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COVER STORY: CONTROVERSY |
| "Kashmir is the
central issue" |
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General in the Labyrinth |
A
just and durable settlement of the Kashmir issue will mark the
beginning of a new chapter in the troubled history of the subcontinent,
says Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
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It
wasn't clear at which point in the evening the audience began
to be measmerised by the Kashmir kabab being dished out in generous
doses with the subtlety of a sledgehammer
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| COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
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COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
| "We can't be
shackled by history" |
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The Clash of Visions |
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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
says that India can and must become a developed nation by
2020 and declares his resolve to secure a meaningful role
for India in world affairs.
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Leader
of the Opposition and President of Congress party, Sonia Gandhi,
foresess a clash of competing visions — accommodative nationalism
versus aggressive nationalism.
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COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
| Await the Blockbuster |
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Empires: Past, Present,
Future |
US
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell outlines his vision of vibrant
Indo-US ties while Dr Dravid C. Mulford, US ambassador to India,
talks about the need for India to reach out and open up.
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New
technology and economic transformations can alter the balance
of power over time, says Paul Kennedy, professor and director,
International Security Programme, Yale University.
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COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
| What it Takes to be
a World Power |
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How India can be a
G-5 Economy |
The
term "Great Power" should not be seen in its historical
context but in a 21st century setting. Indiadistances itself
from the conventional idea of power as the ability of a nation
to bend other nations to its will through coercive use of force.
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Chairman
and MD of Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani, and IMF
Chief Economist Raghuram Rajan hail India as a land of opportunities
and a "can do" company.
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| COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
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COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
| Building 100 Indian
MNCs |
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From Red Tape to Red
Carpet |
How
do you create and environment in which a hundred Indian multinational
flourish? There are two ways of building the enabling environment.
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Union
Minister Arun Shourie and Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Deepak
Nayyar emphasise the need for massive reforms and question the
quality of state intervention.
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| COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
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COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
| Vision of Generation
Next |
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Future Fire |
The
subject that I am going to touch on is what legacy my generation
of politicians is going to leave behind when we retire.
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I
defire future fire as aggression against the state that threatens
peace and stability when military action is seen as the only
answer.
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COVER STORY: BUILDING AN INDIAN CENTURY |
| Exploiting India's
Soft Power |
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Star Spangled Evening |
Leading
actor Aishwarya Rai makes a pitch for marketing Indian dreams
effectively and Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief, Alfred A Knopf,
identifies India's soft power in its population.
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The
mood at the gala dinner, the traditional closing event of the
Conclave, was decidedly upbeat, and why not?
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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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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
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| The
Revolver Rani |
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Sardar
Gossip |
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She could have been Bhopal's modern-day begun. Family tension
made her Pakistan's trophy princess.
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Khushwant Singh returns to fiction with some intelligent
guesswork on Nehru's sex life. It deserves to be buried at
sea.
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SPORTS: INDIA TODAY-SAMSUNG
INDO-PAK SHOWDOWN |
| Mock
Hero |
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Guns
and Roses |
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The Satirist unplugs his barbs with the biography of a fictional
author.
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As the most famous sibling rivalry in cricket dazzles on
the field, the touring Indian team gets a never-before taste
of Pakistani hospitality off it.
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| SPORTS: GUEST COLUMN | ASIF
IQBAL |
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OFFTRACK: RAJASTHAN |
| Setting
The Stage |
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The
Boat Sinker |
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As the most famous sibling rivalry in cricket dazzles on
the field, the touring Indian team gets a never-before taste
of Pakistani hospitality off it.
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A boat runner-cum
environmentalist polices the Chambal river, attacking boats
carrying smuggled wood and stone. Forest officials confirm his
efforts have checkmated smugglers.
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