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Of Music
With
Visvabharati’s copyright on Tagore ending next year and the Centre refusing
to throw in its weight, the poet’s music may be finally unshackled
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Though Kumaratunga's People's Alliance (PA)
emerged as the single largest party poll with 107 seats it
was still six short of a simple majority. The PA will now
have to kow-tow to a slew of not-so-loyal allies to survive.
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With 89 seats the United National Party (UNP) headed by Wickremesinghe
will form a powerful opposition capable of blocking any major
political reform that President Kumaratunga wants.
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The two parties disagree on how to deal with the Tamil Tigers
in Jaffna. The PA wants an all-out war while the UNP favours
negotiation.
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Hit by mounting war expenses, the economy remains sluggish
and inflation continues to rise.
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 Relics
of old empires exist everywhere. Why can't the Mani Shankar Aiyars of
India let them be? asks INDIA TODAY Senior Editor Ravi Shankar in
Friday
Fundas.
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The fate of the Kannur project in power-strapped Kerala is in a state
of limbo as the Government contends it is too expensive. But is it? INDIA
TODAY Principal Correspondent M.G. Radhakrishnan investigates in
Despatches.
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