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Editorials
A diversionary issue
BY RAISING THE issue of Sonia Gandhi's Italian origins, once again, the AIADMK chief, Jayalalithaa, has only found a pretext to settle scores with the Congress' Tamil Nadu unit. After the rhetoric indulged in by the partymen in Madurai (when the ...
Cut cinema costs
INDIAN CINEMA, WHICH started in the early years of the last century, sparkled soon after Independence with themes that were entertaining and educative. Social and economic dilemmas were tackled with a sense of rare courage, and audiences ...


Leader Page Articles
Conducting elections
By M.P. Singh

If the Election Commission gives cogent reasons for its inability to hold the polls on the dates suggested by the Executive, the latter has no choice but to honour the decision.
Don't revive Dabhol
By Kannan Srinivasan

It makes no sense to keep the project alive at the cost of a massive, continuing drain from consumers and public finances.


News Analysis
PEOPLE AND POLLS - I
Cynicism, the dominant sentiment
By Kalpana Sharma

A video camera in Srinagar today is more likely to be filming a wedding than a political rally. In the run-up to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, there is hectic wedding activity in the city. Anyone planning to get married this season ...
LHASA JOURNAL
China opens up Tibet
By C. Raja Mohan

LHASA, AUG. 29. From the first floor of a cafe on the edge of the Jokhang square, the sharp evening sun can be seen glistening on the golden canopy of a shrine that is at the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Pilgrims with prayer wheels in hand joust ...


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  • We can do it again
  • Disenfranchise Modi
  • Corporate fraud
  • 'Resurrect Kamaraj'
  • Population to blame

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