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| NATION: DOWNSIZING MINISTRIES |
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NATION: COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME |
| 250
ministers to Exit, Rs 250 Crore Saved |
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Too
Many Cooks ... |
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On July 7, a new Act, aimed at limiting the size of ministries,
will be in place. Instead of curbing costs of administration,
it has created political instability and uncertainty in some
key states.
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Whatever the CMP may stand for-common minimum programme or
a blueprint for collective maximum performance-right now it
is nothing more than a collection of make-believe promises.
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| NATION: PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE |
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STATES: KARNATAKA |
| New Men in the Block
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The Uneasy Combo |
As
the power centre shifts to 10 Janpath, economics, not politics,
becomes the buzzword in the PMO.
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More than a week after the new regime
took over, there is bloody wrangling going on between the
allies over cabinet berths.
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| STATES: ANDHRA PRADESH |
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DIPLOMACY: FOREIGN POLICY |
| The
Arabian Nightmares |
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A
Different Drummer |
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The recent arrest of an Arab from Sharjah who married a minor
indicates a resurgence in Hyderabad's bride bazaar.
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Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's emphasis on the Nehruvian
framework as the foundation of India's foreign policy confronts
new international realities and raises hackles in Pakistan.
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| CRIME: NADIA KHAN'S DEATH |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: REPLICA
ANTIQUES |
| True
Lies |
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Making
The Best Out Of Waste |
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A young NRI woman in love with cinema. A director looking
for shortcuts. Nadia's death on the sets of Kaizad Gustad's
movie highlights the grime beneath Bollywood's glitzy surface.
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Buoyed by a growing demand, craft exporters in Rajasthan
are scouring kitchens, decrepit havelis, railway yards and
villages in search of junk that can be turned into objects
of art.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| The
Mouse Trap |
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Heavenly
Bodies |
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Stretching from Silicon Valley to Bollywood, Hari Kunzru's
new novel is a high-velocity ride through the neurotic lanes
of globalisation. This is ultra-contemporary imagination at
its stylish best.
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A band of travellers and a poet-feline search for a grand
cosmic design.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CHILD
MONKS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA |
| Little
Faith |
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Down
to Earth Divas |
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A nine-year-old girl's induction as a Jain sadhvi kicks
off a storm of legal wrangles over child rights with the court
hearing beginning next week.
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Bright, urban, bubbly babe. Meet the Bubba. Yesterday's
unapproachable star is now the girl-next-door. She goes out
for coffee dates, works, and often ends up in bed with her
hero.
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| OFFTRACK: PARAVUR |
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| No
to an Exodus |
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An Ashkenazi Jewish family in Kerala
obdurately prefers God's Own Country to the Promised Land.
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| YOUR WEEK |
Arts
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