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THE MAGAZINE May 19, 2003

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operation parakram

Burden Of Peace

Was India's largest peacetime deployment initiative -- at immense human and monetary cost -- really worth it?

May 19, 2003

| Chander Suta Dogra Murali Krishnan

STATES OF THE NATION

State Gazette

Who will pay the blood money?; Native lightness of touch; Citizen Jane; Faux ambush; That's the limit; Signals from jail

May 19, 2003

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delhi

The Quiet Czarina

An emigre from the cocktail circuit, Sheila Dikshit is the toast of Delhi's political banquet. Now polls beckon.

May 19, 2003

| Bhavdeep Kang
west bengal

Red Ants In Their Whey

CPI(M) cadre run riot in a bid for all-out victory in the state panchayat polls

May 19, 2003

| Ashis K. Biswas
Nukes

Virility Unstuck

Not only have India's superpower dreams remained unfulfilled, most experts find South Asia unstable now

May 19, 2003

| V. Sudarshan Ranjit Bhushan
kaziranga

The Horn Of Plenty

Rhinos have a space crunch, thanks to successful conservation

May 19, 2003

| Nitin A. Gokhale
citizens' groups

Some Little People In A Big Fight

A few brave souls who have not let their misfortunes get the better of them

May 19, 2003

| K.S. Shaini Zafar Meraj Sutapa Mukerjee Soma Wadhwa Priyanka Kakodkar
- Fighting For A Cause
assam

An Act Of Bad Faith?

The Centre's move to scrap Migrant Act stokes old fires

May 19, 2003

| Nitin A. Gokhale

iraq

The True Lies

The Saving Private Lynch story moved many. Turns out it wasn't for real Updates

May 19, 2003

| Mitch Potter
indo-pak ties

Fore And Hind Sight

A duplicitous Islamabad apart, Vajpayee has to negotiate the hardline here. But the mascot may have half won the peace Updates

May 19, 2003

| Saba Naqvi
opinion

How To Bridge The Gulf?

India's action in Iraq should factor in its image in the eyes of the Arab world

May 19, 2003

| Prem Shankar Jha

telecom

Fuzzy Lines

The slew of tariff plans for different networks has the subscribers all at sea

May 19, 2003

| Arindam Mukherjee
- The Truth About Telecom Tariffs
- Ringing In A New Rate Regime
reforms

Go Slow Polls Ahead

With elections around the corner, a climbdown on VAT, labour reforms et al was perhaps only to be expected. The Hindu rate of reform seems on track.

May 19, 2003

| Paromita Shastri
- Putting In The Stops

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Play-It-Safe Fundamentals

A handy safety checklist and buyers' guide to fun.

May 19, 2003

| Pramila N. Phatarphekar
fashion

India On 5th Avenue

Mainstream America's getting a dose of Indian dazzle. There's a buzz in Manhattan. Now it could spread.

May 19, 2003

| Seema Sirohi

Review

The Nth Moment

A pioneering account of the current mainsprings of India's foreign policy.

May 19, 2003

| Salman Haidar
Review

A Tune From The Past

A disarmingly frank memoir in a wonderful translation by Saleem Kidwai.

May 19, 2003

| Bhaichand Patel
Review

Stilted Conversations

A worthy premise, but a tad unrealistic in the grim realities of the present

May 19, 2003

| K.P.S. Gill

Delhi Diary

Thank You, George

May 19, 2003

| Vinod Mehta

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

Regulars

10 Questions

M.J. Akbar

Editor-in-Chief of The Asian Age, on Byline, a collection of his columns over the decade

May 19, 2003

| Sheela Reddy
Gossip

Bibliofile

William Dalrymple's Hollywood dreams may remain just that, but is he angling for a Bollywood role?

May 19, 2003

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Opinion

Bull's Eye

Political analysts should address two questions regarding SARS. Why did it happen, and what will it do? The advent of SARS, immediately after the Iraq ...

May 19, 2003

| Rajinder Puri
Making A Difference

Life & Times Of A Treedom Fighter

Meet Nirakar, who dreams of sculpting a fellowship of one lakh trees before he exits

May 19, 2003

| Suneeta Patnaik
Showtime

Tears Of The Sun

Blatant US propaganda which is not even marginally veiled by any good story-telling, sensitive acting or a remote sense of celluloid aesthetics

May 19, 2003

| Namrata Joshi
Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

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