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Better later than sooner
AS ANYONE WHO goes through the detailed 40-page note issued by the Election Commission will realise, its decision to rule out an early poll in Gujarat could not have been easy to arrive at. But, viewed in terms of the larger issues involved and ...
Where reserves matter
THE SIZE OF India's external reserves crossed $60 billion recently, according to the RBI's report. Impressive as it sounds, it ought to be seen as much more than a statistical milestone. Its true significance lies in understanding the factors ...


Leader Page Articles
Lessons from the petrol pumps scam
By Prashant Bhushan

The scam shows how lack of transparency in the functioning of a system can allow those in power to easily manipulate it.
Retirement for judges
By K. Subramanian

One of the methods by which the efficiency of the judicial system in India can be raised is by increasing the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges.


News Analysis
DIPLOMATIC NOTEBOOK
The art of avoiding contact
By C. Raja Mohan

Will they avoid all eye contact with their Pakistani counterparts? That will become the question in Kathmandu this week as the Foreign Secretary, Kanwal Sibal, and the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, participate in a conference of ...


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