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Rhetoric and reality
There is a tragicomic touch to the chorus seeking the anointment of Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister-apparent. The young man is an advocate of inner-party democracy and it is his considered opinion that the redemption of the Congress lies in ...

Sham in Myanmar
That the military junta in Myanmar continues to canvass what is a discredited draft of a constitution that offers absolutely no democratic promise is yet another disturbing indicator of the uphill nature of the struggle in that country. The ...

Leader Page Articles
Road map for reservation in higher education
By Kalpana Kannabiran

The Supreme Court judgment has an important bearing on the entire system of higher education, especially in institutions of excellence, because it challenges the idea that merit exists in a vacuum.

News Analysis

Use and abuse of Africa in India
By Mukul Sharma

The task of mainstreaming Africa in India presents a challenge and a risk: not only are the means to achieve it contested, the very nature of justice is a subject of fierce debate.

Central Asia won’t blow apart
By Ella Taranova

For all the seeming instability, Central Asian leaders are firmly in control.

Corrections and clarifications
A report “Two guilty of Aladi Aruna murder; S.A. Raja acquitted” (Tamil Nadu, April 17, 2008, page 1) incorrectly referred to Aladi Aruna as having been a former Union Law Minister. He was law minister in the DMK ministry in Tamil ...

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A shame

Myth shattered

Priyanka’s jail visit

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