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Editorials
IOC and own goals
THE RECENT DECISION of the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment to pursue the option of breaking up India's largest oil company, Indian Oil, before putting up its substantial network for sale is shockingly ill-conceived. The unexpected move will ...
Muzzling democratic expression
THE RULING BY the Calcutta High Court prohibiting processions and rallies on weekdays — after taking suo motu notice of inconvenience caused to the public in the form of a traffic snarl — is the latest in a sequence of judicial ...


Leader Page Articles
Towards a post-democratic age?
By Pratap Bhanu Mehta

It would be stretching logic to pretend that the proliferation of delegation is synonymous with democracy itself.
Judicial responsiveness
By Rajindar Sachar

Overall the Judiciary seems to be on the right track but the journey is still long and hazardous.


Letters to the Editor
  • Anti-terror coalition
  • Dangerous indeed
  • Engaging Pak.
  • The larger issue
  • Commendable
  • Rethink reservation
  • Only English
  • Lakshmi Vandana?
  • Collector's delight



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