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Handshake in the desert
AS THE MIDDLE East sets out on another long march, charted by the so-called road map, there are two primary reasons why the unlikely partnership of the new Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli convert to peace, Ariel Sharon, gives ...
Off with dowry
OFTEN LEGISLATION WITHOUT social sanction is ineffective, even meaningless. Dowry is a classic example. Despite a tough law against it, women continue to be battered, brutalised and burnt. What is more, the number of dowry deaths has risen from ...


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An unsustainable model
By Subramanian Swamy

If an economy cannot increase its revenues to meet its rising commitment, or becomes dependent on sources of funds over which it has no control in deployment, then clearly it is unsustainable. Kerala is in such a state.
China's great leap westward
By Raviprasad Narayanan

In comparison with the eastern region, the western provinces are resource-rich, with abundant supply of labour, low investment costs and the potential of becoming a large market.


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