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| COVER STORY: ECONOMY |
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COVER STORY:
ECONOMY |
| Why Indians Must Keep
Spending |
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Where is the Job Boom? |
Consumers
are at the heart of the current economic boom. Their changing
tastes are defining the speed and shape of growth.
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The job market,
though not exactly sizzling, isn't as bad as it seems. In
fact, 2004 may herald a much-awaited pick up.
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| EDITORIAL |
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LETTERS |
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From
The Editor In Chief
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To
The Editor |
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| OTHER STORIES |
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| E-2004: CONGRESS |
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E-2004: NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE |
| Party With A Difference |
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The Sangma Parivar |
Sonia
and her strategists have put together an aggressive poll strategy
to take on the seemingly invincible NDA
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The NDA's alliance
with the North-East People's Forum sets up a powerful regional
challenge to the hegemony of Congress.
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| E-2004: POLL MALL |
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NATION: CENTRE-HURRIYAT TALKS |
| Commissioned
for Elections |
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Peace
By Piece |
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The prime minister
and the leader of Opposition are in battle gear, political
parties are desperately seeking partners-Elections 2004 is
heading for a stormy showdown.
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The positive
outcome of the first-ever talks between the Hurriyat and Advani
is a significant link in the ongoing peace process. It is
designed to pressure hardliners to speak with tongues instead
of guns. But more steps are needed to make the truce less
fragile.
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| NATION: CRIME |
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STATES: UTTAR PRADESH |
| Criminal Breach |
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Lucky
Lucknow |
The escape
of three key accused in the Beant Singh murder case hints at
connivance of the prison staff.
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Projects worth
more than Rs 3,130 crore sanctioned for Vajpayee's constituency
since he became prime minister are nearing completion and promise
to transform the face of the city.
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| STATES: RAJASTHAN |
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DIPLOMACY: INDO-US TIES
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| Queen's
Gambit |
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Work
in Progress |
Projects worth
more than Rs 3,130 crore sanctioned for Vajpayee's constituency
since he became prime minister are nearing completion and promise
to transform the face of the city.
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Washington and Delhi signal a major policy shift in their
relationship but realise the challenges ahead in sustaining
it
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| DIPLOMACY: INDIA-CHINA |
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DEVELOPMENT: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM |
| Forward
March |
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Alternative
Theatre |
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Delhi and Beijing are set to go beyond disputed borders towards
a strategic dialogue that could give a fillip to Asian stability.
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High on pontification and low on solutions, the WSF was a
giant melting pot of characters, storylines and subplots.
Focus and action could have turned it into a powerful platform.
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| CONTROVERSY: BOOK BANNING |
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HERITAGE: TRANSFORMING RAJASTHAN |
| Shivaji
Spark |
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Past
Lives Again |
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Culture police vandalism and politics force the Maharashtra
Government to ban the biography of the Maratha warrior king.
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Rajasthan is using modern tools and concepts to enhance the
value of its past. While forts and palaces are being beautified,
the infrastructure is also being upgraded.
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| HERITAGE: CULTURAL MISSIONS |
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OFFTRACK: TEHRI GARHWAL |
| Institutional
Dole |
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Barking
up the Right Tree |
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In creating four new missions, the Government is opening
up new cash-rich avenues for patronage even as it retraces
a road well travelled by the IGNCA and the Archaeological
Survey of India.
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A former corporate executive takes on the authorities and
the timber mafia to save Uttaranchal's forests from denudation
in the name of development.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| Old
Word Order |
Cover
Drive |
Blending a
storyteller's verve with the rigours of academic research, a
thrilling account of the making of the mammoth OED
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Cricket's
enfant terrible comes to life in a hugely entertaining biography
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: LIVING |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: WITCHCRAFT |
| Grey
Sells |
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Curse
of a Lifetime |
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The entry of middle-aged employees in the youth-centred BPO
sector may bring in maturity and stability that it lacked
till now.
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Superstition in Gujarat's tribal belt gets uglier as hundreds
of women are condemned as witches every year.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: PUPPETRY |
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| Pulling
the Right Strings |
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Contemporary masks, mammoth puppets, digital techniques and
new themes have resulted in the transformation of puppetry
into a spectacular modern art.
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CURRENT ISSUE JANUARY 26, 2004
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