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E-2004 COVER STORY:
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E-2004 COVER STORY:
RAJASTHAN CAMPAIGNS |
| Keen Contests |
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Empowering Sons |
These
are elections that are voted locally, but the interest in them
is nationwide. Laloo Yadav takes on Rudy in Chhapra in one of
the most decisive electoral battles of his political career,
Kamal Nath desperately tries to hold on in Chhindwara, Ram Naik
falls back on both experience and campaigning skill to neutralise
Govinda's star value ad appeal among the middle class in North
Mumbai and Lalitha attempts to keep the Kumarmangalam family
flag high in Pondicherry.
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In Barmer, Manvendra is loved not just
for being Jaswant Singh's son. Dushyant Singh learns the Chemistry
of politics in Jhalawar, formerly his mother's seat. Sachin
Pilot, who is a candidate from his late father Rajesh Pilot's
constituency Dausa, has picked up the politics of caste.

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E-2004 COVER STORY: GANDHI SCIONS |
"The EC is united
and works
as a team" |
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The Charm Troopers |
The
CEC reserves comments on the
sari episode; a BSP candidate ropes
in duplicate stars for his campaign while
the real stars dole out their
pollspeak.
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Rahul
and Priyanka believe it is their duty to do all they can for
India. A surname unites them. It also divides them from Feroze
Varun, the son of Indira Gandhi's estranged daughter-in-law.
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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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| BUSINESS & ECONOMY: HLL |
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THE GLOBAL INDIAN |
| Lever's
Travails |
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Down the Aisle to
New Chapter |
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Last week's top level reshuffle in HLL is an unprecedented
move to rejuvenate the company besieged by an army of small
brands, a global competitor-turned-price warrior and the burden
of its past

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It
was a curious blend of fiction and reality as the thrice-divorced
writer and the New York model tied the knot at a celebrity-studded
ceremony
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| SPORTS: CRICKET |
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SPORTS: CRICKET |
| The
Incredible Inside Story |
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Interview: John Wright
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The incredible inside story of how an inspired band of cricketers
overcame fears and setbacks to score an epochal, first-ever
Test series win over its arch-rival Pakistan.

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John Wright who has coached the Indian
team for over three years spoke to Senior Editor Sharda Ugra
in Islamabad after the series win.
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| SPORTS: GUEST COLUMN |
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PHOTO FEATURE: WOMEN DACOITS |
| Rebuilding is Painful |
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Lipstick
Among the Bullets |
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Pakistan can learn a thing or two from
the powerhouse performance of the
Indian team.
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Inspired by outlaws like Phoolan Devi, young girls join the
gangs of dacoits operating out of the Chambal ravines. These
women are energetic, ruthless-and feminine

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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| Memory on the Beachfront |
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Song
of a Salesman |
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The layered past of Goa and all its
lingering sorrows come alive in this
literary homecoming.

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Through the maidservants and memsahibs at an Amritsar sari
shop, a first novel unravels the complex reality of urban
India.

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OFFTRACK: AURANGABAD |
| Rain
Chaser |
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High
Water Mark |
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A quirky itinerant goes in search of the wettest place on
earth.

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Barren acres become lush oases as an engineer shows an ingenious
way to
harvest ranwater

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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: INDIA
FASHION WEEK |
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| The
2004 Look |
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Raunchy is out. Romantic is in. The Ivory League is scoring
over colours purple. As the grand show begins, this season's
runway trends could well be in your wardrobe tomorrow.

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