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Constructive approach rewarded
The clean sweep of local body elections has powerfully vindicated the leadership of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 16 months after the Congress was voted to power in Andhra Pradesh. Aside from the fact that he has teamed up effectively ...

The trial of Orhan Pamuk
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk has been deeply involved in the debate about the relationship the Muslim world and the West ought to have with each other. He firmly believes that civilisations need not be in perpetual conflict and can find a middle ...

Leader Page Articles
STATECRAFT
Is it a case of too much of a good thing?
By Harish Khare

Judges increasingly find themselves getting involved in adjudicating essentially political disputes. This trend ought to be reversed. The institutional balance originally envisaged in the Constitution must be restored.

News Analysis

Infrastructure drives investment
By V. Jayanth

The pressure is on State Governments to provide the infrastructure to attract industrial investment.

Privatising water supply — a risky business
By D. Narasimha Rao

The public must get involved. The poor stand to lose too much if the reforms fail.

We can't wait to run out
By George Monbiot

No one knows how much oil is left but humankind can't wait any longer before coming up with alternatives.

Challenge to `intelligent design' teaching
By Julian Borger

Test care could decide how evolution is taught.

Various suitors circle a Poland in limbo
By Simon Tisdall

The new Government could have a big say on the pace of EU enlargement.

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