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October 31, 2007
The fight of the other India
Indians, who took part in the Janadesh Yatra, speak about their plight.

A pilot's moment of glory
Pilot Officer O M Nirmal Kumar, with barely 200 hours of flying experience, nearly pulled off an improbable forced landing of a crippled jet. Jet pilots will vouch that to force-land a jet is the devil's own job.

October 30, 2007
'The problem is that we are born with the Dalit tag'
'If educated and literate people don't fight against discrimination, who else will?'

October 26, 2007
'Early detection of cancer can save your life'
‘Four weeks after finishing the chemotherapy on my 56th birthday, I returned to India to welcome the President of the United States George Bush and Mrs Laura Bush to India for their historic visit wearing my wig, and considering myself the most grateful person in the world to be feeling so well and to be back in India,’ says Jeannie Mulford

Will the Tehelka expose indirectly help Modi?
By polarising the Hindu vote, the expose might help the BJP and Modi, but in the long run, it will dent Modi's credibility

October 23, 2007
Analysis: The real deal on the N-deal
What does the prime minister's position on the nuclear deal? What does the Congress want from the issue? What does the Left stand to gain? Sheela bhatt explains.

October 22, 2007
Why Naveen Patnaik may be headed for 3rd term
Despite poor governance, the BJD-BJP alliance may win an other term, since the main opposition Congress is in disarray and has no credible leaders.

October 19, 2007
'For 60 long years, we prayed for our family's re-union'
For over half a century, the Tandon family in India waited to reunite with their relatives in Pakistan. When the moment finally came, Fate played spoilsport.

In Pak, extremists can strike whenever, wherever
Religious extremist elements are having a grouse against America since 9/11 and since Americans invaded Afghanistan. In addition, from 1979 to 2001 it was Pakistan's State policy to support religious fundamentalist elements. Now, it is high time for the moderates to unite.

October 15, 2007
Musharraf may move against Pakistan CJ again
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is planning to attack Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry again with the active support of Benazir Bhutto and covert support of the United States. High level meetings are going on in Islamabad in the last two days to chalk out a new strategy against Justice Chaudhry who is becoming a real threat to the Musharraf-Benazir understanding by puncturing the presidential ordinance through which PPP leaders were granted amnesty.

October 08, 2007
In M N Vijayan's death, the real teacher has gone
Vijayan always courted controversy, be it his justification of the violent politics of Kannur or his crusade against the perceived deviation in the communist line. Many differed with his views but none doubted his intellectual honesty

October 03, 2007
Pak poll may be first free one since 1970
This may be a true elections where people really decide on who will represent them rather than an exercise to legitimise an unrepresentative system.

September 25, 2007
Celebrating a friendship
Despite many hiccups, the world's greatest democracies have been friends a long time.

September 24, 2007
'SCs/STs have lost 1 crore jobs'
'Can you imagine the magnitude of injustice? Had it been given to the rightful people, there would be a remarkable change in society.'

September 22, 2007
Impressions: An Indian in China
Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt, who recently visited China, explains how her preconceived notions and theories about that country were smashed in just 10 days.

September 21, 2007
View from China: The Dragon rises
For the Chinese, without good infrastructure, there can be neither economic nor military strength

September 19, 2007
The wake up call that Hyderabad ignored
Could the August 25 blasts be linked to the killing of a Muslim youngster in 2004 by the Gujarat police?

September 18, 2007
What ails Aligarh Muslim University?
There is apprehension that the recent crisis could have been created in response to the 1997 Mathew Commission report that was made public two months ago.

Social networking used to combat terrorism
'Social networking is a scientific tool that was not used so much in intelligence until recently,' National Security Adviser M K Narayanan said, 'We are now using it fairly extensively.'

Life in the Real India
Our new series captures the Real India, where 77 per cent of the population survives on Rs 20 a day.

September 13, 2007
'The police action broke my son'
'If he is an ISI agent, why would they release him?' Families of the men arrested after the Hyderabad blasts speak out.

September 11, 2007
First Person: On the Plane With Nawaz Sharif
'As PK 786 came in to land at Rawalpindi airport, Nawaz Sharif stood in the middle of the Economy cabin, surrounded by his supporters, ignoring the pilot's increasingly desperate pleas for passengers to take their seats.'

Exclusive: How Osama has survived for six years
Any new 9/11-like attack may ignite an ultimate clash of civilisations. That is what he wants.

September 10, 2007
The people without a country
The war in Iraq arrives on Delhi's streets.

September 07, 2007
Saluting a Hero
Captain R Harshan is the youngest officer to receive the Ashok Chakra posthumously in Independent India.

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