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From
The Editor In Chief
To The Editor
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Corrupt
and Indian
A functioning Lok Pal can make a qualitative difference
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| THE NATION: CABLE TV |
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THE NATION: MEDIA POLICY |
| CAS Trap |
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Loopholes Galore |
Two task
forces, an amended Act, three long-winded notifications and
countless manhours spent in discussions with broadcasters.
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Inconsistent.
Riddled with flaws. Self-contradictory. It promised to be nationalist,
but the Government's media policy is a study in confusion.
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| STATES: GUJARAT |
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STATES: GUJARAT
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| Flawed
Justice |
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Cooperating
to Loot |
Civil-rights
activists are stunned as teh court acquits all the accused in
the Best Bakery case.
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Of the 38
cooperative banks that have gone under, 25 were controlled by
politicians who misused the funds by issuing loans to friends
and relatives.
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| STATES: BIHAR |
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STATES: TAMIL NADU |
| Dons
Take UP Guns |
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Daughters
of the Soil |
Extortion
threats force affluent college teachers in Patna to hire private
security for protection.
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Dalit women
panchayat presidents have taken empowerment to newer heights
by fighting hard for freedom and justice.
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| BUSINESS: DOWNSIZING |
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NEIGHBOURS: PAKISTAN |
| Working
Out |
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In
Slow Motion |
With competition
staring in the faces, company after company is slashing its
workforce and boosting productivity. That only strengthens—not
weakens—the case for loabour reforms.
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The Delhi-Lahore
bus is set to roll, but other peace initiatives are hostage
to mutual suspicion.
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| DIPLOMACY: INDIA-UAE TIES |
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EDUCATION: BHILAI |
| First
Step |
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Industrious
Hub |
The first
ever strategic dialogue between India and UAE signals a shift
in the Emirates' foreighn policy.
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The steel
city has become an assembly line for teenagers aspiring to enter
the IITs
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| EDUCATION: WEST BENGAL |
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HEALTH: ORAL REHYDRATION |
| Law
School |
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Worth
the Salt |
With discrepancies
in exam results rising, more and more Class X and XII studetns
take legal help.
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Numerous brands
of Oral Rehydration Solution flood the medicine market but lack
of awareness about their effectiveness ensures their under-utilisation.
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| LIFESTYLE: JEANS |
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LIFESTYLE: GLASS |
| Denim's
Day Out |
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Transparent
Future |
They are versatile,
stylish and flying off the racks. The jeans enjoy a high fashion
moment.
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Glass—once
a symbol of privilege— becomes democratised as the housewife
with a feel for the contemporary opts for the medium to showcase
her home.
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| MEDIA: KASTURI & SONS |
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SPORTS: TENNIS |
| Hindu
Divided Family |
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Aces
Up the Sleeve |
N. Ram's appointment
as the paper's first editor-in-chief wasn't a smooth changeover.
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They could
be born into tennis, stumble into it or be discovered by it.
The lives and careers of its young contenders tell the tale
of Indian tennis.
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| CINEMA: BOOM |
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OFFTRACK: BASTAR, CHHATTISGARH |
| Vava
Voom |
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Health
is Wealth |
Kaizad Gustad
usually talks more than he delivers, but with Boom's over-the-top,
bazooka style of filmmaking he seems to be on the ball.
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A former banker
finds the mother lode in medicinal plants.
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CURRENT ISSUE JULY 14, 2003
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