Statesman (India) articles from September 2008

Statesman (India) archives from September 2008

Artemis Vs Artemis.
September 29, 2008... The book turns into a clash of conscience, which is treated with Eoin Colfer's usual humour and lightness of touch... A review by Anjana Basu Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox BY EOIN COLFER Puffin Books My nephew has some kind of an argument...

Technology: GREEN HOME.
September 29, 2008... Kolkata boasts of India's first solar housing complex. Tayana Chatterjee reports KOLKATA'S New Town, which has already gained in reputation as a computer engineering and IT hub, now has a new feather in its cap - Rabi Rashmi Abasan, India's...

Now For Speedy Internet.
September 29, 2008... PEOPLE the developing world could have high-speed Internet access by late 2010, thanks to a new global satellite system that was announced on 9 September by the Jersey-based O3b Networks, whose name stands for the 'other three billion' people...

Technology: good times and bad.
September 29, 2008... Being able to predict when people are in an optimal multitasking state raises the prospect for maximising productivity in our daily lives. S Ananthanarayan explains BUSY schedules often make us do more than one thing at a time. Running the...

For Pure Water.
September 29, 2008... Tom Kendall writes of a unique distillation process LARGE amounts of distilled water are needed in research labs. But the production process requires a continuous flow of water. Faced with growing water wastage in their lab, Munnalal, Sitaram...

Salon: Get Your Puja Make-up Right.
September 29, 2008... Threety Irani & Nilufer Babaycon WITH the Pujas around the corner women are suddenly becoming conscious of their make-up. They are asking a number of questions because there is a variety of products in the market and they are wondering which...

Strings Attached: LA MELODITA.
September 29, 2008... Kishore Chatterjee CLASSICAL music stands apart because of its unique melodic patterns. That arrangement of sounds which we call melody or theme is nothing more than a choreographed sequence of notes which leaves a mark on the memory. The...

Enterprise: IT AT THE GRASSROOTS.
September 29, 2008... In West Bengal plans are shaping up, slowly but surely. And AMD India is paving the way, writes Mathures Paul EGOVERNANCE hasn't taken off in most parts of India but companies like AMD, Intel and Microsoft are trying to cut across the...

Focus: A Study in Abstraction.
September 29, 2008... Perhaps the day will come when the distinction between different types of art will cease to be of importance, writes Anirudh Chari ABSTRACT art has the ability to fascinate, bewilder and even outrage. It frequently seems unrelated to the...

Spiceworld: DIFFERENT STROKES.
September 29, 2008... Purabi Dasgupta 'IF man wants freedom why keep birds and animals in cages? Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places! I have since an early age abjured the use of...

Strange & Sublime: The Morning After.
September 29, 2008... Sudha Palit Anyone who wakes up in a sour mood is assumed to have got up from the wrong side of the bed. What the origin of this phrase is or who its originator was is unknown. And yet we accept this surmise as being responsible for the mood...

Spotlight: Race And Mixed Motives.
September 29, 2008... This intelligent and well-crafted potboiler sheds light on a subject that goes beyond black and white... A review by Emma Hagestadt Without Prejudice By Andrew Rosenheim Hutchinson; GBP18.99 Homecoming is a recurring theme in Andrew...

Silhouette: Transcendental Themes.
September 29, 2008... Wallace dramatised the need and urge to keep the proliferating networks of our culture in view and under control, at a time when they have passed beyond the compass of the human mind, writes Boyd Tonkin BEWARE the blogosphere when it begins...

Spotlight: THE END OF TIBET.
September 29, 2008... Claude Arpi tells the sad story of how Tibet came to lose its independence... A review by Soumitro Das Tibet: The Lost Frontier By CLAUDE ARPI Lancer Publishers, Price not stated Any person with a little sense can tell that Tibet is not China...

Silhouette: THE RAILWAY BAZAAR.
September 29, 2008... Manas Das on why we should forget the trials and tribulations of rail travel and instead look at its lighter side TRAVELLING in trains is an experience - one you may treasure or wish to forget. It all depends on how you react to the whole...

Spotlight.
September 29, 2008... Travelling Through Conflict: Essays on the Politics of west Asia Hamid Ansari Pearson Longman Rs 695, pp 442 A collection of academic papers, book review articles and op-ed pieces, this book written over five years by an Indian diplomat with...

Short Story: REPUBLIC DAY DILEMMAS.
September 29, 2008... Amitava Chakrabarty The more I tried to avoid looking at her the more my eyes forced me to cast furtive glances' She was also looking at me slyly and when our eyes met both of us smiled in embarrassment IT was just another Sunday. Lazy souls...

