COVER STORY
The BJP's bid to form a government suffers another setback
Outlook Magazine - 11 December 1996
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A professor of Sociology, the wife of the Serbian President predicts a Yugoslav day
Forgotten by the nation, ace swimmer Padma Shri Mihir Sen lives in penury in a charitable hospital in Calcutta
The 400th birth anniversary of the Sati Mata sees crowds swarm in to perpetuate a banned ritual
As the threat of AIDS takes grip of male sex workers, NGOs step up their safe-sex campaign
But it’s a long haul for New Delhi and Beijing to resolve the contentious boundary dispute
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The US finds itself isolated on a second term for Boutros-Ghali
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A professor of Sociology, the wife of the Serbian President predicts a Yugoslav day
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Forgotten by the nation, ace swimmer Padma Shri Mihir Sen lives in penury in a charitable hospital in Calcutta
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A solitary activist tries to douse the embers of the sati tradition
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The 400th birth anniversary of the Sati Mata sees crowds swarm in to perpetuate a banned ritual
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As the threat of AIDS takes grip of male sex workers, NGOs step up their safe-sex campaign
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But it’s a long haul for New Delhi and Beijing to resolve the contentious boundary dispute
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