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• New Delhi
• Other States
International
Opinion
Business
Sport
Miscellaneous
• Cartoons
Engagements

Sudoku
Today's Headlines

RSS Feeds

Specials
In Focus
Photo Gallery
Events 2005

Features:
Magazine
Literary Review
Open Page

Metro Plus
Business
Education Plus
Book Review
SciTech
Friday Review
Young World
Quest

Property Plus

Stocks
Quotes
SE Diary

Advts
Classifieds
Jobs
Obituary

Archives
Yesterday's Issue
Datewise

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
Sportstar
Frontline
Publications
eBooks
Images

Home

Editorials
A moral and political indictment
With the Justice Pathak Inquiry Authority submitting its report, an end to the controversy over the Indian beneficiaries of the former Iraqi regime's oil contracts seems to be in sight, though at some distance. The Pathak Inquiry was set up last ...

Reforms on a pause
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to keep in abeyance its controversial order (G.O. No. 5) on reforms in public enterprises does little credit to the administration. It may ease the tension a little and assuage the ruffled feelings of the ...

Leader Page Articles
American claims and questions of fact
By Praveen Swami

Are the United States' claims that Pakistan is serious about fighting jihadi terrorism directed at India plausible?

News Analysis

Why Mumbai escaped a flare-up
By Kalpana Sharma

To deal with alienation post-7/11, civil society and the state have to come together as they did post-1992-93.

Lebanon: the follies of fantasies
By Manvendra Singh

The Israeli calculation of draining support for Hizbollah by pulverising Lebanon is clearly not working on the ground.

Environment "needs Apollo-scale project"
By Ian Sample

AN URGENT project on the scale of the Apollo moon landings is needed to boost research into green energy sources and save the planet from environmental disaster, according to Britain's top scientist. Writing in the journal Science on ...

Corrections and clarifications
"Ordnance Board to produce `cargo ammunition' with Israeli company" (August 2, 2006) had the words "The public sector Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)". The Labour Progressive Federation (Thozhilalar Munnetra Sangam), Ordnance Clothing Factory, ...

Letters to the Editor

Gut-wrenching

The cola row

Ban on child labour

Read Today's supplements: Metro Plus | Property Plus |

Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com
Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address

Yesterday's
Opinion Page