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Unwarranted move
IN CLAMPING A ban on the so-called "forcible" (religious) conversions, the Jayalalithaa Government in Tamil Nadu has taken a leaf straight out of the Sangh Parivar's viciously sectarian agenda and has, in a sense, `outranked' even the BJP's own ...
Facing dual challenges
KING GYANENDRA OF Nepal has placed the future of democracy in his country in jeopardy by assuming executive power himself. This decision is turning out to be more controversial than the other measures that he took simultaneously to dismiss the ...


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Congress and economic opportunism
By Pratap Bhanu Mehta

The increasing lack of clarity within the Congress over where it stands on fundamental economic issues suggests that it too is succumbing to the temptation of playing for short-term alliances.
An affair to remember
By Hasan Suroor

John Major's friends have questioned Edwina Currie's motives but commentators have pointed out that she also saved him from certain political demise by not speaking out earlier.


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