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E-2004 COVER STORY:
INTERVIEW: MULAYAM SINGH YADAV |
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E-2004 COVER STORY:
ELECTION COMMISSION |
| "Small parties
will decide who will be the prime minister" |
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The EC Riders |
Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav took a break from
a frenetic poll campaign to talk to Editor Prabhu Chawla on
Aaj Tak's Seedhi Baat. Excerpts.
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Petrol and diesel prices, tax collections
and big money advertising. With the hyperactive Election Commission
preoccupied with such issues these days, voters' concerns
have taken a backseat.
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| E-2004 COVER STORY: POLL MALL |
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E-2004 COVER STORY: GEN NEXT CONTESTANTS |
| Power Pulse |
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Son-Rise Politics
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Sharad
Pawar does a flip-flop on prime ministership; Pramod Mahajan
does some smart cricket-talk; Hema Malini speaks out and small
players in Madhya Pradesh try to play spoilers.
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Akhilesh
is hailed as king-in-waiting; Jiten and Rajeshpati bank on their
political legacies, it's Pappu vs Pappu in Purnea and Bhiwani
sees a fight of three political scions.
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| E-2004 COVER STORY: TAMIL NADU |
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E-2004 COVER STORY: KEY CONSTITUENCIES |
| Dravidian Combat |
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Hot Seats, Cold Vibes
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Karunanidhi
and Vaiko have joined hands to campaign against the chief minister
of Tamil Nadu, who has targeted Congress President Sonia Gandhi
as a foe and identified Prime Minister Vajpayee as a hero.
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A
soap queen vs a legal eagle; Badal's battle for family pride;
Sidhu's new innings; Chidambaram's number crunching; Jindal
going for Chautala and Jagmohan for a fourth term. The knockout
bout is on.
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| E-2004 COVER STORY: CORPORATE HOUSES |
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| Why India Inc Loves
This Election |
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Anxiousness
has given way to optimism as businessmen are sure that a change
in government will not be disruptive for the economy.
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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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| DEFENCE: JOINT NAVAL EXERCISES |
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DIPLOMACY: INDIA'S SOFT POWER |
| Building
New Frency Ships |
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Minting Cultural Currency |
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India's largest naval exercise with a foreign nation marks
the possibility of huge defence purchases from France.
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The
buzzword in South Block is soft power. MEA mandarins are repackaging
Brand India to include what excites the new world: Indian food,
music, films, yoga, tourism, IT and education.
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| LAW: FALSE RAPE CASES |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| Courting
Shame |
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Gods as Dissidents
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In Rajasthan a disturbingly high number of women have been
falsely charging men with rape to settle scores. The legal
storm that it has created threatens the credibility of the
genuine cases.
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The divine kitsch that captures the
high drama of Indian political struggle is worth a darshan.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| First
Lady of Rani Chic |
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Oriental
Spread |
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Gayatri Devi revisited, but this time by an insider who embellishes
a fairy-tale life with rare nuggets of information.
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Unveiling the queen who ruled Jahangir's harem and his empire.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOMBAY DREAMS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: INDIA
FASHION WEEK |
| Biting the Big Apple |
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Cutting
Edge |
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With a new cast and a glitzy $14 million
production, A.R. Rahman's musical that stormed West End debuts
on Broadway and looks ready to make India the flavour of New
York's summer.
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Time was when fashion was all about cuts, embroidery and
Swarovski. Not any more. As the fashion week unfolds, brand
building, spindoctoring and celebrity clotheshorses are the
new designer statements..
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| OFFTRACK: BANGALORE |
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| Raising
Voices |
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A bank official and his wife seek to improve governance by
ensuring active public participation.
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