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| Of Sonia and Marta |
| In search of the ideal female politician |
| It will always be fashionable to moan about the less-than-proportionate share of women in prized jobs. There was a time when the moans extended to politics as well. Even now there is a bill in limbo to give women a third of Parliament seats on a plat... |
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| Up for grabs |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra has done Indians a great service by exposing the political conspiracy behind the ... |
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| Hollow praise |
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Sir — So the Shiv Sena chief, Bal Thackeray, needed a cricketer’s words to prove his secular creden ... |
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| Give back the list |
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Sir — The new-look “Etc” is a visual delight. But the omission of the week’s film-movie schedule is ... |
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| WIN ALL THE WAY |
| For the Malaysian prime minister, Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the triumph in the national elections can perhaps be counted as t...| Read.. |
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| CROWN PRINCE |
| The law of primogeniture is a relic
of the feudal era. But intentionally or otherwise, Ms Sonia Gandhi and the Congress
seem to be upholders of ...| Read.. |
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| A New Tribe of Voters |
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This is probably the first general elections in which electoral officers will come across a tribe of voters casting ballots b... | Read.. |
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| Jaya dimming |
| As I was just about the only commentator in the media to have correctly predicted J. Jayalalithaa’s massive win in the state assembly elections of 2001, perhaps I have earned ... |
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| Where technology hinders |
| It is worth noting that prenatal diagnostic technology became available in India at least a decade prior to the Forum Against Sex Determination and Sex Pre-Selection campaign.... |
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For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. — ETHEL BARRYMORE
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