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 NATION:
BJP
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Battered
Ram
Advani takes over as the president of the BJP at a time when
it is in disarray, demoralised by successive electoral defeats
and wracked by infighting. Can he halt the downslide?
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NATION:
MAHARASHTRA POLL FALLOUT
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Pawar
And Glory
While Pawar emerges as the only leader of stature in the state
and establishes the NCP as a credible regional force, the
Congress finds itself pushed to the second place. The pre-election
bonhomie is clearly under strain.
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STATES:
UTTAR PRADESH
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A
Criminal Record
More than half the MLAs in the state have criminal cases,
reveals a secret police document
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Divorced From Reality
The Supreme Court's recent ruling against easy divorce dashes any hope that legal separation will be quick, smooth and easy in India.
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA |
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Lost In Translation
No sense, no sensibility. That is the verdict on two filmmakers who have desperately tried to claim Bollywood but missed its brio
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The Queens' Parade
The Indian princesses who walked out of the zenana into casinos, politics and history's hall of fame
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The Third Sex
From transvestites to hermaphrodites, the other gender has found a home in the liberal world of Indian art
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NATION:
BY-ELECTIONS
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Advantage
Incumbents
It is seldom that the political pitch is raised during by-elections,
but parties left nothing to chance as 42 assembly and three
Lok Sabha constituencies faced by-elections last week. When
the results came out, by and large there was relief and respite
for the incumbents.
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NATION:
NEW CULTURAL AGENDA
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Swept
Under The Red Carpet
Detoxification, the Left's most innovative contribution to
political vocabulary, has forced the Government into cultural
cleansing mode
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STATES:
ANDHRA PRADESH
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Round
One Match Tied
Their talks with the Government remain inconclusive but by
agreeing to meet again, the Naxalites show that peace is high
on their agenda
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Jackie Oh!
Jackie Chan swings to the beat of India in the ruins of Hampi as he brings his all action, part comic, extra kinetic style of filmmaking to one of the country's most historic cities
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Remake Ripples
He has had setbacks in and out of movies. That has not stopped Rajnikant from setting Kollywood on fire with his new film
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Colonial Lovers
Bridget Jones brashness meets Mills and Boon mush as a Welsh woman and a native doctor seek a happy ending in British India
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