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Editorials
Petrol, patronage, probe
WHAT WAS PLAIN as day from the very beginning has now received judicial certification. The manner to address `Pumpgate' — the dubious allotments of petrol pumps, gas agencies and kerosene dealerships — was not through an omnibus ...
Falling with the interest rates
A FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVE of the monetary policy, over the years, has been to bring about a softer interest rate regime in the country. Few doubt the policy's success in this area. By nearly all parameters the interest rates have dropped very ...


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HUMAN RIGHTS DIARY
Crimes against women
By Kuldip Nayar

Women in the countryside are not even aware of their legal rights. But even those who know the law find that ... there is some loophole somewhere that helps the culprits.
Buddhism, Bhakti and the VHP - I
By Gail Omvedt

It is not simply a question of the VHP's problem with Buddhism. Hindutva's supporters today have to falsify even the bhakti movement.


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The son of the soil
By Satya Prakash Malaviya

Chaudhary Charan Singh was a farmer in thought, word, taste and deed. He was the first kisan Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and twice Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Union Home and Finance Minister but never forgot about the ...
DIPLOMATIC NOTEBOOK
Iraq: the fog of war
By C. Raja Mohan

NEW DELHI, DEC. 22.The very moment there is clarity on the imminence of war, a fog begins to form on how it will unfold. In declaring Iraq to be in "material breach'' of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, the Bush ...


Letters to the Editor
  • 'The wrong signals'
  • Goebbelsian
  • Opportunistic allies
  • 'Inspector raj'
  • A faulty legacy

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