Stanza.
September 29, 2008... Boudhayan Mukherjee Sinful acts MY deeds have already entered into the archives of sinful acts and are on display here. A person can live sans sex but not without specs. He also needs love and empathy. Nothing is so tense as the...

Think Again.
September 29, 2008... CREATE YOUR ORCHESTRA Birds are not just a source of inspiration to musicians but are musicians in themselves, writes Maneka Gandhi. So why not plant a few trees outside your house and leave food and water for them? MUSICAL intelligence is...

Steering Wheel: AGILITY REDEFINED.
September 29, 2008... The Volkswagen Tiguan might slither across rocks in hot, inhospitable terrain with relative ease, writes David Wilkins THERE'S quite a lot to like about Volkswagen's Golf-sized 4x4, the Tiguan, and for me at least, that starts with the name....

Sticky Shift: MODEL:DUO WAGNOR MAKER: MARUTI UDYOG.
September 29, 2008... Tarun Goswami THE 'people's car' - Maruti - faced stiff opposition in the Parliament when Indira Gandhi first proposed its launch in the 1970s. Opposition MPs resisted allotting land to set up a Maruti factory. Automobile experts, too,...

BLINKERS OFF.
September 29, 2008... But the idea that driving can be an interactive pleasure seems to have gone missing with the new Volkswagen Golf, says John Simister MODEL: VW Golf 1.4 TSI Engine: 1,390cc, four cylinders, 16 valves, direct injection, supercharger and...

Something Special.
September 29, 2008... Chef Narayan Chatterjee of The Stadel shares one of his recipes from the festival menu. It's easy to prepare and tastes great. Lucknowi Masala Gosht Boil 500 gm of mutton pieces with a bay leaf, whole garam masala and salt, remove from...

Notice Board.
September 29, 2008... Golden handshake FUJITSU India Ltd, a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and communications solutions, has appointed Tata Elxsi Ltd, the technology arm of Tata Group, as its national system integration partner. ...

Pets & Vets: Inherited Disorder.
September 29, 2008... Contemporary research aims at reducing and eventually removing deleterious genes from purebred dogs, says Dr Subir Bhattacharya 'ALL breeds here are the best', Mr Sushanta Ghosh used to say pointing at the huge pictures in his office.' 'Look...

Travel: In Heidi land.
September 29, 2008... Nandita Bhattacharya recounts her enchanting journey in a cogwheel train through the Alps As we drove from Austria to Engelberg, amidst the statuesque Alps, our documents were checked at the border and visas got stamped. The exquisite...

Jobwise: CALLING IT Quits.
September 29, 2008... It is important that you leave, if leave you must, on a good note and continue to maintain cordial relations with the company you have worked for, says Vanitha Jain A professional generally decides to quit the company he or she is working for...

Travel: Bewitching Bhutan.
September 29, 2008... It's a picture postcard country with the mind-blowing combination of snow peaks and golden paddy fields, writes Paayel Sengupta Cradled in the lap of the Himalayas, the kingdom of Bhutan offers you everything you could hope for. The...

Cover Story: BETWEEN IMAGES AND ILLUSIONS.
September 29, 2008... Even as Bollywood has been mirroring society and the chocolate cream soldiers are found less and less, it grapples with the dichotomy between the hidden agenda that is the covert reality and the apparent we must contend with, writes Samarpita...

Sales Chart: OXFORD BOOKSTORE 28/09.
September 29, 2008... FICTION 1. Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat, Rs 95.00 2. Sea Of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh, Rs 599.00 3. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini, Rs 268.00 4. The 3 Mistakes Of My Life - Chetan Bhagat, Rs 95.00 5. The White Tiger -Aravind Adiga, Rs...

Career: GO get GROOMed.
September 29, 2008... Image building, writes Sangita Sharma Phukan, is an art that can be learnt and improved with practice 'FIRST impression is the last impression' so the saying goes. There's no denying the fact that the first few minutes of meeting a new person...

Silly Season: WHAT'S THE PROGRAMME.
September 29, 2008... Anjana Basu KOLKATA has an attitude towards life that, if it were Mumbai, would be best described as bindaas. This manifests itself every day in things like suddenly changed one way timings, or roads suddenly declared one way, or a quick and...

Janitor rewarded for returning Rs 2.5 lakh.
September 29, 2008... KOLKATA,Sept. 28: Ms RanibalaDas,who is a sweeper at NSCBoseAirport, found Rs2.5 lakhin the airport last night, returned it and was rewarded with a sum of Rs100. A representative of a Buddhist pilgrims society from Myanmar had dropped the...

