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August 1-15, 2003
 

August 1-15, 2003

Delhi University: What's 'In' and What's 'out'
Every year, thousands of children pass out from schools and make a beeline for the colleges of Delhi University spread over two campuses, North and South. They have just completed 12 years in strictness and discipline in an environment that is completely absent in the new one they have stepped into. The DayAfter assigned correspondents Yudhajit Shankar Das and Shraddha Maheshwari the task of finding out what this new freedom meant for the students. Though they talked with only a small cross-section, one startling factor emerged. Only a very few students saw college life as an opportunity to improve themselves and achieve something in life. It was ‘time pass’ for most of them, and this was sadly acknowledged by most of the teachers and professors they met. Their report, with photographs by Mangal Kumar:

Ayodhya Creating Problems For BJP
The Ayodhya issue needs to be looked at also from the angle of the     continuing powerstruggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party, with the Parivar hard-liners bent on forcing Prime Minister

Floods in Assam: No serious prevention work
This year again the monsoon rains have swollen the Brahmaputra and wreaked havoc. Reports say floods have already affected over 4,850,177 people in 20 of the State’s 24 districts.

WMDs in Iraq: Bush and Blair on the defensive
No weapons of mass destruction have been found in more than three months since the U. S. A. and British-led coalition ousted Saddam’s government.

Economic Freedom Index: HK, Singapore top; India at No. 73
The Journal poll’s major categories included trade policies; the government’s fiscal burden; its intervention in the economy.

 

Madhuri on comeback trail
If you had written off Madhuri Dixit after her marriage, its time you reconsidered your stand. After a hiatus of over a year, Madhuri is all set to make a comeback.
 

Matchbox collecting is his passion

India-Pakistan: Fundamentalist Link

Gems Do Bring Good Luck

Third Eye