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COVER STORY: SMS
Love in the Time of SMS
If there is a modern, techno Cupid, it is that small screen on mobile handsets. The SMS has launched
a thousand relationships. Over 2.5 crore SMS are
sent by four lakh cell phone owners daily, an average
of over 60 messages per phone per day. More than
half of these SMS messages are generated between
7 and 9 a.m. and between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Across
India, it is increasingly used for instantly conveying intimate details of love-indicating a paradigm shift in personal communications.
 
 
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MAKING SENSE OF INDIA: THE DIASPORA

THE NATION: KASHMIR ECONOMY

How Do We Get Them To Help? Great Sop Story

A 20-million, $400-billion strong community that is getting richer and more powerful. It can help transform India.

Jammu and Kashmir is the most pampered state which is why the people prefer India
to Pakistan.
 

THE NATION: BSP-BJP ALLIANCE THE NATION: BJP-PARIVAR DISPUTE
Power of Two War in the Family

Advani's presence at a BSP rally was aimed at firming up an alliance that can thwart a possible Congress-SP tie-up.

Vajpayee goes on the offensive as various Parivar outfits step up criticism of the Government's policies.

     
     
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  The Security Vision
The idea of pre-emption is as valid for India as it is for America.
     
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ECONOMY: PRIVATISATION
Private Problems

NEIGHBOURS: SRI LANKA
Peace Amidst Landmines

The sale of HPCL and BPCL is stayed for three months all right, but the ministry could sell 30-odd other PSUs with it. Here is why it can't.

 

Colombo streets wear a festive look as peace dividends trickle in. But much depends on how flexible the LTTE and Sinhalese parties are.

NEIGHBOURS: PAKISTAN
Bit of a Sham

DIPLOMACY: ARMS CONTROL
The Indian Connection

Amid allegations of pre-poll rigging and pervasive public scepticism, the crucial general election heads for a tame finish.

   

An obscure Delhi company found
exporting sensitive material to Iraq
leaves India red-faced.

 

SPORTS: CRICKET
Top Order

OFFTRACK: ARANMULA, KERALA
Heart to Art

Does the Indian team have what it takes to become world champions?

   

A French woman's love for art turns a village into a cultural hub.

SCIENCE: TEST-TUBE BABY
Honour Restored

EDUCATION: UGC-DU STAND-OFF
Striking Out

Experts finally accept that India's first in vitro birth took place eight years earlier than acknowledged.
   

UGC's budgetary might leaves Delhi University with little choice but to accept the 22-hour work norm.

LIVING: ROYAL LEGACY
The Last Mughal

CRIME: ABU SALEM
Quiet Lay the Don

The descendants of emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar emerge from obscurity and seek
fresh recognition.
   

India hopes that the United States' worries about Abu Salem's Al-Qaida links will ensure his extradition.

CRIME: SALMAN KHAN
Superbrat

THE ARTS: TRIBAL ARTIFACTS
Icons on the Block

The film industry's very own bare-chested, fist-swinging Devdas gets himself into another serious run-in with the law.

   

Traffic in tribal relics—real and counterfeit-grips the place that gave birth to the Naxal movement.

 NEWSNOTES
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar   QUOTE OF THE WEEK
 

"No country in the world has done so much in the international war against terrorism as Pakistan."

Rashid Qreshi, spokesperson for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
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The Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar on next year's assembly elections
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