Power scene 'bad' for Mrinal'sheart!
September 29, 2008... DURGAPUR,Sept. 28: West Bengal's poor power scenario is leaving its mark on the "heart" of the state power minister! The state power minister, Mr MrinalBanerjee,today said he has developed cardiac problems owing to regular difficulties in the...

Somnath speaks up for industrialisation.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service BOLPUR,Sept. 28: For the first time since Mr SomnathChatterjee was expelled from the CPI-M,the LokSabhaSpeaker attended a state government function here today, sharing the dais with tourism minister Mr...

Darkness looms.
September 29, 2008... Kanchan Siddiqui DURGAPUR,Sept. 28: Speaking bluntly for once, the state power minister, Mr MrinalBanerjeetoday said the proposed 3000 MW super thermal power station at Katwa could be shifted elsewhere if the turmoil there continues. The...

Homicide cases remain unsolved.
September 29, 2008... Rajib Chatterjee KOLKATA,Sept. 28: Is the efficiency of sleuths belonging to the city police's detective department fast falling? This question is bound to come up in view of the number of unsolved homicide cases in the city. A report...

Man killed in Howrah house fire.
September 29, 2008... KOLKATA, Sept. 28: Lakshmi Kanta Das (58) was killed when a fire broke out in his residence at Ichapore in Howrah in the wee hours today. Police said the fire broke out at around 4 a.m. today when Lakshmi was sleeping in his room on the...

Probe into JU student's death.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 28: Tension gripped Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Salt Lake this afternoon after a first-year Jadavpur University student, Mayukh Ghosh, died allegedly due to negligence on part of the hospital...

CM seeks security beef up in Kolkata.
September 29, 2008... KOLKATA,Sept. 28: The chief minister, Mr BuddhadebBhattacharjee,today asked the city police to intensify vigil during the festive season asa precautionary measure against any untoward incidents such as terrorist attacks. Addressing a...

briefs.
September 29, 2008... Man held KOLKATA,Sept. 28: One person was arrested on charges of selling drug from AJC Bose Road near Park Street police station area last night. Police said Md.JavedHussain alias BacchaDawood was arrested while he was selling drug on the...

SMEs to contribute 22 per cent of GDP.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: With the improvement in technology, Indias small and medium enterprises (SMEs)contribution to the GDP of the country is likely to go up by at least five per cent and touch 22 per cent by 2012, a...

Retail market likely to touch $700 billion.
September 29, 2008... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: With rising consumer demand and greater disposable income, the country's retail sector is projected to grow to $700 billion, while organised business is expected to be 20 per cent of the total market...

Infrastructure investment on track: CII.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Sept 28: Investments in the infrastructure sector are on track even though rising input costs and interest rates, which have led to a cost overrun of infrastructure projects, are a cause for concern, a survey...

Dubai firm eyes India's corporate jet market.
September 29, 2008... DUBAI, Sept. 28: Dubai-based ETA-AsconStar Group is seeking to build a business jet infrastructure in India by redeveloping hundreds of its small airstrips for the country's growing corporate segment, media reports here said. The group, with...

UCO targets Rs 1.6-lakh-crbusiness.
September 29, 2008... MUMBAI,Sept. 28: Eyeing to cross Rs1.6-lakh-crore business by the end of this financial year, state-run UCOBank plans to scale up its lendingsin SME and agriculture portfolios and is looking to mobilise more low-cost deposits to fuel the...

Tax sops for units in SC/ST areas.
September 29, 2008... Indo-Asian News Service NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: The government has offered a 10-year tax holiday for setting up manufacturing units in areas dominated by scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (SC/ST),according to a senior official of an industry...

Decision soon on cos public holding norms.
September 29, 2008... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: After much dilly-dallying, the finance ministry is likely to take a call in the next few days on its proposal to make it mandatory for listed companies to have public holding of at least 25 per cent...

Biz Briefs.
September 29, 2008... Spectrum NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: DoTis likely to propose a nominal fee for radio frequency allegedly hoarded by existing GSMservice providers beyond 6.2 MHz. According to sources, DoTis likely to recommend a one-time charge of about Rs250 crore...

Woodland plans 50 more stores.
September 29, 2008... NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: Footwear and apparel company Woodland plans to open 50 exclusive stores by 2010 in smaller towns of the country as part of its expansion plan. The expansion is part of the company's strategy to clock a turnover of Rs500...

