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New anti-terror initiatives
THE POLITICAL SYMBOLISM of the return to Kabul by the former king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, and a powerful pledge by the U.S. President, George W. Bush, to stay engaged in that southwest Asian country, which borders Pakistan, may ...
A gift that never was
BY DIRECTING THE Bharat Yatra Kendra Trust to return the 51 acres of land now in its possession to whom it belonged — the Bhondsi gram panchayat — the Supreme Court has only intervened in one of those instances where a member of the ...


Leader Page Articles
Distortion of political values
By K. K. Katyal

Our political elite has not learnt lessons from the past. If the Emergency caused havoc to the polity in 1975, Gujarat dented the country's image in 2002.
Ban battlefield nuclear weapons
By R. Rajaraman

Whatever military advantage tactical sub-kiloton weapons may offer, it is not worth the price of destroying the time-tested psychological barrier blocking the road to nuclear holocaust.


News Analysis
Direct payments will increase farm debt
By Vandana Shiva

In India and in Europe, direct payments or income support to farmers are being offered as an alternative to inefficient, non-sustainable farm subsidies. They are being promoted as non-trade distorting and as reducing Government expenditure and ...


Letters to the Editor
  • A striking contrast
  • Where is the proof?
  • India and the LTTE
  • Help Sri Lanka
  • Keep up the pressure
  • Contempt jurisdiction
  • Too many holidays
  • Small change

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