http://www.thehindu.com/ The Internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Sat, 07 Nov 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/ 468 50 Editorials http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110753990800.htm In political, as in most forms of bargaining, the party with the higher stakes will blink first. With each day that was added to the delay in government formation in Maharashtra, the Congress began to realise it was losing much and gaining ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Editorials http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110754000800.htm Heritage conservation practices improved worldwide after the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (Iccrom) was established with Unesco’s assistance in 1959. The inter-governmental ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Leader Page Articles http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110756530800.htm Public response to the exposure of “paid news” and coverage packages has been huge. There is anger and anguish over what the media have done and persist in doing. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 News Analysis http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110752280900.htm The enormity of climate change and its impact is on everyone’s lips in Ladakh where over 80 per cent of the farmers depend on the snow melt for their needs. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 News Analysis http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110752250900.htm World’s key industrialised nations say they have abandoned hope of a legally binding treaty at the Copenhagen summit in December. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 News Analysis http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110752200900.htm * * It’s Justice Markandey Katju, and not Justice Markandeya Katju as mentioned in “Enforcing the rule strictly” (Editorial, November 6, 2009). * * The last paragraph of a report “Judge withdraws from Reliance ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Letters to the Editor http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110753960801.htm I avidly read the article “India’s cultural pluralism its best defence” by Malini Parthasarathy (Nov. 5). Vande Mataram was a unifying force during the freedom movement. Muslims should understand that we are all ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Letters to the Editor http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110753960802.htm It is heartening to know that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sent a letter expressing regret to the family of Sumit Verma, who died because he was denied timely medical help owing to traffic restrictions during Dr. Singh’s visit to ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 Letters to the Editor http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110753960803.htm Sachin Tendulkar, who became the first cricketer to score 17,000 runs in ODIs on Thursday, amply demonstrated and reiterated his prowess and artistry of the game. Forty-five ODI centuries and a whopping 17,000 runs speak volumes about the ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009