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STATES: UTTAR PRADESH
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STATES: BEST CHIEF
MINISTERS
Performers' Progress
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Mulayam Singh's new campaigner in Uttar Pradesh
is pulling in the crowds and worrying the competition.
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The INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG
Mood of the Nation poll finds Karnataka's S. M. Krishna as the
best chief minister.
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DIPLOMACY: TROOPS
PULLBACK
Border Hope
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ECONOMY: INFLATION
Is Inflation Dead?
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Though India has no
plans for withdrawing troops there is a fall in infiltration
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the LoC. |
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A slow rise in prices
is being blamed for low growth. Here's why the falling inflation
rate is good, and why it is not. |
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AUTOMOBILES: AMBASSADOR
Birlaji's Jalopy
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OFFTRACK: BANGALORE,
KARNATAKA
Peace by Peace |
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The Ambassador Retro triggers nostalgia. Its makers hope
it will also spell revival
for the car.
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An artist in Bangalore paints the
picture of peace with scissors and
waste paper.
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DEFENCE: MISSILERY
Future Fire
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SCITECH MONITOR
A Meeting of Media |
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The shorter, smarter Agni heralds a new genre of missiles
directed towards Pakistan.
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It's only February, but convergence already looks like like
it will be the tech star of
the year.
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LIVING: KHADI
New Spin for Old Weave
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LIVING: ELOPEMENT
Runaway Brides |
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An exhibition that showcases the beauty of the indigenous
handspun cloth is brought to five Indian cities to revive
its popularity.
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Hundreds of women in Rajasthan are deserting husbands forced
on them and eloping with men they prefer.
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CINEMA: SHAKEELA KHAN
Southern Comfort
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The pinup girl of soft-porn land notched the maximum number
of Malayalam films in 2001. But with her movies facing opposition,
it's hard times ahead for the sex kitten.
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| COLUMNS |
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FIFTH COLUMN: TAVLEEN SINGH
Nurturing the Demon
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KAUTILYA: JAIRAM RAMESH
More than Globaloney |
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Why does the state fund madarsas that teach Islamic fundamentalism
in India? 
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New scholarship on globalisation raises both cheer and concern.
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How do you see the VHP's campaign to build a temple
at the disputed Ayodhya site before March 12? 
CURRENT ISSUE FEBRUARY 11, 2002
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