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    Editorials
    A matter of great relief
    It might have been just a difference in outlook, temperament, and style that elsewhere would have made for a family quarrel and remained unnoticed. Yet, when the family involved controls the largest private sector company whose revenue is ...

    A hard choice for Iranian reformers
    The pro-reform camp in Iran suffered a severe setback in the presidential election held on June 17. The two candidates identified with this camp finished third and fifth in a field of seven. While none of the seven secured 50 per cent of the ...

    Leader Page Articles
    Reforming the Joint Entrance Examination system
    By S.S. Vasan

    The JEE is a time-tested mechanism that deserves full credit for keeping the IIT system well-oiled and excellent. But well-conceived reforms aimed at spreading quality and improving access are overdue.

    News Analysis
    The Left Bank's well of ideas runs dry
    By Alex Duval Smith

    TOURISTS ON the Left Bank this week will come up against the existential burden of individual freedom when they face the quandary of whether it is more Sartrian to drink an overpriced cup of coffee at Les Deux Magots or an equally expensive one ...

    CHINA DIARY
    A booming market economy
    By Nirupama Subramanian

    BOMBARDED BY the bright neon lights of a free market economy, visitors to China may think the Chinese have shelved Mao, the founder of the People's Republic. The snaking queue at the mausoleum of modern China's leader in Beijing suggests ...

    Siachen: solutions for the taking
    By Siddharth Varadarajan

    The only guarantee that the glacier will remain demilitarised once India and Pakistan withdraw is a political one. And only Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf have the capacity to effect it.

    The latest products for your pets
    By Justine Hankins

    Now there's nail varnish, glasses and even mobile phones for your pooch.

    CAPITAL TALK
    Chronicle of a truly historic visit
    By Inder Malhotra

    What Nehru and the Soviet leaders said to each other retains some resonance even though the Soviet Union is no more and the international ambience has changed hugely.

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