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On sealing and social costs
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook," wrote William James. The words of the 19th century American philosopher, who developed a theory on pragmatism, have a significant ring in the context of the narrow and unidimensional ...

North-eastern security challenge
In its latest strike, ULFA terrorism in Guwahati has claimed 14 lives. It is a problem that will not go away by itself — or through talks, indirect or direct. The time has certainly come for the Central Government to go after the armed ...

Leader Page Articles
Agrarian crisis: nature, causes, and remedies
By A. Vaidyanathan

The institutional barrier — comprising governance, the quality of public systems, and economic policies — has become the most serious impediment to agriculture growth.

News Analysis
U.K., U.S. resisting ban on cluster bombs
By George Monbiot

THE CENTRAL mystery of the modern state is this. The necessary resources, both economic and political, will always be found for the purpose of terminating life. The project of preserving it will always struggle. If the money and determination ...

Corrections and clarifications
The caption of the photograph in "Jamnalal Bajaj awards presented" ("Variety" page, November 7, 2006) was: "HONOURED: N.R. Narayana Murthy (third from right), Board Chairman, Infosys Technologies, presented the Jamnalal Bajaj awards in Mumbai ...

A change of tack likely in Assam
By Sushanta Talukdar

Sunday's blasts in Guwahati by suspected ULFA men could lead to a two-pronged approach to insurgency by the Centre and the State.

OUT OF LONDON
Blair-Bush divide over Saddam verdict?
By Hasan Suroor

PERHAPS IT has not been widely noticed that the reactions of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and United States President George W. Bush's to the death sentence against Saddam Hussein has been in striking contrast to their "shoulder- ...

Preserving Tibetan culture
By Harish Chandola

The Chinese Government is keen on developing the region's culture.

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