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A tenuous peace under strain
The recent spurt of violence involving the two factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has put fresh strains on the tenuous peace in Nagaland. The clashes highlight a lacuna in enforcing the ceasefire agreement that they have ...

Countering an alarming trend
If communicable diseases were the bane of society the world over some decades ago, non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes have taken their place in most developed countries and many developing countries as well. A ...

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Future of the right wing, there and over here
By Harish Khare

The political change in America has relevance in India. For, the BJP and the rest of the sangh parivar have long sought intellectual respectability and political inspiration from the American right wing.

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It's official: distress up, suicides appalling
By P. Sainath

The Maharashtra Government's findings now show us that over 75 per cent of all farm households in the Vidharbha region are in distress. The data also show that farm suicides were 25 times higher this year than in 2001. But conscious jugglery works to play down the numbers.

Music hits some controversial keys
By Nirupama Subramanian

The introduction of a Master's course in music at the University of Punjab in Lahore is seen by many, despite the protests by the Islami Jameeiat-e-Taleba, as a "big victory."

Corrections and Clarifications
* "Wedding bells toll loud on Seven Hills" was the heading of a box item (Andhra Pradesh, November 19, 2006, page 4). A reader points out that "toll" usually denotes an announcement or marks the time of a not so happy occasion. A better word ...

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