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COVER
STORY: MUSLIMS
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The
M Factor
As Muslims look beyond security and Lalu, every party
wants to present itself as the answer
FULL
STORY
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NATION:
INDIA TODAY-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG OPINION
POLL ON CHIEF MINISTERS
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The
Most Popular ...
A tiring populace, it would seem, wants decisive leadership
and action as it votes with its feet for performers, rewarding
the doers and dumping the laggards
FULL
STORY
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BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: CARS
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On
The Fast Track
Sales of one million, $1 billion in exports -2004 was a
year of big milestones for the car industry and 2005 promises
to be bigger. Here's what to expect.
FULL
STORY
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STATES:
GOA
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Carnival
of Chaos
Political instability returns to the coastal state as a
Congress-led coalition is sworn in amid a controversy-ridden
confidence vote
FULL
STORY
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SPORTS:
NARAIN
KARTHIKEYAN
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Formula
Won
He is the first Indian to breach the F1 barrier and become
a part of the most glamorous racing circuit in the world
FULL
STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS:
CINEMA
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The
Pancake Cracks
Bollywood turns the camera on the grime behind the gloss
in celebritydom and following Madhur Bhandarkar's Page 3,
the year's first hit, audiences get ready for more reality
to bite
FULL
STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS:
BOOKS
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Diva
la resistance
A stirring tale of love and betrayal in Occupied France
where an Indian princess is air dropped as a spy
FULL
STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS:
BOOKS
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Reviving
The Dead
A recycling of earlier published works but Khushwant is
lively on death
FULL
STORY
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NATION:
COMMUNIST
PARTIES
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The
Party's Not On
In an apparent survival tactic, the CPI broaches the idea
of communist unity. But big brother CPI(M) isn't impressed.
FULL
STORY
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DEFENCE:
INDO-ISRAELI
TIES
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Getting
A Boost
From a buyer-seller relationship, India and Israel graduate
to a new defence synergy-finalising joint marketing deals
and strategising on their entry into the global market
FULL
STORY
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NEIGHBOURS:
NEPAL
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Royal
Coup
The King's dismissal of the Deuba government and his assuming
power trigger Nepal's worst political crisis. Why India
should also worry.
FULL
STORY
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INTERVIEW
OF THE WEEK:
GENERAL J.J. SINGH
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"We
Are Keeping Our Guard Up"
In an exclusive interview, the first Sikh to head the Indian
Army, General J.J. Singh, talks of how he plans to make
the army a lean and mean fighting machine for the 21st century
but adds that he would insist on it being a humane one too.
FULL
STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS:
THEATRE
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Double
Impact
Now enjoy a play with your pasta as cocktail theatre comes
to town
FULL
STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS:
BOOKS
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Flight
of Fancy
Plants burst forth from girls and sailors cough up birds
as a modern Canterbury Tales unfolds in a Tokyo airport
lounge
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STORY
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