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Editorials
Is there life on Mars?
LIFE ON MARS has been a long-time human preoccupation. The late 19th century Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli, thought he saw "canali" (meaning channels) on the Martian surface, and the word got misinterpreted to mean canals. His ...
Doha Round blues
THERE CAN BE no illusions about the fact that the Doha round of trade talks of the World Trade Organisation is in a limbo. The message from the recent meetings of the WTO General Council is that differences among countries on the major issues are ...


Leader Page Articles
Rehabilitation incomplete
By Mike Levien

Thousands of families in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra who are affected at the current Sardar Sarovar dam height have not yet been rehabilitated, much less those who will be affected at 110 metres.
Nurseries of alienation
By Mihir Shah

Geographical enclavement in a remote pocket has provided the physical basis for a kind of "internal colonialism" faced by Adivasis throughout India.


News Analysis
Congress, BJP and coalition politics
By Neena Vyas

NEW DELHI, DEC. 29.The Bharatiya Janata Party said today that the Congress ``had not learnt the correct lessons'' in conducting coalition politics. The party was reacting to the statements made by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, at a press ...


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