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IN TODAY'S PAPER
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CITY NEWSLINES
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WEEKLY FEATURES
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| In the snake pit |
| The choice of India’s new defence minister is surprising |
| It was a long time ago. A.K. Antony was minister for civil supplies in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s government. The Sunday newspaper, which I was in charge of bringing out, had published an in-depth exposé on the state of the public distribution system in th... | Read.. |
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| Safe territory' |
| Sir — The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is good news for women who have suffered ... | Read.. |
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| BANK ON IT |
| The Reserve Bank of India’s mid-term review of monetary policy sprang a surprise on the bond markets by keeping the reverse r...| Read.. |
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| DANGERS AHEAD |
| Failures of a political system and constitutional crises often go together. The unusual decision of Bangladesh’s president, M...| Read.. |
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| One and many |
| “A media with the intellectual depth of a gnat.” Thus one Alastair Campbell, and he should know: he spent years —notably in m... | Read.. |
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| Riding a train in the sky |
| The temperature outside, someone says, is minus 10 degrees Centigrade. Small wonder in a place where the average daytime temperature is minus 4, and the nights in December-Jan... | Read.. |
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| A revolution only remains victorious through methods which are alien to those that made it. And sometimes even through sentiments that are similarly alien. — ANDRÉ MALRAUX |
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