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STORY: ESSAY
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Praxis
Of Evil
Musharraf rearmed defeats the morality on which America
has built its post-9/11 war on terror
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NATION:
ICHR
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Reverse
Sweep
An all-new ICHR sets the ideological balance right and hopes
to chalk out a new agenda for history writing in the country
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STORY
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STATES:
KERALA
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Supping
With The Enemy
Rivals Antony and Karunakaran turn bosom buddies to take
on Oommen Chandy, adding yet another twist to the intra-Congress
feud. That spells disaster for the UDF in the run-up to
the assembly elections in 2006.
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STORY
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STATES:
KARNATAKA
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Fighting
Fire With Fire
As Naxalite attacks send shivers across Karnataka and the
state Government vows to nip the menace in the bud, what
remains a mystery is the silent and astonishing growth of
the extremists
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STORY
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BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: VIJAY MALLYA'S ACQUISITIONS
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A New
High
With 140 brands and a large chunk of the Indian market,
Mallya is the world's second biggest liquor baron. More
comforting for him is the control over Shaw Wallace, a company
he got and lost 20 years ago.
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STORY
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DIPLOMACY:
MISSING OFFICIALS
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Missing
In Action
An alarming number of MEA officials disappears on foreign
assignments, enticed by economic gains
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STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: RESTAURANTS
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Trendy
By Design
With where you eat becoming as important as what you eat,
restaurant designers, with their sensitivity to both form
and function, have raised the bar of stand-alone eateries
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STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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Funereal
Ballet
India plays out its many lives to writers as varied as Mark
Twain and Andre Malraux, George Orwell and Octavio Paz
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STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: OBITUARY
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The
Lone Dissident
As storyteller, cartoonist and essayist
O.V. VIJAYAN was the highest guru of dark comedies and primal
sorrows
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NATION:
RURAL ROADS
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Network
Success
The rural roads programme launched by the NDA in 2000 has
become a popular rural economy multiplier, prompting the
UPA Government to upscale it
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STORY
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STATES:
TAMIL NADU
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Still
At Sea
Three months after the tsunami and a second scare, a stand-off
between the Government and fishermen over compensation is
impeding rehabilitation
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STORY
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STATES:
UTTAR PRADESH
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Enslaved
By Insensitivity
Aged and ailing women prisoners at Lucknow's Modern Jail
are caught in the jaws of death even as an apathetic state
Government fails to take any measure to rehabilitate them
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STORY
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GUEST
COLUMN: ARUNA ROY
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The
Act Needs Muscle
Unless the features diluted in the RTI Bill are strengthened
it cannot be an effective law
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STORY
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BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: LOANS
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What
You Did With
Your Last Loan
Banks and financiers will soon start sharing the repayment
history of customers. That could mean easy and cheaper credit
for disciplined borrowers and tougher terms for the delinquent.
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STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: INFERTILITY
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Breaking
A Taboo
Despite social and religious censure Kashmiri women are
resorting to reproductive aids like IVF to counter the alarmingly
high infertility rates, a psychological fallout of militancy
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STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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Thrills
Of Hindustan
A British travel writer traces Ibn Battutah's footprints
in medieval India with ghoulish glee
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STORY
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SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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Healing
Touch
A search for a peaceful end to the unfinished business of
Partition
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STORY
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SPORTS:
CRICKET
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The
Duck Stops Here
The future of Sourav Ganguly is the question Indian cricket
seems reluctant to address. India's most successful captain
finds himself under fire for his stuttering Test batting
and the impact it has on his leadership.
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