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Editorials
Cynical manoeuvres
IN REITERATING THAT the BJP is "bound" by the agenda of the National Democratic Alliance (wherein `Ayodhya', like other contentious issues, does not figure by common agreement), the BJP chief, Jana Krishnamurthi, has evidently sought to reassure ... More


Pulling rabbits out of a hat
SLOWLY, BUT STEADILY, there are indications that India's budget-making process will change in due course. With one colonial anachronism — the timing of the budget presentation — now comfortably forgotten, it is time to lift the veil ... More

Leader Page Articles
Finance for development
By C. Rammanohar Reddy

A U.N. Summit in March, the FfD process, is going to end with a declaration that skirts the issue of global responsibility for development and instead reiterates the usual shibboleths about the need for Governments to follow prudent economic policies . More


Whither secular schools?
By Manisha Priyam

Declining public expenditure on basic schooling poses a far greater challenge to the school as a site for secular instruction and management than religious bigtory or chronic underdevelopment. More

News Analysis
India and the Bush doctrine
By C. Raja Mohan

NEW DELHI, FEB. 1. The unveiling of a sweeping Bush doctrine earlier this week is likely to offer historic choices for Indian foreign policy in the coming months and weeks. The U.S. President, George Bush's ambitious plans to wage a comprehensive ... More


Vajpayee's Prime Ministerial authority being tested
By Harish Khare

NEW DELHI, FEB. 1. Prabhat Kumar resigned late last night as the Governor of Jharkhand but not before coming pretty close to defying the Prime Minister's authority. Mr. Kumar had been left in doubt that the Centre wanted him out; but he probably ... More

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  • Replacing labour?
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