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A shortsighted move
THE DECISION OF the Vajpayee Government to suspend the passport of Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, a senior Hurriyat leader and an acknowledged moderate within the separatist conglomerate's leadership — indications are that the move is a prelude to ...
Strengthening the bonds
IN A GENERAL sense, granting dual citizenship to People of Indian Origin (PIO) is a way of welcoming them back home — of officially reclaiming those whose cultural and emotional bonds tie them to this country. But more specifically, the ...


Leader Page Articles
Kelkar's burdens
By Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Is it not interesting that a report that constructively promises lower tax burdens, transparency and effectiveness is considered a burden?
Bhutan: racing towards democracy
By Wasbir Hussain

Bhutan's biggest plus point is the smallness of its size and population... Therefore, it should not be that difficult for it to withstand the impact of a transformation from an absolute monarchy to a political democracy.


News Analysis
Genocide of the unborn?
By Garimella Subramaniam

Amendments passed by Parliament in the winter Session to the (now renamed) Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act arm the Centre and State Governments to deal far more effectively with the ...
Distress formula, not dole, needed
By M.G. Devasahayam

Spurred by suicide committed by two farmers in the Cauvery delta region, the Tamil Nadu Government has decided to provide free noon meal to small and tiny farmers, agricultural labourers and their families. The school free meal centres will be ...


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