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JUNE 11, 2007
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 COVER STORY: AGRICULTURE

Grain Drain
The spectre of foodgrain imports stares India in the face, as agricultural growth plunges to an all-time low and the Government fails to come up with timely remedies. Will the Rs 25,000-crore injection work?

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NEW CODE, OLD ORDER

The Raj is long gone, but the oh-so-select clubs carry on. Or are they, asks India Today's Damayanthi Datta.

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 INTERVIEW: SHARAD PAWAR

Farming Is Becoming Unviable

Unless there’s a major infusion of investment, agriculture will continue to suffer, the Union minister for food and agriculture tells Managing Editor Raj Chengappa. Excerpts

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 COVER STORY: AGRICULTURE
TECHNOLOGY FATIGUE

For Manmohan Singh, the one feature that truly stands out is the “lack of any technological breakthrough in agricultural production technology in recent years”. There has been no technological breakthrough in either high-yielding varieties or hybrid seeds that could match the quantum jump in yields similar to that effected by the introduction of the Mexican dwarf variety of wheat in the mid-1960s.

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STATES: JAMMU & KASHMIR
Killers In Khaki

The recent spate of fake encounters in the Valley has sent shock waves among civilians.

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STATES: RAJASTHAN
Caste In Conflict

The violent Gurjar agitation for Scheduled Tribe status can erupt into a serious crisis if rival castes, not willing to share benefits, retaliate.

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STATES: KERALA
Comrades At War

In an unprecedented step, the CPI(M) suspends Achuthanandan and Vijayan from the politburo but allows them to continue in office. The harsh penalty is not likely to put an end to their sniping.

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DEFENCE: CHOPPER SCAM

Unfair Cut

A legal battle between an agent and an arms supplier and a PIL that blew the lid on it show how agents continue to tarnish defence deals, even though the Government denies it

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DIPLOMACY: INDO-JAPAN RELATIONS
Love With Tokyo

Driven by geopolitical interests and the need to balance the rise of China, India and Japan forge a new strategic partnership

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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BENGALI CINEMA
Out Of The Woods

With perky camera work, racy moves and hip characters, Bengali films have come a long way from cheap remakes of Bollywood potboilers. And they are making money too.

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SPORTSWATCH
Stuck At Silly Point

The search for a suitable cricket coach turned into a battle of wills and a contest of non-issues

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 COVER STORY: AGRICULTURE
THE GREAT DRY

If you’ve to pinpoint government neglect and failure, it is in the declining availability of water for irrigation. Even 60 years after Independence, 60 per cent of the farmlands are still dependent on good monsoons for reasonable crop productions.

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 NATION: UPA
Lurching To The Left

By chiding corporate CEOs for their excesses, the PM may have struck a chord with the Left. But the outrage can’t camouflage the UPA regime’s failure to push through inclusive growth.
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 NATION: UPA
Prescription Politics

Picking on CEOs will not work. Manmohan Singh must instead target systemic flaws and pro-capital bias to promote equitable growth.

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STATES: ANDHRA PRADESH

Back To The Roots

Three years after being shown the door, the tech-savvy former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu is reverting to party founder N.T. Rama Rao’s pro-rural rhetoric in an effort to regain power

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY: REAL ESTATE

An Abode Abroad

Indians are fast emerging as big-ticket investors in residential properties overseas. Thanks to relaxed RBI norms, you can now have a home in Dubai, Malaysia, Singapore and London.

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DEFENCE: INDIAN ARMY
Combating Stress

Field manuals, psychological tests, yoga. Here’s how the army is fighting stress, a killer of morale and men.

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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: FATHERHOOD
Overstretched Dads

Career moms’ struggles make daily headlines. But with today’s stressful workplace, cut-throat competition, extended hours and travel, dads are now facing a serious challenge in parenting and striving to redefine the idea of fatherhood.

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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
The Mughals Revisited

These narratives by priests, merchants and adventurers greatly influenced western ideas about India

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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
A Stick in Time

The portrait of a tempestuous legend leaves little to allusion

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