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Dalit anger in Haryana

Spontaneous expressions of Dalit assertion are reported from across Haryana following the State administration's silence over the issue of the missing

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The Left perspective

In the Left parties' perception, only a programme-based secular platform can present a viable alternative to the BJP's communal politics.

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Removing an irritant

The ouster of M.G.S. Narayanan as Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research is a part of the HRD Ministry's scheme to saffronise the agend

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Caste-based calculations

In Rajasthan, there have been significant shifts in political loyalties as the main political parties give primary importance to appeasing powerful ca

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Row over a choice

Problems arise over the appointment of an interim Member-Secretary in the Indian Council of Historical Research as the HRD Ministry replaces the Chair

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Waveless in Rajasthan

Caste-based politics and inner-party divisions may work against the BJP in Congress(I)-ruled Rajasthan.

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A girl child, who was found abandoned at the Government Maternity Hospital at Koti in Andhra Pradesh, receiving treatment at the Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad on October 20.-P.V. SIVAKUMAR

A dangerous trend

A brochure based on data from Censuses 1991 and 2001 points to an alarming decline in the child sex ratio in relatively prosperous States and raises q

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Focus on adolescents

AT a time when there is a tendency to project the horrors of unbridled population growth, the "State of the World Population Report, 2003", released b

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A saga of plagiarism

The NCERT finds itself in a fresh controversy thanks to a newly authored textbook for Class XII, which contains many sections plagiarised from an Amer

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Dargah Teen Darvesh, which was targeted by bigots in December 1992. It has a number of worshippers who come from all communities.-PICTURES: VIDYA BHUSHAN RAWAT

Ayodhya, a picture of diversity

Two documentaries made by Vidya Bhushan Rawat lead the viewer to a surprising tranquillity within Ayodhya, which has a rich diversity of religious den

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A birth control controversy

In its zeal to bring down the fertility rate, the Rajasthan government plans to implement methods of contraception that have women and the poor as the

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Law of sorts

Proposed legislation on children's issues comes under fire for not doing enough to protect the rights of the majority of children in the country and n

T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New Delhi