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Thursday, June 20, 2002
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Editorials Costs of militarisation THE CLOUDS OF war over South Asia have begun to clear, but the negative impact on the Indian economy of the build-up to war will stay longer. There is the short-term effect of the heavy financial cost of past and continuing full-scale ... Making a 'failed state' tick THE `LOYA JIRGA' or the traditional grand council has chosen Hamid Karzai as the transitional President of Afghanistan and given him a mandate to prepare the country for democratic elections in about 18 months from now. As a characteristic Afghan ... Leader Page Articles WORLD VIEW Vajpayee: third time lucky? By C. Raja Mohan Having come out with reasonable success from a dangerous and tricky strategic manoeuvre, Mr. Vajpayee must now prepare the nation for a substantive engagement with Pakistan. Disinvestment and privatisation By Rajinder Sachar The public sector is being deliberately maligned by some votaries of liberalisation... There should be a re-examination of the controversial policy of disinvestment. News Analysis Choosing a President By K.G. Kannabiran Time and again, circumstances and events have exposed the utter bankruptcy of our politics and the leadership's unpreparedness to face a crisis like the Gujarat violence and the Presidential election in the context of Gujarat. We may even ... AIADMK wins, but will people gain? By V. Jayanth CHENNAI, JUNE 19. The AIADMK has succeeded in unseating the Chennai Mayor, M.K. Stalin, at least for now. With a `retrospective legislation', the Government has annulled the mandate of the Chennai people. Though he has more than four years of his ... Letters to the Editor Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Sci Tech | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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