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against Sri Jayendra Saraswati are motivated by vote bank
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New Indian
Express Ambushed
in America If only the American electoral system
had allowed the whole world to vote in the recent Presidential
election, George Bush would not have been re-elected. Since
that felicity is not available to us in this imperfect world,
we have to accept the harsh reality of the man millions love
to hate being back in the White House for another four years,
writes N S JAGANNATHAN
Indian Express Twin
shadows across the Tigris Is ‘democracy’ only for
America’s enemies, or will the United States take up arms
against some of its decidedly undemocratic allies too? Will
the United States ‘‘liberate’’ all of them? BY TVR
SHENOY
New Statesman A
Bollywood hospital saga When his father had a
heart attack in Mumbai, London resident SAMIR SHAH found that
Indian medicine had come into the 21st century - give or take
a few mongrel dogs
Asia
Times Poor
protection for India's consumers A country with one
of the world's largest consumer bases suffers from
insufficient consumer rights awareness, a staggering backlog
of court cases and delays - all of which allow companies,
particularly multinationals, the leeway to confuse, cheat and
exploit hapless customers. By RAJA M
Times
of India Globalisation
can be India's glory hour JAMES D WOLFENSOHN says
he thinks about India from what the point of what it can
achieve in the globalised economy
Unease
grows in the hearts of common Indians as they watch a revered
saint being arrested and humiliated, writes SOUMYA SITARAMAN
No
eulogy for Veerappan No tears
will be shed for the dead bandit, but we must address
the causes that created such a monster, says ARAVIND
SITARAMAN More edits