Miscellaneous
Miss World pageant
This is with reference to `Indian wins Miss World crown again' (Business Line, December 2). It is a measure of the acknowledgement of the importance of beauty contests that your newspaper devoted a full column and carried a large-sized photo of Ms Priyanka Chopra. It is certainly the business of business newspapers to cover such events for several reasons.

Politics
Political games?
The olive branch held out by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to the separatists in Kashmir, in the form of a unilateral cease-fire declaration during the holy month of Ramzan, is a positive indication that the ``Govern ment is making a sincere effort to forge a long-term settlement of the issue'' (`Games people play', Business Line, December 11). As of now, the Pakistan Government has

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