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...people rather than pursuing military goals. Nalini Vijayaraghavan Madras, India If instead of wasting billions of dollars looking for imaginary weapons of mass destruction, the Bush Administration had spent the money on preparing for natural disasters, a number of innocent lives would have been saved. Nishith Chandra New Delhi The suffering that hurricane Katrina has brought to the residents of New Orleans is heartrending. The entire world is awed by this human catastrophe. The international community must stand by the people of the U.S. through these difficult moments of trial and agony. M. Fazal Elahi Islamabad
That's hard to believe, considering that newspapers sell on the streets of New Delhi for 6? or less per copy. But advertising more than makes up for any circulation revenue shortfalls. Newspapers grabbed 46% of the $2.6 billion spent on advertising in all Indian media last year. Smelling big profits in the combination of rising circulation and advertising, India's newspaper barons have now unleashed the biggest newspaper war in their country's history. Until recently, most cities have been dominated by one major English-language newspaper. Bombay, for example, was Times of India territory. A handful of families...
...adequately addressing the rich-poor divide, a pressing issue for Singh, whose Congress Party swept into office last year on a wave of votes from the frustrated poor. Still, India has changed radically in the past 60 years?and by the time the U.N. celebrates its 120th anniversary, New Delhi and Beijing may be calling the shots...
Despite the hazards, the pilgrims keep coming. You can reach Bodh Gaya by flying from New Delhi to Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar, and hiring an SUV for $45 for a bumpy three-hour road trip or by taking a train to the Gaya, half an hour away. You won't find anything remotely like a luxury hotel in Bodh Gaya, but the Lotus Nikko (about $70 a night for a double room) is comfortable. Some monasteries also offer rooms to visitors...
...plaintiffs claiming to be descendants of a brother of Pandey, the film's central character and a hero of a 19th century uprising against the British, filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court on Sept. 1 in the hope of stopping the movie from showing. They charge that it impugns their ancestor's character, and they're seeking nominal damages from the director, screenwriter, producer and two co-stars. The lawsuit came after the film had already been blasted by critics and academics, as well as by indignant politicians from Pandey's home state, Uttar Pradesh. In fact...