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|  NATION:
RESERVATION
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| Bitter
Medicine
The anti-reservation stir by medical
students across the nation has had little effect on
HRD Minister Arjun Singh and the UPA as politics of
vote banks dictates the Government's policies and
responses
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| STATES:
WEST BENGAL & KERALA |
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| A
Tale Of Two CMs
The CPI(M) does a balancing act
as two Marxist chief ministers with differing interpretations
of ideology take office
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STORY |
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| BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: TELECOM |
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| Connecting
To The Future
By the end of May, India will
have about 150 million telephones. Some five million
Indians are buying phones every month. Here is what
the future of telephony looks like.
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STORY |
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| CRIME: TERRORISM |
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| The
New Threat
The huge cache of explosives
and arms recovered and the arrests of LeT terrorists
in Maharashtra reveal how vulnerable its security
is
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: TELEVISION |
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| 2006
A Laugh Story
Once a fringe player in television
entertainment, comedy is now a prime-time staple across
channels, and is growing its own pantheon of highly-paid
stars
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: ONLINE AUCTION
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| Netting
Art Buyers
Mumbai-based contemporary art
auction house Saffronart perfects the model for Web-based
auctions and clicks with collectors
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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| Identify
The Rage
The author anatomises everyday
violence with much moral angst but with little emphasis
on politics
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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| Blank
Canvas
Sex and ideas propel the narrative of this first novel
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STORY |
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| STATES:
TAMIL NADU |
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| The
Rising Son
Karunanidhi starts his fifth
term, partially fulfilling his election pledges, even
as his son Stalin's induction into the Cabinet signals
the DMK chief's carefully crafted plan to pass on
the baton
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| MONEY
TODAY: PORTFOLIO |
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| Smart
Mix
Three specialists prescribe investment
portfolios, explaining how to divide your corpus between
different instruments, to capitalise on today's boom-or
a bust, if it comes
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STORY |
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| DIPLOMACY: NEIGHBOURS |
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| Trouble
In The Backyard
With six of its neighbours ranking
high on a global roster of failed states, there is
a renewed warning for India to reassess its policy
towards them and safeguard its own strategic interests
FULL
STORY |
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| SPORTS: CRICKET |
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| Captain
Cool
Rahul Dravid, on his first captaincy
assignment outside the subcontinent, says the World
Cup is not on his mind and that India isn't neglecting
Test cricket.
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: ATUL DODIYA |
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| Hanging
Intent
With a highly personalised visual
vocabulary that crosses genres, styles, cultures and
histories, Atul Dodiya has emerged as the most disturbingly
evocative master of our times
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: FASHION |
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| Designer
Deals
Cool cuts and trendy tucks are
increasingly being complemented on the catwalk by
gems, jewellery and accessories of foreign luxe giants
as internationally renowned brands forge ties with
desi designers
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS |
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| Iron
In The Soul
An infamous police murder in Kerala
during the Emergency returns to fiction
FULL
STORY |
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| ESSAY |
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| Breaking
The Code
Politics of minorityism dictates the official response
to the protest against The Da Vinci Code
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STORY |
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