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Awards earned, awards fixed?
As genuine heroes and authentic role models have faded out of public space, the politician and the fixer have stepped in. The Padma awards too have got mired in controversy, writes Harish Khare.

Denied their due?
It was not until 1992 that an industrialist was considered "appropriate" to be conferred the Bharat Ratna, says Alok Mukherjee.

Artistes' angst
Unhappiness within the artistic community over the selections has always been there... and is likely to persist. Anita Joshua reports.

Hardly sporting
There are any number of instances where political connections have mattered more than sporting achievements. K.P. Mohan lists a few.

Nagas yearn for peace
By Kuldip Nayar

I was India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in 1990 when A.Z. Phizo died in London. Before his death, he reportedly told his old comrade-in-arms, Khodao-Yanthan, that he wanted to advise his old friends to give up violence and seek a ...

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