The J-word for Jaya
Conviction in a corruption case is no longer a new experience for AIADMK chief Jayalalitha Jayaram. It was in February this year that she was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment in the `Pleasant Stay' hotel case.



Nairobi turnaround
Strange are the spinoffs of victory. When Saurav Ganguly and his men in blue sent world champions Australia home a week earlier than they could have expected, they in one fell swoop seemed to have rescued cricket from the gloomy prognoses of six months and more.



Debate, don't dictate
Two reports have landed on my table at the same time. One claims that the Indian economy is fourth in the world in terms of purchasing power parity. The other, an UNDP document, points out that India accounted for 30% of all maternal deaths in the world and 40% of child labour.



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