A nations integrity.
September 29, 2008... Recently, some columnists have advocated that India should let go of Kashmir. While not wanting to wear patriotism on my sleeve, I would say that the silent suffering majority of India wants none of this. The Kashmir issue in fact can no more...

Banks & banking.
September 29, 2008... Banks & banking Extraordinary amalgam ensures inactivity By virtue of a conveniently extraordinary amalgam ~ a bout of union cussedness, the Sunday Sabbath, Mahalayaand the mandatory half-yearly closure ~ the country, especially West Bengal,...

Faith can relieve pain, shows study.
September 29, 2008... LONDON, Sept. 28: Religion is the opiate of the people ~ Karl Marx had famously said. But can one's faith in God really ease pain? 'Yes',say scientists. A team at Oxford University has based its findings on an experiment in which 12 Roman...

Officials from India and Nepal to discuss floods.
September 29, 2008... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: In the backdrop of recent floods in Biharcaused by the Kosiriver, senior officials of India and Nepal will meet in Kathmandu tomorrow to look at long-term solutions to the recurring problem besides...

Stringent law, national consensus needed to control terror: Rajnath.
September 29, 2008... Press Trust of India Jalandhar, Sept 28: The BJP today accused the UPA government at the Centre of pursuing vote bank politics on the terror issue and said a stringent law was needed to tackle the menace. Kickstarting party's campaign in...

Russian defence minister arrives for crucial meeting.
September 29, 2008... New Delhi, Sept 28: Russian defence minister Mr Anatoly Serdyukov arrived here today ahead of a crucial meeting with his Indian counterpart to discuss big ticket defence deals, including fresh price negotiations for Gorshkov aircraft carrier....

Bomb meant for festival season: Police.
September 29, 2008... Sanjeev Kumar NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: With investigating agencies conducting combing operations in south Delhi and adjoining NCR region in connection with yesterdays blast, sleuths of Delhi police indicated that the bomb was not meant to explode...

Cong hails PMs diplomatic feat.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: An upbeat Congress party today hailed the passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal by the United States House of Representatives as the highest feat of diplomacy chiseled and sculpted by the Prime...

No rift over pay, says Army chief.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: Mellowing down his tone after Prime Ministers Offices assurance, the Army Chief, Gen. DeepakKapoor,today denied any differences between Armed Forces and the Government over the anomalies in the...

SP admits relations with Congress not happy.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, September 28: In a sign of souring relations between the Congress and Samajwadiparty, the SPgeneral secretary, Mr AmarSingh, today admitted that all was not well between the two parties. In an interview to a...

HC stay on Rajasthan uplift scheme.
September 29, 2008... JAIPUR, Sept. 28: The Rajasthan government's attempt to capitalise on its much publicised Bhamashah Financial Empowerment Project in the coming state Assembly elections has received a jolt in the form of a High Court stay order against...

Maoists attack Reliance, BSNL towers.
September 29, 2008... PATNA, Sept. 28: Maoists have focused their anger on two more mobile service providers apart from the Bharti Airtel Limited and attacked four towers in Gaya district of Bihar. A spate of blasts has snapped communication networks in the areas...

Lanka: AIADMK, Left share platform.
September 29, 2008... NRavikumar CHENNAI,Sept. 28:In a swift and shrewd political move that will bring the AIADMKand Left leaders on a common platform and lay the foundation for a possible alliance, AIADMKsupremoMs Jayalalithahas conveyed that her party would...

Lata turns 80.
September 29, 2008... MUMBAI,Sept. 28: India's most revered singer melody queen Lata Mangeshkar who has mesmerised music lovers with her celestial voice for over six decades celebrated her 79th birthday with family members in her Pune home today. Didias she is...

Spotlight on healthcare workers safety.
September 29, 2008... Ajita Singh NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: The safety of health workers is becoming an area of concern with increased dependence on invasive techniques for healthcare delivery, diagnosis as well as medical treatment. Though healthcare workers safety...

CM calls for extra vigil during Pujas.
September 29, 2008... KOLKATA,Sept. 28: The chief minister, Mr BuddhadebBhattacharjee,today asked the city police to intensify vigil during the festive season asa precautionary measure against any untoward incidents such as terrorist attacks. Addressing a...

Last-minute shopping is more fun!
September 29, 2008... KOLKATA, Sept. 28: Being the last Sunday before Durga Puja, it seemed as if the entire city was out on the streets as shopaholics from the suburbs joined the crowds. With weather playing spoilsport for the last couple of days, Kolkatans...

