A landmark in Indian politics
Pratibha Patil, who has been elected India’s
first woman president, was by no means a unanimous choice for the
role. Long associated with India’s Gandhi dynasty, Mrs Patil was a
low-profile governor of the state of Rajasthan before emerging as
the favoured presidential candidate of Sonia Gandhi, leader of
India’s Congress Party.
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Surfeit of holidays: A rational proposition
Sri Lanka is the country with the most number of
holidays in the world. If we were to forget for a moment how so many
holidays in the calendar affects the economy of the country, then
this would be the lotus- eating paradise indeed.
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