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Strict Spoiler

The draconian FERA almost invites citizens to violate it

Dec 11, 1996

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Cover Story

And Justice For None...

An outdated and unwieldy legal system cries out for urgent reform

Dec 11, 1996

| Arindam Mukherjee Paromita Shastri

Uttar Pradesh

'Secular' Triumph

The BJP's bid to form a government suffers another setback

Dec 11, 1996

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Spotlight

Glorifying A Gory Tradition

The 400th birth anniversary of the Sati Mata sees crowds swarm in to perpetuate a banned ritual

Dec 11, 1996

| Soma Wadhwa
- Treading A Lonely Path
Polity

Power Without Responsibility?

The CPI(M) is willing to attack, but not wound the United Front

Dec 11, 1996

| Ishan Joshi
- Glam Boys ? Not Quite
Parliament

A Code Of Ethics

P.A. Sangma moots a self-regulatory body to stem the rot

Dec 11, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire
- Different Precedents
North-east

Stock-taking Time

Members of the North-eastern Council say it needs more teeth

Dec 11, 1996

| Narendra Tilak
Maharashtra

Moral Offensive

Anna Hazare forces the Joshi government on the backfoot as he plans a statewide tour to generate awareness on corruption

Dec 11, 1996

| Saira Menezes
- "It Is A First Of Sort"
Karnataka

Another Rebellion

Janata Dal dissidents mount a campaign to oust Patel

Dec 11, 1996

| Y.P. Rajesh
Focus

Still Too Many Loose Ends

Investigators feel Chandraswami could provide the vital clue to Rajiv’s killing

Dec 11, 1996

| Ajith Pillai A.S. Panneerselvan
- Tardy Progress
- Fact And Mythology
Congress

'Demolish Rao' Tactics

By publicly apologising for the Babri debacle, Sitaram Kesri isolates Narasimha Rao further

Dec 11, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire
Calcutta

Operation Clean-up

The state government’s drive against hawkers gets public support

Dec 11, 1996

| Ashis K. Biswas

United Nations

Washington’s Veto Vendetta

The US finds itself isolated on a second term for Boutros-Ghali

Dec 11, 1996

| Padma Rao Sundarji
Sino-indian Ties

Bordering On Tranquility

But it’s a long haul for New Delhi and Beijing to resolve the contentious boundary dispute

Dec 11, 1996

| Sunil Narula
- Should India Back Tibet?
Diplomacy

Not Just Cricket

India and South Africa seek trade and strategic ties

Dec 11, 1996

| Sunil Narula
Apec

Pacific Power

The Manila summit puts the free trade grouping on track

Dec 11, 1996

| Harish Mehta

Opinion

Letter From Silicon Valley

A monthly column from the hub of the information technology world

Dec 11, 1996

| Pran Kurup
Interview

'You Can't Survive On Price-cuts'

Thomson Consumer Electronics, the $16-bil -lion turnover company that sells more colour televisions in the US than Sony, Panasonic, Goldstar, Sharp and Samsung put together, plans to work its magic in India now. In an interview with Neerja Pawha Jetl

Dec 11, 1996

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Correa Committee Report

An Unceremonious Burial?

The Mumbai government is silent on landmark suggestions to develop sick textile mills' land

Dec 11, 1996

| Shekhar Ghosh

Society

Soliciting A Killer Disease

As the threat of AIDS takes grip of male sex workers, NGOs step up their safe-sex campaign

Dec 11, 1996

| Soma Wadhwa
Opinion

Blame The Media

Dec 11, 1996

| Anil Dharker

Spotlight

Swimming Against The Tide

Forgotten by the nation, ace swimmer Padma Shri Mihir Sen lives in penury in a charitable hospital in Calcutta

Dec 11, 1996

| Saibal Chatterjee
Cricket

22 -yard Plot

Dec 11, 1996

| Saibal Chatterjee K.S. Narayanan Shekhar Ghosh Y.P. Rajesh Yanan S. Sivanand
- Sudhir Naik, Ex-curator, Wankhede
- Monarch Of Eden

Publishing

Modern India As Art

Granta marks the resurgence of Indian writing with a special issue

Dec 11, 1996

| Sagarika Ghose

Beauty Contests

The Diminishing Returns Of Beauty

It’s really not political correctness but dwindling ad budgets and viewership that’s forced beauty pageants off western TV screens

Dec 11, 1996

| Sanjay Suri
- The Eye Of The Beholder

10 Questions

Dr Mira Markovic

A professor of Sociology, the wife of the Serbian President predicts a Yugoslav day

Dec 11, 1996

| Archana Jahagirdar
Review

The Malgudi Man

Enthralling account of a writer who's made simplicity his strength

Dec 11, 1996

| N.J. Nanporia
Review

Edge Of Optimism

A grand vision marred by a limited, ethnocentric approach

Dec 11, 1996

| Srivatsa Krishna
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