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The waters of discord
THE SLENDER HOPE that some headway would be made towards breaking the deadlock in the water-sharing dispute at the meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) has been belied. In the circumstances, it would have been too optimistic to have ...
Brahmeshwar Singh's arrest
THE ARREST OF Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of the Ranbir Sena, private militia of the upper caste landlords in North-Central Bihar, is indeed a step forward in the campaign to restore the legitimacy of the state machinery in the region. Founded in ...


Leader Page Articles
MACROSCOPE
A tired reprise of Rio
By C. Rammanohar Reddy

The agenda for the Johannesburg summit is the same as the 1992 Rio conference, the tone of the discussions a decade later is the same and the outcome too will be the same.
Tightrope-walking of the worst kind
By Vaiju Naravane

In all likelihood, Europe will attempt to steer a fence-sitting path (on the issue of attacking Iraq) in a vain attempt to placate both, its Arab suppliers and clients and its cousins across the Atlantic.


News Analysis
LHASA JOURNAL
A new class in Tibet
By C. Raja Mohan

LHASA, AUG. 30. The Potala Palace, nestling against and capping the tallest hill in the Lhasa Valley, is a majestic symbol of the Tibetan culture and history. The imposing simplicity of its external design — the stark white palace encasing ...
PEOPLE AND POLLS - II
A glimmer of interest in villages
By Kalpana Sharma

ANANTNAG, AUG. 30. ``This election-pelection is `fazool' (useless)'', says Jana, a woman of an indeterminate age with definite views on the coming elections in Kashmir. "I am very old, but I am really fed up, allah ki kasam, because I have never ...


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