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OVERCOMING SOCIAL DEFICITS
INDIA IS DOING very well economically and is capable of becoming a developed country in the foreseeable future, perhaps even within two decades. However, there is no question of its joining the "league of developed nations" unless there is ...
AT RECORD HIGHS
THE CROSSING OF several important milestones by the Indian stock markets has a significance that goes beyond the statistical and the psychological. Not that the latter is of little consequence in evaluating market performance and more ...


Leader Page Articles
The joy of human life
By A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
SAFTA: Trade or development?
By Nagesh Kumar

To exploit SAFTA's full potential, the SAARC countries need to complement it by a customs union and then gradually move towards an economic union.


News Analysis
DIPLOMATIC NOTEBOOK
Making an India-Pakistan deal
By C. Raja Mohan

ISLAMABAD, JAN. 4. If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how ...
SAARC SIDELIGHTS
A Jamali show all the way
By Amit Baruah

ISLAMABAD, JAN. 4. The suspense has ended and the drama has begun. With the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali meeting soon after the SAARC inaugural session, the focus has shifted ...


Letters to the Editor
  • SAARC developments
  • Tough job at hand
  • Lyngdoh's remarks
  • The title issue
  • Resurgence of polio



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