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The Editor In Chief
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To
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| THE NATION: POTA |
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INTERVIEW: ARUN SHOURIE |
| Blunting The Edge
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It
is a free country... |
With
the new POTA ordinance empowering the review panels to overrule
even the state governments, the Centre has finally found a way
to make defiant chief ministers fall in line.
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When the chinese
coined the phrase "May you live in interesting times",
they may well have had Communications and Disinvestment Minister
Arun Shourie in mind.

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| STATES: ANDHRA PRADESH |
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STATES: KERALA |
| Milking
Naidu Style |
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He Wants The Crown |
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This Diwali
saw the BJP president storming his home district, Nellore,
with Rs. 500 crore worth of sops. Despite denials, many see
his move as a neat ruse to make political gains for his party.

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K. Karunakaran
is banking on a new-found friendship with sworn enemies, the
Marxists, and his growing acceptance within the ruling coalition
to unseat Chief Minister A.K. Antony.
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| DIPLOMACY: IC 814 INVESTIGATION |
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DIPLOMACY: PRINCE CHARLES'
INDIA TOUR |
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Insider Speaks |
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A
Royal Duty |
The CBI's
grilling of the former Taliban foreign minister confirms Indian
suspicions of an ISI role in the Kandahar hijacking.
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Taking a break
from another royal scandal generated by a former palace butler's
revelations, Prince Charles seeks refuge in the charms and warmth
of an Indian picnic
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY: GROUP INSURANCE
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EDUCATION: EXAMINATION SYSTEMS |
| Work
Under Cover |
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Quality
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Group insurance coverage is the latest HR tool in town and
a growing number of companies are offering life and medical
cover to their employees. Soon this may become the norm.
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The growing challenges of higher education both at home and
overseas are compelling top-notch Indian schools to adopt
modern education programmes like the international baccalaureate.

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| HERITAGE: NEGLECTED MONUMENTS |
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PHOTO FEATURE: INSIDE MECCA |
| Lost
World |
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The
Call of Faith |
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The World Monuments Fund has put three Indian structures
on its Watch List. But there is more to it. Like the sites
in Hampi, the country's treasures are in imminent danger of
being lost to time.

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Paris-based photographer Reza, who was permitted to take
rare pictures of Islam's holiest site in Mecca on assignment
for National Geographic channel, has made them exclusively
available for INDIA TODAY.

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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: FASHION |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: ALTERNATIVE SEXUALITY |
| Storm
in a Tee |
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Day
of the Gays |
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As two top designers lock horns over the issue of plagiarism
of jewelled T-shirts it turns out that imitation is certainly
not the best form of flattery in the world of fashion.

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Indian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
take sexuality to the streets and auditoriums of Mumbai to
form a minority force for asserting their identities and legal
space.

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| OFFTRACK: MUMBAI |
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| Rest
in Peace |
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Making dignity in death his prerogative, a businessman arranges
funerals for unclaimed bodies.

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| YOUR WEEK: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT |
All
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