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A heartening course
THE WINDS OF reconciliation sweeping across the subcontinent are heartening, even if their breathtaking speed is somewhat surprising. The Prime Minister's announcement in Parliament on resumption of full diplomatic representation in Islamabad and ...
Humane executions
THE LAW COMMISSION'S proposal to do away with the practice of hanging convicts by the neck as the preferred method of executing the death sentence and instead consider administering the lethal injection is welcome regardless of the stance on the ...


Leader Page Articles
Museum, memory and mankind
By Gulshan Dietl

The self-proclaimed aim of the U.S. war was the liberation of the Iraqis and securing a better future for them. Will that future be built on their stolen past?
Empower the panel
By Mythily Sivaraman

Tamil Nadu should shed the dubious distinction of being the only State in the south that does not have a statutorily constituted, autonomous women's commission.


News Analysis
Liberal delusion
By Krishna Kumar

The elementary school near my house is among the many institutions that have been injured by the victorious invasion of Iraq. In a few months, when the civics teacher will talk about the status and role of the U.N., children will ...
May Day with a difference
By Jean Dreze

Country-wide agitations for the right to work took place on May 1, the ``international labour day". From village panchayats to Chief Ministers, representatives of the State at all levels faced public demands for an Employment Guarantee Act. This ...


Letters to the Editor
  • Loss of diversity
  • Taken for a ride
  • Censorship & media
  • Women's bill
  • Lethal injection
  • 'Akshaya Tritiya'



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