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The T.N. ordinance and Article 25
By Valson Thampu

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, is doing her best to espouse the Hindutva cause. It must be said to her credit that whatever she does, she does in style. So she has, in respect of the anti-conversion ordinance too. ...

Rivers of discontent
While the only immediate solution is for the States to initiate a dialogue on distress sharing, in the long term the Centre has begun to look at the option of linking rivers. Gargi Parsai on the issue of inter-State water disputes.

Padayatra politics
That the Karnataka Government is systematically flouting Supreme Court orders is something that the national institutional framework is really not equipped to handle, writes Supriya RoyChowdhury.

A reel of protests
Strong statements and rousing demonstrations will not achieve the objective, says Mukund Padmanabhan on Tamil Nadu's quest for its share of Cauvery water.

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