| COVER STORY:
AFGHANISTAN |
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COVER STORY:
AL QAIDA
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| Who Will Rule Kabul? |
Targeting the Brain |
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The right ethnic mix in the formation of the Government is the key to
stability in war- torn Afghanistan.
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For the US winning the war in Afghanistan will be far easier than destroying
the terrorist organisation's worldwide network.
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| COVER STORY:
PAKISTAN |
COVER STORY:
INDIA |
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| The General's Bloody Nose
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Shifting Base |
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As Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance, many were quick to label Pakistan's
joining forces with the US a strategic debacle.
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India's worry is
that the Taliban may find its way out of Afghanistan and into PoK and so
remain a threat.
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| LETTERS |
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EDITORIAL |
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From The Editor
In Chief
To The Editor
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America's
Ally
It's not a wonderful fiction,
Mr Minister, it's a wonderful opportunity
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OTHER STORIES |
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ECONOMY:
WTO MEET
Futile Grandstanding |
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NEIGHBOURS:
BANGLADESH
Escape To the West |
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By taking an unrealistic position on key trade issues, India has turned
its modest gains in Doha into glaring losses.
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The Islamic tilt of Khaleda Zia's government leaves the Hindus seeking
ways to get out of the country.
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CRIME:
TEMPLE BURGLARY
Stolen Gods |
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SPORTS:
CRICKET
The Homecoming |
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Was it petty theft or intended to create tension? The Orissa police try
to find the motive for a strange crime.
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Nasser Hussain's team includes
three players of Asian origin, marking the change sweeping through English
cricket.
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SOCIETY
AND TRENDS: MALE GROOMING
Look Who's Preening |
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WILDLIFE:
PERIYAR POACHERS
Changing Stripes |
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From caviar creams to body waxing, the urban Indian male is sparing neither
time nor cash to look the best he can.
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Social acceptance and steady
incomes lure poachers into becoming protectors of the tiger reserve.
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CINEMA:
SHAH RUKH KHAN
Dreams Limited
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OFFTRACK:
AYODHYA
Live and Let Live
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Shah Rukh Inc needs to rework its script. The unmaking of Asoka has
cost Dreamz Unlimited much more than a vision.
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Even in times of hatred, there is an oasis
of peace in Ayodhya district of
Uttar Pradesh.
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COLUMNS |
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FIFTH COLUMN: TAVLEEN SINGH
Defying Governance
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AMERICAN
EYE: DENNIS KUX
Give Hope a Chance |
Why can't the Vajpayee Government
make the bureaucracy obey its orders? 
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The view from Washington after
the Vajpayee visit appears positive. |
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KAUTILYA: JAIRAM RAMESH
Gain in Pain
The global
economy is in serious trouble but India should move ahead boldly
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NEWSNOTES |
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| CENTRESTAGE
By Ajit Nainan |
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QUOTE OF
THE WEEK |
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"Every (nuclear) weapon, you know, is made not for storing but for
deployment."
Eminent scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, at a media meet on whether
India had a command and control system in place
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| CAPLOOKS
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| Anything
Goes |
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Om
is Where the Art is |
Patil
finds it difficult to resign himself to his job as party deputy leader in
the House. 
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For the Chautalas politics has
always been family business. |
| Lotus
Eater |
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Brothers
and Brothers |
Kamal
Nath resents move to amend Rajya Sabha election laws.
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Rabri Devi's brothers, Subhash
and Sadhu Yadav, are at loggerheads yet again. |
| Confessional
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Tremors
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BSP leader Mayawati, on the
forthcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
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India and its policy towards
the UN, NAM, CHOGM and WTO. |
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DESPATCH SIGNPOSTS
SPOTLIGHT
INBOX
WORLDWATCH
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SIGHTINGS
FUN
QUIZ DIWALI
MUSIC
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| REGULARS |
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BOOKS
India's Emerging Nuclear
Posture: A. Tellis
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City
Improbable: An Anthology Of Writings On Delhi: Khushwant Singh |
| Both the nuclearati and peaceniks
could not have asked for a better book. |
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From Mahabharata to Partition,
the story
of a city.
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Authorspeak:
Manjushree Thapa
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| EYECATHERS
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Esha Deol
Jessy
Randhawa Vinod
Khanna Suman
Ranganathan
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CURRENT
ISSUE NOV 26, 2001
