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No cause for war
THE IRREFUTABLE CONCLUSION to be drawn, from the second report presented to the United Nations Security Council by those heading the inspection teams mandated to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities, is that progress is ...
A new railway zone
AN EMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN in support of a new railway zonal headquarters has ended with the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, laying the foundation stone for the South Western Railway zone at Hubli. The BJP was the biggest backer of the demand for ...


Leader Page Articles
Identity crisis
By Malini Parthasarathy

To suggest today... that the religious minorities are guests in a "Hindu India"... is nothing but a subtle form of "ethnic cleansing".
The lords of the land
By V. Krishna Ananth

They consider themselves the "natural" rulers and the transition from feudalism to democracy is welcome only as long as their own authority and their "right" to preserve their own privileges are not affected.


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War shadow over Afghanistan
By C. Raja Mohan

KABUL, FEB. 16. As war clouds gather over the Persian Gulf, there is concern here that the world will forget Afghanistan one more time. Afghanistan is no longer at the top of the international agenda. The hordes of Western journalists who ...
Need for pragmatism, engagement
By K.K. Katyal

The Foreign Ministers of India and Bangladesh, Yashwant Sinha and Mohammed Morshed Khan, have had a smooth equation and good rapport with each other. This much was evident from the reports of their "candid and positive" talks last weekend as also ...


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  • All for English
  • An affront
  • Mrs. Iyer & civil society
  • Stringent laws needed
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