COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 4 June 2001
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Union minister for law, justice and company affairs Arun Jaitley is certain that the bold labour law changes will sail through Parliament. Excerpts from an interview:
Despite apprehensions voiced by trade unions, the proposed reforms can only benefit the majority of the working class
The yellow-cloth minority identikit decreed by the Taliban is its desperate response to the UN sanctions
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Union minister for law, justice and company affairs Arun Jaitley is certain that the bold labour law changes will sail through Parliament. Excerpts from an interview:
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Despite apprehensions voiced by trade unions, the proposed reforms can only benefit the majority of the working class
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Desi destinations now top the wishlist of domestic tourists
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The national cricket coach on the Zimbabwe tour
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The yellow-cloth minority identikit decreed by the Taliban is its desperate response to the UN sanctions
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New Yorker bash: Jhumpa shares the stage with ol' man Rushdie
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OTHER STORIES
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Nobody knows if the FM's 'resignation' was fact or fiction
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The 'monkey man' mystery is just an annual ritual for Delhi—its daily life runs on rumours, small and big
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The law may be an ass, and an overburdened one at that. Perjury, then, is easy to get away with.
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All are equal before the law—equal in the degree to which it's vulnerable to money and influence
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The shy CEO of the high-profile PepsiCo India calls it a day for his share of golf and rides on the Hooghly
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Kung fu, karate, taekwondo—they all have their roots in this form
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For Bombay cinema, it's native exotica—like adding a dash of pepper to jaded fight scenes. But a martial art genre plays along.
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The fall of the Samata government in Manipur makes other NDA allies wary of the BJP
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Big B's coming films, Naghma's autobiography and more juicy gossip
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Allegations of a casteist insult are at the centre of an ugly row between the bar and the bench
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The growth rate stagnates as reforms flounder. Job insecurity and the global slowdown compound the dull ache even further.
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Bhavdeep Kang Dines Sangeeta Singh Deo
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Condon's report holds obvious inferences for the BCCI; it also hints at the dubious role of umpires and businessmen
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Scepticism tempers the hope aroused among the Kashmiris by the latest peace initiative
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Some see it as a tacit capitulation, one that affirms Pakistan's role in Kashmir
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It's vintage Vajpayee, but this time the politics of gestures will not suffice
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Status quoists in India say that if things are going fine, why meddle in them? But things were never fine.
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Pakistan hasn't budged an inch on jehad but India has given a mile, writes Prem Shankar Jha
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Cities with the highest number of crimes against women
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It's the least safe city for women, going by an NCRB report
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This column had given an identical warning twice. On September 27, 1999, and again onDecember 25, 2000, it said: "Having failed in Kargil, China ...
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Laurels for Perkovitch, Romila Thapar; Pankaj Mishra and Amit Choudhary not even in Booker shortlist...
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Good reading for long summer afternoons
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If Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the best writer in Malayalam, then Gita Krishnankutty's translation proves that Malyalam reads much better when written in English.
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The cream of cricketature—inspired prose on the world's finest game
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A fresh hope for asthma patients, but doctors are cautious
