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Cub versus Tiger
For long years, Raj Thackeray was the presumptive heir to the Shiv Sena throne. Bal Thackeray's nephew lived and breathed the Sena's street politics in a way his less demonstrative and more sophisticated son never could. Yet it speaks to the ...

An election that resolves little
Believe it or not, President George W. Bush claims the United States-led occupation forces are on their way to victory in Iraq. By way of proof, he points to the significant turnout in the December 15 parliamentary election. The claim rings ...

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STATECRAFT
Party time in Mumbai and Hyderabad
By Harish Khare

The recent sting operations only confirm the rot in the political arena, which can be traced directly to the crisis in the party system. The onus is on the BJP and the Congress to show the way for a re-vitalisation.

News Analysis
Education for a livelihood
By Xavier Alphonse, S.J.

The alternative system of community colleges aims at helping the disadvantaged find employment in collaboration with the local community and industry.

Hundred years of the Andamans Cellular Jail
By Ram Kapse

It has been a long journey for the Cellular Jail — from a torture machine to a National Memorial, from a dreaded prison to a place of pilgrimage.

World danger or political infighting?
By Simon Tisdall

What was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's aim in making statements against Israel?

Not libertarian but anti-social
By George Monbiot

The car is slowly turning the British, like the Americans and the Australians, into a nation that recognises only the freedom to act.

Computers can help tease out the origins of life
By Paul Davies

Darwin famously didn't tell us how life began, but modern computers can help to provide clues.

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