Hospital hands over fake currency.
September 29, 2008... My wife was admitted to AMRIhospital, Kolkata, on the night of 12 September with severe asthma and other ailments. She was put in the ICU for a day and then shifted to a cabin. On the day of her discharge (18 September), the girl at the...

Barir Puja ~ past and present.
September 29, 2008... Abhishek Law KOLKATA, Sept. 28: While one family seems to be doing away with their century old tradition in keeping with the changing scenario, another family plans to go by the book and adhere strictly to norms laid down in scriptures of the...

JU student dies, medics blamed.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 28: Tension gripped Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Salt Lake this afternoon after a first-year Jadavpur University student, Mayukh Ghosh, died allegedly due to negligence on part of the hospital...

AIGL threatens to sue GJMM for its diktat.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service DARJEELING, Sept. 28: The All India Gorkha League would approach the state administration demanding forfeiture of GJMM's registration against the hill-based outfit's freshly issued diktat prohibiting the Opposition from...

Women in Siliguri donate blood for a cause.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Sept.28: It was blood donation with a purpose. A large number of women from various localities gathered at the Iskcon Mandir premises in Siliguri yesterday to encourage women in other parts of West Bengal to...

FCC knock out Ulka CC in the finals.
September 29, 2008... SILIGURI, Sept.28: Winners FCC squeezed past Ulka CC 3-2 in the final to win the 16th. Inter-Coaching Camp League-Cum-Knock-Out Football Tournament 2008 at the Kanchenjungha Stadium here today. Biplab Roy, Suardipta Roy and Man of the Match...

Aspects of Gorkhaland...
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service KURSEONG, Sept. 28: Today, the Jansadharan Sachetna Manch, Kurseong organised a seminar on Gorkhaland, at St. Alphonsus School hall in Kurseong, in which, the speakers emphasised on Gorkhaland by focusing on different...

Sushmita has her eyes on gold in next Olympics.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Sept.28: Ten-time national champion Heptathlete Sushmita Sinha Roy feels that sufficient international exposure, adequate financial support, international standard gears and equipments as well as proper diet...

GRIEVANCES.
September 29, 2008... Hospital hands over fake currency My wife was admitted to AMRIhospital, Kolkata, on the night of 12 September with severe asthma and other ailments. She was put in the ICU for a day and then shifted to a cabin. On the day of her discharge (18...

Incessant rains mar festive preparations.
September 29, 2008... MALDA, Sept. 28: Incessant rains since yesterday have upset the people on the eve of Id and Durga Puja. Heavy downpour since the past few days, added to the woes of both Hindus and Muslims as they were unable to buy new cloths for the...

New entry, exit point along Indo-Bhutan border in Phuentsholing.
September 29, 2008... Press Trust of India THIMPHU, Sept. 28: A new entry and exit point in Phuentsholing along the India-Bhutan frontier will soon come up to ease traffic at the border town. The place for the gate is tentatively identified near the State...

Gearing up for Sujapur by poll.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA, Sept. 28: The state election commission has asked the Malda district election officials to make preparation for the upcoming by poll in Sujapur assembly constituency, the date of which is yet to be announced. ...

Fresh row in Cooch Behar after student kills self.
September 29, 2008... COOCH BEHAR, Sept. 28: The suicide of a girl student of Class IX of a reputed English medium school of Cooch Behar evoked sharp reactions in the town. Chhatra Parishad and Trinamul Youth Congress adopted different programmes demanding arrest...

Ghisingh out, Durga in.
September 29, 2008... Bappaditya Paul SILIGURI, Sept. 28: With the dramatic political changeover leading to the dislodgement of Mr Subash Ghisingh from Darjeeling, Durga Puja will be returning to the Queen of Hills this time ~ after a gap of three-years. Mr...

An evening to remember.
September 29, 2008... SILIGURI, Sept.28: A poetry meet was hald at the the Mitra Sammelani hall here this evening. Mrs Rimi Dey, editor, Poddo, which organised the event, said before the start of the meet that a host of poets and critics would attend the programme...

Cong to demonstrate against CPM after Pujas in Islampur.
September 29, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Sept 28: Congress members have planned to organise movement against the CPI (M) and the police in Islampur after the Durga Puja. This decision was taken following the release of 21 CPI-M activists who had been...

GJMMs women and youth wings meet at Kurseong, criticise Tamang.
September 29, 2008... KURSEONG, Sept. 28: The GJMM's women & youth wing organised a public meeting at Kurseong Motar stand, today. While, addressing the meeting, the speakers criticised the AIGL chief Mr Madan Tamang and demanded that either Mr Tamang should leave...