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Torture Bill is a travesty
If the Manmohan Singh government has its way, India will soon adopt a law against torture that will make a mockery of our obligations as a democracy, a civilised society, and a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). ...

Bahrain's political disquiet
Bahrain is one of two countries in the Gulf region — Kuwait being the other — that can boast some of the trappings of a democracy, including a directly elected parliament, universal suffrage, and a constitutional monarchy. But ...

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Nalanda: a soft power project
By S.D. Muni

Nalanda University will emerge as a strong instrument of soft power at two levels — for rising Asia in relation to the West and for India in relation to Asia.

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Pakistan: the bogey of Army rule
By Anita Joshua

Martial arts in a wheelchair
Everyone dreams of becoming a martial artist, even if he or she is in a wheelchair. “I am the first in the world to do Aikido in the wheelchair,” says Lydia laRiviere Zijdel, ambassador of Aikido at the SportAccord Combat Games in ...

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Forced marriage runaways' bounty hunter
By Nadeem Badshah

He tracked down young women and brought them back to their families.

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